what I did deny, the Protestations I made before the Court, I make them briefly now, That I never writ Letter to the King, Queen, Church or State of Scotland, or to any particular person of the Scottish Nation since the wars began to this day: That I never received any Letter writ to me, either from the King, Queen, Church or State of Scotland, or from any particular person of the Scottish Nation: That I never collected, gave, or lent any money either to the King, Queen, or State of Scotland. It is true, I confessed though it was not proved, and haply upon that ground the mistake might rise, I did give money to Massey, but he is of the English, not of the Scottish Nation, and I did write a Letter to him, but he is of the English not of the Scottish Nation. That for which I here come, is for moving only for money for him, and for being present when Letters were read from him and others; and I am so far (though man hath condemned me) from thinking that either God or my own Conscience condemns me for a sin in what I am condemned for, that God and my own Conscience acquits me; and what I said at the Bar when I received my Sentence that now is to be executed, I shall say now upon the Scaffold. That for the things I am condemned, neither doth God or my own Conscience condemn me.
The next particular, I am accused to be an Extortioner, and this is in the mouths, I am loth to name them because I would not show rancour, but I am charged as if I should be a grievous Extortioner, to receive 30 l. for the loan of 300 l. besides 8 l. in the hundred for interest, which in the presence of God, and of you all, I do declare to you, is a most notorious and abominable ⟨p. 5⟩falsehood. I am accused likewise to be an Adulterer; and that this Report is not in the mouths of mean men, but in the mouths of those that sit at stern, as if I were a debauched person, and were guilty of uncleanness. Now I tell you through the grace of God, as Luther said of himself in another case, That he was not tempted to covetousness, through the grace of God I can say, I was not tempted in all my life to uncleanness. It doth not much grieve me though these slanders lye upon me: I know my betters have been worse accused before me. Athanasius he was accused by two harlots that he had committed folly with them, and yet the man was chaste and innocent.
what I did deny, the Protestations I made before the Court, I make them briefly now, That I never writ Letter to the King, Queen, Church or State of Scotland, or to any particular person of the Scottish Nation since the wars began to this day: That I never received any Letter writ to me, either from the King, Queen, Church or State of Scotland, or from any particular person of the Scottish Nation: That I never collected, gave, or lent any money either to the King, Queen, or State of Scotland. It is true, I confessed though it was not proved, and haply upon that ground the mistake might rise, I did give money to Massey, but he is of the English, not of the Scottish Nation, and I did write a Letter to him, but he is of the English not of the Stottish Nation. That for which I here come, is for moving onely for money for him, and for being present when Letters were read from him and others; and I am so far (though man hath condemned me) from thinking that either God or my own Conscience condemnes me for a sin in what I am condemned for, that God and my own Conscience acquits me; and what I said at the Bar when I received my Sentence that now is to be executed, I shall say now upon the Scaffold. That for the things I am condemned, neither doth God or my own Conscience condemn me.
The next particular, I am accused to be an Extortioner, and this is in the mouthes, I am loth to name them because I would not shew rancour, but I am charged as if I should be a grievous Extortioner, to receive 30 l. for the loan of 300 l. besides 8 l. in the hundred for interest, which in the presence of God, and of you all, I do declare to you, is a most notorious and abominable ⟨p. 5⟩falshood. I am accused likewise to be an Adulterer; and that this Report is not in the mouthes of mean men, but in the mouthes of those that sit at stern, as if I were a debauched person, and were guilty of uncleanness. Now I tell you through the grace of God, as Luther said of himself in another case, That he was not tempted to covetousness, through the grace of God I can say, I was not tempted in all my life to uncleanness. It doth not much grieve me though these slanders lye upon me: I know my betters have been worse accused before me. Athanasius he was accused by two harlots that he had committed folly with them, and yet the man was chast and innocent.
