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<P>King Charls HIS SPEECH Made upon the SCAFFOLD at <HI>Whitehall</HI>-Gate, Immediately before his Execution, On Tue&s;day the 30 of <HI>Ian.</HI> 1648.</P>
<P>VVith a Relation of the maner of his going to Execution.</P>
<P><HI>Publi&s;hed by special Authority.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by <HI>Peter Cole,</HI>
at the Sign of the Printing-Pre&s;s in Cornhil, near
the Royal-Exchange. 1649.</P>
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<HEAD>King Charls HIS SPEECH</HEAD>
<HEAD TYPE="sub">Made upon the Scaffold at <HI>White|hall</HI>-Gate, immediately before his Execution.</HEAD>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Tue&s;day, Ianuary 30.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ABout ten in the Morning the King was brought from St. James's walking on foot through the Park, with a Regiment of Foot, part before and part behinde him, with Colours flying, Drums beating, his private Guard of Par|tizans, with &s;ome of his Gentlemen before, and &s;ome behinde bareheaded, D. JUXON
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next behinde him, and Col: <HI>Thomlin&s;on</HI> (who had the charge of him) talking with the King bareheaded from the Park, up the &s;tairs in|to the Gallery, and &s;o into the <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">It is ob&s;ervd, The King de|&s;ired to have the u&s;e of the Cabinet, and the little room next it, where there was a Trap-door.</NOTE> Cabinet-Chamber, where he u&s;ed to lie, where he continued at his Devotion, refu&s;ing to dine (having before taken the Sacrament) only about an hour before he came forth, he drank a gla&s;s of Claret wine, and eat a piece of bread about twelve at noon.</P>
<P>From thence he was accompanied by Dr. <HI>Iuxon,</HI> Col: <HI>Thomlin&s;on,</HI> and other Officers, for|merly appointed to attend him, and the pri|vate Guard of Partizans, with Musketiers on each &s;ide, through the Banqueting-hou&s;e adjoyning, to which the <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">It was near (if not in) the very place where the fir&s;t blood in the beginning of the late trou|bles was &s;hed when the Kings Cava|liers fell upon the Citizens, killed one, and wounded about <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o others.</NOTE> Scaffold was erected, between Whitehall Gate, and the Gate leading into the Gallery from St. James's: The Scaffold was hung round with black, and the floor covered with black, and the Ax and Block laid in the mid|dle of the Scaffold. There were divers com|panies of Foot, and Troops of Hor&s;e placed on the one &s;ide the Scaffold towards Kings-&s;treet, and on the other &s;ide towards Cha|ring
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Cro&s;s, and the multitudes of people that came to be Spectators, very great.</P>
<P>The King being come upon the Scaffold, look'd very earne&s;tly on the Block, and asked Col: <HI>Hacker</HI> if there were no higher; and the &s;pake thus (directing his &s;peech chiefly to Col: <HI>Thomlin&s;on</HI>)</P>
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<SPEAKER>King</SPEAKER>
<P>I Shall be very little heard of any body here, I &s;hall therefore &s;peak a word unto you here; indeed I could hold my peace very wel, if I did not think that holding my peace, would make &s;ome men think that I did &s;ubmit to the guilt, as well as to the puni&s;hment; but I think it is my duty to God fir&s;t, and to my countrey, for to clear my &s;elf both as an hone&s;t man, and a good King, and a good Chri&s;tian. I &s;hall begin fir&s;t with my Innocency, In troth I think it not very needful for me to in&s;i&s;t long upon this, for all the world knows that I never did begin a War with the two Hou&s;es of Parliament, and I call God to witne&s;s, to whom I mu&s;t &s;hortly make an account that I never did intend for to incroach upon
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their Priviledges, they began upon me, it is the Militia they began upon, they con|fe&s;t that the Militia was mine, but they thought it fit for to have it from me; and to be &s;hort, if any body will look to the dates of Commi&s;sions, of their Commi&s;&s;i|ons and mine, and likewi&s;e to the Declarati|ons, wil &s;ee clearly that they began the&s;e un|happy troubles, not I; &s;o that as the guilt of the&s;e Enormous crimes that are laid again&s;t me, I hope in God that God will clear me of it, I will not, I am in charity; God for|bid that I &s;hould lay it upon the two Hou|&s;es of Parliament, there is no nece&s;sity of either, I hope they are free of this guilt; for I do believe that ill in&s;truments between them and me, has been the chief cau&s;e of all this blood&s;hed; &s;o that by way of &s;peaking, as I finde my &s;elf clear of this, I hope (and pray God) that they may too; yet for all this, God forbid that I &s;hould be &s;o ill a Chri&s;ti|an, as not to &s;ay that Gods Judgements are ju&s;t upon me: Many times he does pay Ju&s;tice by an unju&s;t Sentence, that is ordi|nary; I will onely &s;ay this, That an unju&s;t
