The arraignment, trials, conviction and condemnation of Sir Rich. Grahme ... and John Ashton, Gent. for high treason against ... King William and Queen Mary ... at the sessions ... holden ... on the 16th, 17th and 19th days of January, 1690 ... : to which are added two letters taken at Dublin the 4th of July, 1690.
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             The arraignment, trials, conviction and condemnation of Sir Rich. Grahme ... and John Ashton, Gent. for high treason against ... King William and Queen Mary ... at the sessions ... holden ... on the 16th, 17th and 19th days of January, 1690 ... : to which are added two letters taken at Dublin the 4th of July, 1690.
             Preston, Richard Graham, Viscount, 1648-1695, defendant.
             Ashton, John, d. 1691.
          
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           Preston, Richard Graham, -- Viscount, 1648-1695 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
           Ashton, John, d. 1691 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
           Trials (Treason) -- England.
           Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702.
        
      
    
     
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               THE
               ARRAIGNMENT
               ,
               &c.
               OF
               Sir
               Richard
               Grahme
               ,
               Baronet
               ,
               Viscount
               PRESTON
               in
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               Scotland
               ,
               AND
               John
               Ashton
               ,
               Gent.
               
            
             
               
                 Anno
                 Regni
                 Domini
                 WILLIELMI
                 &
                 Dominae
                 MARIAE
                 ,
                 Angl.
                 &c.
                 Secundo
                 .
                 Die
                 Veneris
                 ,
                 16.
                 die
                 Januarii
                 ,
                 Anno
                 Dom.
                 1690.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 King
                 and
                 Queens
                 Writ
                 of
                 Habeas
                 Corpora
                 was
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Governour
                 of
                 the
                 Tower
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 up
                 the
                 Bodies
                 of
                 Sir
                 Richard
                 Grahme
                 Baronet
                 ,
                 Viscount
                 Preston
                 in
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Scotland
                 ,
                 John
                 Ashton
                 and
                 Edmund
                 Elliot
                 Gent.
                 to
                 the
                 Sessions-house
                 in
                 the
                 Old-Baily
                 ,
                 London
                 ;
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 brought
                 between
                 the
                 hours
                 of
                 Ten
                 and
                 Eleven
                 in
                 the
                 Forenoon
                 ;
                 and
                 ,
                 being
                 placed
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 were
                 Arraigned
                 upon
                 an
                 Indictment
                 of
                 High-Treason
                 found
                 the
                 day
                 before
                 by
                 the
                 Grand-Jury
                 for
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Middlesex
                 ,
                 at
                 Hicks
                 Hall
                 ,
                 in
                 manner
                 following
                 :
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arraignments
                   .
                
                 
                   SIR
                   Richard
                   Grahme
                   ,
                   
                     hold
                     up
                     your
                     hand
                     ,
                     [
                     Which
                     he
                     did
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     the
                     other
                     two
                     .
                  
                   ]
                   —
                   You
                   stand
                   indicted
                   by
                   the
                   names
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                  
                   ,
                   late
                   of
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   Anne
                   within
                   the
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Westminster
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   Baronet
                   ;
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   late
                   of
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Paul
                     Covent-Garden
                  
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   Gentleman
                   ;
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   ,
                   late
                   of
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   James
                   within
                   the
                   Liberty
                   aforesaid
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   for
                   that
                   you
                   ,
                   as
                   false
                   Traytors
                   against
                   the
                   most
                   Illustrious
                   and
                   most
                   Excellent
                   Princes
                   William
                   and
                   Mary
                   ,
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   Defenders
                   of
                   the
                   Faith
                   ,
                   &c.
                   your
                   Sovereign
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   not
                   having
                   the
                   fear
                   of
                   God
                   in
                   your
                   hearts
                   ,
                   nor
                   weighing
                   the
                   duty
                   of
                   your
                   Allegiance
                   ,
                   but
                   being
                   moved
                   and
                   seduced
                   by
                   the
                   instigation
                   of
                   the
                   Devil
                   ,
                   the
                   cordial
                   Love
                   ,
                   and
                   true
                   ,
                   due
                   ,
                   and
                   natural
                   Obedience
                   ,
                   which
                   every
                   true
                   and
                   faithful
                   Subject
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Sovereign
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   towards
                   them
                   our
                   said
                   Sovereign
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   should
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   right
                   ought
                   to
                   bear
                   ,
                   wholly
                   withdrawing
                   ;
                   and
                   contriving
                   ,
                   
                   practising
                   ,
                   and
                   with
                   all
                   your
                   strength
                   indending
                   the
                   Peace
                   and
                   Common
                   Tranquility
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   disquiet
                   ,
                   molest
                   ,
                   und
                   disturb
                   ;
                   and
                   War
                   and
                   Rebellion
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Sovereign
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   stir
                   up
                   ,
                   move
                   ,
                   and
                   procure
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Government
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   subvert
                   ,
                   change
                   and
                   alter
                   ;
                   and
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   Title
                   ,
                   Honour
                   ,
                   and
                   Royal
                   Name
                   of
                   the
                   Imperial
                   Crown
                   of
                   this
                   their
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   depose
                   and
                   deprive
                   ;
                   and
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   to
                   death
                   and
                   final
                   destruction
                   to
                   bring
                   and
                   put
                   ;
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   Nine
                   and
                   twentieth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   second
                   year
                   of
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   Our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ;
                   and
                   divers
                   other
                   days
                   and
                   times
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   before
                   as
                   after
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clement
                     Danes
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   Falsly
                   ,
                   Maliciously
                   ,
                   Devillishly
                   ,
                   and
                   Traiterously
                   ,
                   with
                   Force
                   and
                   Arms
                   ,
                   &c.
                   with
                   divers
                   false
                   Rebels
                   and
                   Traytors
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Jurors
                   unknown
                   ,
                   did
                   Conspire
                   ,
                   Treat
                   of
                   ,
                   Compass
                   ,
                   Imagine
                   ,
                   and
                   intend
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   (
                   your
                   supreme
                   and
                   natural
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   )
                   from
                   the
                   Royal
                   State
                   ,
                   Crown
                   ,
                   Title
                   ,
                   Power
                   ,
                   and
                   Government
                   of
                   their
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   to
                   Deprive
                   ,
                   D●pose
                   ,
                   and
                   Cast
                   down
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   same
                   our
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   to
                   Kill
                   ,
                   and
                   bring
                   and
                   put
                   to
                   Death
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Government
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   Change
                   ,
                   Alter
                   ,
                   and
                   wholly
                   to
                   Subvert
                   ;
                   and
                   a
                   miserable
                   Slaughter
                   among
                   the
                   Subjects
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   within
                   Their
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   to
                   Cause
                   and
                   Procure
                   ;
                   and
                   an
                   Insurrection
                   ,
                   War
                   ,
                   and
                   Rebellion
                   against
                   Our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   Move
                   ,
                   Procure
                   ,
                   and
                   Aid
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   same
                   your
                   most
                   evil
                   ,
                   wicked
                   ,
                   and
                   Devillish
                   Treasons
                   ,
                   and
                   Taiterous
                   Compassings
                   ,
                   Imaginations
                   ,
                   and
                   Purposes
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   fulfill
                   ,
                   perfect
                   ,
                   and
                   bring
                   to
                   effect
                   ,
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   ,
                   as
                   false
                   Traitors
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   Nine
                   and
                   twentieth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   second
                   year
                   of
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   and
                   divers
                   other
                   days
                   and
                   times
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   before
                   ,
                   as
                   after
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clement
                     Danes
                  
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   with
                   Force
                   and
                   Arms
                   ,
                   &c.
                   falsly
                   ,
                   unlawfully
                   ,
                   wickedly
                   and
                   traiterously
                   ,
                   did
                   Propose
                   ,
                   Consult
                   ,
                   and
                   Agree
                   to
                   Procure
                   and
                   Prepare
                   great
                   Numbers
                   of
                   Armed
                   Men
                   ,
                   War
                   and
                   Rebellion
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   Levy
                   ,
                   and
                   Make
                   ;
                   And
                   that
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   ,
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   Nine
                   and
                   twentieth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   second
                   year
                   of
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clement
                     Danes
                  
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   falsly
                   ,
                   maliciously
                   ,
                   and
                   traiterously
                   ,
                   did
                   Prepare
                   ,
                   and
                   Compose
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   did
                   Cause
                   ,
                   and
                   Procure
                   to
                   be
                   Prepared
                   ,
                   and
                   Composed
                   ,
                   several
                   Traiterous
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   M●morandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   writing
                   ,
                   to
                   shew
                   and
                   inform
                   Lewis
                   then
                   and
                   yet
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   yet
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   many
                   other
                   evil-disposed
                   persons
                   ,
                   and
                   false
                   Traytors
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Jurors
                   unknown
                   ,
                   of
                   and
                   concerning
                   the
                   Number
                   ,
                   Force
                   ,
                   and
                   Condition
                   of
                   certain
                   Ships
                   ,
                   for
                   ,
                   and
                   on
                   the
                   behalf
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   then
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   designed
                   and
                   prepared
                   for
                   the
                   defence
                   of
                   their
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   and
                   their
                   Enemies
                   aforesaid
                   to
                   repell
                   and
                   resist
                   ;
                   and
                   how
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Ships
                   were
                   Manned
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Names
                   of
                   the
                   Captains
                   of
                   several
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Ships
                   ;
                   and
                   how
                   the
                   Castles
                   and
                   Fortresses
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   called
                   
                     Portsmouth
                     ,
                     South
                     Sea
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Gosport
                   ,
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   were
                   strengthened
                   and
                   fortified
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   the
                   same
                   Castles
                   and
                   Fortresses
                   ,
                   into
                   the
                   hands
                   and
                   possession
                   of
                   
                   Enemies
                   and
                   false
                   Traytors
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   might
                   be
                   taken
                   and
                   seized
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   of
                   the
                   time
                   ,
                   places
                   ,
                   ways
                   ,
                   manners
                   ,
                   and
                   means
                   by
                   which
                   ,
                   when
                   ,
                   and
                   where
                   the
                   same
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   might
                   invade
                   and
                   infest
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   same
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Ships
                   of
                   the
                   Enemies
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   should
                   fight
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   faithful
                   Subjects
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   to
                   procure
                   ,
                   provide
                   ,
                   prepare
                   ,
                   and
                   obtain
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   Assistance
                   and
                   Armed
                   Men
                   ,
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   from
                   their
                   Royal
                   State
                   and
                   Government
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   cast
                   down
                   and
                   Despose
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   stir
                   up
                   ,
                   promote
                   ,
                   and
                   procure
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Lewis
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   (
                   then
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   an
                   Enemy
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   )
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   Invade
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   send
                   Ships
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   to
                   Plague
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   to
                   cause
                   very
                   many
                   Subjects
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   to
                   Rise
                   ,
                   and
                   War
                   and
                   Rebellion
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   to
                   move
                   ,
                   procure
                   ,
                   make
                   ,
                   and
                   levy
                   .
                   And
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   day
                   and
                   year
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clement
                     Danes
                  
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   of
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   your
                   Treasons
                   and
                   Traiterous
                   Compassings
                   ,
                   Imaginations
                   ,
                   and
                   Purposes
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   execute
                   ,
                   fulfill
                   ,
                   perfect
                   ,
                   and
                   bring
                   to
                   effect
                   into
                   your
                   Hands
                   ,
                   Custody
                   ,
                   and
                   Possession
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   Secretly
                   ,
                   Knowingly
                   ,
                   Vnlawfully
                   ,
                   and
                   Traiterously
                   did
                   obtain
                   ,
                   procure
                   ,
                   detain
                   ,
                   had
                   ,
                   concealed
                   ,
                   and
                   kept
                   two
                   several
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   then
                   before
                   made
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Payment
                   of
                   several
                   Sums
                   of
                   Money
                   to
                   the
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   very
                   many
                   Traiterous
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   Writings
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   composed
                   and
                   prepared
                   with
                   that
                   intent
                   to
                   shew
                   and
                   inform
                   Lewis
                   then
                   and
                   yet
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   yet
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   many
                   other
                   Evil
                   Disposed
                   Persons
                   ,
                   and
                   False
                   Traytors
                   to
                   the
                   Jurors
                   unknown
                   ,
                   of
                   and
                   concerning
                   the
                   Number
                   ,
                   Force
                   and
                   Condition
                   of
                   the
                   Ships
                   ,
                   for
                   and
                   on
                   the
                   behalf
                   of
                   them
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   designed
                   ,
                   and
                   prepared
                   for
                   the
                   Defence
                   of
                   Their
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   Repell
                   ,
                   and
                   Resist
                   their
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Ships
                   were
                   Manned
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Names
                   of
                   the
                   Captains
                   of
                   divers
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Ships
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   the
                   Castles
                   and
                   Fortresses
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   called
                   
                     Portsmouth
                     ,
                     Southsea
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Gosport
                   ,
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   were
                   Strengthned
                   ,
                   and
                   Fortified
                   ;
                   and
                   how
                   the
                   same
                   Castles
                   and
                   Forts
                   into
                   the
                   Hands
                   and
                   Possession
                   of
                   Enemies
                   and
                   false
                   Traytors
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   might
                   be
                   taken
                   and
                   seized
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   the
                   Times
                   ,
                   Places
                   ,
                   Ways
                   ,
                   Manners
                   ,
                   and
                   Means
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   ,
                   when
                   ,
                   and
                   where
                   the
                   same
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   might
                   Invade
                   ,
                   and
                   Infest
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   and
                   Ships
                   of
                   the
                   Enemies
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   should
                   Fight
                   against
                   the
                   same
                   our
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   faithful
                   Subjects
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   to
                   procure
                   ,
                   provide
                   ,
                   prepare
                   ,
                   and
                   obtain
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   Assistance
                   and
                   Armed
                   Men
                   ,
                   to
                   Invade
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   from
                   their
                   Royal
                   State
                   and
                   Government
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   to
                   cast
                   down
                   and
                   depose
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   stir
                   up
                   ,
                   promote
                   ,
                   and
                   procure
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Lewis
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   then
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   an
                   Enemy
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   to
                   Invade
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   send
                   Ships
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   to
                   plague
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   to
                   cause
                   very
                   many
                   Subjects
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   to
                   Rise
                   ,
                   and
                   War
                   ,
                   and
                   Rebellion
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   to
                   move
                   ,
                   procure
                   ,
                   make
                   ,
                   and
                   levy
                   .
                   And
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   ,
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   Thirtieth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   now
                   last
                   past
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clement
                     Danes
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   concerning
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   your
                   Treasons
                   ,
                   and
                   Traiterous
                   Compassings
                   ,
                   Imaginations
                   ,
                   and
                   Purposes
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   execute
                   ,
                   fulfill
                   ,
                   perfect
                   ,
                   and
                   bring
                   to
                   Effect
                   ,
                   for
                   One
                   Hundred
                   Pounds
                   in
                   Moneys
                   ,
                   numbred
                   by
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   paid
                   ,
                   and
                   deposited
                   ,
                   unlawfully
                   and
                   Traiterously
                   did
                   hire
                   and
                   prepare
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   did
                   cause
                   and
                   procure
                   to
                   be
                   hired
                   and
                   prepared
                   a
                   certain
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   three
                   Men
                   ;
                   you
                   ,
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   said
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Traiterous
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   Writing
                   ,
                   into
                   the
                   Hands
                   ,
                   Custody
                   and
                   Possession
                   of
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliot
                  
