THE
CONFESSION
,
TOGETHER
WITH
THE
SENTENCE
OF
JOHN
de
PARIS
:
Touching
the
horrible
murder
committed
vpon
the
person
of
Mr.
John
de
Wely
,
Merchant
Ieweller
of
AMSTERDAM
.
IOHN
de
PARIS
,
borne
at
Versigni
in
Picardie
,
Gentleman
of
the
Chamber
vnto
the
most
Illustrious
and
mighty
Prince
Maurice
de
Nassau
,
&c.
at
this
present
prisoner
in
the
Court
of
Holland
,
hath
confessed
,
being
from
the
Racke
,
that
Iohn
de
Wely
Merchant
Ieweller
of
Amsterdam
,
on
Saturday
the
twelfth
of
March
last
past
,
hauing
shewed
vnto
his
Excellencie
a
certaine
most
precious
Hat-band
beset
with
Diamonds
,
to
sell
vnto
him
;
and
vnderstanding
that
his
Excellencie
would
speake
with
him
againe
,
he
prayed
the
said
Prisoner
,
that
hée
would
kéepe
the
said
Hatband
,
to
shew
the
same
to
his
Excellencie
:
and
that
hereupon
the
Prisoner
receiued
the
Hat-band
of
him
,
and
leading
the
said
Wely
into
his
Chamber
,
shewed
him
a
Truncke
,
in
the
which
he
would
lay
vp
the
foresaid
Hat-band
with
other
of
his
Excellencies
Hatbands
:
So
retayning
the
same
,
hee
kept
it
vntill
the
next
day
,
that
hée
shewed
it
to
some
of
his
friends
attending
his
Excellencies
returne
from
the
Church
,
with
the
Princesse
of
Orrange
,
to
let
his
Excellencie
haue
a
view
thereof
once
more
:
which
hauing
done
hée
restored
it
againe
to
the
said
de
Wely
.
And
this
done
,
that
the
said
Prisoner
beganne
then
to
conferre
with
Iohn
de
Vigne
a
Souldier
of
his
Excellencies
Guard
,
saying
vnto
him
,
that
who
so
could
turne
vp
the
héetes
of
such
a
man
,
and
seaze
on
his
Iewels
,
should
haue
enough
for
all
his
life
time
:
and
that
discoursing
farther
hereof
,
hée
in
the
end
resolued
with
the
Souldier
,
that
if
they
might
get
Iohn
de
Wely
with
his
Iewels
,
into
the
same
Chamber
where
before
he
had
kept
his
Hat-band
for
him
,
they
would
kill
him
,
and
possesse
themselues
of
his
Iewels
,
assigning
for
this
businesse
the
very
same
day
,
being
Sunday
,
that
his
Excellencie
was
to
make
a
Feast
,
that
by
the
noyse
of
the
dauncing
and
stirre
that
would
be
,
they
might
the
more
safely
effect
their
purpose
:
and
that
thereupon
the
said
Prisoner
asked
the
Merchant
if
hée
would
come
to
sée
his
Excellencies
Banquet
,
who
answered
,
yea
,
if
hée
might
enter
in
:
and
that
thereupon
hée
replyed
,
I
will
attend
you
at
the
gate
,
and
take
you
in
,
but
bring
not
your
Iewels
with
you
least
you
haue
them
pickt
out
of
your
pocket
,
(
which
the
Prisoner
spake
to
the
end
hée
might
be
the
lesse
suspected
of
the
said
Merchant
,
and
yet
with
intention
in
case
hée
brought
them
with
him
,
to
make
an
end
of
their
purpose
,
the
aboue
said
la
Vigne
being
for
that
intent
come
also
to
the
Court
:
but
at
that
time
the
said
Iohn
de
Wely
came
not
.
That
on
the
morrow
,
being
Munday
,
the
Prisoner
and
Iohn
de
Vigne
,
did
yet
more
firmely
purpose
to
execute
their
intention
,
if
they
might
get
Iohn
de
Wely
vp
into
the
house
with
his
Iewels
:
and
that
there
they
would
pistoll
him
least
hée
should
speake
or
make
any
noyse
.
And
if
by
chance
this
were
to
be
done
whilst
his
Excellencie
was
at
Court
,
then
should
the
Prisoner
presently
vpon
the
report
of
the
blow
,
runne
into
his
Excellencies
Armory
,
and
say
hée
had
shot
at
one
of
his
armours
:
but
if
his
Excellencie
were
absent
,
that
then
there
néeded
lesse
care
and
consideration
to
be
had
of
the
matter
.
