THe Doctrine and the Practise of deposing and destroying Kings being meerly derived from the Principles of the Je­suits (as most abundantly may be shown if we had either the room or the leisure of giving you a Catalogue of their horrible Positions;) we shall at this time wave that unpleasing Enquiry, and in the first place give you an Account of the Tryall and Execution of many of those persons, who in the year, 1648 entred into an a­bominable Conspiracy for the taking away the life of our late dread Soveraign Charles the First, whose Memory (for all the bloudy Endeavours of his Assassinates) shall be blessed for evermore.

The Sentence against the King being pronounced on Saturday, Jan. 27. 1648: And all the Members of the said Court standing up, & assenting to what was pronounced by the President by the holding up of their hands; the King offer'd to speak for himself but was not sufferd

Monday following, Sir Hardresse Waller, Maj. Gen. Harrison, Col. Ireton, Col. Dean, & Col. Okey were appointed to consider of the Time and Place for the Execution of the King according to the Sentence.

On the Tuesday being the Fatal Day of the Execution, His Majesty continued in prayer all the morning, and received the Sacrament; And about Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon, he was conducted on foot from St. James's Palace to White-hall by a Regiment of Foot Souldiers, part before Him and part behind Him, with Colours fly­ing, and Drums beating, and a private Guard of Part [...]zans about him; Doctor Juxon Bishop of London was next unto him on the one fide, and Col. Tomlinson on the other; being come to Whitehall he continued in his Cabinet chamber at his Devotions refusing to Dine, only about Twelve a clock he Eat a bit or two of bread, and drank a Glasse of Claret Wine; From thence he was conveyed to the Banquetting House, and the window being inlarged he passed through it to the Scaffold, the Rayls being hung round, and the Floor covered with Black, His Executioners were disguised with Vi­zards which nothing at all affrighted his Majesty. He shewed more care of the people living, then of himself dying: And looking round about upon the people, whom the thick Guards of Souldiers kept at a great distance, and perceiving he could not be heard by them, o­mitting (probably) what he purposed to have spoken to them, he turned to the Officers that on the Scaffold were near unto him, and expressed himself in a short, and excellent Speech, which being en­ded he meekly kneeled down and prayed; And afterwards, after some heavenly Discourse betwixt the Bishop and Himself, He lifted up his eyes to Heaven, and mildly prayed; And stooping down to the Block, He most humbly bowed his neck to God, and the vizarded Ex­ceutioner cut off his head at one Blow. Thus fell King Charles, and thus fell all Britain with Him.

We have hitherto given you an account what these barbarous persons have done, we shall now represent unto you the most just judgements which after 12 years forbearance, a great part of them have suffered, and which many more of them are condemned to suffer for this horrible Murder they have committed.

On the beginning of the month of May, there were Remonstances presented to the House of Lords then sitting in Parliament, both from Ireland and from Scotland demanding Justice for the most horrid, and unparallelled Murder committed on the Sacred Person of the late King. And on Friday the 18. of May upon complaint made by the Commons in Parliament, an order was issued from the house of Lords, that the Estates both Reall, and Personall of those persons who sate in Judgement upon the late Kings Majesty (whether in their own hands, or in the hands of any in trust) be forthwith seized and secured, and they agreed also upon the Names and number of those persons who were to be exempted from pardon.

Not long afterwards several of them came in, and surrendred themselves in Ex­pectation of mercy, divers of them being Guilty of their Horrible Conspiracy fled beyond the Seas, and divers of them were taken and committed to the Tower of London in order to their Tryall.

On Saturday September 22, His Majesty sent out a Proclamation for the appre­hending of Col. Whaley and Col. Goffe who were exempted from pardon by Act of Parliament, as Traytors for their execrable treason in sentencing to Death our late Soveraign King Charles the first of blessed memory; it was there declared that whosoever should discover the said Traytors, and cause them to be brought in alive, or dead (in case of resistance should have a reward of 100l. for each of the said Traytors, and it was ordered that a reward of 300l. should be faithfully paid to any that should apprehend Col. Edmund Ludlow.

