The Laſt SPEECH of the
MARQUISS of ARGYLE,
MANY will expect that I ſpeak many things, and according to their ſeveral opinions and diſpoſitions ſo will their expectations be from me and conſtructions of me; but I reſolve to diſappoint many, for I come not hither to juſtify myſelf but the Lord; who is holy in all His ways and righteous in all His works; holy and bleſſed is His name: neither come I to condemn others. I know that many will expect I will ſpeak againſt the hardneſs of the ſentence pronounced againſt me; but I will ſay nothing to it. I bleſs the Lord, I pardon all men, as I deſire to be pardoned of the Lord myſelf. Let the will of the Lord be done. That is all that I deſire.
I hope that ye will have more charity to me now than ye would have had at an other time, ſeeing I ſpeak before the Lord, before whom I muſt give an account very ſhortly. I know very well that my words have had but very little weight with many; and that many have miſtaken my words and actings both. Many have thought me to be a great enemy to theſe great works that have of late been brought to paſs: but do not miſtake me, good people, I ſpeak it in the preſence of the Lord, I entered not upon the work of reformation with any deſign of advantage to myſelf, or prejudice to the king and his