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Sentence <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg"><HI>Strafford.</HI></NOTE> that I &s;uffered for to take ef|fect, is puni&s;hed now, by an unju&s;t Sen|tence upon me; that is, &s;o far I have &s;aid, to &s;hew you that I am an innocent man.</P>
<P>Now for to &s;hew you that I am a good Chri&s;tian: I hope there is <STAGE N="*" PLACE="marg">Pointing to Dr. Iuxon.</STAGE> a good man that will bear me witne&s;s, That I have forgiven all the world, and even tho&s;e in particular that have been the chief cau&s;ers of my death; who they are, God knows, I do not de&s;ire to know, I pray God forgive them. But this is not all, my charity mu&s;t go further, I wi&s;h that they may repent, for indeed they have committed a great &s;in in that particular, I pray God with St. <HI>Stephen,</HI> That this be not laid to their charge; nay, not onely &s;o, but that they may take the right way to the Peace of the Kingdom, for my charity commands me not onely to forgive particular men, but my charity commands me to endeavor to the la&s;t ga&s;p the peace of the kingdom: So (Sirs) I do wi&s;h with all my &s;oul, and I do hope (there is <STAGE N="*" PLACE="marg">Turning to &s;ome Gentle|men that wro<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e.</STAGE> &s;ome here will carry it further)
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that they may endeavor the Peace of the Kingdom. Now (Sirs) I mu&s;t &s;hew you both how you are out of the way and will put you in a way; fir&s;t, you are out of the way, for certainly all the way you ever have had yet as I could finde by any thing, is in the way of Conque&s;t; certainly this is an ill way, for Con|que&s;t (Sir) in my opinion is never ju&s;t, except there be a good ju&s;t Cau&s;e, either for matter of wrong or ju&s;t Title, and then if you go beyond it, the fi&s;t quarrel that you have to it, that makes it unju&s;t at the end, that was ju&s;t at fir&s;t: But if it be only matter of Conque&s;t, then it is a great Rob|bery; as a Pirat &s;aid to <HI>Alexander,</HI> that He was the great Robber, he was but a petty Robber; and &s;o, Sir, I do think the way that you are in, is much out of the way. Now Sir, for to put you in the way, believe it you will never do right, nor God will never pro&s;per you, until you give God his due, the King his due (that is, my Suc|ce&s;&s;ors) and the People their due; I am as much for them as any of you: You
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mu&s;t give God his due, by regulating rightly his Church (according to his Scripture) which is now out of order: For to &s;et you in a way particularly now I cannot, but onely this, A National Synod freely called, freely debat|ing among them&s;elves, mu&s;t &s;ettle this; when that every Opinion is freely and cleerly heard.</P>
<P>For the King, indeed I will not, (then turn|ing to a Gentleman that touched the Ax, &s;aid, Hurt not the Ax that may hurt me <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Meaning if he did blunt the edg.</NOTE>. For the King:) The Laws of the Land will clearly in|&s;truct you for that; therefore, becau&s;e it con|cerns My Own particular, I onely give you a touch of it.</P>
<P>For the people. And truly I de&s;ire their Liberty and Freedom, as much as any Body whom&s;oever; but I mu&s;t tell you, That their Liberty and their Freedom con&s;i&s;ts in having of Government; tho&s;e Laws, by which their Life and their Goods, may be mo&s;t their own. It is not for having &s;hare in Government (Sir)
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that is nothing pertaining to them. Subject and a Soveraign, are clean different things; and therefore, until they do that, I mean, That you do put the people in that Liberty as I &s;ay certainly they will never enjoy them|&s;elves.</P>
<P>Sirs, It was for this, that now I Am come here: If I would have given way to an Arbitrary way, for to have all Laws changed according to the power of the Sword, I needed not to have come here; and therefore, I tell you, (and I pray God it be not laid to your charge) That I Am the Martyr of the People.</P>
<P>In troth Sirs, I &s;hall not hold you much longer; for I will Onely &s;ay this to you, That in truth, I could have de&s;ired &s;ome little time longer, becau&s;e that I would have put this that I have &s;aid, in a little more order, and a little better dige&s;ted, then I have done; and therefore I hope you will excu&s;e Me.</P>
<P><PB N="11" REF="7">I have delivered my Con&s;cience, I pray God, that you do take tho&s;e cour&s;es that are be&s;t for the good of the Kingdom, and your own Salvation.</P>
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<SPEAKER>Doctor <HI>Juxon.</HI></SPEAKER>