On Munday October 8. Was the long expected Tryal of many of the Judges of our late Soveraign Lord King Charles. Sir Orlando Bridgeman in an Eloquent and a learned speech at Hicks his Hall, having set forth the haniousnesse of their Guilt, the Bill of Indictment was [...]ound by [...] which consisted of Knights and Gentlemen of the County of Middlesex, and on the Wednesday following twenty eight of them were conveyed in severall Coaches, from the Tower to Newgate; They were attended with a Troop of Horse, and a strong Guard of Foot. They had not been long in Newgate but by a private way they were brought before the most honourable Lords and others of his Majesties Commissioners in Justice-hal in the Old-Baily. The Names of those that were Prisoners were.

• Thomas Harrison,
• Tho. Scot.
• John Cook,
• Hugh Peters,
• John Carew,
• Francis Hacker,
• Rob. Titchburn,
• Rob. Lilburn,
• Henry Marten,
• Sir Har: Waller.
• W. Hevenningham,
• Henry Smith.
• Edmund Harvey,
• John Downs.
• Gregory Clement,
• John Jones.
• Adrian Scroop.
• Daniell Scroop.
• Simon Meyn.
• Peter Temple,
• James Temple.
• Thomas Wayte,
• George Fleetwood.
• Vincent Potter,
• Owen Roe.
• Isaac Pennington,
• Gilb. Millington,
• August. Garland.

Sir Hardres Waller confessed himself guilty, so did Mr. George Fleetwood, who pleaded his Majesties Proclamation, having submitted himselfe to it within 14 daies But Major Gen Harrison who in the way from the Tower to Newgate had shewed some tokens of a very insolent spirit did behave himself with the same boldness when he was brought to the Bar, for he refused to hold up his hand at the Bar, & the Judges prompting him to his duty, he at the last said I conceive it to be but a formality, and therefore am contented to doe it, being demanded guilty or not guilty, he did fly out oftentimes into impertinencies, but at the last being made sen­sible of the great danger into which his obstinacy did threaten to bring him, he replyed not Guil [...]y.

Alderman Robert Titchburn desired he might have Council assign'd him, Alleag­ing that there would be matter of Law in his Case, but the Council assuring him that neither Councel nor any thing else could be granted him untill he answered Guil [...]y, or not Guilty, he at the last replyed not Guilty.

Henry Marten pleading the Act of Indempnity, it was told him that he was an Exempted person, but Alleaging that his Name was mistaken, and that he concei­ved all penal Laws were to be taken literaly, he was at the last satisfied in his er­rour, and pleaded not guilty.

Robert Lilburn did refuse to answer, and would seem to stand out to Law, but the Judges telling him how little the law would make for him, he said not guilty.

John Carew would give no answer till his Majesties Atturny General told him that he should be recorded for his stubborn silence, whereupon he said not guilty.

Thomas Scot, Tho. Wayte, and Dan. Axtell, did all refuse to answer to their Indi­ctments, but being urged to it by the necessity of incurring a greater danger, they answered not Guilty.

Hugh Peters being demanded to answer, whether he was Guilty, or not Guilty, did lift up his eyes and hands towards Heaven, and said, Guilty? no, not for ten Thousand Worlds.

All the rest upon the first demand replyed not Guilty.

On the day following Major Gen. Harrison was brought again to the Bar where after the impanelling of three Juries before he could be satisfyed in them, he was Indicted for Imagining and Contriving the Late Kings Death, which was proved by his presence when the sentence was pronounced, and by his signing and sealing the Warrant for his Execution, he did break out into many impertinent discourses, and answering nothing material for himself, the Jury without stirring from the Ear did find him Guilty, for which he was condemned to suffer as a Traytor.

