A true narrative of the Popish-plot against King Charles I and the Protestant religion as it was discovered by Andreas ab Habernfeld to Sir William Boswel Ambassador at the Hague, and by him transmitted to Archbishop Laud, who communicated it to the King : the whole discoovery being found amongst the Archbishops papers, when a prisoner in the Tower, by Mr. Prynn (who was ordered to search them by a committee of the then Parliament) on Wednesday, May 31, 1643 : with some historical remarks on the Jesuits, and A vindication of the Protestant dissenters from disloyalty : also, A compleat history of the Papists late Presbyterian plot discovered by Mr. Dangerfield, wherein an account is given of some late transactions of Sir Robert Peyton.
         Habervešl z Habernfeldu, Ondřej.
      
       
         
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             A true narrative of the Popish-plot against King Charles I and the Protestant religion as it was discovered by Andreas ab Habernfeld to Sir William Boswel Ambassador at the Hague, and by him transmitted to Archbishop Laud, who communicated it to the King : the whole discoovery being found amongst the Archbishops papers, when a prisoner in the Tower, by Mr. Prynn (who was ordered to search them by a committee of the then Parliament) on Wednesday, May 31, 1643 : with some historical remarks on the Jesuits, and A vindication of the Protestant dissenters from disloyalty : also, A compleat history of the Papists late Presbyterian plot discovered by Mr. Dangerfield, wherein an account is given of some late transactions of Sir Robert Peyton.
             Habervešl z Habernfeldu, Ondřej.
             Boswell, William, Sir, d. 1649.
             Laud, William, 1573-1645.
             Prynne, William, 1600-1669.
          
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           Charles -- I, -- King of England, 1600-1649.
           Jesuits.
           Popish Plot, 1678.
           Dissenters, Religious -- England.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           TRUE
           NARRATIVE
           OF
           THE
           POPISH-PLOT
           AGAINST
           King
           CHARLES
           I.
           AND
           THE
           Protestant
           Religion
           :
           As
           it
           was
           Discovered
           by
           
             Andreas
             ab
             Habernfeld
          
           to
           Sir
           
             William
             Boswel
          
           Ambassador
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           Transmitted
           to
           Archbishop
           Laud
           ,
           who
           Communicated
           it
           to
           the
           King.
           The
           whole
           Discovery
           being
           found
           amongst
           the
           Archbishops
           Papers
           ,
           when
           a
           Prisoner
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           Prynn
           (
           who
           was
           ordered
           to
           search
           them
           by
           a
           Committee
           of
           the
           then
           Parliament
           )
           on
           
             Wednesday
             ,
             May
          
           31.
           1643.
           
        
         
           WITH
           Some
           HISTORICAL
           REMARKS
           on
           the
           JESUITS
           ,
           and
           a
           Vindication
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Dissenters
          
           from
           Disloyalty
           .
        
         
           ALSO
           A
           Compleat
           HISTORY
           of
           the
           Papists
           late
           Presbyterian
           PLOT
           
             DISCOVERED
             BY
          
           Mr.
           DANGERFIELD
           ,
           Wherein
           an
           Account
           is
           given
           of
           some
           late
           Transactions
           of
           Sir
           
             ROBERT
             PEYTON
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Robert
             Harford
          
           at
           the
           Angel
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           near
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           :
           M.
           DC
           .
           LXXX
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           IT
           may
           appear
           strange
           to
           some
           ,
           that
           this
           Conspiracy
           against
           King
           
             Charles
             I.
          
           was
           never
           divulged
           till
           found
           by
           Mr.
           Prynn
           in
           1643.
           seeing
           it
           was
           known
           both
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Archbishop
           in
           1640.
           
           But
           if
           they
           do
           but
           reflect
           upon
           the
           Actions
           of
           those
           Times
           ,
           the
           Wonder
           will
           cease
           :
           For
           these
           
             Romish
             Traytors
          
           having
           by
           their
           Devillish
           Cunning
           raised
           a
           Rebellion
           in
           Scotland
           ,
           and
           fomented
           the
           Divisions
           between
           His
           Majesty
           and
           Parliament
           to
           that
           heighth
           ,
           as
           soon
           after
           brake
           forth
           into
           a
           most
           bloody
           and
           unnatural
           War
           between
           Prince
           and
           People
           :
           His
           Majesty
           (
           as
           they
           design'd
           )
           was
           sufficiently
           Diverted
           for
           the
           present
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           (
           the
           Devil
           of
           Discontent
           raised
           by
           these
           wicked
           Incendiaries
           of
           Rome
           ,
           proving
           too
           Head-strong
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           threatning
           their
           ruin
           )
           the
           Conspirators
           were
           so
           disperss'd
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           have
           been
           a
           difficult
           thing
           for
           His
           Majesty
           (
           if
           he
           had
           been
           free
           from
           the
           Rebellious
           Clamours
           of
           
             Be-Jesuited
             Men
          
           )
           to
           have
           brought
           them
           to
           Conviction
           .
        
         
           The
           Person
           who
           had
           the
           greatest
           Opportunity
           of
           Advancing
           this
           Design
           ,
           was
           Sir
           
             F.
             W.
          
           a
           Man
           in
           all
           outward
           appearance
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           verily
           believed
           to
           be
           so
           by
           the
           Archbishop
           ,
           whose
           Interest
           with
           the
           King
           made
           him
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ;
           as
           we
           find
           it
           set
           down
           by
           the
           Archbishop
           in
           the
           Journal
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             June
             25.
             1631.
             
             Mr.
             Fr.
             Windebank
             ,
             my
             old
             Friend
             ,
             was
             Sworn
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ,
             which
             Place
             I
             obtained
             for
             him
             of
             my
             Gracious
             Master
             KING
             CHARLES
             .
          
           How
           Industrious
           this
           Secretary
           was
           in
           carrying
           on
           the
           PLOT
           ,
           may
           partly
           appear
           by
           the
           Charge
           against
           him
           in
           
             Parliament
             ,
             Novem.
             12.
             and
             Decem
             .
             1.
             1640.
             viz.
          
           Seventy
           four
           Letters
           of
           Grace
           to
           Recusants
           in
           Four
           Years
           ,
           Sixty
           four
           Priests
           discharged
           by
           his
           Warrants
           ,
           Twenty
           nine
           by
           his
           Verbal
           Order
           ,
           and
           Twenty
           three
           by
           his
           Authority
           under
           Read's
           Hand
           :
           But
           he
           prevented
           the
           the
           necessity
           of
           Answering
           to
           this
           or
           any
           other
           Charge
           by
           his
           Flight
           into
           France
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           Generously
           Entertained
           by
           Cardinal
           Richelieu
           ,
           (
           no
           doubt
           for
           the
           good
           Service
           he
           had
           done
           the
           
             Catholick
             Cause
          
           in
           England
           )
           and
           lived
           and
           died
           a
           profest
           Papist
           .
           His
           Son
           went
           to
           Rome
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           received
           with
           the
           like
           Kindness
           by
           
             Cardinal
             Barbarino
          
           ,
           the
           chief
           Contriver
           of
           this
           
             POPISH
             PLOT
          
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Read
           ,
           he
           was
           an
           Actor
           in
           this
           Plot
           ,
           much
           in
           the
           same
           nature
           as
           Coleman
           was
           in
           that
           lately
           discoved
           by
           Doctor
           Oates
           ,
           and
           others
           ;
           and
           because
           he
           was
           a
           profest
           Papist
           ,
           the
           Secretary
           above-mentioned
           ,
           (
           to
           whom
           I
           think
           he
           appertain'd
           
           as
           Clerk
           )
           procured
           for
           him
           the
           following
           Protection
           ,
           which
           for
           his
           greater
           Immunity
           was
           Recorded
           in
           the
           Crown-Office
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Peace
          
           his
           Book
           for
           Middlesex
           in
           open
           Sessions
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     BY
                     THE
                     KING
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   WHEREAS
                   We
                   have
                   received
                   good
                   Testimony
                   of
                   the
                   Loyalty
                   and
                   Duty
                   of
                   our
                   Trusty
                   and
                   Well-beloved
                   Captain
                   
                     John
                     Reade
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   because
                   he
                   may
                   be
                   subject
                   to
                   the
                   Laws
                   for
                   Recusancy
                   ;
                   These
                   are
                   to
                   signifie
                   ,
                   That
                   We
                   are
                   Graciously
                   pleased
                   to
                   extend
                   our
                   Special
                   Grace
                   towards
                   him
                   :
                   And
                   do
                   hereby
                   Command
                   ,
                   That
                   no
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   Presentment
                   ,
                   Information
                   ,
                   or
                   Suit
                   in
                   Our
                   Name
                   ,
                   or
                   in
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   any
                   other
                   ,
                   be
                   henceforth
                   Commenced
                   ,
                   Prosecuted
                   ,
                   or
                   accepted
                   against
                   him
                   ,
                   by
                   any
                   of
                   our
                   Officers
                   or
                   Subjects
                   whatsoever
                   ,
                   for
                   or
                   concerning
                   Recusancy
                   :
                   And
                   if
                   any
                   such
                   shall
                   happen
                   ,
                   then
                   Our
                   Will
                   and
                   Pleasure
                   is
                   ,
                   That
                   upon
                   sight
                   hereof
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   shall
                   be
                   discharged
                   and
                   made
                   void
                   ,
                   or
                   otherwise
                   not
                   prejudicial
                   to
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Given
                     under
                     Our
                     Signet
                     at
                     Our
                     Court
                     at
                     Theobalds
                     ,
                     
                       the
                       Thirteenth
                       Day
                       of
                       July
                       ,
                       in
                       the
                       Tenth
                       Year
                       of
                       Our
                       Reign
                       .
                    
                  
                   To
                   all
                   and
                   singular
                   Our
                   Judges
                   of
                   Assize
                   ,
                   Justices
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   ,
                   &c.
                   whom
                   it
                   doth
                   or
                   may
                   concern
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   every
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           Thus
           was
           that
           good
           King
           so
           far
           abused
           (
           by
           having
           a
           Traytor
           represented
           to
           him
           as
           a
           
             Loyal
             Subject
          
           )
           as
           to
           grant
           a
           Protection
           to
           this
           Read
           ,
           who
           intended
           to
           make
           no
           other
           use
           of
           it
           ,
           than
           thereby
           to
           destroy
           with
           the
           more
           safety
           his
           
             ROYAL
             PROTECTOR
          
           .
        
         
           This
           Plot
           against
           King
           
             Charles
             the
             First
          
           ,
           was
           buried
           in
           a
           Bloody
           
             Civil
             War
          
           ,
           but
           raised
           again
           against
           King
           
             Charles
             the
             Second
          
           ,
           in
           time
           of
           Peace
           ,
           by
           the
           
             Blood-thirsty
             Jesuits
          
           ;
           the
           Discovery
           whereof
           has
           been
           sufficiently
           made
           known
           by
           the
           Tryal
           and
           Execution
           of
           several
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           the
           Printed
           Narratives
           thereof
           .
           To
           get
           up
           their
           Reputation
           again
           ,
           they
           plotted
           to
           throw
           their
           Guilt
           upon
           the
           
             Dissenting
             Protestants
          
           ;
           but
           the
           All-seeing
           Eye
           of
           God
           prevented
           their
           
             Villanous
             Designs
          
           by
           a
           timely
           Discovery
           :
           The
           Design
           and
           Discovery
           whereof
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           particularly
           related
           at
           the
           End
           of
           this
           BOOK
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           TRUE
           RELATION
           OF
           THE
           POPISH-PLOT
           AGAINST
           King
           CHARLES
           I.
           AND
           THE
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
        
         
           IF
           there
           be
           any
           professing
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           within
           His
           Majesties
           Dominions
           ,
           who
           are
           yet
           so
           wilfully
           blinded
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           believe
           the
           Reality
           of
           the
           late
           Conspiracies
           ,
           or
           that
           it
           has
           not
           been
           a
           long
           time
           carrying
           on
           to
           extirpate
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           reestablish
           Popery
           ,
           and
           inthral
           the
           People
           in
           all
           the
           Three
           Kingdoms
           ,
           let
           them
           but
           advisedly
           fix
           their
           Eyes
           and
           Minds
           ,
           upon
           the
           Ensuing
           Letters
           and
           Discoveries
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           easily
           find
           
             Papistical
             Plots
          
           have
           been
           no
           new
           things
           in
           this
           Nation
           .
           To
           omit
           their
           attempts
           upon
           King
           Edward
           ,
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           and
           King
           James
           ,
           these
           Papists
           make
           it
           evidently
           out
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           Design
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           Contrivances
           were
           on
           foot
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           our
           late
           Sovereign
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           of
           Blessed
           Memory
           ;
           a
           True
           Narrative
           whereof
           these
           Sheets
           contain
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           found
           in
           the
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury's
           Study
           in
           the
           
             Tower
             ,
             May
          
           31.
           1643.
           
        
         
         
           The
           first
           who
           discover'd
           it
           ,
           was
           an
           Actor
           in
           it
           ,
           sent
           hither
           from
           Rome
           ,
           by
           Cardinal
           Barbarini
           ,
           to
           assist
           Con
           ,
           the
           Pope's
           Legat
           ,
           in
           the
           pursuit
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           privy
           to
           all
           the
           particulars
           ;
           who
           being
           touch'd
           with
           remorse
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           for
           being
           guilty
           of
           so
           detestable
           a
           Crime
           ,
           reveal'd
           the
           whole
           Mystery
           to
           Sir
           
             William
             Boswell
          
           ,
           the
           King's
           Leiger
           Embassador
           at
           the
           Hague
           ,
           who
           gave
           private
           notice
           of
           the
           same
           to
           the
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           by
           whom
           it
           was
           declar'd
           to
           the
           King
           himself
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               WILLIAM
               BOSWELL's
            
             first
             Letter
             to
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             ,
             touching
             this
             Plot.
             
          
           
             
               
                 May
                 it
                 please
                 your
                 Grace
                 ,
              
            
             
               THe
               Offers
               (
               whereof
               your
               Grace
               will
               find
               a
               Copy
               )
               here
               enclos'd
               toward
               a
               farther
               and
               more
               particular
               Discovery
               ,
               were
               first
               made
               to
               me
               at
               the
               second
               hand
               ,
               and
               by
               word
               of
               mouth
               by
               a
               Friend
               of
               good
               Quality
               and
               Worth
               in
               this
               place
               .
               But
               soon
               after
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               they
               could
               be
               put
               into
               order
               ,
               were
               avowd
               by
               the
               principal
               party
               ,
               and
               deliver'd
               me
               in
               writing
               by
               both
               together
               ,
               upon
               promise
               and
               Oath
               ,
               which
               I
               was
               required
               to
               give
               ,
               and
               gave
               accordingly
               ,
               not
               to
               reveal
               the
               same
               to
               any
               other
               Man
               living
               ,
               but
               your
               Grace
               ,
               and
               by
               your
               Grace's
               hand
               to
               his
               Majestie
               .
            
             
               In
               like
               manner
               they
               have
               tied
               themselves
               not
               to
               declare
               these
               things
               to
               any
               other
               but
               my self
               ,
               untill
               they
               should
               know
               how
               His
               Majestie
               ,
               and
               your
               Grace
               would
               dispose
               thereof
               .
               The
               Principal
               giving
               me
               withall
               to
               know
               ,
               that
               he
               puts
               himself
               and
               this
               Secret
               into
               your
               Grace's
               power
               ,
               as
               well
               because
               it
               concerns
               your
               Grace
               so
               nearly
               after
               his
               Majestie
               ,
               as
               that
               he
               knows
               your
               wisdom
               to
               guide
               the
               same
               aright
               ,
               and
               is
               also
               assur'd
               of
               your
               Grace's
               fidelity
               to
               His
               Majesties
               Person
               ,
               to
               our
               State
               and
               to
               our
               Church
               .
            
             
               First
               ,
               your
               Grace
               is
               earnestly
               pray'd
               to
               signifie
               His
               Majesties
               pleasure
               ,
               with
               all
               speed
               ,
               together
               with
               your
               Grace's
               disposition
               herein
               ,
               and
               purpose
               to
               carry
               all
               with
               silence
               from
               all
               but
               his
               Majestie
               ,
               until
               due
               time
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               when
               your
               Grace
               shall
               think
               fit
               to
               shew
               these
               things
               to
               His
               Majestie
               ,
               to
               do
               it
               immediately
               ,
               and
               not
               trusting
               Letters
               ,
               nor
               permitting
               any
               other
               Person
               to
               be
               by
               ,
               or
               within
               hearing
               ,
               and
               to
               intreat
               and
               counsel
               His
               Majestie
               as
               in
               a
               case
               of
               Conscience
               ,
               to
               keep
               the
               same
               wholly
               and
               solely
               in
               his
               own
               bosom
               from
               
               the
               knowledge
               of
               all
               other
               Creatures
               living
               ,
               but
               your
               Grace
               ,
               until
               the
               business
               shall
               be
               clear'd
               out
               .
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               not
               to
               enquire
               or
               demand
               the
               Names
               of
               the
               Parties
               from
               whom
               these
               Overtures
               do
               come
               ,
               or
               any
               farther
               discoveries
               or
               advertisements
               in
               pursuit
               of
               them
               ,
               which
               shall
               come
               hereafter
               ,
               until
               satisfaction
               shall
               be
               given
               to
               every
               part
               of
               them
               .
               Nor
               to
               tell
               to
               any
               Person
               but
               His
               Majestie
               ,
               that
               any
               thing
               of
               this
               Nature
               is
               come
               from
               me
               .
            
             
               For
               as
               I
               may
               believe
               these
               Overtures
               are
               veryfiable
               in
               the
               way
               they
               will
               be
               laid
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               parties
               will
               not
               shrink
               ;
               so
               I
               may
               account
               ,
               that
               if
               never
               so
               little
               glimpse
               or
               shadow
               of
               these
               Informations
               shall
               appear
               by
               His
               Majesties
               or
               your
               Grace's
               words
               or
               carriage
               unto
               others
               ,
               the
               means
               whereby
               the
               business
               may
               be
               brought
               best
               unto
               Tryal
               ,
               will
               be
               utterly
               disappointed
               .
               And
               the
               parties
               who
               have
               in
               Conscience
               toward
               God
               ,
               Devotion
               to
               His
               Majestie
               ,
               Affection
               toward
               your
               Grace
               ,
               and
               Compassion
               to
               our
               Country
               disclos'd
               these
               things
               ,
               will
               run
               a
               present
               and
               extream
               hazard
               of
               their
               Persons
               and
               Lives
               .
               So
               easily
               it
               will
               be
               conjectur'd
               upon
               the
               least
               occasion
               given
               either
               by
               His
               Majestie
               or
               your
               Grace
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               Discoverer
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               the
               Points
               and
               Offers
               which
               they
               have
               prest
               me
               to
               represent
               more
               especially
               to
               his
               Grace
               .
            
             
               For
               my
               own
               particular
               ,
               having
               already
               most
               humbly
               crav'd
               Pardon
               of
               any
               Errour
               or
               Omissions
               that
               have
               befallen
               me
               in
               the
               managing
               this
               business
               ,
               I
               do
               beseech
               your
               Grace
               to
               let
               me
               know
               ,
            
             
               First
               ,
               whether
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               order
               I
               shall
               proceed
               with
               the
               Parties
               .
            
             
               Secondly
               ,
               what
               points
               of
               these
               Offers
               I
               shall
               first
               put
               them
               upon
               to
               enlarge
               and
               clear
               ?
            
             
               Thirdly
               ,
               what
               other
               Points
               and
               Queries
               I
               shall
               propose
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               in
               what
               manner
               ?
            
             
               Fourthly
               ,
               how
               far
               further
               I
               shall
               suffers
               my self
               to
               hear
               and
               know
               these
               things
               .
            
             
               Fifthly
               ,
               whether
               I
               shall
               not
               rather
               take
               the
               parties
               answers
               and
               discoveries
               sealed
               up
               by
               themselves
               ,
               and
               having
               likewise
               put
               my
               own
               Seal
               upon
               them
               ,
               without
               questioning
               or
               seeing
               what
               they
               contain
               ,
               so
               to
               transmit
               them
               to
               your
               Grace
               or
               His
               Majestie
               .
            
             
               Sixthly
               ,
               whether
               I
               may
               not
               insinuate
               upon
               some
               fair
               occasion
               ,
               that
               there
               will
               be
               a
               due
               regard
               had
               of
               them
               and
               their
               service
               by
               His
               Majestie
               and
               your
               Grace
               ;
               when
               all
               particulars
               undertaken
               in
               these
               general
               Offers
               ,
               and
               necessary
               for
               perfecting
               the
               discovery
               ,
               and
               work
               intended
               ,
               shall
               effectually
               be
               delivered
               to
               His
               Majestie
               and
               your
               Grace
               .
            
             
             
               Upon
               these
               Heads
               ,
               and
               such
               other
               as
               His
               Majesty
               and
               your
               Grace
               shall
               think
               proper
               in
               the
               Business
               ,
               I
               must
               with
               all
               humility
               beseech
               your
               Grace
               to
               furnish
               me
               with
               Instructions
               ,
               and
               Warrant
               for
               my
               proceedings
               ,
               under
               His
               Majesties
               Hand
               ,
               with
               your
               Grace's
               attestation
               ,
               as
               by
               His
               Majesties
               Goodness
               and
               Royal
               disposition
               is
               usual
               in
               like
               Cases
               .
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               your
               Grace
               to
               entertain
               a
               Cipher
               with
               me
               upon
               this
               Occasion
               ;
               I
               have
               sent
               the
               Counterpart
               of
               one
               here
               inclos'd
               .
            
             
               If
               these
               Overtures
               happily
               sort
               with
               His
               Majesties
               and
               your
               Grace's
               mind
               ,
               and
               shall
               accordingly
               prove
               effectual
               in
               their
               Operation
               ,
               I
               shall
               think
               my self
               a
               most
               happy
               man
               ,
               to
               have
               any
               Oblation
               in
               so
               pious
               a
               Work
               for
               my
               most
               Gracious
               Soveraign
               and
               Master
               .
               More
               particularly
               in
               that
               your
               Grace
               under
               His
               Majesty
               shall
               be
               
                 Opifex
                 rerum
                 &
                 mundi
                 melioris
                 Origo
                 .
              
               Which
               I
               shall
               incessantly
               beg
               in
               my
               Prayers
               at
               his
               Hands
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               giver
               of
               all
               good
               things
               ,
               and
               will
               never
               forsake
               or
               fail
               them
               ,
               who
               do
               not
               first
               fail
               and
               fall
               from
               him
               ,
               the
               God
               of
               Mercy
               and
               Peace
               ,
               with
               which
               I
               remain
               ever
               more
               ,
            
             
               
                 Your
                 Grace's
                 most
                 Dutiful
                 and
                 obliged
                 Servant
                 ,
                 WILLIAM
                 BOSWELL
                 .
              
               
                 Hague
                 in
                 Holland
                 ,
                 
                   Sept.
                   9.
                   1640.
                   
                   Stylo
                   loci
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 I
                 have
                 not
                 dar'd
                 to
                 trust
                 this
                 business
                 (
                 without
                 a
                 Cipher
                 )
                 but
                 by
                 a
                 sure
                 hand
                 ,
                 for
                 which
                 reason
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 sent
                 the
                 Bearer
                 my
                 Secretary
                 Express
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 knows
                 nothing
                 of
                 the
                 Contents
                 thereof
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Superscrib'd
               
                 For
                 your
                 Grace
              
               .
            
             
               Endors'd
               by
               the
               Arch-Bishop
               with
               his
               own
               hand
               .
            
