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TREASON AND REBELLION Againſt their Native Country juſtly rewarded upon ſeverall Traitors and Rebels lately executed in SCOTLAND.

Certified by an Expreſſe in two Letters dated at Saint Andrews, Jan. 26. 1645.

Together with a Declaration of the Generall Aſſembly of the Church of SCOTLAND.

Publiſhed by Authority.

LONDON, Printed for Robert Boſtocke, and are to be ſold at his ſhop at the Kings Head in Pauls Churchyard 1646.
A Copy of a Letter ſent from S. Andrews, dated January 26. 1645. SIR:

THe Committee appointed for the Proceſſes againſt Delinquents having found the Enditements brought in againſt Sir Robert Spotſwood, pretended Secretary of State, William Murrey, Brother to the Earle of Tillibarne, Gen. Major Nathaniell Gordoun, and Maſter Andrew Guthery, Sonne to the pretended Biſhop of Murray to be relevant, and having repelled all their defences except that of Quarters, which was left to the determination of the Parliament; their Proceſſes were read in open Parliament, and there were many rationall debates about the defence of Quarters grounded upon Scripture, Reaſon, Law of Nations, and Military, and the municipall Law of this Kingdom; the ſtate of the Queſtion was, Whether the granting of quarter in Battell to Delinquents by an Officer or Souldier, did exempt them from puniſhment by the State, for their Murder, Rebellion, and Treaſon; and it was reſolved unanimouſly by the whole Parliament that the defence of Quarters was not relevant, when all the defences were repelled, and the Parliament was ready to pronounce Sentence. Offer was made by Nathaniell Gordoun to procure the exchange of all the Priſoners with James Grahame late Earle of Montroſe for himſelfe, and to lye in priſon untill they were brought hither, and further to engage himſelfe, and finde Surety that he ſhould never lift Arms againſt the Parliament. This offer he conceived to be the more plauſible, that the Lord Chancellors Brother was one of the priſoners with the enemy; but when the Lord Chancellors opinion was asked therein, he declared, That though all his Brethren and Children were in the like hazard, he would not be the meanes of hindering the execution of Juſtice. And ſuch was the earneſt deſire of the Parliament to execute Juſtice, that this motion was rejected, and all the foure were forfeited in Life, Lands, and Goods; their Coats of Armes appoined to be rent, and deleted out of the Booke of Armes, and themſelves to be beheaded upon Tueſday the twentieth of January, there were onely five or ſixe contrary voices, and thoſe were for perpetuall impriſonment. The Earl of Tillibarn preſented a very humble ſupplication for ſparing his brothers life, and entreating that any other puniſhment might be inflicted upon him. This was denyed, but in regard he was very inſenſible of his preſent eſtate, his execution was delayed till Friday the 23. and ſome Miniſters were appointed to waite upon him, and to endeavour to bring him to ſome ſence of his condition. Upon the 17. three of them were executed, and firſt Nathaniell Gordoun, who was exceeding penitent, whereof he gave many evidences to all that heard him, and at his earneſt deſire (given in writing under his hand, whereof a Copy is herewith ſent) he was relaxed frō the ſentence of Excommunication. After they were condemned, he & Sir Robert Spotſwood were put in one Chamber, whoſe obſtinacy did him ſome har me; but when he came to the Scaffold, he ſaid, It was not time to dalley longer in a matter of eternall conſequence, he acknowledged that mercies led him not to repentance, and therefore God had brought him to that publike death; he confeſſed he had been an Adulterer, a Drunkard, and a ſhedder of innocent blood; he beſought all to pray for him, and craved pardon of all that had any intereſt in the blood ſhed of late. Caſting off his Doublet, he ſaid, That many a time he had caſt it off to ſinne, but now hee caſt it off to embrace his Saviour, and to let his blood be now juſtly ſhed, who formerly had ſhed much innocent blood. As for that ambition that made men provoke to Combates, he ſaid, Of all vanities it was one of the chiefe; He deſired the Parliament to keepe unity in the Cauſe, and to avoid diviſion, as they deſired to ſhun Gods Judgement upon themſelves. And amongſt his laſt words, he ſaid, He left as many ill wiſhes as in the condition he was in he durſt, to all ſuch of his friends as ſhould attempt to revenge his death, he deſired the Miniſter not to part with him, till he delivered him over to his Redeemer. All his diſcourſe was ſo ingenuous, and his expreſſions ſo Pathetick that he had few hearers, from whoſe eyes he did not bring teares. But Sir Robert Spotſwood, and Maſter Andrew Guthery, dyed as they lived, full of malice againſt the Cauſe and Covenant, juſtifying themſelves in all that they had done againſt the Cauſe. Sir Robert Spotſwood inveighed much in his diſcourſe againſt the Parliament of England, ſtiling them alwaies Rebels, and ſaid, The Judgement of God was upon this Kingdome for aſſiſting thoſe Rebells againſt their native King, when he had granted unto us all that we could crave concerning the ſetling of our owne Peace, and deſired no more of this Kingdome but that they would be neutrals in the affaires of England; that the excommunicating thoſe holy men of GOD (meaning the Biſhops) was lying as a grievous ſinne upon this Land. That God had put a lying ſpirit in the mouthes of our Prophets, whereby the people were deluded. Maſter Robert Blare who was appointed to attend him, deſired the people to take notice that he was the Sonne of a falſe Prophet, viz. the pretended Arch-Biſhop of Saint Andrewes, ſometimes Chancellor of Scotland; he would confeſſe no more ſinne, but that he had as other men, Peccate juventutis, & quotidianae incurſionis. He ſaid to the Proveſt of Saint Andrewes, That he was ſorry, the place where he was ſo much honoured ſhould now be the Stage of his Tragedy. William Murray was executed upon Friday the 23. He confeſſed himſelfe guilty of Adultery and Drunkenneſſe: but denyed that he was a Traitor to his Country. It is worthy of remarke, that Nathaniell Gordoun whoſe ſentence was moſt queſtioned, becauſe of the offer made by him for exchange, that it ſhould pleaſe God to open his eyes, and move him ſo ingenuouſly to acknowledge the Juſtice of the Sentence pronounced againſt him. Sir William Rollock, Sir Philip Nisbet, and Inner Wharrity, who were formerly executed at Glaſgow acknowledged the Juſtice of the Sentence pronounced againſt them; yea Macklauchlane, and Col. Ocain the two Iriſh Rebells hanged at Edenburgh did the ſame: But theſe three laſt executed were obſtinate to their laſt breath. The Proceſſe againſt the Earle of Hartfell is to be brought in to the Parliament this weeke. I acquainted you by my laſt that the Lord Ogilby was eſcaped out of Priſon in his Siſters cloathes, and that the Rebells did retreat to the Hills upon Colonell Barclayes advance. I have no more to adde at this occaſion, but that I am Sir;

