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AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS Againſt the Rebels, and other Priſoners, Tried before the Lord Chief Juſtice Jefferies, and other Judges in the Weſt of England, in 1685. for taking Arms under the Duke of Monmouth.

With a compleat Liſt of all the Perſons that ſuffered, the Counties they ſuffered in, the Crimes they were tried for, and the Puniſh⯑ments inflicted on them.

Alſo an Account of what was done againſt thoſe in Scotland, who took Arms there under the Earl of Argyle, &c. and againſt the Proteſtants in Ire⯑land, by the late King James, and his Deputy Tyrconnel.

Publiſhed from an Original Manuſcript.

To which is prefix'd, The Duke of Monmouth's, the Earl of Argyle's, and the Pretender's Declarations, that the Reader may the better judge of the Cauſe of the ſeveral Rebellions.

With what Meaſure you meet, it ſhall be meaſured to you again, Mat. 7. 2.

The Third Edition.

LONDON: Printed for Andrew Bell, at the Croſs Keys and Bible in Cornhill, near Stock's Market; and J Baker, and Tho. Warner, at the Black Boy in Pater-noſter-row. 1716. Price One Shilling.

INTRODUCTION.

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THE Faction now having loſt all Hopes of Succeſs by their unnatural Rebellion, they apply themſelves with the utmoſt Induſtry and Malice to cry down the Proceedings of Ju⯑ſtice againſt the Rebels who are taken, as Barba⯑rous and cruel, and having no Precedent in Hi⯑ſtory. This Clamour is ſo very ill founded, and ſo remote from Truth, that it might be juſtly thought needleſs to give it any Anſwer; but ſince it is made uſe of by the Party farther to in⯑cenſe the ignorant Mob againſt the Government, it can't be thought amiſs to convict our Adverſa⯑ries of Falſhood, by putting them in mind of the barbarous Cruelty of the late King James II. a⯑gainſt thoſe who took Arms under the Duke of Monmouth, and the Earl of Argyle in Scotland; and likewiſe of that Prince's Barbarity to the Proteſtants in Ireland, after the Revolution.

Theſe Things are ſtill remember'd by Thou⯑ſands of Eye-Witneſſes, and therefore can admit of no Contradiction, but from ſuch as have bid Defiance to Truth, becauſe they know the Inte⯑reſt of Tyranny and Popery, which they eſpouſe, can never be ſupported by any other Methods than Cruelty and Falſhood.

[iv] I ſhall begin with the Proceedings in that King's Reign againſt thoſe who took Arms in the Weſt of England under the Duke of Monmouth. The Liſts of thoſe who were executed, or other⯑wiſe puniſh'd on that Account, are in the follow⯑ing Treatiſe, and more large and exact than what has yet been publiſhed; ſo that I ſhall ſay nothing of them here, but proceed to give ſome Account of the Difference betwixt that and the preſent Rebellion.

Every one knows, that thoſe who join'd the Duke of Monmouth did not do it till after King James II. had declared himſelf a Papiſt, and con⯑trary to Law encourag'd thoſe of his own Per⯑ſwaſion to ſet up their Worſhip publickly; and he had likewiſe in an arbitrary and tyrannical Manner invaded our Civil Liberties, as may be ſeen by the Duke of Monmouth's Declaration, and that of the Earl of Argyle.

The DECLARATION of James Duke of Monmouth, and the No⯑blemen, Gentlemen, and others, now in Arms for the Defence and Vindication of the Proteſtant Reli⯑gion, and the Laws, Rights, and Privileges of England.

' AS Government was originally inſtituted by God, and this or that Form of it choſen and ſubmitted to by Men, for the Peace, Happineſs, and Security of the Governed, and not for the private Intereſt, and perſonal [v] Greatneſs of thoſe that rule; ſo that Govern⯑ment hath always been eſteemed the beſt, where the Supreme Magiſtrates have been inveſted with all the Power and Prerogatives that might capacitate them, not only to preſerve the Peo⯑ple from Violence and Oppreſſion, but to pro⯑mote their Proſperity; and yet, where no⯑thing was to belong to them by the Rules of the Conſtitution, that might enable them to injure and oppreſs them. And it hath been the Glory of England, above moſt other Nations, that the Prince had all entruſted with him that was neceſſary, either for the advancing the Welfare of the People, or for his own Prote⯑ction in the Diſcharge of the Office; and withal ſtood ſo limited and reſtrained by the Funda⯑mental Terms of the Conſtitution, that with⯑out a Violation of his own Oath, as well as the Rules and Meaſures of the Government, he could do them no Hurt, nor exerciſe any Act of Authority, but through the Adminiſtration of ſuch Hands as ſtood obnoxious to be puniſhed in caſe they tranſgreſſed: So that according to the primitive Frame of the Government, the Prerogatives of the Crown, and the Privileges of the Subject, are ſo far from joſtling one a⯑nother, that the Rights reſerved unto the Peo⯑ple tended to render the King Honourable and Great, and the Prerogatives ſettled on the Prince were in order to the Subjects Protection and Safety. But all Human Things being ſub⯑ject to Perverſion, as well as Decay, it hath been the Fate of the Engliſh Government to be often changed, and wreſted from what it was in the firſt Settlement and Inſtitution. And we are particularly compelled to ſay, that all the Boundaries of the Government have of late [vi] been broken, and nothing leſs unattempted for turning our limited Monarchy into an abſolute Tyranny: For ſuch hath been the Tranſaction of Affairs within this Nation for ſeveral Years laſt paſt, that though the Proteſtant Religion and Liberties of the People were fenced and hedged about by as many Laws, as the Wiſdom of Man can deviſe for their Preſervation againſt Popery and Arbitrary Power, our Religion hath been all along countermined by popiſh Counſels, and our Privileges raviſhed from us by Fraud and Violence. And more eſpecially the whole Courſe and Series of the Life of the D. of Y. hath been but one continued Conſpi⯑racy againſt the Reformed Religion, and the Rights of the Nation: For, whoever conſiders his contriving the burning of London, his inſti⯑gating a Confederacy with France, and a War with Holland, fomenting the Popiſh Plot, and encouraging the Murther of Sir Ed. Godfrey, his charging Treaſon againſt Proteſtants, ſub⯑orning Witneſſes to ſwear the Patriots of our Religion and Liberties out of their Lives; his hiring execrable Villains to aſſaſſinate the late Earl of Eſſex, and cauſing thoſe others to be clandeſtinely cut off in Hopes to conceal it; his adviſing and procuring the Prorogation and Diſſolution of Parliaments, in order to prevent their looking into his Crimes, and that he might eſcape the Juſtice of the Nation; ſuch can i⯑magine nothing ſo black and horrid in it ſelf, or ſo ruinous and deſtructive to Religion and the Kingdom, which we may not expect from him.'

' The very Tyrannies which he hath exerci⯑ſed ſince he ſnatched the Crown from his Bro⯑ther's Head, do leave none under a Poſſibility [vii] of flattering themſelves with Hopes of Safety, either in their Conſciences, Perſons, or E⯑ſtates: For, in Defiance of all the Laws and Statutes of the Realm, made for the Security of the Reformed Proteſtant Religion, he not only began his Reign with a bare-fac'd Avow⯑ing himſelf of the Romiſh Religion, but call'd in Multitudes of Prieſts and Jeſuits, for whom the Law makes it Treaſon to come into this King⯑dom; and hath impower'd them to exerciſe I⯑dolatries: And beſides his being daily preſent at the Worſhip of the Maſs, he hath publickly aſſiſted at the greateſt Fopperies of their Su⯑perſtition. Neither hath he been more tender in trampling upon the Laws which concern our Properties, ſeeing in two Proclamations, whereof the one requires the collecting of the Cuſtoms, and the other the continuing that part of the Exciſe which was to expire at the late King's Death; he hath violently, and a⯑gainſt all the Law of the Land, broken in up⯑on our Eſtates. Neither is it any Extenuation of his Tyranny, that he is countenanced in it by an extrajudicial Opinion of ſeven or eight ſuborned and forſworn Judges; but rather de⯑claring the Greatneſs and Extent of the Conſpi⯑racy againſt our Rights; and that there is no Means left for our Relief, but by Force of Arms: For, advancing thoſe to the Bench that were the Scandal of the Bar; and conſtituting thoſe very Men to declare the Laws, who are ac⯑cuſed and branded in Parliament for pervert⯑ing them, we were precluded all Hopes of Ju⯑ſtice in Weſtminſter-Hall: And by packing Ju⯑ries together by falſe Returns, new illegal Charters, and other corrupt Means, he doth at once deprive us of all Expectations of Succour [viii] where our Anceſtors were wont to find it; and hopes to render that which ought to be the People's Fences againſt Tyranny, and the Con⯑ſervator of their Liberties, the Means of ſub⯑verting all our Laws, and of eſtabliſhing of his Arbitrarineſs, and confirming our Thraldom. So that unleſs we could be contented to ſee the Reformed Proteſtant Religion, and ſuch as profeſs it, extirpated, Popiſh Superſtition and Idolatry eſtabliſh'd, the Laws of the Land trampled under Foot, the Liberties and Rights of the Engliſh People ſubverted, and all that is Sacred and Civil, or of Regard amongſt Men of Virtue or Piety, violated; and unleſs we could be willing to be Slaves as well as Papiſts, and forget the Example of our Noble and Generous Anceſtors, who conveyed our Privileges to us at the Expence of their Blood and Treaſure; and withal, be unmindful of our Duty to God, our Country and Poſterity; deaf to the Cries and Groans of our oppreſſed Friends, and be ſatisfied not only to ſee them and our ſelves impriſon'd, robb'd, and murdered, but the Pro⯑teſtant Intereſt throughout the whole World, betrayed to France and Rome; we are bound, as Men and Chriſtians, and that in Diſcharge of our Duty to God, and our Country, and for the Satisfaction of the Proteſtant Nations round about us, to betake our ſelves to Arms; which we take Heaven and Earth to witneſs, we ſhould not have done, had not the Malice of our Enemies deprived us of all other Means of Redreſs; and were not the Miſeries that we al⯑ready feel, and thoſe which do further threaten us, worſe than the Calamities of War. And it is not for any perſonal Injuries, or private Diſ⯑contents, nor in purſuance of any corrupt In⯑tereſt, [ix] that we take our Swords in our Hands; but for vindicating our Religion, Laws and Rights, and reſcuing our Country from Ruin and Deſtruction, and for the preſerving our ſelves, Wives and Children, from Bondage and Idolatry. Wherefore, before God, Angels and Men, we ſtand acquitted from, and do charge upon our Enemies, all the Slaughter and De⯑vaſtations that unavoidably accompany inte⯑ſtine War.'

' Now, therefore, we do hereby ſolemnly de⯑clare and proclaim War againſt J. D. of Y. as a Murderer, and an Aſſaſſin of innocent Men, a Traytor to the Nation, and a Tyrant over the People: And we would have none that ap⯑pear under his Banner to flatter themſelves with Expectation of Forgiveneſs, it being our firm Reſolution to proſecute him, and his Adhe⯑rents, without giving Way to Treaties and Ac⯑commodations, until we have brought him and them to undergo what the Rule of the Conſtitution, and the Statutes of the Realm, as well as the Laws of Nature, Scripture, and Nations, adjudge to be Puniſhment due to the Enemies of God, Mankind, their Country, and all Things that are Honourable, Virtuous, and Good.'

' And though we cannot avoid being ſenſible that too many have, from Cowardiſe, Cove⯑touſneſs and Ambition, co-operated to the ſubverting of our Religion, and enſlaving their Country; yet we would have none, from a Deſpair of finding Mercy, perſevere in their Crimes, nor continue the Ruin of the King⯑dom: For we exclude none from the Benefit of Repentance, that will join with us in retrie⯑ving that they have been acceſſary to the Loſs [x] of: Nor do we deſign Revenge upon any, but the obſtinate, and ſuch as ſhall be found at this Juncture yielding Aid and Aſſiſtance to the ſaid J. D. of Y.'

' And that we may both govern our ſelves in the Purſuit of this glorious Cauſe wherein we are engaged, and give Encouragement to all that ſhall aſſiſt us in ſo righteous and neceſſary an Undertaking, we do, in the Preſence of the Lord, who knoweth the Secrets of all Hearts, and is the Avenger of Deceit and Falſhood, proclaim and publiſh what we aim at; and for the obtaining whereof, we have both determi⯑ned to venture, and are ready to lay down our Lives. And though we are not come into the Field to introduce Anarchy and Confuſion, or for laying aſide any Part of the Old Engliſh Go⯑vernment, yet our Purpoſes and Reſolutions are, to reduce Things to that Temperament and Ballance, that future Rulers may remain able to do all the Good that can be either deſi⯑red or expected from them: and that it may not be in their Power to invade the Rights, and infringe the Liberties of the People.'

' And whereas our Religion, the moſt valua⯑ble thing we lay claim unto, hath been ſhaken by unjuſt Laws, undermined by Popiſh Coun⯑ſels, and is now in Danger to be ſubverted, we are therefore reſolved to ſpend our Blood for preſerving it to our ſelves and Poſterity: Nor will we lay down our Arms till we ſee it eſta⯑bliſhed and ſecured beyond all Probability of being ſupplanted and overthrown, and until all the Penal Laws againſt all Proteſtant Diſſenters be repealed, and legal Proviſion made againſt their being diſturbed, by reaſon of their Conſciences, and for their enjoying [xi] an equal Liberty with other Proteſtants.'

' And that the Meekneſs and Purity of our Principles, and the Moderation and Righte⯑ouſneſs of our End may appear unto all Men, we do declare, That we will not make War up⯑on or deſtroy any for their Religion, how falſe and erroneous ſoever: So that the very Papiſts, provided they withdraw from the Tents of our Enemies, and be not found Guil⯑ty of conſpiring our Deſtruction, or Abettors of them that ſeek it, have nothing to fear or apprehend from us, except what may hinder their altering our Laws, and endangering our Perſons in the Profeſſion of the Reformed Do⯑ctrine, and Exerciſe of our Chriſtian Worſhip.'