On the day following, John Carew, Mr. Scot, Mr. Scroop, Mr. Gregory Clement, and Mr. Jones, were all of them brought to the Bar and tryed, and the Charge a­gainst them being proved by many Witnesses, they were all found guilty, and con­demn'd in the same words to suffer death, as was Maj. Gen. Harrison the day before.

THE next day being Saturday, Maj. Gen. Harrison was drawn upon a Hurdle from Newgate to the Round, or railed Place neer Charing Crosse, where a Gibbet was set, upon which he was Hanged. Many of his acquaintance did seem to tri­umph to see him die so Confidently; whiles numbers of true Christians did grieve in earnest to see him die so impenitently. We have been told, that when he took his leave of his wife, he comforted her, and told her that he would come again in three days; but we hear nothing as yet of his Resurrection. When he was half hanged, he was cut down and quartered, his bowels burned, and his head severed from his body to be disposed at his Majesties pleasure.

This day Mr. John Cook was brought to the Bar, he excepted against none of his Jury as Maj. Gen. Harrison did the day before. His Indictment being read he spake many things very pertinently in his own defence, but being to clear himself as to life, the Jury without stirring from the Bar, gave in their Verdict, that he was guilty, and Sentence past upon him as on the former.

Hugh Peters being brought to the Bar, and his Indictment read, had very many Witnesses that were ready to give in their Evidences against him, and being not a­ble to contradict their Truth, the Jury gave in their Verdict, and the same Sentence was pronounced on him as was before on Mr. Cooke.

I made mention before that the Doctrine of the Seminaries of the Sectaries is the very same, as to Regicide, as is the Doctrine of the Seminaries of the Jesuites. John Carew who being condemned on Saturday, was on Monday, Octob. 15. drawn upon the Hurdle to Execution some hours before his departure out of the Dunge­on of Newgate, was heard in his prayer (which he spake loud enough to show ei­ther his blind zeal, or bold Rebellion) to expresse these words. Take the Scepter out of the hands of earthly Kings, and rout their Armies. Like John of Leyden, and others of the same stamp; he quoted many places out of the Revelations which were never rightly understood by the best of that Sect, and is very likely not to be fit Texts to be expounded by Traytors. It is a sad thing for a dying man to add more Coles to that Fire which by the Laws of Nature and Christianity he is bound to extinguish. If I hear the Truth, one thing is observable, that this Traytor, who had so red a hand in the taking away the life of the King, did contribute also to the taking away of the life of his own Brother, who some years before was Execu­ted on Tower-hill, for endeavouring to assist the Cause of the King.

On the same day and much about the same Time, Col. Axtell was arraigned in the Old-Baily; many and heavy Charges were brought in against him, The whole Tryal (the Witnesses being many, and all of them tending to show what an obsti­nate spirit he had against the King) did take up the space of three hou [...]es; but the Jury (observing how fully the Charge was proved) without any more delibera­tion gave in their Verdict that he was Guilty.

After him Col. Hacker appeared, who of himself confessed that he signed the Warrant for the Execution of his Majesty, but pleaded withall that he was drawn in by the Artifice of that Arch-Incendiary Oliver Cromwell. The Jury without any more adoe brought in their Verdict against him, and the same Sentence of Condemnation passed upon him, as on the former.

Immediatly after him William Howlet or Hewlet, who was one of the disguised persons in a Frock on the Scaffold who gloried that he executed the King, had his Charge and Indictment read, And the Jury on the Tryall of this man did with­draw themselves, and after a little Consultation they found him guilty, and accor­dingly Sentence was pronounced against him.

On Tuseday October 16. Mr Cooke was drawed on a Hurdle from Newgate to Charing Crosse, to suffer the pains of Death for his Execrable Treason; he shewed much contrition of spirit, and taking notice that Hugh Peters was there and to be Executed next after, he heartily wished that he might be reprieved, being as he conceived, not prepared to Dye.

