Hi f ory ofthe Puritans, examina. 3o r * The Judges who tried Sir Phelim 0-Neal (one ofthe principal Perfons concern'd in the Irifh Maf- facre and Rebellion) offèr'd him his Life, provi- ded he would own a Commiffion from the King, to authorize what he had done. 0-Neal generoufly ac- quitted the King, and was not willing to accept his Life upon thole Terms, declaring that his Ma jetty was not fo much as privy to their InfurreFtion; as was attefted by Dr. Kerr, Dean ofArdagh, who was prefent at the Trial. And Lord t Macguire, who had been tamper'd with, to accufe the King, as an Abettor of this horrid Rebellion, generoufly difown'd it at the Place of Execution. II ' He was cart off the Ladder (fays Dr. Hollingworth) and having tried, what hanging in part was, and be- ing repriev'd, and having hopes of Pardon given him, he ftill perfifted in protefting the King's Innocence.' Nay, Bithop Burnet, whom our Author likewife quotes upon this Occafion, informs us, $ ' That the Earl of Effex told him, he had taken all the pains he could to enquire into the Original of the ' Irifh Mafacre, but could never fee any Reafon to believe the King had any acceffion to it. He did believe the Queen hearken'd to the Propofi- tions made by the Irifh, who undertook to take the Government into their hands, which they thought they could eafily perform : and then they faid they would aß'ift the King to fubdue the hot Spirits at I'Jeflminfler,' For what Reafon this was omitted by Mr. Neal, who gives us part of the fame Paragraph, he belt knows. Nal/on, Vol. II. p. 5x8. Sir Roger Manley, p, 9i. } Echard's Hillory of England, Vol. II. p. 5o8. Dugdale's Short View of the Troubles, p. 942. Batefii Elench. Mot. in t4ngiia, p. 4r. Sir Roger Manley, p. 81. Dr. Hollingworth's Defence of the Royal Martyr againíf Ludlow, p. 36. Bilhop Burnet's Hiftoryof his own Times, p. 44.
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