             
               Received
               Sept.
               10
               1640.
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 WILLIAM
                 BOSWELL
              
               ,
               About
               the
               Plot
               against
               the
               King.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             
               ANDREAS
               ab
               HABERNFELD's
            
             Letter
             to
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Plot
             revealed
             to
             him
             ,
             written
             by
             him
             in
             Latin.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Most
                 Illustrious
                 and
                 most
                 Reverend
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               ALL
               my
               senses
               are
               shaken
               together
               as
               often
               as
               I
               revolve
               the
               present
               business
               ,
               neither
               doth
               my
               Understanding
               suffice
               ,
               to
               conceive
               what
               Wind
               hath
               brought
               such
               horrid
               things
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               see
               the
               Sun-shine
               by
               me
               :
               for
               unexpectedly
               this
               good
               Man
               became
               known
               unto
               me
               ,
               who
               when
               he
               had
               heard
               me
               discoursing
               of
               these
               Scotch
               stirs
               ,
               said
               ,
               that
               I
               knew
               not
               the
               Nerve
               of
               the
               business
               ,
               that
               those
               things
               which
               are
               commonly
               scattered
               abroad
               are
               superficial
               .
               From
               that
               hour
               he
               every
               day
               became
               more
               familiar
               to
               me
               ,
               who
               acknowledging
               my
               dexterity
               herein
               ,
               with
               a
               full
               breast
               poured
               forth
               the
               burdens
               of
               his
               heart
               into
               my
               bosom
               ,
               supposing
               that
               he
               had
               discharged
               a
               burden
               of
               Conscience
               wherewith
               he
               was
               pressed
               .
               Hence
               he
               related
               to
               me
               the
               Factions
               of
               the
               Jesuits
               ,
               with
               which
               the
               whole
               earthly
               World
               was
               assaulted
               ;
               and
               shewed
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               behold
               how
               through
               their
               Poison
               ,
               Bohemia
               and
               Germany
               were
               devoured
               ,
               and
               both
               of
               them
               maimed
               with
               an
               irreparable
               wound
               ;
               that
               the
               same
               Plague
               did
               creep
               through
               the
               Realms
               of
               England
               and
               Scotland
               ,
               the
               matter
               whereof
               ,
               revealed
               in
               the
               adjacent
               writing
               ,
               he
               discovered
               to
               me
               :
               Which
               things
               having
               heard
               ,
               my
               Bowels
               were
               contracted
               together
               ,
               my
               Loyns
               trembled
               with
               horrour
               ,
               that
               a
               pernicious
               Gulf
               should
               be
               prepared
               for
               so
               many
               thousands
               of
               Souls
               :
               With
               words
               moving
               the
               conscience
               ,
               I
               inflamed
               the
               mind
               of
               the
               Man
               ;
               he
               had
               scarce
               one
               hour
               concocted
               my
               admonitions
               ,
               but
               he
               disclosed
               all
               the
               secrets
               ,
               and
               he
               gave
               free
               liberty
               that
               I
               should
               treat
               with
               those
               whom
               it
               concerned
               ,
               that
               they
               might
               be
               informed
               hereof
               .
               I
               thought
               no
               delay
               was
               to
               be
               made
               about
               the
               things
               :
               The
               same
               hour
               I
               went
               to
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Boswell
              
               ,
               the
               King's
               Leiger
               ,
               at
               the
               Hague
               ,
               who
               being
               tied
               with
               an
               Oath
               of
               Secrecy
               to
               me
               ,
               I
               communicated
               the
               business
               to
               him
               ,
               I
               admonished
               him
               to
               weigh
               these
               things
               by
               the
               Ballance
               ,
               neither
               to
               deser
               ,
               but
               act
               ,
               that
               those
               who
               were
               in
               danger
               might
               be
               speedily
               succoured
               :
               He
               ,
               as
               becomes
               an
               honest
               Man
               ,
               mindful
               of
               his
               Duty
               ,
               and
               having
               hearer
               looked
               into
               the
               business
               ,
               refused
               not
               to
               obey
               the
               Monitions
               .
               Moreover
               ,
               he
               forthwith
               caused
               that
               an
               Express
               should
               be
               dispatched
               ,
               and
               sent
               word
               back
               again
               what
               a
               most
               acceptable
               Oblation
               this
               had
               been
               to
               
               the
               King
               and
               your
               Grace
               ;
               for
               which
               we
               rejoyced
               from
               the
               heart
               ,
               and
               we
               judged
               ,
               that
               a
               sase
               and
               favourable
               Deity
               had
               interposed
               it self
               in
               this
               business
               ,
               whereby
               you
               might
               be
               perserved
               .
            
             
               Now
               that
               the
               verity
               of
               the
               things
               elated
               might
               be
               confirmed
               ,
               some
               principal
               heads
               of
               the
               conspiracy
               were
               purposely
               pretermitted
               ,
               that
               the
               knowledge
               of
               them
               might
               be
               extorted
               from
               the
               circumvented
               Society
               of
               the
               Conspirators
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               things
               will
               be
               speedily
               and
               safely
               promoted
               into
               act
               ,
               if
               they
               be
               warily
               proceeded
               in
               at
               Bruxels
               .
               By
               my
               advice
               ,
               that
               day
               should
               be
               observed
               wherein
               the
               Packet
               of
               Letters
               are
               dispatch'd
               ,
               which
               under
               the
               Title
               of
               ,
               
                 To
                 Monsieur
                 Strario
                 Arch-Deacon
                 of
                 Cambray
                 ,
              
               tyed
               with
               one
               cover
               ,
               are
               delivered
               to
               the
               Post-Master
               ;
               such
               a
               Packet
               may
               be
               secretly
               brought
               back
               from
               him
               ,
               yet
               it
               will
               be
               unprofitable
               ,
               because
               all
               the
               inclosed
               Letters
               are
               written
               Characteristically
               .
               Likewise
               another
               Packet
               coming
               weekly
               from
               Rome
               ,
               which
               is
               brought
               under
               this
               superscription
               ,
               
                 To
                 the
                 most
                 Illustrious
                 Lord
                 Count
                 Rossetti
                 ,
              
               Legat
               for
               the
               time
               ;
               these
               are
               not
               to
               be
               neglected
               :
               To
               whom
               likewise
               Letters
               writ
               in
               the
               same
               Characters
               are
               included
               .
               That
               they
               may
               be
               understood
               ,
               Reade
               is
               to
               be
               consulted
               with
               .
               The
               forenamed
               day
               of
               dispatch
               shall
               be
               expected
               :
               In
               Reade's
               House
               an
               accumulated
               congregation
               may
               be
               circumvented
               ;
               which
               succeeding
               ,
               it
               will
               be
               your
               Graces
               part
               to
               order
               the
               business
               .
               The
               intestine
               enemy
               being
               at
               length
               detected
               by
               God's
               Grace
               ,
               all
               bitterness
               of
               mind
               ,
               which
               is
               caused
               on
               either
               side
               may
               be
               abolished
               ,
               buried
               in
               oblivion
               ,
               deleted
               and
               quieted
               ,
               the
               enemy
               be
               invaded
               on
               both
               parts
               :
               Thus
               the
               King
               and
               the
               Kings
               Friend
               ,
               and
               both
               Kingdoms
               neer
               to
               danger
               ,
               shall
               be
               preserved
               and
               delivered
               from
               eminent
               danger
               .
            
             
               Your
               Grace
               likewise
               may
               have
               this
               injunction
               by
               you
               ,
               if
               you
               desire
               to
               have
               the
               best
               advice
               given
               you
               by
               others
               ,
               
                 That
                 you
                 trust
                 not
                 overmuch
                 to
                 your
                 Pursevants
                 ,
                 for
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 live
                 under
                 the
                 stipend
                 of
                 the
                 Popish
                 Party
                 .
              
               How
               many
               Rocks
               ,
               how
               many
               Scilla
               's
               ,
               how
               many
               displeased
               Charybdes
               appear
               before
               your
               Grace
               ,
               in
               what
               a
               dangerous
               Sea
               ,
               the
               Cock-boat
               of
               your
               Graces
               life
               ,
               next
               to
               Shipwrack
               ,
               is
               tossed
               ,
               your self
               may
               judge
               ;
               the
               Fore-deck
               of
               the
               Ship
               is
               speedily
               to
               be
               driven
               to
               the
               Harbour
               .
            
             
               All
               these
               things
               (
               I
               whisper
               )
               into
               your
               Grace's
               ear
               ,
               for
               I
               
               know
               it
               bound
               with
               an
               Oath
               of
               Secrecy
               ;
               therefore
               by
               open
               name
               ,
               I
               would
               by
               these
               Presents
               become
               known
               to
               your
               Grace
               ,
            
             
               
                 Hague
                 
                   Sept.
                   14.
                   
                   S.
                   N.
                   1640.
                   
                
              
               
                 Your
                 Graces
                 most
                 observant
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 officious
                 ,
                 Andrew
                 Habernfeld
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Superscribed
               by
               
                 Andreas
                 ab
                 Habernfeld
              
               ,
               a
               Noble
               Bohemian
               ,
               Dr.
               of
               Physick
               to
               the
               Queen
               of
               Bohemia
               ,
            
             
               
                 Illustrissimo
                 ac
                 Reverendissimo
                 Dom.
                 Domino
                 Gulielmo
                 Archiepiscopo
                 Cantuariensi
                 ,
                 Primati
                 &
                 Metropolitano
                 totius
                 Regni
                 Angliae
                 Dom.
                 meo
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Arch-Bishops
               Indorsement
               with
               his
               own
               Hand
               .
               
                 Received
                 ,
                 Octob.
                 14.
                 1640.
                 
                 Andreas
                 ab
                 Habernfeld
                 .
                 
                   His
                   Letters
                   sent
                   by
                   Sir
                
                 William
                 Boswell
                 ,
                 
                   about
                   the
                   discovery
                   of
                   the
                   Treason
                   .
                
              
               
                 I
                 conceive
                 by
                 the
              
               English
               Latin
               
                 herein
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 an
              
               Englishman
               ,
               
                 with
                 a
                 concealed
                 and
                 changed
                 name
                 .
                 And
                 yet
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 this
                 kind
                 of
              
               Latin
               
                 may
                 relate
                 to
                 the
              
               Italian
               .
               
                 Or
                 else
                 he
                 lived
                 some
                 good
                 time
                 in
              
               England
               
                 The
                 Declaration
                 of
                 this
                 Treason
                 I
                 have
                 by
                 His
                 Majesties
                 special
                 Command
                 ,
                 sent
                 to
                 Sir
              
               W.
               Boswell
               ,
               
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 there
                 see
                 what
                 proof
                 can
                 be
                 made
                 of
                 any
                 particulars
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             The
             general
             OVERTURE
             and
             DISCOVERY
             of
             the
             PLOT
             ,
             sent
             with
             Sir
             
               William
               Boswell's
            
             first
             Letter
             ,
             and
             written
             in
             Latin.
             
          
           
             
               The
               King's
               Majesty
               and
               the
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               of
               Canterbury
               are
               to
               be
               secretly
               informed
               by
               Letters
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               THat
               the
               King's
               Majesty
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               are
               both
               of
               them
               in
               great
               danger
               of
               their
               lives
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               whole
               Common-wealth
               is
               by
               this
               means
               endangered
               ,
               unless
               the
               mischief
               be
               speedily
               prevented
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               these
               Scotch
               Troubles
               are
               raised
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               that
               under
               this
               pretext
               ,
               the
               King
               and
               Arch-Bishop
               might
               be
               destroyed
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               there
               is
               a
               means
               to
               be
               prescribed
               ,
               whereby
               both
               of
               them
               in
               this
               case
               may
               be
               preserved
               ,
               and
               this
               Tumult
               speedily
               composed
               .
            
             
             
               5.
               
               That
               although
               these
               Scotch
               Tumults
               be
               speedily
               composed
               ,
               yet
               that
               the
               King
               is
               endangered
               ,
               and
               that
               there
               are
               many
               ways
               ,
               by
               which
               destruction
               is
               plotted
               to
               the
               King
               and
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               That
               a
               certain
               Society
               hath
               conspired
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               ,
               and
               Convulsion
               of
               the
               whole
               Realm
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               That
               the
               same
               Society
               ,
               every
               Week
               deposits
               with
               the
               President
               of
               the
               Society
               ,
               what
               Intelligence
               every
               of
               them
               hath
               purchased
               in
               eight
               days
               search
               ,
               and
               then
               confer
               all
               into
               one
               Packet
               ,
               which
               is
               weekly
               sent
               to
               the
               Director
               of
               the
               Business
               .
            
             
               8.
               
               That
               all
               the
               Confederates
               in
               the
               said
               conspiracy
               may
               verily
               be
               named
               by
               the
               Poll.
               But
               because
               they
               may
               be
               made
               known
               by
               other
               means
               ,
               it
               is
               thought
               meet
               to
               defer
               it
               till
               hereafter
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               That
               there
               is
               a
               ready
               means
               ,
               whereby
               the
               Villany
               may
               be
               discovered
               in
               one
               moment
               ,
               the
               chief
               Conspirators
               circumvented
               ,
               and
               the
               primary
               Members
               of
               the
               Conjuration
               apprehended
               in
               the
               very
               act
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               That
               very
               many
               about
               the
               King
               ,
               who
               are
               accounted
               most
               faithful
               and
               intimate
               ,
               to
               whom
               likewise
               the
               more
               secret
               things
               are
               intrusted
               ,
               are
               Traytors
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               corrupted
               with
               a
               Foreign
               Pension
               ,
               who
               communicate
               all
               secrets
               of
               greater
               or
               lesser
               moment
               to
               a
               Foreign
               Power
               .
            
             
               These
               and
               other
               most
               secret
               things
               ,
               which
               shall
               be
               necessary
               to
               be
               known
               for
               the
               security
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               may
               be
               revealed
               ,
               if
               these
               things
               shall
               be
               acceptable
               to
               the
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               .
            
             
               Likewise
               they
               may
               be
               assured
               ,
               that
               whatsoever
               things
               are
               here
               proposed
               ,
               are
               no
               Figments
               ,
               or
               Fables
               ,
               nor
               vain
               Dreams
               ,
               but
               such
               real
               Verities
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               demonstrated
               in
               every
               small
               tittle
               .
               For
               those
               who
               thrust
               themselves
               into
               this
               business
               ,
               are
               such
               men
               ,
               who
               mind
               no
               gain
               ,
               but
               the
               very
               zeal
               of
               Christian
               Charity
               suffers
               them
               not
               to
               conceal
               these
               things
               :
               Yet
               both
               from
               His
               Majesty
               and
               the
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               some
               small
               exemplar
               of
               gratitude
               will
               be
               expected
               .
            
             
               All
               these
               premises
               have
               been
               communicated
               under
               good
               Faith
               ,
               and
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               an
               Oath
               ,
               to
               Mr.
               Leiger
               Embassadour
               of
               the
               King
               of
               
                 Great
                 Britain
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Hague
               ;
               that
               he
               should
               not
               immediately
               trust
               ,
               or
               communicate
               these
               things
               to
               any
               mortal
               ,
               besides
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               of
               Canterbury
               .
            
             
               
                 Subscribed
                 ,
                 &c.
                 Present
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Hague
                 ,
                 Com.
                 
                   6.
                   
                   Sept.
                   
                     1640.
                     
                     In
                     the
                     Style
                     of
                     the
                     Place
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Arch-Bishops
               own
               Indorsement
               .
            
             
               Recieved
               
                 Sept.
                 10.
                 1640.
              
               
            
             
               The
               Plot
               against
               the
               King.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Arch-Bishop
             of
             Canterburies
             Letter
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             concerning
             the
             PLOT
             ;
             with
             the
             King's
             Directions
             in
             the
             Margin
             ,
             written
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             .
          
           
             [
             I
             beseech
             your
             Majesty
             read
             these
             Letters
             as
             they
             are
             Endorsed
             by
             Figures
             ,
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3
             ,
             &c.
             ]
          
           
             
               
                 May
                 it
                 please
                 your
                 Majesty
                 ,
              
            
             
               AS
               great
               as
               the
               Secret
               is
               which
               comes
               herewith
               ,
               yet
               I
               choose
               rather
               to
               send
               it
               in
               this
               silent
               covert
               way
               ,
               and
               I
               hope
               safe
               ,
               than
               to
               come
               thither
               ,
               and
               bring
               it
               my self
               .
               First
               ,
               
               because
               I
               am
               no
               way
               able
               to
               make
               hast
               enough
               with
               it
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               because
               should
               I
               come
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               and
               antedate
               the
               meeting
               ,
               Sept.
               24.
               there
               would
               be
               more
               jealousie
               of
               the
               business
               ,
               and
               more
               enquiry
               after
               it
               :
               Especially
               ,
               if
               I
               being
               once
               there
               ,
               should
               return
               again
               before
               that
               day
               ,
               as
               I
               must
               ,
               if
               this
               be
               followed
               ,
               as
               is
               most
               fit
               .
            
             
               The
               danger
               it
               seems
               is
               eminent
               ,
               and
               laid
               by
               God
               knows
               whom
               ;
               but
               to
               be
               executed
               by
               them
               which
               are
               very
               near
               about
               you
               .
               (
               For
               the
               great
               honour
               which
               I
               have
               to
               be
               in
               danger
               with
               you
               ,
               or
               for
               you
               ,
               I
               pass
               not
               ,
               so
               your
               Sacred
               Person
               ,
               and
               the
               State
               may
               be
               safe
               .
               )
               Now
               ,
               may
               it
               please
               
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               This
               information
               is
               either
               true
               ,
               or
               there
               is
               some
               mistake
               in
               it
               :
               If
               it
               be
               true
               ,
               the
               Persons
               which
               make
               the
               Discovery
               will
               deserve
               thanks
               and
               reward
               ;
               if
               there
               should
               be
               any
               mistake
               in
               it
               ,
               your
               Majesty
               can
               lose
               nothing
               but
               a
               little
               silence
               .
            
             
               The
               business
               ,
               (
               if
               it
               be
               )
               is
               extream
               foul
               .
               The
               
               Discovery
               thus
               by
               God's
               Providence
               offered
               ,
               seems
               fair
               .
               I
               do
               hereby
               humbly
               beg
               it
               upon
               my
               knees
               of
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               you
               will
               conceal
               this
               business
               from
               every
               creature
               ,
               and
               his
               name
               that
               sends
               this
               to
               me
               .
               And
               I
               send
               his
               Letters
               to
               me
               ,
               to
               your
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               see
               his
               sence
               
               both
               of
               the
               business
               and
               the
               Secrecy
               .
               And
               such
               Instructions
               as
               you
               think
               fit
               to
               give
               him
               ,
               I
               beseech
               you
               let
               them
               be
               in
               your
               own
               hand
               for
               his
               Warrant
               ,
               without
               imparting
               them
               to
               any
               .
               And
               if
               your
               Majesty
               leave
               it
               to
               his
               descretion
               to
               follow
               it
               there
               in
               the
               best
               way
               he
               can
               ,
               that
               in
               your
               own
               hand
               will
               be
               Instruction
               and
               Warrant
               enough
               for
               him
               .
               And
               if
               you
               please
               to
               return
               it
               herewith
               presently
               to
               me
               ,
               I
               will
               send
               an
               express
               away
               with
               it
               presently
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               I
               have
               by
               this
               Express
               returned
               
               him
               this
               Answer
               ,
               That
               I
               think
               he
               shall
               do
               well
               to
               hold
               on
               the
               Treaty
               with
               these
               men
               ,
               with
               all
               care
               and
               secrecy
               ,
               and
               drive
               on
               to
               the
               Discovery
               ,
               so
               soon
               as
               the
               business
               is
               ripe
               for
               it
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               assure
               himself
               and
               them
               ,
               they
               shall
               not
               want
               reward
               ,
               if
               they
               do
               the
               Service
               .
               That
               for
               my
               part
               he
               shall
               be
               sure
               of
               Secrecy
               ,
               and
               that
               I
               am
               most
               confident
               ,
               that
               your
               Majesty
               will
               not
               impart
               it
               to
               any
               .
               That
               he
               have
               a
               special
               eye
               to
               the
               eighth
               and
               ninth
               Proposition
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               for
               God's
               sake
               ,
               and
               your
               own
               safety
               ,
               Secrecy
               in
               this
               Business
               :
               And
               I
               beseech
               you
               ,
               send
               
               me
               back
               this
               Letter
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               comes
               with
               it
               ,
               speedily
               and
               secretly
               ,
               and
               trust
               not
               your
               own
               Pockets
               with
               them
               .
               I
               shall
               not
               eat
               ,
               nor
               sleep
               in
               quiet
               ,
               till
               I
               receive
               them
               .
               And
               so
               soon
               as
               I
               have
               them
               again
               ,
               and
               your
               Majesties
               Warrant
               to
               proceed
               ,
               no
               diligence
               shall
               be
               wanting
               in
               me
               to
               help
               on
               the
               Discovery
               .
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               greatest
               business
               that
               ever
               was
               put
               
               to
               me
               .
               And
               if
               I
               have
               herein
               proposed
               ,
               or
               done
               any
               thing
               amiss
               ,
               I
               most
               humbly
               crave
               your
               Majesties
               pardon
               .
               But
               I
               am
               willing
               to
               hope
               I
               have
               not
               herein
               erred
               in
               judgment
               ,
               and
               in
               fidelity
               I
               
               never
               will.
               
            
             
               These
               Letters
               came
               to
               me
               on
               ,
               
                 Thursday
                 ,
                 Sept.
              
               10.
               at
               night
               ,
               and
               I
               sent
               these
               away
               according
               to
               the
               date
               hereof
               ,
               being
               extreamly
               wearied
               with
               writing
               this
               Letter
               ,
               copying
               out
               those
               other
               which
               come
               with
               this
               ,
               and
               dispatching
               my
               Letters
               back
               to
               him
               that
               sent
               these
               ,
               all
               in
               my
               own
               
               hand
               .
               Once
               again
               secrecy
               for
               God's
               sake
               ,
               and
               your
               own
               .
               To
               his
               most
               blessed
               protection
               I
               commend
               your
               Majesty
               and
               all
               your
               Affairs
               :
               And
               am
               ,
            
             
               
                 Lambeth
                 ,
                 
                   Sept.
                   11.
                   1640.
                   
                
              
               
                 Your
                 Majesties
                 most
                 humble
                 faithful
                 Servant
                 ,
                 W.
                 Cant.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 Arch-Bishop's
                 Postscript
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 I
                 had
                 ended
                 these
                 ,
                 whether
                 with
                 the
                 labour
                 or
                 indignation
                 ,
                 or
                 both
                 ,
                 I
                 fell
                 into
                 an
                 extreme
                 faint
                 Sweat
                 ;
                 I
                 pray
                 God
                 keep
                 me
                 from
                 a
                 Feaver
                 ,
                 of
                 which
                 three
                 are
                 down
                 in
                 my
                 Family
                 at
                 Croyden
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 Letters
                 came
                 late
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 the
                 express
                 being
                 beaten
                 back
                 by
                 the
                 wind
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Arch-Bishops
                 Indorsement
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 hand
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Received
               from
               the
               King
               ,
               
                 Sept.
                 16.
                 1640.
              
               
            
             
               The
               King's
               Answer
               to
               the
               Plot
               against
               him
               ,
               &c.
               
               Superscrib'd
               by
               the
               Arch-Bishop
               ,
               
                 For
                 your
                 Sacred
                 Majesty
              
               :
               By
               the
               King
               ,
               
                 Yours
                 Apostyled
              
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             William
             Boswel's
             
               second
               Letter
               to
               the
               Arch-Bishop
            
             .
          