And indeed it is very remarkable, that Hugh Peters who heretofore had express'd himself a violent Enemy against the Letany, and for this Reason (amongst some o­thers) that it taught to pray against sudden death, should now at the Hour of his Death, and after many weeks imprisonment be himself so unprovided, as to be pit­tied by all that knew him, and to have such violent distempers that he was fitted neither for Life nor Death.

He came to the Ladder unwillingly, and by degrees was drawn up higher, and higher. Certainly he had many Executioners within him; he leaned upon the Ladder being unwilling to part from it, but being turned off, the spectators gave a great shout, as they did when his Head was cut off, and held up a loft upon the point of a Spear. The very Souldiers themselves whom heretofore he did animate to slaughter, and a thorough Execution of their Enemies were now ashamed of him, and upon the point of their Spears shewed that guilty head which made them guil­ty of so much blood.

On this day Sir Hardresse Waller, Hen. Marten, Jsaac Pennington, Will. Hevenning­ham, Gilb. Millington, Rob. Tichburn, Owen Roe, Rob. Lilburn, Hen. Smith, Edmund Harvey, J. Downs, Vincent Potter, August. Garland, George Fleetwood, Simon Meyn, James Temple, Peter Temple, and Thomas Wayte were Condemned to be Hanged, Drawn and Quartered; but the Execution of their sentence was suspended untill the King by the advice of his Lords and Commons in Parliament, shall order the Execution accordingly to be passed.

On Wednesday Octob. 17. Tho. Scot, Greg. Clement, Adrian Scroop, and John Iones, were drawn on severall hurdles to the aforesasd place of Chering Crosse. Mr. Scot did seeme to have wept abundantly, for his eyes were Red with penitence; but comming to the place of Execution, he seemed to take new Courage, and for the same cause to dye with the same confidence as heretofore hath been practised and prescribed by the Jesuites of Rome. Gregory Clement, seemed to expresse much sorrow and much repentance, acknowledging that his Judges had done nothing but according to the Law, and that he most justly suffered both by God and Man.

Adrian Scroop, dyed full of the confession of his enormous fault, and desired the prayers of all good people. He prayed to God to forgive his Accusers.

Col. John Jones, all along as he was upon the Sledge desired the prayers of all beheld him; being come to the place of execution, he confessed that if he were in his Majesties condition he should do no lesse then his Majesty did. Dying he pray­ed for his Majesty, and the happinesse of his Kingdome.

On Friday Octob. 19. Col. Hacker heretofore of Horse, and Col. Axtell of Foot were drawn upon the Fatall Hurdle from Newgate to Tyburn, Col. Hacker did speak but little, that which he said was to excuse himself, and to lay open the errour of his Judgement, he had a paper in his hand (intended as it seems to speak for him, weakly declaring that he was an Officer in the Army, in which too perem­torily he endeavoured to discharge his Trust.

Col. Axtell said that he was drawn to this War very unwillingly, First in the time of the Earl of Essex, and afterward under the command of the L. Fairfax, un­der both which Authority he was a Commissionated Officer, yet notwithstanding he did nothing of himself, but was advised to what he did by a Minister, who told him it was the cause of God, and upon which account he endeavoured to doe his work. Col. Hacker was only Hanged, but Col. Axtell being cut down was Quartered.

Thus we plainly may perceive how the Kings of Christendome are daily crucify­ed (as Christ their Lord was) between two Thieves the Jesuits and the Sectaries, who haue designed all those Princes to destruction, whom in their own Trayte­rous and Irreligious Hearts they have condemned for Tyranny. I hope neither Peers nor people for the time to come will be so fond to believe them, or so wicked to follow them. God in his great mercy grant us all of his spirit of Truth, to direct us in all Loyalty, that being not seduced by these seditious Sectaries we may stand fast in Obedience, embrace Love, and follow Peace. Amen