A True COPY of the PAPER DELIVERED by MARGAERT MARTELS own Hand, Before she went to the Place of EXECUTION.

O God most Powerful, Eternal Father, for to make you an Honour­able restitution, I accept most freely the Sentence of my Death, in Punishment of my Crimes, for the which you had abandoned me by a just Judgment, for having left my Religion these many Years, and professed another, in the which I always lived ill, be­ing not obliged to declare my self to any one, who might have hindred me from following my unruly Inclination.

O God of Goodness, make me sensible of the works of your Mercies, and do not Judge me in the rigour of your divine Justice, because I ought not to ex­pect nothing from you, but severe Punishments, by reason of the multitude of my Offences, which were very enormous; Nevertheless hoping in your Good­ness, and in your infinite Charity, I presume to beg of you that you, will be plesa­ed to give me a sincere and sure repentance; I beg of you by your most holy Name and the Love that is born for you, I beg of you again (O my God) by my Saviour and Redeemer Jesus Christ: By his Life and Miseries, by all his Injuries, Disgraces, and Torments that he endured by his Death, and by his Blood that was Spilt for me on the Cross.

O Divine Jesu, remember that you have assured us, that you did not come for the Just but for Sinners; and that you did not seek their Death, but rather Repentance; Convert me then, O my Adoteable Saviour, I beg it of you by the infinite Greatness of your Mercy, for 'tis by that alone, which I hope to obtain Pardon and Remission of my Sins. My God, I declare before Heaven and Earth, that now I die in the Faith and Union of the Holy Catholick, Aposto­lick and Roman Church, and I firmly believe, what it believes and teaches.

O Holy Virgin Mother of Mercy, Pray for me, and defend me from the ma­lice of Devils; O Angel, Guardian of my Soul, defend me at this hour, and do not abandon me till you have conducted me to the Throne of God. O my Ador­able Saviour Jesus Christ, put your Cross, and the infinite merits of your preci­ous Blood, between your Judgment, and my Soul: Save me, my God, for my death and my Salvation are in your hands. Into your hands my God, I recommend my Soul.

Jesu Maria, Jesu Maria, Jesu Maria, Jesu Maria, Jesu.

LONDON, Printed by Mary Edwards in Nevils-Court in Fetter-lane.

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