ding to his wives after-relation) that he often ſtarted and awakened himſelf out of his ſleep, ſuppoſing that he heard the ringing of bells in ſome other place. At length fearing to be prevented, he aroſe, and made haſt to the walls of the Tower, and commanded the Engineer to diſcharge ſeven Canons, and the eighth he would diſpatch himſelf; he therefore took the Pearch, and gave fire. But oh the terrible judgement of God! the Gun brake aſunder, and the ſplinters retorted upon him, which tore both his legs, both his thighs, the one arme, the one ſide, and in fine, took away the skull of his head. This was the reward which this unhappy man received from divine vengeance, for his treachery and tyranny: But the miracle was the greater, for that none of the ſtanders by (being fourteene in number) were hurt, or ſo much as touched, excepting onely a certain old hunter, whom he thruſt out by force beyond the Bulwark, to be received by the Guns, if they had fallen into the bottom: but his girdle, ſticking upon a pale which was ſet in hurdles for a protecting basket filled with earth) did preſerve him from falling, untill ſhouting out for help, he was drawn up and ſaved by thoſe which were there preſent. This he afterwards related to the Prince, and obtained a priviledge, that he ſhould not be compelled to forſake his Religion. Surely this was an evident example of divine vengeance: yet notwithſtanding, blind men attributed this, even as all others, not to divine
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