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<P>THE Lieutenant of the <HI>Tower his Speech and Repentance,</HI> at the time of his Death, who, was executed vpon Tower Hill, <HI>on the</HI> 20. <HI>day of Nouember.</HI> 1615.</P>
<P>Together with a Meditation and Vow of his that he made not long before dyed.</P>
<Q LANG="lat">Mors mihi Lucrum.</Q>
<P>Printed by <HI>G. Ela</HI> for <HI>Na: Butter,</HI> and are to be &s;old at his &s;hop near Saint <HI>Au&s;tines</HI> gate.</P>
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<HEAD>To the Reader.</HEAD>
<P>_TO &s;atisfie the World, which in a cau&s;e of this Nature, is com|monly di&s;tracted into various opinions, ad|ding or detracting from the truth, accor|ding to the humorous di&s;po&s;ition with which it meets; And to doe Right to the dead Gentleman, who (albeit his offence was foule to GOD and Man, and hatefull to him&s;elfe) de&s;erued both loue and pitty, for the Christian end hee made) haue I (Reader for thy &s;ake) collected the &s;ub|&s;tance</P>
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<P><Q>many others of &s;euerall di&s;po&s;itions. All you beeing thus a&s;&s;embled to &s;ee mee fini&s;h my dayes, the number of which is &s;um'd vp, for the very mi|nutes of my life may now be reckon|ed. Your expectation is to haue mee &s;ay &s;omething, to giue &s;atisfaction to the World, and I will doe it &s;o farre as <HI>I</HI> can, albeit in that &s;peech of mine, I &s;hall (as it was &s;poken vnto me the la&s;t night) but chatter like a Crow. But what&s;oeuer <HI>I</HI> deliuer, <HI>I</HI> be&s;eech you to take from a wounded bo&s;ome, for my purpo&s;e is to rip vp my very heart, and to leaue nothing there which may proue any clogge to my Con&s;cience.</Q></P>
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<P><Q>Hither am I come to performe a worke which of all others is to Man the mo&s;t ea&s;ie and yet to Fle&s;h and Blood is the harde&s;t, and that is, To die. To hide therefore any thing, for any worldly re&s;pect, were to leaue a blot vpon my owne Soule, which I tru&s;t &s;hall be pre&s;ented (through the mercies of my Maker, and merits of my Sauiour) acceptable before GODS high Tribunall.</Q></P>
<P><Q>And fir&s;t I will labour to &s;atisfie &s;ome, who before my apprehen&s;ion were well conceipted of mee, but &s;ince my Arraignment, as I vnder&s;tand, ca|ryed of mee but hard opinions, for that at the Barre I &s;tood &s;tiffly vpon
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<PB REF="5">the Iu&s;tice of my Innocence; and this they impute as a great fault, beeing af|terwards that I was found guilty of the Crime. To which I an&s;wer, that I did it ignorantly: Nay I was &s;o farre from thinking my &s;elfe foule in the Fact, that vntill the&s;e two Gentle|men, (Doctor <HI>Felton</HI> and Doctor <HI>Whiting,</HI> the Phy&s;itions for my Soule) told mee how deepely I had imbrewed my hands in the blood of that gentle|man, making mee by GODS law as guilty in the Concealing, as if I had beene a per&s;onall Actor in it: till then I &s;ay, I held my &s;elfe &s;o ignorant of the deede, and my Con&s;cience &s;o cleere, that I did neuer aske GOD forgiuene&s;&s;e, nor once repent mee of
<PB REF="5">the Fact, &s;uch was my blindne&s;&s;e. So that it was not onely an error, or ra|ther a horrible &s;inne, in mee to con&s;ent, but a wor&s;e, to deny it, &s;o Bloody, &s;o Treacherous, &s;o Foule, &s;o Filthy a Fact as that was; for which I mu&s;t confe&s;&s;e the King, and the State haue dealt honorably, roundly, and iu&s;tly, with mee, in condemning mee vnto this death. And thus haue I laboured and done my be&s;t to cleere this point, being willing by all good meanes to reduce your fir&s;t opinions of mee; that as formerly your conceipted well of mee, &s;o you would now with a cha|ritable affection performe the la&s;t duty of your Chri&s;tian loues towards mee, praying to GOD, both with