' Our Reſolution in the next Place is, To maintain all the juſt Rights and Privileges of Parliament, and to have Parliaments annually choſen and held, and not prorogued, diſſolved, or diſcontinued within the Year, before Peti⯑tions be firſt anſwered, and Grievances redreſ⯑ſed.'

' And ſeeing many of the Miſeries under which the Nation doth groan, ariſe from diſ⯑placing ſuch out of the Number of Judges as would not, for the promoting Popiſh and Ar⯑bitrary Deſigns, wreſt and miſapply the Laws, and from conſtituting Corrupt and Mercenary Men in their Rooms, on purpoſe to ſtretch the Laws beyond the Reaſon and Intention of them; and to declare that for Law which is not; we can neither with Silence paſs over the mention⯑ing of them; nor ſhould we have Peace in our ſelves, if we did not endeavour to prevent the like Miſchief in Time to come. For by Reaſon of ill Men's being advanced to the Bench, and holding their Places only durante bene placito, [xii] many Perſons have been condemned in exorbi⯑tant Fines for no Crimes, or for very ſmall ones: Many Statutes made for the Safety of the Subject, particularly the Habeas Corpus Act, have been wickedly eluded, to the Oppreſſion of the Innocent and Loyal Men. The Popiſh Lords that were impeached in Parliament for a moſt helliſh Conſpiracy, have, to the ſub⯑verting the Rights of the Houſe of Lords, been diſcharged, and ſet free. The impoſing a Mayor and Sheriffs upon the City of London, by Fraud and Violence, have been juſtified, and thoſe who in diſcharge of their Duty op⯑poſed it, illegally proſecuted, and arbitrarily puniſhed. London, and other Cities and Cor⯑porations, have been robbed of their Char⯑ters, upon unrighteous Judgments of pretended Forfeitures. Sir Thomas Armſtrong executed without being allowed the Benefit of a Tryal. Colonel Algernoon Sidney condemn'd to die up⯑on the Depoſition of one ſcandalous Witneſs. And that Loyal and Excellent Perſon, the late William Lord Ruſſel, murthered for alledged Crimes; in reference to which, if all had been true which was ſworn againſt him, yet there was nothing which according to Law could have reached his Life. Upon the Conſidera⯑tions aforeſaid, we further declare, that we will have Care taken for the future, for the debar⯑ring ignorant, ſcandalous, and mercenary Men from the Adminiſtration of Juſtice; and that the Judges ſhall hold their Places by the anci⯑ent Tenure of quam diu ſe bene geſſerint; and to leave it to the Wiſdom of a Parliament, to ſet⯑tle ſome Way and Method for the Approbation of ſuch as ſhall be advanced to the Degree and Dignity of Judges.'

[xiii] ' And foraſmuch as the Invaſion made on the Right of Cities, Burroughs, and Towns Cor⯑porate; the Seiſure of their Charters, whether by Surrender, or upon pretence of Forfeiture, have been wholly arbitrary and illegal; we likewiſe therefore declare, we will, to our ut⯑moſt, endeavour to ſee them repoſſeſſed in what they formerly had, and could legally lay claim to; and that we do eſteem all Judgments given againſt them, and all Surrenders made by a cor⯑rupt and perjured Party amongſt them, null and void in Law; and do hold and declare their old Charters, notwithſtanding the new ones lately granted, to be good and valid: And ac⯑cordingly we do invite and encourage all ho⯑neſt Burgeſſes and Free-men to re-aſſume the Rights and Privileges, which by Virtue of the ſaid old Charters, belonged to their ſeveral and reſpective Corporations; and to deliver them⯑ſelves from thoſe late Paraſites, and Inſtru⯑ments of Tyranny ſet up to oppreſs them.'

' Moreover, for the reſtoring the Kingdom to its Primitive Condition of Freedom and Safety, we will have the Corporation and Militia Acts repealed: And all Outlawries of Treaſon againſt any Perſon whatſoever, upon the late pretend⯑ed Porteſtant Plot, reverſed; and alſo, all other Outlawries, Baniſhments, Warrants, Judg⯑ments, Impriſonments, and injurious Proceed⯑ings againſt any other Perſons, upon any of the Penal Statutes made againſt Proteſtant Diſ⯑ſenters, made null and void. And we will have new Laws enacted for placing the Electi⯑on of Sheriffs in the Freeholders of the ſeveral Countries, for ſettling the Militia in the ſeveral Shires, and for preventing all Military ſtanding Forces, except what ſhall be raiſed and kept up [xiv] by Authority and Conſent of Parliament.'

' And whereas ſeveral Gentlemen and others, who have been worthy and zealous Aſſertors of the Proteſtant Intereſt, and Laws of the Kingdom, are now in Cuſtody in divers Places within the Realm, upon moſt unjuſt Accuſati⯑ons, Pretences, Proceedings and Judgments; we do hereby further declare the ſaid Impriſon⯑ments to be illegal; and that in caſe any Vio⯑lence ſhall be offered to them, or any of them, we will revenge it to the utmoſt upon ſuch of our Enemies as ſhall fall into our Hands.'

' And whereas the ſaid J. D. of Y. in order to the expenditing the Idolatrous and Bloody De⯑ſigns of the Papiſts, the gratifying his own boundleſs Ambition after a Crown, and to hin⯑der Enquiry into the Aſſaſſination of Arthur Earl of Eſſex, hath poyſon'd the late King, and thereby manifeſted his Ingratitude, as well as Cruelty to the World, in murthering a Brother who had almoſt ruin'd himſelf to preſerve and protect him from Puniſhment; We do there⯑fore further declare, That for the aforeſaid villanous and unnatural Crime, and other his Crimes before mentioned, and in purſuance of the Reſolution of both Houſe of Parliament, who voted to revenge the King's Death, in caſe he came to an untimely End, we will proſe⯑cute the ſaid J. D. of Y. till we have brought him to ſuffer what the Law adjudged to be the Puniſhment of ſo execrable a Fact.'

' And in a more particular manner, His Grace the Duke of Manmouth, being ſenſible of the barbarous and horried Parricide committed upon his Father, doth reſolve to purſue the ſaid J. D. of Y. as a mortal and bloody Enemy; and will endeavour, as well with his own Hand, as [xv] by the Aſſiſtance of his Friends, and the Law, to have Juſtice executed upon him.'

' And the ſaid James Duke of Monmouth, the now Head and Captain-General of the Prote⯑ſtant Forces in this Kingdom, aſſembled for the End aforeſaid, from the Generouſneſs of his own Nature, and the Love he bears to theſe Nations, whoſe Welfare and Settlement he in⯑finitely prefers to whatſoever concerns himſelf, doth not at preſent inſiſt upon his Title, but leaves the Determination thereof to the Wiſ⯑dom, Juſtice, and Authority of a Parliament legally choſen, and acting with Freedom; and in the mean time doth profeſs and declare, by all that is ſacred, That he will, in Conjun⯑ction with the People of England, employ all the Abilities beſtowed upon him by God and Nature, for the Re-eſtabliſhment and Preſerva⯑tion of the Proteſtant Reformed Religion in theſe Kingdoms, and for reſtoring the Subjects of the ſame to a free Exerciſe thereof, in Op⯑poſition to Popery, and the Conſequences of it, Tyranny and Slavery. To the obtaining of which End, he doth hereby Promiſe and Ob⯑lige himſelf to the People of England, to con⯑ſent unto, and promote the paſſing into Laws all the Methods aforeſaid; that it may never more be in the Power of any ſingle Perſon on the Throne, to deprive their Subjects of their Rights, and to ſubvert the Fundamental Laws of the Government deſign'd for their Preſervation.'

' And whereas the Nobility and Gentry, and Commons of Scotland, are now in Arms upon the like Motives and Inducements that we are, and in Proſecution of Ends agreeable with ours, we do therefore approve the Juſtice of their Cauſe, com⯑mend their Zeal and Courage, expecting their, [xvi] and promiſing our Aſſiſtance, for carrying on that Glorious Work we are jointly engaged in; being obliged, avoiding Tediouſneſs, to omit the recounting many Oppreſſions under which that Kingdom hath groaned, and the giving a De⯑duction of the ſeveral Steps that have been ta⯑ken for introducing of Popery and Tyranny. We think fit, therefore, to ſignifie both to our Coun⯑try-men and Foreigners, that we intend a larger Teſtimony and Remonſtrance of the Grievances, Perſecutions, Cruelties and Tyrannies, we have of late lain under; and therein a full and more particular Account of the unparallel'd Crimes of the D. of Y. And we make our Appeal unto GOD, and all Proteſtant Kings, Princes, States, and People, concerning the Juſtice of our Cauſe, and the Neceſſity we are reduced unto of ha⯑ving our Recourſe to Arms. And as we do be⯑ſeech, require and adjure all ſincere Proteſtants, and true Engliſh Men, to be aſſiſting to us againſt the Enemies of the Goſpel, Rights of the Na⯑tion, and Liberties of Mankind; ſo we are con⯑fident of obtaining the utmoſt Aid and Succour which they can yield us with their Prayers, Perſons, and Eſtates, for the dethroning the ſaid Tyrant, &c. Nor do we doubt being juſti⯑fied, countenanced, and aſſiſted by all Prote⯑ſtant Kings, Princes, and Common-wealths, who either regard the Goſpel of Jeſus Chriſt, or their own Intereſt. And above all, our De⯑pendance and Truſt is upon the Lord of Hoſts, in whoſe Name we go forth, and to whom we commit our Cauſe, and refer the Deciſion be⯑twixt us and our Enemies in the Day of Battle. Now let us play the Men for our People, and for the Cities of our GOD; and the Lord do that which ſeemeth good unto him.'

A DECLARATION of Archibald, Earl of Argyle, Lord Kintyre, Cowall, Campbell and Lorn, He⯑ritable Sheriff, and Lieutenant of the Shires of Argyle and Tarbette, and Heritable Juſtice General of the ſaid Shires.

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' I Shall not publiſh my Caſe publiſhed alrea⯑dy in Print, in Latin, and in Dutch, and more largely in Engliſh; nor mean I to repeat the printed Declaration emitted by ſeveral No⯑blemen, Gentlemen, and others of both Nati⯑ons now in Arms, becauſe the Sufferings of me and my Family, are therein mention'd. I have thought it fit for me to declare for my ſelf, that as I go to Arms with thoſe who have appointed me to conduct them, for no private and perſonal End, only for thoſe contained in the ſaid Declaration, which I have concerted with them, and approved of; ſo I do claim no Intereſt, but what I had before the Pretended Forfeiture of my Family, and have a ſufficient Right to.'

' And that I do freely (and as a Chriſtian) forgive all perſonal Injuries againſt my Perſon and Family, to all that ſhall not oppoſe, but join and concur with us in our preſent Under⯑taking, for the Ends mentioned in the ſaid De⯑claration; and hereby I oblige my ſelf never to purſue them in Judgment, nor out of Judgment. And I do further declare, That obtaining the [xviii] quiet and peaceable Poſſeſſion of what belong'd to my Father and my ſelf, before our pretend⯑ed Forfeitures, I ſhall ſatisfy all Debts due by my Father and my ſelf, as any Heir or Debtor can be obliged.'

' And as my Faithfulneſs to his late Majeſty, and his Government; hath ſufficiently appear'd to all unbyaſſed Perſons, void of Malice, ſo I do with Grief acknowledge my Fault in too much complying with, and conniving at the Methods that have been taken to bring us to the ſad Condition we are now in, though God knows never concurring in the Deſign.'

' I have now with God's Strength ſuffer'd pa⯑tiently my unjuſt Sentence and Baniſhment 3 Years and half, and have never offered to make any Uproar, or Defence by Arms, to diſturb the Peace upon my private Concern; but the King being now dead, and the Duke of York having taken off his Mask, and abandoned and invaded our Religion and Liberties, reſolving to enter into the Government, and exerciſing it contrary to Law, I think it not only juſt, but my Duty to God and my Country, to uſe my utmoſt Endeavours to oppoſe and redreſs his Uſurpations and Tyranny.'

' And therefore being aſſiſted and furniſhed very nobly by ſeveral good Proteſtants, and in⯑vited and accompanied by ſeveral of both Na⯑tions to lead them, I reſolve, as God ſhall ena⯑ble me, to uſe their Aſſiſtance of all Kinds, towards the Ends expreſt in the ſaid Declaration.'

' And I do hereby earneſtly Invite and Obteſt all honeſt Proteſtants, and particularly all my Friends, and Blood Relations, to concur with us in the ſaid Declaration; and as I have writ⯑ten ſeveral Letters, ſo having no other Way [xix] fully to intimate my Mind otherwiſe, I do hereby require all my Vaſſals any where, and all within my ſeveral Juriſdictions, with their fencible Men within their Command, to go to Arms, and to join and concur with us accord⯑ing to the ſaid Declaration, as they ſhall be an⯑ſwerable at their Peril; and that they obey the particular Orders they ſhall receive from me, from Time to come.'

By theſe 'tis plain that thoſe unfortunate Lords, and others who join'd them, took up Arms in Defence of our Religion and Liberties, which were then invaded, and as it afterwards appear'd, were deſign'd to be totally ſubverted.

But the preſent Rebellion is rais'd in Oppoſiti⯑on to our Laws for maintaining the Proteſtant Succeſſion, and Britiſh Liberties, which James II. had deſtroy'd as far as he cou'd, and wou'd in all Probability have compleated the Ruin of them, had not God by a wonderful Turn of Providence ſpirited the Nations to call in the Prince of Orange to their Reſcue. Nor would the Pretender have fail'd to proſecute the ſame wicked Deſigns which had been ſet on Foot by his ſuppoſed Fa⯑ther; as will appear by his Declaration publiſh'd at Perth, as follows;

The Pretender's Declaration.