           
             
               
                 May
                 it
                 please
                 your
                 Grace
                 ,
              
            
             
               THis
               evening
               late
               I
               have
               received
               your
               Graces
               dispatch
               ,
               with
               the
               enclosed
               from
               His
               Majesty
               ,
               by
               my
               Secretary
               Oveart
               ,
               and
               shall
               give
               due
               account
               with
               all
               possible
               speed
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               according
               to
               His
               Majesties
               and
               your
               Graces
               Commands
               ,
               praying
               heartily
               that
               my
               endeavours
               ,
               which
               shall
               be
               most
               faithful
               ,
               may
               also
               prove
               effectual
               ,
               to
               His
               Majesties
               and
               your
               Grace's
               content
               ,
               with
               which
               I
               do
               most
               humbly
               take
               leave
               ,
               being
               always
            
             
               
                 Hague
                 ,
                 
                   Sept.
                   24.
                   1640.
                   
                   S.
                   Angelo
                   .
                
              
               
                 Your
                 Graces
                 most
                 dutiful
                 and
                 humblest
                 Servant
                 ,
                 William
                 Boswell
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Arch-Bishop's
               Indorsement
               .
            
             
               Received
               ,
               Sept.
               
                 30.
                 1640.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Boswell
              
               his
               acknowledgement
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               received
               the
               King's
               Directions
               in
               my
               Letters
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Boswell's
            
             third
             Letter
             to
             the
             Arch-Bishop
             .
             sent
             with
             the
             larger
             Discovery
             of
             the
             PLOT
             .
          
           
             
               
                 May
                 it
                 please
                 your
                 Grace
                 ,
              
            
             
               UPon
               receipt
               of
               His
               Majesties
               Commands
               ,
               with
               your
               Grace's
               Letters
               of
               9
               ,
               and
               18
               ,
               Sept.
               last
               ,
               I
               dealt
               with
               the
               party
               to
               make
               good
               his
               Offers
               formerly
               put
               in
               mine
               hand
               ,
               and
               transmitted
               to
               your
               Grace
               :
               This
               he
               hopes
               to
               have
               done
               ,
               by
               the
               inclosed
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               will
               be
               needful
               for
               His
               Majesties
               satisfaction
               ;
               yet
               if
               any
               more
               particular
               explanation
               or
               discovery
               shall
               be
               required
               by
               His
               Majesty
               or
               your
               Grace
               ,
               He
               hath
               promised
               to
               add
               thereunto
               ,
               whatsoever
               he
               can
               remember
               ,
               and
               knows
               of
               truth
               .
               And
               for
               better
               assurance
               and
               verification
               of
               his
               integrity
               ,
               he
               professeth
               himself
               ready
               (
               if
               required
               )
               to
               make
               Oath
               of
               what
               he
               hath
               already
               declared
               ,
               or
               shall
               hereafter
               declare
               in
               the
               business
               .
            
             
               His
               name
               he
               conjures
               me
               still
               to
               conceale
               ,
               though
               he
               thinks
               His
               Majesty
               and
               your
               Grace
               ,
               by
               the
               Character
               he
               gives
               of
               himself
               ,
               will
               easily
               imagin
               who
               he
               is
               ,
               having
               been
               known
               so
               generally
               through
               Court
               and
               City
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               for
               three
               or
               four
               years
               ,
               in
               the
               quality
               and
               imployment
               he
               acknowlegeth
               (
               by
               his
               Declaration
               inclosed
               )
               himself
               to
               have
               held
               .
            
             
               Hereupon
               he
               doth
               also
               redouble
               his
               most
               humble
               and
               earnest
               Suit
               unto
               His
               Majesty
               and
               your
               Grace
               ,
               to
               be
               most
               secret
               and
               circumspect
               in
               the
               business
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               not
               be
               suspected
               to
               have
               discovered
               ,
               or
               had
               a
               hand
               in
               the
               same
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               here
               humbly
               beseech
               your
               Grace
               to
               let
               me
               know
               what
               I
               may
               further
               do
               for
               His
               Majesties
               service
               ,
               or
               for
               your
               Graces
               particular
               behoof
               ;
               that
               I
               may
               accordingly
               endeavour
               to
               approve
               my self
               ,
               As
               I
               am
               ,
            
             
               
                 Hague
                 ,
                 
                   Octob.
                   15.
                   1640.
                   
                
              
               
                 Your
                 Grace's
                 mest
                 dutiful
                 and
                 obliged
                 Servant
                 ,
                 William
                 Boswell
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               Arch-Bishop's
               Indorsment
               .
            
             
               Received
               Octob.
               
                 14.
                 1640.
              
               
            
             
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Boswell
              
               in
               prosecution
               of
               the
               great
               business
               .
               If
               any
               thing
               come
               to
               him
               in
               Cyphers
               ,
               to
               send
               it
               to
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             large
             particular
             Discovery
             of
             the
             PLOT
             and
             Treason
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             to
             raise
             the
             Scotish
             Wars
             ,
             written
             in
             Latin.
             
          
           
             
               
                 Most
                 Illustrious
                 and
                 Reverend
                 Lord
                 ,
              
            
             
               WE
               have
               willingly
               and
               cordially
               perceived
               ,
               that
               our
               offers
               have
               been
               acceptable
               both
               to
               his
               
                 Royal
                 Majesty
              
               ,
               and
               likewise
               to
               your
               Grace
               .
               This
               is
               the
               only
               Index
               to
               us
               ,
               That
               the
               blessing
               of
               God
               is
               present
               with
               you
               ,
               whereby
               a
               spur
               is
               given
               ,
               that
               we
               should
               so
               much
               the
               more
               chearfully
               and
               freely
               utter
               and
               detest
               those
               things
               whereby
               the
               hazard
               of
               both
               your
               lives
               ,
               the
               subversion
               of
               the
               Realm
               and
               State
               both
               of
               England
               and
               Scotland
               ,
               the
               tumbling
               down
               of
               his
               Excellent
               Majesty
               from
               his
               Throne
               ,
               is
               intended
               .
               Now
               lest
               the
               discourse
               should
               be
               enlarged
               with
               superfluous
               circumstances
               ,
               we
               will
               only
               premise
               some
               things
               which
               are
               meerly
               necessary
               to
               the
               business
               .
            
             
               You
               may
               first
               of
               all
               know
               ,
               that
               this
               good
               man
               ,
               by
               whom
               the
               ensuing
               things
               are
               detected
               ,
               was
               born
               and
               bred
               in
               the
               Popish
               Religion
               ,
               who
               spent
               many
               years
               in
               Ecclesiastical
               dignities
               .
               At
               length
               being
               found
               fit
               for
               the
               expedition
               of
               the
               present
               Design
               ,
               by
               the
               counsel
               and
               mandate
               of
               the
               Lord
               Cardinal
               Barbarini
               ,
               he
               was
               adjoyned
               to
               the
               assistance
               of
               Master
               Cuneus
               (
               Con
               )
               by
               whom
               he
               was
               found
               so
               diligent
               and
               sedulous
               in
               his
               Office
               ,
               that
               hope
               of
               great
               promotion
               was
               given
               to
               him
               .
               Yet
               he
               ,
               led
               by
               the
               instinct
               of
               the
               good
               Spirit
               ,
               hath
               ,
               howsoever
               it
               be
               ,
               contemned
               sweet
               promises
               ,
               and
               having
               known
               the
               vanities
               of
               the
               Pontifician
               Religion
               (
               of
               which
               he
               had
               sometime
               been
               a
               most
               severe
               defender
               )
               having
               
                 likewise
                 noted
                 the
                 malice
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 fight
                 under
                 the
                 Popish
                 banner
                 ,
                 felt
                 his
                 Conscience
                 to
                 be
                 burdened
                 ;
                 which
                 burden
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 ease
                 himself
                 of
                 ,
                 he
                 converted
                 his
                 mind
                 to
                 the
                 Orthodox
                 Religion
                 .
              
               Soon
               after
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               exonerate
               his
               Conscience
               ,
               he
               thought
               fit
               ,
               that
               a
               desperate
               Treason
               ,
               machinated
               against
               so
               many
               souls
               ,
               was
               to
               be
               revealed
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               should
               receive
               ease
               if
               he
               vented
               such
               things
               in
               the
               bosom
               of
               a
               friend
               :
               which
               done
               ,
               he
               was
               seriously
               admonished
               by
               the
               said
               friend
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               shew
               an
               example
               of
               his
               conversion
               and
               charity
               ,
               and
               free
               so
               many
               innocent
               souls
               from
               imminent
               ,
               danger
               To
               whose
               monitions
               he
               willingly
               consented
               ,
               
               and
               delivered
               the
               following
               things
               to
               be
               put
               in
               writing
               ,
               out
               of
               which
               the
               Articles
               not
               long
               since
               tendered
               to
               your
               Grace
               ,
               may
               be
               clearly
               explicated
               and
               demonstrated
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               First
               of
               all
               ,
               that
               the
               hinge
               of
               the
               business
               may
               be
               rightly
               discerned
               ,
               it
               is
               to
               be
               known
               ,
               that
               all
               those
               factions
               with
               which
               Christendom
               is
               at
               this
               day
               shaken
               ,
               do
               arise
               from
               the
               Jesuitical
               Off-spring
               of
               Cham
               ,
               of
               which
               four
               Orders
               abound
               throughout
               the
               World.
               
            
             
               Of
               the
               first
               Order
               are
               Ecclesiasticks
               ,
               whose
               Office
               it
               is
               to
               take
               care
               of
               things
               promoting
               Religion
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               second
               Order
               are
               Politicians
               ,
               whose
               Office
               it
               is
               by
               any
               means
               to
               shake
               ,
               trouble
               ,
               and
               reform
               the
               state
               of
               Kingdoms
               and
               Republicks
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               third
               Order
               are
               Seculars
               ,
               whose
               property
               it
               is
               to
               obtrude
               themselves
               into
               Offices
               with
               Kings
               and
               Princes
               ,
               to
               insinuate
               and
               immix
               themselves
               in
               Court
               businesses
               ,
               bargains
               and
               sales
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               busied
               in
               civil
               affairs
               .
            
             
               Of
               the
               fourth
               Order
               are
               Intelligencers
               ,
               (
               
                 or
                 Spies
              
               )
               men
               of
               inferiour
               condition
               ,
               who
               submit
               themselves
               to
               the
               services
               of
               great
               men
               ,
               Princes
               ,
               Barons
               ,
               Noble-men
               ,
               Citizens
               ,
               to
               deceive
               (
               
                 or
                 corrupt
              
               )
               the
               minds
               of
               their
               masters
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               A
               Society
               of
               so
               many
               Orders
               ,
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               England
               nourisheth
               :
               for
               scarce
               all
               
                 Spain
                 ,
                 France
              
               ,
               and
               Italy
               ,
               can
               yield
               so
               great
               a
               multitude
               of
               Jesuits
               ,
               as
               London
               alone
               ;
               where
               are
               found
               more
               than
               50
               
                 Scotish
                 Jesuits
              
               .
               There
               the
               said
               society
               hath
               elected
               to
               it self
               a
               Seat
               of
               iniquity
               ,
               and
               hath
               conspired
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               faithful
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               especially
               the
               Lord
               Archbishop
               of
               Canterbury
               ,
               and
               likewise
               against
               both
               Kingdoms
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               For
               it
               is
               more
               certain
               than
               certainty
               it self
               ,
               that
               the
               forenamed
               society
               hath
               determined
               to
               effect
               an
               universal
               reformation
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               England
               and
               Scotland
               .
               Therefore
               the
               determination
               of
               the
               end
               ,
               necessarily
               infers
               a
               determination
               of
               means
               to
               the
               end
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Therefore
               to
               promote
               the
               undertaken
               Villany
               ,
               the
               said
               society
               dubbed
               it self
               with
               the
               Title
               of
               ,
               
                 The
                 Congregation
                 of
                 propagating
                 the
                 Faith
              
               ;
               which
               acknowledgeth
               the
               Pope
               of
               Rome
               the
               Head
               of
               the
               College
               ,
               and
               Cardinal
               Barbarini
               his
               substitute
               and
               Executor
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               The
               chief
               Patron
               of
               the
               society
               at
               London
               ,
               is
               the
               Popes
               Legat
               ,
               who
               takes
               care
               of
               the
               business
               ;
               into
               whose
               bosom
               ,
               these
               dregs
               of
               Traytors
               weekly
               deposite
               all
               their
               Intelligences
               .
               Now
               the
               residence
               of
               this
               Legation
               was
               obtained
               at
               London
               in
               the
               name
               
               of
               the
               Roman
               Pontiff
               ,
               by
               whose
               mediation
               it
               might
               be
               lawful
               for
               Cardinal
               Barbarini
               to
               work
               so
               much
               the
               more
               easily
               and
               safely
               upon
               the
               King
               and
               Kingdom
               .
               For
               none
               else
               could
               so
               freely
               circumvent
               the
               King
               ,
               as
               he
               who
               should
               be
               palliated
               with
               the
               Popes
               Authority
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               Master
               Cuneus
               did
               at
               that
               time
               enjoy
               the
               Office
               of
               the
               Popes
               Legat
               ,
               an
               Universal
               Instrument
               of
               the
               conjured
               society
               ,
               and
               a
               serious
               Promoter
               of
               the
               business
               ,
               whose
               secrets
               ,
               as
               likewise
               those
               of
               all
               other
               Intelligencers
               ,
               the
               present
               good
               man
               ,
               the
               Communicator
               of
               all
               these
               things
               ,
               did
               revive
               and
               expedite
               whither
               the
               business
               required
               .
            
             
               Cuneus
               set
               upon
               the
               chief
               men
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               left
               nothing
               unattempted
               ,
               by
               what
               means
               he
               might
               corrupt
               them
               all
               ,
               and
               incline
               them
               to
               the
               pontifician
               party
               :
               he
               inticed
               many
               with
               various
               incitements
               ,
               yea
               ,
               he
               sought
               to
               delude
               the
               King
               himself
               with
               gifts
               of
               Pictures
               ,
               Antiquities
               ,
               idols
               ,
               and
               of
               other
               vanities
               brought
               from
               Rome
               ,
               which
               yet
               would
               prevail
               nothing
               with
               the
               King.
               
            
             
               Having
               entred
               familiarity
               with
               the
               King
               ,
               he
               is
               often
               requested
               at
               Hampton
               Court
               ,
               likewise
               at
               London
               ,
               to
               undertake
               the
               Cause
               of
               the
               Palatine
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               would
               interpose
               his
               Authority
               ,
               and
               by
               his
               intercession
               perswade
               the
               Legat
               of
               Colen
               ,
               that
               the
               Palatine
               ,
               in
               the
               next
               Diet
               to
               treat
               of
               peace
               ,
               might
               be
               inserted
               into
               the
               Conditions
               ;
               which
               verily
               he
               promised
               ,
               but
               performed
               the
               contrary
               .
               He
               writ
               indeed
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               been
               so
               desired
               by
               the
               King
               concerning
               such
               things
               ,
               yet
               he
               advised
               that
               they
               should
               not
               be
               consented
               to
               ,
               lest
               peradventure
               it
               might
               be
               said
               by
               the
               Spaniard
               ,
               that
               the
               Pope
               of
               Rome
               had
               patronized
               an
               heretical
               Prince
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               Cuneus
               smelling
               from
               the
               Archbishop
               ,
               most
               trusty
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               that
               the
               Kings
               mind
               was
               wholly
               pendulous
               (
               or
               doubtful
               ,
               )
               Resolved
               ,
               That
               he
               would
               move
               every
               stone
               ,
               and
               apply
               his
               forces
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               gain
               him
               to
               his
               party
               :
               Certainly
               confiding
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               a
               means
               prepared
               .
               For
               he
               had
               a
               command
               to
               offer
               a
               Cardinals
               Cap
               to
               the
               Lord
               Archbishop
               in
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Pope
               of
               Rome
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               should
               allure
               him
               also
               with
               higher
               promises
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               corrupt
               his
               sincere
               mind
               .
               Yet
               a
               fitting
               occasion
               was
               never
               given
               ,
               whereby
               he
               might
               insinuate
               himself
               into
               the
               Lord
               Archbishop
               .
               Free
               access
               was
               to
               be
               gained
               by
               the
               Earl
               and
               Countess
               of
               A
               —
               likewise
               Secretary
               W
               —
               The
               intercession
               of
               all
               which
               being
               neglected
               ,
               he
               did
               flie
               the
               company
               or
               familiarity
               of
               Cuneus
               ,
               worse
               than
               the
               plague
               :
               He
               was
               likewise
               perswaded
               by
               others
               of
               no
               mean
               rank
               ,
               well
               known
               to
               him
               ,
               neither
               yet
               was
               he
               moved
               .
            
             
             
               7.
               
               Another
               also
               was
               assayed
               ,
               who
               hindred
               access
               to
               the
               detestable
               wickedness
               ,
               Secretary
               Cook
               ,
               he
               was
               a
               most
               bitter
               hater
               of
               the
               Jesuits
               ,
               whom
               he
               intercepted
               from
               acces
               ,
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               he
               entertained
               many
               (
               of
               them
               )
               according
               to
               their
               deserts
               ,
               he
               diligently
               enquired
               into
               their
               factions
               ;
               by
               which
               means
               every
               incitement
               ,
               breathing
               a
               magnetical
               (
               attractive
               )
               power
               to
               the
               Popish
               party
               ,
               was
               ineffectual
               with
               him
               ;
               for
               nothing
               was
               so
               dear
               unto
               him
               ,
               that
               might
               incline
               him
               to
               wickedness
               .
               Hereupon
               being
               made
               odious
               to
               the
               Patrons
               of
               the
               Conspiracy
               ,
               he
               was
               endangered
               to
               be
               discharged
               from
               his
               Office
               ;
               it
               was
               laboured
               for
               three
               years
               space
               ,
               and
               at
               last
               obtained
               .
            
             
               Yet
               notwithstanding
               there
               remained
               on
               the
               Kings
               part
               a
               knot
               hard
               to
               be
               untied
               ,
               for
               the
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               ,
               by
               his
               constancy
               ,
               interposed
               himself
               as
               a
               most
               hard
               rock
               .
            
             
               When
               Cuneus
               had
               understood
               from
               the
               Lord
               Arch-Bishops
               part
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               laboured
               in
               vain
               ,
               his
               malice
               and
               the
               whole
               Societies
               waxed
               boyling
               hot
               :
               soon
               after
               ambushes
               began
               to
               be
               prepared
               ,
               wherewith
               the
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               together
               with
               the
               King
               should
               be
               taken
               .
            
             
               Likewise
               a
               sentence
               is
               passed
               against
               the
               King
               (
               for
               whose
               sake
               all
               this
               business
               is
               disposed
               )
               because
               nothing
               is
               hoped
               from
               him
               which
               might
               seem
               to
               promote
               the
               Popish
               Religion
               ;
               but
               especially
               when
               he
               had
               opened
               his
               mind
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               of
               this
               opinion
               ,
               That
               every
               one
               might
               be
               saved
               in
               his
               own
               Religion
               ,
               so
               as
               he
               be
               an
               honest
               and
               pious
               man.
               
            
             
               8.
               
               To
               perpetrate
               the
               Treason
               undertaken
               ,
               the
               criminal
               Execution
               at
               Westminster
               ,
               caused
               by
               some
               Writings
               of
               Puritans
               ,
               gave
               occasion
               of
               the
               first
               Fire
               :
               which
               thing
               was
               so
               much
               exasperated
               and
               exaggerated
               by
               the
               Papists
               to
               the
               Puritans
               ,
               that
               if
               it
               remained
               unrevenged
               ,
               it
               would
               be
               thought
               a
               blemish
               to
               their
               Religion
               ;
               The
               Flames
               of
               which
               Fire
               ,
               the
               Scotch
               Book
               of
               Prayers
               increases
               ,
               occasioned
               by
               it's
               alterations
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               In
               this
               heat
               ,
               a
               certain
               Scotish
               Earl
               ,
               called
               Maxfield
               ,
               if
               I
               mistake
               not
               ,
               was
               expedited
               to
               the
               Scots
               by
               the
               Popish
               Party
               ;
               with
               whom
               two
               other
               Scotish
               Earls
               ,
               Papists
               ,
               held
               correspondency
               :
               He
               was
               to
               stir
               up
               the
               People
               to
               Commotion
               ,
               and
               rub
               over
               the
               injury
               afresh
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               enflame
               their
               minds
               ,
               precipitate
               them
               to
               Arms
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               hurtful
               disturber
               of
               the
               Scotish
               Liberty
               might
               be
               slain
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               By
               this
               one
               labour
               ,
               snares
               are
               prepared
               for
               the
               King
               ;
               for
               this
               purpose
               the
               present
               business
               was
               so
               ordered
               ,
               That
               very
               many
               of
               the
               English
               should
               adhere
               to
               the
               Scots
               ;
               That
               the
               King
               should
               remain
               inferiour
               in
               Arms
               ,
               who
               (
               thereupon
               )
               should
               be
               compelled
               
               to
               crave
               assistance
               from
               the
               Papists
               ,
               which
               yet
               he
               should
               not
               obtain
               ,
               unless
               he
               would
               descend
               unto
               conditions
               ,
               by
               which
               he
               should
               permit
               Universal
               liberty
               of
               the
               exercise
               of
               the
               Popish
               Religion
               ;
               for
               so
               the
               affairs
               of
               the
               Papists
               would
               succeed
               according
               to
               their
               desire
               .
               To
               which
               consent
               ,
               if
               he
               should
               shew
               himself
               more
               difficult
               ,
               there
               should
               be
               a
               present
               remedy
               at
               hand
               .
               The
               King
               is
               to
               be
               dispatched
               :
               For
               an
               Indian
               Nut
               ,
               stuffed
               with
               most
               sharp
               Poyson
               ,
               is
               kept
               in
               the
               Society
               (
               which
               Cuneus
               at
               that
               time
               shewed
               often
               to
               me
               in
               a
               boasting
               manner
               )
               wherein
               a
               Poyson
               was
               prepared
               for
               the
               King
               ;
               after
               the
               Example
               of
               his
               Father
               .
            
             
               11.
               
               In
               this
               Scottish
               Commotion
               ,
               the
               Marquess
               of
               Hamilton
               ,
               often
               dispatched
               to
               the
               Scots
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               to
               interpose
               the
               Royal
               Authority
               ,
               whereby
               the
               heat
               of
               minds
               might
               be
               mittigated
               ,
               returned
               notwithstanding
               as
               often
               without
               fruit
               ,
               and
               without
               ending
               the
               Business
               :
               His
               Chaplain
               at
               that
               time
               repaired
               to
               us
               ,
               who
               communicated
               some
               things
               secretly
               with
               Cuneus
               .
               Being
               demanded
               of
               me
               in
               jest
               ,
               Whether
               also
               the
               Jews
               agreed
               with
               the
               
                 Samaritans
                 ?
                 Cuneus
              
               thereunto
               answered
               ;
               Would
               to
               God
               all
               Ministers
               were
               such
               as
               he
               :
               What
               you
               will
               may
               be
               hence
               conjectured
               .
            
             
               12.
               
               Things
               standing
               thus
               ,
               there
               arrived
               at
               London
               from
               Cardinal
               Richelieu
               ,
               Mr.
               
