¶
The
fearefull
example
of
God
showed
on
a
periured
Person
,
who
at
the
Starre
Chamber
receiuing
sentence
in
that
case
prouided
:
disperately
stabbed
himselfe
on
Friday
being
the
14.
of
May
.
1591.
WHerunto
should
I
liken
this
generation
?
Why
whereunto
should
I
liken
this
generation
,
but
vnto
that
generation
in
our
Sauiours
time
vpon
the
earth
,
whome
he
(
the
onely
wisdome
)
compareth
vnto
Children
playing
in
the
streets
,
to
whom
their
fellowes
crye
,
We
haue
piped
vnto
you
,
and
you
haue
not
daunced
:
we
haue
mounrned
vnto
you
,
and
ye
haue
not
wept
:
yea
to
this
generation
,
we
may
againe
say
,
as
he
to
that
:
Woe
be
to
thee
hard
harted
people
,
woe
be
to
thee
obdurat
nation
,
for
if
the
wonders
had
been
shown
in
Tire
and
Sidon
which
haue
beene
showen
in
thee
,
they
would
long
since
haue
repented
in
Sackecloth
and
ashes
.
How
many
of
our
fellowes
,
or
rather
fathers
whome
we
ought
to
follow
,
haue
cheerefully
sung
foorth
the
eternall
rest
of
their
soules
,
by
the
witnes
of
their
vpright
consciences
,
hauing
liu'd
christianly
and
left
ioyfullye
this
Tabernacle
:
whose
remouing
from
vs
but
few
regarde
,
veryfying
the
wisemans
woords
.
The
righteous
dyeth
,
and
no
man
considereth
in
his
hart
it
is
too
lamentable
to
remember
.
How
many
againe
haue
in
their
miserable
examples
mourned
vnto
vs
?
some
perishing
(
bewitcht
through
Poperie
)
by
treasons
,
poison
of
their
own
preparations
,
hauing
(
through
the
omnipotencie
of
him
that
shadowes
his
annointed
)
the
edge
of
their
own
Swoords
turned
to
their
own
throats
:
others
for
barbarous
murders
and
impious
fellonies
:
other
through
subbornacions
,
forgeries
,
periuries
,
brought
to
infamous
,
yet
deserued
reproches
:
so
that
numberlesse
is
the
number
of
these
miserable
mourners
,
whose
example
can
nothing
terrifie
this
peruerse
age
:
The
iudgements
of
God
before
time
hath
beene
stretched
largelye
out
against
the
rabble
of
the
wicked
,
and
against
periurie
,
he
hath
in
all
ages
,
and
at
this
day
showen
deserued
vengeance
.
For
vpon
Friday
being
the
14.
of
May
,
in
this
case
he
affoorded
a
manifest
example
at
the
Starre
Chamber
,
on
a
desperate
periured
person
,
named
Iohn
Pitcher
,
who
being
with
his
consort
found
guilty
of
periurye
,
was
adiudged
to
loose
his
eares
vpon
the
Pillories
at
Westminster
and
London
.
For
the
circumstance
,
that
the
worlde
maye
note
their
merite
,
it
was
thus
:
A
prisoner
arested
for
a
lawfull
debt
,
the
action
being
two
thousand
markes
,
he
was
driuen
to
produce
especiall
bayle
,
that
is
,
two
men
of
good
account
:
this
Pitcher
and
his
companion
,
attired
the
one
Gentleman
like
,
the
other
Merchant
like
:
being
hired
to
baile
the
prisoner
,
turned
their
names
and
places
of
their
dwelling
:
this
Pitcher
calling
himselfe
Maister
Downes
,
deposed
that
he
was
ten
pounds
in
the
Q.