That
Iohn
de
Wely
the
same
Munday
morning
came
to
the
Court
,
whom
the
said
Prisoner
asked
why
hée
came
not
to
the
banquet
:
and
that
afterwards
de
Wely
demanded
if
it
were
possible
for
him
to
speake
with
his
Excellencie
:
and
that
then
the
Prisoner
answered
him
that
it
would
be
a
fitter
time
after
dinner
,
saying
vnto
him
,
come
then
,
and
bring
your
Iewels
with
you
:
that
the
said
Prisoner
had
shut
the
wooden
windowes
of
his
Chamber
to
be
the
lesse
séene
:
and
that
after
dinner
the
Exercise
of
armes
being
ended
,
hée
brought
vp
the
said
Iohn
de
la
Vigne
into
his
Excellencies
Armorie
,
and
charged
him
to
be
in
a
readinesse
.
That
Iohn
de
Wely
according
to
appointment
,
came
to
the
Court
about
thrée
a
clocke
after
noone
,
walking
there
vp
and
downe
alone
:
and
that
the
said
Prisoner
hauing
well
obserued
that
no
body
was
with
him
,
no
not
so
much
as
his
seruant
,
that
after
the
Prisoner
had
beckned
with
his
hand
out
at
the
window
where
the
Halberdeers
doe
fit
,
vnto
Iohn
de
Wely
,
he
went
vp
vnto
him
,
who
lead
him
into
the
Diuing-roome
,
and
then
the
Prisoner
féeing
that
his
Excellencie
was
in
his
Chamber
,
and
that
in
the
Lobby
were
onely
two
little
Pages
playing
at
Cardes
,
he
called
the
said
Iohn
de
Wely
to
come
in
,
and
opening
the
Lobby-doore
and
the
stayre-foote-doore
,
caused
him
to
passe
vnder
the
Arras
,
and
so
to
ascend
,
following
him
without
being
soone
of
the
Pages
:
then
the
Prisoner
led
him
first
into
a
Chamber
,
where
the
Count
William
de
Nassau
vseth
to
lye
when
hee
comes
to
the
Hage
and
from
thonce
into
his
about
Chamber
,
where
hee
had
kept
his
Hat-band
for
him
:
and
that
then
the
said
Prisoner
went
to
fetch
certaine
old
Hat-bands
of
his
Excellencies
,
which
hée
brought
to
the
Ieweller
to
sée
:
and
that
the●●
the
Ieweller
spake
to
him
of
certaine
Buttons
set
with
Diamonds
,
which
hee
had
taken
againe
in
exchange
of
other
Iewels
〈◇〉
to
whom
the
Prisoner
answered
that
hée
could
not
then
let
him
haue
them
,
but
that
hée
should
there
stay
a
while
,
vntill
his
Excellencie
should
come
and
speake
with
him
.
That
th●●
the
Prisoner
〈◇〉
out
of
his
Chamber
a
Pistoll
,
and
a
〈◇〉
with
Pouder
and
Bollets
in
the
same
,
the
Ieweller
not
any
whit
apperteining
the
same
,
and
carryed
it
into
the
Armarie
where
Iohn
de
le
Vigne
,
the
Souldier
attended
him
,
saying
to
the
Ieweller
as
hée
went
out
;
I
will
g●●
s●e
what
his
Excellencie
doth
:
and
to
la
Vigne
as
hée
passed
by
him
,
Hée
is
there
.
Then
,
that
the
Prisoner
charged
the
Pistoll
with
very
little
powder
,
that
it
might
make
the
lesse
noise
:
which
hauing
made
ready
,
hee
gaue
vnto
the
Souldier
,
who
told
him
then
,
that
it
would
be
fit
to
haue
a
Poinyard
also
to
make
altogether
an
end
of
him
:
or
else
in
case
the
Pistoll
should
fasie
to
goe
off
,
to
preuent
being
discouered
.
Then
the
said
prisoner
returned
into
the
chamber
where
the
Iew●ller
sat
staying
,
to
fetch
a
key
,
with
which
he
opened
a
presse
of
armor
and
tooke
out
a
gilt
Poinyard
,
the
which
hée
gaue
to
La
Vigne
,
who
put
it
into
his
pocket
,
and
that
the
Prisoner
saying
vnto
him
,
you
will
sée
when
the
time
shall
be
fitting
,
returned
againe
to
the
Chamber
to
the
Ieweller
,
whither
anon
after
came
the
Souldier
,
as
if
he
came
to
séeke
the
Prisoner
,
who
sate
by
the
fire
side
.
That
in
this
meane
while
his
Excellencie
had
tooke
Coach
,
and
was
gone
to
Ryswick
,
and
Iohn
de
Wely
being
busily
viewing
his
Excellencies
olde
hatbands
,
the
said
Prisoner
gaue
a
signe
to
the
Souldier
to
come
to
him
,
who
as
he
approached
,
came
behind
the
said
Ieweller
,
&
with
his
Pistoll
shot
him
through
the
head
,
the
bullet
entring
a
little
aboue
one
of
his
eares
,
came
out
behind
the
other
,
and
strucke
against
the
walls
.
