 After about three months spent in the Tower , on Saturday 3 May 1606 Garnet was strapped to a wooden hurdle and taken by three horses to the churchyard of St Paul 's . He wore a black cloak over his clothes and hat , and spent much of the journey with his hands together and eyes closed . Present in the churchyard were the Sheriff of London , Sir Henry Montague , George Abbot and John Overal . When asked if he had knowledge of any further treasons , Garnet replied that he had nothing to say . He rejected any entreatments to abandon his faith for Protestantism , and said that he had committed no offence against the king . The only thing he thought he might be condemned for was for abiding by the terms of the confessional , and if by that action he had offended the king or state , he asked for forgiveness . The recorder announced that this was an admission of guilt , but Garnet reiterated his not guilty plea and continued to argue the point . 