                 Thomas
                 Chamberlaine
              
               ,
               his
               Chaplain
               and
               Almoner
               ,
               a
               Scot
               by
               Nation
               ,
               who
               was
               to
               assist
               the
               College
               of
               the
               confederate
               Society
               ,
               and
               seriously
               to
               set
               forward
               the
               Business
               ,
               to
               leave
               nothing
               unattempted
               ,
               whereby
               the
               first
               heat
               might
               be
               exasperated
               .
               For
               which
               service
               he
               was
               promised
               the
               reward
               of
               a
               Bishoprick
               ;
               He
               cohabited
               with
               the
               Society
               four
               Months
               space
               ;
               neither
               was
               it
               lawful
               for
               him
               first
               to
               depart
               ,
               until
               things
               succeeding
               according
               to
               his
               wish
               ,
               he
               might
               be
               able
               to
               return
               back
               again
               with
               good
               news
               .
            
             
               13.
               
               Sir
               
                 Toby
                 Matthew
              
               ,
               a
               Jesuited
               Priest
               ,
               of
               the
               Order
               of
               Politicians
               ,
               a
               most
               vigilant
               man
               of
               the
               chief
               heads
               ,
               to
               whom
               a
               Bed
               was
               never
               so
               dear
               ,
               that
               he
               would
               rest
               his
               head
               thereon
               ,
               refreshing
               his
               Body
               with
               sleep
               in
               a
               Chair
               for
               an
               hour
               ,
               or
               two
               ,
               neither
               day
               nor
               night
               spared
               his
               Machinations
               ;
               a
               Man
               principally
               noxious
               ,
               and
               himself
               the
               Plague
               of
               the
               King
               and
               Kingdom
               of
               England
               ;
               a
               most
               impudent
               man
               ,
               who
               flies
               to
               all
               Banquets
               and
               Feasts
               ,
               called
               or
               not
               called
               ;
               never
               quiet
               ,
               always
               in
               action
               and
               perpetual
               motion
               ;
               thrusting
               himself
               into
               all
               Conversations
               of
               Superiours
               ;
               he
               urgeth
               Conferences
               familiarly
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               fish
               out
               the
               minds
               of
               Men
               ;
               What
               ever
               he
               observeth
               thence
               ,
               which
               may
               bring
               any
               commodity
               ,
               or
               discommodity
               to
               the
               part
               of
               the
               Conspirators
               ,
               he
               communicates
               to
               the
               Pope's
               Legat
               ;
               the
               more
               secret
               things
               he
               himself
               writes
               to
               the
               Pope
               ,
               or
               to
               Cardinal
               Barbarini
               .
               In
               sum
               ,
               he
               adjoins
               himself
               to
               
               any
               mans
               company
               ;
               no
               word
               can
               be
               spoken
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               not
               lay
               hold
               on
               ,
               and
               accommodate
               to
               his
               Party
               .
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               whatever
               he
               hath
               fished
               out
               ,
               he
               reduceth
               into
               a
               Catalogue
               ,
               and
               every
               Summer
               carrieth
               it
               to
               the
               general
               Consistory
               of
               the
               Jesuits
               Politicks
               ,
               which
               secretly
               meets
               together
               in
               the
               Province
               of
               Wales
               ,
               where
               he
               is
               an
               acceptable
               guest
               .
               There
               Counsels
               are
               secretly
               hammered
               ,
               which
               are
               most
               meet
               for
               the
               Convulsion
               of
               the
               Ecclesiastic
               ,
               and
               Politic
               Estate
               of
               both
               Kingdoms
               .
            
             
               14.
               
               Captain
               Read
               ,
               a
               Scot
               ,
               dwelling
               in
               Long-acre-street
               ,
               near
               the
               Angel
               Tavern
               ,
               a
               secular
               Jesuit
               ,
               who
               for
               his
               detestable
               office
               performed
               (
               whereby
               he
               had
               perverted
               a
               certain
               Minister
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               with
               secret
               incitements
               to
               the
               Popisn
               Religion
               ,
               with
               all
               his
               Family
               ,
               taking
               his
               Daughter
               to
               Wife
               )
               for
               a
               recompence
               ,
               obtained
               a
               Rent
               ,
               or
               Impost
               upon
               Butter
               ,
               which
               the
               Country
               People
               are
               bound
               to
               render
               to
               him
               ,
               procured
               for
               him
               by
               some
               chief
               men
               of
               the
               Society
               ,
               who
               never
               want
               a
               spur
               ,
               whereby
               he
               may
               be
               constantly
               detained
               in
               his
               Office.
               In
               his
               House
               the
               business
               of
               the
               whole
               Plot
               is
               concluded
               ,
               where
               the
               Society
               ,
               which
               hath
               conspired
               against
               the
               King
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               ,
               and
               both
               Kingdoms
               ,
               meet
               together
               ,
               for
               the
               most
               part
               every
               day
               :
               But
               on
               the
               day
               of
               the
               Carriers
               (
               or
               Posts
               )
               dispatch
               ,
               which
               is
               ordinarily
               Friday
               ,
               they
               meet
               in
               greater
               numbers
               ;
               for
               then
               all
               the
               Intelligencers
               assemble
               ,
               and
               confer
               in
               common
               ,
               what
               things
               every
               of
               them
               hath
               fished
               out
               that
               Week
               ;
               who
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               be
               without
               suspition
               ,
               send
               their
               secrets
               by
               Sir
               
                 Toby
                 Matthew
              
               ,
               or
               Read
               himself
               ,
               to
               the
               Pope's
               Legat
               ;
               he
               transmits
               the
               compacted
               Packet
               ,
               which
               he
               hath
               purchased
               from
               the
               Intelligencers
               ,
               to
               Rome
               .
            
             
               With
               the
               same
               Read
               ,
               the
               Letters
               brought
               from
               Rome
               are
               deposired
               ,
               under
               fained
               Titles
               and
               Names
               ,
               and
               by
               him
               are
               delivered
               to
               all
               to
               whom
               they
               appertain
               :
               For
               all
               and
               every
               of
               their
               Names
               are
               known
               to
               him
               .
            
             
               Upon
               the
               very
               same
               occasion
               ,
               Letters
               also
               are
               brought
               hither
               under
               the
               covert
               of
               Father
               Philip
               ;
               (
               he
               notwithstanding
               ,
               being
               ignorant
               of
               things
               )
               from
               whom
               they
               are
               distributed
               to
               the
               Conspirators
               .
            
             
               There
               is
               in
               that
               very
               House
               ,
               a
               publick
               Chappel
               ,
               wherein
               an
               ordinary
               Jesuit
               Consecrates
               ,
               and
               dwells
               there
               .
               In
               the
               said
               Chappel
               Masses
               are
               daily
               celebrated
               by
               the
               Jesuits
               ,
               and
               it
               serves
               for
               the
               Baptizing
               of
               the
               Children
               of
               the
               House
               ,
               and
               of
               some
               of
               the
               Conspirators
               .
            
             
               Those
               who
               assemble
               in
               the
               forenamed
               House
               ,
               come
               frequently
               in
               Coaches
               ,
               or
               on
               Horse-back
               in
               Lay-mens
               Habit
               ,
               and
               with
               a
               great
               Train
               ,
               wherewith
               they
               are
               disguised
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               not
               be
               known
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               Jesuits
               ,
               and
               conjured
               members
               of
               the
               Society
               .
            
             
             
               15.
               
               All
               the
               Papists
               of
               England
               contribute
               to
               this
               Assembly
               ,
               lest
               any
               thing
               should
               be
               wanting
               to
               promote
               the
               undertaken
               Design
               .
               Out
               of
               whose
               Treasury
               ,
               a
               Widow
               ,
               owner
               of
               the
               Houses
               ,
               wherein
               Secretary
               W.
               now
               dwelleth
               ,
               dead
               above
               three
               Years
               since
               ,
               bestowed
               forty
               Thousand
               English
               Pounds
               ;
               so
               likewise
               others
               contributed
               above
               their
               abilities
               ,
               so
               as
               the
               business
               may
               be
               promoted
               unto
               its
               desired
               end
               .
            
             
               16.
               
               Besides
               the
               foresaid
               Houses
               ,
               there
               are
               Conventicles
               also
               kept
               in
               other
               more
               secret
               places
               ,
               of
               which
               they
               dare
               not
               confide
               ,
               even
               among
               themselves
               ,
               for
               fear
               lest
               they
               should
               be
               discovered
               .
               First
               ,
               every
               of
               them
               are
               called
               to
               certain
               Inns
               ,
               (
               one
               not
               knowing
               of
               the
               other
               ;
               )
               hence
               they
               are
               severally
               led
               by
               Spies
               to
               the
               place
               where
               they
               ought
               to
               meet
               ;
               otherwise
               ignorant
               where
               they
               ought
               to
               assemble
               ,
               lest
               peradventure
               they
               should
               be
               surprised
               at
               unawares
               .
            
             
               17.
               
               The
               Countess
               of
               A
               —
               a
               strenuous
               She-Champion
               of
               the
               
                 Popish
                 Religion
              
               ,
               bends
               all
               her
               Nerves
               to
               the
               Universal
               Reformation
               ;
               whatsoever
               she
               hears
               at
               the
               King's
               Court
               ,
               that
               is
               done
               secretly
               ,
               or
               openly
               ,
               in
               words
               or
               deeds
               ,
               she
               presently
               imparts
               to
               the
               Pope's
               Legat
               ,
               with
               whom
               she
               meets
               thrice
               a
               day
               .
               Sometimes
               in
               A
               —
               House
               ,
               now
               at
               the
               Court
               ,
               then
               at
               Tarthal
               .
               He
               scarce
               sucks
               such
               things
               by
               the
               Claw
               .
            
             
               The
               Earl
               himself
               ,
               called
               now
               about
               three
               years
               since
               ,
               this
               year
               ought
               to
               go
               to
               Rome
               ,
               without
               doubt
               to
               consult
               there
               of
               serious
               things
               concerning
               the
               Design
               .
            
             
               At
               Greenwich
               ,
               at
               the
               Earls
               cost
               ,
               a
               Feminine
               School
               is
               maintained
               ,
               which
               otherwise
               is
               a
               Monastery
               of
               Nuns
               ;
               for
               the
               young
               Girls
               therein
               ,
               are
               sent
               forth
               hither
               and
               thither
               ,
               into
               Foreign
               Monasteries
               beyond
               the
               Seas
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               P
               —
               of
               the
               King's
               Bed-Chamber
               ,
               most
               addicted
               to
               the
               
                 Popish
                 Religion
              
               ,
               is
               a
               bitter
               enemy
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               he
               reveals
               all
               his
               greatest
               Secrets
               to
               the
               Pope's
               Legat
               ;
               although
               he
               very
               rarely
               meets
               with
               him
               ,
               yet
               his
               Wife
               meets
               him
               so
               much
               the
               oftner
               ,
               who
               being
               informed
               by
               her
               Husband
               ,
               conveys
               secrets
               to
               the
               Legat.
               In
               all
               his
               actions
               ,
               he
               is
               nothing
               inferiour
               to
               Sir
               
                 Toby
                 Matthew
              
               ;
               it
               cannot
               be
               uttered
               ,
               how
               diligently
               he
               watcheth
               on
               the
               business
               .
            
             
               His
               Sons
               are
               secretly
               instructed
               in
               the
               
                 Popish
                 Religion
              
               ;
               openly
               ,
               they
               profess
               the
               Reformed
               .
               The
               eldest
               is
               now
               to
               receive
               his
               Fathers
               Office
               ,
               under
               the
               King
               which
               shall
               be
               .
               A
               Cardinal's
               Hat
               is
               provided
               for
               the
               other
               ,
               if
               the
               Design
               shall
               succeed
               well
               .
            
             
               Above
               three
               Years
               past
               ,
               the
               said
               Mr.
               P
               —
               was
               to
               be
               sent
               away
               by
               the
               King
               to
               Marocco
               ;
               but
               he
               was
               prohibited
               by
               the
               Society
               ,
               lest
               the
               business
               should
               suffer
               delay
               thereby
               .
            
             
             
               He
               is
               a
               Patron
               of
               the
               Jesuits
               ,
               for
               whom
               ,
               for
               the
               exercise
               of
               Religion
               ,
               he
               provides
               Chappels
               both
               at
               home
               and
               abroad
               .
            
             
               Secretary
               W
               —
               a
               most
               fierce
               Papist
               ,
               is
               the
               most
               unfaithful
               to
               the
               King
               of
               all
               men
               ,
               who
               not
               only
               betrays
               and
               reveals
               even
               the
               King
               's
               greatest
               secrets
               ,
               but
               likewise
               communicates
               Counsels
               ,
               by
               which
               the
               Design
               may
               be
               best
               advanced
               .
               He
               ,
               at
               least
               thrice
               every
               Week
               ,
               converseth
               with
               the
               Legat
               in
               Nocturnal
               Conventicles
               ,
               and
               reveals
               those
               things
               which
               he
               thinks
               fit
               to
               be
               known
               ;
               for
               which
               end
               ,
               he
               hired
               a
               House
               near
               to
               the
               Legats
               House
               ,
               whom
               he
               often
               resorts
               to
               ,
               through
               the
               Garden
               door
               ;
               for
               by
               this
               vicinity
               ,
               the
               meeting
               is
               facilitated
               .
            
             
               The
               said
               Secretary
               is
               bribed
               with
               Gifts
               to
               the
               Party
               of
               that
               conjured
               Society
               ,
               by
               whom
               he
               is
               sustained
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               the
               more
               seriously
               execute
               his
               Office.
               
            
             
               He
               sent
               his
               Son
               expresly
               to
               Rome
               ,
               who
               was
               to
               insinuate
               himself
               into
               the
               Roman
               Pontif.
               
            
             
               Sir
               D
               —
               Sir
               W
               —
               Mr.
               M
               —
               the
               younger
               ,
               who
               hath
               been
               at
               Rome
               ;
               my
               Lord
               S
               —
               a
               Cousen
               of
               the
               Earl
               of
               A
               —
               the
               Countess
               of
               N
               —
               the
               Dutchess
               of
               B
               —
               and
               many
               others
               ,
               who
               have
               sworn
               into
               this
               Conspiracy
               ,
               are
               all
               most
               vigilant
               in
               the
               Design
               .
               Some
               of
               these
               are
               inticed
               with
               the
               hope
               of
               Court
               ,
               others
               of
               Political
               Offices
               ;
               Others
               attend
               to
               the
               sixteen
               Cardinals
               Caps
               that
               are
               vacant
               ,
               which
               are
               therefore
               detained
               idle
               for
               some
               years
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               impose
               a
               vain
               hope
               on
               those
               who
               expect
               them
               .
            
             
               The
               President
               of
               the
               aforesaid
               Society
               was
               my
               Lord
               Gage
               ,
               a
               Jesuit
               Priest
               ,
               dead
               above
               three
               years
               since
               .
               He
               had
               a
               Palace
               adorned
               with
               lascivious
               Pictures
               ,
               which
               counterfeited
               Profaneness
               in
               the
               House
               ,
               but
               with
               them
               was
               palliated
               a
               Monastery
               ,
               wherein
               forty
               Nuns
               were
               maintained
               ,
               hid
               in
               so
               great
               a
               Palace
               :
               It
               is
               situated
               in
               Queen-street
               ,
               which
               the
               Statue
               of
               a
               Golden
               Queen
               adorns
               .
               The
               secular
               Jesuits
               have
               bought
               all
               this
               Street
               ,
               and
               have
               design'd
               it
               into
               a
               Quadrangle
               ,
               where
               a
               Jesuitical
               College
               is
               built
               in
               private
               ,
               with
               this
               hope
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               be
               openly
               finished
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               the
               universal
               reformation
               was
               begun
               .
            
             
               The
               Pope's
               Legat
               useth
               a
               threefold
               Character
               or
               Cipher
               ;
               one
               of
               which
               he
               communicates
               with
               all
               Nuncioes
               ;
               another
               ,
               with
               Cardinal
               Barbarini
               only
               ;
               with
               a
               third
               ,
               he
               covers
               some
               greater
               secrets
               to
               be
               communicated
               .
            
             
               Whatsoever
               things
               he
               either
               receiveth
               from
               the
               Society
               ,
               or
               other
               Spies
               ,
               those
               he
               packs
               up
               together
               in
               one
               bundle
               ,
               dedicated
               under
               this
               Inscription
               ;
               
                 To
                 Monsieur
              
               Stravio
               ,
               
                 Arch-deacon
                 of
              
               Cambray
               :
               From
               whom
               at
               last
               they
               are
               promoted
               to
               Rome
               .
            
             
             
               These
               things
               being
               thus
               ordered
               ,
               if
               every
               thing
               be
               laid
               to
               the
               Ballance
               ,
               it
               will
               satisfie
               in
               special
               ,
               all
               the
               Articles
               propounded
               .
            
             
               WHEREIN
            
             
               1.
               
               THe
               Conspiracy
               against
               the
               King
               and
               Lord
               Arch-Bishop
               is
               detected
               ,
               and
               the
               means
               whereby
               ruin
               is
               threatned
               to
               both
               ,
               demonstrated
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               The
               eminent
               dangers
               of
               both
               Kingdoms
               are
               rehearsed
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               rise
               and
               progress
               of
               that
               Scottish
               Fire
               is
               related
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Means
               whereby
               these
               Scottish
               Troubles
               may
               be
               appeased
               ,
               are
               suggested
               :
               For
               after
               the
               Scots
               shall
               know
               by
               whom
               and
               to
               what
               end
               their
               minds
               are
               incensed
               ,
               they
               will
               speedily
               look
               to
               themselves
               ,
               neither
               will
               they
               suffer
               the
               Forces
               of
               both
               parts
               to
               be
               subdued
               ,
               lest
               a
               middle
               party
               interpose
               ,
               which
               seeks
               the
               ruin
               of
               both
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               With
               what
               Sword
               the
               King's
               Throat
               is
               assaulted
               ,
               even
               when
               these
               stirs
               shall
               be
               ended
               ,
               Cuneus
               his
               Confession
               ,
               and
               a
               visible
               Demonstration
               ,
               sheweth
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               The
               place
               of
               the
               Assembly
               in
               the
               House
               of
               Captain
               Read
               is
               nominated
            
             
               7.
               
               The
               day
               of
               the
               eight
               days
               dispatch
               by
               Read
               and
               the
               Legat
               is
               prescribed
            
             
               8.
               
               How
               the
               names
               of
               the
               Conspirators
               may
               be
               known
               .
            
             
               9.
               
               Where
               this
               whole
               Congregation
               may
               be
               circumvented
               .
            
             
               10.
               
               Some
               of
               the
               Principal
               unfaithful
               ones
               of
               the
               King's
               Party
               are
               notified
               by
               name
               ;
               many
               of
               whose
               names
               occur
               not
               ,
               yet
               their
               habitations
               are
               known
               ;
               their
               names
               may
               be
               easily
               extorted
               from
               Read.
               
            
             
               If
               these
               things
               be
               warily
               proceeded
               in
               ,
               the
               strength
               of
               the
               whole
               business
               will
               be
               brought
               to
               light
               ;
               so
               the
               arrow
               being
               foreseen
               ,
               the
               danger
               shall
               be
               avoided
               ;
               which
               that
               it
               may
               prosperously
               succeed
               ,
               the
               Omnipotent
               Creator
               grant
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Arch-Bishops
               Indorsement
               with
               his
               own
               hand
               .
            
             
               
                 Received
                 ,
                 October
              
               14.
               1640.
               
            
             
               The
               Narration
               of
               the
               great
               Treason
               ,
               concerning
               which
               he
               promised
               to
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Boswell
              
               to
               discover
               ,
               against
               the
               King
               and
               State.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Historical
           Remarks
           ON
           THE
           JESUITS
           .
        
         
           WHoever
           shall
           Compare
           the
           before-recited
           PLOT
           against
           King
           Charles
           the
           First
           ,
           of
           Glorious
           Memory
           ,
           with
           that
           against
           His
           most
           Sacred
           Majesty
           now
           Reigning
           ;
           shall
           find
           them
           so
           like
           in
           all
           the
           Parts
           and
           Circumstances
           ,
           that
           never
           were
           two
           Brothers
           more
           :
           the
           Design
           the
           same
           ,
           the
           Contrivance
           the
           same
           ,
           the
           Working
           and
           Machination
           ,
           all
           moving
           upon
           the
           same
           Wheels
           of
           KING-killing
           ,
           and
           State-destruction
           ;
           and
           in
           reference
           to
           Condition
           ,
           Quality
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Motive
           ,
           the
           Conspirators
           the
           very
           same
           .
           From
           whence
           it
           follows
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           Improbability
           of
           the
           
             Late
             discovered
             PLOT
          
           ,
           as
           the
           Papists
           would
           have
           us
           believe
           .
           An
           ill
           Name
           is
           half
           a
           Conviction
           ;
           
             Quo
             semel
             est
             imbuta
             recens
             ,
             &
             naturam
             expellas
             furcalicet
             ,
          
           are
           the
           
             Jesuits
             Morals
          
           :
           Plot
           ,
           Contrivance
           ,
           and
           Cruelty
           are
           so
           much
           the
           Essential
           Attributes
           of
           Jesuitism
           ,
           as
           if
           like
           so
           many
           Romulusses
           and
           Remusses
           they
           had
           suckt
           the
           Milk
           of
           Wolves
           rather
           than
           of
           Christian
           Mothers
           ,
           that
           when
           you
           hear
           of
           Plots
           and
           Designs
           against
           Kings
           and
           Princes
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           assur'd
           what
           sort
           of
           Cyclops
           were
           the
           Forgers
           of
           such
           Conspiracies
           .
        
         
           Neither
           is
           this
           bare
           Allegation
           ,
           but
           
             Matter
             of
             Fact
          
           ,
           there
           being
           nothing
           more
           frequently
           taught
           ,
           nor
           more
           frequently
           practis'd
           ,
           than
           the
           rebellious
           Principles
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           their
           Adherents
           .
           How
           abominably
           the
           Reigns
           of
           several
           of
           our
           Princes
           here
           in
           England
           has
           been
           pester'd
           with
           this
           Generation
           of
           Vipers
           and
           Blood-suckers
           ,
           the
           Penal
           Statutes
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           the
           utter
           Expulsion
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Priests
          
           and
           Jesuits
           out
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           are
           convincing
           Evidences
           .
           And
           as
           to
           their
           Behaviour
           in
           other
           Countries
           ,
           take
           this
           following
           Account
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           it
           is
           a
           Maxim
           most
           true
           and
           undoubted
           ,
           That
           a
           Vacuum
           in
           Nature
           may
           be
           as
           soon
           allow'd
           ,
           as
           that
           there
           is
           any
           Court
           of
           King
           of
           Prince
           where
           these
           Jesuits
           do
           not
           swarm
           and
           abound
           ,
           if
           they
           can
           but
           creep
           in
           at
           the
           least
           Creviss
           .
           To
           come
           to
           particulars
           ,
           we
           will
           begin
           with
           Portugal
           ,
           a
           Kingdom
           altogether
           acknowledging
           the
           
             Papal
             Jurisdiction
          
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1578.
           the
           Jesuits
           perswaded
           Sebastian
           King
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           undertake
           that
           Fatal
           Expedition
           into
           Africa
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           that
           by
           his
           ruin
           they
           might
           transfer
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           the
           Dominion
           of
           the
           Spaniard
           .
           The
           Success
           answer'd
           their
           Expectation
           ;
           for
           Sebastian
           being
           cut
           off
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Portugal
           Nobility
           ,
           presently
           Philip
           King
           of
           Spain
           prepares
           to
           invade
           Portugal
           with
           two
           powerful
           Armies
           :
           But
           well
           knowing
           how
           little
           Right
           he
           had
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           he
           should
           be
           censur'd
           as
           well
           in
           Italy
           as
           in
           Portugal
           for
           such
           an
           Action
           ,
           he
           began
           to
           make
           it
           a
           Point
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           referr'd
           his
           Scruples
           to
           be
           discuss'd
           by
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           Franciscans
           in
           the
           Colledge
           of
           
             Alcana
             de
             Henares
          
           ,
           and
           of
           them
           he
           desires
           to
           know
           ,
           Whether
           if
           it
           were
           apparent
           that
           he
           had
           a
           Right
           to
           the
           Crown
           of
           Portugal
           by
           the
           Death
           of
           Henry
           ,
           he
           were
           not
           oblig'd
           in
           Conscience
           to
           submit
           himself
           to
           some
           Tribunal
           ,
           that
           should
           adjudge
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           him
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Whether
           if
           the
           Portugals
           
           should
           refuse
           to
           admit
           him
           for
           their
           King
           before
           the
           difference
           were
           decided
           between
           the
           Competitors
           ,
           he
           might
           not
           by
           force
           of
           Arms
           Invest
           himself
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           by
           his
           own
           Authority
           .
           To
           which
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           Pranciscans
           made
           answer
           ,
           That
           Philip
           was
           bound
           by
           no
           tye
           of
           Conscience
           to
           subject
           himself
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           another
           ,
           but
           might
           act
           as
           he
           saw
           fitting
           by
           his
           own
           Authority
           .
           Which
           flattering
           Sentence
           of
           those
           irreligious
           Cusuists
           being
           approved
           by
           Philip
           ,
           he
           presently
           began
           the
           War.
           In
           the
           heat
           of
           which
           War
           ,
           the
           Jesuits
           were
           they
           that
           would
           have
           betray'd
           the
           chiefest
           of
           the
           Azores
           Islands
           to
           the
           Spaniards
           ,
           which
           so
           incens'd
           the
           People
           ,
           that
           some
           would
           have
           had
           them
           try'd
           for
           their
           lives
           ,
           others
           would
           have
           had
           them
           and
           their
           Colledge
           burnt
           together
           .
        