With
this
blow
the
Iewellers
hat
was
all
torne
,
and
his
eyes
turned
and
stared
in
his
head
like
a
madde
mans
:
That
the
said
Prisoner
after
the
blow
ran
out
of
the
Chamber
,
shut
it
,
and
going
towards
the
Armorie
to
sée
if
any
were
thereabout
,
or
had
heard
any
thing
,
and
finding
no
body
,
hée
returned
to
the
Chamber
,
where
he
found
that
the
Souldier
had
flung
downe
the
Ieweller
on
the
ground
,
and
had
twice
stabbed
him
with
the
poinyard
;
but
seeing
that
the
body
moued
still
very
much
,
hée
the
said
Prisoner
tooke
two
silke
ribbands
,
&
hauing
tyed
them
together
,
and
put
them
about
the
Iewellers
necke
,
did
so
strangle
him
,
that
then
he
tooke
out
of
his
pocket
all
his
Iewells
,
which
were
found
to
be
these
péeces
following
,
viz.
The
aboue
said
pre●ious
hatband
,
●s
;
ixe
rich
Diamond
rings
,
a
great
chaine
of
Pearles
of
seauen
doubles
:
Moreouer
,
thrée
hundred
thréescore
and
fiftéene
pearles
on
little
strings
.
More
,
120.
Pearles
vnstrung
,
foure
Ouale
péeces
enriched
with
Diamonds
,
and
a
Carcanet
of
Diamonds
,
all
which
Iewels
the
Prisoner
shut
vp
in
a
trunck
in
the
said
Chamber
,
burning
the
Iewellers
hat-band
,
falling-band
,
gloues
,
Table-booke
and
purse
,
héeping
the
money
which
was
therein
.
That
the
said
Prisoner
,
and
La
Vigne
the
Souldier
after
this
drew
the
body
into
a
corner
,
laying
it
with
the
head
vpon
a
leather
Male
,
that
the
bloud
should
not
runne
about
,
and
drew
the
Table
before
the
body
,
that
it
might
not
be
séene
.
Hauing
done
this
,
they
went
about
the
Court
to
séeke
a
boate
,
in
which
they
might
transport
the
body
into
the
fields
to
bury
it
,
but
not
finding
any
,
they
resolued
to
thrust
him
into
the
Ashe-dunghill
,
which
is
in
the
backe
Court
of
the
house
,
and
then
went
both
of
them
with
another
man
to
drinke
thrée
or
foure
pots
of
wine
in
the
Towne
,
hauing
alwaies
in
minde
the
houre
how
thereby
they
might
excuse
themselues
if
any
suspicion
should
be
had
of
them
.
Then
the
time
being
come
that
his
Excellence
sate
downe
to
supper
,
the
prisoner
went
downe
into
the
house
to
fetch
a
shouell
and
spade
,
which
he
carried
into
his
Chamber
to
burie
the
body
withall
afterwards
,
and
that
with
the
same
La
Vigne
made
a
hole
in
the
Ash-dunghill
,
and
that
as
soone
as
his
Excellence
was
gone
to
bed
,
and
that
the
prisoner
had
sent
away
the
Halberdeers
and
shut
the
doores
,
hée
,
together
with
La
Vigne
the
Souldier
,
went
downe
very
softly
to
sée
if
the
hole
in
the
ashes
were
bigge
enough
to
burie
the
body
in
,
and
opening
the
dore
,
and
going
through
the
gallery
towards
the
Porters
lodge
,
came
to
the
hole
,
which
they
mended
a
little
:
then
putting
off
their
shoes
that
they
might
be
the
lesse
heard
,
they
went
vp
againe
,
and
that
then
the
Prisoner
hauing
taken
a
Napkun
,
with
the
same
and
the
aboue
said
silke
ribbins
bound
vp
the
Iewellers
nose
and
mouth
,
and
pulled
his
hat
ouer
his
eares
that
hée
might
bléede
the
lesse
:
then
putting
the
Iewellers
cloake
about
him
,
tooke
vp
the
body
vpon
his
shoulders
,
and
carried
him
softly
downe
the
staires
,
La
Vigne
holding
vp
his
legs
to
eschew
the
noyse
of
knocking
them
against
the
steps
,
and
so
through
the
said
dore
and
great
Gallery
aforesaid
,
and
from
thence
through
the
alley
which
is
in
the
middest
straight
through
the
base
court
to
the
said
hole
:
where
hauing
taken
off
the
Napkin
,
and
the
silke
ribbins
from
the
body
,
they
rouled
it
into
the
said
hole
,
casting
his
cloake
vpon
the
same
,
and
smoothing
it
ouer
with
earth
as
well
as
they
could
,
and
ouer
that
againe
ashes
,
that
none
might
perceiue
there
had
béene
any
digging
there
:
and
carrying
away
with
them
the
naykin
,
and
foresaide
filke
ribbins
,
and
shouells
,
to
the
end
nothing
should
be
left
behinde
,
which
might
shew
the
least
appearance
of
the
fact
,
that
they
got
safely
vp
againe
into
the
Chamber
vnséene
of
any
,
the
night
being
very
darke
,
and
the
winde
vehement
.