                   ,
                   secretly
                   ,
                   unlawfully
                   ,
                   and
                   traiterously
                   ,
                   kept
                   concealed
                   and
                   detained
                   from
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   unto
                   ,
                   and
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   in
                   Parts
                   beyond
                   the
                   Seas
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   yet
                   under
                   the
                   Rule
                   and
                   Government
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Lewis
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   yet
                   an
                   Enemy
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   secretly
                   to
                   carry
                   and
                   transport
                   ,
                   with
                   that
                   intent
                   the
                   said
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   Traiterous
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   and
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   Writing
                   there
                   in
                   parts
                   beyond
                   the
                   Seas
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Evil-disposed
                   Persons
                   to
                   deliver
                   and
                   disperse
                   .
                   And
                   the
                   said
                   most
                   wicked
                   Treasons
                   ,
                   and
                   Traiterous
                   Compassings
                   and
                   Imaginations
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   fulfil
                   perfect
                   ,
                   and
                   bring
                   to
                   effect
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   to
                   cause
                   ,
                   promote
                   and
                   procure
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   to
                   invade
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   with
                   Ships
                   and
                   Armed
                   Men.
                   And
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   ,
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   30th
                   Day
                   of
                   December
                   now
                   last
                   past
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clement
                     Danes
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   concerning
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   your
                   Treasons
                   ,
                   and
                   Traiterous
                   Compassings
                   ,
                   Imaginations
                   and
                   Purposes
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   execute
                   and
                   fulfil
                   ,
                   maliciously
                   ,
                   traiterously
                   ,
                   and
                   advisedly
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   diverse
                   other
                   days
                   and
                   times
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   before
                   as
                   after
                   ,
                   took
                   upon
                   your selves
                   to
                   very
                   many
                   other
                   Traytors
                   to
                   be
                   aiding
                   and
                   assisting
                   in
                   the
                   execution
                   of
                   the
                   Treasons
                   ,
                   and
                   Traiterous
                   Compassings
                   ,
                   Imaginations
                   and
                   Purposes
                   aforesaid
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   30th
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   now
                   last
                   past
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clement
                     Danes
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   maliciously
                   ,
                   secretly
                   and
                   traiterously
                   did
                   hire
                   ,
                   and
                   prepare
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   did
                   cause
                   and
                   procure
                   to
                   be
                   hired
                   and
                   prepared
                   a
                   certain
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   Man
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Jurors
                   aforesaid
                   unknown
                   ;
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   ,
                   from
                   thence
                   to
                   ,
                   and
                   into
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Ship
                   ,
                   so
                   as
                   aforesaid
                   hired
                   and
                   prepared
                   to
                   carry
                   and
                   convey
                   .
                   And
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   ,
                   maliciously
                   and
                   traiterously
                   into
                   the
                   same
                   Boat
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   did
                   enter
                   ;
                   and
                   your selves
                   from
                   thence
                   ,
                   in
                   and
                   by
                   that
                   same
                   Boat
                   ,
                   unto
                   and
                   into
                   the
                   Ship
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   unlawfully
                   and
                   traiterously
                   did
                   cause
                   ,
                   and
                   procure
                   to
                   be
                   carried
                   with
                   the
                   intention
                   aforesaid
                   .
                   And
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliott
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   same
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   traiterous
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   Writing
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   your
                   Hands
                   ,
                   Custody
                   and
                   Possession
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   ,
                   in
                   and
                   with
                   the
                   Ship
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   did
                   sail
                   ,
                   and
                   depart
                   towards
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   France
                   ,
                   in
                   Parts
                   beyond
                   the
                   Seas
                   ;
                   the
                   same
                   your
                   most
                   wicked
                   ,
                   evil
                   and
                   traiterous
                   Intentions
                   ,
                   Purposes
                   ,
                   Compassings
                   and
                   Imaginations
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   fulfil
                   ,
                   perfect
                   and
                   promote
                   ,
                   against
                   the
                   Duty
                   of
                   your
                   Allegiance
                   ,
                   against
                   the
                   Peace
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   their
                   Crown
                   and
                   
                   Dignity
                   ,
                   and
                   against
                   the
                   Form
                   of
                   the
                   Statute
                   in
                   that
                   Case
                   made
                   ,
                   and
                   provided
                   ,
                   
                     And
                     the
                     Indictment
                     further
                     sets
                     forth
                     ,
                  
                   that
                   long
                   before
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Nine
                   aud
                   Twentieth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   now
                   last
                   past
                   ,
                   open
                   War
                   between
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Lewis
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   was
                   begun
                   ,
                   declared
                   ,
                   and
                   waged
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   is
                   ;
                   Which
                   said
                   Lewis
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   men
                   of
                   those
                   parts
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   yet
                   ,
                   were
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   ,
                   Enemies
                   to
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   their
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   in
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   War
                   between
                   them
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Lewis
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyott
                  
                   ,
                   being
                   Subjects
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   as
                   false
                   Traitors
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   during
                   the
                   War
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   Nine
                   and
                   Twentieth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Second
                   year
                   of
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   and
                   divers
                   other
                   days
                   and
                   times
                   as
                   well
                   before
                   as
                   after
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clement
                     Danes
                  
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   with
                   force
                   ,
                   and
                   Arms
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                   To
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   unlawfully
                   ,
                   and
                   Traiterously
                   were
                   adhereing
                   ,
                   and
                   assisting
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   Execution
                   ,
                   and
                   performance
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   adhering
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyott
                  
                   ,
                   then
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   Nine
                   and
                   Twentieth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   in
                   the
                   Second
                   year
                   of
                   the
                   Reign
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   abovesaid
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clement
                     Danes
                  
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   falsly
                   ,
                   Maliciously
                   ,
                   and
                   Traiterously
                   did
                   prepare
                   ,
                   and
                   compose
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   did
                   cause
                   ,
                   and
                   procure
                   to
                   be
                   prepared
                   ,
                   and
                   composed
                   as
                   also
                   into
                   your
                   Custody
                   ,
                   and
                   Possession
                   then
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   unlawfully
                   secretly
                   ,
                   and
                   Traiterously
                   did
                   obtain
                   ,
                   detain
                   ,
                   conceal
                   ,
                   and
                   keep
                   ,
                   divers
                   traiterous
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   writing
                   ,
                   to
                   shew
                   and
                   inform
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Lewis
                   then
                   and
                   yet
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   yet
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   of
                   and
                   concerning
                   the
                   Number
                   ,
                   Force
                   ,
                   and
                   Condition
                   of
                   certain
                   Ships
                   ,
                   for
                   and
                   on
                   the
                   behalf
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   designed
                   ,
                   and
                   preparing
                   ,
                   for
                   their
                   defence
                   of
                   their
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   Enemies
                   aforesaid
                   to
                   repel
                   ,
                   and
                   resist
                   ;
                   and
                   how
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Ships
                   were
                   manned
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Names
                   of
                   several
                   of
                   the
                   Captains
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Ships
                   ;
                   and
                   how
                   the
                   Castles
                   and
                   Frotresses
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   called
                   
                     Portsmouth
                     ,
                     Southsea
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   fortified
                   ,
                   and
                   Gosport
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   were
                   strengthened
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   those
                   same
                   Castles
                   and
                   Fortresses
                   into
                   the
                   hands
                   and
                   possession
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   might
                   be
                   taken
                   ,
                   and
                   Seized
                   ,
                   as
                   also
                   of
                   the
                   Time
                   ,
                   Places
                   ,
                   Ways
                   ,
                   Manners
                   ,
                   and
                   Means
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   ,
                   when
                   ,
                   and
                   where
                   the
                   same
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   might
                   invade
                   ,
                   and
                   Infest
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   the
                   said
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Ships
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Enemies
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   should
                   fight
                   against
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   faithful
                   Subjects
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   during
                   the
                   War
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Thirtieth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   now
                   last
                   past
                   ,
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyott
                  
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clements
                     Danes
                  
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   unlawfully
                   ,
                   and
                   Traiterously
                   did
                   hire
                   ,
                   and
                   prepare
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   did
                   cause
                   ,
                   and
                   procure
                   to
                   be
                   hired
                   and
                   prepared
                   a
                   certain
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   three
                   men
                   ,
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyot
                  
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   same
                   Traiterous
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   writing
                   ,
                   from
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   unto
                   ,
                   and
                   into
                   France
                   in
                   parts
                   beyond
                   the
                   Seas
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   under
                   the
                   Rule
                   and
                   Government
                   of
                   the
                   aforefaid
                   Lewis
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   then
                   and
                   yet
                   an
                   Enemy
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   secretly
                   ,
                   during
                   the
                   War
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   carry
                   ,
                   and
                   transport
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   intent
                   the
                   same
                   Traiterous
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   writing
                   there
                   ,
                   in
                   parts
                   beyond
                   the
                   Seas
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   to
                   deliver
                   ,
                   and
                   disperse
                   during
                   the
                   War
                   
                   aforesaid
                   in
                   aid
                   of
                   the
                   said
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   in
                   the
                   War
                   aforesaid
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyott
                  
                   ,
                   during
                   the
                   War
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   thirtieth
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   now
                   last
                   past
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Clement
                     Danes
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   aforesaid
                   concerning
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   your
                   Treasons
                   and
                   traiterous
                   Adhereings
                   and
                   purposes
                   aforesaid
                   to
                   execute
                   and
                   fulfil
                   ,
                   maliciously
                   ,
                   traiterously
                   ,
                   and
                   advisedly
                   ,
                   then
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   did
                   hire
                   and
                   prepare
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   did
                   cause
                   ,
                   and
                   procure
                   to
                   be
                   hired
                   ,
                   and
                   prepared
                   a
                   certain
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   man
                   to
                   the
                   Jurors
                   unknown
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyott
                  
                   from
                   thence
                   to
                   and
                   into
                   the
                   Ship
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   by
                   you
                   as
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   hired
                   and
                   prepared
                   to
                   carry
                   ,
                   and
                   convey
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyott
                  
                   ,
                   maliciously
                   ,
                   and
                   traiterously
                   into
                   the
                   same
                   Boat
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   did
                   enter
                   ,
                   and
                   your selves
                   from
                   thence
                   secretly
                   in
                   and
                   by
                   the
                   same
                   Boat
                   unto
                   and
                   into
                   the
                   same
                   Ship
                   then
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   did
                   cause
                   and
                   procure
                   to
                   be
                   carried
                   in
                   prosecution
                   of
                   the
                   adhereing
                   aforesaid
                   .
                   And
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyott
                  
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   with
                   the
                   same
                   traiterous
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   writing
                   ,
                   in
                   your
                   custody
                   and
                   possession
                   being
                   ,
                   during
                   the
                   War
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   day
                   and
                   year
                   ,
                   in
                   and
                   with
                   the
                   Ship
                   aforesaid
                   did
                   sail
                   ,
                   and
                   depart
                   towards
                   the
                   aforesaid
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   France
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   intent
                   the
                   same
                   traiterous
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   writing
                   in
                   parts
                   beyond
                   the
                   Seas
                   to
                   the
                   said
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   to
                   deliver
                   ,
                   concerning
                   and
                   for
                   Aid
                   ,
                   Intelligence
                   ,
                   and
                   Counsel
                   by
                   you
                   the
                   said
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                     ,
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyott
                  
                   to
                   the
                   same
                   Enemies
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   to
                   give
                   ,
                   and
                   yeild
                   ,
                   during
                   the
                   War
                   aforesaid
                   ,
                   against
                   the
                   Duty
                   of
                   your
                   Allegiance
                   ,
                   against
                   the
                   peace
                   of
                   our
                   said
                   Soveraign
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   that
                   now
                   are
                   ,
                   their
                   Crown
                   and
                   Dignity
                   ,
                   and
                   against
                   the
                   Form
                   of
                   the
                   Statute
                   in
                   that
                   case
                   made
                   and
                   provided
                   .
                   
                     How
                     say
                     you
                     Sir
                  
                   Richard
                   Grahme
                   ,
                   
                     are
                     you
                     guilty
                     of
                     this
                     Felony
                     ,
                     and
                     High
                     Treason
                     whereof
                     you
                     stand
                     indicted
                     ,
                     or
                     not
                     guilty
                     ?
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   something
                   humbly
                   to
                   offer
                   to
                   your
                   Lordships
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   is
                   it
                   your
                   Lordship
                   would
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   find
                   I
                   stand
                   indicted
                   by
                   the
                   name
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                  
                   ,
                   Baronet
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   do
                   take
                   my self
                   to
                   be
                   intitled
                   to
                   another
                   way
                   of
                   Trial
                   ,
                   as
                   being
                   a
                   Peer
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   by
                   vertue
                   of
                   a
                   Patent
                   before
                   the
                   Vote
                   of
                   Abdication
                   was
                   made
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   was
                   in
                   a
                   time
                   when
                   all
                   your
                   Processes
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   your
                   Writs
                   went
                   in
                   the
                   late
                   King's
                   Name
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   Officers
                   acted
                   by
                   vertue
                   of
                   his
                   Commissions
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   This
                   is
                   a
                   matter
                   that
                   concerns
                   me
                   in
                   point
                   of
                   Life
                   ,
                   Estate
                   ,
                   Posterity
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   's
                   dear
                   to
                   me
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   whether
                   your
                   Lordships
                   think
                   fit
                   to
                   allow
                   me
                   my
                   Peerage
                   ;
                   I
                   offer
                   it
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   with
                   all
                   the
                   respect
                   and
                   modesty
                   imaginable
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   apprehend
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   offer
                   against
                   your
                   being
                   tried
                   here
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   are
                   a
                   Peer
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   take
                   my self
                   to
                   be
                   so
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   make
                   that
                   out
                   to
                   the
                   Court.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   told
                   your
                   Lordships
                   the
                   Ground
                   of
                   my
                   Claim
                   ,
                   and
                   Apprehension
                   ;
                   it
                   is
                   from
                   a
                   Patent
                   I
                   received
                   before
                   the
                   Vote
                   of
                   Abdication
                   ,
                   when
                   all
                   Commissions
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   Process
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   Courts
                   of
                   Judicature
                   run
                   in
                   that
                   Name
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Where
                   is
                   that
                   Patent
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   we
                   cannot
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   that
                   Patent
                   ;
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   plead
                   that
                   you
                   were
                   made
                   a
                   Peer
                   by
                   a
                   Patent
                   under
                   the
                   Great
                   Seal
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   produce
                   it
                   under
                   the
                   Great
                   Seal
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Court
                   may
                   see
                   what
                   it
                   is
                   ,
                   and
                   whether
                   it
                   be
                   sufficient
                   to
                   justifie
                   your
                   Plea.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordship
                   and
                   this
                   Court
                   will
                   enable
                   me
                   to
                   do
                   that
                   ,
                   by
                   sending
                   an
                   Order
                   to
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   ,
                   to
                   bring
                   the
                   Patent
                   hither
                   ;
                   for
                   it
                   is
                   in
                   his
                   hands
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   not
                   in
                   our
                   power
                   :
                   If
                   your
                   Lordship
                   take
                   your self
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Peer
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   thereby
                   stop
                   this
                   Court
                   from
                   proceeding
                   to
                   try
                   you
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   be
                   ready
                   to
                   make
                   it
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   ready
                   to
                   make
                   it
                   out
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   had
                   my
                   Patent
                   here
                   ,
                   that
                   would
                   make
                   it
                   out
                   .
                   Certainly
                   there
                   is
                   some
                   Authority
                   now
                   in
                   being
                   (
                   I
                   humbly
                   offer
                   it
                   with
                   all
                   submission
                   and
                   respect
                   )
                   that
                   may
                   order
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   to
                   attend
                   this
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   produce
                   this
                   Patent
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   not
                   to
                   enable
                   you
                   to
                   plead
                   to
                   the
                   Jurisdiction
                   of
                   the
                   Court.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   offer
                   it
                   with
                   all
                   respect
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   :
                   I
                   am
                   concerned
                   in
                   it
                   for
                   my
                   Life
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   All
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   that
                   be
                   overruled
                   ,
                   this
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   do
                   before
                   you
                   go
                   on
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   hear
                   me
                   by
                   my
                   Counsel
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   nothing
                   that
                   you
                   have
                   said
                   ;
                   for
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   plead
                   this
                   Plea
                   to
                   the
                   Jurisdiction
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   it
                   ought
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   received
                   without
                   shewing
                   your
                   Patent
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   my
                   Counsel
                   to
                   be
                   heard
                   to
                   this
                   matter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   know
                   your
                   Lordship
                   has
                   had
                   the
                   benefit
                   of
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   know
                   your
                   Counsel
                   must
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   what
                   you
                   say
                   goes
                   for
                   nothing
                   ,
                   unless
                   you
                   put
                   in
                   your
                   Plea
                   ,
                   and
                   produce
                   your
                   Patent
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Court
                   may
                   judge
                   upon
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   observed
                   what
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   has
                   mentioned
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Mr.
                   Sollicitor
                   will
                   you
                   speak
                   out
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   hear
                   what
                   you
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   say
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   taken
                   notice
                   of
                   what
                   your
                   Lordship
                   has
                   offered
                   :
                   It
                   has
                   been
                   most
                   truly
                   observed
                   by
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   your
                   Lordships
                   part
                   to
                   make
                   good
                   your
                   Plea
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   ought
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   expected
                   that
                   any
                   Court
                   should
                   help
                   a
                   Person
                   to
                   plead
                   to
                   its
                   Jurisdiction
                   :
                   But
                   because
                   it
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   pretended
                   that
                   an
                   advantage
                   was
                   taken
                   against
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   for
                   a
                   defect
                   in
                   point
                   of
                   form
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   any
                   thing
                   was
                   insisted
                   on
                   which
                   should
                   have
                   the
                   least
                   appearance
                   of
                   a
                   hardship
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   we
                   may
                   proceed
                   in
                   the
                   most
                   clear
                   and
                   unexceptionable
                   manner
                   that
                   can
                   be
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   beg
                   leave
                   to
                   observe
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   and
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   how
                   far
                   this
                   matter
                   which
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   has
                   insisted
                   on
                   has
                   been
                   debated
                   and
                   determined
                   in
                   another
                   place
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   So
                   ;
                   on
                   Mr.
                   Sollicitor
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   M.
                   Soll
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   11
                   of
                   Nov.
                   1689.
                   