' JAmes VIII. by the Grace of God, of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, King, Defen⯑der of the Faith, &c.
to all Our Loving Sub⯑jects, of what Degree or Quality ſoever, Greet⯑ing.

As we are firmly reſolved never to loſe any Opportunity of aſſerting Our undoubted [xx] Title to the Imperial Crown of theſe Realms, and of endeavouring to get the Poſſeſſion of that Right which is devolved upon Us by the Laws of God and Man; ſo muſt We, in Juſtice to the Sentiments of Our own Heart, declare, That nothing in the World can give Us ſo great Satisfaction, as to owe to the Endeavours of Our Loyal Subjects both Our own and their Reſtoration to that happy Settlement which can alone deliver this Church and Nation from the Calamities which they lie at preſent under, and from theſe future Miſeries which muſt be the Conſequences of the preſent Uſurpation. During the Life of Our dear Siſter, of Glorious Memory, the Happineſs which our People enjoyed, ſoftened, in ſome Degree, the Hard⯑ſhip of our own Fate; and we muſt further confeſs that when we reflected on the Good⯑neſs of her Nature, and her Inclination to Ju⯑ſtice, We could not but perſwade Our ſelf, that ſhe intended to eſtabliſh and perpetuate the Peace which ſhe had given to theſe Kingdoms, by deſtroying for ever all Competition to the Succeſſion of the Crown, and by conſenting to us, at laſt, the Enjoyment of that Inheri⯑tance out of which we had been ſo long kept, which her Conſcience muſt inform Her was our Due, and which her Principles muſt lead her to deſire, that We might obtain. But ſince the Time, it pleaſed God to put a Period to her Life, and not to ſuffer Us to throw Our ſelf, as We then firmly purpoſed to have done, upon Our People; We have not been able to look upon the preſent Condition of Our Kingdoms, or to conſider their future Proſpect, without all the Horror and Indignation which ought to fill the Breaſt of every Scotſman. We have be⯑held [xxi] a Foreign Family, Aliens to our Country, diſtant in Blood, and Strangers even to our Language, aſcend the Throne. We have ſeen the Reins of Government put into the Hands of a Faction, and that Authority which was de⯑ſign'd for the Protection of all, exerciſed by a few of the worſt, to the Oppreſſion of the beſt and greateſt Number of Our Subjects. Our Siſter has not been left at Reſt in her Grave, her Name has been ſcurrilouſly abuſed, her Glory, as far as in theſe People lay, inſo⯑lently defaced, and her faithful Servants inhu⯑manly perſecuted. A Parliament has been pro⯑cured by the moſt unwarrantable Influences, and by the groſſeſt Corruptions to ſerve the vileſt Ends, and they, who ought to be the Guardians of the Liberties of the People, are become the Inſtruments of Tyranny: Whilſt the principal Powers engaged in the late Wars, do enjoy the Bleſſings of Peace, and are atten⯑tive to diſcharge their Debts, and eaſe their People; Great Britain, in the midſt of Peace, feels all the Load of War. New Debts are contracted, new Armies are raiſed at Home, Dutch Forces are brought into theſe King⯑doms, and by taking Poſſeſſion of the Dutchy of Bremen, in Violation of the Publick Faith, a Door is opened by the Uſurper, to let in an Inundation of Foreigners from abroad, and to reduce theſe Nations to the State of a Province, to one of the moſt inconſiderable Provinces of the Empire.'

' Theſe are ſome few of the many real Evils into which theſe Kingdoms have been betray⯑ed, under Pretence of being reſcued and ſe⯑cured from Dangers purely imaginary; and theſe are ſuch Conſequences of abandoning [xxii] the old Conſtitution, as we perſwade Our ſelves very many of thoſe who promoted the preſent unjuſt and illegal Settlement never intended.'

' We obſerve, with the utmoſt Satisfaction, that the Generality of Our Subjects are awa⯑ken'd with a juſt Senſe of their Danger, and that they ſhew themſelves reſolv'd to take ſuch Meaſures as may effectually reſcue them from that Bondage which has, by the Artifice of a few deſigning Men, and the Concurrence of ma⯑ny unhappy Cauſes, been brought upon them.'

' We adore the Wiſdom of Divine Provi⯑dence, which has opened a Way to our Reſto⯑ration, by the Succeſs of thoſe very Meaſures that were laid to diſappoint Us for ever: And We muſt earneſtly conjure all Our Loving Subjects, not to ſuffer that Spirit to faint or die away, which has been ſo miraculouſly rai⯑ſed in all Parts of our Kingdom; but to purſue, with all the Vigour and Hopes of Succeſs, which ſo Juſt and Righteous a Cauſe ought to inſpire, thoſe Methods, which the Finger of God ſeems to point out to them.'

' We are coming to take Our Part in all the Dangers and Difficulties to which any of Our Subjects, from the Greateſt down to the Mean⯑eſt, may be expoſed, on this important Occa⯑ſion, to relieve our Subjects in Scotland from the Hardſhips they groan under, on account of the late unhappy Union; and to reſtore the Kingdom to its Ancient, Free, and Indepen⯑dent State. We have before our Eyes the Ex⯑ample of Our Royal Grandfather, who ſell a Sacrifice to Rebellion; and of Our Royal Un⯑cle, who, by a Train of Miracles, eſcaped the Rage of Barbarous and Blood-thirſty Rebels, and lived to exerciſe his Clemency towards thoſe [xxiii] who had waged War againſt his Father and himſelf; who had driven him to ſeek Shelter in Foreign Lands, and who had even ſet a Price upon his Head.'

' We ſee the ſame Inſtances of Cruelty renew⯑ed againſt Us, by Men of the ſame Principles, without any other Reaſon, than the Conſciouſ⯑neſs of their own Guilt, and the implacable Ma⯑lice of their own Hearts: For in the Account of ſuch Men, it's a Crime ſufficient to be their King; but God forbid that we ſhould tread in theſe Steps, or that the Cauſe of a Lawſul Prince, and an Injuried People, ſhould be carried on like that of Tyranny and Uſurpation, and owe its Support to Aſſaſſins. We ſhall copy after the Patterns above-mentioned, and be ready with the former of Our Royal Anceſtors, to Seal the Cauſe of our Country, if ſuch be the Will of Heaven, with Our Blood: But we hope for better Things, we hope for the latter, to ſee our juſt Rights, and thoſe of the Church and People of Scotland, once more ſettled in a Free and Independent Scots Parliament, on their an⯑cient Foundation; to ſuch a Parliament, which we will immediately call, ſhall we entirely re⯑fer Our, and their Intereſts, being ſenſible that theſe Intereſts rightly underſtood, are always the ſame: Let the Civil, as well as Religious Rights of all our Subjects, receive a Confirma⯑tion in ſuch a Parliament; let Conſciences tru⯑ly tender be indulged; let Property of every Kind be better than ever ſecured; let an Act of General Grace and Amneſty, extinguiſh the Faults, even of the moſt Guilty; if poſſible, let the very Remembrance of all which have preceeded this happy Moment, be utterly blot⯑ted out, that our Subjects may be united to Us, [xxiv] and to each other, in the ſtricteſt Bonds of Af⯑fection, as well as Intereſt.'

' And that nothing may be omitted, which is in Our Power to contribute to this deſirable End; we do, by theſe Preſents, abſolutely and effectually, for Us, Our Heirs and Suc⯑ceſſors, Pardon, Remit and Diſcharge all Crimes of High-Treaſon, Miſpriſion of Trea⯑ſon, and all other Crimes and Offences what⯑ſoever done or committed againſt Us, or Our Royal Father of bleſſed Memory, by any of Our Subjects, of what Degree or Quality ſoever, who ſhall, at, or after Our Landing, and before they engage in any Action againſt Us, or Our For⯑ces, from that Time, lay hold on Mercy, and return to that Duty and Allegiance they owe to Us, their only Rightful and Lawful Sovereign.'

' By the joint Endeavours of Us and Our Par⯑liament, urged by theſe Motives, and directed to theſe Views, we may hope to ſee the Peace and Flouriſhing Eſtate of this Kingdom, in a ſhort Time reſtor'd; and we ſhall be equally forward to concert with our Parliament ſuch further Meaſures as may be thought neceſſary for leaving the ſame to future Generations.'

' And we hereby require all Sheriffs of Shires, Stewarts of Stewartries, and their Deputies, and Magiſtrates of Burghs, to publiſh this Our Declaration, immediately after it ſhall come to their Hands, in the uſual Place and Man⯑ner, under the Pain of being proceeded againſt for Failure thereof, and forfeiting the Benefit of our General Pardon.'

Given under Our Sign-Manual and Privy-Sig⯑net at Our Court at Commercy, the 25th Day of October, in the 15th Year of Our Reign.

[xxv] It is to be obſerved, That the Declarations by the Duke of Monmouth, and the Earl of Argyle, inſiſt on ſuch Acts of Tyranny committed by James II. as all the World knew to be true, whereas the Pretender, and thoſe who have now rebell'd for the Support of his Claim, have no ſuch Thing to charge upon King GEORGE, but traiterouſly miſrepreſent the legal Methods which he has taken, with Conſent of Parliament, for the Defence of our Religion and Liberties, and retrieving the Honour of the Nation, on purpoſe to inflame the High-Church Mob.

It alſo deſerves a Remark, that tho' the Duke of Monmouth was ſo weak as to be prevail'd on by the Importunity of thoſe who join'd him, to take the Title of King, yet he did not poſi⯑tively aſſert this Title to the Crown in his Decla⯑ration, but left it to be Determined by Parlia⯑ment; whereas King James II. never offer'd to ſubmit the Examination of the Pretender's Birth to a Parliament, to whom the Prince of Orange referr'd it, but on the contrary, abandon'd the Kingdom, with his Queen, the Pretender, and all the material Witneſſes, as if he had been con⯑ſcious to himſelf, that ſuch an Examination wou'd have fully diſcover'd the Cheat. Nor has the Pretender offer'd to make any Proof of his Le⯑gitimacy, or even to give ſuch a feign'd Secu⯑rity for our Religion and Liberties as James II. did, but on the contrary did abſolutely refuſe the Scots Coronation Oath that was in Force be⯑fore the Union of the Crowns, becauſe it oblig'd him to maintain the Proteſtant Religion, as eſta⯑bliſh'd in that Nation in the Reign of Mary Queen of Scots, and confirm'd by her Son James VI. of Scotland, and the Firſt of Great Britain.

[xxvi] This is enough to ſhew the Difference betwixt the Cauſes of the Rebellion againſt King James II. and that againſt King GEORGE; and tho' the latter has been much more univerſal and for⯑midable than the other, it will appear by the following Accounts, that the Proceedings againſt the preſent Rebels, have been kept within the due Bounds of Law, and temper'd with great Clemency, whereas thoſe againſt the Rebels in the Time of James II. did not only exceed Law, but were carred on with ſuch Barbarity as is ſhocking to Human Nature.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS Againſt the Rebels, and other Priſoners, IN THE WEST.