<PB REF="6">me, and for mee; to the intent that this Cup, whereof <HI>I</HI> am to drinke, may not be greiuous vnto mee, but that it may be a ioyfull conueiance to a better and more ble&s;&s;ed comfort.</Q></P>
<P><Q>Some perhaps will thinke it to be a Rigor of the State, or aggrauation of my iudgement, that I &s;hould die in this place, but this doe I take as an honor vnto me, &amp; herein doe I acknowledge my &s;elfe to &s;tand much bound to the State, in that I haue this fauour vouch|&s;afed me to &s;uffer Death in &s;ight of my <HI>Charge,</HI> euen where I had &s;inned, on the Tower-hill, rather than in the place of common Execution, where euery ba&s;e Malefactor dyeth.</Q></P>
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<P><Q>Many doe I &s;ee here whom I know well, and of whom I am likewi&s;e knowne: and now am I a Spectacle for them to be looked on, whom in former times (and in all mens ac|counts) they held neuer likely to come to &s;uch an end. But herein he hold the iu&s;tice of God, who is &s;o oppo&s;'d a|gain&s;t &s;inne, becau&s;e that if we forget to &s;eeke him whil&s;t we may, he will finde vs out when we would not be found of him.</Q></P>
<P><Q>It is expected I &s;hould &s;ay &s;omething of the fact which I haue committed: And hither am I come re&s;olued to cleare my con&s;cience (before I depart this world) of all matters which I ei|ther
<PB REF="7">knowe, or can now remember. And &s;o much I haue already deliue|red in writing to my Lo. <HI>Chiefe Iust|ice::</HI> and to proue that which I wrote is true, I ye&s;terday confirmed it with the receiuing of the ble&s;&s;ed Sacrament, wi&s;hing vnto you all as much com|fort by tho&s;e holy My&s;teries, as I tooke by them: and I doe heere (though not with &s;uch a bloud) yet with mine own bloud, &s;eale that which I haue writ|ten. For my &s;elfe, I will hide nothing to make my fault &s;eeme le&s;&s;e, but will rip open this very heart of mine, and confe&s;&s;e before God myne owne vn|cleanne&s;&s;e.</Q></P>
<P><Q><HI>I</HI> haue &s;inned exceedingly a|gain&s;t
<PB REF="7">thee O my maker, and in this am I mo&s;t faulty, that I did not reueale to the King, &s;o &s;oone as I my &s;elfe had knowledge of the bu&s;ines. But (alas) feare to loo&s;e the&s;e worldly plea&s;ures, and the loue to promotion, made me forget my duty to my Soueraigne, and not to regard my God, who is a &s;wift auenger of blood: and would to hea|uen I had tru&s;ted to his prouidence, and &s;et the thinges of this world at nought, for heauens &s;ake, and a good con&s;cience. You &s;ee, Gentlemen, pro|motion cannot re&s;cue vs from the iu&s;t|ice of God, which alwaies pur&s;ues af|ter &s;inne: And therefore I exhort you not to tru&s;t in men (how great &s;oeuer) for they cannot hide them&s;elues when
<PB REF="8">God is angry; neither can they pro|tect you from &s;hame, when God will con&s;ume you: he that &s;itteth in hea|uen, will deride and &s;corne their fooli&s;h Inuentions. As for me, I will not &s;pare to lay open my owne &s;hame: Thinke you I care for the reputation of this world? No, I weigh it not. This my &s;oule &s;hall receiue more comfort from God in my vpright dealing.</Q></P>
<P><Q>My &s;inne, in this foule fact, was great, for vpon me lay all the blood, &s;hed, and to be &s;hed: I haue made ma|ny children fatherles, many wiues hu&s;|bandles, many parents childele&s;&s;e: and I my &s;elfe leaue a comfortle&s;&s;e wife and eight children behinde me for it too:
<PB REF="8">for if <HI>I</HI> had reuealed it when <HI>I</HI> might, I had freed much blood from being &s;pilt, in &s;o much as <HI>I</HI> could wi&s;h (Gods Iustice and charity re&s;erued) I might hang in chaines, till <HI>I</HI> rotte away by peecemeale: nor cared <HI>I</HI> what tortures my body were put vnto, &s;o <HI>I</HI> might ex|paite or free the bloud of &s;o many, (&s;ome in one place, and &s;ome in ano|ther) which is both like to bee &s;hed, and is already &s;hed, and the Lord knowes when it will haue an end.</Q></P>
<P><Q>Concerning my &s;elfe, <HI>I</HI> will aggra|uate the crime, by &s;peaking of euery circum&s;tance I can remember. And now it comes into my mind, what tru&s;t that gentleman put into me: hee
<PB REF="9">reputed me to bee mo&s;t faithfull vnto him; (Oh the vildne&s;&s;e of my heart!) I proued vnfaithfull, and was his deadly deceitfull friend.</Q></P>
<P><Q>And here (Gentlemen) I exhort you all that you would take notice of this, euer to bee faithfull to tho&s;e who put you in tru&s;t.</Q></P>
<P><Q>Sir <HI>Thomas</HI> O. tru&s;ted me, and I was vnfaithfull and treacherous to him, in drawing tickets for him to his di&s;ad|uantage. I promi&s;ed him &s;ecrecy, yet betrayed him, onely to &s;atisfy great|ne&s;&s;e: But God, who &s;ees the &s;ecret thoughts of mans heart, will di&s;clo&s;e all vnui&s;t actions at la&s;t: nay, I am per|&s;waded that who&s;oeuer they bee that
<PB REF="9">commit &s;inne in their child-hood, at one time or other it will be reuealed.</Q></P>
<P><Q>In this place it commeth to my mind, that in my yonger dayes (as wel beyond the Seas as here) I was much addicted to that idle veyne of Gaming, I was bewitched with it indeed: And I played not for little for final &s;u~ms neither, but for Great-ones, yet euer haunted with ill lucke: And vpon a time, being much di&s;plea&s;ed at my lo&s;&s;e, <HI>I</HI> &s;ayd, not in a carele&s;&s;e maner, Would I might be hanged; But &s;eri|ou&s;ly, and adui&s;edly (betweene God and my &s;elfe) clapping my hands vp|on my brea&s;t, I &s;pake thus, If euer I play again, then let me be hangd. Now gentlemen here you may behold the
<PB REF="10">u&s;tice of God, paying mee my wi&s;h and imprecation home. Bee carefull therefore <HI>I</HI> exhort you, that you vow nothing but that vnto which you will giue all diligence to performe: for the powerful God, before whom you make &s;uch vowes, will otherwi&s;e bee auegned:</Q></P>
<P>Jn this place Doctor <HI>VVhiting</HI> putting him in mind to &s;ati&s;fie the <HI>World touching his Religion thus he went on.</HI></P>
<P><Q>THe matter you &s;peake to mee of, faith hee, is well thought vpon: for I heare that abroad hath beene
<PB REF="10">&s;ome murmuring and que&s;tions made about mee for my Religion; Some giuing out that I was infected with A|nabapti&s;me: A fond, ridiculous, foo|li&s;h and phanta&s;ticall opinion, which I neuer affected but rather de&s;pi&s;ed.</Q></P>
<P><Q>Many may thinke that the manner of my death doth much di&s;courage mee, that I &s;hould dye in a halter: I would haue you all to thinke that I &s;corne all &s;uch worldly thoughts: <HI>I</HI> care not for it, <HI>I</HI> value not any earth|ly &s;hame at all, &s;o as may haue ho|nour
<PB REF="11">and glory anon in Heauen: and I make no doubt, but I &s;hall &s;odaine|ly be more happie then you all, and that I &s;hall &s;ee GOD face to face: and if there be any point of innocency in mee at all, I doe vtterly ca&s;t it from mee, and I doe commit it wholly to GOD.</Q></P>
