My Lord,
‘MR. Patten was so kind to pay me a Visit in my Affliction, and desired me if I knew any thing relating to the Government, I would declare it. My Lord, I solemnly declare, I call Almighty God to witness, I carried no Letter of from Preston, tho I told Mr. Patten so, which was only a Faint that I might go of; and if Mr. Patten will do me justice, he can tell your Lordship how uneasy I was when I discoverd my Rashness. My Lord, I depend soely upon your Lordship’s Goodness in this my miserable Condition. I wish my Lord, I could have my Life saved, that I might shew to the World how heartily I am sorry for all my past Errours; and no Man shall demonstrate it more, then
‘My Lord,
‘Your Lordship’s most Humble,
‘And most Obedient Servant,
William Paul.
‘My Lord, Mr. Patten sayth it is an Aggravation to my Crime, that I pray’d in expres Terms in Newgate for the Pretender by the Name of K. James, I declare I never did. I once more crave your Lordship’s kind Assistance to procure me my Life.’
REMARKS on the Speech of John Hall, Esq;
THE last Sentiments of these two Traitors are so much alike, and there is such a Harmony betwixt them in Matter, that the Reflections on the former exhaust all that is material in the latter; so that I shall only take notice of what is peculiar in Mr. Hall’s, or that is applicable to his particular Case.
The SPEECH.
Friends, Brethren, and Countrymen; I am come here to die for the sake of God, my King, and my Country; and I heartily rejoice that I am counted worthy of so great an Honour: for let not any of you think that I am come to a shameful and ignominious End. The Truth and Justice of the Cause, for which I suffer, makes my Death a Duty, a Vertue, and an Honour. Remember that I laid down my Life for asserting the Right of my only Lawful Sovereign, King James the Third; That I offer my self as a Victim for the Liberties and Happiness of my dear Country, and my beloved Fellow-Subjects; That I fall a Sacrifice to Tyranny, Oppression and Usurpation. In short, consider that I suffer in defence of the Commands of God, and the Laws and Hereditary Constitution of the Land: and then know and be assur’d that I am not a Traitor, but a Martyr.
REMARKS.
This unfortunate Gentleman sets out with a vile hypocritical Rhodomontade: he asserts, that he came to die for the sake of God, his King, and his Country; but ’tis certain, that had his Applications to the present Government for a Pardon succeeded, he must, according to this Principle, have liv’d in such a manner as was quite opposite to what he pretended to die for: which is so horrid, that I may well be excus’d from saying any thing further about it, since the Antithesis must be obvious to every Reader.