         
           In
           
             France
             ,
             Joane
             Albret
          
           Queen
           of
           Navarr
           ,
           was
           poysoned
           with
           a
           pair
           of
           Perfumed
           Gloves
           ,
           at
           the
           procurement
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           for
           being
           the
           Patroness
           of
           those
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           .
        
         
           That
           Rebellious
           League
           of
           the
           Guizes
           against
           Henry
           the
           Third
           of
           France
           ,
           was
           carried
           on
           and
           promoted
           by
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           both
           at
           Paris
           and
           other
           places
           :
           Insomuch
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           League
           got
           strength
           and
           began
           to
           appear
           ,
           the
           Jesuits
           making
           a
           wrong
           use
           of
           their
           Power
           of
           Confessing
           and
           Absolving
           ,
           would
           Absolve
           none
           that
           professed
           themselves
           obedient
           Subjects
           to
           the
           King.
           This
           unfortunate
           Prince
           was
           not
           only
           harrass'd
           and
           tormented
           by
           this
           Villanous
           and
           Jesuitical
           League
           ,
           not
           only
           driven
           out
           of
           his
           chief
           City
           ,
           but
           at
           length
           at
           the
           Instigation
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           stabb'd
           and
           murder'd
           by
           a
           
             Dominican
             Monk
          
           ,
           by
           them
           procur'd
           .
           The
           Murder
           was
           also
           applauded
           by
           
             Pope
             Sixtus
          
           the
           Fifth
           ,
           in
           a
           long
           Oration
           spoke
           in
           a
           full
           Consistory
           of
           Cardinals
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
             That
             a
             Monk
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             should
             kill
             the
             unfortunate
             King
             of
          
           France
           
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             his
             Army
             ,
             was
             a
             rare
             ,
             noble
             ,
             and
             memorable
             Act.
          
           And
           a
           little
           further
           ,
           
             This
             Act
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             was
             done
             by
             the
             Providence
             of
             God
             ,
             design'd
             by
             the
             Inspiration
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ;
             a
             far
             greater
             Act
             than
             that
             of
          
           Judith
           ,
           
             who
             slew
          
           Holofernes
           .
           Expressions
           rather
           becoming
           the
           Mouth
           of
           a
           Devil
           ,
           than
           of
           a
           Vicar
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           After
           him
           Henry
           the
           Fourth
           was
           first
           attempted
           by
           Barrier
           ,
           exhorted
           and
           confirm'd
           in
           the
           lawfulness
           of
           the
           Fact
           by
           Varada
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           others
           of
           the
           same
           Gang.
           Secondly
           by
           
             John
             Castell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Instigation
           of
           Gueret
           and
           Guignard
           ,
           both
           Jesuits
           :
           And
           
             Francis
             Verona
          
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           publisht
           an
           Apology
           in
           vindication
           and
           justification
           of
           the
           Fact
           :
           And
           lastly
           ,
           murder'd
           out-right
           by
           
             Francis
             Ravaillac
          
           a
           great
           Disciple
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           .
           And
           for
           no
           worse
           Pranks
           than
           these
           ,
           they
           were
           banished
           out
           of
           France
           by
           Decree
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           
             As
             Corrupters
             of
             Youth
             ,
             Disturbers
             of
             the
             public
             Peace
             ,
             and
             Enemies
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Kingdom
             .
          
           Truly
           very
           honourable
           Characters
           for
           those
           that
           pretend
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Society
           of
           Jesus
           .
        
         
           The
           Venetians
           expell'd
           them
           upon
           this
           occasion
           :
           The
           Senate
           observing
           that
           the
           Ecclesiastics
           ,
           especially
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           began
           to
           engross
           Lands
           and
           Houses
           of
           their
           Territories
           under
           the
           pretence
           of
           Legacies
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           damage
           of
           the
           Public
           Income
           ,
           thought
           it
           convenient
           to
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           this
           Jesuitical
           Engrossment
           ;
           and
           provide
           by
           Law
           that
           Ecclesiastical
           Persons
           should
           not
           possess
           all
           the
           Temporal
           Estates
           in
           their
           Territories
           to
           themselves
           ,
           but
           give
           leave
           for
           others
           to
           share
           with
           them
           ,
           it
           being
           positively
           against
           the
           Constitution
           of
           their
           Order
           ,
           and
           the
           Institution
           of
           Christ
           their
           Founder
           .
           The
           Jesuits
           took
           this
           in
           great
           dudgeon
           ,
           and
           wrote
           to
           Pope
           Paul
           the
           Fifth
           about
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Venetians
           being
           summon'd
           to
           answer
           ,
           would
           not
           relinquish
           their
           Right
           ,
           Protesting
           withal
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           the
           Supreme
           Jurisdiction
           in
           their
           own
           Territories
           ,
           and
           consequently
           to
           make
           Laws
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Pope
           had
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           them
           in
           those
           Matters
           .
           Upon
           which
           Answer
           ,
           the
           Pope
           thunders
           out
           his
           Excommunication
           .
           The
           Duke
           and
           Senate
           by
           public
           Decree
           condemn
           the
           
           Excommunication
           as
           unjust
           and
           invalid
           ;
           which
           done
           ,
           they
           call
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           their
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           to
           them
           declare
           how
           Affairs
           stood
           .
           The
           elder
           sort
           take
           part
           with
           the
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           maintain
           the
           Argument
           against
           the
           Pope
           in
           writing
           ,
           among
           whom
           
             Paulus
             Venetus
          
           was
           most
           eminently
           Signal
           :
           The
           Jesuits
           not
           enduring
           the
           kneeness
           of
           his
           Reasons
           ,
           hire
           two
           Ruffians
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           fifth
           of
           October
           ,
           1607.
           set
           them
           to
           assassinate
           
             Paulus
             Venetus
          
           ,
           who
           thinking
           they
           had
           done
           his
           work
           ,
           left
           him
           for
           dead
           ,
           and
           fled
           away
           .
           This
           was
           something
           near
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfreys
          
           Case
           .
           The
           Senate
           hearing
           this
           ,
           by
           a
           new
           Law
           banish
           the
           Jesuits
           for
           ever
           out
           of
           their
           Territories
           ,
           and
           cut
           them
           off
           from
           all
           hope
           of
           ever
           returning
           :
           And
           this
           was
           their
           Fortune
           in
           Venice
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           year
           1609.
           the
           Bohemians
           made
           a
           Complaint
           to
           the
           Emperour
           against
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           Encroachments
           of
           which
           the
           Venetians
           had
           accused
           them
           before
           ,
           desiring
           of
           Caesar
           that
           they
           might
           no
           longer
           be
           permitted
           to
           transfer
           and
           translate
           into
           their
           own
           possession
           such
           ample
           Patrimonies
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           Donations
           and
           Legacies
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           continually
           .
           Of
           which
           when
           the
           Emperour
           took
           little
           notice
           ,
           they
           were
           by
           the
           Bohemian
           States
           themselves
           in
           the
           year
           1618.
           utterly
           expelled
           out
           of
           that
           Nation
           for
           ever
           ,
           with
           these
           Characters
           :
           1.
           
           That
           they
           were
           lavish
           Wasters
           of
           the
           Public
           Peace
           and
           Tranquility
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           2.
           
           That
           they
           endeavour'd
           to
           subject
           all
           Kingdoms
           and
           Nations
           to
           the
           Power
           of
           the
           Pope
           .
           3.
           
           That
           they
           did
           nothing
           but
           set
           the
           Magistrates
           together
           by
           the
           Ears
           .
           4.
           
           That
           they
           made
           particular
           Advantage
           of
           Confessions
           ,
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           people
           :
           with
           many
           other
           Crimes
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           year
           they
           were
           expell'd
           out
           of
           Moravia
           for
           the
           same
           Reasons
           ;
           and
           the
           next
           year
           out
           of
           Hungaria
           for
           the
           same
           Causes
           .
           In
           Silesia
           also
           a
           Decree
           was
           made
           ,
           That
           the
           Jesuits
           should
           not
           enter
           that
           Province
           upon
           pain
           of
           Death
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           onely
           means
           to
           preserve
           peace
           in
           the
           Nation
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           other
           Villanies
           in
           Poland
           ,
           a
           Polonian
           Knight
           ,
           himself
           a
           Papist
           ,
           in
           an
           Oration
           by
           him
           made
           in
           a
           full
           Assembly
           of
           the
           Polonian
           Nobility
           ,
           declares
           ,
           That
           Cracow
           the
           most
           Famous
           City
           of
           Poland
           ,
           and
           Ornament
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           was
           so
           plagu'd
           by
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           that
           several
           good
           men
           ,
           though
           Catholicks
           ,
           affirmed
           ,
           That
           they
           would
           rather
           live
           in
           the
           Woods
           among
           wild
           Beasts
           ,
           than
           abide
           in
           the
           City
           .
           One
           time
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           these
           Jesuits
           having
           brought
           their
           Conspiracy
           to
           perfection
           ,
           brake
           into
           the
           most
           ancient
           Monument
           of
           Antiquity
           in
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           great
           danger
           of
           the
           whole
           City
           ,
           set
           it
           on
           Fire
           ,
           as
           being
           granted
           to
           the
           Evangelics
           by
           Consent
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           States
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           .
        
         
           In
           Posnania
           another
           great
           City
           of
           the
           same
           Kingdom
           ,
           they
           set
           Fire
           on
           the
           Church
           belonging
           to
           those
           of
           the
           Augustan
           Confession
           ,
           and
           committed
           so
           many
           Insolencies
           without
           Controul
           ,
           that
           the
           Nobility
           refus'd
           to
           meet
           at
           the
           Dyet
           shortly
           after
           to
           be
           held
           at
           Warsaw
           ,
           resolving
           to
           repair
           further
           off
           to
           Lublin
           ,
           for
           the
           redress
           of
           these
           Misdemeanours
           .
           Neither
           indeed
           was
           there
           any
           thing
           more
           grievously
           burdensom
           to
           that
           Kingdom
           than
           the
           Pride
           and
           Avarice
           of
           those
           Miscreants
           .
        
         
           In
           Muscovy
           ,
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           Great
           Duke
           Basilowich
           ,
           the
           Jesuits
           set
           up
           one
           Demetrius
           against
           the
           lawful
           Heir
           ,
           who
           had
           made
           them
           large
           Promises
           ,
           if
           he
           obtain'd
           the
           Dukedom
           .
           Thereupon
           by
           the
           help
           of
           these
           Jesuits
           ,
           the
           said
           Demetrius
           gets
           Aid
           from
           the
           King
           of
           Poland
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           onely
           the
           Occasion
           of
           a
           great
           War
           in
           Muscovy
           ,
           but
           had
           like
           to
           have
           cost
           them
           the
           Alteration
           of
           their
           Laws
           ,
           and
           loss
           of
           their
           ancient
           Customs
           and
           Priviledges
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           prevented
           it
           by
           a
           desperate
           Attempt
           upon
           the
           Impostor
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           to
           Death
           ;
           surrounded
           with
           Impostors
           and
           Jesuits
           .
        
         
           The
           Transilvanians
           publicly
           and
           with
           one
           Consent
           laid
           all
           the
           Cause
           of
           their
           
           Miseries
           and
           Calamities
           ,
           upon
           the
           Subtilties
           and
           Contrivances
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           for
           which
           reason
           by
           a
           Public
           Decree
           of
           the
           States
           of
           that
           Province
           ,
           they
           were
           Ejected
           out
           of
           the
           limits
           of
           their
           Territories
           .
           Nevertheless
           they
           secretly
           fomented
           the
           Ruin
           of
           that
           Country
           ,
           and
           were
           the
           reason
           that
           
             Sigismund
             Bathor
          
           involv'd
           himself
           in
           War
           and
           Trouble
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           died
           an
           inglorious
           and
           miserable
           Death
           .
        
         
           By
           their
           Contrivance
           also
           
             Stephen
             Potski
          
           ,
           Prince
           of
           Transilvania
           ,
           opposing
           their
           Bloody
           Sect
           ,
           was
           put
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ,
           by
           Poyson
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           1607.
           
        
         
           In
           Styria
           and
           Carinthia
           ,
           Provinces
           of
           Germany
           ,
           they
           never
           left
           till
           they
           had
           voided
           those
           Provinces
           of
           all
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           .
        
         
           In
           Holland
           ,
           they
           never
           left
           till
           they
           saw
           the
           Blood
           of
           William
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           ,
           spilt
           by
           the
           trayterous
           Hand
           of
           
             Balthasar
             Gerard
          
           ,
           a
           Burgundian
           and
           Disciple
           of
           their
           own
           .
        
         
           The
           same
           Attempts
           did
           
             Peter
             de
             Tour
          
           ,
           and
           other
           Ruffians
           make
           upon
           the
           person
           of
           Maurice
           his
           Son
           ,
           a
           brave
           and
           Martial
           Prince
           ,
           and
           all
           at
           the
           Instigation
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           those
           
             Insatiable
             Sons
             of
             BLOOD
             and
             PERDITION
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           Dissenting
           Protestants
           ,
        
         
           
             From
             being
             Authors
             of
             the
             REBELLION
             against
             the
             late
             KING
             ,
             and
             Plotters
             of
             Treason
             against
             His
             MAJESTY
             now
             Reigning
             .
          
        
         
           SEeing
           then
           no
           Corner
           of
           Europe
           has
           been
           free
           from
           the
           Plots
           and
           Conspiracies
           of
           these
           Jesuitical
           Fiends
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           kind
           of
           Crime
           and
           sleepy
           Desertion
           of
           our
           own
           Safety
           ,
           to
           suffer
           our selves
           to
           be
           charm'd
           by
           the
           Delusions
           of
           insinuating
           Libels
           and
           Rumors
           of
           
             Presbyterian
             Plots
          
           ,
           to
           mistrust
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           continu'd
           Jesuitical
           Contrivances
           against
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           Neither
           can
           they
           be
           thought
           the
           best
           Subjects
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           willing
           to
           Gratifie
           the
           
             Popish
             Party
          
           ,
           by
           giving
           Credence
           to
           such
           idle
           Surmizes
           which
           they
           can
           have
           so
           little
           ground
           to
           believe
           .
           The
           Jesuits
           have
           committed
           a
           great
           piece
           of
           Villany
           in
           this
           Nation
           ;
           they
           have
           attempted
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           have
           been
           Plotting
           to
           subvert
           the
           Established
           Religion
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           now
           they
           would
           throw
           it
           upon
           the
           Presbyterians
           :
           Which
           is
           a
           Fourbery
           so
           plain
           ,
           that
           common
           Sense
           and
           Policy
           may
           easily
           discover
           the
           full
           intent
           and
           meaning
           of
           it
           :
           And
           therefore
           it
           is
           fairly
           to
           be
           hop'd
           ,
           that
           neither
           Presbyterians
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           
             Protestant
             Dissenters
          
           will
           be
           so
           Unchristian-like
           Disloyal
           ,
           as
           to
           receive
           any
           Exasperation
           
           from
           these
           Calumnies
           ;
           but
           rather
           unite
           against
           the
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           ,
           from
           whom
           they
           can
           expect
           no
           more
           Mercy
           ,
           than
           the
           severest
           Champion
           of
           Episcopacy
           can
           hope
           for
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           the
           Presbyterians
           are
           not
           accus'd
           of
           any
           Design
           to
           bring
           in
           Popery
           ,
           but
           miraculously
           discover'd
           ,
           as
           the
           Authors
           of
           a
           Plot
           to
           set
           up
           the
           Classes
           of
           their
           own
           Ecclesiastical
           Government
           .
           Well!
           if
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           they
           were
           the
           arrantest
           Bunglers
           of
           Plotters
           that
           ever
           plotted
           Mischief
           in
           this
           World
           :
           For
           I
           do
           not
           find
           their
           Plot
           to
           be
           above
           a
           years
           standing
           ;
           And
           it
           was
           a
           Plot
           that
           was
           driven
           on
           out
           of
           pure
           Kindness
           to
           the
           Papists
           .
           For
           the
           Presbyterians
           understanding
           that
           the
           Papists
           ,
           (
           their
           
             Incarnate
             Enemies
          
           )
           were
           under
           a
           Premunire
           ,
           as
           being
           accused
           of
           Treason
           and
           Conspiracy
           against
           the
           KING
           and
           Kingdom
           ;
           They
           therefore
           would
           needs
           enter
           into
           a
           Plot
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           so
           order
           as
           to
           be
           discover'd
           a
           Twelve-month
           after
           ,
           to
           ease
           the
           Papists
           of
           the
           Load
           they
           groan'd
           under
           .
           So
           that
           as
           considering
           the
           time
           ,
           it
           fell
           out
           most
           confoundedly
           unluckily
           ,
           that
           the
           Presbyteriaus
           should
           conceal
           this
           Plot
           from
           the
           Papists
           ,
           till
           so
           many
           good
           ,
           honest
           ,
           pious
           and
           loyal
           Priests
           of
           Baal
           ,
           and
           Sons
           of
           Belial
           were
           hang'd
           ,
           which
           would
           never
           have
           been
           done
           ,
           had
           there
           been
           the
           least
           Inkling
           given
           of
           the
           Meal-Tub
           in
           season
           .
           But
           when
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Persons
           came
           to
           be
           seen
           that
           were
           to
           be
           Actors
           in
           this
           
             Presbyterian
             Tragedy
          
           ,
           then
           to
           the
           Laughter
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           there
           never
           appear'd
           such
           a
           Dow-bak'd
           Plot
           out
           of
           a
           Meal-Tub
           since
           the
           Creation
           ,
           to
           bring
           so
           many
           Great
           Men
           plotting
           against
           their
           own
           prosperity
           and
           enjoyments
           ;
           so
           many
           wise
           and
           politie
           States-men
           ,
           by
           whom
           the
           Nation
           has
           been
           so
           long
           steer'd
           ,
           to
           be
           Plotters
           and
           Conspirers
           against
           their
           own
           Preservation
           .
           These
           are
           Plots
           of
           such
           a
           strange
           Nature
           ,
           that
           if
           they
           could
           be
           thought
           reall
           ,
           they
           would
           occasion
           the
           unhinging
           of
           the
           whole
           Frame
           of
           Order
           and
           Government
           ,
           while
           it
           were
           impossible
           for
           Honour
           ,
           Probity
           ,
           and
           Reputation
           to
           remain
           upon
           the
           Earth
           .
           Obedience
           and
           Allegiance
           to
           Government
           are
           grounded
           either
           upon
           Religion
           ,
           or
           Moral
           Vertue
           ;
           or
           if
           these
           two
           fail
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           necessity
           which
           obliges
           the
           ordinary
           fore-sight
           of
           Prudence
           .
        
