The dying speeches and behaviour of the several state prisoners that have been executed the last 300 years / With their several characters from the best historians. As Cambden, Spotswood, Clarendon, Sprat, Burnet, &c., and a table shewing how the respective sentences were executed, and which of them were mitigated, or pardon'd. Being a proper supplement to the State-tryals.

Date:
1720
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Credit: The dying speeches and behaviour of the several state prisoners that have been executed the last 300 years / With their several characters from the best historians. As Cambden, Spotswood, Clarendon, Sprat, Burnet, &c., and a table shewing how the respective sentences were executed, and which of them were mitigated, or pardon'd. Being a proper supplement to the State-tryals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [■ II ] dead of Night, expecting to join their General Sir John Oldcaftle. The King came into the Field before Day, ' where feveral of the Rebels, miftaking their Party, fell in with the King’s Forces ; and it be¬ ing demanded whither they were going, they anfwer’d, to my Lord Qohham. The King, to prevent their getting together, had order d the City Gates to be (hut and guarded, without which Precaution his thought the Londoners would have reinforc’d their Party to a very formidable Body,- but being dffappointed of this Succour they fpo.n dispers’d, and feveral of them were kill’d or taken Prifoners. And the King fet a thoufand Marks upon Sir John Oldcaftle $ Head, with a Promife of great Privileges to any Town that fhouid deliver him up. (Alfo an Indidhnent of High Treafon was found againh Sir John in the King s-Bench, for confpiring the Death of the King, the Subverfion of the eRablifh’d Religion and Government, and levying War, whereupon he was outlaw’d.) Anno 1414, the Statute was made againft the Lollards, the Preamble whereof recites, That whereas they had caufed great Infurredtions, and attempted tB1 deffroy the Religion and Govern¬ ment eftablifli’d, ail Officers and Magiftrates ffiould take an Oath to flipprefs ail Hereiies and Errors, commonly call'd Lollardies: And that all Perfons convidt of Hereiies fhouid forfeit their Goods and Chattels, and Fee-limple Lands. And that Jiiffices of Affize, and Juftices of Peace, fhouid have Power to enquire of fuch Herefies, and award a Capias to the Sheriff for apprehen¬ ding themprovided that Perfqns indidted of Herefy fhouid be deliver’d to their refpedtive Ordinaries within ten Days after they fhouid be C z arrcflecfo