[1] Then my lords (quoth he) I must confesse my selfe guiltie, and in the end the truth of my case must in|force me. I must acknowledge this to be a iust plague for my sins, which most gréeuouslie I there|fore haue committed against God, who suffered me thus brutishslie & beastlie to fall into this horrible of|fense of the law. Wherefore all you lords & gentle|men, with other here present, note well my words, lo here & sée in me the same end which all other com|monlie had, which haue attempted the like enter|prise from the beginning. For peruse the chronicles through, & you shall sée that neuer rebellion attemp|ted by subiects against their prince and countrie,A rebels re|port touching rebellion. from the beginning did euer prosper, or had euer better successe, except the case of king Henrie the fourth: who although he became a prince, yet in his act was but a rebell, for so must I call him: & though he preuailed for a time, yet was it not long but that his heires were depriued, and those that had right a|gaine restored to the kingdome and crowne, and the vsurpation so sharplie reuenged afterward in his bloud, as it well appeared, that the long delaie of Gods vengeance was supplied with more greeuous plagues in the third and fourth generation. For the loue of God all you gentlemen that be here present, remember and be taught as well by examples past,Wiats ex|hortation to loialtie by his owne exam|ple. as also by this my present infelicitie and most wret|ched case. Oh most misserable, mischiefous, brutish & bestlie furious imaginations of mine! I was per|suaded that by the mariage of the prince of Spaine, the second person of this realme, and next heire to the crowne, should haue béene in danger; and that I being a free borne man, should with my countrie haue beene brought into the bondage and seruitude of aliens and strangers. Which brutish beastlie opi|nion then seemed to me reason, and wrought in me such effects, that it led me headlong into the practise of this detestable crime of treason.