p. XIX. from the I of Tames, I. to the Revolution,

. Times, with Water, ’till his Body wasswelled twice or thrice as big as before,his Cheeks were like great Bladders,and his Eyes stared out beyond hisForehead; And if he would not accusehimself and others of the Conspiracy,after all thisTorture, as several of themdid not, then they hoifed him up againas before, and burnt him with lightedCandles in the Bottom of his Feet, un-til the Fat dropping put out the Can-dles, and then applied fresh Lights tohim. They burnt him also under theElbows, on the Palms of the Hands,and under the Arm-pits, until his in-ward Parts might plainly be seen. Andafter he was thus wearied and over-come with Torments, if he did not makeany Confession of himself, they propo-sed to him leading Questions of theirown framing, to which he answered,Yes; And this was taken for his Con-fession, and produced as Evidence againsthimself and others, tho’ he denied itupon Oath before and after the Torture.But to finish their Barbarity: The Per-son who had been thus martyred wascarried away to a Dungeon, where helay five or fix Days, without any Sur-geon to dress him, untill his Flesh be-ing putrified, great Maggots droppedand crept from him, in a most loathlomand nauseous Manner. Besides all this,some had their Toes slit, and theirBreasts lanced, and then Gun-powderbeing put in the Wounds was set Fire to.

Of the EngUJh who were examined,some endured this Torture by Fire andWater, to the last Extremity, beforethey were forced to confess what theynever knew, as ‘Thomson, JohnJon, Col-lins and Clark. Others endured theTorture of Water for an Hour or two,before they could be brought to accusethemselves, and others, of this pretend-ed Conspiracy, as Brown, Collins, We-ther al, Fardo, &c. Others being ter-rified with the Fear of Torture, whichproduced dreadful Effects in others,chose rather to confess all they wereasked, or to devise a Ly to save them-selves fromTorment: But most of them,at the Time of the Examination, be-fore or after the forced Confession of aDesign to seize the Castle, declared andprotested their Innocence, and the Fal-shood of all they had said in accusingothers of a Conspiracy, as Collins, Star-rock, &c. and so Colfon, Grigs and Far-do being brought to confront CaptainTowerson (who deeply protested his

Innocence) fell down upon their Knees,and praying God to forgive them, de-clared that all they had said againsthim was false, and spoken only to avoidTorment. Tho’ after that, being threat-ned with the Torture, they then affirm-ed their former pretended Confessions.

In short, all the Englijh who werecondemned to dy (some being eitheracquitted or pardoned by the Interestof their Dutch Friends) did, after Sen-tence, solemnly vow and protest, asthey hoped for Pardon and Salvation,that themselves, and all whom theyhad charged were innocent of the Crimefor which they died. So Capt. Tower-Jon, at the End of a Schedule writes :

That he was innocent of what was" laid to his Charge, for which he was" then to die.'' And Grigs , who hadaccused him, writes in his Table-book,in the Name of himself, Beaumont,Price and Brown: “ That by extream" Torture they were constrained to fay" what they never meant, and take it" upon their Death, that they died" guiltless of the Accusation laid to" their Charge. " And Coljon writes," That, upon his Salvation, as he ho-" ped for Redemption by the Death" of Christ, he was clear of that" Conspiracy, for which he was to dy," neither did he know any Englishman“ guilty thereof. " And, in anotherWriting, he declares, " That he did“ confess what, as he hopes to be sa-" ved is not true, (particularly against" Captain Towerson ) being forced, for" Fear of Torment, and that as he" hopes for Pardon of his Sins, he" knows no more of this Business, than" the Child unborn.” Subscribed withhis Name. These Writings were pre-served, but other Writings to the famePurpose, particularly of Captain Tower-fon y 5, who was observed to write muchin Prison, were suppressed by th eDutch,And his Examination and Thomjon’ s, be-ing kept apart, are not yet come toLight.

On the six and twentieth of Febru-ary, when all thePrisoners were broughtinto the Hall of the Castle (exceptingCaptain Towerson and Mr, Thomson ) tobe prepared for Death, all the Japonesecried out, " O ye Englijh ! when did" we ever eat or talk with you? ’’And the Englijh answering, " Why" have you then accused us ? ” Thepoor Men then shewed them their tor-tured Bodies, and said, " If a Stone

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