         
           Against
           these
           Ambition
           or
           Revenge
           are
           the
           only
           Combatants
           ;
           but
           neither
           Ambition
           nor
           Revenge
           can
           bear
           so
           great
           a
           sway
           in
           persons
           that
           understand
           the
           Intrigues
           of
           Policy
           ,
           or
           the
           more
           mysterious
           management
           of
           Prudence
           ,
           as
           to
           delude
           them
           into
           Plots
           and
           Conspiracies
           where
           there
           is
           no
           prospect
           of
           a
           secure
           Change.
           The
           Presbyterians
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           people
           wary
           and
           deliberate
           :
           Neither
           are
           their
           Tenents
           ,
           which
           had
           their
           rise
           and
           beginnings
           from
           men
           whom
           the
           Papists
           themselves
           confess
           to
           have
           been
           men
           of
           great
           Learning
           ,
           Eloquence
           ,
           and
           Exemplary
           Lives
           ,
           of
           that
           Crimson
           Constitution
           ,
           as
           to
           prompt
           them
           to
           lay
           the
           Foundations
           of
           their
           Hierarchy
           in
           Blood
           and
           Massacre
           ;
           or
           so
           deeply
           to
           wound
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           by
           the
           clandestine
           Treachery
           and
           secret
           Contrivances
           of
           Disloyalty
           .
           For
           as
           for
           that
           Design
           of
           the
           Huguenots
           under
           
             Francis
             the
             Second
          
           ,
           King
           of
           France
           ,
           of
           which
           the
           Prince
           of
           Conde
           ,
           and
           the
           Admiral
           Coligni
           were
           said
           to
           be
           Chief
           ;
           that
           was
           no
           Design
           against
           the
           Life
           or
           Person
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           but
           against
           the
           exorbitant
           Pride
           of
           the
           
             Guises
             ,
             Duke
          
           and
           Cardinal
           ,
           who
           were
           at
           the
           same
           time
           Papists
           ,
           and
           were
           themselves
           contriving
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           young
           King
           ,
           and
           translate
           the
           Royal
           Dignity
           into
           their
           own
           Family
           .
           Neither
           could
           the
           Civil
           Wars
           of
           France
           be
           said
           to
           be
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           the
           Hugonets
           :
           But
           a
           War
           of
           the
           Queen
           Regents
           ,
           and
           the
           two
           Guises
           own
           weaving
           ,
           while
           they
           all
           strove
           to
           preserve
           their
           own
           Authority
           .
           And
           the
           Queen
           Regent
           her self
           was
           the
           first
           that
           caus'd
           the
           Prince
           of
           Conde
           to
           take
           Arms
           ,
           as
           fearing
           the
           Guises
           would
           wrest
           the
           Government
           out
           of
           her
           hands
           ,
           by
           recommending
           to
           his
           Protection
           the
           young
           King
           Charles
           the
           Ninth
           her
           Son
           ,
           her Self
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           Nay
           they
           were
           so
           far
           from
           being
           Rebels
           to
           their
           King
           ,
           that
           they
           joyn'd
           with
           the
           Catholiques
           for
           the
           Recovery
           of
           Haure
           out
           of
           the
           hands
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           their
           Friend
           :
           And
           though
           the
           Admiral
           and
           Danaelot
           were
           not
           at
           the
           Siege
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           tared
           by
           the
           Queen
           of
           Ingratitude
           ,
           yet
           they
           sent
           both
           their
           Forces
           and
           Friends
           .
           Some
           indeed
           justly
           deserved
           to
           be
           blamed
           for
           the
           violence
           of
           their
           Conduct
           in
           the
           late
           Wars
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           a
           Question
           ,
           of
           which
           some
           make
           no
           doubt
           ,
           whether
           those
           Violences
           were
           not
           occasion'd
           by
           the
           Papists
           in
           Masquerade
           ,
           who
           well
           knew
           how
           to
           intermix
           themselves
           both
           in
           their
           Counsels
           and
           Actions
           ;
           whether
           they
           did
           not
           stand
           behind
           the
           Scene
           and
           prompt
           those
           Sons
           of
           Jehu
           ?
           Whether
           they
           did
           not
           pour
           Oyl
           upon
           those
           Flames
           ?
           For
           it
           appears
           that
           the
           Presbyterians
           (
           if
           Names
           of
           distinction
           may
           be
           us'd
           among
           people
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           )
           were
           the
           first
           that
           relented
           ,
           as
           is
           evident
           by
           Votes
           of
           Addresses
           ,
           and
           their
           Treaty
           at
           the
           
             Isle
             of
             Wight
          
           ,
           not
           broke
           off
           by
           them
           ,
           but
           by
           One
           that
           was
           playing
           his
           own
           Game
           ,
           and
           meditating
           the
           destruction
           both
           of
           his
           Sovereign
           and
           them
           too
           :
           Who
           having
           made
           his
           Exit
           ,
           they
           then
           considered
           what
           ill
           Phaetons
           they
           had
           been
           before
           ,
           and
           return'd
           the
           more
           skilful
           Phoebus
           the
           Reins
           of
           his
           Chariot
           again
           .
           But
           that
           you
           may
           know
           that
           't
           is
           an
           old
           Dog-trick
           of
           the
           Papists
           to
           play
           the
           
             Devils
             Incarnate
          
           ,
           and
           lay
           their
           most
           wicked
           Actions
           upon
           the
           Innocent
           ;
           I
           will
           repeat
           this
           short
           Story
           out
           of
           one
           of
           the
           choicest
           
             French
             Historians
          
           ,
           and
           a
           Catholique
           to
           boot
           .
           The
           
             Queen
             Regent
          
           of
           France
           having
           long
           design'd
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           the
           chief
           Heads
           of
           the
           reformed
           Religion
           ;
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           of
           Admiral
           Coligni
           ,
           the
           Life
           and
           Soul
           of
           the
           whole
           Party
           ,
           projects
           the
           Execution
           ,
           with
           the
           Assistance
           of
           the
           Duke
           of
           Anjou
           ,
           the
           Counts
           of
           Tavanes
           and
           Raix
           ,
           and
           the
           Chancellor
           Birague
           ,
           and
           easily
           drew
           in
           the
           young
           King
           ,
           whom
           they
           made
           believe
           that
           there
           was
           no
           safety
           so
           long
           as
           those
           persons
           were
           alive
           ,
           and
           the
           young
           Guises
           were
           as
           ready
           as
           she
           to
           revenge
           their
           Fathers
           Death
           .
           As
           for
           the
           King
           of
           Navar
           ,
           they
           had
           so
           order'd
           it
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           to
           be
           marry'd
           at
           Paris
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           that
           brought
           the
           Prince
           of
           Conde
           to
           the
           City
           .
           But
           the
           Admiral
           more
           wary
           kept
           aloof
           ,
           till
           the
           King
           had
           begun
           the
           War
           with
           Spain
           in
           the
           
             Low
             Countries
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Admiral
           had
           so
           passionately
           desir'd
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           the
           King
           and
           Queen
           Regent
           ,
           had
           assur'd
           him
           the
           Management
           .
           Then
           he
           came
           an
           end
           ,
           seeing
           the
           War
           begun
           ,
           and
           two
           of
           his
           own
           Favourites
           ,
           Noue
           and
           Genlis
           ,
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           some
           thousands
           in
           Flanders
           .
           And
           these
           three
           Great
           Personages
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           Navarr
           ,
           the
           Prince
           of
           Conde
           ,
           and
           the
           Admiral
           Coligni
           ,
           brought
           such
           Trains
           after
           them
           ,
           as
           throng'd
           all
           Paris
           with
           the
           Flower
           of
           all
           the
           Protestant
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           of
           France
           :
           Who
           being
           all
           thus
           within
           the
           Net
           ,
           Orders
           were
           given
           to
           make
           a
           general
           Slaughter
           of
           all
           without
           distinction
           ,
           excepting
           the
           King
           of
           Navarr
           ,
           and
           the
           Prince
           of
           Conde
           .
           Hence
           proceeded
           that
           Horrible
           Massacre
           in
           the
           Year
           1572.
           which
           lasted
           for
           seven
           Days
           together
           ,
           to
           the
           destruction
           of
           above
           5000
           persons
           of
           all
           Ages
           and
           Sexes
           ;
           and
           among
           these
           above
           600
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           Deluge
           of
           Blood
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Queen
           had
           sent
           the
           Head
           of
           Coligny
           Embalm'd
           as
           a
           Present
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           the
           
             Queen
             Regent
          
           had
           contriv'd
           to
           lay
           the
           Load
           of
           all
           the
           committed
           Impiety
           upon
           the
           Guises
           ,
           who
           were
           Captains
           of
           the
           Massacre
           ,
           believing
           that
           the
           
             Monmor
             ancies
          
           would
           certainly
           seek
           to
           revenge
           the
           Admirals
           Death
           upon
           them
           :
           So
           that
           while
           those
           two
           Factions
           ruin'd
           and
           destroy'd
           one
           another
           ,
           she
           might
           have
           all
           the
           Power
           in
           her
           own
           hands
           ,
           and
           rule
           according
           to
           her
           own
           Will.
           But
           the
           Guises
           being
           aware
           of
           this
           Design
           ,
           and
           having
           the
           Catholique
           Nobility
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Montpensier
           ,
           and
           the
           Parisians
           on
           their
           side
           ,
           caus'd
           the
           Queen
           to
           change
           her
           Note
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           she
           caus'd
           the
           King
           to
           write
           abroad
           ,
           That
           all
           was
           done
           to
           prevent
           the
           detestable
           Conspiracy
           
           of
           the
           Admiral
           and
           his
           Confederates
           ,
           againsh
           his
           Life
           and
           Royal
           Family
           .
           Thereupon
           there
           was
           a
           Court
           of
           Justice
           erected
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Admiral
           was
           Condemn'd
           ,
           and
           after
           they
           had
           murder'd
           him
           ,
           Executed
           again
           in
           Effigies
           ,
           his
           Goods
           Confiscated
           ,
           and
           his
           Children
           degraded
           :
           And
           the
           better
           to
           colour
           this
           ,
           two
           poor
           innocent
           Gentlemen
           that
           had
           escaped
           the
           Massacre
           ,
           were
           apprehended
           for
           saving
           their
           Lives
           ,
           Briquemaut
           ,
           and
           
             Arnaud
             de
             Covagnes
          
           ,
           as
           his
           Accomplices
           ,
           condemn'd
           to
           the
           same
           punishment
           ,
           and
           executed
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           Thus
           what
           these
           did
           ,
           our
           late
           Plotters
           would
           have
           done
           :
           We
           may
           then
           say
           to
           all
           Protestants
           in
           general
           ,
           
             Felices
             Agricole
             sua
             si
             bona
             norint
             ,
          
           Happy
           would
           they
           be
           ,
           would
           they
           but
           know
           their
           own
           strength
           ,
           Would
           they
           but
           make
           the
           right
           use
           of
           these
           wicked
           Contrivances
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           laying
           aside
           all
           froward
           Puuctilio's
           of
           private
           Opinions
           ,
           joyn
           unanimously
           against
           the
           common
           Adversary
           .
           For
           if
           it
           be
           a
           Maxim
           falsly
           argu'd
           against
           ,
           that
           Peace
           and
           Diversity
           of
           Religions
           cannot
           be
           preserved
           in
           the
           same
           Nation
           ,
           as
           the
           Ambassadors
           of
           the
           Germane
           Princes
           urg'd
           to
           Charles
           the
           Ninth
           of
           France
           ;
           much
           more
           truly
           may
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           that
           little
           matters
           of
           difference
           between
           persons
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           can
           be
           no
           impediment
           to
           their
           Union
           and
           Conformity
           .
        
         
           But
           further
           to
           clear
           the
           
             Dissenting
             Protestants
          
           ,
           I
           shall
           here
           add
           a
           perfect
           Narration
           of
           the
           Management
           and
           Contrivance
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           to
           render
           the
           greater
           part
           of
           the
           principal
           Men
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           as
           well
           those
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           Government
           ,
           thereby
           utterly
           to
           ruin
           them
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           which
           Design
           God
           of
           his
           infinite
           Goodness
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           bring
           to
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           the
           Instruments
           thereof
           through
           the
           same
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           we
           hope
           shortly
           to
           see
           brought
           to
           Condign
           Punishment
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Compleat
           HISTORY
           OF
           THE
           LAST
           PLOT
           OF
           THE
           PAPISTS
           ,
           
             UPON
             THE
          
           Dissenting
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           THe
           late
           PLOT
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             Priests
          
           and
           Jesuits
           for
           murdering
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           subverting
           the
           Government
           and
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           introducing
           Popery
           ,
           being
           proved
           by
           undeniable
           Evidences
           and
           Circumstances
           ;
           the
           cunning
           Jesuits
           thought
           it
           their
           best
           way
           (
           since
           peoples
           Eyes
           were
           too
           open
           to
           be
           made
           believe
           
             there
             was
             no
             PLOT
          
           )
           to
           confess
           there
           was
           a
           Plot
           ,
           and
           to
           aggravate
           it
           too
           ;
           but
           withal
           to
           use
           their
           utmost
           skill
           to
           prove
           ,
           That
           this
           Plot
           was
           not
           a
           Popish-Plot
           ,
           as
           was
           generally
           believed
           ,
           but
           a
           pure
           Design
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           other
           Dissenters
           from
           the
           Protestant
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           to
           ruin
           the
           
             Loyal
             Roman
             Chatholiques
          
           ,
           whilst
           indeed
           themselves
           were
           the
           Conspirators
           ;
           who
           (
           whereas
           they
           gave
           out
           that
           the
           Papists
           intended
           by
           murdering
           the
           King
           ,
           &c.
           to
           bring
           in
           Popery
           )
           really
           intended
           by
           killing
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           to
           Introduce
           Presbytery
           and
           a
           Commonwealth
           ,
           and
           so
           at
           one
           Blow
           subvert
           the
           Government
           both
           in
           Church
           and
           State
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           set
           up
           a
           new
           one
           of
           their
           own
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Conservators
             of
             the
             Liberties
             of
             England
             :
          
           And
           for
           this
           purpose
           they
           had
           secretly
           given
           out
           Commissions
           for
           raising
           an
           Army
           ,
           the
           principal
           Officers
           whereof
           were
           such
           Persons
           who
           seemed
           to
           have
           the
           greatest
           share
           in
           the
           Peoples
           Affections
           .
        
         
           This
           Design
           being
           agreed
           to
           by
           these
           
             Hellish
             Miscreants
          
           ,
           all
           possible
           Diligence
           was
           used
           to
           bring
           it
           to
           Execution
           ;
           and
           for
           this
           purpose
           they
           drew
           up
           the
           Scheme
           of
           a
           Government
           they
           intended
           to
           Impeach
           several
           of
           the
           truly
           
           Loyal
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           Dissenting
           Protestants
           ,
           of
           conspiring
           .
           This
           being
           done
           ,
           they
           began
           to
           form
           
             Letters
             of
             Intelligence
          
           concerning
           this
           
             Presbyterian
             Plot
          
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           provide
           themselves
           with
           Persons
           to
           Swear
           for
           the
           Truth
           of
           their
           Allegations
           .
           To
           this
           end
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           (
           a
           zealous
           Papist
           ,
           and
           Midwife
           to
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           ,
           and
           other
           Roman
           Catholic
           Ladies
           )
           procures
           the
           Enlargement
           of
           one
           Wiltoughby
           ,
           aliàs
           Dangerfield
           ,
           aliàs
           Thomas
           ;
           aliàs
           Day
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           a
           Prisoner
           in
           Newgate
           about
           six
           Weeks
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           Convicted
           once
           at
           Salisbury
           Assizes
           ,
           (
           where
           he
           was
           fined
           Five
           pounds
           ,
           and
           sentenced
           to
           stand
           Three
           several
           times
           in
           the
           Pillory
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           twice
           ,
           and
           then
           brake
           Prison
           and
           escaped
           ;
           )
           and
           twice
           at
           the
           
             Old
             Bailey
          
           ,
           for
           uttering
           false
           Guineys
           ,
           (
           where
           for
           the
           first
           Offence
           he
           was
           fined
           Fifty
           pounds
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           second
           he
           got
           His
           Majesties
           Pardon
           .
           )
           He
           was
           no
           sooner
           released
           from
           Newgate
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           Arrested
           and
           thrown
           into
           the
           Counter
           ,
           from
           whence
           by
           the
           means
           of
           Bannister
           and
           Scarlet
           she
           got
           him
           removed
           to
           the
           King's-Bench
           ,
           where
           (
           after
           some
           fruitless
           attempts
           to
           get
           some
           Papers
           relating
           to
           Captain
           Bedlow
           from
           one
           Strode
           a
           Prisoner
           there
           )
           he
           was
           furnished
           with
           Money
           by
           the
           five
           Lords
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Lord
           Bellasis
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Petre
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Arundel
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           Stafford
           ,
           (
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           also
           giving
           him
           5
           l.
           )
           to
           Compound
           all
           his
           Debts
           ,
           &c.
           
           Before
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           would
           discharge
           him
           from
           Newgate
           ,
           she
           made
           tryal
           of
           his
           Wit
           ,
           by
           ordering
           him
           to
           draw
           up
           Articles
           according
           as
           she
           directed
           ,
           against
           Captain
           Richardson
           ,
           which
           he
           perform'd
           to
           her
           liking
           ,
           and
           confirm'd
           her
           in
           the
           Choice
           she
           had
           made
           of
           his
           being
           a
           fit
           person
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           
             Designed
             Plot.
          
           The
           general
           Esteem
           the
           Conspirators
           had
           of
           him
           is
           evident
           by
           the
           Trust
           they
           reposed
           in
           him
           ;
           for
           though
           they
           had
           several
           Others
           to
           carry
           on
           their
           
             New
             Plot
          
           ,
           yet
           he
           appears
           to
           have
           the
           chief
           Management
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Being
           now
           sufficiently
           provided
           with
           Instruments
           to
           execute
           their
           
             Damnable
             Designs
          
           ,
           this
           Dangerfield
           was
           recommended
           to
           His
           Majesty
           by
           a
           Great
           Person
           ,
           as
           one
           who
           was
           much
           concerned
           in
           a
           Plot
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           against
           His
           Life
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           time
           to
           time
           he
           would
           make
           discovery
           thereof
           .
           Thus
           they
           endeavoured
           to
           insinuate
           into
           His
           Majesties
           Mind
           a
           belief
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           not
           be
           surpriz'd
           at
           the
           Discovery
           they
           intended
           to
           make
           .
        
         
           Another
           of
           the
           intended
           Actors
           in
           this
           Tragedy
           ,
           was
           
             Thomas
             Courtees
          
           ,
           once
           a
           Clerk
           to
           Sir
           
             William
             Bucknal
          
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Excise
           Farmers
           ,
           then
           a
           Servant
           to
           Mr.
           
             Henry
             Nevil
          
           ,
           and
           after
           to
           a
           worthy
           Member
           of
           Parliament
           ;
           from
           whose
           Service
           ,
           he
           fell
           into
           a
           lewd
           course
           of
           life
           :
           But
           being
           thought
           a
           Man
           fit
           for
           the
           Design
           in
           hand
           ,
           he
           was
           entertained
           for
           one
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           .
           This
           Person
           was
           very
           industrious
           in
           promoting
           a
           Belief
           of
           this
           
             Presbyterian
             Plot
          
           ;
           for
           being
           well
           acquainted
           with
           Mrs.
           Bradley
           ,
           who
           keeps
           the
           House
           called
           Heaven
           in
           
             Old
             Palace-Yard
          
           ;
           and
           there
           being
           a
           Club
           of
           several
           honest
           Gentlemen
           kept
           at
           her
           House
           ,
           he
           desired
           her
           to
           bring
           him
           into
           their
           Company
           ,
           which
           she
           promised
           to
           endeavour
           .
           Discoursing
           with
           her
           about
           the
           late
           Plot
           ,
           he
           told
           her
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           shortly
           appear
           to
           be
           a
           Plot
           of
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           privately
           giving
           out
           Commissions
           for
           raising
           an
           Army
           :
           Whereupon
           she
           demanded
           ,
           who
           gave
           out
           the
           Commissions
           ;
           to
           which
           he
           replyed
           ,
           it
           was
           Mr.
           Blood
           ;
           and
           added
           further
           ,
           That
           if
           she
           would
           use
           her
           Interest
           with
           Mr.
           Blood
           ,
           to
           get
           a
           Commission
           for
           him
           ,
           though
           it
           were
           but
           for
           an
           Ensign
           ,
           he
           would
           give
           her
           100
           l.
           and
           told
           her
           also
           that
           he
           should
           get
           5000
           l.
           by
           it
           .
           Mrs.
           Bradley
           told
           this
           to
           Mr.
           Blood
           ,
           who
           fearing
           the
           Consequence
           ,
           acquainted
           His
           Majesty
           therewith
           ,
           and
           from
           Him
           received
           Encouragement
           to
           make
           a
           further
           Inquiry
           into
           this
           Matter
           .
           Mr.
           Blood
           hereupon
           desired
           the
           Woman
           to
           keep
           still
           her
           Correspendency
           
           with
           Courtees
           ,
           and
           if
           possible
           to
           find
           out
           the
           Mystery
           of
           this
           Business
           .
           Courtees
           came
           several
           times
           afterwards
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           discoursed
           freely
           with
           her
           about
           the
           before-mentioned
           matter
           ,
           and
           told
           her
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           seven
           or
           eight
           persons
           who
           were
           employed
           upon
           the
           same
           account
           as
           he
           was
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           which
           follows
           put
           a
           stop
           to
           his
           proceedings
           ,
           and
           made
           these
           wicked
           Agents
           carry
           themselves
           more
           warily
           .
        
         
           The
           Jesuits
           thought
           it
           not
           sufficient
           to
           throw
           the
           Plot
           upon
           the
           Presbyterians
           ;
           unless
           they
           could
           likewise
           bring
           off
           the
           Evidence
           that
           had
           sworn
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           getting
           them
           to
           recant
           ,
           put
           their
           Innocency
           out
           of
           Question
           .
           For
           this
           purpose
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Kings
           Evidence
           ,
           is
           attempted
           by
           one
           Mrs.
           Price
           ,
           (
           for
           whom
           it
           is
           said
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           had
           formerly
           some
           kindness
           ;
           )
           she
           warily
           discovers
           her
           Design
           ,
           and
           he
           as
           warily
           entertains
           it
           ;
           and
           after
           some
           Treaty
           ,
           one
           Mr.
           Tesborough
           appears
           in
           the
           Case
           .
           They
           promis'd
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           a
           great
           Sum
           of
           Money
           ,
           upon
           condition
           that
           he
           would
           Recant
           what
           he
           had
           Sworn
           ,
           and
           Sign
           a
           Paper
           ,
           which
           they
           had
           ready
           drawn
           up
           to
           this
           effect
           .
        
         
           
             Being
             touched
             with
             a
             True
             Remorse
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             an
             hearty
             Sorrow
             for
             the
             Great
             Evil
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             in
             appearing
             as
             a
             witness
             against
             the
             Catholicks
             ,
             and
             there
             speaking
             that
             which
             in
             my
             own
             Conscience
             I
             know
             to
             be
             far
             from
             the
             Truth
             ;
             I
             think
             my self
             bound
             in
             Duty
             to
             God
             ,
             to
             Man
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             safety
             of
             my
             own
             Soul
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             true
             Acknowledgment
             ,
             how
             I
             was
             drawn
             into
             thesewicked
             Actions
             ;
             but
             being
             well
             satisfied
             that
             I
             shall
             create
             my self
             many
             powerful
             .
             Enemies
             upon
             this
             account
             ,
             I
             have
             retired
             my self
             to
             a
             place
             of
             Safety
             ,
             where
             I
             will
             with
             my
             own
             hand
             discover
             the
             great
             Wrong
             that
             has
             been
             done
             the
             Catholicks
             ,
             and
             hope
             it
             may
             gain
             Belief
             :
             I
             do
             likewise
             Protest
             before
             Almighty
             God
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             no
             Motive
             to
             Induce
             me
             to
             this
             confession
             ,
             but
             a
             True
             Repentance
             for
             the
             Mischiefs
             that
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             do
             hope
             that
             God
             Almighty
             will
             forgive
             me
             .
          