                   My
                   L.
                   Preston
                   did
                   make
                   some
                   claim
                   in
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   a
                   Peer
                   of
                   the
                   Realm
                   ;
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   demanding
                   of
                   him
                   upon
                   what
                   he
                   founded
                   his
                   pretence
                   ;
                   he
                   said
                   he
                   claimed
                   by
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   from
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   James
                   ,
                   which
                   passed
                   the
                   Great
                   Seal
                   before
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   Vote
                   of
                   Abdication
                   .
                   The
                   Lords
                   required
                   that
                   those
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   should
                   be
                   produced
                   ,
                   which
                   being
                   done
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   L.
                   Preston
                   insisting
                   upon
                   his
                   claim
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Peer
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   the
                   Lords
                   thought
                   fit
                   that
                   day
                   to
                   commit
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   to
                   the
                   custody
                   of
                   the
                   Black
                   Rod.
                   The
                   next
                   day
                   being
                   the
                   12th
                   of
                   November
                   ,
                   upon
                   solemn
                   debate
                   of
                   the
                   validity
                   of
                   these
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   ,
                   and
                   consulting
                   with
                   the
                   Judges
                   then
                   present
                   ,
                   the
                   Lords
                   
                     nemine
                     contradicente
                  
                   did
                   adjudge
                   and
                   declare
                   those
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   to
                   be
                   void
                   and
                   null
                   :
                   And
                   by
                   another
                   Order
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   date
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   order
                   Mr.
                   Attorney
                   General
                   to
                   prosecute
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   in
                   the
                   
                     King's
                     Bench
                  
                   for
                   a
                   High
                   Misdemeanor
                   in
                   presuming
                   to
                   claim
                   Peerage
                   by
                   those
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   .
                   And
                   by
                   a
                   third
                   it
                   was
                   ordered
                   that
                   the
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   should
                   remain
                   in
                   Custody
                   of
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   .
                   Thus
                   you
                   see
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   this
                   matter
                   hath
                   had
                   already
                   a
                   solemn
                   determination
                   in
                   a
                   Court
                   which
                   had
                   the
                   most
                   proper
                   Conusance
                   and
                   Jurisdiction
                   of
                   Claims
                   in
                   this
                   Nature
                   .
                   And
                   they
                   having
                   pronounced
                   their
                   Judgment
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   think
                   it
                   would
                   have
                   been
                   urged
                   again
                   in
                   this
                   place
                   .
                   I
                   thought
                   it
                   proper
                   to
                   mention
                   these
                   things
                   to
                   shew
                   how
                   it
                   comes
                   to
                   pass
                   that
                   
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   has
                   not
                   his
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   to
                   produce
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   satisfy
                   every
                   man
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   hardship
                   put
                   upon
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   by
                   Trying
                   him
                   here
                   when
                   he
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   Tried
                   by
                   another
                   Judicature
                   .
                   The
                   Lords
                   have
                   given
                   Judgment
                   against
                   these
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   Ordered
                   that
                   they
                   shall
                   remain
                   in
                   Custody
                   of
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   L.
                   Preston
                   is
                   not
                   a
                   stranger
                   to
                   these
                   transactions
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   if
                   my
                   Lords
                   Council
                   had
                   been
                   of
                   opinion
                   he
                   could
                   have
                   made
                   any
                   use
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   have
                   inform'd
                   him
                   he
                   must
                   have
                   taken
                   another
                   course
                   to
                   have
                   got
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   could
                   not
                   expect
                   this
                   Court
                   should
                   make
                   an
                   Order
                   for
                   him
                   ,
                   contrary
                   to
                   the
                   Order
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   ,
                   to
                   take
                   the
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   the
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   ,
                   to
                   help
                   him
                   to
                   a
                   Plea
                   against
                   their
                   own
                   Jurisdiction
                   .
                   I
                   omitted
                   one
                   thing
                   that
                   upon
                   the
                   27th
                   .
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Month
                   of
                   November
                   ,
                   upon
                   my
                   L.
                   Prestons
                   humble
                   Submission
                   and
                   Petition
                   his
                   Lordship
                   was
                   discharged
                   of
                   his
                   Imprisonment
                   and
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   were
                   pleased
                   to
                   remit
                   the
                   Order
                   given
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Attorney
                   ,
                   for
                   Prosecuting
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   King's
                   Bench
                   for
                   the
                   Misdemeanour
                   .
                   So
                   that
                   I
                   cannot
                   but
                   wonder
                   to
                   hear
                   of
                   this
                   Claim
                   of
                   Peerage
                   after
                   that
                   Submission
                   .
                   But
                   there
                   is
                   nothing
                   offered
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   that
                   the
                   Court
                   can
                   take
                   any
                   legal
                   notice
                   of
                   .
                   If
                   my
                   Lord
                   will
                   plead
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   the
                   Jurisdiction
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   he
                   ought
                   to
                   have
                   his
                   Plea
                   in
                   Form
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   ready
                   with
                   his
                   Proofs
                   to
                   make
                   it
                   good
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   upon
                   this
                   last
                   Order
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   has
                   disclaimed
                   any
                   right
                   of
                   Peerage
                   when
                   he
                   made
                   his
                   Petition
                   ,
                   otherwise
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   been
                   discharged
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   I
                   beg
                   leave
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Mr.
                     S.
                  
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Besides
                   ,
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   what
                   my
                   L.
                   Preston
                   offers
                   is
                   a
                   matter
                   of
                   Record
                   as
                   all
                   Letters
                   Patents
                   are
                   ,
                   and
                   tho
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   hands
                   he
                   might
                   have
                   had
                   recourse
                   to
                   the
                   Record
                   of
                   the
                   Inrolment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   For
                   that
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   humbly
                   beg
                   of
                   your
                   Lordships
                   a
                   little
                   time
                   to
                   put
                   my self
                   in
                   a
                   Capacity
                   to
                   plead
                   it
                   in
                   Form.
                   If
                   you
                   will
                   over
                   rule
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   can
                   say
                   nothing
                   to
                   it
                   ;
                   I
                   offer
                   it
                   with
                   all
                   the
                   modesty
                   and
                   respect
                   imaginable
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   It
                   shall
                   do
                   your
                   Lordship
                   no
                   prejudice
                   ,
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   God
                   forbid
                   but
                   that
                   you
                   should
                   make
                   use
                   of
                   all
                   advantages
                   that
                   you
                   can
                   invent
                   for
                   your
                   defence
                   .
                   But
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   must
                   tell
                   you
                   what
                   you
                   have
                   offered
                   is
                   nothing
                   that
                   we
                   can
                   take
                   any
                   notice
                   of
                   ,
                   unless
                   you
                   had
                   your
                   Patent
                   to
                   produce
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   cannot
                   give
                   your
                   Lordship
                   time
                   to
                   plead
                   to
                   the
                   Jurisdiction
                   of
                   the
                   Court.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   if
                   your
                   Lordships
                   are
                   pleased
                   to
                   over
                   rule
                   this
                   matter
                   I
                   submit
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   to
                   make
                   all
                   the
                   just
                   defence
                   I
                   can
                   for
                   my self
                   .
                   Does
                   your
                   Lordship
                   over
                   rule
                   me
                   in
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   suppose
                   we
                   are
                   all
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   if
                   not
                   I
                   suppose
                   they
                   will
                   declare
                   their
                   minds
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   which
                   has
                   been
                   said
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Sollicitor
                   ,
                   was
                   only
                   that
                   you
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   World
                   may
                   be
                   satisfied
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   nothing
                   of
                   hardship
                   put
                   upon
                   you
                   .
                   But
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   if
                   this
                   had
                   not
                   been
                   said
                   ,
                   yet
                   could
                   take
                   no
                   notice
                   of
                   what
                   you
                   say
                   ,
                   unless
                   it
                   were
                   pleaded
                   ,
                   and
                   pleaded
                   in
                   a
                   legal
                   Form.
                   But
                   if
                   the
                   matter
                   be
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Kings
                   Counsel
                   have
                   represented
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   Patent
                   you
                   now
                   pretend
                   to
                   have
                   ,
                   hath
                   already
                   had
                   its
                   determination
                   in
                   a
                   proper
                   place
                   ,
                   this
                   Court
                   (
                   which
                   is
                   an
                   Inferiour
                   Court
                   to
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   Lords
                   in
                   Parliament
                   )
                   cannot
                   intermeddle
                   with
                   it
                   .
                   We
                   cannot
                   help
                   you
                   ,
                   nor
                   can
                   we
                   set
                   up
                   what
                   was
                   condemned
                   there
                   .
                   So
                   that
                   you
                   can
                   entertain
                   no
                   hope
                   or
                   expectation
                   of
                   our
                   doing
                   any
                   thing
                   for
                   you
                   in
                   this
                   matter
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   releif
                   or
                   help
                   by
                   such
                   a
                   Plea.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     Ch.
                  
                   Baron
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   L.
                   Preston
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   remember
                   ,
                   (
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   some
                   of
                   us
                   that
                   were
                   there
                   present
                   do
                   ,
                   )
                   that
                   you
                   did
                   decline
                   further
                   insisting
                   upon
                   this
                   matter
                   in
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   ,
                   and
                   thereupon
                   you
                   had
                   that
                   great
                   favour
                   from
                   the
                   House
                   shewn
                   you
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   King's
                   Counsel
                   have
                   opened
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   decline
                   it
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ;
                   when
                   they
                   had
                   declared
                   it
                   a
                   Misdemeanour
                   ,
                   I
                   made
                   my
                   application
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   therein
                   declared
                   I
                   was
                   sorry
                   for
                   having
                   misdemeaned
                   my self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     M.
                     S.
                  
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   your
                   Lordships
                   please
                   we
                   will
                   read
                   the
                   very
                   Orders
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   ,
                   to
                   satisfie
                   my
                   L.
                   Preston
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   put
                   no
                   hardship
                   upon
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   there
                   be
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   hardship
                   upon
                   me
                   in
                   this
                   Case
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   because
                   I
                   think
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   Right
                   to
                   insist
                   upon
                   this
                   matter
                   ,
                   and
                   cannot
                   have
                   an
                   occasion
                   or
                   power
                   to
                   have
                   that
                   which
                   I
                   would
                   make
                   my
                   Defence
                   by
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   shall
                   have
                   a
                   fair
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   will
                   please
                   to
                   put
                   your self
                   in
                   a
                   Condition
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   ,
                   by
                   pleading
                   to
                   the
                   Indictment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     M.
                     B.
                  
                   Lechmere
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Lords
                   in
                   Parliament
                   have
                   disclaimed
                   you
                   for
                   being
                   a
                   Peer
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   cannot
                   make
                   you
                   one
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordships
                   will
                   put
                   no
                   hard
                   thing
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   but
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   and
                   your
                   Lordships
                   help
                   to
                   make
                   my
                   defence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   shall
                   by
                   the
                   Grace
                   of
                   God
                   have
                   all
                   the
                   liberty
                   you
                   can
                   desire
                   to
                   make
                   your
                   defence
                   ;
                   But
                   you
                   must
                   first
                   plead
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Since
                   your
                   Lordships
                   are
                   pleased
                   to
                   over
                   rule
                   me
                   in
                   this
                   Case
                   .
                   I
                   shall
                   say
                   no
                   more
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   intend
                   to
                   offer
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   might
                   be
                   an
                   offence
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ▪
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   As
                   I
                   told
                   your
                   Lordship
                   before
                   ,
                   so
                   I
                   assure
                   you
                   now
                   again
                   it
                   shall
                   do
                   you
                   no
                   prejudice
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   ,
                   since
                   the
                   Language
                   is
                   different
                   in
                   which
                   the
                   Indictment
                   is
                   written
                   from
                   that
                   in
                   which
                   it
                   was
                   read
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   things
                   may
                   be
                   of
                   different
                   signification
                   in
                   both
                   Languages
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   the
                   Indictment
                   may
                   be
                   read
                   in
                   Latin.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Read
                   it
                   in
                   Latin.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   one
                   thing
                   to
                   beg
                   of
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   before
                   it
                   be
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   is
                   it
                   you
                   desire
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   cannot
                   retain
                   all
                   the
                   Contents
                   in
                   my
                   memory
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   Sollicitor
                   may
                   have
                   leave
                   to
                   stand
                   by
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Do
                   you
                   all
                   joyn
                   in
                   this
                   desire
                   ,
                   for
                   if
                   you
                   should
                   each
                   of
                   you
                   severally
                   ,
                   have
                   it
                   read
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   times
                   over
                   ,
                   they
                   that
                   take
                   Notes
                   in
                   short-hand
                   may
                   take
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   it
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   read
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Copy
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   allowed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   we
                   find
                   they
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   troublesome
                   we
                   can
                   over
                   rule
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   would
                   be
                   guilty
                   of
                   nothing
                   that
                   may
                   give
                   the
                   Court
                   offence
                   ,
                   nor
                   offer
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   should
                   take
                   up
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   unnecessarily
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   they
                   would
                   have
                   it
                   read
                   in
                   Latin
                   ,
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   it
                   be
                   troublesome
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   I
                   wave
                   it
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   think
                   it
                   troublesome
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyott
                   do
                   you
                   also
                   desire
                   to
                   have
                   it
                   read
                   again
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   Ellyott
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   all
                   joyn
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   desire
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   read
                   in
                   Latin
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Read
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 (
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   Juratores
                   pro
                   Domino
                   Rege
                   &
                   Domina
                   Regina
                   :
                   super
                   Sacramentum
                   suum
                   presentant
                   quod
                   —
                   &
                   contra
                   formam
                   Statuti
                   in
                   eo
                   casu
                   editi
                   &
                   provisi
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   sorry
                   I
                   have
                   taken
                   up
                   so
                   much
                   of
                   your
                   time
                   ,
                   I
                   thought
                   the
                   difference
                   of
                   Language
                   might
                   have
                   made
                   some
                   mistake
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   thought
                   would
                   be
                   of
                   advantage
                   to
                   me
                   in
                   my
                   Tryal
                   :
                   And
                   for
                   the
                   same
                   reason
                   I
                   humbly
                   request
                   you
                   will
                   please
                   to
                   order
                   me
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   cannot
                   do
                   ;
                   it
                   hath
                   been
                   frequently
                   demanded
                   upon
                   these
                   occasions
                   ,
                   but
                   always
                   denied
                   .
                   I
                   have
                   always
                   known
                   it
                   denied
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   to
                   say
                   what
                   your
                   Lordship
                   must
                   needs
                   know
                   much
                   better
                   than
                   I
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Statute
                   in
                   the
                   46
                   of
                   Edw.
                   3.
                   that
                   doth
                   order
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   any
                   Record
                   to
                   any
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   or
                   other
                   Person
                   if
                   he
                   demand
                   it
                   :
                   
                   And
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   granted
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   am
                   informed
                   in
                   other
                   Cases
                   ,
                   particularly
                   in
                   the
                   Case
                   of
                   Colonel
                   Sidney
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   denied
                   in
                   Colonel
                   Sidneys
                   Case
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   I
                   mistake
                   I
                   beg
                   your
                   Lordships
                   pardon
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   a
                   Reason
                   in
                   a
                   late
                   Law
                   made
                   for
                   the
                   Reversal
                   of
                   Mr.
                   Cornishes
                   Attainder
                   .
                   The
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   do
                   there
                   say
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   a
                   legal
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   because
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   time
                   given
                   him
                   to
                   prepare
                   for
                   his
                   defence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   know
                   how
                   that
                   matter
                   stands
                   :
                   That
                   Reversal
                   of
                   Mr.
                   Cornishes
                   Attainder
                   is
                   but
                   a
                   private
                   Act
                   of
                   Parliament
                   .
                   I
                   never
                   saw
                   it
                   ,
                   nor
                   heard
                   it
                   read
                   ,
                   nor
                   can
                   we
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   But
                   your
                   Lordship
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   Tryed
                   by
                   the
                   same
                   methods
                   of
                   Law
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   Persons
                   that
                   have
                   gone
                   before
                   you
                   have
                   always
                   been
                   ,
                   it
                   has
                   always
                   been
                   the
                   course
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   should
                   not
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   his
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   Col.
                   Sidney
                   had
                   it
                   not
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   remember
                   in
                   the
                   Case
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     Hen.
                     Vane
                  
                   in
                   the
                   year
                   1662
                   ,
                   he
                   demanded
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   was
                   denyed
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   constantly
                   denyed
                   ever
                   since
                   in
                   all
                   such
                   Cases
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   whether
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   granted
                   in
                   the
                   Case
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   Russel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   indeed
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Russel
                   had
                   it
                   not
                   ,
                   I
                   can
                   take
                   it
                   upon
                   me
                   to
                   say
                   that
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   know
                   all
                   the
                   proceedings
                   in
                   that
                   Cause
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   never
                   any
                   Man
                   had
                   it
                   in
                   all
                   my
                   experience
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Some
                   of
                   us
                   that
                   are
                   here
                   were
                   of
                   Council
                   for
                   my
                   Lord
                   Russel
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   did
                   not
                   advise
                   him
                   to
                   demand
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   for
                   we
                   knew
                   he
                   could
                   not
                   have
                   it
                   by
                   Law.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   very
                   tender
                   of
                   taking
                   up
                   your
                   Lordships
                   time
                   unnecessarily
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   stands
                   me
                   upon
                   to
                   do
                   all
                   I
                   can
                   to
                   defend
                   my self
                   ,
                   may
                   not
                   I
                   have
                   my
                   Counsel
                   heard
                   to
                   that
                   point
                   ,
                   because
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   a
                   point
                   of
                   Law
                   ,
                   though
                   your
                   Lordships
                   are
                   of
                   Counsel
                   for
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   yet
                   I
                   beg
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   have
                   my
                   Counsel
                   heard
                   to
                   argue
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   To
                   what
                   point
                   would
                   you
                   have
                   your
                   Counsel
                   heard
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   that
                   point
                   ,
                   whether
                   I
                   may
                   not
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   my
                   Indictment
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   46.
                   of
                   Ed.
                   3.
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   point
                   I
                   would
                   have
                   my
                   Counsel
                   heard
                   to
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   no
                   such
                   Statute
                   as
                   your
                   Lordship
                   mentions
                   ,
                   that
                   gives
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   his
                   Indictment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Jones
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   to
                   hear
                   me
                   for
                   my
                   L.
                   Preston
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Nay
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Jones
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   mistaken
                   in
                   this
                   matter
                   :
                   If
                   my
                   Lord
                   himself
                   will
                   shew
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   any
                   such
                   Statute
                   ,
                   we
                   will
                   consider
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   a
                   matter
                   that
                   requires
                   debate
                   ,
                   we
                   may
                   assign
                   my
                   Lord
                   Counsel
                   to
                   argue
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   till
                   then
                   Counsel
                   are
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   heard
                   .
                   My
                   L.
                   Preston
                   ,
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   can
                   shew
                   us
                   that
                   Statute
                   ,
                   pray
                   do
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   I
                   desire
                   none
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   so
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   heard
                   a
                   discourse
                   concerning
                   such
                   a
                   Statute
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   could
                   never
                   find
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   suppose
                   my
                   Sollicitor
                   is
                   here
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   such
                   a
                   Statute
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Court
                   over
                   ruled
                   it
                   in
                   the
                   Case
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     H.
                     Vane
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   so
                   it
                   was
                   I
                   remember
                   in
                   another
                   Case
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   none
                   of
                   the
                   Trials
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   since
                   King
                   Charles
                   the
                   Second
                   came
                   in
                   ,
                   was
                   ever
                   a
                   Copy
                   given
                   that
                   I
                   know
                   or
                   heard
                   of
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   this
                   Statute
                   that
                   my
                   L.
                   Preston
                   mentions
                   ,
                   the
                   46
                   of
                   Ed.
                   3.
                   is
                   printed
                   at
                   large
                   in
                   the
                   Preface
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Cokes
                   3d.
                   Report
                   ;
                   and
                   has
                   been
                   insisted
                   upon
                   in
                   several
                   Cases
                   in
                   the
                   
