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Even such is time that takes in trust,
Our youth, our yoyes and all we haue,
and payes vs but with age and dust:
who in the deepe and silent graue <w>
when we haue walked all our wayes
shutt vp the storrie of our dayes.
And from such youth, the graue and dust
the Lord will rayse me vp I trust.
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I did never receiue advise from y my Lord Carrewe to make escape
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neither did I ever tell it to Stukelye.
I did never name my Lord Haye, nor my Lord Carrew in other
wordes or sense then as my honourable Friendes among other lords
my honourable friends
I never shewed vnto Stukely my letter Wherein was named
1000 or any one pound onely I told him I hoped to procure the
payment of his debtor in his absence.
I never hade commission from the French King: I never saw the French
Kings hande and seale in all my life: I never had any plot or practise
with the French either directly or indirectly: nor any other Kinge
Prince or state vnknowne to the King. My true intent was to goe to
a myne of golde in ///Guiana/// It was not fayned
but it is true that such a myne there is within three miles in the towne
I never had in my thought to goe from ///Trinidado/// and leaue my companie
to come after to the savage Ilandes as haue been falsely reported
I did never carrie with me 100th peeces: As I remember I had
with me 60th peeces and I brought backe neere the same summe.
I never spakke to the French marmaring any one disloyalle worde or
dishonourable worde of the King: (Noe if I had not loved and honoured
the King truely and trusted in his goodnesse somewhat to much
I had not suffered death. <these>. These things are true as there
is a God; and as I am nowe to appeare before his tribunall seate
and I renounce all grace and Salvation if this be not the truth.
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