That
they
had
left
a
Candell
burning
in
the
Chamber
,
and
hung
cloakes
before
the
glasse
windowes
,
that
the
light
might
not
be
séene
,
that
they
had
reuiewed
the
staires
and
wiped
vp
the
bloud
which
was
fallen
thereupon
,
and
that
after
they
had
burnt
the
Napkin
and
ribbins
,
they
went
in
the
end
to
their
ledgings
,
making
cleane
their
shouets
in
the
pond
,
and
themselues
at
the
pompe
in
the
Stable
yard
.
That
they
had
cast
into
the
pond
a
watch
,
a
keye
,
and
a
siluer
instrument
of
the
said
Iewellers
.
That
the
said
Prisoner
on
the
morrow
after
did
burne
the
aboue
named
leather
Male
,
and
carried
away
the
foresaid
Iewells
from
the
Court
to
his
owne
house
;
that
he
had
locked
them
in
a
little
Cofer
vntill
the
body
of
Iohn
de
Wely
was
found
:
afterward
that
he
hid
them
in
an
earthen
pot
of
flowers
in
his
Garden
,
since
that
,
had
buried
them
in
his
seller
.
MOreouer
the
said
Prisoner
hath
confessed
,
that
hauing
one
day
vnderstood
that
his
Excellencies
Notary
had
at
home
a
great
summe
of
money
in
speciall
péeces
,
hée
studied
how
he
might
finde
the
meanes
to
get
the
same
.
And
therefore
hée
being
on
May
Eue
last
past
with
Iohn
de
la
Vigne
,
Goussepin
,
and
the
saide
Clarke
in
a
certaine
Tauerne
,
and
séeing
the
said
Notarie
to
be
ouercome
with
drinke
,
he
consulted
with
La
Vigne
how
they
might
get
the
keyes
out
of
his
packet
,
and
goe
home
to
his
house
to
fetch
the
money
.
And
that
Iohn
de
la
Vigne
lying
vpon
the
same
bed
with
the
Notary
,
drew
the
keyes
out
of
his
pocket
,
&
gaue
them
to
the
said
prisoner
,
who
went
with
the
same
to
his
owne
house
to
fetch
a
Candell
and
liue
coales
,
which
he
carried
to
the
Notaries
chamber
,
and
hauing
lighted
his
candell
,
ransackt
all
his
cofers
,
and
brought
away
with
him
all
the
mony
he
found
therein
,
which
came
to
a
good
summe
,
and
that
hauing
put
out
the
candle
,
he
came
forth
with
the
money
,
and
shut
the
dore
:
and
that
anon
at
the
Court
he
met
with
the
said
Goussepin
,
whom
he
saith
knew
nothing
of
the
enterprize
:
And
because
one
of
the
bags
in
which
the
money
was
,
had
béen
tyed
at
one
end
,
and
in
the
middest
,
it
did
vntye
at
the
end
,
and
some
of
the
money
fell
on
the
ground
,
which
when
the
prisoner
stooped
to
take
vp
,
the
said
Goussepin
perceiued
what
it
was
.
That
being
come
backe
to
the
Inne
,
hée
put
the
money
in
a
corner
of
the
entry
,
and
giuing
the
keyes
againe
to
la
Vigne
,
he
put
them
in
the
Notaries
pocket
againe
:
after
hauing
awaked
him
,
they
conducted
him
to
his
own
chamber
,
and
from
thence
went
to
this
said
prisoners
owne
house
,
where
hée
the
said
Prisoner
shewed
some
money
,
saying
it
was
the
Notaries
:
and
gaue
some
part
thereof
to
Goussepin
to
hold
his
peace
:
but
that
vnto
La
Vigne
himselfe
hée
discouered
to
haue
more
,
of
which
hee
should
be
partaker
,
as
hée
did
indéede
make
him
after
Goussepin
was
gone
,
but
a
certaine
quantitie
of
Rose-Nobles
he
imparted
not
vnto
him
,
but
kept
them
for
himselfe
.
The
which
fact
of
his
being
very
bad
,
and
the
aforesaid
murder
very
horrible
and
most
execrable
:
and
so
much
the
rather
because
it
was
committed
in
his
Excellencies
Court
,
whom
hée
had
serued
many
yeares
,
and
therefore
should
haue
carryed
the
more
respect
vnto
the
said
Court
:
Therefore
according
to
all
right
,
and
for
example
sake
vnto
others
,
hee
ought
with
all
rigour
to
be
punished
.
