IN the Name of the Parliament and Councel of State, Amen. I Richard Brandon Esquire, being sore sick in Body, but in perfect Memory, Do make this my Last Will and Testament in manner and forme following,

Imprimis. I give and bequeath my Soul to the Parliament, to be disposed of as they shall think fit.

For my Body, That I desire may be Entombed in Westmin­ster Abbey neer Doctor Dorrislaw, and to be attended thither by the Supream Authority and Councel of State.

I give and bequeath 500 yards and a half of a Mourning Rib­band, called Gallow-grass, to all and every Member of Parlia­ment, that they may wear the same, or otherwise use it at their own discretions.

[Page 4] Also, I desire my Wife that every Member of the late Court of Iustice for tryal of the King that attends me to the grave, may have close mourning out of my Wardroabe.

I also give and bequeath to all and every Member of Parlia­ment a precious Receit called a Hempen Cawdle to cure them of any disease.

I give unto Iohn Bradshaw Lord President of the Councel of State, a Receit of Choak-wort to cure his Conscience: Like wise I give and bequeath to him and his heirs Parliament everlasting my Mannor House of Newgate, that he and his Family may live in it, and enjoy it to their lives ends: and in case the present Parliament shall adjourn, if the people shall think fit, it may be thither, where each one may take his place according to his De­gree: And in case it be too little, that they may have egress and regress, to a House known by the name of the Sessious-House sci­tuate in the Old Bayly London, with all and every the Appurti­nances belonging thereto, to have, use, and occupy at their own discretions, life everlasting, Parliament without end.

I give and bequeath to the [...]a [...]e House of Lords, and to all and every Member belonging to the same, my Mannor House known by the name of Traytors Reward, scituate on Tower-hill for them and their heirs for ever; but that none shall make entry thereon under the degree of a Lord, except it be the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Lord President of the Councel of State, upon forfeiture of their heads.

I give and bequeath to Col. Poppum, Col. Doan, and Colonel Blague, the Parliaments Admirals at Sea, my Honor of Wap­ping-Dock towards the Reparations of their late losses at Sea; provided they enter not thereon, till the King return into Eng­land, and then after his return it shall be lawful, for one, or all three to enter thereon, provided, that they stay not there lon­ger then the next Spring-Tyde; and then it go directly in their Line to the heirs Male of their own bodies from one generati­on to another Par [...]iament without end.

I give and bequeath unto the Iuncto and all Rebels in general, whether distinguished by the names of Supream [...]sts, Commons, Committees Sequestrators, Excise-men, Pursuivants. &c. my Mannor of Tyburn, in the County of Middlesex, with one par­cel [Page 5] of Land lying by Mary-bone Park to build a Chappel on, and one piece of Ground lying by the Kings high-way for a burying place for them and their heirs for ever, with all the Wood and Timber thereon for their Lives: Provided, that they build a Colledge on the said percel of Ground known by the name of Doctor S [...]ries- [...]app, and that Dr. Fairfax, Dr. Cromwel, Mr Good­wyn and Mr Owen, shall be heads thereof, take their degrees there, and Commence accordingly.

I give and bequeath several Classes of Bloud to these persons following; I give a Glass of Straffords bloud to cure the three Kingdoms of the Plague, commonly called the Bloudy-Issue.

I give a Glass of Canterburies bloud to seroboams-Calves, I mean the Presby torian Ministry, Dr Burgess, Mr Calamy, Sedg­wick, Gouge, &c. to cure the Church of all Heresies, Schismes, Blasphemies, Treasons, Non-sense, and Contradictions.

I give a Glass of Tomkins, and Challoners bloud to the wisdom of Gui [...]d hal, I mean the Major and wise Aldermen of the City.

A G [...]ass of Burleighs bloud, to the consideration of all Loyal hearts.

A Glass of commixed bloud of Lucas and Lisle to Tom Lord Fairfax, and his heirs.

I give and bequeath a Viol of the late Kings Bloud to his Ex­cellency Thomas Lord Fairfax, General of the Forces raised for the defence of the King and Kingdom, the Priviledge of Parlia­ment, the true Protestant Religion, and the Laws of England, to be shared between him and his Lievtenant Gen. Cromwel, and desire that this Viol may be retain'd and intayl'd on them and their Children, ayders, assi [...]ters or abbetters for ever and ever Parliament everlasting.

I give a Glass of the Lord Capels bloud to comfort all droop­ing Loyalists that are afraid to suffer death for the testimony of a good Conscience.

