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<HEAD>The Manner of the Killing PENSIONARY <HI>DE WITT,</HI> and his Brother <HI>R&V;WART van P&V;TTEN</HI> in the <HI>HAG&V;E,</HI> the 20^<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">^h of <HI>Augu&s;t,</HI> 1672.</HEAD>
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<FIGDESC>a series of depictions of the execution of Cornelius de Wit and his brother Johan</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>depiction of execution</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>depiction of execution</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>depiction of execution</FIGDESC>
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<FIGDESC>depiction of execution</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>The Sentence of the Court of <HI>Holland</HI> and <HI>We&s;t-Frie&s;|land,</HI> again&s;t Mr. <HI>Cornelis de Wit,</HI> antient Burger-Ma|&s;ter of the Town of <HI>Dort,</HI> pronounced the 20 <HI>Au|gu&s;t,</HI> 1672.</HEAD>
<P><HI>THE Court of</HI> Holland <HI>having &s;een and examined the &s;everal Points and Articles given in by the Procurator-General of the &s;aid Court again&s;t Mr.</HI> Cornelis de Wit, <HI>ancient Burgerma&s;ter of the Town of</HI> Dort, <HI>and</HI> Ruward <HI>of the Lands of</HI> Putten, <HI>at pre&s;ent Pri&s;oner in the</HI> Voorpoort, <HI>together with his Examination and Confe&s;&s;ion, and the Allegations of the &s;everal Witne&s;&s;es, declare the &s;aid Pri&s;oner to have forfeited all his Dignities and Employments which he now po&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;es, and bani&s;h him out of the Provinces of</HI> Holland <HI>and</HI> We&s;t-Frie&s;land, <HI>never to return into the &s;ame, on pain of Death, and that he accordingly quit the &s;aid Coun|tries with the fir&s;t, and farther condemn him in the Charges of his Trial.</HI> Actum <HI>by the Heeren</HI> Adriaen Pauw, Aelbrecht Nierop, Willem Goes, Frederick van Lier, Cornelis Baen, <HI>and</HI> Matheus Gool, <HI>Councellors of</HI> Holland <HI>and</HI> We&s;t-Frie&s;land, <HI>the</HI> 20 Aug. 1672.</P>
<P>BEfore this Sentence was made known to the people, the Barber <HI>Tichelaar</HI> was re|lea&s;ed, who no &s;ooner came out of Pri&s;on, but he went up and down the City, and told them, he had made good his Charge again&s;t <HI>Ruwart van Putten,</HI> and that now he was Convicted, and had received his Sentence of Perpetual Bani&s;hment from the Lords: But notwith&s;tanding all, that he was &s;et at liberty again.</P>
<P>This being more and more publi&s;hed, occa&s;ioned a very great murmuring among&s;t the Citizens, judging it highly unrea&s;onable: The Barber being &s;et at liberty, they conclu|ded his Accu&s;ation again&s;t <HI>Ruwart van Putten</HI> mu&s;t needs be true, otherwi&s;e he had certainly been puni&s;hed, and the <HI>Ruwart</HI> cleared; hence they did conclude, it was clear and evident, that <HI>Ruwart van Putten</HI> mu&s;t have been privy to the De&s;ign and Plot again&s;t the Per&s;on of his Highne&s;s the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> and that he did ju&s;tly de&s;erve Death for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Whil&s;t the&s;e things were thus Bruted about, the Pen&s;ionary <HI>De Witt</HI> came in his Coach with two Hor&s;es, to fetch his Brother from the Pri&s;on; but &s;o &s;oon as he lighted out of his Coach, and was gone into the Pri&s;on, the Citizens cau&s;ed the Coach to go back. And about Eleven of the Clock, they both coming down to go forth, were &s;topt by the Watch, who by their thru&s;ts, and threatnings to &s;hoot them, if they did not go in again, they were forced to retire.</P>
<P>Hereupon came the Body of the Watch to a&s;&s;i&s;t the others, Beating an Alarum, which brought all the Six Companies of the City together in Armes: Two whereof placed them&s;elves near the Pri&s;on-door, the re&s;t &s;tood in the outward Court. Three Troops of Hor&s;e lying then in the Town, took the Alarum, and quickly Mounted; one of the Troops placed them&s;elves at the ordinary Stand; the other two came to the Gate, and de&s;ired the Citizens to let them through; but were denied, and &s;topt by the multitude of Pikes, that &s;tood again&s;t them to ob&s;truct their March.</P>
<P>In the mean while, there came a Report, that the Bores were coming from all parts round about to plunder the <HI>Hague;</HI> whereupon the Troopers were &s;ent to the Town-Ditches and Draw-Bridges to keep them out; but that report proved nothing.</P>