Wherefore
the
Court
hauing
with
ripe
deliberation
and
consultation
sifted
and
considered
all
which
appertayneth
to
the
matter
,
In
the
name
and
on
the
behalfe
of
the
chiefe
Magistrate
and
County
of
Holland
,
Zeland
,
and
Frize
,
hath
condemned
the
said
Prisoner
,
and
him
doth
condemne
by
these
presents
,
publikely
and
in
the
audience
of
all
,
vpon
his
knées
,
with
hands
vpheld
,
to
beséech
God
,
the
Court
of
Iustice
,
his
Excellencie
,
and
the
Parents
of
the
said
Iohn
de
Wely
to
pardon
him
,
and
afterwards
to
be
led
to
the
accustomed
place
of
Execution
,
and
there
to
be
layd
and
tyed
vpon
a
crosse
of
wood
,
and
all
his
members
thereon
to
be
broken
,
beginning
below
and
ending
aboue
,
vntill
death
follow
thereupon
:
and
then
his
body
to
be
laid
vpon
a
whéele
in
the
place
accustomed
there
to
remaine
:
and
declareth
all
his
goods
to
bée
confiscated
to
the
profit
of
the
chiefe
Magistrate
.
Made
at
the
Hage
,
by
Mr.
Nicholas
Cromholt
,
Adrian
Iunius
,
Peter
Gouenbourg
de
Beloirs
,
Henry
Rose
,
Amile
de
Rosendale
,
Florens
Schoterbosch
,
Steuen
de
la
Douse
,
Lord
of
Nortwijke
and
Cattendijke
,
Gelein
Aleman
,
Lancelot
de
Brederode
,
Adrian
Keding
Berchont
,
and
William
de
Baresdorp
,
Counsellers
of
Holland
:
and
pronounced
the
16.
of
May
.
1616.
In
knowledge
of
mée
:
And
subsigned
,
A.
DVYCK
.
THE
CONFESSION
,
AND
SENTENCE
OF
IOHN
de
la
VIGNE
:
For
the
horrible
murder
committed
on
the
person
of
John
de
Wely
,
Merchant
Ieweller
of
AMSTERDAM
.
IOHN
de
la
VIGNE
,
borne
at
Chastillon
vpon
Loing
,
in
times
past
a
Lackey
or
foote-man
vnto
the
most
Illustrious
and
valiant
Prince
,
Maurice
d'Orange
,
&c.
and
then
a
Souldier
of
his
Excellencies
Guard
,
at
this
present
prisoner
in
the
Court
of
Holland
,
hath
confessed
,
being
from
the
Torture
and
Racke
:
That
vpon
Sunday
the
thirtéenth
of
March
last
past
,
whilst
his
Excellencie
was
at
the
Church
,
hée
being
come
to
the
Court
,
and
in
his
Excel
:
withdrawing-Chamber
,
Iohn
de
Paris
shewed
him
and
some
others
that
were
by
,
a
very
sumptuous
rich
Hat-band
beset
with
Diamonds
,
which
the
laid
Iohn
de
Paris
had
then
in
his
kéeping
:
and
that
after
he
had
put
it
vp
againe
,
that
hee
the
said
Prisoner
being
fallen
into
discourse
with
the
said
Iohn
de
Paris
,
amongst
other
talke
said
vnto
him
at
length
,
that
who
so
could
dispatch
that
man
out
of
the
way
,
meaning
the
Ieweller
,
should
get
a
great
booty
by
the
match
:
vnto
whom
the
Prisoner
made
answere
thereupon
,
that
it
was
too
dangerous
a
matter
to
doe
that
in
the
Court
:
and
that
Iohn
de
Paris
made
reply
,
there
would
be
that
night
a
feast
at
Court
to
which
hee
would
come
,
and
that
then
it
might
be
done
.
That
he
the
said
Prisoner
hereupon
was
perswaded
thereunto
,
and
resolued
together
to
doe
the
déede
the
same
euening
.
That
for
that
purpose
he
came
that
euening
to
the
Court
,
and
there
remained
.
But
because
Iohn
de
Wely
was
not
come
to
the
Banquet
,
and
thereby
their
purpose
vneffected
,
the
Prisoner
comming
againe
on
the
morrow
to
Court
,
Iohn
de
Paris
said
vnto
him
,
Hée
will
come
to
day
to
the
Court
,
and
I
will
so
deale
as
I
will
draw
him
to
my
Chamber
and
there
we
must
dispatch
him
.