        
         
           Having
           done
           this
           ,
           they
           told
           him
           he
           might
           immediately
           withdraw
           himself
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           into
           Spain
           ,
           where
           he
           should
           be
           honourably
           entertained
           ,
           during
           his
           stay
           there
           ,
           which
           should
           be
           no
           longer
           than
           till
           they
           had
           brought
           their
           Designs
           to
           their
           desired
           End
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           should
           be
           recalled
           ,
           and
           have
           both
           Riches
           and
           Honour
           conferr'd
           upon
           him
           as
           a
           Reward
           for
           faithfully
           serving
           the
           
             Catholick
             Interest
          
           .
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           seemed
           willing
           to
           agree
           to
           their
           Proposals
           ,
           (
           though
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           acquainted
           several
           honest
           Gentlemen
           of
           every
           particular
           that
           passed
           )
           if
           the
           Reward
           could
           be
           ascertained
           to
           him
           ;
           but
           as
           for
           the
           two
           Proposers
           he
           would
           not
           take
           their
           Security
           for
           it
           ;
           whereupon
           they
           offered
           the
           Security
           of
           a
           Forein
           Ambassador
           ,
           but
           he
           told
           them
           that
           he
           thought
           him
           a
           Person
           not
           fit
           for
           Security
           ,
           because
           he
           might
           suddenly
           be
           commanded
           home
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           could
           have
           no
           remedy
           against
           him
           .
           Then
           they
           proposed
           several
           others
           ,
           whose
           Security
           they
           said
           he
           need
           not
           question
           ;
           but
           still
           he
           found
           a
           plausible
           Excuse
           ;
           his
           Design
           being
           onely
           to
           gain
           time
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           make
           a
           further
           Discovery
           who
           set
           them
           on
           work
           .
           His
           Delays
           created
           a
           Jealousie
           in
           them
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           intended
           to
           answer
           their
           Desires
           ;
           wherefore
           least
           he
           should
           discover
           this
           Treaty
           ,
           and
           render
           them
           liable
           to
           punishment
           ,
           (
           as
           it
           happened
           in
           Mr.
           Readings
           Case
           )
           they
           were
           resolved
           to
           begin
           with
           him
           first
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           assistance
           of
           a
           great
           Person
           ,
           a
           Complaint
           was
           made
           against
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           ,
           That
           he
           offered
           for
           a
           Sum
           of
           Money
           to
           Recant
           his
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           have
           Signed
           such
           a
           Paper
           as
           before-mentioned
           ;
           adding
           withal
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           lamentable
           thing
           to
           consider
           how
           much
           Blood
           had
           been
           shed
           upon
           such
           Evidence
           .
           Upon
           this
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           was
           summoned
           before
           the
           King
           and
           Council
           ,
           where
           giving
           a
           full
           Relation
           of
           the
           Affair
           ,
           and
           having
           those
           Gentlemen
           ready
           ,
           
           whom
           he
           had
           all
           along
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Intrigue
           to
           prove
           what
           he
           said
           ;
           and
           it
           plainly
           appearing
           ,
           that
           Mrs.
           Price
           and
           Mr.
           Tesbrough
           had
           endeavoured
           to
           take
           off
           the
           Kings
           Evidence
           ,
           they
           were
           both
           committed
           to
           safe
           Custody
           .
           This
           it
           was
           that
           alarm'd
           Courtees
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           in
           this
           time
           had
           been
           employed
           to
           murder
           the
           Earl
           of
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           which
           he
           twice
           attempted
           ,
           but
           could
           not
           meet
           with
           an
           opportunity
           ,
           the
           Earl
           refusing
           to
           speak
           in
           private
           with
           him
           ;
           which
           he
           urged
           ,
           under
           pretence
           that
           he
           had
           something
           to
           reveal
           to
           his
           Lordship
           of
           great
           Concern
           to
           his
           Lordships
           Person
           .
           He
           waited
           on
           his
           Lordship
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Day
           ,
           and
           went
           armed
           with
           a
           Dagger
           ,
           which
           he
           received
           from
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           ,
           to
           whom
           three
           or
           four
           were
           brought
           by
           Mr.
           Rigaut
           .
           To
           perform
           this
           Murther
           ,
           he
           was
           promised
           500
           l.
           by
           the
           Lords
           Powis
           and
           Arundel
           ,
           (
           the
           Lord
           Arundel
           giving
           him
           then
           10
           Guineys
           )
           and
           encouraged
           by
           the
           Lady
           Abergaveny
           ,
           Lady
           Powis
           ,
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           and
           his
           Confessor
           Sharp
           conjur'd
           him
           to
           stab
           him
           with
           all
           possible
           speed
           .
           After
           his
           first
           disappointment
           ,
           they
           advised
           him
           to
           tell
           the
           Earl
           that
           he
           was
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           Impeached
           for
           
             High
             Treason
          
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           Letters
           under
           his
           own
           hand
           ;
           and
           that
           when
           he
           should
           find
           himself
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           cause
           to
           repent
           that
           he
           had
           refused
           to
           hear
           what
           he
           had
           to
           tell
           him
           .
           These
           Instructions
           he
           followed
           ,
           and
           told
           his
           Lordship
           that
           his
           Servants
           had
           Copied
           out
           his
           Letters
           ,
           from
           whence
           would
           be
           drawn
           Matter
           to
           form
           an
           Impeachment
           :
           But
           the
           Earl
           would
           not
           be
           Wheadled
           by
           this
           to
           give
           him
           a
           private
           Audience
           ,
           and
           thereby
           administer
           to
           him
           an
           opportunity
           of
           taking
           away
           his
           Life
           ;
           but
           askt
           him
           which
           of
           his
           Servants
           they
           were
           that
           had
           Copied
           out
           his
           Letters
           :
           To
           which
           Dangerfield
           replyed
           ,
           That
           he
           knew
           not
           .
           Then
           the
           Earl
           answered
           ,
           That
           he
           knew
           that
           all
           he
           said
           was
           false
           ,
           for
           that
           if
           his
           Letters
           were
           made
           known
           to
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           there
           would
           not
           be
           found
           Matter
           sufficient
           to
           endanger
           the
           least
           Hair
           of
           his
           Head
           ,
           much
           less
           to
           form
           an
           Impeachment
           .
           Whereupon
           Dangerfield
           told
           him
           ,
           That
           if
           that
           was
           his
           Lordships
           Opinion
           ,
           he
           would
           take
           his
           leave
           ;
           and
           so
           departed
           ,
           leaving
           his
           Lordship
           a
           little
           jealous
           of
           his
           Intentions
           .
        
         
           The
           Lady
           Powis
           would
           have
           perswaded
           him
           upon
           a
           Third
           Attempt
           ,
           which
           he
           refusing
           ,
           she
           struck
           him
           gently
           on
           the
           Hand
           with
           her
           Fan
           ,
           calling
           him
           Cow-hearted
           Fellow
           ,
           telling
           him
           ,
           she
           would
           do
           it
           her self
           ;
           but
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           told
           her
           ,
           that
           should
           not
           be
           ,
           for
           She
           would
           perform
           it
           .
           In
           order
           to
           which
           ,
           the
           very
           next
           day
           she
           went
           armed
           with
           a
           Dagger
           ,
           to
           wait
           upon
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           who
           received
           her
           very
           civilly
           ;
           but
           being
           made
           more
           wary
           than
           formerly
           ,
           by
           Dangerfields
           last
           carriage
           ,
           he
           strictly
           observ'd
           her
           ,
           and
           perceiving
           her
           fumbling
           about
           her
           Pocket
           ,
           betwixt
           Jest
           and
           Earnest
           ,
           he
           clapt
           his
           hands
           upon
           hers
           ,
           and
           there
           held
           them
           ,
           pleasantly
           drolling
           with
           her
           till
           she
           was
           ready
           to
           depart
           ;
           but
           she
           was
           not
           gone
           so
           far
           as
           the
           Door
           ,
           before
           she
           offer'd
           to
           return
           ,
           which
           his
           Lordship
           observing
           ,
           stept
           to
           her
           again
           ,
           and
           clapping
           his
           hands
           upon
           hers
           ,
           quite
           dasht
           her
           out
           of
           Countenance
           ;
           so
           that
           she
           departed
           without
           attempting
           further
           .
           Thus
           was
           his
           Lordship
           thrice
           ,
           by
           Divine
           Providence
           ,
           miraculously
           preserved
           from
           the
           bloody
           hands
           of
           Papists
           .
        
         
           The
           Plot
           being
           now
           ripe
           for
           Execution
           ,
           and
           Treasonable
           Letters
           ready
           written
           ,
           to
           be
           conveyed
           into
           the
           Custody
           of
           such
           Persons
           they
           intended
           to
           Accuse
           ,
           and
           two
           or
           more
           Witnesses
           prepared
           to
           swear
           the
           Delivery
           and
           Receit
           of
           such
           Letters
           or
           Commissions
           against
           every
           man
           in
           their
           black
           List
           ;
           Dangerfield
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           Thomas
           ,
           takes
           a
           Lodging
           in
           Ax-Yard
           in
           Westminster
           ,
           (
           pretending
           himself
           a
           Country-Gentleman
           )
           where
           lay
           one
           Colonel
           Mansel
           ,
           whose
           Chamber
           he
           soon
           made
           himself
           acquainted
           with
           ,
           and
           therein
           conveyed
           about
           Nine
           or
           Ten
           of
           the
           aforesaid
           Treasonable
           Letters
           ,
           superscribed
           to
           several
           
           honest
           Gentlemen
           and
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           were
           Favourers
           of
           the
           Dissenting
           Protestants
           :
           When
           he
           had
           so
           done
           ,
           he
           informed
           some
           of
           the
           Officers
           belonging
           to
           the
           Custom-House
           ,
           That
           in
           that
           House
           there
           was
           concealed
           great
           Quantities
           of
           French-Lace
           ,
           and
           other
           prohibited
           Goods
           ,
           desiring
           them
           the
           next
           Morning
           to
           bring
           a
           Warrant
           with
           them
           and
           search
           the
           House
           ,
           which
           they
           promised
           .
           At
           Night
           he
           brought
           one
           Captain
           Bedford
           to
           lie
           with
           him
           (
           as
           is
           supposed
           )
           that
           he
           might
           be
           a
           Witness
           against
           the
           Colonel
           :
           Next
           Morning
           after
           the
           Colonel
           was
           gone
           forth
           ,
           came
           the
           Officers
           to
           search
           for
           prohibited
           Goods
           ;
           Dangerfield
           was
           very
           officious
           in
           assisting
           them
           to
           search
           the
           Colonel's
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           at
           length
           from
           behind
           the
           Bed
           brings
           forth
           the
           before-mentioned
           Pacquet
           of
           Letters
           ;
           upon
           which
           ,
           casting
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           seeming
           surprized
           ,
           he
           cryed
           out
           ,
           
             Treason
             ,
             These
             are
             all
             Treasonable
             Letters
          
           ;
           Whereupon
           the
           Officers
           carried
           them
           away
           to
           the
           Commissioners
           :
           But
           the
           Colonel
           coming
           in
           soon
           after
           ,
           and
           being
           acquainted
           with
           all
           that
           had
           past
           in
           his
           absence
           ,
           found
           means
           to
           retrieve
           them
           again
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           had
           so
           done
           ,
           he
           made
           some
           Enquiry
           after
           Dangerfield
           ,
           of
           whose
           Quality
           being
           well
           informed
           ,
           he
           carried
           the
           Letters
           to
           His
           Majesty
           ,
           with
           Protestations
           of
           his
           own
           Innocency
           ,
           and
           Dangerfield's
           Villany
           .
           Whereupon
           on
           the
           23.
           of
           October
           ,
           the
           Council
           ordered
           Dangerfield
           to
           be
           taken
           into
           Custody
           by
           a
           Messenger
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           full
           hearing
           of
           the
           Business
           before
           them
           ,
           Oobct
           .
           27.
           they
           Committed
           him
           to
           Newgate
           .
        
         
           When
           Colonel
           Mansel
           had
           thus
           detected
           Dangerfield
           ,
           the
           above-mentioued
           Captain
           Bedford
           came
           in
           very
           generously
           of
           himself
           ,
           and
           confessed
           several
           things
           he
           was
           privy
           to
           ,
           amongst
           which
           ,
           one
           was
           ,
           That
           this
           Dangerfield
           would
           have
           perswaded
           him
           to
           swear
           that
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Player
          
           spoke
           Treason
           ,
           thereby
           to
           have
           taken
           away
           the
           Life
           of
           that
           honest
           Gentleman
           .
        
         
           The
           Letters
           before-mentioned
           gave
           Light
           enough
           to
           perceive
           what
           the
           Design
           was
           the
           Papists
           were
           then
           contriving
           ;
           Whereupon
           Sir
           
             William
             Waller
          
           (
           who
           has
           been
           all
           along
           very
           zealous
           in
           discovering
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           their
           wicked
           Plots
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           Threats
           and
           Attempts
           to
           take
           away
           his
           Life
           )
           understanding
           that
           Dangerfield
           used
           to
           lodge
           at
           Mrs.
           Celliers
           ,
           went
           thither
           on
           Wednesday
           ,
           Octob.
           29.
           to
           search
           her
           House
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           might
           leave
           no
           place
           unsearcht
           ,
           he
           ordered
           a
           Tub
           of
           Meal
           to
           he
           emptied
           ,
           which
           being
           done
           ,
           at
           the
           Bottom
           thereof
           was
           found
           a
           little
           Paper-book
           tyed
           with
           red
           Ribbons
           ,
           wherein
           was
           a
           List
           of
           several
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           to
           the
           number
           of
           above
           500.
           whom
           they
           designed
           to
           ruin
           by
           this
           their
           New
           Plot.
           They
           had
           set
           down
           his
           Grace
           the
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           for
           General
           of
           the
           Army
           to
           be
           raised
           ;
           the
           Lord
           Grey
           ,
           Lord
           Brandon
           and
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Armstrong
          
           ,
           for
           Lieutenant-Generals
           ,
           Sir
           
             William
             Waller
          
           and
           Mr.
           Blood
           for
           Major-Generals
           ,
           &c.
           the
           Duke
           of
           Buckingham
           ,
           Lord
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           Lord
           Essex
           ,
           Lord
           Roberts
           ,
           Lord
           Wharton
           ,
           and
           Lord
           Hallifax
           ,
           were
           to
           have
           been
           accused
           for
           the
           chief
           Counsellors
           and
           Managers
           of
           this
           Plot.
           Many
           other
           things
           were
           contained
           in
           these
           Papers
           ,
           relating
           to
           the
           Management
           of
           their
           Design
           :
           Upon
           this
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           was
           committed
           to
           the
           Gatehouse
           .
        
         
           Their
           Plot
           being
           now
           sufficiently
           laid
           open
           ,
           Dangerfield
           (
           notwithstanding
           Mrs.
           Celliers
           Encouragement
           to
           be
           constant
           and
           firm
           to
           the
           
             Catholick
             Cause
          
           )
           thought
           it
           time
           to
           confess
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           being
           brought
           before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Clayton
          
           Lord
           Mayor
           of
           London
           ,
           on
           Friday
           Octob.
           31.
           1679.
           he
           made
           a
           large
           Confession
           ,
           which
           held
           them
           from
           Five
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Afternoon
           ,
           untill
           Two
           next
           Morning
           .
           Part
           whereof
           was
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           sent
           for
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           whither
           he
           went
           in
           disguise
           ,
           where
           after
           some
           discourse
           with
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Arundel
           asked
           him
           ,
           If
           he
           were
           willing
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           to
           advance
           his
           Fortune
           ;
           to
           which
           he
           answered
           he
           would
           do
           any
           thing
           .
           Then
           the
           Lord
           Arundel
           asked
           him
           if
           he
           would
           kill
           the
           King
           for
           a
           good
           Reward
           ;
           to
           which
           he
           replyed
           ,
           He
           would
           kill
           any
           body
           but
           the
           King
           ,
           or
           his
           Royal
           Brother
           .
           That
           then
           the
           aforesaid
           Lord
           asked
           him
           the
           same
           Question
           again
           ;
           and
           he
           answered
           ,
           No.
           Then
           said
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           ,
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           my
           Lord
           Arundel
           does
           onely
           this
           to
           try
           you
           :
           But
           my
           Lord
           (
           continued
           he
           )
           what
           would
           you
           give
           him
           to
           kill
           the
           King
           ?
           'T
           is
           worth
           (
           said
           the
           Lord
           Arundel
           )
           2000
           
             l.
             That
          
           then
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           told
           him
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           500
           l.
           to
           kill
           the
           Lord
           
             Shafisbury
             .
             That
          
           Mr.
           Gadbury
           told
           him
           ,
           the
           Lords
           in
           the
           Tower
           were
           angry
           with
           him
           ,
           as
           also
           chiefly
           the
           Lord
           Castlemain
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           would
           not
           kill
           the
           King
           ,
           when
           he
           might
           easily
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           no
           hurt
           befall
           him
           .
           That
           here
           ,
           
           upon
           he
           asked
           Mr.
           Gadbury
           ,
           How
           no
           hurt
           should
           befall
           him
           ,
           when
           in
           his
           Opinion
           it
           could
           be
           no
           less
           than
           Death
           ?
           To
           which
           Gadbury
           made
           answer
           ,
           That
           he
           knew
           he
           might
           do
           it
           safely
           ,
           for
           at
           the
           Request
           of
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           he
           had
           Calculated
           his
           Nativity
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           clear
           from
           thence
           .
           That
           the
           Lord
           Castlemain
           very
           angrily
           askt
           him
           ,
           Why
           he
           was
           so
           unwilling
           to
           do
           that
           for
           which
           he
           was
           released
           out
           of
           Prison
           ;
           and
           fearing
           some
           mischief
           from
           him
           ,
           he
           left
           him
           ,
           and
           went
           and
           told
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           ,
           that
           the
           Lord
           Castlemain
           was
           angry
           ;
           to
           which
           she
           replyed
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           his
           custom
           to
           fall
           out
           one
           hour
           ,
           and
           be
           good
           friends
           the
           next
           .
           That
           his
           Confessor
           Sharp
           told
           him
           he
           must
           do
           Penance
           for
           denying
           to
           serve
           God
           ,
           as
           the
           Scriptures
           taught
           .
           That
           he
           askt
           him
           ,
           If
           they
           taught
           him
           to
           kill
           his
           King
           ?
           To
           which
           Sharp
           replyed
           ,
           Yes
           ,
           if
           he
           were
           condemn'd
           by
           them
           .
           That
           when
           he
           told
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           and
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           ,
           of
           having
           been
           alone
           with
           the
           King
           in
           his
           Closet
           ;
           they
           both
           said
           ,
           
             What
             an
             Opportunity
             have
             you
             lost
             ?
          
           And
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           added
           ,
           
             How
             bravely
             might
             you
             have
             killed
             him
             ,
             if
             you
             had
             been
             provided
             !
             That
          
           he
           was
           sent
           by
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           to
           Mr.
           Webb's
           at
           Petterley
           in
           Buckinghamshire
           ,
           with
           a
           Letter
           directed
           ,
           For
           Mrs.
           Jean
           ;
           which
           Mrs.
           Jean
           he
           found
           to
           be
           a
           Priest
           in
           Womans
           Habit.
           That
           upon
           reading
           the
           Letter
           ,
           Jean
           administred
           the
           Sacrament
           to
           him
           ,
           obliging
           him
           thereby
           to
           Secrecy
           ;
           and
           then
           gave
           him
           Papers
           containing
           a
           rough
           Draught
           of
           the
           Plot
           against
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           which
           he
           told
           him
           were
           to
           be
           drawn
           up
           into
           Particulars
           by
           the
           Lords
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Nevil
           in
           the
           
             Kings-Bench
             .
             That
          
           Mr.
           Wood
           told
           him
           ,
           The
           Lords
           in
           the
           Tower
           had
           consulted
           ,
           that
           before
           Mr.
           Oates
           wat
           Indicted
           ,
           something
           should
           be
           made
           appear
           of
           a
           
             Presbyterian
             Plot.
             That
          
           one
           Duddel
           brought
           him
           27
           Letters
           ,
           written
           most
           by
           by
           Mr.
           Nevil
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           Turner
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           his
           Priest
           ,
           desired
           some
           Catholiques
           might
           Transcribe
           ;
           whereupon
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           sent
           for
           Mr.
           Singe
           who
           wrote
           there
           about
           a
           Week
           .
           That
           the
           Contents
           of
           these
           Letters
           were
           ,
           
             That
             there
             Business
             went
             on
             well
             here
             at
          
           London
           ,
           
             as
             they
             hoped
             theirs
             did
             in
             the
             Country
             :
             That
             Commissioners
             would
             shortly
             be
             ready
          
           ;
           (
           mentioning
           in
           some
           of
           these
           Letters
           the
           Names
           of
           divers
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ;
           )
           
             and
             that
             they
             would
             now
             be
             their
             own
             Choosers
             in
             Matters
             of
             Government
             ,
             and
             use
             Papists
             as
             they
             pleased
             .
             That
          
           these
           Letters
           were
           to
           be
           sent
           into
           all
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           where
           any
           Presbyterians
           liv'd
           ,
           and
           privately
           to
           be
           put
           into
           their
           Houses
           ,
           and
           then
           their
           Houses
           were
           to
           be
           searcht
           ,
           and
           these
           Papers
           produced
           for
           Evidence
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           intended
           against
           Colonel
           Mansel
           .
        
         
           
             Saturday
             ,
             Novem.
          
           1.
           
           His
           Lordship
           waited
           on
           His
           Majesty
           and
           Council
           with
           Dangerfield's
           Confession
           ;
           and
           Dangerfield
           being
           again
           sent
           for
           to
           come
           before
           the
           Council
           ,
           did
           further
           declare
           ,
           That
           all
           the
           Lords
           in
           the
           Tower
           gave
           him
           Money
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ,
           and
           did
           desire
           
             him
             to
             go
             to
          
           Turner
           
             the
             Popish
             Book-seller
             to
             get
             his
             Remarks
             on
             the
             Tryals
             Printed
             .
             That
          
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           advised
           Lane
           should
           be
           sent
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           lest
           if
           Mr.
           Oates
           should
           find
           him
           at
           his
           House
           ,
           they
           should
           all
           be
           ruin'd
           .
           That
           he
           saw
           Sir
           
             G.
             Wakeman
          
           at
           Mr.
           Stamford's
           House
           ,
           (
           the
           Duke
           of
           Newburgh's
           Agent
           )
           in
           whose
           own
           Room
           he
           lay
           ,
           and
           that
           Sir
           George
           told
           him
           ,
           He
           hid
           himself
           there
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           who
           had
           posted
           a
           threatning
           Paper
           over
           his
           Door
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           received
           
             500
             l.
          
           by
           the
           Queens
           Order
           for
           his
           Transportation
           .
           That
           Sir
           George
           asking
           his
           Advice
           ,
           how
           he
           might
           get
           away
           ,
           he
           told
           him
           ,
           He
           had
           best
           send
           for
           a
           Shallop
           from
           Calice
           to
           take
           him
           in
           about
           six
           Miles
           from
           Dover
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           ,
           and
           escaped
           to
           
             Newport
             .
             That
             Dormer
          
           was
           Author
           of
           
             Traytors
             transform'd
             into
             Martyrs
          
           ;
           and
           that
           Gadbury
           had
           writ
           a
           Ballad
           and
           several
           Pamphlets
           .
           That
           the
           second
           time
           he
           visited
           the
           Earl
           of
           Shafssbury
           ,
           he
           intended
           to
           stab
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           put
           out
           the
           Candle
           ,
           and
           under
           pretence
           of
           running
           down
           to
           light
           it
           ,
           have
           made
           his
           escape
           .
           That
           the
           two
           Books
           taken
           (
           whereof
           one
           was
           found
           in
           a
           Meal
           Tub
           )
           was
           writ
           by
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Names
           therein
           were
           all
           Dictated
           to
           him
           by
           the
           Lady
           
             Powis
             .
             That
          
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           and
           he
           used
           the
           words
           ,
           
             Lady
             Mary
          
           for
           the
           KING
           ,
           and
           
             Lady
             Anne
          
           for
           the
           DUKE
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Afternoon
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           was
           Examin'd
           ,
           and
           declar'd
           ,
           That
           Dangerfield
           had
           for
           some
           time
           lain
           at
           her
           House
           .
           That
           she
           paid
           3
           l.
           10.
           s.
           out
           of
           the
           Money
           to
           be
           distributed
           to
           Prisoners
           for
           his
           Release
           ,
           but
           denyed
           the
           paying
           of
           Twenty
           pounds
           ,
           or
           Five
           pounds
           ,
           as
           had
           been
           alledged
           .
           That
           she
           employed
           Dangerfield
           onely
           to
           get
           in
           some
           desperate
           Debts
           belonging
           to
           her
           Husband
           ,
           and
           to
           Bail
           two
           or
           three
           persons
           out
           of
           Prison
           ,
           and
           in
           nothing
           else
           .
           That
           she
           did
           lie
           at
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           ;
           but
           denied
           she
           sent
           a
           Note
           to
           Dangerfield
           in
           Newgate
           ,
           till
           the
           Note
           was
           produced
           ,
           and
           then
           she
           own'd
           it
           .
           That
           she
           knew
           nothing
           of
           killing
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Shaftsbury
             .
             That
          
           she
           did
           indeed
           go
           to
           the
           said
           Earl
           upon
           business
           .
           
             That
             Dangerfield
          
           did
           draw
           up
           Articles
           against
           Captain
           Richardson
           ,
           but
           not
           by
           her
           Order
           .
        
