428 Origimil Account 



ness and g.'iiefy, and his mind was en- 

 riched with varied and extensive know- 

 ledge ; he understood and spoke seve- 

 ral languages ; iiis spirit was most 

 generous, so generous as often to 

 cause his embarrassment; and bis 

 sensibility often found vent in tears 

 wlien calamity was reported to him, 

 and when he was severed from a 

 friend. He had many friends: one of 

 the dearest died tliree years ago, and 



of the Trial of the [June 1 , 



not a day since had he failed to weep 

 for him, — he spoke of Edward conti- 

 nually. He was the Duke of Kent ; 

 and now they are rc-united ! 



Jirave general, and tender friend! 

 be bliss thy portion : but, as thou va- 

 inest our happiness, send us dowa 

 thoughts of consolation, and dry the 

 tears which often have wetted these 

 lines ! 



DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF EARLY ENGLISH HISTORY. 



lA Correspondent hoeing recently questioned the verity of the famous Popish Plot, we have 

 been fnvoured by another Currespondent with the original AccnuJit of the Trial of the 

 Conspirators ; and, as a scarce tract, relative to a very exirnnrdinary affair, we have made 

 some extracts, which at this distance of time cannot fail to be read with much interest.^ 



TITLE-PAGE. 



ATRVE and perfect Relation of 

 the whole Proceedings against 

 the late most barbarous Traitors, 

 Garnet a Icsuite, and his Confedcrats. 

 IJImprinted at London by Robert 

 Barker, printer to the Kings most 

 excellent Maiestie. 1606. 



COUUT AND CULPRITS. 



fyl Relation oj'thefofmer Arraiynment 



en Mundatf the 27. of lanuary Anno 



1605, in Westminster Hall, before the 



L,l. Commissioners there. 



The Earlc of Nottingham. 



The Earlc of Sutrolke. 



The Earlc of Worcester. 



The Earlc of Deuonshire. 



The Earlc of Northampton. 



The Earle of Salisbury. 



The L. chiefc Justice of England. 



The L. chiefe Baron of the Ex- 

 chequer. 



Sir Peter Warburton, knight, one 

 of the lustices of the Court of Conmion 

 Plees. 



Vpon one Indifement for treasons 

 done in the county of Middlesex were 

 arraigned these, viz — 



1. Robert Winter, esquier. 



2. Thomas Winter, gentleman. 



3. Guy Fawks, gentleman. 



4. lohn Grant, esquier. 



5. Ambr. Rookwood, esquier. 



6. Robert Keyes, gentleman. 



7. Thomas Bates. 



Vpon an other inditcmcnt, for trea- 

 son done in the eonntie of Northamp- 

 ton, was arraigned— Sir Euerard Dig- 

 by, knight. 



SPEECH OF SERJEANT PIIILIPS. 



{This is a specimen of the loi;iral .subtlety 

 ot tlie times, and resembles a schoul- 



boy's exercise more than a business-like 

 display of forensic eloquence.] 

 Sir Edward Philips, kniyht. Ids Mates- 

 ties Serf^eant at Law, opened the 

 inditement to this effect asfolloweth. 

 The matter that is now to be offered 

 to you, my LI. the Commissioners, and 

 to the triall of you the knights and 

 gent, of the iury, is matter of treason ; 

 but of such horror, and monstrous na- 

 ture, that before now — 



Tlic tongue of man neucr deliuered. 

 The care of man ncuer heard. 

 The heart of man neuer conceited. 

 Nor the malice of hellish or earthly 

 deuill euer practised. 



For, if it be abhominable to murder 

 the least ; 



If to touch God's anointed bee to 

 oppose themselues against God; 



If (by blood) to subucrt princes, 

 states, and kingdoraes, be hatefuU to 

 God and man, as all true Christians 

 must acknowledge ; 



Then, how much more tlien too, too 

 monstrous shall all Christian hearts 

 iudge the horror of this treason, to 

 murder and subuert 

 Such a king, 

 Such a queene, 

 Such a prince, 

 Such a progenic, 

 Such a state. 

 Such a goucrnmcnt, 

 So complete, and absolute ; 

 That God approoues ; 

 The world admires ; 

 All true English hearts honour and 

 rcuerence; 



The Pope and his disciples onely 

 enuies, and malignes. 

 *\The pmceediny wherein is properly to 

 he diuidcd into three gtncruU heads. 

 1. Firit, matter of declaration. 



2. Sc- 