That
the
said
Prisoner
after
dinner
,
hauing
béene
at
trayning
,
came
to
the
Court
,
and
laying
downe
his
armes
in
the
Court
of
Guard
,
Iohn
de
Paris
made
signe
vnto
him
to
come
vp
:
whither
he
went
,
and
stayed
in
the
Princes
Armorie
a
while
,
vntill
the
said
Iohn
de
Paris
came
vnto
him
saying
,
The
bird
is
in
the
net
,
bringing
with
him
a
Pistoll
,
which
he
charged
and
made
ready
,
and
gaue
it
him
,
adding
thereunto
also
a
gilt
Dagger
which
he
had
taken
out
of
one
of
his
Excellencies
Presses
,
saying
;
If
hée
struggle
too
much
after
wée
haue
shot
him
with
the
Pistoll
,
we
must
giue
him
two
or
thrée
stabs
with
this
Poinyard
.
Moreouer
,
he
added
these
words
;
I
will
finde
meanes
to
busie
the
Ieweller
about
some
of
his
Excellencies
Hat-bands
,
and
then
you
may
come
neare
and
shoote
him
with
the
Pistoll
:
and
this
said
,
he
went
towards
the
Chamber
where
Iohn
de
Wely
stayed
:
and
that
in
this
meane
time
his
Excellencies
Coach
was
ready
to
goe
abroad
.
That
he
the
said
prisoner
a
little
after
also
came
to
Iohn
de
Paris
his
Chamber
,
where
the
Ieweller
sate
in
a
chaire
,
and
the
Prisoner
sate
himselfe
downe
by
the
fire
:
and
that
then
Iohn
de
Paris
said
vnto
Wely
the
Ieweller
,
his
Excellencie
will
speake
with
you
by
and
by
.
But
as
soone
as
his
Excellencies
Coach
was
gone
,
Iohn
de
Paris
comming
vnto
the
Ieweller
,
shewed
him
certaine
Hat-bands
,
which
whilest
he
looked
on
,
he
made
signe
to
the
Prisoner
,
who
approaching
set
himselfe
behinde
the
Ieweller
,
and
on
the
sodaine
shot
him
into
the
head
,
the
Bullet
entring
aboue
the
one
of
his
eares
,
came
forth
vnder
the
other
,
and
so
hit
against
the
wals
:
with
which
blow
the
Ieweller
bled
at
the
nose
and
the
mouth
,
saying
nothing
but
Alas
,
and
so
remained
asrenyed
in
the
chayre
:
his
Hat
was
much
torne
on
that
side
the
bullet
entred
.
That
then
Iohn
de
Paris
ranne
out
of
the
Chamber
,
shutting
the
doore
,
to
the
end
that
if
the
blow
were
heard
,
hée
might
say
he
shot
off
his
Pistoll
in
the
Armorie
.
That
the
Ieweller
a
while
after
comming
a
little
to
himselfe
,
rose
out
of
his
Chayre
,
as
if
he
would
goe
towards
the
window
:
and
that
then
hée
the
said
Prisoner
caught
hold
of
him
,
flung
him
downe
,
and
gaue
him
two
stabs
with
his
Poinyard
because
he
still
struggled
with
life
.
That
after
this
Iohn
de
Paris
came
in
,
and
séeing
Wely
to
make
some
noyse
,
hée
tooke
a
broad
silke
Ribband
,
and
putting
it
about
his
necke
,
strangled
him
therewith
.
And
that
afterwards
he
put
a
leather
skin
which
lay
there
,
vnder
his
head
,
that
the
bloud
might
stay
thereon
,
and
not
runne
on
the
ground
.
That
after
this
,
the
said
Iohn
de
Paris
tooke
out
of
the
said
Iewellers
pocket
,
all
the
Iewels
which
were
about
him
,
which
were
found
to
be
these
pieces
:
viz.
The
aboue-mentioned
rich
Hat-band
of
Diamonds
,
sixe
fayre
Diamond
Rings
,
a
Chayne
of
Pearles
with
seauen
bouts
.
Item
,
a
great
quantitie
of
other
Pearles
on
shorter
strings
.
Item
,
certaine
Pearles
vnstrung
,
foure
pieces
in
forme
of
an
Ouall
,
beset
with
Diamonds
:
more
,
a
Carkanet
enriched
with
Diamonds
.
Which
Iewels
Iohn
de
Paris
shut
vp
into
a
Truncke
which
was
there
in
the
Chamber
:
and
that
he
cast
the
Iewellers
Band
,
his
Hand
kerchiefe
,
Table-bookes
and
other
things
into
the
fire
and
burnt
them
.
That
after
this
they
both
together
drew
the
body
into
a
corner
of
the
Chamber
,
leauing
it
vpon
the
said
leather
,
Iohn
de
Paris
drawing
the
Table
before
it
,
that
it
might
not
be
séene
.