Bookes
,
and
of
good
woorship
in
his
Country
:
the
Gentleman
indeed
whose
name
he
challenged
,
being
well
knowne
to
be
of
no
lesse
estate
:
heereby
they
baile
the
prisoner
,
defeate
the
Creditor
,
themselues
beeing
of
no
esteeme
:
and
leauing
a
copper
Chaine
for
one
of
golde
,
they
embraced
likewise
the
Diuell
for
God
:
yet
he
that
punisheth
such
dissemblers
,
brought
foorth
these
two
counterfeites
,
who
appearing
before
the
right
honourable
the
Lord
Chauncellor
,
the
Lord
Archbishop
his
grace
of
Caunterburye
,
the
two
Lord
cheefe
Iustices
,
and
the
rest
of
that
Court
,
had
sentence
as
is
aforesaide
:
and
commaundement
was
giuen
to
the
warden
of
the
Fleete
,
foorthwith
to
see
the
execution
doone
:
but
as
they
were
carrying
from
the
Starre
Chamber
,
euen
hard
at
the
doore
this
desperate
Pitcher
drew
out
his
knife
,
and
giuing
himself
two
wounds
in
the
brest
,
fell
downe
:
wherevpon
the
Lord
Chauncellor
and
the
rest
graciously
commaunded
his
wounds
should
be
searched
,
which
he
obstinatelye
refused
:
therefore
their
honors
appointed
a
diuine
to
be
sent
him
for
his
soules
comfort
and
that
he
should
be
forcibly
held
while
his
wounds
were
searched
for
his
bodies
health
.
O
defexiles
charitie
,
O
honourable
and
christian
pitie
.
But
beholde
the
iust
iudgement
of
God
vpon
this
party
,
the
better
to
make
his
odious
offence
seene
manifest
&
to
be
apparent
to
many
other
,
he
made
his
owne
consciente
witnes
against
him
,
that
he
was
woorthy
of
death
,
when
with
his
own
hands
he
attempted
to
strike
the
fatall
strokes
that
might
suddenly
haue
shortned
his
own
life
:
and
this
he
chose
rather
to
perfourm
by
the
perswasion
of
his
owne
conscience
,
then
to
sustaine
the
shame
which
the
Law
hath
iustly
awarded
for
so
detestable
an
offence
.
And
yet
contrarye
to
the
expectation
of
himselfe
or
those
that
were
eye
witnesses
of
this
fearfull
example
,
his
wounds
being
afterward
searched
and
drest
,
were
not
found
deadly
but
recouerable
,
so
that
he
is
now
reasonably
amended
,
and
remaineth
close
prisoner
in
the
Fleete
with
his
other
companion
,
vntil
such
time
as
it
shal
please
her
Maiesties
most
honourable
Counsell
to
commaund
execution
according
to
their
former
iudgements
.
Which
is
appointed
to
be
doone
foorth
with
.
Now
if
this
mournefull
act
might
moue
the
rest
of
this
generation
,
who
sell
the
innocent
for
siluer
,
and
the
righteous
for
a
reward
:
conuerting
iustice
into
woormewood
,
and
iudgement
into
gall
:
happy
were
they
that
brought
these
euill
ones
to
light
,
and
happy
this
fearfull
example
,
for
all
Petyfoggers
,
Suborners
,
Knights
of
the
Posts
,
and
all
the
vncleane
kennell
of
vnchristened
periurers
,
who
by
swearing
and
forswearing
,
bragging
and
out
countenancing
,
abuse
the
Iustices
,
oppresse
their
poore
Clients
,
and
for
a
little
peece
of
Siluer
like
Iudas
,
sinne
in
betraying
the
innocent
,
sinne
in
betraying
of
their
own
soules
,
sinne
in
despairing
of
Gods
grace
,
or
presuming
of
his
goodnes
,
or
contemning
his
iudgements
:
whose
hart
(
O
Lord
)
conuert
,
or
according
to
thy
promise
,
teare
them
as
a
hungrye
Lyon
dooth
his
praye
:
for
they
shame
not
to
saye
,
thou
art
like
them
because
of
thy
Long
suffering
.
Amen
Lord
Iesu
come
quickly
.
FINIS
.