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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<P>THE SPEECH Of Collonel JOHN SARES,</P>
<P>Delivered at the place of Execution on the tenth of this in&s;tant Month at Che&s;ter: With his Prote&s;tation, That if he had a head of Hair as big as <HI>Ab&s;olon,</HI> and every hair as &s;trong as <HI>Samp&s;on,</HI> he would &s;pend them all for the good and honour of His KING.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e, the Charge of High Trea&s;on read again&s;t him at the Bar, for adhering to Charles the II; And his Declaration upon the Ladder: Together with his tryumphant Speech when the Rope was put over his Neck, &s;aying;
<Q>What a gallant mourning Ribbon is this, which I wear for the true Loyalty I bear to my KING.</Q></P>
<P>London, Printed for G. HORTON. 1652. <ADD>1651</ADD></P>
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<HEAD>A Speech made by Colonel John SARES at the place of Execution, in the Market-place at We&s;tche&s;ter; who after a Try|all before a Councel of War, received Sentence to be hang'd upon a Gallows, for levying Forces again&s;t the Common Wealth of England, and a&s;&s;i&s;ting the King of Scots again&s;t the Parliament.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen and friends,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<Q><P>_I Am here come, and now ready to pay and &s;uf|fer that Death which my good God hath ap|pointed for me, to his glory, and my own good, humbly confe&s;&s;ing the &s;ame due to me for my &s;ins; I look upon it from him, though in&s;trumentally by man. I here heartily ac|knowledg, that I have &s;pent the prime of my age too much in vain company-keeping, &amp; more then convenient drink|ing, which is incident to too many men, and the Mother &amp; Nur&s;e of all mi&s;chief. And likewi&s;e have broken, and, which
<PB N="4" REF="3">troubleth me mo&s;t, de&s;pi&s;ed that loyal knot of Matrimo|ny; but I ble&s;s my God, I have (after very much grief of heart) remor&s;e, and true &s;orrow for the &s;ame, and wre&s;t|ling with my gracious and good God, through the merits of Chri&s;t and his interce&s;&s;ion, obtained pardon, and receiv|ed comfort.</P>
<P>But beloved friends, I am not &s;entenced by man, nor yet his power hath adjudged me to this Death, but God de|&s;igned me to it; for this, nay this u&s;e I rather make of it, that the onely motives and chief cau&s;e of &s;entencing me to this end, is not the loa&s;t grief or trouble to me, but rather occa&s;ions tryumph and joy, that I am accounted worthy, although by the ba&s;e&s;t of deaths, to &s;uffer for my King; notwith&s;tanding others of honour have received noble deaths which could not be denyed them; yet it matters not the manner of the end, while&s;t I have an a&s;&s;urance, that I, and all that have preceded me by what death &s;oever, or &s;hall hereafter &s;uffer for the &s;ame Cau&s;e &s;hall arrive at the Haven of Cele&s;tial Joy, and ever &s;ing Hallelujaes to him that &s;itteth upon the Throne for evermore.</P>
<P>The Word of God requireth, <HI>Fear God, and honour the King:</HI> In the former I have been too remi&s;s, and neglected too too often, the Lord forgive me; nay he will, he hath forgiven me: And for the latter, my obey&s;ance to my liege Lord, and Soveraign King <HI>Charles</HI> the fir&s;t, and after him <HI>Charles</HI> the &s;econd: I was never cen&s;ured, or in the lea&s;t tainted; but you &s;ee &s;entenced by the contrary party for the &s;ame: I was alwayes for them in life, and am &s;o &s;till, I dye for them; Nay I here profe&s;s, that if I had a head of hair as big as <HI>Ab&s;olons,</HI> and every hair as &s;trong as <HI>Samp&s;on;</HI> And if I were to live as many <HI>Methu&s;alaes</HI> lives as I have haires on my head, I would &s;pend them all for the good and ho|nour of my King.</P></Q>
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Then he de&s;ired M. <HI>Pack</HI> (the Mini&s;ter) to &s;ing a <HI>P&s;alm,</HI> and after wards to pray with him; which done, he turned towards the Ladder, and &s;eeing it &s;omewhat too &s;hort, he &s;aid <Q><HI>Jacob</HI> dreamed of a Laddrr which reached up to Hea|ven; what this Ladder wants in length, I hope by the &s;up|port of Gods Spirit, and his holy Angels, I &s;hall be convey|ed to Heaven, and be brought to my happy journeys end.</Q> Then he gave the Executioner 3 <HI>li.