After
this
that
they
went
out
of
the
Chamber
,
shutting
the
doore
with
the
Key
:
and
when
the
houre
of
relieuing
the
Watch
drew
neare
,
he
the
said
Prisoner
carryed
his
armes
to
his
lodging
,
and
being
come
back
to
Iohn
de
Paris
,
they
both
went
round
about
the
Court
,
to
sée
if
they
could
finde
some
Boate
to
carry
away
the
body
into
the
fields
there
to
bury
it
:
but
not
finding
any
,
they
concluded
to
bury
it
in
the
place
where
all
the
Ashes
in
the
house
were
laid
.
That
after
this
they
went
together
with
another
friend
to
drinke
at
the
Tauerne
.
That
they
returned
towards
euening
to
the
Court
,
and
whilst
his
Excellencie
was
at
supper
,
Iohn
de
Paris
went
home
to
his
house
to
fetch
a
Shouell
and
Spade
,
which
he
carryed
into
his
Chamber
.
That
afterwards
they
went
both
downe
together
,
to
make
a
hole
in
the
Ash-dunghill
:
hauing
first
taken
away
the
ashes
,
and
begunne
to
make
the
hole
,
Iohn
de
Paris
went
away
leauing
the
Prisoner
to
make
an
end
thereof
.
That
hée
hauing
somewhat
well
made
the
hole
,
left
the
Shouels
below
,
and
went
vp
vnto
Iohn
de
Paris
,
who
asking
him
if
the
hole
were
well
made
,
answered
that
not
yet
so
well
as
hée
could
with
it
:
whereupon
Iohn
de
Paris
said
,
stay
here
a
while
,
and
we
will
goe
downe
together
to
make
an
end
of
it
,
as
it
should
be
.
Afterwards
,
when
his
Excellencie
was
gone
to
bed
,
Iohn
de
Paris
went
out
of
the
Chamber
,
and
caused
all
the
doores
to
be
shut
,
and
the
Halberdeers
to
withdraw
themselues
.
This
being
done
,
they
went
downe
softly
,
opening
the
doore
in
the
Gallery
towards
the
Porters
Lodge
:
and
hauing
well
put
it
to
againe
,
they
went
one
after
another
to
the
hole
,
the
which
they
hauing
better
fitted
,
and
leauing
there
their
Shouels
went
vp
againe
,
hauing
first
put
off
their
shoo●s
that
their
treading
might
not
be
heard
.
That
then
Iohn
de
Paris
with
the
silke
Ribbands
aforesaid
,
tyed
a
napkin
before
the
Iewellers
month
&
nostrils
that
the
bloud
should
not
come
forth
,
and
putting
his
cloake
about
his
necke
,
least
hée
should
marre
his
cloathes
,
hee
tooke
vp
the
body
of
the
said
Ieweller
on
his
back
,
and
carried
it
downe
the
staires
,
he
the
said
Prisoner
holding
vp
his
féete
:
and
that
thus
they
carryed
him
both
together
by
the
said
doore
,
and
through
the
great
Gallerte
,
and
through
the
Alley
which
is
in
the
middest
;
and
from
thence
through
the
outmost
Court
straight
to
the
hole
,
into
the
which
they
cast
him
,
his
cloake
spread
ouer
the
same
,
&
then
the
earth
as
well
as
they
could
,
and
last
of
all
the
ashes
that
there
might
no
signe
of
digging
appeare
.
This
done
,
they
carryed
away
their
Shouels
and
cleansed
the
stayres
of
some
drops
of
bloud
which
fell
thereon
,
and
washed
Iohn
de
Paris
his
Chamber
without
being
séene
of
any
body
,
because
it
was
a
darke
and
windy
night
.
That
afterwards
they
went
downe
,
shutting
the
Gallery
doore
after
them
,
and
carrying
with
them
their
cloakes
,
hats
,
shooes
,
and
shouels
:
that
as
they
went
Iohn
de
Paris
cast
into
the
fish-pond
a
watch
,
and
some
other
things
of
the
Iewellers
:
and
thus
they
parted
one
from
another
.
That
on
the
morrow
they
burned
the
leather
which
they
had
laid
the
body
vpon
:
and
that
after
all
this
Iohn
de
Paris
carryed
away
out
of
the
Court
the
Iewels
,
and
laid
them
vp
in
his
house
.
That
he
the
said
Prisoner
said
vnto
him
,
séeing
wée
are
gone
thus
farre
,
looke
that
the
Iewels
be
safely
kept
:
whereupon
Iohn
de
Paris
hid
them
in
the
ground
.
That
also
at
the
instant
the
Ieweller
was
murdered
,
the
Prisoner
knew
well
that
he
had
these
Iewels
about
him
:
for
Iohn
de
Paris
had
enioyned
him
to
bring
them
with
him
.