                     Kings
                     Bench
                  
                   ,
                   where
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   has
                   desired
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   his
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   but
                   a
                   Copy
                   has
                   been
                   alwayes
                   denied
                   ,
                   and
                   
                   this
                   Statute
                   has
                   been
                   taken
                   to
                   extend
                   only
                   to
                   Records
                   ,
                   which
                   may
                   be
                   Evidence
                   for
                   the
                   Subject
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   'T
                   was
                   alwayes
                   ruled
                   that
                   it
                   did
                   not
                   extent
                   to
                   this
                   matter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   a
                   misconstruction
                   of
                   that
                   Statute
                   that
                   your
                   Lordship
                   thinks
                   that
                   it
                   gives
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   his
                   Indictment
                   :
                   For
                   that
                   Statute
                   sayes
                   that
                   all
                   persons
                   shall
                   be
                   free
                   to
                   make
                   use
                   of
                   the
                   Publick
                   Records
                   ,
                   and
                   take
                   Copies
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   because
                   oftentimes
                   the
                   Records
                   are
                   Evidences
                   of
                   Mens
                   Estates
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   Titles
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   an
                   Indictment
                   I
                   suppose
                   is
                   a
                   Record
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   not
                   such
                   a
                   Record
                   as
                   is
                   within
                   the
                   intent
                   of
                   that
                   Statute
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   tender
                   of
                   taking
                   up
                   your
                   Lordships
                   time
                   ,
                   but
                   since
                   all
                   that
                   is
                   dear
                   to
                   me
                   is
                   at
                   stake
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   this
                   point
                   I
                   may
                   be
                   heard
                   by
                   Counsel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L
                     ,
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   satisfied
                   you
                   have
                   had
                   Counsel
                   with
                   you
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   heard
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   .
                   Does
                   any
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   tell
                   you
                   that
                   this
                   has
                   been
                   done
                   ?
                   If
                   ever
                   an
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   will
                   come
                   and
                   shew
                   us
                   when
                   it
                   haseen
                   done
                   ,
                   you
                   say
                   something
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   dare
                   say
                   none
                   of
                   them
                   will
                   or
                   can
                   .
                   Mr.
                   Jones
                   there
                   ,
                   is
                   as
                   like
                   as
                   any
                   body
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   believe
                   he
                   will
                   not
                   say
                   it
                   ever
                   was
                   done
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   I
                   cannot
                   say
                   my
                   Counsel
                   has
                   told
                   me
                   so
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   have
                   read
                   such
                   a
                   Statute
                   my self
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   stands
                   me
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   believe
                   there
                   is
                   such
                   a
                   Statute
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   produced
                   before
                   your
                   Lordships
                   .
                   If
                   your
                   Lordships
                   will
                   insist
                   upon
                   not
                   allowing
                   me
                   a
                   Copy
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   I
                   may
                   be
                   heard
                   to
                   it
                   by
                   my
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   take
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   point
                   of
                   Law
                   ,
                   with
                   humble
                   submission
                   to
                   your
                   Lordships
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   must
                   not
                   hear
                   Counsel
                   to
                   debate
                   plain
                   points
                   that
                   have
                   no
                   manner
                   of
                   Question
                   in
                   them
                   ;
                   It
                   has
                   been
                   alwayes
                   disallowed
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   a
                   setled
                   point
                   at
                   Law
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   plain
                   as
                   any
                   whatsoever
                   ,
                   that
                   no
                   Copy
                   of
                   an
                   Indictment
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   allowed
                   to
                   a
                   Prisoner
                   in
                   Felony
                   or
                   Treason
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Statute
                   that
                   sayes
                   it
                   shall
                   be
                   allowed
                   to
                   all
                   Persons
                   to
                   have
                   Copies
                   of
                   Records
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   for
                   ,
                   as
                   against
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   certainly
                   the
                   Indictment
                   is
                   a
                   Record
                   ▪
                   and
                   a
                   Record
                   of
                   great
                   consequence
                   to
                   me
                   at
                   this
                   time
                   ;
                   and
                   though
                   my
                   Counsel
                   has
                   not
                   told
                   me
                   when
                   it
                   was
                   done
                   ,
                   yet
                   those
                   that
                   I
                   have
                   advised
                   with
                   ,
                   do
                   say
                   that
                   the
                   Statute
                   is
                   express
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Baron
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   any
                   doubtful
                   words
                   be
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   Statute
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   constant
                   practice
                   must
                   expound
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   since
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   so
                   often
                   denied
                   ,
                   nay
                   always
                   ,
                   the
                   law
                   is
                   now
                   settled
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   within
                   the
                   meaning
                   of
                   that
                   Statute
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   must
                   go
                   in
                   the
                   way
                   of
                   our
                   Predecessors
                   ,
                   we
                   received
                   the
                   law
                   from
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   must
                   not
                   contradict
                   the
                   received
                   practice
                   of
                   the
                   Judges
                   in
                   all
                   Ages
                   ,
                   nor
                   alter
                   the
                   determinations
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   made
                   in
                   all
                   Cases
                   of
                   the
                   like
                   nature
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordships
                   intend
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   dont
                   question
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   Tryal
                   should
                   be
                   a
                   legal
                   Tryal
                   ;
                   If
                   there
                   be
                   such
                   a
                   Statute
                   that
                   gives
                   me
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Court
                   deny
                   it
                   me
                   .
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   legally
                   tryed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   please
                   to
                   name
                   the
                   Statute
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   It
                   shall
                   be
                   read
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   but
                   you
                   are
                   mistaken
                   if
                   you
                   think
                   there
                   is
                   any
                   thing
                   in
                   that
                   Statute
                   that
                   will
                   do
                   your
                   Lordship
                   service
                   in
                   this
                   point
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   See
                   the
                   46.
                   of
                   Ed.
                   3.
                   
                   Read
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Here
                   is
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Record
                   in
                   Court.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   not
                   Printed
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   is
                   mentioned
                   in
                   the
                   Preface
                   to
                   my
                   
                     L.
                     Cookes
                  
                   third
                   Report
                   ,
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   mentioned
                   no
                   where
                   but
                   there
                   that
                   I
                   know
                   of
                   :
                   but
                   whether
                   there
                   were
                   any
                   such
                   Statute
                   or
                   no
                   
                     Non
                     constat
                  
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   printed
                   But
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   a
                   Statute
                   ,
                   it
                   does
                   not
                   meddle
                   with
                   things
                   of
                   this
                   nature
                   ,
                   such
                   as
                   Indictments
                   ;
                   for
                   you
                   must
                   consider
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   yours
                   is
                   not
                   a
                   Case
                   different
                   from
                   
                   all
                   other
                   Cases
                   of
                   like
                   nature
                   as
                   to
                   this
                   ;
                   But
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   Case
                   of
                   all
                   men
                   that
                   are
                   Tryed
                   as
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   .
                   And
                   if
                   all
                   people
                   were
                   to
                   have
                   Copies
                   of
                   their
                   Indictments
                   to
                   make
                   exceptions
                   out
                   of
                   them
                   before
                   they
                   plead
                   instead
                   of
                   days
                   of
                   Gaol
                   delivery
                   ,
                   the
                   whole
                   year
                   would
                   not
                   be
                   sufficient
                   ,
                   but
                   would
                   be
                   spent
                   before
                   they
                   could
                   be
                   brought
                   to
                   their
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   to
                   defend
                   my self
                   as
                   I
                   can
                   by
                   Law
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   consider
                   what
                   other
                   peoples
                   Cases
                   are
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   my
                   particular
                   Case
                   now
                   ,
                   what
                   the
                   Case
                   may
                   be
                   as
                   to
                   any
                   other
                   hereafter
                   ,
                   or
                   what
                   the
                   general
                   consequence
                   may
                   be
                   is
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   considered
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   is
                   legal
                   that
                   can
                   give
                   me
                   an
                   advantage
                   in
                   making
                   my
                   defence
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   your
                   Lordships
                   are
                   too
                   just
                   to
                   hinder
                   me
                   from
                   taking
                   advantage
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                  
                   Baron
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   it
                   is
                   no
                   new
                   thing
                   to
                   demand
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   frequently
                   demanded
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   always
                   over
                   ruled
                   :
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   now
                   desired
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   reason
                   is
                   given
                   you
                   that
                   perhaps
                   was
                   not
                   given
                   before
                   ;
                   there
                   is
                   such
                   a
                   Law.
                   My
                   Lord
                   Ch.
                   Justice
                   says
                   well
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   printed
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   Record
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   that
                   Record
                   in
                   Court.
                   I
                   desired
                   there
                   should
                   be
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   any
                   Record
                   of
                   an
                   Act
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   it
                   shall
                   be
                   read
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   proved
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Nay
                   we
                   offer
                   nothing
                   if
                   we
                   dont
                   prove
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   there
                   is
                   such
                   a
                   Record
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Sollicitor
                   is
                   ready
                   to
                   attest
                   it
                   :
                   Pray
                   swear
                   Mr.
                   Whitaker
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Mr.
                     Serj.
                  
                   Tompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Swear
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Araignment
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   shall
                   true
                   answer
                   make
                   to
                   all
                   such
                   questions
                   as
                   shall
                   be
                   demanded
                   of
                   you
                   by
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   So
                   help
                   you
                   God.
                   Is
                   this
                   a
                   true
                   Copy
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Whitaker
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   a
                   true
                   Copy
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Where
                   did
                   you
                   examine
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Whitaker
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   true
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Record
                   ,
                   I
                   examined
                   it
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                   Pettyts-Office
                   in
                   the
                   Tower.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Upon
                   what
                   number
                   Roll
                   is
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Whitaker
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   the
                   number
                   Roll
                   and
                   all
                   upon
                   the
                   Book
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   Item
                   pria
                   les
                   Commons
                   que
                   come
                   recorde
                   &
                   queconque
                   chose
                   en
                   la
                   Court
                   le
                   Roy
                   de
                   reason
                   devoient
                   demurrer
                   illeoques
                   pur
                   perpetual
                   evidence
                   &
                   eide
                   de
                   touts
                   parties
                   a
                   ycelly
                   &
                   de
                   touts
                   ceux
                   a
                   queux
                   en
                   nul
                   manner
                   ills
                   atteignent
                   quant
                   ,
                   mestier
                   lour
                   fuit
                   .
                   Et
                   ja
                   de
                   nouvel
                   refusent
                   en
                   la
                   Court
                   nostre
                   dit
                   Seignior
                   de
                   serche
                   ou
                   evidence
                   encounter
                   le
                   Roy
                   ou
                   disadvantage
                   de
                   luy
                   .
                   Que
                   please
                   os
                   deiner
                   per
                   Estatute
                   que
                   Serche
                   &
                   Exemplification
                   soit
                   faitz
                   as
                   toutz
                   Gentz
                   de
                   queconque
                   Recorde
                   que
                   les
                   touche
                   en
                   ascun
                   manner
                   auxy
                   bien
                   de
                   ce
                   que
                   chiet
                   encountre
                   le
                   Roy
                   come
                   autres
                   Gentz
                   .
                   Le
                   Roy
                   le
                   voet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   only
                   Copies
                   of
                   Records
                   that
                   they
                   shall
                   have
                   for
                   Evidence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   L.
                   Preston
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordship
                   hears
                   by
                   this
                   Record
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   as
                   well
                   pray
                   that
                   an
                   exemplification
                   be
                   made
                   of
                   this
                   Indictment
                   as
                   a
                   Copy
                   ,
                   for
                   so
                   the
                   words
                   of
                   this
                   Act
                   run
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   only
                   meant
                   of
                   those
                   Records
                   that
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   given
                   in
                   Evidence
                   .
                   But
                   this
                   Indictment
                   that
                   you
                   would
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   ,
                   is
                   not
                   now
                   to
                   be
                   given
                   in
                   Evidence
                   nor
                   to
                   be
                   exemplyfied
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   it
                   does
                   not
                   reach
                   your
                   Case
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   this
                   Indictment
                   is
                   a
                   Record
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Record
                   against
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   is
                   given
                   in
                   Evidence
                   against
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     Mr.
                     J.
                  