         
           Then
           Dangerfield
           was
           call'd
           in
           again
           ,
           who
           said
           further
           ,
           
             That
             Banister
          
           and
           she
           visted
           him
           in
           the
           Kings-Bench
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           order'd
           him
           to
           get
           the
           Papers
           from
           Strode
           about
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ;
           to
           which
           end
           ,
           Hitton
           the
           Priest
           advised
           that
           Opium
           should
           be
           put
           into
           Strode's
           Drink
           .
           That
           
           Margaret
           Mrs.
           Celliers
           Maid
           brought
           him
           Opium
           from
           Mrs.
           Celliers
           Son-in-law
           ,
           Plasdel
           ;
           and
           that
           Mounson
           told
           him
           how
           to
           use
           it
           .
           
             That
             Knowles
          
           and
           Sharp
           ,
           Priests
           ,
           told
           him
           if
           he
           continued
           firm
           to
           the
           Business
           ,
           he
           would
           thereby
           merit
           Heaven
           .
        
         
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           confess'd
           ,
           That
           she
           hid
           the
           Papers
           in
           the
           Meal-Tub
           :
           That
           she
           did
           agree
           with
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           to
           use
           
             Lady
             Mary
          
           in
           stead
           of
           King
           ,
           and
           
             Lady
             Anne
          
           in
           stead
           of
           Duke
           .
           And
           
             That
             Gadbury
          
           did
           Calculate
           Dangerfield's
           Nativity
           ,
           but
           said
           ,
           He
           would
           be
           hang'd
           .
        
         
           Then
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           was
           Examined
           ,
           who
           denied
           all
           ,
           except
           ,
           That
           she
           paid
           Ten
           shillings
           per
           Week
           to
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           for
           Dangerfields
           Diet.
           That
           she
           saw
           him
           in
           the
           Stone-Gallery
           ,
           but
           was
           not
           near
           enough
           to
           speak
           to
           him
           .
           That
           once
           and
           no
           more
           she
           discoursed
           him
           at
           Mrs.
           Celliers
           ,
           and
           that
           then
           he
           told
           her
           of
           some
           Treasonable
           Letters
           hid
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Secretary
           refused
           to
           give
           him
           a
           Warrant
           to
           search
           for
           them
           ,
           unless
           he
           would
           make
           Affidavit
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           then
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           advised
           him
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Custom-House
           Officers
           to
           search
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           On
           
             Sunday
             ,
             Nov.
          
           2.
           
           Mr.
           Gadbury
           was
           examined
           ,
           who
           acknowledged
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           seen
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           once
           or
           twice
           at
           his
           House
           with
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           thought
           he
           cast
           his
           Nativity
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           Thomas
           ,
           and
           that
           looking
           on
           his
           Horoscope
           ,
           he
           did
           say
           ,
           it
           prognosticated
           a
           bold
           and
           adventurous
           Man
           ,
           but
           does
           not
           remember
           that
           he
           told
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           he
           would
           be
           hang'd
           .
           That
           he
           likewise
           cast
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           his
           Nativity
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           a
           usual
           thing
           with
           him
           to
           cast
           the
           Nativities
           of
           such
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           whose
           Time
           of
           Birth
           he
           could
           be
           assured
           of
           .
           But
           as
           to
           other
           things
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           He
           was
           innocent
           .
        
         
           Nov.
           1.
           
           
             Susan
             Edwards
          
           ,
           Mrs.
           Cellier's
           Maid
           ,
           deposed
           ,
           That
           she
           carried
           Notes
           to
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           from
           her
           Mistress
           ,
           when
           he
           was
           in
           Newgate
           ;
           as
           also
           a
           Guinney
           ,
           Twenty
           Shillings
           in
           Silver
           ,
           and
           two
           Books
           of
           Accounts
           :
           As
           likewise
           a
           Message
           by
           word
           of
           mouth
           ,
           importing
           ,
           That
           Mrs.
           Cellier's
           Life
           lay
           in
           Mr.
           Dangerfield's
           hands
           .
           And
           said
           ,
           That
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           had
           been
           three
           times
           at
           her
           Mistresses
           in
           five
           Weeks
           time
           that
           she
           lived
           there
           ,
           and
           that
           once
           she
           had
           discourse
           with
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           .
        
         
           Nov.
           2.
           
           
             William
             Woodman
          
           deposed
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           was
           two
           Months
           at
           the
           Lord
           Powis's
           House
           ,
           and
           that
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           and
           he
           writ
           often
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           carried
           Letters
           from
           them
           to
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           in
           the
           Tower
           ;
           as
           also
           Letters
           from
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           to
           Nevile
           in
           the
           
             King's
             Bench
          
           ;
           to
           whom
           also
           he
           had
           carried
           Letters
           from
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           and
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           .
        
         
           
             Mary
             Ayray
          
           deposed
           ,
           
             That
             Duddel
          
           and
           she
           carried
           Notes
           taken
           by
           Mr.
           Willoughby
           ,
           aliàs
           Dangerfield
           ,
           at
           Langhorn's
           Trial
           ,
           to
           Mr.
           Nevil
           in
           the
           
             King's
             Bench
          
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           left
           Dangerfield
           at
           a
           Coffee-House
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           .
           That
           she
           carried
           a
           Letter
           from
           Nevil
           to
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           ,
           and
           another
           from
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           to
           the
           Lady
           
             Powis
             .
             That
          
           she
           had
           seen
           Sing
           often
           with
           Mrs.
           
             Cellier
             .
             That
             Dangerfield
          
           writ
           the
           Speeches
           of
           the
           Five
           Jesuits
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           dictated
           to
           him
           by
           Mrs.
           
             Cellier
             .
             That
          
           she
           had
           seen
           Lane
           (
           by
           Mrs.
           Cellier's
           order
           called
           Johnson
           )
           at
           Powis-House
           .
        
         
           
             Bennet
             Duddel
          
           a
           Carpenter
           ,
           deposed
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           seen
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           at
           
             Powis-house
             .
             That
          
           he
           went
           with
           Mrs.
           Ayray
           to
           the
           
             King's
             Bench
          
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           stayed
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           at
           a
           Coffee-House
           there
           by
           .
           That
           they
           brought
           Papers
           back
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           soon
           after
           Mrs.
           Ayray
           went
           to
           the
           
             Tower.
             That
          
           at
           Powis-house
           he
           has
           often
           seen
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           ,
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           writing
           .
           That
           Mr.
           Lane
           lay
           in
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           that
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           was
           once
           much
           concerned
           when
           she
           thought
           him
           lost
           .
           
             That
             Dangerfield
          
           once
           asked
           him
           if
           he
           could
           make
           a
           Printing-Press
           .
           That
           he
           went
           to
           the
           Gate-house
           once
           or
           twice
           with
           Mrs.
           Ayray
           ,
           who
           carried
           Money
           to
           the
           Prisoners
           .
           That
           by
           the
           Lady
           Powis's
           Order
           he
           made
           a
           private
           place
           in
           Powis-house
           .
        
         
           To
           all
           these
           Depositions
           ,
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           being
           called
           in
           ,
           answered
           particularly
           .
           To
           
             Susan
             Edwards
             ,
             That
          
           when
           she
           came
           to
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           ,
           she
           never
           lighted
           from
           her
           Coach.
           To
           
             Woodman
             ,
             That
          
           she
           never
           receiv'd
           a
           Letter
           from
           Nevil
           ,
           or
           sent
           one
           to
           him
           .
           That
           she
           had
           received
           several
           from
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           she
           might
           have
           received
           one
           from
           
             Dangerfield
             .
             That
          
           going
           to
           see
           the
           Lady
           Gage
           in
           the
           Kings-Bench
           ,
           some
           body
           pointed
           to
           Nevil
           as
           he
           stood
           at
           the
           Window
           :
           And
           excepting
           once
           she
           never
           saw
           him
           besides
           that
           time
           .
           To
           
             Duddel
             ,
             That
          
           Mrs.
           Ayray
           did
           bring
           her
           some
           Remarks
           upon
           Langhorns
           Tryal
           ,
           but
           she
           never
           saw
           any
           thing
           from
           Nevil
           .
           To
           Mrs.
           
             Ayray
             ,
             That
          
           she
           never
           brought
           her
           any
           Message
           from
           Nevil
           .
        
         
           Being
           demanded
           ,
           whether
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           had
           not
           been
           with
           her
           in
           the
           Tower
           from
           Mr.
           Willoughby
           ?
           She
           answered
           ,
           Yes
           ;
           but
           that
           she
           never
           saw
           Willoughby
           but
           twice
           .
           Hereupon
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           being
           called
           ,
           and
           askt
           ,
           Whether
           she
           had
           not
           been
           in
           the
           Tower
           with
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           ;
           she
           stiffly
           denied
           it
           :
           but
           being
           told
           ,
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           her self
           had
           own'd
           it
           ,
           she
           then
           confess'd
           she
           had
           been
           there
           .
        
         
         
           Captain
           Bedford
           was
           then
           called
           in
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           at
           several
           Clubs
           with
           
             Dangerfield
             .
             That
          
           he
           was
           at
           Thompsons
           the
           Printers
           ,
           where
           was
           printing
           ,
           
             The
             Presbyterian
             unmask'd
             .
             That
             Dangerfield
          
           paid
           Money
           to
           Dormer
           in
           S.
           
             John's
             .
             That
             Dangerfield
          
           would
           have
           got
           a
           List
           of
           the
           Club
           at
           the
           Kings-head
           ,
           but
           the
           Drawer
           would
           not
           give
           it
           him
           .
           That
           at
           the
           
             Green
             Dragon
          
           he
           got
           the
           Names
           of
           about
           60
           Persons
           that
           used
           to
           meet
           there
           .
           That
           he
           went
           with
           him
           to
           the
           Sun
           and
           Ship
           Taverns
           ,
           where
           he
           enquired
           if
           the
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           had
           not
           been
           there
           the
           Night
           before
           he
           went
           away
           .
           
             That
             Dangerfield
          
           said
           ,
           Gadbury
           brought
           him
           acquainted
           with
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Peyton
             .
             That
             Dangerfield
          
           told
           him
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Shafisbury
           ,
           Sir
           
             William
             Waller
          
           ,
           Doctor
           Tongue
           ,
           and
           others
           ,
           had
           private
           Meetings
           near
           Fox-hall
           about
           the
           Plot.
           
        
         
           The
           Earl
           of
           Peterborough
           being
           called
           in
           ,
           and
           having
           an
           account
           of
           what
           was
           laid
           to
           his
           Charge
           ,
           made
           a
           very
           plausible
           Speech
           in
           answer
           thereto
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           the
           business
           of
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Peyton
          
           ,
           he
           said
           ,
           That
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           told
           him
           that
           among
           others
           which
           she
           had
           brought
           over
           to
           be
           serviceable
           to
           His
           Majesty
           and
           the
           Duke
           ,
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Peyton
          
           was
           one
           ,
           who
           had
           declared
           to
           her
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           gladly
           come
           in
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           thought
           the
           Duke
           of
           that
           temper
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           never
           forget
           an
           Injury
           .
           That
           then
           he
           assured
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           ,
           the
           Duke
           was
           no
           such
           person
           ;
           and
           then
           she
           replyed
           ,
           that
           
             Sir
             Robert
          
           would
           willingly
           meet
           him
           at
           Mr.
           
             Gadbury's
             .
             That
          
           they
           did
           meet
           accordingly
           at
           Mr.
           Gadbury's
           ,
           where
           
             Sir
             Robert
          
           did
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           serve
           the
           King
           to
           all
           purposes
           ;
           but
           seemed
           to
           doubt
           of
           the
           Dukes
           being
           reconciled
           to
           him
           .
           That
           afterwards
           he
           waited
           on
           the
           Duke
           at
           his
           Lordships
           Lodgings
           ,
           and
           from
           him
           received
           all
           the
           assurance
           of
           favour
           he
           could
           desire
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           principal
           things
           that
           were
           acted
           before
           the
           King
           and
           Council
           ,
           the
           Result
           whereof
           was
           ,
           that
           the
           Earl
           of
           Castlemain
           (
           first
           )
           and
           (
           after
           )
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           was
           committed
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           Mr.
           Gadbury
           to
           the
           Gate-house
           ,
           Mr.
           〈◊〉
           and
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           to
           Newgate
           ,
           and
           several
           others
           to
           the
           Custody
           of
           Messengers
           .
        
         
           About
           this
           time
           
             Sir
             William
             Waller
          
           (
           searching
           a
           House
           near
           the
           Arch
           in
           Lincolns-Inn
           Fields
           ,
           leading
           to
           Duke-street
           )
           seized
           on
           several
           Habits
           ,
           Vestments
           ,
           Crucifixes
           ,
           Reliques
           ,
           and
           other
           Popish
           Trinkets
           ,
           all
           very
           rich
           ;
           as
           allodivers
           Trunks
           and
           Boxes
           full
           of
           Books
           and
           Papers
           ,
           that
           did
           belong
           to
           Father
           Hercourt
           lately
           executed
           ,
           wherein
           are
           set
           down
           several
           great
           sums
           of
           Money
           paid
           by
           him
           in
           about
           7
           or
           8
           years
           last
           past
           ,
           for
           carrying
           on
           the
           
             Catholique
             Cause
          
           ;
           as
           likewise
           many
           other
           things
           that
           confirm
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Kings
           Evidence
           .
        
         
           Among
           the
           Relicks
           was
           found
           one
           great
           Piece
           of
           Antiquity
           ,
           and
           by
           computation
           of
           time
           near
           800
           years
           old
           .
           It
           was
           a
           Cross
           of
           Gold
           ,
           weighing
           about
           4
           Ounces
           ,
           upon
           which
           on
           the
           one
           side
           was
           engraven
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Defendite
             Gentes
             hanc
             partem
             Crucis
             Omnipotentis
          
           ;
           in
           English
           ,
           Defend
           O
           ye
           Nations
           this
           part
           of
           the
           Omnipotent
           Cross
           :
           On
           the
           other
           side
           were
           engraven
           the
           Arms
           of
           Alfred
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           dyed
           in
           the
           year
           901.
           
           Besides
           which
           engraving
           ,
           it
           was
           empail'd
           with
           divers
           precious
           Stones
           of
           a
           considerable
           value
           .
           Within
           this
           Cross
           was
           another
           Cross
           of
           Ebony
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Gold
           one
           seem'd
           to
           serve
           onely
           for
           a
           Case
           ;
           and
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           a
           little
           Nest
           of
           Serpentine
           Idolatry
           ,
           the
           Ebony
           Cross
           was
           inlaid
           with
           another
           Cross
           of
           a
           quite
           different
           Wood
           ,
           which
           it
           is
           suppos'd
           ,
           they
           believ'd
           to
           be
           a
           piece
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Cross.
           
        
         
           There
           was
           also
           a
           Gold
           Ring
           with
           a
           Motto
           wrap'd
           up
           in
           white
           Paper
           ,
           upon
           which
           was
           written
           ,
           
             The
             Ring
             of
             the
             Bishop
             of
          
           Glascow
           ,
           with
           several
           other
           Curiosities
           ,
           which
           are
           as
           yet
           preserv'd
           .
        
         
           On
           Novem.
           5.
           
           Mr.
           Courtees
           was
           taken
           and
           brought
           before
           Justice
           Warcup
           ,
           who
           having
           taken
           his
           Examination
           ,
           sent
           him
           to
           the
           Gate-house
           .
           At
           his
           Examination
           ,
           he
           gave
           an
           account
           of
           his
           first
           acquaintance
           with
           Mr.
           Willoughby
           ,
           (
           not
           knowing
           then
           that
           he
           went
           by
           any
           other
           Name
           )
           and
           that
           Willoughby
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           the
           Presbyterians
           were
           conspiring
           against
           the
           King
           and
           Government
           ,
           and
           were
           privately
           raising
           an
           Army
           ,
           and
           that
           Mr.
           Blood
           was
           one
           that
           gave
           out
           Commissions
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           and
           perswaded
           him
           to
           use
           his
           endeavour
           to
           get
           one
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           could
           do
           so
           ,
           he
           would
           bring
           him
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           whereby
           he
           should
           get
           5000
           l.
           And
           that
           upon
           this
           he
           made
           his
           application
           to
           Mrs.
           Bradley
           in
           order
           thereto
           ,
           believing
           what
           Dangerfield
           said
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           really
           a
           
             Presbyterian
             Plot
          
           on
           foot
           :
           so
           that
           what
           he
           did
           ,
           he
           said
           was
           upon
           a
           Loyal
           Design
           .
           But
           there
           is
           some
           cause
           to
           suspect
           what
           he
           said
           ,
           if
           we
           reflect
           on
           what
           Mrs.
           Bradley
           deposed
           on
           Nov.
           1.
           and
           what
           he
           acknowledged
           now
           ;
           viz.
           That
           the
           last
           time
           Mrs.
           Bradley
           saw
           him
           ,
           asking
           him
           when
           they
           should
           get
           the
           5000
           l.
           He
           replied
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           meddle
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           troubled
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           would
           be
           Treachery
           if
           it
           were
           done
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           to
           no
           purpose
           to
           meddle
           in
           it
           now
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           a
           List
           found
           out
           .
           However
           it
           be
           ,
           he
           is
           since
           bailed
           out
           of
           the
           Gate-house
           :
           And
           for
           a
           confirmation
           of
           his
           Guilt
           ,
           is
           gone
           aside
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           almost
           every
           day
           new
           Discoveries
           are
           made
           ,
           either
           of
           Priests
           or
           their
           Appurtenances
           ,
           Reliques
           and
           feditious
           Papers
           .
           Dormer
           a
           Priest
           was
           seized
           by
           Dr.
           Oates
           at
           the
           Door
           of
           the
           Council-Chamber
           ,
           on
           Nov.
           4.
           as
           he
           was
           busie
           in
           discourse
           with
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           ,
           and
           was
           sent
           to
           Newgate
           .
        
         
           On
           Nov.
           11.
           
           
             Sir
             William
             Waller
          
           seized
           at
           Turner's
           in
           Holborn
           ,
           several
           seditious
           and
           scandalous
           Libels
           ,
           Popish
           Books
           and
           Pamphlets
           ;
           as
           also
           divers
           Beads
           ,
           and
           Priests
           Habits
           ,
           and
           some
           Reliques
           ,
           one
           of
           which
           was
           a
           very
           fine
           Handkerchief
           ,
           which
           had
           been
           dip'd
           in
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           five
           Jesuits
           lately
           executed
           .
        
         
           Not
           long
           after
           
             Sir
             William
          
           seized
           on
           one
           
             William
             Russel
          
           ,
           alias
           Napper
           ,
           a
           
             Franciscan
             Fryar
          
           ,
           and
           
             Titular
             Bishop
             of
             Norwich
          
           :
           With
           him
           were
           taken
           the
           Garments
           belonging
           to
           his
           Office
           ;
           as
           also
           the
           Form
           of
           an
           Oath
           of
           Abjuration
           ,
           for
           his
           Proselytes
           ,
           to
           this
           effect
           ;
           
             That
             they
             did
             from
             thenceforth
             renounce
             those
             damnable
             and
             heretical
             Doctrines
             ,
             wherein
             they
             had
             been
             educated
             and
             instructed
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             did
             oblige
             themselves
             under
             the
             penalty
             of
             Damnation
             to
             remainsted
             fast
             in
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Mother-Church
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           &c.
           
           Together
           with
           a
           Latin
           Prayer
           ,
           in
           the
           Margin
           whereof
           was
           written
           in
           English
           ,
           
             Whoever
             says
             this
             Prayer
             shall
             be
             free
             from
             the
             Plague
             .
          
           And
           several
           Popish
           Books
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           On
           Friday
           .
           Nov.
           21.
           
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Peyton
          
           ,
           Mr.
           Nevil
           ,
           Mr.
           Gadbury
           ,
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           with
           her
           Maids
           ,
           and
           others
           were
           severally
           Examin'd
           ;
           when
           it
           was
           sworn
           ,
           that
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Peyton
          
           had
           had
           frequent
           Conferences
           with
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           ;
           and
           the
           further
           hearing
           of
           the
           Matter
           being
           put
           off
           till
           Wednesday
           ,
           Nov.
           26.
           
           
             Sir
             Robert
          
           was
           then
           ordered
           to
           give
           Bail
           for
           his
           Appearance
           at
           the
           Kings-Bench-Bar
           ,
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           next
           Term
           ,
           to
           answer
           to
           such
           Informations
           as
           should
           then
           be
           brought
           against
           him
           by
           the
           Attorney-General
           .
        
         
           Dr.
           Oates
           during
           these
           Transactions
           had
           two
           of
           his
           Servants
           ,
           Lane
           (
           often
           mentioned
           in
           this
           History
           )
           and
           Osborn
           ,
           confederated
           with
           one
           Knox
           belonging
           to
           the
           Lord
           Treasurers
           Family
           ,
           against
           him
           ,
           who
           Indicted
           him
           for
           no
           less
           a
           Crime
           than
           Sodomy
           :
           But
           it
           being
           proved
           a
           malicious
           slander
           ,
           and
           his
           Accusers
           perjured
           Villains
           ,
           who
           were
           hired
           by
           the
           Lords
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           to
           invalidate
           his
           Evidence
           ,
           the
           Jury
           brought
           it
           in
           Ignoramus
           .
           And
           Dr.
           Oates
           thereupon
           bringing
           in
           an
           Indictment
           against
           them
           in
           the
           
             Kings-Bench
             ,
             Knox
          
           and
           Lane
           (
           Osborn
           being
           fled
           )
           were
           tried
           on
           
             Tuesday
             ,
             Nov.
          
           25.
           
           When
           the
           whole
           Design
           was
           so
           particularly
           laid
           open
           ,
           especially
           by
           Mr.
           Dangerfield
           ,
           (
           whose
           Pardon
           was
           perfected
           the
           day
           before
           )
           that
           every
           one
           present
           was
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           intended
           Villany
           ,
           and
           the
           Jury
           (
           without
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice's
           summing
           up
           the
           Evidence
           )
           declared
           them
           guilty
           of
           the
           Indictment
           :
           But
           their
           Sentence
           is
           deferred
           till
           next
           Term.
           We
           shall
           here
           close
           our
           History
           with
           our
           Prayers
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           bring
           to
           Light
           all
           the
           Dark
           Contrivances
           of
           Jesuits
           and
           wicked
           men
           ;
           and
           to
           their
           Plots
           ,
           and
           our
           
             Divis●●●●●
             Dangers
          
           ,
           put
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A67878-e1060
           
             Ye
             had
             reason
             so
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             an
             unanswerable
             Dilemma
             .
          
           
             I
             concur
             totally
             with
             you
             in
             opinion
             ,
             assuring
             you
             ,
             that
             no
             body
             doth
             ,
             or
             shall
             know
             of
             this
             business
             ;
             and
             to
             shew
             my
             care
             to
             conceal
             it
             ,
             I
             received
             this
             but
             this
             Afternoon
             ,
             and
             now
             I
             make
             this
             dispatch
             before
             I
             sleep
             .
             Herewith
             I
             send
             his
             Warrant
             ,
             as
             you
             advise
             ,
             which
             indeed
             I
             judge
             to
             be
             the
             better
             way
             .
          
           
             I
             like
             your
             answer
             extreme
             well
             ,
             and
             do
             promise
             not
             to
             deceive
             your
             considence
             ,
             nor
             make
             you
             break
             your
             word
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             sent
             all
             back
             .
             I
             think
             these
             Apostyles
             will
             be
             warrant
             enough
             for
             you
             to
             proceed
             ,
             especially
             ,
             when
             I
             expresly
             command
             you
             to
             do
             so
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             I
             am
             as
             far
             from
             condemning
             your
             judgement
             ,
             as
             suspecting
             your
             Fidelity
             .
          
           
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