John Aubrey ( 1626 - 1697 ) relates the following tale of his execution (from '' Brief Lives '', ed. Oliver Lawson Dick):
'Twas his fate to suffer in the Powder-plott. When his heart was pluct out by the Executioner (who, ''secundam formam'', cryed, Here is the heart of a Traytor!) it is credibly reported, he replied, Thou liest!