                   Eyres
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   no
                   Evidence
                   but
                   an
                   accusation
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   no
                   proof
                   at
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   always
                   sworn
                   unto
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   J.
                   Eyres
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Witnesses
                   are
                   Sworn
                   that
                   Testifie
                   the
                   matter
                   of
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   Grand
                   Jury
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Indictment
                   it self
                   is
                   no
                   Evidence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Suppose
                   a
                   Statute
                   be
                   doubtful
                   ,
                   as
                   truly
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   take
                   this
                   to
                   be
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   to
                   expound
                   the
                   Statute
                   as
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   expounded
                   in
                   all
                   Ages
                   :
                   It
                   was
                   never
                   thought
                   by
                   any
                   Judges
                   in
                   any
                   Reign
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   Statute
                   did
                   entitle
                   a
                   Prisoner
                   to
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   his
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   but
                   always
                   held
                   the
                   contrary
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   be
                   pleased
                   then
                   to
                   allow
                   me
                   Counsel
                   to
                   be
                   heard
                   to
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   not
                   Counsel
                   in
                   a
                   plain
                   Case
                   :
                   If
                   the
                   Court
                   apprehend
                   there
                   is
                   any
                   Matter
                   that
                   may
                   be
                   debateable
                   ,
                   or
                   whereupon
                   a
                   Doubt
                   may
                   be
                   made
                   ,
                   we
                   may
                   assign
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   and
                   shall
                   ;
                   but
                   never
                   in
                   a
                   plain
                   Case
                   ,
                   where
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   manner
                   of
                   Question
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   here
                   is
                   a
                   Doubt
                   in
                   this
                   Case
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Baron
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   's
                   not
                   the
                   Doubt
                   of
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Doubt
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   that
                   will
                   occasion
                   the
                   assigning
                   Counsel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   may
                   offer
                   his
                   Doubt
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Lordships
                   are
                   so
                   just
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   will
                   take
                   care
                   that
                   the
                   Doubt
                   may
                   be
                   legally
                   resolved
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   our
                   Duty
                   to
                   see
                   Justice
                   and
                   Right
                   done
                   ,
                   and
                   God
                   willing
                   ,
                   it
                   shall
                   be
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   I
                   am
                   bound
                   in
                   Duty
                   to
                   my self
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   Case
                   to
                   insist
                   upon
                   all
                   Advantages
                   I
                   can
                   have
                   by
                   Law.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   no
                   Body
                   blames
                   you
                   ,
                   though
                   your
                   Lordship
                   do
                   urge
                   things
                   that
                   are
                   unnecessary
                   ,
                   or
                   improper
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   shall
                   take
                   care
                   that
                   it
                   shall
                   not
                   tend
                   to
                   your
                   Lordships
                   prejudice
                   .
                   We
                   consider
                   the
                   Condition
                   you
                   are
                   in
                   ;
                   you
                   stand
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   for
                   your
                   Life
                   ;
                   you
                   shall
                   have
                   all
                   the
                   fair
                   and
                   just
                   Dealings
                   that
                   can
                   be
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   as
                   in
                   Duty
                   bound
                   ,
                   will
                   see
                   that
                   you
                   have
                   no
                   Wrong
                   done
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   for
                   this
                   thing
                   that
                   you
                   now
                   mention
                   ,
                   in
                   all
                   Ages
                   in
                   all
                   our
                   Books
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   same
                   thing
                   ,
                   and
                   has
                   been
                   in
                   all
                   Mens
                   Cases
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   for
                   their
                   Lives
                   ,
                   denied
                   ;
                   and
                   this
                   Statute
                   that
                   you
                   bring
                   is
                   quite
                   of
                   another
                   intent
                   :
                   For
                   it
                   is
                   said
                   ,
                   the
                   Records
                   shall
                   remain
                   in
                   Court
                   for
                   perpetual
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Aiding
                   of
                   all
                   Persons
                   to
                   whom
                   they
                   shall
                   belong
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   this
                   is
                   none
                   of
                   your
                   Case
                   ;
                   for
                   God
                   knows
                   ,
                   you
                   expect
                   no
                   Aid
                   from
                   this
                   Indictment
                   :
                   But
                   this
                   is
                   meant
                   of
                   all
                   Copies
                   that
                   concern
                   the
                   Estates
                   of
                   Men
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   have
                   recourse
                   to
                   their
                   Records
                   to
                   make
                   out
                   their
                   Evidences
                   to
                   their
                   Estates
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   have
                   them
                   Exemplified
                   under
                   the
                   Seal
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   for
                   Evidence
                   :
                   But
                   to
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   an
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   thereby
                   to
                   be
                   enabled
                   to
                   consult
                   with
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   how
                   to
                   make
                   Exceptions
                   to
                   that
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   is
                   a
                   thing
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   denied
                   in
                   all
                   Ages
                   by
                   all
                   the
                   Judges
                   that
                   ever
                   were
                   .
                   If
                   any
                   one
                   can
                   say
                   the
                   contrary
                   ,
                   it
                   were
                   something
                   ;
                   but
                   shall
                   we
                   now
                   admit
                   Counsel
                   to
                   debate
                   a
                   thing
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   in
                   all
                   Ages
                   denied
                   ,
                   and
                   never
                   admitted
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   once
                   ?
                   That
                   cannot
                   be
                   expected
                   from
                   us
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Act
                   says
                   ,
                   That
                   it
                   shall
                   be
                   all
                   Records
                   that
                   shall
                   be
                   in
                   Aid
                   to
                   any
                   Person
                   that
                   shall
                   desire
                   it
                   .
                   Here
                   is
                   no
                   distinction
                   made
                   of
                   what
                   kind
                   the
                   Records
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   :
                   If
                   it
                   be
                   for
                   the
                   Aid
                   of
                   any
                   Person
                   ,
                   it
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   granted
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   may
                   be
                   aided
                   by
                   this
                   Record
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   is
                   hard
                   ,
                   when
                   I
                   am
                   so
                   much
                   concerned
                   in
                   this
                   Record
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   cannot
                   be
                   helpt
                   to
                   it
                   by
                   this
                   Law.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Constant
                   Experience
                   has
                   gone
                   according
                   to
                   what
                   we
                   say
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   that
                   be
                   Law
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   has
                   not
                   been
                   demanded
                   ,
                   then
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   entituled
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   benefit
                   of
                   it
                   :
                   But
                   now
                   I
                   demand
                   it
                   ,
                   sure
                   it
                   is
                   good
                   Law.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   no
                   question
                   a
                   good
                   Law
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   applicable
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship's
                   Case
                   :
                   I
                   suppose
                   we
                   are
                   all
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Opinion
                   ;
                   if
                   any
                   think
                   otherwise
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   they
                   would
                   speak
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   submit
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   but
                   then
                   I
                   desire
                   one
                   Thing
                   ,
                   you
                   know
                   my
                   Life
                   ,
                   my
                   Fortune
                   ,
                   my
                   Reputation
                   ,
                   my
                   Posterity
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   are
                   at
                   Stake
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   is
                   Dear
                   to
                   me
                   must
                   fall
                   with
                   me
                   if
                   I
                   miscarry
                   .
                   Therefore
                   I
                   take
                   leave
                   to
                   represent
                   ,
                   That
                   I
                   have
                   had
                   very
                   short
                   Notice
                   of
                   my
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   I
                   assure
                   you
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   had
                   above
                   6
                   or
                   7
                   days
                   Notice
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   not
                   refuse
                   me
                   a
                   little
                   longer
                   time
                   before
                   I
                   come
                   to
                   my
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   have
                   had
                   no
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   yet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   my
                   Lord
                   please
                   to
                   Plead
                   to
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   that
                   will
                   be
                   time
                   enough
                   to
                   move
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   and
                   till
                   Issue
                   is
                   joyn'd
                   ,
                   it
                   cannot
                   properly
                   be
                   moved
                   for
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   not
                   proper
                   to
                   desire
                   time
                   yet
                   ,
                   till
                   you
                   have
                   put
                   your self
                   upon
                   your
                   Tryal
                   by
                   Pleading
                   to
                   the
                   Indictment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   granted
                   in
                   Colonel
                   
                   Sidney's
                   Case
                   ,
                   he
                   had
                   8
                   or
                   10
                   days
                   granted
                   him
                   after
                   he
                   had
                   Pleaded
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   Act
                   for
                   the
                   Reversal
                   of
                   Mr.
                   
                   Cornish's
                   Attainder
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   given
                   as
                   one
                   Cause
                   for
                   the
                   Reversal
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   time
                   to
                   prepare
                   for
                   his
                   Defence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   7
                   days
                   time
                   is
                   very
                   fair
                   Notice
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordship
                   knew
                   when
                   the
                   Sessions
                   would
                   be
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Lordship
                   might
                   reasonably
                   expect
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   should
                   be
                   Tryed
                   here
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   truly
                   you
                   have
                   had
                   very
                   fair
                   Notice
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   had
                   7
                   days
                   Notice
                   of
                   our
                   Tryal
                   't
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   this
                   day
                   Seven
                   night
                   at
                   Night
                   we
                   had
                   Notice
                   we
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   Tryed
                   as
                   this
                   day
                   ,
                   but
                   3
                   days
                   of
                   the
                   7
                   we
                   had
                   not
                   the
                   Liberty
                   of
                   seeing
                   any
                   Friend
                   or
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   Body
                   ,
                   not
                   till
                   Tuesday
                   Night
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   we
                   got
                   with
                   great
                   Application
                   ,
                   and
                   great
                   Charge
                   to
                   get
                   an
                   Order
                   for
                   our
                   Counsel
                   to
                   come
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   so
                   that
                   though
                   we
                   have
                   had
                   7
                   days
                   Notice
                   ,
                   yet
                   we
                   have
                   had
                   but
                   3
                   days
                   in
                   all
                   to
                   consult
                   with
                   any
                   Body
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   never
                   have
                   had
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   our
                   Jury
                   till
                   this
                   Minute
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   see
                   the
                   Nature
                   of
                   the
                   Thing
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   am
                   sorry
                   that
                   I
                   must
                   say
                   it
                   is
                   fit
                   that
                   we
                   should
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   perhaps
                   the
                   thing
                   that
                   you
                   are
                   accused
                   of
                   is
                   not
                   true
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   true
                   ,
                   you
                   see
                   what
                   it
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   are
                   Letters
                   and
                   Papers
                   preparing
                   for
                   a
                   Design
                   to
                   set
                   all
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   in
                   Confusion
                   :
                   Men
                   that
                   will
                   venture
                   upon
                   such
                   sort
                   of
                   Things
                   are
                   not
                   to
                   Condemn
                   the
                   Law
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   a
                   little
                   hard
                   upon
                   them
                   ,
                   for
                   't
                   is
                   the
                   common
                   preservation
                   that
                   is
                   principally
                   aimed
                   at
                   in
                   Prosecutions
                   of
                   this
                   Nature
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   this
                   Accusation
                   be
                   true
                   .
                   't
                   is
                   but
                   Just
                   and
                   Reasonable
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   speed
                   should
                   be
                   used
                   to
                   enquire
                   into
                   and
                   prevent
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   it
                   falls
                   out
                   in
                   this
                   Case
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   in
                   our
                   Power
                   to
                   do
                   it
                   .
                   This
                   Sessions
                   is
                   set
                   before
                   this
                   Business
                   is
                   known
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   is
                   an
                   Act
                   done
                   in
                   this
                   County
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   the
                   Sessions
                   is
                   the
                   proper
                   place
                   for
                   the
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   you
                   have
                   the
                   same
                   sort
                   of
                   Proceedings
                   that
                   all
                   other
                   Criminals
                   have
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   very
                   many
                   ,
                   though
                   I
                   hope
                   not
                   many
                   of
                   so
                   high
                   a
                   Nature
                   ,
                   7
                   days
                   Notice
                   you
                   have
                   had
                   you
                   acknowledge
                   ;
                   if
                   my
                   Lords
                   please
                   we
                   will
                   Indulge
                   you
                   as
                   far
                   as
                   we
                   can
                   ,
                   and
                   give
                   you
                   time
                   for
                   your
                   Tryal
                   till
                   to
                   morrow
                   ,
                   but
                   you
                   must
                   Plead
                   presently
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   debate
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   your
                   Tryal
                   too
                   early
                   ,
                   for
                   you
                   must
                   put
                   your self
                   upon
                   your
                   Tryal
                   first
                   ,
                   by
                   Pleading
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   I
                   shall
                   always
                   carry
                   my self
                   as
                   becomes
                   me
                   towards
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   really
                   think
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   any
                   Tryals
                   that
                   are
                   of
                   so
                   great
                   Concernment
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   sure
                   is
                   a
                   fit
                   time
                   for
                   me
                   to
                   offer
                   it
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   Witnesses
                   in
                   the
                   Country
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   a
                   distance
                   from
                   this
                   place
                   and
                   one
                   another
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   cannot
                   Dispute
                   with
                   you
                   concerning
                   your
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   till
                   you
                   have
                   Pleaded
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   what
                   you
                   will
                   say
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   for
                   ought
                   
                   I
                   know
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   no
                   occasion
                   for
                   a
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   what
                   you
                   will
                   Plead
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordship
                   must
                   Answer
                   to
                   the
                   Indictment
                   before
                   we
                   can
                   enter
                   into
                   the
                   Debate
                   of
                   this
                   matter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   to
                   move
                   it
                   afterwards
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   may
                   offer
                   any
                   thing
                   then
                   concerning
                   your
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   can
                   shew
                   any
                   Reason
                   to
                   defer
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   proper
                   to
                   do
                   it
                   then
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   one
                   Reason
                   why
                   my
                   Tryal
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   put
                   off
                   ,
                   is
                   ,
                   Because
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   Privilege
                   of
                   excepting
                   against
                   so
                   many
                   of
                   my
                   Jury
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   time
                   to
                   look
                   into
                   the
                   Pannel
                   I
                   shall
                   loose
                   that
                   Privilege
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   are
                   not
                   come
                   to
                   that
                   yet
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   Plead
                   now
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   your
                   Lordships
                   are
                   pleased
                   to
                   over-rule
                   my
                   Claim
                   of
                   Peerage
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   We
                   are
                   of
                   Opinion
                   you
                   ought
                   to
                   Plead
                   to
                   this
                   Indictment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   says
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   Are
                   you
                   Guilty
                   of
                   this
                   High
                   Treason
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   Guilty
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   of
                   A.
                   
                
                 
                   Culprit
                   ,
                   How
                   wilt
                   thou
                   be
                   Try'd
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   By
                   God
                   and
                   my
                   Country
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   of
                   A.
                   
                
                 
                   God
                   send
                   you
                   a
                   good
                   Deliverance
                   .
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   What
                   sayst
                   thou
                   ?
                   Art
                   thou
                   Guilty
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   High
                   Treason
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   Guilty
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   only
                   this
                   to
                   observe
                   ,
                   besides
                   what
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   has
                   offered
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   Business
                   of
                   the
                   Act
                   of
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordships
                   have
                   been
                   pleased
                   to
                   over-Rule
                   that
                   Plea
                   ;
                   But
                   ,
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   told
                   ,
                   That
                   if
                   an
                   Indictment
                   be
                   faulty
                   ,
                   but
                   even
                   in
                   a
                   Letter
                   ,
                   we
                   cannot
                   be
                   found
                   Guilty
                   upon
                   that
                   Indictment
                   .
                   Now
                   ,
                   if
                   we
                   never
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   that
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   how
                   shall
                   we
                   know
                   whether
                   there
                   be
                   any
                   such
                   Fault
                   in
                   it
                   ;
                   Your
                   Lordships
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   our
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   I
                   suppose
                   have
                   never
                   seen
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   suppose
                   there
                   be
                   Twenty
                   Faults
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   not
                   the
                   advantage
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   by
                   not
                   having
                   a
                   Copy
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   shall
                   we
                   come
                   to
                   have
                   any
                   Advantage
                   ,
                   if
                   neither
                   your
                   Lordships
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   our
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   nor
                   we
                   our Selves
                   can
                   see
                   them
                   .
                   It
                   may
                   turn
                   upon
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   we
                   will
                   see
                   it
                   when
                   you
                   come
                   upon
                   your
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   a
                   Mis-Information
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   such
                   a
                   Letter
                   as
                   is
                   not
                   Material
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   such
                   as
                   is
                   Material
                   ;
                   as
                   ,
                   suppose
                   ,
                   your
                   Name
                   being
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   the
                   A
                   should
                   be
                   left
                   out
                   ,
                   it
                   would
                   then
                   be
                   a
                   Question
                   ,
                   What
                   there
                   would
                   be
                   to
                   Charge
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   know
                   that
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   so
                   in
                   several
                   Instances
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   may
                   be
                   such
                   an
                   Omission
                   that
                   may
                   make
                   it
                   no
                   Crime
                   ,
                   but
                   we
                   must
                   not
                   presently
                   conclude
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   so
                   ,
                   but
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   it
                   Read
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   have
                   we
                   ;
                   if
                   there
                   had
                   been
                   any
                   such
                   Letter
                   mistaken
                   ,
                   it
                   would
                   have
                   been
                   taken
                   Notice
                   of
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   As
                   to
                   the
                   Reading
                   ,
                   there
                   may
                   in
                   the
                   Reading
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   be
                   many
                   Words
                   not
                   nicely
                   observed
                   ;
                   I
                   suppose
                   the
                   Indictment
                   may
                   be
                   Right
                   ,
                   I
                   say
                   it
                   is
                   possible
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   ,
                   or
                   it
                   may
                   not
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   your
                   Lordships
                   never
                   see
                   it
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   our
                   Counsel
                   by
                   Law
                   ,
                   nor
                   you
                   will
                   allow
                   us
                   Counsel
                   to
                   look
                   into
                   it
                   ;
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   Forty
                   Faults
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   we
                   can
                   have
                   no
                   advantage
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   must
                   not
                   allow
                   you
                   Counsel
                   to
                   pick
                   holes
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   that
                   never
                   was
                   done
                   ,
                   If
                   you
                   assign
                   any
                   Reason
                   ,
                   we
                   may
                   assign
                   you
                   Counsel
                   to
                   debate
                   any
                   matter
                   of
                   Law
                   that
                   may
                   arise
                   ,
                   but
                   never
                   was
                   Counsel
                   allowed
                   to
                   find
                   out
                   Faults
                   in
                   an
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   come
                   to
                   your
                   Tryal
                   we
                   shall
                   try
                   you
                   upon
                   your
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   any
                   thing
                   
                   considerable
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   suppose
                   we
                   shall
                   observe
                   it
                   for
                   your
                   advantage
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   We
                   never
                   had
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   of
                   our
                   Jury
                   ,
                   I
                   pray
                   we
                   may
                   have
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   you
                   cannot
                   have
                   till
                   you
                   have
                   Pleaded
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Baron
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   We
                   have
                   over-Ruled
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   about
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   Do
                   you
                   think
                   we
                   shall
                   Grant
                   it
                   you
                   when
                   we
                   have
                   denied
                   it
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   we
                   may
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   must
                   Plead
                   first
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   of
                   A.
                   
                
                 
                   Are
                   you
                   Guilty
                   of
                   the
                   High
                   Treason
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   Guilty
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   of
                   A.
                   
                
                 
                   How
                   will
                   you
                   be
                   Tryed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   By
                   God
                   and
                   my
                   Country
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   of
                   A.
                   
                
                 
                   God
                   send
                   you
                   a
                   good
                   Deliverance
                   .
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliot
                  
                   ,
                   How
                   say
                   you
                   ?
                   Are
                   you
                   Guilty
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   High
                   Treason
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   Guilty
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Elliot
                   .
                
                 
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   of
                   A.
                   
                
                 
                   God
                   send
                   you
                   a
                   good
                   Deliverance
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   now
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   time
                   to
                   pray
                   that
                   my
                   Tryal
                   may
                   be
                   deferred
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Why
                   would
                   you
                   have
                   it
                   deferred
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Because
                   of
                   the
                   distance
                   of
                   my
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Things
                   that
                   would
                   be
                   necessary
                   for
                   me
                   to
                   have
                   to
                   prepare
                   me
                   for
                   my
                   Defence
                   ;
                   and
                   besides
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   not
                   had
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   of
                   our
                   Jury
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Reason
                   of
                   the
                   Law
                   does
                   Order
                   ,
                   that
                   because
                   it
                   gives
                   us
                   liberty
                   to
                   except
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   we
                   cannot
                   know
                   how
                   to
                   do
                   ,
                   unless
                   we
                   inform
                   our selves
                   of
                   the
                   Men
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   beg
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   As
                   for
                   having
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   ,
                   the
                   Court
                   grants
                   it
                   .
                   Let
                   them
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   of
                   A.
                   