[1]
  • Southamp⯑ton, ſſ.
    ALice Liſle, Widow, indicted for harbouring John Hicks, a Rebel, &c. tried, found Guilty, and executed.
Wilts, ſſ.
For High-Treaſon none Indicted.
Convicted for ſpeaking ſe⯑ditious Words, ſeve⯑rally fin'd and whipt.
  • RIchard White,
  • William Ingram,
  • Stephen Moore,
  • John Palmer,
  • Morrice Morgan,
  • Benjamin Buckler,
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners executed for High Treaſon. In all Seventy four.
  • SAmuel Hilliard
  • Matthew Bragg
  • Benjamin Gray
  • Thomas Smith
  • Henry Ford
  • John Game
  • Joſeph Speed
  • George Seaward
  • Joh. Foane, alias Fawne
  • Phillip Levermore
  • Robert Pinney
  • John Wills
  • Thomas Welch
  • Abraham Holmes
  • Joſias Aſcue
  • William Hewling
  • Leonard Jackſon
  • John Haves
  • John Kidd
  • John Marders
  • Sampſon Larke
  • Chriſtoph. Betteſcombe
  • Samuel Gliſſon
  • Henry Watts
  • Robert Bull
  • John Bull
  • Benjamin Sandford
  • John Lee
  • William Quintin
  • Thomas Clapp
  • [...] Cooke
  • George Collyer
  • John Beaumont, ſen.
  • Thomas Forte
  • John Beavis
  • Triſtram Elliott
  • Robert Slade
  • William Lancaſter
  • John Burridge
  • John Hartley
  • George Smith
  • George Willmott
  • John Robins
  • Edward Leggatt
  • Roger Satchell
  • William Harte
  • John Leggatt
  • Francis Skinner
  • William Alſton
  • George Puckeridge
  • Benjamin Temple
  • Thomas Tyler
  • Robert Machell
  • Henry Rowe
  • John Lawrence
  • Michael Abbott
  • Richard Hall
  • John Savage
  • Robert Whorwood
  • William Dilling
  • Andrew Tozer
  • William Hardiman
  • [3] Thomas Jenkins
  • Robert Salter
  • Samuel Waldron
  • John Pulling
  • Andrew Ellis, alias Coſ⯑ſens
  • Joſias Reſtorick
  • William Martin
  • Nicholas Hoare
  • Samuel Robins
  • William Cox, ſen.
  • John Holloway
  • Adam Hawley
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners convicted for High Treaſon, to be delivered to Sir William Booth, to be Tranſported, being in all One Hundred.
  • EDward Luther
  • John Downe
  • Benjamin Crow
  • Thomas Bennett
  • John Fiſher
  • John Manning
  • Robert Lumbard
  • William Wadford
  • Richard Keech
  • George Plumley
  • Thomas Allen
  • John Reaſon
  • John Spearing
  • Matthew Porter
  • Robert Spurway
  • John Edwards
  • John Hardyman
  • Bernard Bryant
  • John Minifie
  • John White
  • James Pomeroy
  • Robert Shale
  • Thomas Hore
  • Peter Row
  • John Loveridge
  • Elias Stephens
  • John Bridle
  • Thomas Parſons
  • Nicholas Palmer
  • Thomas Williams
  • Matthew Hutchins
  • Nicholas Smith
  • Emanuel Collins
  • Roger Hobbs
  • John Gay
  • Joſeph Hallett
  • Nathaniel Webber
  • Edward Morton
  • James Salter
  • William Loveridge
  • Ambroſe Aſhford
  • Roger French
  • [4] Nicholas Warren
  • William Wills
  • John Pryor
  • William Tucker
  • William Browne
  • Samuel Lawrence
  • John Hutchins
  • William Clarke
  • John Browne
  • Robert Burridge
  • Henry Tutcher
  • Thomas Burridge
  • John Allambridge
  • Thomas Cornelius
  • Humfrey Molton
  • Edward Willmott
  • William Williams
  • Thomas Marſhall
  • Richard Paull
  • Joſeph Paull
  • Hugh Willmott
  • John Johnſon
  • Richard Allens
  • John Pitts
  • Stephen Gammage
  • Andrew Rapſon
  • William Coſſens
  • Jaſper Diamond
  • Thomas Gregory
  • John Allen
  • Robert Hellyer
  • Thomas Allen
  • Thomas Beſt
  • Thomas Hellyer
  • John Long
  • William Bennett
  • John Markes
  • John Mitchell
  • John Madders
  • Thomas Hallett
  • John Alſton
  • George Macey
  • John Pinney
  • Charles Strong
  • William Feade
  • William Saunders
  • James Spence
  • John Wilſon
  • Edward Adams
  • John Adams
  • Arthur Luſh
  • John Hutchins
  • Thomas Townſend
  • Thomas Bovett
  • John Truren
  • James Fowler
  • John White
  • Francis Langbridge
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners to be tranſported, to be deli⯑vered to Jerome Nipho, in all 62.
  • JOhn Mogridge
  • Thomas Quick
  • Nicholas Salter
  • Francis Smith
  • Richard Greene
  • William Marthers
  • [5] John Facey
  • William Greenway
  • Richard Daniel
  • Peter Kent
  • Chriſtopher Jewell
  • Abraham Thomas
  • John Baker
  • Samuel Priſon
  • Robert Clarke
  • George Ebdon
  • Samuel Dolbeare
  • Benjamin Whicker
  • John Whicker
  • John Hitchcock
  • Thomas Forcey
  • William Giles
  • Joſeph Gage
  • Robert Mullins
  • Robert Bryant, alias Hooper
  • Charles Broughton
  • Richard Parker
  • John Hayne
  • John Connet
  • Bernard Lowman
  • John Heathfield
  • Edward Ven
  • Richard Pyne
  • Thomas Peſter
  • John Sam
  • Henry Symes
  • William Deale
  • William Haynes
  • Thomas Francklyn
  • William Gappy
  • Mallachy Mallack, re⯑prieved
  • Azariah Pinney
  • John Bovett
  • Robert Sandy
  • Thomas Dolling
  • Edward Marſh
  • John Eaſtmont
  • John Vincent
  • Allen England
  • Robert Vater
  • John Piew
  • Oliver Hobbs
  • Phillip Cox
  • Peter Ticken
  • William Clarke
  • Walter Osborne, repr.
  • Richard Hoare
  • Robert Fawne
  • Bartholomew Barge
  • Daniel Parker
  • Edward Wale
  • Peter Bagwell
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners to be delivered to Sir Chri⯑ſtopher Muſgrave for Tranſporta⯑tion, &c. 16.
  • THomas England
  • Francis Pucket
  • William Combden
  • John Lock
  • John Gardiner
  • William Luſh
  • John Sturrick
  • Samuel Paull
  • Robert White
  • John Woodward
  • William Sellwood
  • John Shinler
  • Matthew Elliott
  • John James, alias Jeane
  • John Sprake
  • John Bagwell
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners who had Certificates allow'd purſuant to his Majeſty's Gracious Proclamation, 27.
  • RIchard Dammer
  • John Butcher, ju⯑nior
  • Seth Gough
  • Phillip Andrewes
  • John Bowditch
  • John Burridge
  • William Knight
  • Jacob Baker
  • Samuel Stoodley
  • George Rickman
  • Richard Burridge
  • James Pitts
  • Nicholas Hellyer
  • William Hardy
  • Thomas Calway
  • William White
  • Samuel Coſſens
  • Nicholas Bartlett
  • John Butcher, ſenior
  • Daniel Butter
  • John Perkins
  • Adam Clarke
  • Robert Halſton
  • Richard Stone
  • David Gardiner
  • William Rooper
  • John Rooper
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners humbly propoſed for his Ma⯑jeſty's gracious Pardon, 25.
  • THomas Gammidge
  • Stephen Cook
  • Nathaniel Swasfield
  • Reginold Clotworthy
  • Abel Pinnell
  • John Beaumont, junior
  • John Glover
  • John Trottle
  • Joſeph Phelpes
  • Zachary Drower
  • George Stuckey
  • Amos Lacey
  • Robert Dale
  • Edward Towills
  • Edward Lane
  • Andrew Billing
  • Thomas Cookeney
  • Henry Beaſley
  • Thomas Moore
  • Thomas Greenway, ju⯑nior
  • John Skinner
  • John Hippeſley
  • Humfrey Phelpes
  • Thomas Berry
  • John Minifie
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners remaining in Cuſtody, 6.
  • EDward Wale
  • Bartholom. Barge
  • Thomas Lawrence
  • William Cox, junior
  • Richard Cox
  • William Hawkins
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners convicted for ſpeaking ſcanda⯑lous Words, and for other Miſdemea⯑nors, fined, and had corporal Puniſh⯑ment.
  • RIchard Hollyday, for conducting the Lord Gray from Gillingham to Ringwood, after the Fight at Weſton, to be whip'd twice, fin'd a Mark, and to find Sureties for the good Behaviour for a Year.
  • [8] Hugh Green, for publiſhing Monmouth's Declara⯑tion, fined 1000 l. and committed till paid, and to find Sureties for the good Behaviour during Life.
  • William Wiſeman, for publiſhing a ſeditious Libel, to be whipt at Dorcheſter, and at every Market Town in the Country.
  • For ſpeaking ſeditious Words, ſeverally fined and whipt.
    • Edward Jervis,
    • William Holman,
    • Henry Allen,
    • Thomas Pitts,
    • John Dober,
    • Richard Moores,
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners diſcharged for want of Evi⯑dence.
  • GAbriel Wiſe
  • Robert Boulſtone
  • Richard Stronge
  • John Stronge
  • Francis Greenfield
  • James Carter
  • George Turner
  • Thomas Loveridge
  • Edward Staple
  • John Mitchell
  • William Burt
  • William Bennett
  • Nicholas Clotworthy
  • John Mitchell
  • Hugh Critchell
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners continued in Goal not indicted.
  • WIlliam Jenkins
  • Richard Platt
  • William Platt
  • Robert Orchard
  • Thomas Parberv
  • Lionel Whiffen
  • John Davy
  • John Hart
  • William Davys
Devon, ſſ.
Priſoners executed at Exeter for High-Treaſon, 14 in all.
  • JOhn Foweracres
  • Thomas Hobbs
  • John Oliver
  • Henry Knight
  • Samuel Potts
  • John Knowles
  • William Parſons
  • Thomas Quinten
  • Thomas Broughton
  • John Goſling
  • John Sprake
  • William Clegg
  • John Roſſe
  • Tim. Dunkin, repriev'd
Devon, ſſ.
Priſoners to be tranſported for High-Treaſon, for whom a Warrant is de⯑livered to Jerome Nipho, 7 in all.
  • ABraham Hunt
  • Chriſt. Cooper
  • Edmond Bovett
  • John Follett
  • Peter Bird
  • John Kemplin
  • Walter Teape, repr.
Devon, ſſ.
Priſoners convicted remaining in Cuſtody.
  • RObert Drower, re⯑prieved
  • William Siller, junior
  • Elias Holman, reprieved
  • Thomas Connett
Humbly propoſed for His Majeſty's Gra⯑cious Pardon.
  • JAmes Cox
Devon, ſſ.
Priſoners fined at Exeter for Words, and other Miſdemeanors, 13.
For ſpeaking ſeditious Words ſeverally fined, and whip'd.
  • LEwis James,
  • William Andrigge,
  • Samuel Staple,
  • William Fiſher,
  • William Hadder
  • Stephen Burrough,
  • William Curtis,
  • Henry Abbott,
  • John Holmes
  • Humfrey Bidgood,
  • Robert Crane,
  • Giles Gardiner,
  • John Smalridge,
Somerset, ſſ. Taunton
Priſoners to be executed for High-Treaſon, who were convicted at Taunton, 145.
  • SImon Hamlyn
  • William Cooper
  • William Gatchell
  • John D [...]yer
  • James Gale
  • Henry Edney
  • Hugh Aſhley
  • John Herring
  • William Gillett
  • Thomas Liſſant
  • John Sharpe
  • William Pocock
  • Pearce Morren
  • Chriſtopher Stephens
  • George Condick
  • Robert Allen
  • John Fricker
  • Robert Hill
  • Richard Bovett
  • John Hucker
  • Nicholas Adams
  • Richard Stephens
  • Robert Halſewell
  • John Buſſell
  • [11] Thomas Blackmore
  • WIlliam Laſhley
  • John Walrond
  • John Maſters
  • David Langwell
  • Oſmond Barrett
  • Matthew Croſſe
  • Edmond Burford
  • John Mortimore
  • John Stephens
  • Richard Culverwell
  • Robert Townſend
  • Humfrey Mitchell
  • Merrick Thomas
  • Nicholas Collins, ſenior
  • Edmond Fort
  • Joſ. Bellamy, reprieved
  • Francis Foxwell
  • George Pitcher
  • Barnaby Devericks
  • Francis Prieſt
  • Barnard Thatcher
  • William Johnſon
  • Thomas England
  • Thomas Hurford
  • John Savage
  • William Daviſon
  • John Williams
  • Edmond Gillard
  • Jonathan England
  • Oliver Powell
  • Charles Chappell
  • Richard Bowdon
  • Roger Prance
  • John Pattrum
  • William Watkins
  • John Spore
  • Roger Burnell
  • William Pether
  • Joſeph Kellaway
  • Benjamin Hewling
  • William Jenkins
  • Henry Liſle
  • John Winter
  • Andrew Rownſell
  • John Phildrey
  • Robert Perratt
  • Abraham Anneſley
  • Arthur Mathews
  • Robert Fawne
  • Weſton Hillary
  • John Burgen
  • Philip Bovett
  • Peter Warren
  • James Whetham
  • William Ruſcombe
  • Cornelius Hurford
  • John Parſons
  • Thomas Davys
  • William Satchell
  • Humfrey Peirce
  • Nicholas Venting
  • Thomas Peirce
  • Robert Read
  • John Sellwood
  • Robert Combe
  • John Jeanes
  • William Sully
  • John Baſely
  • John Lloyd
  • Henry Thompſon
  • George Gillard
  • John Lockſton
  • Arthur Williams
  • [12] Rob. Janes, alias Evans
  • Hugh Starke
  • Francis Bartlett
  • John Trecky
  • Simon Hawkins
  • Robert Hyne
  • Archibald Johnſon
  • James Maxwell
  • Richard Ingram
  • John Trott
  • Roger Guppy
  • John Knight
  • Iſaiah Davvs
  • William Williams
  • John Jervis
  • Richard Sweet
  • Richard Aſh
  • Samuel Garniſh
  • William Mogridge
  • John Hurman
  • Hugh Rooper, reprieved
  • Richard Harris
  • Nicholas Stodgell
  • Henry Luckwell
  • Humfrey Hitchcocke
  • William Godfrey
  • Abraham Pill
  • William Davy
  • Henry Eaſtabrooke
  • James Every
  • James Durnett
  • Edward Warren
  • Simon Croſſe
  • Stephen Newman
  • Robert Luckis
  • William Rock
  • Thomas Barnard
  • William Wellen
  • John Parſons
  • Joh. Glover, alias Tucker
  • Thomas Trock
  • Lewis Harris
  • Edward Halſewell
  • John Evans
  • Howell Thomas
  • George Baddy
  • Henry Lawrence
Somerſet, ſſ.
Priſoners to be delivered to Sir Chri⯑ſtopher Muſgrave for Tranſporta⯑tion, 84.
  • William Edwards
  • James Combes
  • John Hooper
  • John Smith
  • Bernard Periam
  • Robert Shoeſmith
  • John Trimmore
  • Jacob King
  • John Pope
  • Thomas Whittye
  • William Hayes
  • Joſias Hart
  • Walter Blew
  • John Gardiner
  • [13] Robert Barge
  • Edward Lugg
  • John Furber
  • John Lyde
  • Thomas Cutler
  • William Hooper
  • Henry Hooper
  • Eliſha Davys
  • Richard Lang
  • Thomas Bray
  • Thomas Adams
  • William Goodland
  • Alexander Townſend
  • John Henſley
  • Samuel Henſley
  • Iſaac Kingſton
  • William Row
  • Hugh Gill
  • James Glanvill
  • Henry Wrentmore
  • Thomas Croſſe
  • John Hoare
  • Tobias Dryer
  • William Bayly
  • Richard Maſters
  • John Gibbs
  • William Spreate
  • William Croft
  • John Hacker, jun.
  • Robert Bradbeare
  • Joſeph Lacey
  • Nathaniel Muſgrave
  • Thomas Curtis
  • William Page
  • Robert Mead
  • Samuel Saxbee
  • John Fowler, sen.
  • John Fowler, jun.
  • Richard Perkins
  • Humfrey Slade
  • William Venting
  • William Tapſcott
  • Benjamin Sparke
  • Bartholomew Davy
  • Robert Brookes
  • William Norman
  • Andrew Boyte
  • John Grace
  • James Soper
  • Thomas Howell
  • Peter Shorland
  • George Ley
  • Humfrey Saunders
  • John Butfeild
  • Samuel Tottell
  • Edward Eves
  • Thomas Debnam
  • Thomas Hendy
  • Giles Crane
  • Walter Phillips
  • Richard Drake
  • Matthew Pottle
  • George Robertſon
  • John Metyard
  • Henry Hamett
  • James Gollop
  • William Bull
  • Andrew Nabrick
  • George Smith
  • Thomas Markes
Priſoners to be delivered to the Queen's Order for Tranſportation, 100.
  • DAniel Rutter
  • Jeremiah Poole
  • John Baker
  • Robert Pearce
  • Leonard Staple
  • Edward Kent
  • Charles Bennett
  • John Parſons
  • John Gibbs
  • John Bryor
  • Thomas Gould
  • John Hartey
  • William Pitts
  • James Webb
  • Nicholas Collins, jun.
  • Richard King
  • Emanuel Marchant
  • William Marchant
  • John Slade
  • Samuel Bond
  • John Rogers
  • Barnard Loveridge
  • Percival Nowis
  • William Saunders
  • William Verryard
  • Henry Chambers
  • Thomas Rowſewell
  • John Crane
  • Charles Burridge
  • William Leigh
  • John Robins
  • Luke Porter
  • Thomas Prieſt
  • Cornelius Radford
  • Phillip Cheeke
  • Robert Earle
  • John Mogridge
  • Henry Randall
  • James Maynard
  • John Culverwell
  • George Trubbs
  • Silveſter Lyde
  • Matthew Cooke
  • William Phelpes
  • Elias Lockbeare
  • Silveſter Poole
  • Thomas Moore
  • Lawrence Prieſt
  • William Gould
  • Henry Prieſt
  • Enoch Gould
  • John Bennett
  • John Baker
  • Samuel Mountſtephen
  • Thomas Buglar
  • Stephen Jeffreyes
  • John Morſe
  • William Scurrier
  • John England
  • Jacob Powell
  • John Godſall
  • John Andrewes
  • [15] Samuel Sweeting
  • George Rowſell
  • Edward Bellamy
  • William Croſſe
  • Jonas Browne
  • John Croſſe
  • Chriſtopher Knight
  • Thomas Meade
  • John Needs
  • Thomas Pitt
  • Robert Richards
  • Chriſtopher Row
  • Matthew Craft, jun.
  • Richard Peircy
  • John Miller
  • George Snow
  • Samuel Collins
  • John Cockram
  • James Cockram
  • Chriſtopher Holbyn
  • John Marwood
  • John Timothy
  • Thomas Auſtin
  • Moſes Osborne
  • Walter Hacker
  • Randal Babington
  • John Knight
  • Job Hunt
  • William Woodcock
  • John Adams
  • Thomas Pomfrett
  • James Patten
  • Thomas Bambury
  • James Clift
  • John Chamberlyn
  • Humfrey Juſtin
  • Iſaack Dyer
  • Richard Symons
Dorſet, ſſ.
Priſoners at Taunton convicted of High Treaſon, to be tranſported by Sir William Booth, 100.
  • RIchard Stephens
  • Richard Edgar
  • Charles Lucas
  • George Gray
  • John Bartlett
  • John Stoodley
  • Robert Paull
  • Robert Mitchell
  • John Gale
  • Bartholomew Randall
  • John Rogers
  • William Hayne
  • William Barnard
  • Thomas Matthews
  • Henry Meyor
  • John Breſſett
  • Richard Allen
  • John Poole
  • [16] John Burges
  • John Farmer
  • Richard Bickham
  • Henry Gibbons
  • John Buſſon
  • George Nowell
  • Morris Furſe, alias Voſſe
  • Humfrey Trump
  • John Warren
  • George Warren
  • Humfrey Pope
  • Oſmond Read
  • Henry Quant
  • William Burroughs
  • William Daw
  • William Parker
  • Robert Seaſe
  • Thomas Middleton
  • James Helman
  • John Bray
  • Ambroſe Winter
  • Lawrence Huſſey
  • Robert Seaman
  • Edward Lyde
  • John Chappel
  • Robert Eaſton
  • John Walter
  • Thomas Brock
  • George Mullens
  • Daniel Pomeroy
  • Jeremiah Atkins
  • Samuel Proone
  • John Edwards
  • George Mihill
  • William Drew
  • Thomas Dennis
  • John Avoake
  • William Tiverton
  • Joſeph Vinicott
  • John Seymore
  • John Leaker
  • Simon Poole
  • John Wall
  • Richard Wadham
  • Stephen Rodway