BEsides
all
this
,
the
Prisoner
hath
confessed
,
that
some
tenne
or
fiftéene
dayes
before
May-Eue
,
Iohn
de
Paris
told
him
that
his
Excellencies
Notarie
had
much
money
,
and
many
faire
pieces
of
Gold
:
and
that
it
would
be
a
good
bootie
if
one
could
get
them
.
That
afterwards
on
May-Eue
the
Notary
being
with
the
same
Prisoner
,
Iohn
de
Paris
,
and
Goussepin
,
in
an
Inne
,
and
hauing
drunke
too
much
,
the
said
Iohn
de
Paris
spake
to
the
Prisoner
to
picke
the
keyes
out
of
the
Notaries
pocket
,
and
to
goe
sée
what
hée
had
in
his
Chamber
.
That
the
said
Prisoner
hauing
laid
himselfe
downe
with
the
Notary
on
a
bed
,
tooke
the
keyes
out
of
his
pocket
,
and
gaue
them
to
Iohn
de
Paris
,
who
carried
them
with
him
out
of
doores
,
and
went
towards
the
Notaries
chamber
,
where
he
tooke
away
his
monies
,
amounting
to
a
great
summe
:
and
being
come
backe
,
gaue
him
the
keyes
againe
,
which
he
put
vp
into
the
Notaries
pocket
as
they
were
before
.
Afterwards
they
both
of
them
together
wakened
the
Notarie
,
conducted
him
to
his
Chamber
,
and
left
him
there
.
That
being
arriued
at
Iohn
de
Paris
his
lodging
,
hée
shewed
him
some
of
the
monies
,
which
was
in
so
great
quantitie
as
it
amazed
him
.
That
he
gaue
him
fifty
foure
Albertus
pieces
,
and
some
filuer
,
and
that
he
gaue
to
Goussepin
also
some
money
to
stoy
his
mouth
though
he
knew
nothing
of
the
enterprize
.
That
after
Goussepin
was
gone
,
hée
the
said
Prisoner
returned
to
Iohn
de
Paris
,
who
then
gaue
him
ninetéene
double
Georges
,
but
no
Rose-Nobles
.
That
hee
the
said
Prisoner
had
carryed
this
money
to
his
lodging
,
and
kept
it
there
all
night
.
But
because
he
feared
least
the
house
might
be
searched
,
he
carryed
it
backe
againe
to
Iohn
de
Paris
to
kéepe
it
for
him
.
Which
déedes
are
all
of
very
bad
consequence
,
and
the
aforesaid
murder
most
horrible
and
abhominable
,
and
the
rather
for
that
it
was
committed
in
his
Excellencies
Court
,
vnto
whom
,
hauing
béene
Lackey
,
and
a
Souldier
of
his
guard
,
he
should
haue
carryed
the
more
respect
:
and
therefore
according
to
all
law
and
right
,
ought
to
be
seuerely
punished
for
example
vnto
others
.
Wherefore
the
Court
hauing
with
ripe
deliberation
in
counsell
,
sought
out
and
considered
all
that
appertayneth
to
this
businesse
.
In
the
name
and
on
the
behalfe
of
the
chiefe
Magistrate
,
and
County
of
Holland
,
Zeland
,
and
Frize
,
hath
condemned
the
said
Prisoner
,
and
him
doth
condemne
by
these
presents
,
publikely
in
the
audience
of
the
Rolle
,
vpon
his
knées
,
his
hands
held
vp
,
he
doth
beséech
God
,
the
Court
of
Iustice
,
his
Excellencie
,
and
the
kindred
of
the
said
Iohn
de
Wely
to
pardon
him
,
and
after
this
to
be
led
to
the
place
of
Execution
,
and
there
to
be
layd
and
bound
vpon
a
crosse
,
and
all
his
members
thereon
to
be
broken
,
beginning
below
and
finishing
vpwards
,
vntill
death
thereof
ensue
:
and
then
his
body
to
be
cast
on
a
wheele
there
to
remaine
in
the
place
accustomed
:
and
declareth
all
his
goods
to
be
confiscated
to
the
profit
of
the
chiefe
Magistrate
.
Made
at
the
Hage
,
by
Mr.
Nicholas
Cromholt
,
Adrian
Iunius
,
Peter
Couenbourg
de
Beloirs
,
Henry
Rose
,
Amile
de
Rosendale
,
Florens
Schoterbosch
,
Steuen
de
la
Douse
,
Lord
of
Nortwijke
and
Cattendijke
,
Gelein
Aleman
,
Lancelot
de
Brederode
,
Adrian
Keding
Berchout
,
and
William
de
Ba●rsdorp
,
Counsellers
of
Holland
:
and
pronounced
the
16.
of
May
.
1616.
In
knowledge
of
mée
:
And
subsigned
,
A.
DVYCK
.