<P><Q>And for any matter of Glory, I doe with the Saints of GOD expect it through the merits of Chri&s;t, at the Re&s;urrection: yea it is my glorie to die thus. I might haue died in my Bedde, or &s;hooting the Bridge or el&s;e haue fallen downe &s;odainly, in
<PB REF="11">which death I &s;hould haue wanted this &s;pace to repent, being the &s;weet com|fort and a&s;&s;ured hope of Gods fauour which of his mercy he hath vouch&s;a|fed mee; So that it &s;walloweth vp all feare of death or reproch of the World: wi&s;hing vnto all you (Gentlemen) who now behold mee, that where&s;oeuer you &s;hall dye, (either in your Beddes or el&s;e-where how&s;oewer) you may feele &s;uch comfort and re&s;olution as God in his mercy hath be&s;towed vppon mee and my wounded Soule for this and the re&s;t of my grieuous Sinnes.</Q></P>
<P><Q>But mee thinkes I heare &s;ome of you coniecture and &s;ay, that I
<PB REF="12">expre&s;&s;e no great Arguments or &s;ignes of &s;orrow: You think my heart &s;hould rather di&s;&s;olue and melt into teares, then to appeare &s;o in&s;en&s;ible of feare as I may &s;eeme: but I mu&s;t tell you, teares were neuer common in mee: I may therefore feare though I do not weepe. I haue been couragious both beyond the Seas and heere in mine owne Country: but (Gentlemen) that was when there was no perill be|fore mee. But now the &s;troke of death is vppon mee. It affrights mee, and there is cau&s;e to feare: yet notwith|&s;tanding, my heart &s;eemeth vnto you to be rather of &s;tone than of fle&s;h. But I would haue you vnder&s;tand, that this boldnes doth not proceed from
<PB REF="12">any manly fortitude, for I am a man, fraile as you are, and dare as little look death in the face as any other: ther terors of death doe as much trouble my hu|mane &s;en&s;e, as of any man what&s;oeuer: but that which &s;walloweth vp all man|ner of feare in me, &amp; maketh me to glo|ry and to reioyce in, is, the full a&s;&s;u|rance which I conceiue of the vn|&s;peakable loue of God to tho&s;e who are his, of which number I per&s;wade my &s;elfe to bee one, and that I &s;hall pre&s;ent|ly enioy it.</Q></P>
<P><Q>I confe&s;&s;e I haue &s;inned exceedingly, again&s;t thee (oh God) many wayes, in prophaning thy holy Sabaoths, in ta|king thy glorious name in vaine, in
<PB REF="13">my concupi&s;cence in turning all thy graces into wantonnes, in my Riotous wa&s;ting &s;o many of thy good Crea|tures, as would haue relieued many poore people, who&s;e prayers <HI>I</HI> might haue had this day.</Q></P>
<P><Q>I haue &s;inned again&s;t thee in my Child-hood: but Childrens &s;innes are childi&s;hly performed: but <HI>I</HI> confirmed them in my manhood, there was my &s;inne. <HI>I</HI> am per&s;waded, there is no &s;inne, that a man committeth in his life, knowing it to be a &s;in, and not re|penting of it, but the Lord will iudge it.</Q></P>
<P><Q>I admoni&s;h you therefore that are
<PB REF="13">heere a&s;&s;embled, to take good notice of your &s;innes, and let none e&s;cape you vnrepented. And yet when you haue done the be&s;t you can, there will lie buried &s;ome one &s;inne or other &s;ufficent to condemne you.</Q></P>
<P><Q>O Lord clen&s;e mee from my &s;ecret &s;innes, which are in me &s;o rife. <HI>I</HI> abu|&s;ed the tender education of my Pa|rents. You perhaps that knew mee will &s;ay no; <HI>I</HI> liued in an hone&s;t forme, and was not bad in my life.</Q></P>
<P><Q>But I know be&s;t my &s;elfe what I was: &amp; if I who was &s;o e&s;teemed of among&s;t Men, &s;hall &s;carcely be &s;aued, what will
<PB REF="14">become of tho&s;e, whom you point at for notorious lieuers?</Q></P>