  • Francis Came
  • Michael Powell
  • John Kerle
  • Thomas Galhampton
  • George Carrow
  • Abraham Pollard
  • John Budge
  • William Harvey
  • William Hall
  • William Phippen
  • John Chilcot
  • Robert Coward
  • John Cantlebury
  • William Woolridge
  • William Smith
  • John Smith
  • William Meade
  • George Keell
  • Edward Councell
  • Joſeph Wickham
  • John Harris
  • Juſtinian Guppy
  • William Combe
  • James Baker
  • Thomas Gammage
  • William Walter
  • Robert Teap
  • Timothy Hawker
  • William Smith
  • [17] Joſ. Newberry, reprieved
  • John Smith
  • John Cloade
  • Jonas Croſſe
  • John Bragg
  • William Hutchins
  • John Mitchell
  • Edward Vildey
Somerſet, ſſ. Taunton.
Priſoners (who had Certificates purſuant to his Majeſty's Proclamation, which were allowed) to be pardoned, 20.
  • RAymond Quire
  • Joſeph Quire
  • Richard Iriſh, jun.
  • Joſeph Sminney
  • Richard Gill
  • John browne
  • John Iriſh
  • Robert Dunne
  • George Lumbard
  • Thomas Lumbard
  • Thomas Sminney
  • Joſeph Iriſh
  • Francis Deane
  • Samuel Newberry
  • James Norman
  • John Hagley
  • Oſmond Burbidge
  • Richard Gornelius
  • John Sminney, jun.
  • John Prickman
Somerſet, ſſ. Taunton.
Priſoners humbly propoſed to his Maje⯑jeſty for his Gracious Pardon, 23.
  • RObert Fulford
  • William Farmer
  • William Coleburne
  • Daniel Norcott
  • Thomas Reeves
  • Benjamin Nott
  • Henry Reeves
  • Thomas Worrall
  • William Court
  • Abraham Hull
  • William Saunders
  • Henry Hodges
  • Francis Jervis
  • Thomas Crew
  • Thomas Gooding
  • William Moggeridge
  • John Dutch
  • John Keell
  • Robert Dyer
  • Richard Reynolds
  • Thomas Bartlett
  • John Gray
  • William Reeves
Somerſet, ſſ. Taunton.
Priſoners in Goal omitted in the War⯑rant for Execution, altho' deſigned to be executed, 15.
  • JOſeph Cooper
  • John Bates
  • Samuel Dare
  • George Miller
  • James Smith
  • Edward Way
  • John Chapple
  • John Roſſiter
  • Gideon Dare
  • John Satchell
  • John Pacey
  • William Sherborne
  • Henry Webb
  • Thomas Redwood
  • Alegen Leverſedge
Taunton.
Priſoners remaining in Goal till further Order, 33.
  • GEorge Wells
  • Samuel Harvey
  • Robert Clarke
  • John Ham
  • James Indoe
  • Samuel Adams
  • John Turle
  • James Turle
  • John Northam
  • Thomas Bagley
  • Stephen Hellman
  • James Ferring
  • John G [...]ing
  • Moſes Waggſtaffe
  • Robert Hampton
  • Richard Edghill
  • Francis Gardiner
  • Robert Jenkins
  • Tobias Hacker
  • Thomas Clarke
  • Daniel Hallett
  • Thomas Parſons
  • Lewis Hagley
  • William Martyn
  • James Edmonds
  • William Searle
  • John Biſſe
  • Roger Caſwell
  • William Baker
  • Humfrey Gillard
  • Thomas Corniſh
  • William Reives
  • John Mead
Priſoners bailed at Taunton.
  • RIchard Tirrill
  • William Whaites
Somerſet ſſ. Wells.
Priſoners to be executed for High-Treaſon, 100.
  • WAlter Baker
  • Henry Body
  • Jerrard Bryant
  • Thomas Collins
  • Thomas Clotworthy
  • John Carter
  • Robert Cooke
  • Edward Cruſe
  • John Caſwell
  • Thomas Heyward
  • John Hellyer
  • Edward Keare
  • Henry Partridge
  • George Petter
  • Thomas Peirce
  • John Richards
  • John Staple
  • John Smith
  • Francis Smith
  • Samuel Vill, alias Vile
  • Thomas Warr
  • Phillip Uſher
  • Richard Evans
  • John Tincknell
  • Robert Beamont
  • Hugh Goodenough
  • John Humfreys
  • George Huſſey
  • Robert Man
  • William Mangell
  • Thomas Paul
  • John Scarr
  • Lawrence Lott
  • Thomas Lott
  • James Feild, ſen.
  • Humfrey Peadon
  • Richard Bole
  • Robert Francis
  • John Howell
  • Richard Harvey
  • John Tucker
  • William Holland
  • Hugh Holland
  • Thomas Bowden
  • Richard Chynn
  • William Cruiſe
  • [20] Thomas Pavier
  • John Holdeſworth
  • John Aſhwood, reprie⯑ved
  • Thomas Smith
  • John Dorcheſter, ſen.
  • John Combe
  • John Greaves
  • Arthur Sallaway
  • George Adams
  • Henry Ruſſell
  • George Knight
  • Robert Wine
  • William Cheek, alias Chick
  • Preſton Beavis
  • Richard Finnier
  • Roger Cornelius
  • Humfrey Edmonds
  • Richard Peirce
  • Joſeph Smith
  • John Gilham, jun.
  • Giles Bramble
  • Alexander Key
  • William Mead Glover
  • David Boyce
  • Joſhua French
  • Samuel Cox
  • Charles Speak
  • William Plumley
  • Jacob Tripp
  • James Pyes
  • William Mead
  • John Broome, reprieved
  • William Somerton
  • Thomas Duſton
  • John Sheppard
  • Abraham Bond
  • Edward Tippett
  • Thomas Burrell
  • Thomas Hillary
  • John Gill, ſen.
  • John Hicks
  • Thomas Monday
  • John Butcher
  • Richard Pierce
  • Iſrael Bryant
  • Roger Hoare, reprieved
  • Phillip Cambridge
  • William Duſton
  • William Clement
  • Triſtram Clarke
  • Thomas Coade
  • Robert Doleman
  • Robert Thatcher.
Somerſet ſſ. Wells.
Priſoners to be tranſported, and deli⯑vered to Sir William Stapleton, 102.
  • RIchard Allwood
  • Jacob Adams
  • Samuel Blackmore
  • John Browne
  • James Broughton
  • Charles Baker
  • Thomas Brigwood
  • John Bright
  • William Buſh
  • Thomas Browne
  • Francis Bagwell
  • John Browne
  • John Bartlett
  • James Bickley
  • Robert Court
  • John Claſſey
  • John Couche
  • Samuel Clarke
  • John Clarke
  • John Collins
  • John Coleman
  • Henry Collins
  • John Cox
  • Nicholas Connings
  • Robert Clarke
  • Benjamin Keeble
  • Richard Chaplin
  • Joſeph Cowes
  • John Coleburne
  • William Coles
  • Thomas Churchhouſe
  • Peter Drayton
  • James Dew
  • William Dew
  • Simon Dyer
  • Thomas Daniell
  • Richard Denham
  • Richard Dyer
  • Francis Dunning
  • John Denning
  • Phillip England
  • William England
  • Richard Eaſton
  • Richard Edghill
  • James Ellford
  • Cornelius Elliot
  • John Ervin
  • Thomas Ferris
  • Edward Ford
  • Samuel Farmer
  • Arthur Ford
  • Walter Freſton
  • Richard Foweracres
  • John Fowler
  • John Foſter
  • William Feare
  • [22] Francis Gamling
  • Joſeph Gale
  • James Jerman
  • Thomas Gamlin
  • Nehemiah Goffe
  • William Guppy
  • Edward Goodman
  • Peter Goodgroome
  • John Holmes
  • John Henſon
  • Thomas Hooper
  • Thomas Herring
  • Thomas Hutchins
  • Humfrey Hodge
  • Robert Hannam
  • Richard Howells
  • Edward Harris
  • Andrew Howard
  • John Hull
  • Moſes Higwell
  • Thomas Humfreys
  • Francis Hales
  • William Higden
  • George Halfeyard
  • Joſias Howard
  • James Harman
  • Thomas Hill
  • William Jackſon
  • Joſeph Jermyn
  • John Jones
  • Richard Jacob
  • Charles Jones
  • William Johnſon
  • Samuel Knight
  • Phillip Keeping
  • William Key
  • John Lewis
  • John Larkham
  • John Lock
  • John Lawrence
  • William Lock
  • John Langford
  • Paul Morſe
  • Henry Quick
  • Samuel Farmer
  • Arthur Ford
Somerſet, ſſ. Wells.
Priſoners delivered to Sir Philip Howard for Tranſportation, 200.
  • GAbriel Smart
  • Henry Cook
  • Iſaac Pryor
  • William Eyres
  • James Paine
  • Nicholas Kelford
  • John Butcher
  • Chriſtopher Candy
  • John Bennet
  • Thomas Orchard
  • Nathaniel Dennick
  • Humfrey Davyes
  • Henry Syms
  • Jonathan Drew
  • John Jones
  • Robert Millerd
  • [23] Robert Stuckey
  • Paſche Stuckey
  • James Field, junior
  • Iſrael Balſter
  • John Huſſey
  • Andrew Staley
  • John Reynolls
  • Arthur Everard
  • Robert Reeves
  • Robert Norton
  • Edmond Hurd
  • Thomas Hurd
  • Thomas Lawrence
  • George Hallet
  • Giles Whittle
  • John Hart
  • John Lawrence
  • James Aymes
  • Samuel Ellworthy
  • John Holloway
  • James Hurd
  • John Feild
  • John Weech
  • William Staunton
  • Thomas Salisbury
  • * Thomas Anderſey,
  • reprieved
  • James Heale
  • Robert Beaton
  • Simon Chynn
  • John Portnell
  • James Pullman
  • Thomas Mills
  • Joſhua Salley
  • Ambroſe Vineing
  • Peter Durden
  • Joſeph Hawker
  • Thomas Snook
  • Henry Snook
  • George Harding
  • William Chynn
  • Nicholas Davidge
  • John Hanning
  • James Moore
  • Henry Miles
  • James Wake
  • John Attwood
  • William Lacey
  • Adam Smith
  • Robert Beale
  • * Richard Hoare, re⯑prieved
  • Chriſtopher Gray
  • John Woodrow
  • Anthony Woodrow
  • Roger Cole
  • Edward Vile
  • Philip Lacey
  • William Beſt
  • Edward Willmott
  • William Prowſe
  • Chriſtopher Maſters
  • William Lane
  • John Crowder
  • Thomas Rodbeard
  • James Beſt
  • Robert Beſt
  • John Stower
  • Thomas Laver
  • John Baker
  • Edward Vagg
  • Robert Clarke
  • Joſeph Robins
  • Thomas Pittard
  • [24] Timothy Toleman
  • James Sheppard
  • James Ellford
  • John Harwood
  • Roger Channing
  • Thomas Channing
  • * James Baker, reprieved
  • Charles Paple
  • John Webb
  • George Allen
  • John Palmer
  • Robert Burridge
  • John Morley
  • Humfrey Maundry
  • James Moody
  • Thomas Mitchell
  • Ralph Middleton
  • William Merrick
  • Edward Mitchell
  • John Muttlebury
  • Joſeph Mullens
  • Roger Mortimor
  • Nathaniel Weale
  • Baldwin Parker
  • William Preiſt
  • Andrew Palmer
  • Silus Phillipps
  • John Popes
  • Francis Plomer
  • James Parker
  • James Peirce
  • John Palmer
  • George Ruſſell
  • Chriſtopher Richards
  • Henry Rookes
  • William Read
  • Alexander Robinſon
  • Argentine Ruſt
  • Robert Smith
  • Robert Sly
  • William Sheppard
  • William Smith
  • William Sherry
  • John Symon
  • Francis Savage
  • William Selfe
  • George Searle
  • John Saunders
  • Jonathan Sutton
  • * James Smith, reprieved
  • John Say
  • Jonas Say
  • Richard Spiller
  • Richard Sellwood
  • Richard Syms
  • John Skiff
  • Thomas Tuckey
  • Richard Tapper
  • Richard Turner
  • John Tilley
  • Lewis Tricks
  • Peter Wellis
  • Robert Wilkins
  • Richard Willcox
  • John Williams, ſenior
  • John Williams, junior
  • John Worrall
  • Joſeph Warren
  • Thomas Walter
  • William Warren
  • Richard Weſt
  • Robert Willis
  • John Watts
  • Stephen Walſh
  • [25] Richard Young
  • Matthew Woodland
  • Thomas Waggott
  • Edward Kemp
  • Hugh Banton
  • William Cotworthy
  • Thomas Carden
  • Edward Gilbert
  • William Greenland
  • Thomas Goodſon
  • Richard Hooper
  • Henry Hunt
  • William Harris
  • Robert Jennings
  • Richard Lyne
  • William Lyneing
  • John Luſh
  • Charles Maſon
  • Richard Miller
  • Thomas Norton
  • James Norvill
  • John Stone
  • Henry Roper
  • Francis Carter
  • John Fathers
  • John Laver
  • Shadreck Morley
  • Matthew Pryor
  • Nicholas Gill
  • John Hurle
  • John Leaſe, alias Gam⯑lin
  • Samuel Denham
  • John Oram
  • Robert Heyward
  • John Helps
  • John Peircy
  • Richard Willmott
  • Thomas Speed
  • * Robert Drower, Elias Holman, in Exeter Goal; John Roſſeter, Allegen Leverſedge, in Taun⯑ton Goal; to be tranſported for Thomas Anderſey, Richard Hoare, James Smith, James Baker.
Priſoners delivered for Tranſportation to Jeremy Nipho, 33.
  • JOhn Jolliffe
  • Robert Peirce
  • John Dodds
  • Henry Pittman
  • Nathaniel Beaton
  • Peter Cordelion
  • William Biggs
  • William Pittman
  • John Cook
  • John Harcombe
  • John Collins
  • Nathaniel Standerwick
  • Richard Dyke
  • John De [...]m, reprieved
  • Abraham Gooden
  • John Mead, reprieved
  • [26] John Brice
  • Andrew Holcombe
  • John Hooper
  • Thomas Venner
  • Lawrence Caſwell
  • Thomas Chinn, reprie⯑ved
  • Samuel Weaver
  • Robert Batt
  • John Gould
  • John Hooper
  • John Cooke
  • John Johnſon
  • John Wills
  • Rich. Naſh, alias Liſſant
  • John Foot
  • John Reeves
  • John Gill, junior
  • Thomas Body, James Price, Samuel Daviſon, to be tranſported in the place of John Denham, John Mead, Thomas Chinn.
Somerſet, ſſ. Wells.
Priſoners delivered to Captain John Price for Tranſportation, 50.
  • EDward Rawbone
  • Thomas Naſhion
  • Richard Wiſeman
  • Thomas Eglin
  • Richard Snook
  • Thomas Lockyer
  • Moſes Moore
  • Samuel Ruddle
  • John Parſons
  • Robert Mudford, alias Mumford
  • John Biſhopp
  • John Sprake
  • Thomas Viles
  • David Thomas
  • William Powell
  • William Prowſe
  • Robert Sweet, junior
  • Edward Hody
  • John Wythyman, jun.
  • Joſeph Witherell
  • William Sweet
  • Joſiah Gillham
  • John Partridge
  • John Bramble
  • James Bramble
  • George Butcher
  • Edward Abbott
  • Matthew Goodman
  • Benjamin Trask
  • Henry Noon
  • John Key
  • Philip Smith
  • John Weſtlake
  • William Redbeard
  • John Dumett
  • John Quick
  • Thomas Saunders
  • William Chilcott
  • Thomas Vile
  • [27] Thomas Doleman
  • Robert Carter
  • Edward Halſey
  • William Broadbear
  • Edward Chedſey
  • John Hill
  • Thomas Trott
  • William Collier
  • John Parſons
  • John Rotherton
  • John Arnold
Somerſet, ſſ. Wells.
Priſoners who had Certificates allowed purſuant to his Majeſty's gracious Declaration, 6.
  • JOhn Willey
  • William Gauler
  • William Buckler
  • Richard Fiſher
  • John Pitt
  • John Denham
Somerſet, ſſ. Wells.
Priſoners humbly propoſed for his Ma⯑jeſty's Gracious Pardon, 26.
  • STephen Benchfield
  • George Blanch⯑flower
  • Richard Beadon
  • Chriſtopher Bray
  • John Cotterell
  • Edward Day
  • Robert Harris
  • Simon Huſſey
  • John Moore
  • Thomas Napper
  • James Standard
  • John Woolnington
  • William Hellyer
  • John Patten
  • John Biſhopp
  • William Aſhford, jun.
  • John Dorcheſter, jun.
  • Henry Grange
  • Robert Upcott
  • John Crocker
  • John Commer
  • Richard Napper
  • James Pitts, junior
  • John Brock
  • Chriſtopher Wernell
  • Henry Norton
Somerſet, ſſ. Wells.
Priſoners deſigned for Execution, yet omitted in the Warrant for Execu⯑tion, 5.
  • JOhn Bird
  • Edward Merrick
  • William Ouſtler, ſenior
  • James Price
  • Thomas Body
Wells, ſſ.
Priſoners remaining in Cuſtody, &c.
  • EDward Hamond, alias Hamwood
  • John Willey
  • Richard Adams
  • James Norman
  • Robert Daw
  • William Ruſſell
  • George Biſſe
  • Samuel Daviſon
  • William Aplin
Priſoners remaining in Cuſtody for want of Evidence.
  • WIlliam Phippett
  • Richard Bray
  • Thomas Biſhopp
  • Alexander Pinney
  • Richard Millward
  • James Ruſſell
  • William Eades
Wells, ſſ.
Priſoners convict for Miſdemeanors, fined and impriſoned, and who had corporal Puniſhment.
  • Severally fin'd 13 s. 4 d. for ſpeaking treaſonable Words. Ordered to be whip'd at five ſeveral Market Towns.
    • JAmes Oaſyn,
    • William Williams,
    • Thomas Auſtey,
    • Samuel Vyney,
    • Leonard Goſſe,
  • Henry Gatchell, for the like fin'd 100 l.
Witneſſes for the King left in Cuſtody.
  • WIlliam Wiltſhire
  • David Tole
  • John Keeping
  • Chriſtopher Roſſiter
  • William Puſſey
  • Thomas Dare
  • Simon Long
  • John Jones
  • Thomas Sexton, alias Randall Furnivall
  • Joſeph Strong
  • Samuel Storey
  • John Smith
  • William Williams
  • Richard Tanner
Priſoners bound each for the other, for their Appearances at the next Aſſizes, and for the good Behaviour in 100 l. each.
  • WIlliam Okey
  • John Rogers
  • Thomas Wilkins
  • Samuel Trent
  • Francis Malo
  • Roger Grey
  • Henry Woodford
  • James Norvile
  • John Blackley
  • Walter Fidoe
  • David Cole
  • Abraham King
  • Stephen Hellyer
  • Ralph Smith
  • Robert Portlock
  • William Dymock
  • John Brewer
  • John Cole
  • Thomas Farr
  • James Weſtcott
  • Anthony Manning
  • John Townſend
  • Thomas Davyes
  • Thomas Williams
  • William Heyward
  • John Norman
  • James Pownell
  • Phillip Browne
  • Henry Turner
  • John Balſton
  • William Tar
  • William Shinler
  • [30] John Watts
  • Thomas Gilling
  • Matthew Tucker
  • Benjamin Short
  • John Thompſon
  • John Patten
  • William White
  • Richard Badge
  • Andrew Tapper
  • Walter Thomas, alias Biſſe
  • James Rowſell
  • Henry Bedlar
  • Richard Cornelius
  • Roger Baker
  • Peter Brewer
  • John Swinney
  • John Moor
  • Arthur Lowdam
  • John Melldrome
  • Robert Rawe
  • Edward Biſhopp
  • Daniel Wooton
  • John Pucker
  • Robert Seagard
  • Thomas Carpenter
  • Henry Virgin
  • Rowland Oakely
  • James Cole
  • Thomas Satchell
  • Jeoffry Caſtland
  • Thomas Tayler
  • David Tucker
  • Thomas Aſhford
  • John Taylor
  • Henry Satchell
  • William Cannaday
  • Francis Phippen
  • Francis Jennings
  • Arthur Jeoffrys
  • Richard Skinner
  • William Old
  • William Cole
  • John Mitchell
  • Robert Wantſey
  • Thomas Forſter
  • William Griffen
  • William Bragg
  • John Bowring
  • John Yorke
  • Thomas Ollvard
  • John Marks
  • Edward Baker
  • John Spender
  • William Ouſtler
  • Nicholas Forward
  • Peter White
  • James Pitts
  • William Combe
  • Joſeph Simkins
  • William Channing
  • Mathias Channing
  • William Saunders
  • John Patten
  • John Rowſell
  • Thomas Browne
  • Jedediah Hurd
  • William Pryor
  • Francis Hellier
  • William Luſh
  • John Hewlett
  • Richard Steer
  • Chriſtopher Oſmond
  • John Shinler
  • [31] Thomas Jolliffe
  • Richard Tanner
  • John Mead
  • Lancellot Cox
  • James Thomas
  • Stephen Thompſon
  • Henry Buckle
  • Samuel Pack
  • Richard Smithyer
  • Richard Walters
  • William Walters
  • Jeoffrey Phippet
  • John Doeling
  • Samuel Dwelley
  • George Parſons
  • Thomas Ellis
  • John Andrewes
  • Nathaniel Lockyer
  • Edward Craydon
  • Thomas Buſterell
  • Robert Sands
  • William Hewlett
  • Andrew Ouſely
  • John Sheire
  • Samuel Prowſe
  • Nicholas Gandry
  • Richard Gibbs
  • Samuel Sheppard
  • Robert Game
  • John Lyde
  • William Raymond
  • George Raymond
  • Thomas Lockyer
  • George Smith
  • William Coſſens