St. Andrews the 26. of January. 1645. Your affectionate friend to ſerve you.
At Saint Andrews Jan. 20. 1646/5.

I Nathaniel Gordoun, being heartily ſorrowfull for my manifold grievous ſinnes againſt Almighty God, and ſpecially for taking up Armes and ſhedding much innocent blood in this wicked Rebellion againſt this Church and Kingdome; for which I was juſtly excommunicate by the Kirk; I doe therefore humbly beg mercy and pardon from God for the ſame, through and for the merits of Chriſt his Sonne, deſiring earneſtly to be relaxed from that fearfull ſentence of Excommunication: And doe hereby requeſt and exhort all who yet adhere to that wicked cauſe, to leave the ſame as they would eſchew the wrath of God. All which I doe declare and teſtifie in the ſincerity of my heart, and in the ſight of God the ſearcher of hearts, ſubſcribing the ſame with my hand the day and place aforeſaid.

Nath. Gordoun.
The Copie of another Letter ſent from Saint Andrews, Dated Ianuary. 26. 1645. My honoured friend;

I Know you will heare by the publike Letters what our worke is here; yet it will be but a ſmall loſſe of time to you, to take notice of ſome Obſervations from him who is your Brother in Chriſt, and your private friend for the Publikes ſake. When I remember the ſervants of God who have ſuffered for the Cauſe of Chriſt in this Land, of which many were my deareſt friends, they bring to my minde Simon a man of Cyrene, who bearing the Creſſe of Chriſt after him, was the character of a Chriſtian: When I looke upon them, who by order of Juſtice are put to death for their wicked and unnaturall Rebellion, ſome of them, • s Sir William Rollock formerly, and now Nathaniel Gordoun, repreſent to my thoughts the penitent Malefactor converted to Chriſt at the time of his death; But others of them, ſuch as Spotſwood and Guthery, are like the other thiefe that died rayling on Chriſt: In the one ſort the mercy of God was manifeſt to repenting ſinners; In the other, the juſtice of God was ſeene againſt ſuch as continue in the iniquity of their fathers; for they were 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 the wicked Sons of two excommunicated Prelates. This Spotſwood, ſometimes Preſident of the Colledge of Iuſtice, Sonne to him who was both pretended Primate and Chancellor of Scotland, (monſtrum horrendum) complayned on the Scaffold, that he was brought to ſuffer in the place where ſometimes he had been ſo much honoured, but did not obſerve the juſtice of God, by this circumſtance of the place doubling his puniſhment, that ſome few yeers ago his curſed fathers Coatch (himſelf then being in England) was brought from his Caſtle thorow the whole City with the Hangman ſitting in it, to the ſame very place of the Market Croſſe, and rent all in pieces? The Lord is known by the judgement that he executes; So let all thine enemies periſh, O Lord. His fatall ſentence was to die as a Traitor to the Eſtates, and an Enemy to his native Country; from which while he endeavored to vindicate his innocency, he did involve himſelfe in further guiltineſſe of both, by charging the Kingdome of England with Rebellion, and this Kingdome with unparalleld diſloyalty, in taking part with a Faction in England againſt our owne native King, who at his laſt being here, had given contentment to this Kingdome, both in the Affaires of Church and Policy, and by juſtifying and profeſſing his aſſiſting of the deſigne of James Grahame, whom he calleth the Lord Marqueſſe of Montroſe, the matchleſſe mirrour of all true worth and Nobility: In all which (to ſay no more) he either lyed moſt impudently againſt his owne knowledge and conſcience; for he behooved to be convinced by our Declarations, and could not be ignorant that James Grahame was not a Mirrour for Noblemen to dreſſe by, but to preſent the monſtrous face of drunkenneſſe, of Adulteries, and of divelliſh pride, in ſuch as are of noble extraction; for which (as was often preſaged of him, and hath beene paralleld by ſome few examples,) the Lord hath plagued him to be