                
                 
                   Here
                   is
                   one
                   ready
                   for
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   Direction
                   given
                   that
                   there
                   should
                   be
                   one
                   ready
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   have
                   demanded
                   it
                   every
                   day
                   since
                   we
                   had
                   notice
                   of
                   our
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Baron
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   could
                   not
                   have
                   it
                   till
                   there
                   was
                   an
                   Issue
                   joyned
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   till
                   you
                   had
                   Pleaded
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   putting
                   off
                   your
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   to
                   what
                   time
                   to
                   put
                   it
                   off
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   willing
                   to
                   have
                   this
                   matter
                   Tryed
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   possible
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   cannot
                   but
                   be
                   uneasie
                   to
                   me
                   to
                   lie
                   under
                   these
                   Accusations
                   ;
                   but
                   some
                   of
                   my
                   Witnesses
                   live
                   in
                   the
                   Country
                   ,
                   at
                   a
                   remote
                   distance
                   ;
                   if
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   next
                   Term
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   next
                   Sessions
                   ;
                   for
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   to
                   Night
                   ,
                   and
                   am
                   to
                   be
                   Tryed
                   to
                   morrow
                   Morning
                   .
                   How
                   can
                   I
                   provide
                   for
                   my
                   Defence
                   ?
                   I
                   cannot
                   be
                   prepared
                   to
                   except
                   against
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   you
                   will
                   be
                   tender
                   ,
                   and
                   consider
                   the
                   Case
                   of
                   a
                   Man
                   ,
                   whose
                   Life
                   and
                   Fortune
                   are
                   concerned
                   in
                   this
                   Business
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   To
                   put
                   it
                   off
                   till
                   the
                   next
                   Term
                   is
                   to
                   remove
                   it
                   out
                   of
                   this
                   Court
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   cannot
                   do
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   put
                   it
                   off
                   till
                   after
                   the
                   Term
                   will
                   be
                   too
                   long
                   a
                   time
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   cannot
                   sit
                   here
                   after
                   Monday
                   ,
                   because
                   the
                   Term
                   begins
                   on
                   Tuesday
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   this
                   Term
                   is
                   always
                   a
                   short
                   Term
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   I
                   be
                   Tryed
                   to
                   morrow
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   Trying
                   me
                   without
                   giving
                   me
                   time
                   for
                   my
                   Defence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   there
                   has
                   been
                   all
                   the
                   care
                   taken
                   that
                   the
                   Nature
                   of
                   the
                   Thing
                   was
                   capable
                   off
                   ,
                   to
                   prevent
                   any
                   complaint
                   of
                   this
                   kind
                   ,
                   
                   Order
                   was
                   given
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   and
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   should
                   have
                   notice
                   as
                   early
                   as
                   was
                   possible
                   .
                   As
                   soon
                   as
                   ever
                   Mr.
                   Attorney
                   General
                   had
                   had
                   an
                   opportunity
                   of
                   looking
                   into
                   the
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   notice
                   was
                   given
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   be
                   Tryed
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   this
                   was
                   the
                   day
                   appointed
                   for
                   their
                   Tryal
                   .
                   But
                   there
                   shall
                   be
                   no
                   contending
                   in
                   a
                   Matter
                   of
                   this
                   Nature
                   ,
                   for
                   a
                   day
                   .
                   If
                   it
                   be
                   desired
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Court
                   please
                   to
                   put
                   it
                   off
                   till
                   morrow
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   contented
                   ,
                   but
                   there
                   can
                   be
                   no
                   reason
                   to
                   put
                   it
                   off
                   for
                   a
                   longer
                   time
                   .
                   As
                   there
                   is
                   always
                   a
                   tenderness
                   to
                   be
                   used
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   know
                   will
                   be
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   far
                   as
                   I
                   am
                   concerned
                   ,
                   always
                   shall
                   be
                   towards
                   Persons
                   in
                   these
                   Circumstances
                   ,
                   so
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   regard
                   to
                   be
                   had
                   towards
                   the
                   Government
                   and
                   the
                   Publick
                   .
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   if
                   the
                   Accusation
                   that
                   is
                   against
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   the
                   Government
                   is
                   highly
                   concerned
                   that
                   this
                   Matter
                   should
                   come
                   to
                   a
                   speedy
                   Examination
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   Persons
                   that
                   enter
                   into
                   such
                   Designs
                   be
                   brought
                   to
                   Judgment
                   :
                   The
                   Charge
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   is
                   of
                   such
                   a
                   Nature
                   as
                   draws
                   very
                   great
                   Consequences
                   along
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   concerns
                   no
                   less
                   then
                   the
                   Life
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   the
                   Destruction
                   of
                   the
                   Fleet
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Invasion
                   of
                   the
                   Realm
                   by
                   the
                   Forces
                   of
                   a
                   Declared
                   Enemy
                   .
                   These
                   are
                   the
                   things
                   that
                   the
                   Prisoners
                   are
                   charged
                   with
                   ,
                   and
                   certainly
                   there
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   no
                   delay
                   in
                   the
                   searching
                   into
                   such
                   Matters
                   as
                   these
                   .
                   They
                   have
                   had
                   a
                   Weeks
                   notice
                   of
                   Tryal
                   already
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   many
                   days
                   of
                   that
                   week
                   at
                   least
                   they
                   have
                   had
                   as
                   many
                   Councel
                   to
                   assist
                   them
                   as
                   they
                   desired
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   Sollicitors
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   a
                   mind
                   to
                   ,
                   have
                   had
                   free
                   access
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   so
                   that
                   they
                   have
                   wanted
                   no
                   opportunity
                   to
                   prepare
                   for
                   their
                   Tryal
                   that
                   Men
                   in
                   their
                   Circumstances
                   could
                   have
                   .
                   As
                   to
                   what
                   has
                   been
                   said
                   with
                   relation
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   the
                   Law
                   indulges
                   them
                   in
                   the
                   Number
                   of
                   their
                   peremptory
                   Challenges
                   without
                   being
                   put
                   to
                   shew
                   Cause
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Court
                   hath
                   granted
                   them
                   at
                   the
                   very
                   instant
                   of
                   their
                   Pleading
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   reasonable
                   time
                   between
                   this
                   and
                   to
                   morrow
                   for
                   their
                   making
                   such
                   Enquiry
                   into
                   the
                   Jury
                   as
                   is
                   justifiable
                   and
                   fit
                   to
                   be
                   made
                   .
                   But
                   if
                   by
                   time
                   to
                   look
                   into
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   it
                   be
                   meant
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   a
                   time
                   for
                   tampering
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   your
                   tenderness
                   of
                   the
                   Government
                   will
                   not
                   permit
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   take
                   care
                   as
                   much
                   that
                   no
                   such
                   thing
                   be
                   done
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   will
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   surprized
                   .
                   If
                   your
                   Lordships
                   are
                   pleased
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Tryal
                   be
                   put
                   off
                   till
                   to
                   morrow
                   ,
                   we
                   will
                   be
                   ready
                   to
                   morrow
                   to
                   attend
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   a
                   very
                   hard
                   presumption
                   that
                   Mr.
                   Sollicitor
                   makes
                   of
                   our
                   asking
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   with
                   a
                   design
                   to
                   tamper
                   with
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   say
                   so
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   said
                   till
                   to
                   morrow
                   was
                   time
                   enough
                   to
                   make
                   a
                   Justifiable
                   Enquiry
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   if
                   I
                   be
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   to
                   morrow
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   willing
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   to
                   day
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   am
                   as
                   ready
                   now
                   as
                   I
                   shall
                   be
                   then
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   It
                   may
                   be
                   so
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   ready
                   as
                   you
                   will
                   be
                   after
                   the
                   Term
                   :
                   But
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   what
                   your
                   Lordship
                   means
                   by
                   expressing
                   such
                   resentment
                   ,
                   that
                   because
                   you
                   can't
                   have
                   what
                   time
                   allowed
                   you
                   would
                   ,
                   therefore
                   you
                   will
                   have
                   none
                   ,
                   but
                   be
                   tryed
                   now
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   may
                   have
                   time
                   enough
                   to
                   prepare
                   your self
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   certainly
                   between
                   this
                   and
                   to
                   morrow
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   that
                   are
                   for
                   the
                   King
                   have
                   given
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   notice
                   long
                   enough
                   to
                   be
                   prepared
                   ,
                   if
                   we
                   should
                   try
                   them
                   now
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   's
                   the
                   time
                   we
                   gave
                   notice
                   for
                   ,
                   but
                   because
                   we
                   would
                   indulge
                   them
                   as
                   far
                   as
                   we
                   could
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   willing
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   have
                   till
                   to
                   morrow
                   ,
                   and
                   intending
                   them
                   that
                   kindness
                   ,
                   are
                   not
                   ready
                   to
                   try
                   them
                   to
                   day
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   can
                   be
                   no
                   pretence
                   for
                   them
                   to
                   put
                   off
                   this
                   Tryal
                   any
                   longer
                   ,
                   for
                   there
                   can
                   be
                   no
                   want
                   of
                   Evidence
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   Fact
                   we
                   charge
                   them
                   with
                   ,
                   for
                   all
                   the
                   Evidence
                   that
                   
                   we
                   shall
                   bring
                   against
                   them
                   was
                   taken
                   from
                   themselves
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   greatest
                   part
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   What
                   time
                   will
                   you
                   be
                   ready
                   then
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tompson
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   morrow
                   morning
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   to
                   morrow
                   at
                   Eight
                   a
                   Clock
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   do
                   but
                   consider
                   you
                   had
                   seven
                   days
                   notice
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   morrow
                   makes
                   eight
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   had
                   notice
                   for
                   this
                   day
                   this
                   day
                   sevenight
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   we
                   have
                   had
                   only
                   three
                   days
                   time
                   to
                   consult
                   with
                   our
                   Councel
                   ,
                   though
                   we
                   desired
                   we
                   might
                   have
                   our
                   Councel
                   come
                   to
                   us
                   that
                   day
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   They
                   were
                   told
                   ,
                   they
                   must
                   apply
                   themselves
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   for
                   that
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   did
                   do
                   so
                   that
                   night
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   then
                   Sunday
                   interven'd
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   no
                   day
                   for
                   Business
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   could
                   not
                   have
                   our
                   Order
                   .
                   On
                   Monday
                   we
                   could
                   not
                   have
                   it
                   till
                   night
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   Tuesday
                   before
                   we
                   could
                   get
                   any
                   Body
                   to
                   us
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   Weighty
                   concern
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   such
                   hasty
                   Proceedings
                   were
                   thought
                   very
                   hard
                   in
                   the
                   late
                   Times
                   ,
                   and
                   particularly
                   the
                   denying
                   Mr.
                   Cornish
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Reasons
                   given
                   in
                   this
                   Kings
                   Declaration
                   for
                   his
                   coming
                   here
                   into
                   England
                   ,
                   the
                   hardships
                   that
                   the
                   Law
                   laid
                   upon
                   Men
                   in
                   their
                   Tryals
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   came
                   to
                   prevent
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   hardship
                   that
                   was
                   upon
                   Mr.
                   Cornish
                   was
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   taken
                   upon
                   the
                   Tuesday
                   off
                   from
                   the
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   and
                   tryed
                   before
                   that
                   day
                   sevenight
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   was
                   hard
                   indeed
                   ;
                   but
                   besides
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   taken
                   about
                   his
                   Business
                   off
                   from
                   the
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   whether
                   you
                   were
                   about
                   your
                   Business
                   ,
                   your
                   Lawful
                   Business
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   God
                   of
                   Heaven
                   knows
                   that
                   .
                   And
                   pray
                   consider
                   here
                   is
                   a
                   matter
                   of
                   very
                   great
                   consequence
                   on
                   the
                   one
                   side
                   and
                   on
                   the
                   other
                   :
                   For
                   if
                   Men
                   be
                   Plotting
                   against
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   to
                   give
                   them
                   time
                   to
                   carry
                   on
                   their
                   Plots
                   will
                   be
                   mischievous
                   on
                   that
                   side
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   till
                   that
                   be
                   legally
                   proved
                   before
                   your
                   Lordships
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   but
                   a
                   supposition
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   will
                   lie
                   upon
                   them
                   to
                   prove
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   to
                   suppose
                   you
                   not
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   till
                   you
                   are
                   proved
                   Guilty
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   the
                   Law
                   says
                   we
                   may
                   except
                   against
                   so
                   many
                   Persons
                   ,
                   what
                   is
                   the
                   end
                   of
                   the
                   giving
                   us
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   presumed
                   we
                   can
                   do
                   it
                   by
                   their
                   Faces
                   ,
                   for
                   what
                   can
                   I
                   say
                   to
                   the
                   Face
                   of
                   one
                   I
                   never
                   saw
                   :
                   We
                   must
                   enquire
                   concerning
                   the
                   Men
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   a
                   work
                   of
                   time
                   ,
                   for
                   some
                   of
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   I
                   presume
                   live
                   eight
                   or
                   ten
                   miles
                   out
                   of
                   Town
                   ,
                   Is
                   it
                   possible
                   for
                   me
                   before
                   to
                   morrow
                   morning
                   eight
                   a
                   Clock
                   to
                   send
                   to
                   35
                   Men
                   to
                   enquire
                   after
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   nor
                   is
                   it
                   intended
                   you
                   should
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Nay
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   intend
                   to
                   send
                   to
                   the
                   Jury-Men
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   no
                   reason
                   to
                   give
                   you
                   time
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   mean
                   to
                   enquire
                   after
                   the
                   Men
                   ,
                   their
                   Lives
                   ,
                   what
                   Religion
                   they
                   are
                   of
                   ,
                   what
                   sort
                   of
                   Men
                   they
                   are
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   suppose
                   they
                   are
                   all
                   Protestants
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   but
                   suppose
                   they
                   are
                   all
                   Strangers
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   good
                   and
                   lawful
                   Men
                   of
                   the
                   County
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   be
                   no
                   difference
                   between
                   you
                   and
                   them
                   ,
                   then
                   they
                   are
                   fit
                   to
                   try
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   'T
                   is
                   true
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   I
                   have
                   liberty
                   to
                   except
                   against
                   35
                   ,
                   I
                   ought
                   to
                   know
                   something
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   and
                   inform
                   your self
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   you
                   can
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   to
                   send
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   permitted
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   another
                   Point
                   to
                   enquire
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   Whether
                   they
                   be
                   Freeholders
                   or
                   not
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   have
                   neither
                   you
                   Lordships
                   Affidavit
                   ,
                   nor
                   the
                   Oath
                   of
                   any
                   other
                   Person
                   ,
                   only
                   an
                   Allegation
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   expect
                   your
                   Tryal
                   to
                   Morrow
                   Morning
                   ,
                   we
                   cannot
                   put
                   it
                   off
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   limited
                   in
                   time
                   ,
                   the
                   Sessions
                   can
                   hold
                   no
                   longer
                   than
                   Monday
                   ,
                   because
                   of
                   the
                   Term.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   to
                   put
                   it
                   off
                   till
                   Monday
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   we
                   shall
                   not
                   have
                   time
                   to
                   do
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   a
                   long
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   protest
                   to
                   your
                   Lordships
                   I
                   cannot
                   be
                   ready
                   to
                   Morrow
                   to
                   make
                   that
                   Defence
                   I
                   desire
                   ,
                   and
                   design
                   to
                   make
                   ,
                   and
                   which
                   I
                   may
                   make
                   if
                   your
                   Lordships
                   give
                   me
                   a
                   longer
                   day
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   Arraignments
                   .
                