I give both my eyes to the Cōmon-wealth, that they may see how they are cheated and deluded by perjur'd rogues & villains.

I give my Members to Harry Martin, with a proviso that he provide for my Daughters (his worships sinners) in the suburbs.

I commend my Wife & aged Mother to the care & protection of the Councel of State, and to live with my Lady Fairfax and Mistris Cromwel all their dayes.

[Page 6] I give my Curtains and Hangings to the Judges of the High Court of Iustice.

I give to Alderman Atkins all the old Shirts and Smocks in my Wardroabe to make him clean, that he may be no more called Shit-breech.

I commit the keeping of all my [...]lipps and Gibbets to the two Sheriffs, to be used hereafter for the good of the Aldermen and City.

I bequeath my Neck-verse to all those that take upon them to Preach, before they can reade.

I freely give and bequeath into the hands of the Army, and every member of them, my Burning-Iron with the mark T, be­cause they shall be known to Tom T— their General, till they T troop, T to, T tyburne.

Lastly, I (for want of an Heir of my own Body to enjoy my Office) do Will and Ordain William Loe, and Sheeps-head-Ralph my Executors, to see this my last Will and Testament faithfully performed, without any Fraud or Couzening, accor­ding to the true sense and meaning hereof; and all and every the several Legacies to be paid to the Persons before named, be­fore the next Rogation-Sunday after my death: And this my Will to stand and remain in full force, revoking all former Wills, Bills, Bonds, Gifts or Promises whatsoever.

THis Hangman Richard Brandon, being a lewd and notorious villain, that formerly had been twice Condemned by the Law to be Hanged for having two Wives, and by the mercy of the State pardoned as a fit Instrument of their new Reformati­on; was naturally addicted to two of his Mrs qualities, viz. Drunkenness and Lust; he was the only Son of Gregory Brandon, and claimed the Gallows by inheritance; was a man for his time faithful to the Parliament and State: The first he beheaded was the Earl of Strafford, before which time (because he would be a good Proficient in his Art) he beheaded Doggs and Catts, and others he quarter'd and hang'd, so that in little time he be­came his Arts-master, and proved as unlucky a Hangman as the best; and did behead, hang, draw, and quarter better then any of his Predecessors.

This yong Gregory, proving so apt and good an Artist, that with a little Snick-up, he could cure all Diseases or Maladies whatsoever in the Body Politick, not too far gone.

[Page 8] This [...] was by the Bloody Iuncto [...] out of his bed by a Troop of horse at their late inhumane Butchery of their King; he making a shew, as if he had been unwilling to to do so vile and ungodly an Act; yet for the reward of money, (the main Engine that sets all the Iunctoes wheels of treason a going) was inwardly rejoyced, that he should have thirty pounds for one chop, though at the Sacred neck of Gods Annointed. The abhorred Deed being done; he had his reward; which serv'd him but in the Stewes and Brothers to purchase a Surfeit, which: soon turn'd to the Naples Scabb, alias Morbus Galicus, which appeared in his Neck and throat, his eyes an blood-shot [...]ike a Ferrus; some of his Neighbors going to visite him; he bid them have a care, for the Devill was in the room, and stay'd to fetch him; they bid him call on God, and that the [...]e was mercy for him: he answered; That he expected not any mercy for obeying men rathe [...] then God, and murdering his King; moreover said; that his Majestie told him when he ask'd him forgiveness; That he could not forgive any sub­ject that came to murder him: His Neighbors bid him repent; He reply'd, That one stood at his beds feet, that would not suffer him, (meaning the Devill) they told him, it was but his fancy; for they saw nothing; when on the suddain the candle went out and such a stink of bromstone in the Chamber, that they were neer choak'd; and glad to groap their way out much amazed; and that night he died (a fearfull example for all Regicides.) His carcasse was car­ried by four of his Gibbitteers to Mary-Matt-Fellow, with great joy and whooring of the People, who pulled up all the nettles & weeds in stead of rosemary, with which they strew'd the wayes, and deck'd the poasts, and ty'de about their Hoggs and Dogges necks with black parings of cloath; crying, Two of the Roagues are gone to the Devill, (meaning Dorislaw and Greg.) and we hope the rest will follow.

There is one Tench a [...]-maker in Hounsditch, that provi­ded roapes pullies, and hoo [...]es (incase the King resisted) to compell and force him down to the block, this Roague is also haunted with a Devill; and [...] away.