<P>About &s;ix-a-Clock in the Evening the Citizens re&s;olved to break open the Pri&s;on, and and fetch out the two Brothers, becau&s;e they &s;u&s;pected they had a de&s;ign to get away in the night, by force or &s;tealth: Hereupon they began to &s;hoot through the Door, and that way failing, they fetch Smiths Hammers and Sledges, and broke the Locks and Bolts in pieces, &s;o getting in, Ran up in great Numbers and Companies into the Chamber, found <HI>Ruwart van Putten</HI> in his Japan-Gown lying on his Bed, and his Brother the Pen&s;i|onary &s;itting upon the Beds feet, reading to him; who turning to the Burgers asked them, what they intended by that forcible Entry, and what they would have? Unto which no|thing was an&s;wered, but that they mu&s;t immediately go down; and thereupon pulled <HI>Ruwart van Putten</HI> from his Bed, not &s;uffering him any farther to dre&s;s him&s;elf: Both of them were forced down the Stairs, with Cur&s;es, Oaths, and bitter Railings, &s;ome pu&s;h|ing them, others thru&s;ting them, &s;o that the Pen&s;ionary was wounded with a Pike a little above the Eye, before he came to the Door. No &s;ooner were they come into the Street but they were pre&s;ently a&s;&s;aulted with Blows and Kicks by the Burgers, who would have forced them to the Scaffold, there to have &s;hot them to Death.</P>
<P>But &s;ome of them could not &s;tay &s;o long, &s;o that <HI>Ruwart van Putten</HI> was fir&s;t knockt down underfoot, and five or &s;ix &s;teps from him his Brother Pen&s;ionary received a blow upon his forehead, by a But-end of a Musket, and fell al&s;o; but not being dead, was &s;hot with a Pi&s;tol through his head, and then pre&s;ently gave up the Gho&s;t. The <HI>Ruwart</HI> ly|ing upon the ground received many Stabs in his Body: After which both of them recei|ved many &s;hots.</P>
<P>Hereupon approached the Rabble, and tore their Clothes in pieces from their Bodies: and drew their Carka&s;&s;es naked along the Streets to the Scaffold, where <HI>Ruwart van Put|ten,</HI> not being quite dead, gave &s;ome dying groans. After the Bodies were brought on the Scaffold, they were hanged on the Strapado, with their Heads downwards, all be|&s;meared with buffetings and &s;pitting: After this &s;hameful act was ended, the la&s;t part of this true Tragedy began by &s;ome, who cut off their Hair, beat out their Teeth, pul|led their Tongues out of their Mouths, cut off their No&s;es, Ears, and Privy-Members, Thumbs, Fingers and Toes, from their Hands and Feet; and all this with &s;uch de&s;pe|rate Oaths and Cur&s;es, the like was never heard!</P>
<P>But not contented with their External Parts, they cut open their Brea&s;ts and Bellies, and pulled out their Hearts and Bowels, &s;o that they lookt more like the Bodies of torn Bea&s;ts than Men.</P>
<P>At length the Darkne&s;s of the night ended this terrible Tragedy.</P>
<P>The Burgers being di&s;per&s;t, the Bodies were taken down, and privately buried &s;ome days after.</P>
<P>The people &s;old the Members they had cut off; a Finger for 15 Stivers, a Joint for 12 Stivers, an Ear for 25 Stivers, and a Toe for 10 Stivers, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>Al&s;o they bought pieces of their Clothes to keep for Remains.</P>
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<HEAD>The Explanation of the Picture.</HEAD>
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<ITEM><HI>No. 1.]</HI> Sheweth <HI>Jan de Witt</HI> pu&s;ht in the Head by a Pike, and the blow he received up|on the Brea&s;t with a Mu&s;quet, His Brother in a Japan-Gown, Beaten with Fi&s;ts, Swords, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and thrown down, and threatned to be knockt with a Sledg: The Burgers &s;itting upon the Penthou&s;es, the Coach &s;tands ready for flight, two Companies of Burgers &s;tand upon the Place.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>No. 2.]</HI> Sheweth, How the <HI>Ruwart van Putten</HI> was dragged out in his Japan-Gown by the Sea-men, and torn apieces, received a Pi&s;tol-&s;hot in his Loins, and a thru&s;t in his left Brea&s;t with a Sword, a blow with a Halbert on his head, &s;ome &s;trike him with the But-end of their Mu&s;quets, <HI>Jan de Witt</HI> falls down with his hands under his Head, was &s;hot by the Burgers on one &s;ide that he tumbled over and over.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>No. 3.]</HI> Shews, The Bodies of the two <HI>De Witts,</HI> after the cutting off their No&s;es, Ears, Fingers, and other Members, the Pen&s;ionary in his Drawers, and the <HI>Ruwart van Putten</HI> &s;tark naked, bound with Matches, and dragged to the Scaffold, the multitude Triumphing with the Velvet Coat, Breeches, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> of <HI>John De Witt,</HI> al&s;o the Japan-Gown of the <HI>Ruwarts,</HI> the Burgers here &s;tand in order again.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>No. 4.]</HI> Repre&s;ents, The Bodies of the <HI>De Witts</HI> hanging on the Strapado upon the Scaf|fold, without No&s;e, Ears, Toes, and Fingers, the one was cut open like a Hog, his Bowels and Heart torn out of his Body, which was thru&s;t through many a time, an <HI>Ea&s;t-India</HI> Sea-man fa&s;tens his Lungs and Liver to the Pales, and the re&s;t laughing and &s;porting; here &s;tands the two Companies upon the Place; and the two Companies that &s;tood on the <HI>Viverberg.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>Sold by <HI>John Overton</HI> at the White Hor&s;e without Newgate, and <HI>Dorman Newman</HI> in the <HI>Poultrey,</HI> 1673.</P>
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