[...] Account of what was done againſt thoſe in Scotland, who took Arms there under the Earl of Argyle, &c. and a⯑gainſt the Proteſtants in Ire⯑land, by the late King James, and his Deputy Tyrconnel.

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IT is proper in the next Place, to give a brief Account how the Scots, who took Arms in their own Country againſt the Tyranny of King Charles and King James II. were treat⯑ed. There were ſeveral Inſurrections there, oc⯑caſion'd by the barbarous Oppreſſion of the Preſ⯑byterians, for not conforming to the Tyranny in Church and State then ſet up, which they proteſted they could not in Conſcience do, ſince that Government was not only contrary to the Fundamental Laws of the Nation, but to their Principles, and the ſolemn Obligations which the King and Kingdom lay under by Oaths a⯑gainſt it; and that it was attended by ſuch an un⯑limited Prerogative given the King by a pack'd Parliament, as empower'd him by Virtue of his Supremacy, which they called an inherent Right [33] to the Crown, ‘' That he and his Succeſſors might ſettle, enact, and emit ſuch Conſtitutions, Acts, and Orders, concerning the Adminiſtrati⯑on of the External Government of the Church, and the Perſons employed in the ſame, and concerning all Eccleſiaſtical Meetings, and Matters to be propoſed and determin'd there⯑in, as they in their Royal Wiſdom ſhould think fit.'’ Theſe are the very Words of the firſt Act of the 2d Seſſions of the firſt Parliament of Charles II. and of the firſt Act of the ſecond Parliament.

