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<P> THE BEHAVIOUR OF Mr. Will. Staley IN NEWGATE, After his Condemnation for High-Trea&s;on.</P>
<P>With the &s;ub&s;tance of his la&s;t SPEECH and DISCOURSES at the u&s;ual place of Execution,</P>
<P>Whither being drawn on a Sledge, he was Hang'd and Quarter'd there,</P>
<P>On Tue&s;day the 26th of this in&s;tant <HI>November.</HI> 1678.</P>
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<P>LICENSED, 1678.</P>
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<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed for <HI>R. G.</HI> 1678.</P>
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<HEAD>The Behaviour OF Mr. Will. Staley IN NEWGATE After CONDEMNATION.</HEAD>
<P>COncerning the Tryal of this Per&s;on, Care hath already been taken by Authority, to have a full and &s;ati&s;|factory Account made publique; whereby it will appear, for what Horrid and Trea&s;onable words again&s;t the Sacred Life and Per&s;on of the Be&s;t of Kings, his Maie&s;ty, our mo&s;t Gracious Sovereign; and upon what
<PB N="4" REF="3"> full and clear Evidence, and fair Hearing, the Pri&s;oner was Convicted, and Condemned to be Drawn, Hanged, and Quartered. After which dreadful Sentence he was carried back from <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter-Hall</HI> to <HI>Newgate,</HI> from whence he came, having time allowed him from that <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> to the <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> follow|ing, to fit and prepare him&s;elf for that great and terrible Change. As his Education had been in the <HI>Popi&s;h</HI> Profe&s;&s;ion, and (as 'tis &s;aid) among&s;t the mo&s;t dangerous of that Party, I mean the <HI>Je&s;uites</HI> beyond the Seas; &s;o he did not &s;tick to own him&s;elf a <HI>Roman</HI> Catholick: However, Mr. Ordinary, according both to his Office and Chri&s;tian inclinations to take all opportunities for the good of Souls, went &s;everal times to vi&s;it him, and offer his Mini|&s;terial A&s;&s;i&s;tances; whom he received with much re&s;pect, de&s;iring him to come as often as he could; who failed not therein, but u&s;ed the mo&s;t pre&s;&s;ing Arguments, as well to bring him to a &s;en&s;e of the dete&s;table hei|nou&s;ne&s;s of the Crime for which he was to &s;uffer, and other his Sins; as al&s;o to take him off from the Errors and Super&s;titions of the
<PB N="5" REF="3"> Popi&s;h Church; not to flatter him&s;elf with any previous Di&s;pen&s;ations, or &s;ub&s;equent Pardon from the See of <HI>Rome,</HI> or any of its Prie&s;ts, or of any Prayers or Offices that might be &s;aid for him after Death, for that all tho&s;e things would prove wholly vain and u&s;ele&s;s to his Soul, when it &s;hould approach the Divine Tribunal, where nothing would &s;tand him in &s;tead, but only the Merits of our Lord Je&s;us, and to be cloathed with his Righ|teou&s;ne&s;s: that he having but a few Minutes left to &s;ecure his Eternal Condition, it there|fore behoved him with all his might, to lay hold on that Rock of Ages, by ca&s;ting away all &s;uper&s;titious Conceits, and getting a true and lively Faith, &s;o as not to put any confi|dence in Men or Angels, but in Chri&s;t alone. To come out from a people of Blood, and not &s;uffer them to de&s;troy his Soul too by the in de|lu&s;ions, who had been the occa&s;ion of bring|ing his Body to an ignominious de&s;truction. To con&s;ider the excellency of true Prote&s;tant Principles, as founded on the un-erring Word of God, and not on the uncertain Traditions
<PB N="6" REF="4"> of Men, and incomparably beyond any others, mo&s;t advancing the grand de&s;ignes of Chri|&s;tianity, <HI>viz.</HI> Glory to God, Peace on Earth, and Good will towards Men. Whereas the Tenets which the Church of <HI>Rome</HI> hath added, are derogatory to Gods honor, Chri&s;ts merits, full of Super&s;tition and Idolatry, de&s;tructive to Government and Society, invented only to &s;erve Ambition or Covetou&s;ne&s;s, without any foot&s;teps in Holy Scripture, and never owned in the Primitive Church for &s;everal hundred years, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> Such and the like pious Exhortations (but much more at large and pa|thetically delivered) the Mini&s;ter urged to him: which he heard with a becoming atten|tion; But returned not much in an&s;wer, &s;ave only frequent Sighs, and &s;ometimes &s;hort private ejaculations.</P>
<P>Indeed after his Condemnation, he was all along very re&s;erv'd in words, and ab|&s;temious as to Drink or Victuals, eating very little, and &s;pent the la&s;t night almo&s;t wholly at his Devotions.</P>
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<P> On Tue&s;day the 26th in&s;tant, between Ten and Eleven of the Clock, he was brought out and put upon the Sledge, drawn with four Hor&s;es, in which being ty|ed, he lay leaning on the &s;traw with his back, and &s;ometimes rai&s;ed him&s;elf and &s;at up. He had on a very good Black Suit, a becoming Perriwig, and Silk Stockings; but his Hat he put not on. His Countenance was grave and compo&s;ed, expre&s;&s;ing by the elevation of his Hands and Eyes, and motion of his Lips, very frequent marks of Devo|tion. Through all the way he was attended with a very extra|ordinary Guard; &s;o many Con|&s;tables, Watchmen, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> as the like has not for many years bin &s;een.</P>
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<P> Being come to <HI>Tyburn</HI> the com|mon place of Execution, he did not &s;tand to make any formal Speech; but in &s;everal di&s;cour&s;es, though he did not ab&s;olutely de|ny the words, &s;eemed willing to have extenuated his Guilt, by al|leadging that he had no Trai|terous Intention, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> However, he pray'd very fervently, and ap|peared to be attentive to the di&s;|cour&s;es of the Mini&s;ter; and &s;o begging very heartily all good people to pray for him, he &s;ub|mitted to his Sentence, and was H<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ng'd and Quarter'd, many people pittying his per&s;on, but all acknowledging the Ju&s;tice of his puni&s;hment, and dete&s;ting his Traiterous Crime.</P>
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