                 
                   Here
                   is
                   a
                   Coppy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   for
                   your
                   Lordship
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   delivered
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   who
                   gave
                   it
                   to
                   his
                   Sollicitor
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   shall
                   not
                   have
                   time
                   to
                   enquire
                   into
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Look
                   you
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   not
                   bound
                   to
                   do
                   this
                   ,
                   but
                   you
                   have
                   it
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   you
                   have
                   Pleaded
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   take
                   up
                   5
                   or
                   6
                   Hours
                   in
                   writing
                   of
                   it
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   must
                   each
                   have
                   a
                   Copy
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   General
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   are
                   all
                   joyned
                   in
                   one
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   joynt-Counsel
                   ,
                   and
                   joynt-Sollicitors
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   are
                   informed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   allow
                   us
                   liberty
                   till
                   Monday
                   for
                   our
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Court
                   cannot
                   allow
                   longer
                   time
                   ;
                   the
                   Court
                   here
                   can
                   Sit
                   no
                   longer
                   than
                   Monday
                   ,
                   and
                   here
                   must
                   needs
                   be
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   Business
                   to
                   do
                   of
                   the
                   ordinary
                   Business
                   of
                   the
                   Sessions
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   that
                   day
                   comes
                   ,
                   perhaps
                   it
                   will
                   not
                   serve
                   to
                   go
                   through
                   with
                   the
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   Adjourned
                   till
                   after
                   the
                   Term
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   mean
                   while
                   some
                   are
                   in
                   hopes
                   the
                   King
                   of
                   France
                   may
                   come
                   and
                   determine
                   the
                   Matter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   Let
                   no
                   Suggestion
                   against
                   us
                   ,
                   prepossess
                   the
                   Opinion
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   before
                   we
                   be
                   Tryed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   don't
                   Suggest
                   any
                   thing
                   ,
                   but
                   't
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   alleadged
                   against
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   Tryed
                   upon
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   such
                   things
                   be
                   there
                   Suggested
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   would
                   give
                   you
                   all
                   reasonable
                   time
                   for
                   your
                   Defence
                   ,
                   so
                   we
                   must
                   take
                   care
                   that
                   the
                   Government
                   sustain
                   no
                   hurt
                   by
                   delays
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   observed
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Counsel
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   Things
                   of
                   very
                   great
                   Consequence
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   they
                   press
                   for
                   the
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   cannot
                   believe
                   but
                   that
                   you
                   will
                   be
                   as
                   ready
                   to
                   Morrow
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   can
                   be
                   on
                   Monday
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Government
                   cannot
                   be
                   prejudiced
                   by
                   putting
                   of
                   it
                   off
                   till
                   Monday
                   ,
                   sure
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Evidence
                   that
                   is
                   to
                   Convict
                   you
                   ,
                   lies
                   all
                   on
                   their
                   Side
                   that
                   are
                   for
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   cannot
                   imagine
                   ,
                   where
                   your
                   Witnesses
                   should
                   be
                   ,
                   unless
                   they
                   are
                   in
                   France
                   ;
                   but
                   you
                   had
                   reason
                   to
                   exepect
                   your
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   being
                   apprehended
                   in
                   the
                   manner
                   as
                   you
                   were
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   provide
                   for
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   want
                   of
                   Witnesses
                   is
                   only
                   a
                   Surmise
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Pretence
                   ,
                   for
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   Oath
                   of
                   any
                   Witnesses
                   that
                   they
                   want
                   ,
                   or
                   who
                   they
                   are
                   ;
                   indeed
                   if
                   we
                   had
                   Oath
                   made
                   that
                   they
                   wanted
                   material
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   material
                   Points
                   for
                   their
                   Defence
                   ,
                   that
                   might
                   be
                   occasion
                   for
                   our
                   further
                   Consideration
                   ;
                   but
                   shall
                   we
                   put
                   off
                   a
                   Tryal
                   upon
                   a
                   bare
                   suggestion
                   of
                   the
                   want
                   of
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   sure
                   that
                   was
                   never
                   done
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Name
                   any
                   one
                   particular
                   Man
                   that
                   is
                   your
                   Witness
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   particular
                   thing
                   that
                   he
                   can
                   prove
                   ,
                   for
                   if
                   any
                   of
                   your
                   Witnesses
                   do
                   know
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   this
                   kind
                   ,
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   particulars
                   and
                   not
                   Generals
                   ;
                   If
                   you
                   will
                   not
                   name
                   them
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   plain
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   only
                   a
                   pretence
                   you
                   insist
                   upon
                   for
                   delay
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   insist
                   upon
                   the
                   point
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   have
                   not
                   time
                   to
                   look
                   after
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   that
                   of
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   is
                   waved
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   'T
                   was
                   I
                   that
                   desired
                   Time
                   for
                   my
                   Witnesses
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   you
                   neither
                   name
                   them
                   ,
                   nor
                   bring
                   us
                   any
                   Oath
                   about
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   of
                   any
                   thing
                   they
                   can
                   prove
                   for
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   don't
                   spend
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   nor
                   you
                   own
                   time
                   unnecessarily
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   prepare
                   for
                   your
                   Tryal
                   to
                   Morrow
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   not
                   a
                   person
                   in
                   Court
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   ,
                   but
                   will
                   think
                   it
                   hard
                   that
                   we
                   are
                   so
                   straitned
                   in
                   time
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   time
                   you
                   have
                   had
                   notice
                   to
                   prepare
                   for
                   your
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   is
                   sufficient
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                   Cornish's
                   Case
                   has
                   been
                   complained
                   of
                   as
                   a
                   very
                   hard
                   Case
                   in
                   this
                   very
                   respect
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   would
                   hope
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   that
                   now
                   is
                   ,
                   came
                   to
                   Reform
                   such
                   abuses
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   have
                   been
                   already
                   told
                   ,
                   wherein
                   the
                   hardship
                   of
                   that
                   Case
                   lay
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   yours
                   is
                   not
                   like
                   it
                   ;
                   but
                   take
                   notice
                   ,
                   we
                   will
                   be
                   Sitting
                   here
                   punctually
                   at
                   Eight
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   to
                   let
                   us
                   have
                   our
                   Counsel
                   come
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   Friends
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Yes
                   sure
                   ,
                   you
                   shall
                   have
                   all
                   that
                   is
                   necessary
                   for
                   your
                   Defence
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   can
                   allow
                   you
                   ,
                   but
                   unnecessary
                   Delays
                   must
                   be
                   avoided
                   .
                
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 were
                 taken
                 away
                 by
                 the
                 Keeper
                 of
                 Newgate
                 to
                 the
                 Goal
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Sabbati
                 xvii
                 .
                 
                   January
                   1690.
                   
                
              
               
                 THis
                 Day
                 between
                 the
                 Hours
                 of
                 Eight
                 and
                 Nine
                 in
                 the
                 Morning
                 ,
                 the
                 Court
                 being
                 sat
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 Persons
                 who
                 were
                 return'd
                 upon
                 the
                 Jury
                 were
                 called
                 over
                 twice
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Appearances
                 Recorded
                 ;
                 then
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 were
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 Bar.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   Arraignments
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   the
                   Prisoners
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   ,
                   these
                   Men
                   that
                   you
                   shall
                   hear
                   called
                   and
                   personally
                   appear
                   ,
                   are
                   to
                   pass
                   between
                   our
                   Soveraign
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   our
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   upon
                   Tryal
                   of
                   your
                   several
                   Lives
                   and
                   Deaths
                   ;
                   If
                   therefore
                   you
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   of
                   you
                   will
                   Challenge
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   your
                   time
                   is
                   to
                   Challenge
                   them
                   as
                   they
                   come
                   to
                   the
                   Book
                   to
                   be
                   Sworn
                   ,
                   and
                   before
                   they
                   be
                   Sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   beg
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   inform
                   me
                   ,
                   whether
                   if
                   I
                   have
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   offer
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   proper
                   before
                   the
                   Jury
                   be
                   impanelled
                   ,
                   or
                   after
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   don't
                   know
                   what
                   your
                   Lordship
                   has
                   to
                   offer
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   you
                   have
                   nothing
                   to
                   offer
                   why
                   the
                   Jury
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   Sworn
                   ,
                   for
                   now
                   your
                   Lordship
                   has
                   put
                   your Self
                   upon
                   your
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   going
                   to
                   proceed
                   in
                   that
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   are
                   going
                   to
                   be
                   Sworn
                   ;
                   if
                   you
                   have
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   offer
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   Challenge
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   something
                   to
                   offer
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   is
                   only
                   what
                   I
                   did
                   humbly
                   offer
                   yesterday
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   warning
                   was
                   so
                   short
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   prepared
                   for
                   my
                   Tryal
                   .
                   We
                   had
                   not
                   above
                   three
                   or
                   four
                   days
                   wherein
                   we
                   might
                   consult
                   about
                   it
                   ,
                   all
                   the
                   former
                   time
                   we
                   have
                   been
                   kept
                   close
                   Prisoners
                   ;
                   we
                   are
                   now
                   brought
                   here
                   to
                   be
                   Tryed
                   ,
                   without
                   having
                   time
                   to
                   look
                   into
                   the
                   Pannel
                   of
                   our
                   Jury
                   .
                   The
                   Pannel
                   we
                   had
                   not
                   till
                   yesterday
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   humbly
                   beg
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   have
                   some
                   time
                   to
                   prepare
                   for
                   my
                   Defence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   this
                   is
                   that
                   which
                   you
                   insisted
                   upon
                   yesterday
                   .
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   then
                   said
                   you
                   wanted
                   your
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Lordship
                   did
                   not
                   then
                   mention
                   what
                   Witnesses
                   you
                   wanted
                   ,
                   nor
                   was
                   any
                   Oath
                   made
                   of
                   any
                   one
                   that
                   you
                   wanted
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   the
                   Court
                   over-rul'd
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   wished
                   you
                   to
                   prepare
                   for
                   your
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   not
                   put
                   it
                   off
                   :
                   For
                   if
                   it
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   to
                   Day
                   ,
                   but
                   should
                   be
                   put
                   off
                   till
                   another
                   time
                   ,
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   the
                   putting
                   of
                   it
                   off
                   till
                   another
                   Sessions
                   ;
                   for
                   we
                   are
                   streightened
                   with
                   it
                   in
                   point
                   of
                   time
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Session
                   can
                   last
                   no
                   longer
                   then
                   Munday
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   have
                   had
                   convenient
                   Notice
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   is
                   hard
                   when
                   my
                   Life
                   and
                   Fortune
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   are
                   concerned
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   should
                   be
                   hurried
                   on
                   to
                   a
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   only
                   because
                   the
                   Court
                   is
                   streightened
                   in
                   point
                   of
                   time
                   ;
                   and
                   yet
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   only
                   Reason
                   that
                   I
                   can
                   perceive
                   ,
                   why
                   such
                   haste
                   is
                   made
                   .
                   I
                   desire
                   a
                   little
                   more
                   time
                   to
                   prepare
                   my self
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   very
                   hard
                   I
                   should
                   be
                   denied
                   ;
                   I
                   must
                   submit
                   it
                   to
                   your
                   Lordships
                   :
                   If
                   you
                   will
                   not
                   allow
                   me
                   time
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   make
                   my
                   Defence
                   as
                   I
                   would
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   shortness
                   of
                   the
                   time
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   no
                   Objection
                   ;
                   you
                   have
                   had
                   convenient
                   Notice
                   ,
                   as
                   much
                   Notice
                   as
                   the
                   Law
                   requires
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   much
                   time
                   as
                   without
                   particular
                   cause
                   shewn
                   ,
                   hath
                   here
                   at
                   any
                   time
                   been
                   given
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   Case
                   .
                   If
                   indeed
                   there
                   had
                   been
                   any
                   particular
                   Reason
                   offered
                   for
                   putting
                   off
                   the
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   had
                   made
                   it
                   appear
                   by
                   Oath
                   ,
                   the
                   Court
                   possibly
                   might
                   have
                   put
                   off
                   the
                   Tryal
                   ;
                   but
                   because
                   your
                   Lordship
                   only
                   suggested
                   you
                   wanted
                   a
                   Witness
                   ,
                   naming
                   neither
                   Person
                   ,
                   nor
                   Place
                   ,
                   or
                   Matter
                   such
                   Witness
                   should
                   prove
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   of
                   Opinion
                   no
                   cause
                   appears
                   for
                   such
                   delay
                   of
                   your
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   assure
                   you
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   prepared
                   for
                   my
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   the
                   Court
                   over-ruled
                   this
                   Matter
                   yesterday
                   ,
                   it
                   cannot
                   be
                   put
                   off
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   humbly
                   offer
                   your
                   Lordship
                   one
                   thing
                   before
                   the
                   Jury
                   be
                   called
                   and
                   sworn
                   .
                   By
                   the
                   Law
                   ,
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   have
                   the
                   Privilege
                   to
                   challenge
                   peremptorily
                   to
                   the
                   Number
                   of
                   35
                   ;
                   which
                   is
                   so
                   great
                   a
                   Number
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   each
                   of
                   them
                   severally
                   take
                   advantage
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   (
                   as
                   they
                   may
                   do
                   by
                   Law
                   ,
                   and
                   God
                   forbid
                   they
                   should
                   be
                   denied
                   any
                   advantage
                   the
                   Law
                   gives
                   them
                   )
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   next
                   to
                   impossibile
                   to
                   have
                   a
                   sufficient
                   Number
                   of
                   Jurors
                   appear
                   so
                   as
                   that
                   we
                   may
                   proceed
                   in
                   the
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   don't
                   hear
                   what
                   Mr.
                   Sollicitor
                   says
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Do
                   you
                   not
                   ?
                   Then
                   I
                   'll
                   tell
                   you
                   what
                   he
                   says
                   when
                   he
                   has
                   done
                   :
                   Go
                   on
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Sollicitor
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   all
                   that
                   I
                   would
                   know
                   of
                   them
                   is
                   ,
                   Whether
                   they
                   intend
                   to
                   take
                   the
                   Advantage
                   that
                   the
                   Law
                   gives
                   them
                   ,
                   of
                   single
                   and
                   particular
                   Challenges
                   ;
                   for
                   then
                   they
                   must
                   be
                   tryed
                   severally
                   :
                   Or
                   whether
                   they
                   will
                   be
                   content
                   that
                   the
                   same
                   Persons
                   that
                   are
                   challenged
                   by
                   any
                   one
                   ,
                   shall
                   stand
                   challenged
                   for
                   all
                   three
                   .
                   I
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   them
                   to
                   take
                   their
                   own
                   choice
                   ;
                   let
                   them
                   do
                   what
                   they
                   please
                   in
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Sollicitor
                   tells
                   you
                   what
                   the
                   Law
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   every
                   one
                   of
                   you
                   may
                   challenge
                   Five
                   and
                   thirty
                   without
                   Cause
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   the
                   Court
                   should
                   proceed
                   to
                   try
                   you
                   all
                   together
                   ,
                   and
                   every
                   one
                   of
                   you
                   should
                   challenge
                   Five
                   and
                   thirty
                   ,
                   perhaps
                   a
                   sufficient
                   Number
                   will
                   be
                   wanting
                   to
                   try
                   you
                   ,
                   the
                   Number
                   challenged
                   will
                   then
                   amount
                   to
                   105
                   in
                   all
                   .
                   If
                   so
                   be
                   you
                   agree
                   in
                   your
                   Challenges
                   ,
                   that
                   what
                   one
                   challenges
                   shall
                   be
                   challenged
                   by
                   the
                   other
                   two
                   ,
                   then
                   the
                   Court
                   will
                   go
                   on
                   ,
                   and
                   try
                   you
                   all
                   together
                   ,
                   otherwise
                   they
                   will
                   be
                   forced
                   to
                   sever
                   you
                   ;
                   therefore
                   he
                   desires
                   to
                   know
                   ,
                   whether
                   you
                   will
                   joyn
                   or
                   sever
                   in
                   your
                   Challenges
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Take
                   your
                   own
                   choice
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   what
                   you
                   think
                   best
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   the
                   Matter
                   of
                   Challenging
                   is
                   so
                   great
                   an
                   Advantage
                   to
                   a
                   Man
                   upon
                   his
                   Life
                   ,
                   that
                   for
                   my
                   part
                   I
                   must
                   insist
                   upon
                   that
                   which
                   the
                   Law
                   gives
                   me
                   ,
                   to
                   challenge
                   as
                   many
                   for
                   my self
                   as
                   I
                   think
                   fit
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Number
                   that
                   the
                   Law
                   allows
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   says
                   ,
                   he
                   will
                   ,
                   as
                   't
                   is
                   fit
                   he
                   should
                   ,
                   take
                   all
                   Advantages
                   he
                   can
                   ;
                   What
                   says
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   to
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   expect
                   the
                   same
                   Advantage
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   must
                   have
                   it
                   ;
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   proposed
                   to
                   preclude
                   you
                   from
                   any
                   Advantage
                   that
                   the
                   Law
                   allows
                   you
                   :
                   If
                   you
                   insist
                   upon
                   that
                   Advantage
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   have
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   you
                   must
                   be
                   tryed
                   severally
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   since
                   they
                   are
                   pleased
                   to
                   declare
                   they
                   will
                   sever
                   in
                   their
                   Challenges
                   ,
                   we
                   must
                   desire
                   to
                   sever
                   them
                   in
                   their
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   begin
                   with
                   the
                   Tryal
                   of
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   the
                   Liberty
                   to
                   be
                   by
                   when
                   my
                   Lord
                   is
                   tryed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   no
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   permitted
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tompson
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   had
                   joyned
                   in
                   your
                   Challenges
                   ,
                   then
                   you
                   had
                   been
                   tryed
                   all
                   together
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   Advantage
                   you
                   lose
                   by
                   severing
                   in
                   your
                   Challenges
                   ;
                   you
                   lose
                   the
                   Assistance
                   of
                   each
                   other
                   at
                   your
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   the
                   consequence
                   ;
                   but
                   do
                   as
                   you
                   please
                   ;
                   set
                   them
                   by
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   may
                   be
                   they
                   do
                   not
                   so
                   well
                   weigh
                   the
                   consequence
                   ,
                   therefore
                   call
                   them
                   again
                   .
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   Do
                   you
                   consider
                   the
                   consequence
                   of
                   your
                   not
                   joyning
                   in
                   your
                   Challenges
                   ?
                   You
                   must
                   not
                   be
                   by
                   if
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   be
                   tryed
                   by
                   himself
                   ,
                   but
                   must
                   withdraw
                   ,
                   and
                   thereby
                   you
                   will
                   lose
                   the
                   Advantage
                   of
                   helping
                   one
                   another
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Elliot
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   alone
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   so
                   do
                   I
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Richardson
                   ,
                   take
                   them
                   away
                   .
                
