Private Devotions and Miscellanies of James, Seventh Earl of Derby, K. G.: With a Prefatory Memoir and an Appendix of Documents, Volume 67Chetham society, 1867 - Isle of Man |
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12th of August APPENDIX army articles of charge August last beinge blessed Bolton Capt Captaine Benbow Charles Stuarte Chester Christian church Colonel colonel Birch commonwealth of England cort council countess of Derby court martial Cromwell Darby daughter death declared traytor Derby's earl James earl's Earle of Derby Edward father friends hath heirs Henry honour indenture Isle James Earle James Lord Strange John John Benbow King Knowsley lady Derby Lancashire lands laws Ld Strange letter Little Bolton lord Derby Lordship manors Maty MEMOIRS OF JAMES mercy noble Ormskirk Parliament parliamt payd plea pound sterling pray prayers Prescot prison quarter sayd scaffold sd Lady Charlotte sd Lord Strange sequestration SEVENTH EARL severall sonne Stanley thereof Thomas Croxton Thomas Tildesley Timothy Fetherstonhaugh traytor and enemy Tyldesley tyme unto vpon Warr wife William Worcester
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Page ccclxxxv - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page ccclxxxix - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia ; for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page cclix - So he laid himself down again, with his neck to the block, and his arms stretched out, saying the same words : Blessed be God's glorious name for ever and ever. Amen. Let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen.
Page cclvii - I am brought hither) was by a council of war, nothing in the captain's case alledged against me ; which council I had reason to expect would have justified my plea for quarter, that being an ancient and honourable plea amongst soldiers, and not violated (that I know of) till this time, that I am made the first suffering precedent in this case. I wish no other suffer in like case.
Page ccliv - ... it, or to give them any assistance ; many of them saying, that since these wars they have had many and great losses, but none...
Page ccxxxix - Then he called to my Lord Strange to put on his order, and said, " Charles, once this day I will send it you again by Bagaley, pray return it to my gracious Sovereign, when you shall be so happy as to see him ; and say, I sent it in all humility and gratitude, as I received it, spotless, and free from any stain, according to the honourable example of my ancestors.
Page ccclxxix - Eushworth and testament, desireing them to take care for my children that they may have what I intended to them. Signed, and published for my last will this second day of May in the yeare of our Lord one thousand six hundred fifty and foure. C. DERBY. Signed, sealed and published as my last will in the presence of Sa: Rutter, Daniell Trioche, Isaac Swift. June 28, 1664. Adm. granted by the Exchequer Court of York to Henry Ashton gen., with consent of Wm. Lord Strafford and Wm. Stanley Esq., the executors...
Page cclxxxix - The Protestant Religion is a Sure Foundation and PRINCIPLE of a TRUE CHRISTIAN, and A Good Subject, a Great Friend to Humane Society ; and A Grand Promoter of all Virtues, Both Christian and Moral.
Page ccxci - He was a man of great honour and clear courage ; and all his defects and misfortunes proceeded from his having lived so little time among his equals, that he knew not how to treat his inferiors ; which was the source of all the ill that befell him, having thereby drawn such prejudice against him from persons of inferior quality, who yet thought themselves too good to be contemned, that they pursued him to death.
Page cccxv - Abell and Elizabeth his wife, for their lives, and the life of the longest liver of them ; and...