The history of the life and death of Hugh Peters that arch-traytor, from his cradell to the gallowes.: With a map of his prophane jests, cruell actions, and wicked counsels. Published as a warning piece to all traytors. At the time of our late Sacred Kings tryall, this was the villains text to animate their Roman president & the jeshish court for the speedy horrid murder. Bind your kings in chaines or iron and your nobles in fetters.
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The history of the life and death of Hugh Peters that arch-traytor, from his cradell to the gallowes.: With a map of his prophane jests, cruell actions, and wicked counsels. Published as a warning piece to all traytors. At the time of our late Sacred Kings tryall, this was the villains text to animate their Roman president & the jeshish court for the speedy horrid murder. Bind your kings in chaines or iron and your nobles in fetters.
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London :: printed for Fr. Coles, at the Lambe in the Old-Baily,
1661.
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Execution and executioners
Treason -- England
Peters, Hugh, -- 1598-1660
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"The history of the life and death of Hugh Peters that arch-traytor, from his cradell to the gallowes.: With a map of his prophane jests, cruell actions, and wicked counsels. Published as a warning piece to all traytors. At the time of our late Sacred Kings tryall, this was the villains text to animate their Roman president & the jeshish court for the speedy horrid murder. Bind your kings in chaines or iron and your nobles in fetters." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A86399.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
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CHAP. 7. How Peters after the Decease of his wretched Master, and the totall Defeat of all his wicked Rabble was faine to shift for himselfe, his narrow Escapes and Appre∣hension, with his going to Triall and from thence to the Gallowes.
NOw this miserable Catiffe was in a worse conditi∣on then ever was Caine for sleying his Brother Abell, then was he faine to shuffle and cut, and try his wits to the purpose, for hee knew the Game stood up∣on his Life, but perceiving the game to be dangerous, resolved the best way to play least in sight which hee did for a certaine while, but being closely pursued
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and chased, he was constrained to take hold in South-warke, his dables being discovered, a Messenger was sent to apprehend him; but hee like a Fox did soone quit his Borough, and so mist for that time; but not long after he was taken and secured, though strongly denyed he was not Peters; questionless a Fox if that he could speake, to quit himselfe from Death would sweare hee was a Lambe; But Peters guilt and erro∣neous actions could not appeare in the coat of Inno∣cency, so forthwith was brought to the Tower, and a while after to Newgate and at the Old Baily tooke faire tryall before the Iudges, who gave him Sentence to be drawne from thence on a Sledge to Charing-Crosse to be Hang'd, drawne and Quartered, which was done: and now his quarters hangs on the Gates, and his Head on London-Bridge, where wee will leave them to the Readers judgment, whether hee was more honoured in a Tyrants counsell, or on the Gibbet at Charing-crosse.
So farewell to an unparalled Traytor ne∣ver to be forgotten in the rolls of Infamie.
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