<P><Q>The la&s;t night God put into my mind the remembrance of one &s;inne of mine, which heere I will lay open, that others may take heed. <HI>I</HI> tooke a vaine pride in my pen, and &s;ome of my friendes would tell me I had &s;ome induments and &s;peciall gift that way: (though <HI>I</HI> &s;ay nor &s;o my &s;elfe) but mark the iudgement of God in this; that Pen which <HI>I</HI> was &s;o proud of, hatch &s;truck mee dead, and like <HI>Ab&s;olons</HI> hayre hath hanged me: for there hath dropt a word or two from my Pen, in a letter of mine, which vpon my Saluation I am not a|ble to an&s;wer, or to giue any good ac|compt
<PB REF="14">of. At my Arraignment I plea|ded hard for life, &amp; prote&s;ted my Inno|cency, but when my owne Pen came again&s;t mee, I was forthwith not able to &s;peake anything for my &s;elfe: for I &s;tood as one amazed, or that had no Tongue.</Q></P>
<P><Q>See (Gentlemen) the iu&s;t Iudge|ment of GOD, who made that thing of which I was mo&s;t proud, to be my bane: take notice how &s;trangely &s;inne is puni&s;hed, and learne euery-one to &s;triue again&s;t it.</Q></P>
<P><Q>I haue heard the word of GOD, and often read it (but without v&s;e) for I mu&s;t tell you the&s;e two worthy,
<PB REF="15">Gentlemen (to whom I am &s;o much bounden, God reward them for their loue) euen they begat mee very late|ly, for I am not a&s;hamed to confe&s;&s;e that I was to be begotten vnto Chri&s;t within the&s;e three daies: yea I haue of|ten prayed again&s;t &s;inne, and made many vowes to for&s;ake it, but vppon the next occa&s;ion, my foule heart hath beene ready to runne with the wicked.</Q></P>
<P><Q>Had I learned but this one le&s;&s;on in the 119. P&s;alme, (Depart from mee ye wicked, I will keepe the Comman|dements of my God &amp;c.) I had beene likely to haue enioyed many dayes heere on eath: whereas now you
<PB REF="15">all &s;ee mee ready to bee cut &s;hort by rea&s;on of my &s;inne.</Q></P>
<P><Q>But (O LORD) albeit thou &s;laye&s;t mee, yet will I put my tru&s;t in thee: let the LORD doe to me what hee will, I will dye vpon this hand (of tru&s;ting in him) if I faile many a &s;oule hath mi&s;&s;'d, but I haue &s;ure hope of mercy in him; hee hath &s;ufficed and &s;uccoured mee, I am &s;ure, euer &s;ince the &s;entence of death hath pa&s;&s;ed vppon mee: &s;uch com|fort flowing from the Godly in|deauors of the&s;e Gentlemen (the Diuines) that neither the Re|proach of this Death, nor the
<PB REF="16">Torment of it hath any whit di&s;cou|raged me; nay, let me tell you, the la&s;t night when I heard the time was appoynted, and &s;aw the warrant in Ma&s;ter Sheriffs hand for my death, it no whit daunted me: But what put this courage into me? onely the hope which I had in GODS mercies.</Q></P>
<P><Q>This Hope was a Seede, and this Seed mu&s;t come from a Roote; <HI>I</HI> loo|ked vpon my &s;elfe, and there was ra|ther cau&s;e de&s;paire; and iu&s;t cau&s;e, that I &s;hould not approach GODS pre&s;ence. Thus then I di&s;puted with GOD: This Hope being a Seede mu&s;t haue a Roote, and this Roote is not any thing in Man, no, it is <HI>Prae|&s;cientia</HI>
<PB REF="16">(thy fore-knowledge,) O God, who ha&s;t elected me from eter|nity.</Q></P>
<P><Q>I will tell you, I receiued more com|fort this morning, comming along the &s;treetes, than euer <HI>I</HI> did in all my life. I &s;aw much people gathered together, all the way as I came, to &s;ee mee brought to this &s;hamefull end: who with their hearty prayers and well wi&s;hings gladded and comforted my very &s;oule: in&s;omuch as <HI>I</HI> could wi&s;h that I had come from We&s;tmin&s;ter hi|ther. I prote&s;t vnto you, <HI>I</HI> thinke I could neuer haue dyed &s;o happily in my bed.</Q></P>
<P><Q>But you will &s;ay, the&s;e are but &s;pee|chees, and that I being &s;o neere death,