ſo horrible an Apoſtate and unnaturall murtherer, and is reſerving him for a tragicall end, to be a mirror of his juſtice and wrath to all degenerous and perfidious ſpirits in this and the after ages. And I am ſure that Spotſwood did no more allow him in taking and pretending to keepe our firſt Nationall Covenant, by vertue whereof our Prelates did periſh, then he did approve of others in joyning in the mutuall Covenant of both Kingdomes, by which himſelfe and his fellowes, with the Prelates of England, have now fallen. To returne, if Spotſwood did not lye againſt his owne preſent conſcience, he was puniſhed with excae •• tion of minde, ſuch as uſeth to be the uſher of exemplary ruine and deſtruction in thoſe whom the Lord hateth. One thing I cannot paſſe by, which maketh me conceive his eſtate to have been the more deſperate, and that God had ſhut the way againſt all comfort to him by his Miniſters; he ſpared not openly to ſpew forth that God had put a lying ſpirit in the mouthes of the moſt part of the Prophets in the Land; It was anſwered in the time, That himſelfe was the Sonne of a lying Prophet. And indeed, as one ſaith of Caeſar Borgia, the Sonne of Pope Alexander the ſixth, he was like his father, not onely in body, but in the ſwarthineſſe of the complexion of his ſoul, both of them would have given no other verdict of our firſt Reformers, and of all the faithfull that have either ſucceeded them in this Church, or have oppoſed defection, or ſought after Reformation in the Church of England.

The teſtimony of ſuch Atheiſts and worldlings againſt them is no ſmall commendation unto them, and to the truth which they have conſtantly preached, and ſealed with their ſufferings. But finding my ſelfe drawne beyond the length of a Letter, I will not further inſiſt: I would onely know of you ſome fewe things; 1. What can be the cauſe that Church-Government is not yet ſetled in England? The Aſſembly having given their advice for at long agoe? the power of the Parliament being increaſed to ſuch a fulneſſe, is able to doe it; and if they did not intend it in the beginning, or if they be growne more remiſſe then they were at firſt, I pray you tell me by what means I ſhall convince Malignants, and confirme the godly who have ſuffered ſo much in this cauſe. 2. Let me know whether it be true that is talked here by the beſt affected, upon what grounds I know not, that many of our profeſſed Brethren rejoyce in this, that God hath raiſed up an Enemy againſt us in our owne Land, that they may the more eaſily diſpoſe of our forces there at their pleaſure; for I cannot imagine that they have more reaſon to rejoyce in our calamity, then we had to rejoyce in theirs. 3. Who is that Robert Wright and that unknowne Knight who endeavours to make diviſion between the Kingdomes by their letters and falſe informations: Have we not expreſſely covenanted to diſcover all ſuch as are Incendiaries between the two Kingdomes, and to bring them to publique tryall, that they may receive condigne puniſhment, according as their offence ſhall deſerve? And are we not alſo obliged to endeavour that the two Kingdomes may remaine conjoyned in a firm peace and union to all poſterity. 4. I deſire to underſtand, whether before this work be done, they will inſiſt in demanding their Garriſons, in abridging or ſtarving our Forces, and in uſing all means to drive us home re infectâ. When you have ſatisfied me in theſe particulars, I will tell you more of my minde; In the meane time believe me, if matters go there according to the ſpeeches of many here, although none of the wifeſt, yet non eſt temere quod vulgus dictitat, I know not what our Commiſſioners can ſay for themſeives, that they have not given timeous warning of ſo great a change of diſpoſition in our Brethren; and I know it will produce more wofull effects then I deſire to ſee; but God I hope will bring his worke to a more gracious end; which ſhall be the earneſt prayer and endeavour of

St. Andrews, 26. of January, 1645. Your affectionate friend and ſervant.