<P>Will Your Maje&s;ty (though it may be very well known Your Maje&s;ties Affections to Religion, yet it may be expected, that You &s;hould) &s;ay &s;omewhat for the Worlds &s;atis|faction.</P>
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<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<P>I thank you very heartily (my Lord) for that, I had almo&s;t forgotten it. In troth Sirs, My Con&s;cience in Religion, I think, is very well known to all the World, and therefore, I declare before you all, That I die a Chri&s;tian according to the Profe&s;&s;ion of the Church of ENGLAND, as I found it left Me by My Father; and this hone&s;t man <STAGE N="*" PLACE="marg">Point|ing to Dr. <HI>Juxon.</HI></STAGE> I think will witne&s;s it.</P>
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<P>Then turning to the Officers &s;aid, <Q>Sirs, excu&s;e me for this &s;ame. I have a good Cau&s;e, and I have a gracious God; I will
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&s;ay no more.</Q> Then turning to Colonel <HI>Hacker,</HI> he &s;aid, <Q>Take care that they do not put Me to pain, and Sir this, and it plea&s;e you:</Q> But then a Gentleman coming neer the Ax, the King &s;aid, <Q>Take heed of the Ax, pray take heed of the Ax.</Q> Then the King &s;peaking to the Executioner, &s;aid, I &s;hall &s;ay but very &s;hort Prayers, and when I thru&s;t out My hands &mdash;. Then the King called to Doctor <HI>Iuxon</HI> for His Night-Cap, and having put it on, He &s;aid to the Executioner, <Q>Does My Hair trouble you?</Q> Who de&s;ired Him to put it all under His Cap, which the King did accordingly, by the help of the Executioner and the Bi&s;hop: then the King turning to Doctor <HI>Iuxon</HI> &s;aid, <Q>I have a good Cau&s;e, and a gracious God on my &s;ide.</Q></P>
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<SPEAKER>Doctor <HI>Juxon.</HI></SPEAKER>
<P>There is but one Stage more. This Stage is turbulent and trouble&s;ome; it is a &s;hort one: But You may con&s;ider it will &s;oon carry You a very great way; it will carry You from Earth to Heaven; and there You &s;hall finde
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a great deal of Cordial, Joy, and Com|fort.</P>
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<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<P>I go from a corruptible, to an incorrupti|ble Crown; where no di&s;turbance can be, no di&s;turbance in the World.</P>
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<SPEAKER>Doctor <HI>Juxon.</HI></SPEAKER>
<P>You are exchanged from a Temporal to an eternal Crown; a good exchange.</P>
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<P>The King then &s;aid to the Executioner, is My Hair well: Then the King took off His Cloak and His George, giving His George to Doctor <HI>Iuxon,</HI> &s;aying, <Q>Remember <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">It is thought for to give it to the Prince.</NOTE> &mdash;</Q> Then the King put off His Dublet, and being in His Wa&s;tecoat, put His Cloak on again; then looking upon the block, &s;aid to the Executioner, <Q>You mu&s;t &s;et it fa&s;t.</Q></P>
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<SPEAKER>Executioner.</SPEAKER>
<P>It is fa&s;t Sir.</P>
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<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<P>It might have been a little higher.</P>
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<SPEAKER>Executioner.</SPEAKER>
<P>It can be no higher Sir.</P>
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<SPEAKER>King.</SPEAKER>
<P>When I put out my hands this way <STAGE N="*" PLACE="marg">Stretch|ing them out.</STAGE> then &mdash;.</P>
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<P>After that having &s;aid two or three words (as he &s;tood) to Him&s;elf with hands and eyes lift up, Immediately &s;tooping down, laid His Neck upon the Block: And then the Exe|cutioner again putting his Hair under his Cap, the King &s;aid, <NOTE N="*" PLACE="marg">Think|ing he had bin going to &s;trike.</NOTE> <Q>Stay for the &s;igne.</Q></P>
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<SPEAKER>Executioner.</SPEAKER>
<P>Yes, I will, and it plea&s;e Your Maje&s;ty.</P>
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<P>And after a very little paw&s;e, the King &s;tretching forth his hands, The Executioner at one blow, &s;evered his head from his Body.</P>
<P>That when the Kings head was cut off the Executioner held it up, and &s;hewed it to the Spectators.</P>
<P>And his Body was put in a Coffin, covered with black Velvet, for that purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>The Kings Body now lies in His Lodging Chamber in Whitehall.</P>
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<Q>Sic tran&s;it gloria mundi.</Q>
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