My issues, to queen dowager, who, they say, has twenty; ten to my knowlege. My instrument of propagation, otherwise called the carnaledge part, to my Lady Salisbury, or Stonehorse Spencer. My prolifick juice, to the queen, and my blessing; together with all the hairs of my to make a peruke for my son The strength of my back, to the king, together with all my merits: Some one will be apt to say, Your merit, quoth he, That is a halter. Good Mr. King, if you will put up the affront, I will, or else, my intent being well directed, I am clear. My a to the great button-maker of England. My deputy hair, and my alderman's hat, to Alsop, and the rest of the gang. My rasor let Jefferies shave himself with, and cut his throat when he has done. My breeches I recommend to the queen's use, to get her with child without the help of a man; and the smell of my stockings to make her fair. How beautiful upon the mountains, &c. Let my corpse be buried in the room where Sir Edmundsbury Godfrey was murdered, to fright his bodily appearance, and I will, to the devil to choak his ghost. Twenty-thou sand pounds for swords, knives, powder, fireballs, &c. thousand pounds for him that stabs the Prince of Orange. Twothousand for the French dragoons, to be paid by Father le Chaise, for their good service. One-hundred for him that kills a heretick. One-thousand for the colonel of St. Ignatio, to invent and provide all manner of tortures. Two-thousand to the chapel of the Blessed Virgin of Loretto, to be converted into a golden chamberpot. All this last to be paid by the king, as soon as I have sent him money from France. An Inventory of the Goods that I left in my Lodgings, to the Lord Chancellor, with their Value set upon them. 1. A PIECE of Adam's fig-leaf-apron, together with an apple of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Three hundred thirtythousand pounds. 2. A frog, a louse, and a locust, that was upon Pharaoh's land; with Joseph's coat, Sampson's jaw-bone, and half Gideon's fleece. Fifty-thousand pounds. 3. The hoof of Balaam's ass, the dart that killed Absalom, together with the stone that slew Goliah, and a piece of Bathsheba's smock, prized at one-thousand pounds. 4. Three chairs that Solomon sat in at study, together with his black fur cap; and a table that St. Paul made use of, when he wrote his Epistle to the Hebrews. Two-thousand pounds. 5. The parchments, that the same apostle sent for, by Timothy, with the cloke; St. Agnes's candlestick, and St. Winifred's ink. horn. Three-thousand pounds. 6. St. Francis's clock; St. Dennis's fire-shovel and tongs; a broken chamber-pot of the Blessed Virgin of Loretto; and a lit the sauce-pan for the Prince of Wales, that Zacharias bought for his son John. Thirty-thousand pounds. 7. St. Ignatius's warming-pan, the nail of Loyola's little toe, Pope Joan's placket, and Bellarmine's close-stool. Ten-thousand pounds. 8. A surreverence of St. Clemens in a silver box; St. Ambrose's clyster-pipe; St. Austin's almanack: valued at one-thousand pounds. 9. St. Cyprian's bason; Cicely's looking-glass, and Marmalade pot; Coleman's halter, St. Catharine's tower, and curling-pin, with her wash to beautify the face, which I have used this many years, and it wastes no more than the widow's cruise, which I also have: Twenty-thousand pounds. 10. Some of Paul's fasting-spittle in a bottle, sealed with his coat of arms, good for sore eyes, and to restore even the blind; a nail of Timothy's shoe, Queen Mary's ruff, and St. Margaret's scissars. Three-thousand pounds. 11. A board of the ark, a feather of Noah's dove, a grain of Lot's wife, took from the pillar of salt; and the paper that saluted Lyass B- -Seven-thousand pounds. 12. The dirt-pies that the Virgin Mary made when she was a child; some of the dung that fell into Tobit's eyes; the horns of Ne-buchadnezzar, when turned into a cow; St. Bridget's thimble, and case of needles. Two-thousand pounds. 13. The nails that held our Saviour to the cross; the spear that pierced his side; some of the water and blood that came out; the inscription that was set over his head, in Pilate's own hand-writing. Six-thousand pounds. 14. Judas's bag full of bread and cheese; the piece of money that was taken out of the fish's mouth for tribute; some of the water that was made wine. Seven-thousand pounds. 15. A piece of our Blessed Saviour's cradle; the manger; the key of St. Peter's back-door into heaven; his slippers; the bill, spurs, and comb of the cock, that crowed when he denied his Master. Four-thousand pounds. 16. A part of the nipple of St. Agatha; St. Margaret's pissburnt garter; the table-cloth, napkins, and knives, that were used in the institution of the Lord's Supper; the bed that Pope Joan pigged in; Pope Boniface's codpiss-buttons; and our Lord's Prayer, in our Saviour's own hand-writing. Nine-thousand pounds. 15. A drop of the Blessed Virgin's milk, which she gave to St. Biasio, when he thirsted in the wilderness. A Form of private Prayer used by Father Peters. O BLESSED Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven, Saviour of the World, Giver of Salvation, the Almighty Lady, Author of our Redemption, I beseech thee to hear me. Bow the heavens, and come down from that thy throne, to hear the petition of thy humble suppliant. By our Saviour's birth and baptism, by the manger in which he was laid, by the gifts the wise men brought, by the star that appeared in the east, by the swaddling-cloaths he wore, by the milk he sucked, by the tears he shed in his agony, by the kiss given him by Judas, by the halter with which Judas hanged himself, and the bag that he had to bear; by the lance that pierced our Saviour's side, by the water and blood that came out, by the tomb in which he was laid, by the spices with which he was embalmed, by the ointment with which he was anointed unto his burial, by the cross on which he suffered, by the two thieves that together died with him, by the choir of angels at his birth, and the choir of angels that were his attendants at his resurrection; by the superscription of Pilate, by the high-priest's ear that was cut off, by the name of woman, with which Christ pleased to signify thy pre-eminence over all women, &c. I beseech thee to hear me. Let not the scepter depart from