<PB REF="17">my heart cannot be &s;o free, as I &s;eeme in my &s;peech: I confe&s;&s;e, there are in my bre&s;t frailties, which doe terrifie, and will &s;till be bu&s;ie with me, but I be|&s;eech you when I am at the &s;troake of death, that you would praie to GOD (with mee) that neither <HI>Sathans</HI> power, nor my weakene&s;&s;e, may hinder my confidence. And I be&s;eech God that among&s;t all who this daie heare mee, &s;ome may profit by my end: If <HI>I</HI> get but one Soule, I &s;hall haue much com|fort in that; for that one &s;oule my be|get another, and that other another.</Q></P>
<P><Q>I haue held you too long, but I will draw to an end: intreating you all to ioyne in praier to God for me.</Q></P>
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<P><HI>O</HI> Lord God omnipotent, who &s;itte&s;t in Heauen, and &s;ee&s;t all things which are done on earth: to whom are knowne all occa&s;ions of men; And who do&s;t deride and laugh to &s;corne their Fooli&s;h inuen|tions: thou (Lord) who art powerfull to Saue at an in&s;tant, bow downe the hea|uens, and behold Mee (wretched &s;inner!) vnworthy to looke vp, or lift vp my hands vnto thee. Remember not (O Lord) the &s;innes which I have committed. Driue away this Mi&s;t which is before mee; and breake tho&s;e thick Clowdes which my &s;innes haue made, and may let my reque&s;t to come into thy pre&s;ence. Strengthen mee in the midde&s;t of Death, in the a&s;surance of thy
<PB REF="18">Mercies; and giue mee a ioyfull Pa&s;&s;age into thy Heauenly Re&s;t, now and for euer. Amen.</P>
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<P>After hee had thus Prayed, hee tooke his leaue of all, with the&s;e words.</P>
<P><Q>GEntlemen, <HI>I</HI> &s;hall &s;ee your faces now no more: and pulling down his Cap in his eies, &s;aid &s;ome priuat prayer; in which time the Doctors prayed, and called to him, that hee would remember his a&s;&s;urance, and not be di&s;maied at the Cup, that hee was not drinke of: Hee an&s;wered, <HI>I will drinke it vp, and neuer looke what is in it.</HI></Q> And after a little time more &s;pent in
<PB REF="18">priuat prayer, hee &s;aid, <Q><HI>Lord receaue my Soule:</HI></Q> And &s;o yeelded vp the Gho&s;t.</P>
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<HEAD>His Meditation and Vow. not long before his Death.</HEAD>
<P>VVHen I con&s;idered <HI>Herods</HI> State, who though hee heard <HI>Iohn Bap|ti&s;t</HI> gladly, yet was he intangled with <HI>He|rodias:</HI> and how <HI>Agrippa</HI> liked &s;o well of <HI>Paul</HI> as hee was per&s;waded almo&s;t to be|come a Chri&s;tian, and how young mans will was good to follow <HI>Chir&s;t</HI> yet was there one thing wanting: meethought the &s;tate of &s;infull man was not vnlike. For al&s;o how the Angler though hauing caught a Fi&s;h but by the the chaps accounts it as his
<PB REF="19">owne: the Bird taken but by the heele is a prey vnto the Fowler: the Iayler al&s;o holds his pri&s;oner by one ioint as &s;afe, as ca&s;t in iron chaines: then did I think what do the&s;e motions good, if not effected to the full? what though not notoriou&s;ly euill? one &s;inne &s;ufficent to condemn: and is he guilty of all that guilty is of one? then &s;aid I vn|to the Lord I will freely clean&s;e my waies and wa&s;h my hands in innocency: I will take heed that I offend not in my tongue. Lord let my thoughts be &s;uch as I may al-waies &s;ay, try and examine mee if there be any vnrighteou&s;nes in mee.</P>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>Sir <HI>Gerua&s;e Ellowis.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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