To force a Conformity to this ſort of Govern⯑ment in Church and State, which King Charles II. had ſolemnly abjur'd at his taking the Crown of Scotland upon him, High Commiſſion Courts were not only ſet up by the Prerogative, which acted contrary to Law, but Soldiers were em⯑ploy'd to oppreſs, pillage, harraſs, impriſon, fine, and confine, beat and bind like Beaſts, thoſe who refus'd it. Sir James Turner, a bloody and atheiſtical Man, commanded in three ſuch Expeditions againſt the Weſtern Shires of Scotland, in 1663, 1665, and 1666. where he and his Troops exacted from the poor People of Galloway and Nithſdale, for their Nonconformity, betwixt 4 and 5000 l. Sterling, beſides the great Charge they were at by giving free Quarters, and Mo⯑ney, to the Soldiers, to forbear the Barbarities which they practiſed on their Perſons and Fa⯑milies. There was alſo levied by way of Fine, without any Crime alledged, from 132 Gentle⯑men, and others, near 7000 l. Sterling, beſides free Quarters to the Soldiers ſent to levy it, which amounted to as much; and notwithſtand⯑ing the Money which was paid to thoſe barbarous Troops to make them forbear Cruelties, it was their common Cuſtom to deſtroy all the Provi⯑ſions [34] and Subſtance of thoſe they quartered upon, and to fill the Bellies of their Servants and Dogs, before they would ſuffer the poor Families to eat any of their own Proviſions; nor did they be⯑have themſelves thus only to thoſe who did not conform, but to many Gentlemen and others who did; it being plainly the Deſign of the Court to ruin the Weſt of Scotland; becauſe that Part of the Kingdom had always, from the Time of the Reformation, ſignalized their Zeal for their Religion and Liberty. It was uſual with them af⯑ter they had ruin'd the Tenants to quarter upon their Landlords; and thus they harraſs'd and plunder'd that Part of the Country three Times ſucceſſively in the Years above-mention'd: And beſides the Money thus exacted, they forced Peo⯑ple to give Bonds for ſuch other Sums as they thought fit, by which they beggar'd abundance of Families. And when any complain'd to the commanding Officer of thoſe Inhumanities, they were commonly beaten, or otherwiſe barbarouſly treated. The Soldiers did likewiſe behave themſelves ſo atheiſtically, that they publickly mock'd at all Religion, utter'd moſt horrible Curſes and Oaths, raviſh'd Women, and in ſhort, their Behaviour was more like Savages and Pa⯑gans than civilized Men and Chriſtians: and af⯑ter they had thus ruin'd the Country, they extor⯑ted Certificates from the People, That they had been civilly uſed, on purpoſe to prevent their making Application to the Government for Re⯑dreſs; and when they had nothing left to pay what the Soldiers demanded, they were barba⯑rouſly uſed in their Perſons, and carried to Pri⯑ſons, tied Hand and Foot, like Beaſts. After the Country had been 7 Months thus oppreſs'd in Sir James's third Expedition, three Country-men [35] met four of his Soldiers carrying a poor old Man, one of their Neighbours, in that Manner to Dumfries; they begg'd the Soldiers to unty him, who, inſtead of doing it, attack'd the Country⯑men with their Swords, but were worſted in the Scuffle, one of them wounded, and the other three threw down their Arms. This encourag'd theſe Men, with ſome others, to attack 10 or 12 more of the Soldiers, who were in like manner oppreſſing the People in that ſame Pariſh, and theſe they alſo diſarmed, having kill'd one that made an obſtinate Reſiſtance. The Neighbour⯑hood knowing that Sir James would take a terri⯑ble Revenge upon them, about 54 of them took Horſe, and with a few Footmen marched to Dumfries, where they took Sir James, and diſ⯑arm'd his Men. Having done this, they march⯑ed to the Weſt, where the People were oppreſs'd in the like Manner, and being join'd by others, came at laſt to be 7 or 800. Upon this Lieute⯑nant General Dalzeel was ordered to march a⯑gainſt them with the regular Troops, they were declared Rebels, and order'd to lay down their Arms within 24 Hours after the Proclamation was publiſhed, without the leaſt Aſſurance of Pardon, and all the Subjects were ordered to aſ⯑ſiſt the General, on pain of Rebellion. This poor Handful being thus made deſperate, they march⯑ed within two Miles of Edinburgh, and a Ceſſa⯑tion was agreed between the General and them for one Night, until their Grievances and Peti⯑tion might be preſented by him to the Council. This made them ſecure, and the General, con⯑trary to Agreement, ſurpriz'd them juſt at the Time when his Meſſenger was delivering their Petition to the Council. They made a ſtout Re⯑ſiſtance, and repuls'd his advanced Troops three [36] Times, but being vaſtly inferior in Number, and fatigued with long Marches, Hunger, Rain and Cold, they were defeated on the 28th of Novem⯑ber, 1666. 40 of 'em kill'd, and above 130 of them taken, many of whom were executed with the greateſt Cruelty and Barbarity, and ſome of them tortured by an Engine called a Boot, to make them diſcover others, and ſuch as had gi⯑ven them any Aſſiſtance or Relief. Beſides, it was made Treaſon for any one to harbour ſuch of them as had eſcaped. This was the firſt In⯑ſurrection in Scotland, known by the Name of Pentland-Hills, which was the Place where they fought.

Theſe Barbarities ſerved only to incenſe the Country, and to make the People of the Weſtern Shires more averſe to Conformity than before. This occaſion'd many ſevere Laws to force them to a Compliance, which not having the deſign'd Effect, an Army of barbarous Highlanders was twice brought down upon the Country, which they plunder's, treated the People with all ſort of Inhumanity, garriſon'd Gentlemen's Houſes contrary to Law, impos'd Bonds and Oaths upon the People without Authority of Parliament, and committed ſuch other Outrages, as if they had been in an Enemies Country. But all this not prevailing with the People to conform, or to abſtain from Worſhip in the Fields, when they could not do it in Houſes, Troops were employ⯑ed to attack the People where-ever they were aſ⯑ſembled, which oblig'd them frequently to ſtand on their Defence, and all that did ſo being made Guilty of Death, this brought on the ſecond In⯑ſurrection at Bothwell-bridge, in 1679. where the poor oppreſſed People being vaſtly out-number'd by the King's Army, under the Command of the [37] Duke of Monmouth, about 300 of 'em, after a ſtout Reſiſtance, were kill'd, the reſt put to flight, and above 1000 taken, and carried to E⯑dinburgh, where they were a long time kept in an open Church-yard without any Shelter from Cold or Rain; ſeveral Miniſters and others were executed, and about 1700 taken there, and at other Places before, ſold for Slaves to America, and other Parts, 200 of which were caſt away near Orkney, thro' the Barbarity of the Captain of the Ship, who order'd them to be kept under Hatches, when his Ship ſtruck, otherwiſe they might have eſcaped as well as he, and his Men, and about 50 others of their Fellow Priſoners.

The Country was made a perfect Scene of Hor⯑ror and Cruelty, by the Purſuits which were made after thoſe who eſcaped from the Field, and the proſcribing, or putting to Death ſuch as were found to give them any Relief, though their neareſt Relations. And Acts were made to make it Death for any Presbyterian Miniſters to preach, or People to hear them, in Houſe or Field.

Theſe barbarous Oppreſſions made a Part of the People ſo mad, that ſome of them thought themſelves abſolved from giving any further O⯑bedience to King Charles II. or thoſe commiſſion⯑ed under him; and therefore took upon them to declare, That he had forfeited his Crown by his Perjury and Tyranny, and that they would no more own him as their Sovereign. Though this was known to be contrary to the declared Princi⯑ples of the Presbyterians, and perfectly inconſi⯑ſtent with what they held themſelves to be obli⯑ged to by the Solemn League and Covenant, which bound them to maintain the King's juſt Preroga⯑tive, and the Authority of Parliaments, from [38] whom their Kings derived their Authority, and without whoſe Conſent they held they could not be depriv'd of it; yet the Practice of thoſe few deſperate Men was made a Handle to oppreſs all the Presbyterians, and to impoſe new Oaths and Bonds upon them. In the mean time that Hand⯑ful of Men who had thus thrown off the King's Authority, were purſued from Place to Place, and kill'd without any Tryal, where-ever they were found; and the Soldiers had an illegal Power given them by the Council to tender a Bond or Oath, to all that they pleaſed, to diſ⯑own the Declaration of thoſe Men; and if they refuſed it, they were preſently to kill them; and thus they murder'd, without any Trial, about 78 People, in ſeveral Parts of the Country, and in ſuch a barbarous Manner, that they would not allow thoſe poor People Time to recommend themſelves to God, before they were ſhot or ſtabb'd, but anſwer'd them with this atheiſtical Sarcaſm, What the Devil have you been doing ſo many Years? Ha'n't you had Time enough to pray in the Caves and Mountains!

The murmuring Faction cannot pretend that the preſent Rebels were forced by any ſuch Ex⯑tremities as theſe, to take Arms, nor have they any Ground to complain of any ſuch Inquiſitor⯑like Proceedings againſt their Friends; and 'tis well for them 'tis ſo; otherwiſe there had been ſuch a Havock long e'er now among the High⯑Church Party, that few or none of them would have been left to belch out Lies and Treaſon eve⯑ry Day againſt the Government.

I come now to the laſt Inſurrection in Scot⯑land, before the Revolution, which was that un⯑der the Earl of Argyle, already mention'd: The Cauſes of it are to be ſeen in his Declaration, [39] as above, ſo that there's little more to be ſaid of it, but that his Lordſhip not being able to raiſe above 2000 Men, becauſe of the Precautions which the Government had taken againſt him upon the early Notice they had of his Deſign, he only wander'd about for 6 or 7 Weeks, in the Weſtern Highlands, where being block'd up by the King's Men of War, and ſtraiten'd for Pro⯑viſions, abundance of his Men deſerted; and com⯑ing at laſt towards Dumbarton and Glaſgow, he was intercepted by a numerous Army; and his Men perceiving that the Enemy was ten times their Number, and being alſo wearied out with long Marches, want of Proviſions, and Sleep, moſt of them withdrew in the Night, and the few that kept together, were, after ſome Skir⯑miſhes with a Party of the Enemy, whom they defeated, obliged likewiſe to diſperſe; the Earl himſelf, with a few more, were taken, and exe⯑cuted at Edinburgh, as about 20 of his Men were at his Seat at Innerary in the Highlands; and ma⯑ny others taken up afterwards on Suſpicion, or o⯑therwiſe, were baniſh'd to America.

'Tis obſervable, That the Earl was not execu⯑ted upon the Account of this Rebellion; but be⯑cauſe of an Explanation which he offered of the Teſt that had been made, for all thoſe in Places of Power and Truſt, when the Parliament of Scotland ſettled the Succeſſion upon the Duke of York: This was ſo much the more extraordinary, that ſeveral of the Epiſcopal Party had been al⯑low'd to take it with ſuch Explanations, becauſe it was contradictory in it ſelf, and were never called in queſtion for it: But the Reaſon why the Earl was pick'd out to be a Sacrifice, was the Greatneſs of his Quality and Power, which the Court knew would make it difficult for them [40] to [...] their P [...]iſh and Tyrannical Deſigns [...] Scotland, ſo long as a perſon of his Weight and Intereſt in the [...]try was left in being.

After his [...], James II. thought he might do what [...] would in Scotland: He perſecuted the Preſbyterians with the Height of Barbarity, and overturn'd the Conſtitution by an arbitrary Pro⯑clamation, Feb. 12. 168 [...]. wherein he granted an unlimited Toleration by his Sovereign Autho⯑rity, Prerog [...]tive Royal, and Abſolute Power, which he alledg'd all his Subjects ought to obey without Re⯑ſerve: This, with other things mentioned in the [...] Declaration of Rights, brought on the Re⯑volution there, as appears by the 13th Act of their Convention, Apr. 11. 1689, wherein they charge him with having invaded the Fundamen⯑tal Conſtitution of the Kingdom; That he alter⯑ed it from a legal limitted Monarchy to an arbi⯑trary deſpotick Power; and in a publick Procla⯑mation aſſerted an abſolute Power to annul all the Laws, and particularly arraign'd thoſe which eſtabliſh'd the Proteſtant Religion.