Amalek, nor a lawgiver from the Jebusites; nor a cardinal from England, nor a Peters from the court, so long as the sun and moon endure. Pray. for us, O Blessed Virgin, that all our designs and contrivances may have good success; and command thy son to be so careful of the good of his society, that it may be implanted in all the nations of the world; and particularly, in this wherein we live. Let the king hearken to me, the charmer, who charms wisely; nor be as a deaf adder, that will not hear; nor stiff-necked as his people, that will not obey. Make him resolute in his religion, and true to the cause which he has promised to maintain; and let the abundance of his merits wash away the many religious vows and oaths, which he has made and broke, for the honour of the Roman church. We are thy people, and the sheep of thy pasture; if thou hadst not been for us, we had been swallowed up quick in this heretical, damnable, prejudiced kingdom, when they were so wrathfully displeased at us; but thou hast fought for us, and defended us. O go on to perfect this work of thine, which thou hast, in some measure, begun; and make us all one sheepfold, under one shepherdess, the Blessed Mary. Make Peter open to all, that will open the door of their hearts to thee; and damn all those eternally that shall presume to refuse it, for thy name's sake, and mine, the Lord Chancellor's, Salisbury's, Chester's, Peterborough's merit, &c. Amen. THE TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF Colonel ADRIAN SCROOPE, Mr. JOHN CAREW, Mr. THOMAS Who sat as Judges upon our late Sovereign Lord King Charles. Together with their several Answers and Pleas, at the Sessions-House in the OldBailey, Friday the 12th of October, 1660, before the Commissioners of Oyer and Terminer, appointed by his Majesty for that purpose. James ii. v. 13.-For he shall have judgment without mercy, that shewed no mercy. London: Printed for John Stafford and Edward Thomas. 1660. Quarto, containing eight pages. THIS HIS day being Friday the twelfth of October, 1660, the king's lords justices, for trial of several persons, who had a hand in the death of our late sovereign, sat in the sessions-house in the Old Bailey, and called to the bar the persons following, viz. Col. Adrian Scroope Gregory Clement John Jones John Carew Thomas Scott Col. Adrian Scroope was first called to his trial; who, having excepted against several of the jury, at last had such a one as he agreed to. Proclamation being made, and silence commanded, the indictment was read, and one of the king's council stood up, and spoke to this effect: Gentlemen of the Jury, You have heard by the indictment of several that did assemble themselves together, to compass and take away the life of the king our late sovereign, among which persons the prisoner at the bar was one, who, under his hand and seal, did consent to the said murther: First, by setting hand to the commission, which gave being to that bloody court, and afterwards by signing that bloody warrant, which occasioned the severing his head from his body, which we can prove by several witnesses. The court calls for the warrant of the king's execution, and went to shew it to one of the witnesses; which, when Col. Scroope saw, he said, "My Lord, let me see it; if it be my hand, I will not deny it." [The warrant is carried to him.] Scroope. My Lord, I do not deny but it is my hand, Mr. Masterton, one of the witnesses, is sworu. 1 King's Council. Whether did you see this gentleman sitting amongst the judges of the king? Masterton. My Lord, I was at the High-Court of Justice so called, several times, and I saw the prisoner at the bar sitting amongst them, and particularly on the 27th of December, being the day on which sentence was given. Scroope. My Lord, pray ask this gentleman whether he and I were ever in company together, that he should know me so well, for I never saw him in my life before to my knowledge. To which it was answered, that he in-person answered to that name, and was the man. Several other witnesses were sworn to the same purpose. Col. Scroope desired that one might be asked, if he could tell whereabouts he sat; to which the witness answered, My Lord, I cannot say that positively; I cannot remember such a circumstance so long; but, to the best of my remembrance, he was the uppermost judge on the right-hand. Sir Richard Brown was sworn, to give evidence concerning several treasonable words that he should speak about the king's murther. The act for constituting the High-Court of Justice was likewise read; and Col. Scroope owned that to be his hand which subscribed thereunto; saying, he did not desire that witnesses should be sworn `to more than was needful. The king's council then spoke to the jury, and told them, that they had heard by six several witnesses, that the prisoner had sat amongst the king's judges; and by three, that he sat the day which was by them called, The Day of Judgment. The prisoner said, that he had a great disadvantage in answering to such learned men, who were to plead against him, and said, that he would not undertake to justify his person, but desired time and council to answer to matter of law. The Judge. That is where you have matter of law. The prisoner answered, My Lord, I was not of the parliament, I beseech you take notice of that; and that which was done, my Lord, was by a High Court of Justice, who had a commission from the parliament. My Lord, it was that authority which was then accounted the supreme authority, that the generality of the nation submitted to; having received command from that authority, it was, in obedience to the same, that I sat; I was promoted there. unto by that command: I have not time to bring these matters to a head, because I have been these six weeks close prisoner in the Tower, that I could not get council to prepare myself: Therefore, my Lord, let me have some time, and council, to provide myself to plead. My Lord, I was no contriver of that business, only executed the command. To which was answered, that that, which he called the parlia ment, was no parliament; that there was no colour of authority to justify them; and that, if the whole house of commons had been sitting, as these pretending that authority were not a sixth part, |