</HI> and as he went up the Ladder intreated his friends not to weep for him, &s;aying, <HI>That he was full of inward comfort, and freely forgave his Ene|mies,; And</HI> (&s;aith he) <Q><HI>although they in<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ended evil to me, yet they have done me much good, in taking me out of a &s;inful world, and out of a di&s;tre&s;&s;ed Kingdom, and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n di&s;tracted people, and &s;en|d<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n, me &s;ooner to the Haven of happine&s;s, the Haven of eternall and everlasting rest.</HI> Now &s;ome may imagine, that Death doth work a terror and fear within me, and that I am afraid to dye; I mu&s;t confe&s;s the la&s;t night, the fear of death, &amp; the amazement it brought unto me, and loathne&s;s to leave this World, troubled me very much: But I ble&s;s my God, I was comforted, incouraged, and well re&s;olved before the day appeared, that I dur&s;t look Death undantedly in the face; and as I tru&s;t God with my &s;oul, &s;o I leave and commit my children to his gracious and fatherly protection: All that is mine I leave unto them, hoping of Gods goodne&s;&s;e and ble&s;&s;ing upon them. I have ever lived, and dye a Prote&s;t|ant, and &s;o far as I ever conceived and verily believe, the late King, as al&s;o this, were ever Prote&s;tants, and &s;tood for the <HI>Pro<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">estant Re<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">igion:</HI> and therefore I was for him, who is not; and for him, for who&s;e cau&s;e I now dye, praying to God to ble&s;&s;e him where&s;oever He is, or goeth.</Q></P>
<P><HI>Then he &s;aid to the Executioner,</HI> <Q><HI>Friend, when I hold up my hands, do thy office;</HI></Q> <HI>and as he put the Rope over his head, he with expre&s;&s;ions of joy &s;aid;</HI> <Q><HI>What a gallant mourning Ribbon is this which I wear for the &s;ake of my King.</HI></Q></P>
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Then he made many &s;hort heavenly ejaculations, pray|ing earne&s;tly, and &s;aying, <Q>Lord I be&s;eech thee wa&s;h my &s;oul clean in the bloud of thy dear Son my ble&s;&s;ed Saviour from all my &s;ins; I &s;hall</Q> (&s;aid he) <Q>be by and by with thee, I &s;hall enjoy the ble&s;&s;ed pre&s;ence of thee my gracious God, my dear Saviour, and all the holy Saints.</Q></P>
<P>Then he intreated his friends not to &s;uffer the Executi|oner to pull him by the legs, when the Ladder was turned, or to u&s;e any violent means, as is u&s;ual to put him &s;ooner out of his pain; <Q>For,</Q> &s;aid he, <Q>I de&s;ire to &s;uffer the pains of this death what&s;oever it be; nay if it were ten thou&s;and times more for my &s;ins, and to wait upon my God, till he deliver my &s;oul out of this mortal body.</Q></P>
<P>Then he prayed again, and &s;aid, <Q>into thy hands O Lord Je&s;us my ble&s;&s;ed Saviour, I commend my &s;pirit;</Q> and &s;o he held up his hands, and the Executioner did his Office ac|cordingly.</P>
<P>But that which was thought very &s;trange, and never ob|&s;erved in any, none of the &s;pectators could perceive any motion, or &s;tirring of either hand or foot, or the lea&s;t ap|pearance of pain in undergoing the &s;ame.</P>
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<P>This Mr. Sares was taken in Che&s;hire, &s;ince the late fight at Worce&s;ter, and imme|diatly committed to &s;afe cu&s;tody; but upon the 7. in&s;tant he was brought to a Tryal be|fore a Court Mar&s;hal, where the Judge Ad|vocate (in the name of the whole Court) read the Charge of High Trea&s;on exhibited again&s;t him; declaring, That he &s;tood im|peached of Trea&s;on again&s;t the Common-Wealth of England, for abetting, and adhe|ring to Charles Stuart, and holding corre|&s;pondency with the Enemies of this Nati|on.</P>
<P>After reading of the Charge, the Court proceeded to &s;entence, viz. That he mu&s;t re|turn to the pri&s;on from whence he came, and from thence to the place of execution, there to &s;uffer the pangs of Death, by being hang'd upon the Gallows.</P>
<P>At the pronouncing of this &s;entence, he &s;eemed to &s;mile, &s;aying,</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>ALthough I am &s;entenced by man, yet G&ocirc;d hath adjudged and de&s;igned me to this Death; and this u&s;e I rather make of it, That the onely motives and chief cau&s;e of &s;entencing me to this end, is not the lea&s;t grief or trouble, but rather occa&s;ions alacri|ty, cheerfulne&s;s, and comfort, that I am ac|counted worthy, although by the ba&s;e&s;t of deaths, to &s;uffer for my Dread Soveraign Lord and King.</P>
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<P>He was executed on the 10 in&s;tant, be|ing the flower (for &s;tature) of England, Scotland, and Ireland; for he was two yards and a quarter compleat in height.</P>
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