“On which Day, the Lord-Mayor, the Duke of _Norfolk_, the Earl of _Surrey_, and others, came to sit in the _Guildhall_. The Duke of _Norfolk_ entered the City with one thousand three hundred Men, and the Prisoners were brought thro’ the Streets tied with Ropes; some Men, some Lads but of thirteen or fourteen Years old, to the Number of two hundred and seventy-eight Persons. That Day _John Lincolne_, and divers others were indicted; and the next Day thirteen were adjudged to be drawn, hanged and quartered; for Execution whereof ten Pair of Gallows were set up in divers Places of the City, as at _Aldgate_, _Blanchapleton_, _Grass-Street_, _Leadenhall_, before each of the _Compters_, at _Newgate_, St. _Martin’s_, at _Aldersgate_, and _Bishopsgate_: And these Gallows were set upon Wheels to be removed from Street to Street, and from Door to Door, as the Prisoners were to be executed. “On the seventh of _May_, _Lincolne_, _Sherwin_, and the two Brothers named _Betts_, with several of their Confederates, were found guilty, and received Sentence as the former; when, within a short Time after, they were drawn upon Hurdles to the Standard in Cheapside; where _Lincolne_ was first executed; but, as the rest were about to be turned off, a Reprieve came from the King to stay the Execution: upon which the People shouted, crying, _God save the King_; and thereupon the Prisoners were carried back to Prison, there to attend the King’s farther Pleasure. “After all this, all the Armed Men, which before had kept Watch in the City, were withdrawn; which gave the Citizens Hope that the King’s Displeasure towards them was not so great as themselves conceived: Whereupon, on the eleventh of _May_, the King residing at his Manor of _Greenwich_, the Mayor, Recorder, and divers Aldermen, went in Mourning Gowns to wait upon him; and having Admittance to the _Privy-Chamber_ Door, after they had attended there for some Time, the King, attended with several of his Nobles, came forth; whereupon they falling upon their Knees, the Recorder in the Name of the rest spake as followeth: “‘Most Natural, Benign, and our Sovereign Lord, We well know that your Grace is highly displeased with us of your City of _London_, for the great Riot done and committed there; wherefore we assure your Grace, that none of us, nor no honest Person, were condescending to that Enormity; yet we, our Wives and Children, every Hour lament that your Favour should be taken from us; and forasmuch as light and idle Persons were the Doers of the same, we most humbly beseech your Grace to have Mercy on us for our Negligence, and Compassion on the Offenders for their Offences and Trespasses.’