I come next to take a View of King James II's Adminiſtration in Ireland. Soon after his Acceſ⯑ſion to the Britiſh Throne, he ſent that bigotted Papiſt and Tyrant, the Earl of Tyrconnel, to be Lord Lieutenant of that Kingdom, at the Re⯑queſt of the Popiſh Clergy there, who, in their letter to the King, of July, 1625. ſaid, ‘' That Tyr⯑connel was the Perſon that did firſt eſpouſe, and chiefly maintain their Cauſe for the laſt 25 Years, and was the only Man on whoſe Forti⯑tude and Popularity they durſt with Chear⯑fulneſs own their Lovalty, and aſſert his Ma⯑jeſty's intereſt: Therefore they prayed, That his Majeſty would be pleaſed to lodge his Au⯑thority in his Hands, to the Terror of the Fa⯑ction, meaning the Proteſtants.'’

[41] Tyrconnel fully anſwered their Expectations, and in a little Time caſhier'd the Proteſtant Ar⯑my in Ireland, which conſiſted of about 7000 Men, and form'd another of Papiſts, moſt of whom were the Deſcendants, or near Relations of thoſe that had been attainted for the Rebellion and Maſſacre in 1641, or had ſignalized them⯑ſelves by notorious Villanies, and implacable Hatred to the Engliſh, and Proteſtant Intereſt in that Nation.

In the next Place he ſet up Judges there, who were engaged by Intereſt and Inclination to deſtroy the Proteſtant Religion; and one of them, called Rice, a proſligate Papiſt, who was advanced to be Lord Chief Baron, had the Im⯑pudence to declare, he would draw a Coach and ſix Horſes through the Act of Settlement, which was the Chief Security the Proteſtants had in that Kingdom. Sir Alexander Fitton, who had been convicted of Forgery at Weſtminſter-Hall, and Cheſter, and fin'd for it by the Lords in Parlia⯑ment, was taken out of Goal, and made Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, becauſe he turned Papiſt; and was ſo zealous to ſhew himſelf a true Convert, that he ſeveral times declared with the Height of Impudence from the Bench, That the Iriſh Proteſtants were all Rogues, and that there was not one among 40000 of 'em, but was a Traytor, Re⯑bel and Villain.

The Privy Council in Ireland was compos'd of a Majority of Papiſis; ſo that the Proteſtants na⯑med as Members of it, declined to act; becauſe they were ſenſible that they could do their Religi⯑on and the Engliſh Intereſt no manner of Service.

There wanted nothing elſe but to model a Houſe of Commons to the Deſigns of the Court, and in order to that the Charters of all Corpora⯑tions [42] were ſeiz'd by Quo Warranto's, without a⯑ny Cauſe or Shadow of Law; ſo that the Magi⯑ſtracies of Corporations were fill'd up with Pa⯑piſts, and Men of deſperate, or no Fortunes; and the new Charters had a Clauſe by which the chief Governour was impower'd to turn out and put in whom he pleaſed, without ſhewing a Rea⯑ſon.

The Proteſtant Clergy were oppreſſed by Tyr⯑connel, and the Popiſh Prieſts did openly demand the Tythes belonging to them, and forbad their People to pay the Tythes to the Proteſtant In⯑cumbents, on Pain of Damnation. This paſs'd afterwards into an Act, by which the Papiſts were to pay their Tythes only to their own Prieſts; and afterwards, as any Proteſtant Bi⯑ſhop or Clergyman died, Papiſts were put into their Places by the King's Privy Signet, or Sign Manual.

In the next Place Tyrconnel ſtopp'd the Salaries of the Univerſity of Dublin, becauſe they would not, contrary to the Laws and their Oaths, admit a vicious ignorant Papiſt into a vacant Fellow⯑ſhip; and when King James arrived there after the Revolution, the Proteſtant Vice Preſident, Fellows and Scholars, were all turn'd out, their Furniture, Library, Communion Plate, and e⯑very thing belonging to the College was taken a⯑way, the Houſe made a Garriſon, and their Chambers made Priſons for Proteſtants; tho' King James had promiſed to preſerve their Liberties and Properties, and rather augment than diminiſh the Privileges which had been granted them by his Predeceſſors. At laſt moſt of the Churches in and about Dublin, were ſeiz'd on by the Government, and an Order was iſſu⯑ed, forbidding more than 5 Proteſtants to meet, [43] under Pain of Death, ſo that all religious Aſſem⯑blies through the whole Kingdom, were prohi⯑bited to Proteſtants.

To complete their Ruin, an Act of Attainder was paſs'd in Parliament, in order to which, eve⯑ry Member of the Houſe of Commons returned the Names of all ſuch Proteſtant Gentlemen as lived near them, or in the County or Borough for which he ſerved; or if he was a Stranger to any of them, he ſent to the Country for Infor⯑mation about them. When the Bill was preſent⯑ed to the King for his Aſſent, the Speaker told him, That many were attainted in that Act up⯑on ſuch Evidence as ſatisfied the Houſe, and the reſt upon Common Fame.

In this Act, no fewer were attainted than two Archbiſhops, one Duke, 17 Earls, 7 Counteſſes, 28 Viſcounts, 2 Viſcounteſſes, 7 Biſhops, 18 Ba⯑rons, 33 Baronets, 51 Knights, 83 Clergymen, 2182 Eſquires and Gentlemen, and all of 'em un⯑heard, declared and adjudged Traytors, convict⯑ed and attainted of High-Treaſon, and adjudged to ſuffer the Pains of Death and Forſeiture. The famous Proſcription of Rome during the laſt Tri⯑umvirate, came not up in ſome Reſpects to the Horror of this; for there were condemned in this little Kingdom more than double the Number that were proſcribed through the vaſt Bounds of the Roman Empire. And to make this of Ireland yet the more terrible, and to put the Perſons at⯑tainted out of a Poſſibility of eſcaping, the Act it ſelf was concealed, and no Proteſtant allow'd a Copy of it, till four Months after it was paſt: Whereas in that of Rome, the Names of the Per⯑ſons proſcribed were affixed upon all the publick Places of the City, and the very Day the Proſcrip⯑tion was concerted; and thereby Opportunity [44] was given to many of the nobleſt Families in Rome, to preſerve themſelves by a ſpeedy Flight for better Times.

The Concluſion.

LET our Murmerers ſpeak from their Con⯑ſciences, if they have any: Can the moſt abandon'd of them have the Face to ſay, That there is not a very great Difference betwixt the Cauſe of thoſe who took Arms againſt Tyranny and Popery in the three Nations, during the Reigns of King Charles and King James II. and of ſuch as have taken Arms to ſet up an Impoſtor, and to bring in Tyranny and Popery in the Reign of King G E O R G E. Is there not a very great Difference betwixt thoſe who ventur'd their Lives and Fortunes to ſave Us from the Slavery of France, and Idolatry of Rome, and thoſe who would have delivered us up in Chains to both.

And as the Difference betwixt the Cauſes is remarkable, the Difference betwixt the Conduct of the Parties is no leſs ſo. Can Envy and Ma⯑lice charge the Whigs in thoſe Reigns to have join'd with Papiſts in pulling down Places of Proteſtant Worſhip, whilſt Maſs-Houſes paſs'd untouched? Can they be charged to have join⯑ed with Papiſts to inſult Prince and Parliament, in order to interrupt the Courſe of Juſtice a⯑gainſt an Incendiary, for preaching Sedition and Treaſon? Can they be charged with a Rebelli⯑on to ſcreen a Miniſtry from Juſtice, who had betrayed their Religion, their Liberty, their Country, their Trade, their Sovereign, and all Europe, into the Hands of France? Can they be [45] charged with taking Arms for Miniſters who had perſwaded their Sovereign to break Oaths and Leagues, to betray our Allies in Council and Cam [...] and to utter the groſſeſt Contradictions and [...]alſhoods from the Throne? Can they be charged with concurring in a Deſign to defeat a Proteſtant Succeſſion, and ſet a Papiſt on the Throne by execrable Tricks and Perjuries, and particularly by taking Oaths to the Government, on purpoſe to undermine it. Or can they be charged, when in Arms, with burning and plun⯑dering their Native Country, or to have join'd with Domeſtick and Foreign Papiſts, to ſet up a Popiſh Pretender, and murther and dethrone a Proteſtant King, and his whole Royal Family.

The Faction, tho' Caſe-harden'd to the great⯑eſt Degree, can't charge ſuch Things upon thoſe who took Arms againſt the Male-Adminiſtrations of King Charles II. and King James II.

Then, as to the Difference betwixt the Treat⯑ment of thoſe who took Arms againſt thoſe Prin⯑ces, and our preſent Rebels, can the Faction have the Impudence to ſay, That our Generals have treated the preſent Rebels, as Kirk did thoſe who took Arms under the Duke of Mon⯑mouth, when he ordered 90 of the poor wounded Priſoners to be immediately hang'd at Taunton, without allowing their poor Wives and Children to ſpeak to them, and at the ſame time made his Pipes to play, his Drums to beat, and his Trum⯑pets to found, that the People might not hear what they ſaid at the Place of Execution; after which he order'd their Quarters to be boil'd in Pitch, and ſet up in ſeveral Parts of the Town; for which, when he was afterwards queſtion'd, he pleaded the Orders of the King and his Gene⯑ral.

[46] Can they ſay that our Judges have hector'd Ju⯑ries to bring in any of the Rebels Guilty, after they had three times acquitted them: as Jefferies did in the Caſe of the Lady Liſle?

Can they ſay that our Judges have trapanned any of the Rebels to confeſs themſelves Guilty, in Hopes of Pardon, as Jefferies did, and then hang them up afterwards by Scores, without al⯑lowing them Time to prepare for Death?

Can they ſay that our Judges have extorted a⯑ny Sums from the Rebels for procuring them Par⯑dons, or much leſs that they have extorted 14500l. from any Rebel of Note for a Pardon, as he did in order to purchaſe himſelf an Eſtate?

Can they ſay that our Judges have condemn'd above 500 Perſons upon very ſlight, or no Evi⯑dence, as he did at Taunton and Wells, where a⯑bove 239 were executed, and their Quarters diſ⯑pers'd in the principal Places and Roads of the Country?

Can they ſay that our Judges have proſecuted Girls of 8 or 9 Years old for High-Treaſon, be⯑cauſe they preſented a few Colours to the Rebels, as Jefferies did, and forc'd their Parents to pay as much for their Pardon as would have made them handſome Fortunes?

Let them look upon the Liſts above, and com⯑pare them with the Liſts of thoſe tryed lately at Liverpoole, and publiſh'd in the Flying-Poſt of Feb. 14. and then tell us, whether the Clemency of King James II. or that of King GEORGE is the greateſt.

Let them turn their Eyes to the abovemen⯑tion'd Accounts of the Proceedings againſt the Rebels in Scotland, in the Reigns of the two Bro⯑thers, and ſee if they can find ſuch Barbarities now as were practis'd there at that Time.

[47] Have any of the preſent Rebels been tortur'd with Boots and Thumbkins to make them diſco⯑ver the reſt, and who gave them any Relief or Encouragement?

Can they tell us of any that have been pro⯑ſcrib'd, or put to Death for entertaining the pre⯑ſent Rebels, tho' their neareſt Relations?

Let them tell us, if they can, where any of the preſent Rebels have been drown'd on purpoſe, under the Pretence of being tranſported to Fo⯑reign Plantations.

Can they give us any Inſtances that the pre⯑ſent Rebels have been examin'd upon captious Queſtions by Privy-Councils and Judges, and hang'd for not anſwering ſuch Queſtions, as was practis'd in Scotland?

Can they tell us of any Parties of Soldiers ſent out to murder thoſe whom they met in the Fields and Roads, that would not diſown the Preten⯑der's Declaration or Title. And let them tell us if they can, whether Inn-keepers and Hoſtlers are empower'd to examine their Gueſts and Tra⯑vellers upon ſuch Queſtions; and of Magiſtrates being empower'd to hang ſuch Perſons immedi⯑ately, as had not Certificates of their having diſ⯑own'd the Pretender and his Title, or would not do it when brought before them?

Have the preſent Rebels, taken in the Act, been expoſed without Cover to the Rigour of the Seaſon by Hundreds together, and left to ſtrave, as thoſe that were taken at Bothwell-Bridge in Scotland?

Let them next take a Tour to Ireland, and find out Inſtances there, where the Pretender's Friends have been attainted in Parliament upon Common Fame, and the Act concealed that they might have no Opportunity to make their Eſ⯑cape.

[48] A great deal more might be ſaid of the Inhu⯑man and Barbarous Proceedings of thoſe Reigns; but this is more than enough to convict our Mur⯑murers of Falſhood, who cry out againſt the gentle Methods of Juſtice now made uſe of to puniſh ſuch as have rais'd the moſt unnatural and ill-grounded Rebellion that was ever heard of up⯑on Earth.

I ſhall conclude with one Rebuke to the Jaco⯑bite Females, who take upon them to make Treaſon their ordinary Tattle, that 'tis well for them that they don't live under ſuch an Admi⯑niſtration, as that of Charles and James II. in Scot⯑land, when poor Country Girls were hang'd with⯑out Mercy, for ſaying that Charles had forfeited his Title to the Crown by breaking the Original Contract, or Covenant, on which he took it, and that James being a profeſs'd Papiſt, had no Right to the Crown, becauſe it was coutrary to the Fundamental Laws of the Nation, and particu⯑larly that of King James VI. which obliged al [...] their Princes to ſwear at their Coronation that they were Proteſtants, would maintain that Reli⯑gion, as then eſtabliſhed, and aboliſh all falſe Religion, Idolatry, and Hereſy. I would alſo adviſe thoſe Jacobite Ladies who make ſo bold with the preſent Government at their Tea-Ta⯑bles, &c. and diſcover ſo much Inclination to fa⯑vour the Rebels, to remember what the Lady Liſle, and Mrs. Gaunt ſuffer'd, for Crimes of a far leſs Nature in the Eye of the Law, as it then ſtood, or rather was wreſted.

FINIS.

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