              
               
                 Afterwards
                 the
                 Court
                 was
                 informed
                 that
                 Mr.
                 Elliot
                 desired
                 to
                 be
                 tryed
                 with
                 my
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 ,
                 and
                 thereupon
                 they
                 were
                 called
                 again
                 .
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   Do
                   you
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   alone
                   ,
                   or
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Elliot
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   please
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   with
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Does
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   desire
                   it
                   too
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   by
                   my self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   will
                   try
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   by
                   himself
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Elliot
                   ,
                   the
                   King's
                   Council
                   do
                   not
                   think
                   fit
                   to
                   try
                   you
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   without
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ;
                   and
                   unless
                   you
                   will
                   all
                   joyn
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   all
                   be
                   tryed
                   severally
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Elliot
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   can
                   only
                   answer
                   for
                   my self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   for
                   being
                   tryed
                   alone
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   must
                   be
                   tryed
                   alone
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 other
                 two
                 were
                 carried
                 back
                 to
                 Newgate
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 was
                 bid
                 by
                 the
                 Clerk
                 to
                 look
                 to
                 his
                 Challenges
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Sir
                       
                         Goddard
                         Nelthorpe
                      
                       Baronet
                       .
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Sir
                       
                         Thomas
                         Cooke
                      
                       Kt.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Sir
                       
                         William
                         Hedges
                      
                       Kt.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         James
                         Boddington
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Johnson
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Ralph
                         Bucknal
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Craven
                         Peyton
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   except
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   swear
                   Mr.
                   Peyton
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   Which
                   was
                   done
                   .
                   )
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Lucy
                         Knightley
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Scory
                         Barker
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Cuthbert
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Alban
                         Chaire
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Herbert
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Hugh
                         Squire
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   nothing
                   to
                   say
                   to
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         John
                         Tully
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         George
                         Ford
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   challenge
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Henry
                         Whitchcot
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Crosse
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Not
                         appeared
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Smith
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         William
                         Withers
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Richard
                         Cradeck
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Cradeck
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   how
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   be
                   summoned
                   upon
                   this
                   Jury
                   ;
                   for
                   I
                   am
                   no
                   Freeholder
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   set
                   him
                   aside
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         John
                         Cane
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         William
                         Jacomb
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Jacomb
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   no
                   Freeholder
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     L.
                     C.
                     J.
                  
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   How
                   long
                   have
                   you
                   not
                   been
                   a
                   Freeholder
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Jacomb
                   .
                
                 
                   Near
                   this
                   Four
                   Months
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Give
                   him
                   his
                   Oath
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   Which
                   was
                   done
                   .
                   )
                
                 
                   Have
                   you
                   no
                   Freehold
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   in
                   your
                   own
                   Right
                   ,
                   nor
                   in
                   the
                   Right
                   of
                   your
                   Wife
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Jacomb
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   you
                   must
                   go
                   on
                   to
                   the
                   next
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Joseph
                     Dawson
                  
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Dawson
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   an
                   ancient
                   Man
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   fit
                   to
                   serve
                   upon
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   now
                   you
                   are
                   here
                   ,
                   for
                   this
                   time
                   ,
                   serve
                   ;
                   we
                   will
                   excuse
                   you
                   hereafter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   when
                   any
                   one
                   is
                   challenged
                   for
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   whether
                   they
                   must
                   not
                   shew
                   cause
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   By
                   and
                   by
                   ,
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   not
                   enough
                   ,
                   they
                   shall
                   shew
                   cause
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   shall
                   have
                   all
                   that
                   the
                   Law
                   allows
                   you
                   certainly
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Austin
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Not
                         appeared
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Richard
                         Paget
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Has
                   this
                   Gentleman
                   any
                   Freehold
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Paget
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   except
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   they
                   may
                   shew
                   their
                   Cause
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   Cause
                   is
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   shewn
                   by
                   the
                   Kings
                   Counsel
                   till
                   all
                   the
                   Panel
                   be
                   gone
                   through
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   ,
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   not
                   Twelve
                   left
                   to
                   try
                   ,
                   then
                   they
                   are
                   bound
                   to
                   shew
                   Cause
                   ;
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   Law.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   thing
                   of
                   a
                   very
                   tender
                   concern
                   to
                   me
                   ;
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   ,
                   If
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   usual
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   assign
                   the
                   Cause
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   Challenge
                   any
                   for
                   the
                   King
                   :
                   For
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   according
                   to
                   Law
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   a
                   prejudice
                   to
                   me
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   desire
                   I
                   may
                   have
                   Counsel
                   heard
                   to
                   that
                   Point
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   shall
                   we
                   assign
                   Counsel
                   to
                   dispute
                   Matters
                   not
                   disputable
                   ?
                   Tthere
                   is
                   not
                   any
                   more
                   clear
                   Case
                   in
                   all
                   our
                   Law
                   ,
                   than
                   that
                   :
                   If
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   ,
                   you
                   shall
                   have
                   a
                   Book
                   to
                   read
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   King
                   is
                   not
                   bound
                   to
                   shew
                   Cause
                   till
                   the
                   Panel
                   is
                   perus'd
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   I
                   don't
                   insist
                   upon
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Walter
                         Bridal
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       Samuel-Hodgkins
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Elton
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   challenge
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Arthur
                     Bayly
                  
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   nothing
                   to
                   say
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         John
                         Milner
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Not
                         appeared
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Richard
                         Page
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   except
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thomson
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Richard
                     Marsh
                  
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Marsh
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   excused
                   ;
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   fit
                   to
                   serve
                   upon
                   a
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Why
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Marsh
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   thick
                   of
                   hearing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Methinks
                   you
                   hear
                   me
                   very
                   well
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Marsh
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   hear
                   well
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   spare
                   him
                   ,
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   enough
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   challenge
                   him
                   ;
                   I
                   desire
                   he
                   may
                   be
                   sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Harriot
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Nath.
                         Wall
                      
                       
                         Esq
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   except
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Matthew
                     Browne
                  
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   challenge
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Crosse
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Not
                         appeared
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Robert
                         Bredon
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   nothing
                   to
                   say
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         James
                         Partherick
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         Bayly
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         William
                         Bourne
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Henry
                         Gerrard
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Richard
                         Cooper
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   say
                   nothing
                   to
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thomson
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Bignal
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   challenge
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     James
                     Firne
                  
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   challenge
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Robert
                         Longland
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Edmund
                         Salter
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         John
                         H●wlet
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Richard
                         Fitz-Gerald
                      
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   except
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Owting
                  
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   except
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Mark
                     Lawne
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   challenge
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Battle
                      
                       .
                       
                         Not
                         appeared
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Francis
                         Chapman
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                       
                         Gilbert
                         Vrwin
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Richard
                         Bealing
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Edward
                         Fuller
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   Challenge
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Collins
                  
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   don't
                   Challenge
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Thomas
                     Hollings
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   nothing
                   to
                   say
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ser.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   Challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     William
                     Silcock
                  
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   Challenge
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   M.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   Challenge
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         John
                         Preston
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Thomas
                         Wright
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                       
                         Challenged
                         .
                      
                    
                     
                       
                         Benjamin
                         Boultby
                      
                       Gent.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   Challenge
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 they
                 were
                 counted
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Twelve
                 Sworn
                 were
                 those
                 whose
                 Names
                 follow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   JURORS
                   ,
                
                 
                   Craven
                   Peyton
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Hugh
                   Squire
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   George
                   Ford
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Arthur
                   Bailey
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Robert
                   Breedon
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   John
                   Bignal
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   James
                   Ferne
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   John
                   Owting
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   Mark
                   Lawn
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   Edward
                   Fuller
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   John
                   Collins
                   Gent.
                   
                
                 
                   Benjamin
                   Boultby
                   Gent.
                   
                
              
               
                 Then
                 Proclamation
                 for
                 Information
                 and
                 Evidence
                 was
                 made
                 ,
                 as
                 usual
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                  
                   ,
                   Hold
                   up
                   your
                   Hand
                   —
                   (
                   
                     which
                     he
                     did
                  
                   )
                   —
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   you
                   that
                   are
                   Sworn
                   ,
                   look
                   upon
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   and
                   hearken
                   to
                   his
                   Cause
                   .
                   He
                   stands
                   Indicted
                   by
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     Sir
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                  
                   ,
                   late
                   of
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   
                     St.
                     Anne
                  
                   within
                   the
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Westminster
                   Baronet
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   &c.
                   —
                   prout
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   
                     mutatis
                     mutandis
                  
                   —
                   and
                   against
                   the
                   form
                   of
                   the
                   Statute
                   in
                   that
                   Case
                   made
                   and
                   provided
                   ;
                   upon
                   this
                   Indictment
                   he
                   hath
                   been
                   Arraigned
                   ,
                   and
                   thereunto
                   hath
                   pleaded
                   
                     Not
                     Guilty
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   his
                   Tryal
                   hath
                   put
                   himself
                   upon
                   God
                   and
                   his
                   Country
                   ,
                   which
                   Country
                   you
                   are
                   ;
                   your
                   Charge
                   is
                   to
                   enquire
                   ,
                   whether
                   he
                   be
                   Guilty
                   of
                   this
                   Felony
                   and
                   High
                   Treason
                   whereof
                   he
                   stands
                   Indicted
                   ,
                   or
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   ;
                   if
                   you
                   find
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   enquire
                   what
                   Goods
                   or
                   Chattels
                   ,
                   Lands
                   or
                   Tenements
                   he
                   had
                   at
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   Felony
                   and
                   High
                   Treason
                   Committed
                   ,
                   or
                   at
                   any
                   time
                   since
                   :
                   If
                   you
                   find
                   him
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   enquire
                   whether
                   he
                   fled
                   for
                   it
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   find
                   that
                   hefled
                   for
                   it
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   enquire
                   of
                   his
                   Goods
                   and
                   Chattels
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   you
                   had
                   found
                   him
                   Guilty
                   ;
                   If
                   you
                   find
                   him
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   nor
                   that
                   he
                   did
                   fly
                   for
                   it
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   say
                   so
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   ,
                   and
                   hear
                   your
                   Evidence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Knapp
                   .
                
                 
                   May
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   This
                   is
                   an
                   Indictment
                   of
                   High
                   Treason
                   against
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   Indicted
                   by
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                  
                   Baronet
                   ,
                   and
                   stands
                   now
                   Prisoner
                   before
                   you
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Indictment
                   sets
                   forth
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   one
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   
                     Edmund
                     Elliot
                  
                   ,
                   as
                   false
                   Traitors
                   against
                   our
                   Soveraign
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   King
                   William
                   and
                   Queen
                   Mary
                   ,
                   not
                   weighing
                   the
                   Duty
                   of
                   their
                   Allegiance
                   ,
                   the
                   29th
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Second
                   year
                   of
                   their
                   now
                   Majesties
                   Reign
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   
                     St.
                     Clements
                     Danes
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   this
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   did
                   Conspire
                   ,
                   Consult
                   and
                   Imagine
                   to
                   Depose
                   Their
                   Majesties
                   from
                   the
                   Throne
                   and
                   Government
                   of
                   these
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   bring
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   to
                   final
                   Death
                   and
                   Destruction
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   Levy
                   War
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   procure
                   an
                   Invasion
                   to
                   be
                   made
                   here
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   to
                   bring
                   their
                   Treasons
                   to
                   pass
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   prepare
                   and
                   compose
                   ,
                   and
                   cause
                   to
                   be
                   prepared
                   and
                   composed
                   divers
                   Treasonable
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Instructions
                   in
                   Writings
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   to
                   inform
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   and
                   his
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Enemies
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   Number
                   ,
                   Force
                   and
                   Condition
                   of
                   Their
                   Majesties
                   Ships
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   were
                   Mann'd
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Names
                   of
                   several
                   of
                   the
                   Commanders
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   the
                   Castles
                   and
                   Forts
                   of
                   
                     Portsmouth
                     ,
                     South-Sea
                  
                   and
                   G●sport
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   were
                   fortified
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   they
                   might
                   be
                   Seized
                   and
                   Surprized
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Enemies
                   ;
                   as
                   also
                   to
                   inform
                   them
                   of
                   the
                   time
                   ,
                   places
                   ,
                   ways
                   and
                   means
                   how
                   they
                   might
                   Invade
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   Depose
                   Their
                   Majesties
                   ,
                   and
                   Fight
                   with
                   their
                   Ships
                   against
                   Their
                   Majesties
                   Ships
                   ,
                   and
                   cause
                   and
                   procure
                   great
                   Forces
                   to
                   be
                   raised
                   against
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   fend
                   Ships
                   to
                   plague
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   War
                   and
                   Rebellion
                   within
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   to
                   procure
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   did
                   knowingly
                   and
                   secretly
                   prepare
                   and
                   conceal
                   two
                   several
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   for
                   the
                   payment
                   of
                   Money
                   to
                   the
                   King's
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   and
                   got
                   these
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   and
                   Memorandums
                   into
                   their
                   Custody
                   ;
                   and
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   the
                   30th
                   day
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Sum
                   of
                   One
                   hundred
                   pounds
                   ,
                   by
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   paid
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   hire
                   a
                   Ship
                   to
                   carry
                   them
                   and
                   the
                   said
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Instructions
                   ,
                   into
                   parts
                   beyond
                   the
                   Seas
                   ,
                   to
                   ,
                   and
                   among
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Enemies
                   ;
                   and
                   did
                   also
                   prepare
                   a
                   Boat
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   to
                   carry
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   accordingly
                   they
                   went
                   into
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   went
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Ship
                   with
                   the
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   and
                   Papers
                   aforesaid
                   ;
                   and
                   being
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   they
                   set
                   Sail
                   ,
                   and
                   made
                   away
                   towards
                   France
                   with
                   those
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   and
                   Papers
                   ,
                   with
                   intention
                   to
                   disperse
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   perfect
                   their
                   said
                   Treasons
                   .
                   And
                   the
                   Indictment
                   further
                   sets
                   forth
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   a
                   War
                   between
                   Our
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   those
                   parts
                   ,
                   under
                   his
                   Dominions
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   Enemies
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ;
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   those
                   other
                   two
                   named
                   before
                   ,
                   as
                   false
                   Traitors
                   ,
                   did
                   adhere
                   to
                   the
                   Enemies
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   bring
                   about
                   this
                   Treason
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   procure
                   such
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Memorandums
                   and
                   Instructions
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   hire
                   such
                   Ship
                   and
                   Boat
                   to
                   carry
                   them
                   and
                   those
                   Papers
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   go
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   said
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   Sailed
                   away
                   for
                   France
                   ,
                   with
                   intention
                   to
                   aid
                   and
                   assist
                   the
                   King's
                   Enemies
                   in
                   Counsel
                   and
                   Intelligence
                   ,
                   by
                   those
                   Papers
                   and
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   before
                   opened
                   unto
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   is
                   laid
                   to
                   be
                   against
                   the
                   Duty
                   of
                   his
                   Allegiance
                   ,
                   against
                   the
                   Peace
                   of
                   Their
                   Majesties
                   ,
                   Their
                   Crown
                   and
                   Dignity
                   ,
                   and
                   against
                   the
                   Form
                   of
                   the
                   Statute
                   in
                   that
                   Case
                   made
                   and
                   provided
                   .
                   To
                   this
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   Pleaded
                   he
                   is
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   his
                   Tryal
                   hath
                   put
                   himself
                   upon
                   his
                   Country
                   ,
                   which
                   you
                   are
                   ;
                   if
                   we
                   prove
                   him
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   your
                   Duty
                   to
                   find
                   him
                   so
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol-Gen
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lords
                   and
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   the
                   Indictment
                   hath
                   been
                   opened
                   to
                   you
                   at
                   large
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   doubt
                   but
                   you
                   have
                   observed
                   it
                   :
                   It
                   consists
                   of
                   two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   formed
                   upon
                   two
                   several
                   Branches
                   of
                   the
                   Statute
                   of
                   the
                   25th
                   of
                   Edward
                   3.
                   the
                   one
                   is
                   for
                   compassing
                   and
                   imagining
                   the
                   Deposing
                   and
                   Destruction
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ;
                   the
                   other
                   ,
                   aiding
                   and
                   assisting
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queens
                   Enemies
                   .
                
              
               
                 Treason
                 ,
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 consists
                 in
                 the
                 imagination
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 ,
                 but
                 because
                 that
                 imagination
                 of
                 the
                 Heart
                 can
                 be
                 discovered
                 no
                 other
                 way
                 but
                 by
                 some
                 open
                 Act
                 ;
                 therefore
                 the
                 Law
                 doth
                 require
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 Overt
                 Act
                 ,
                 manifesting
                 that
                 Intention
                 and
                 Imagination
                 ,
                 be
                 assigned
                 and
                 proved
                 .
                 I
                 doubt
                 not
                 but
                 you
                 have
                 observed
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 several
                 Overt-Acts
                 of
                 both
                 these
                 kinds
                 of
                 Treason
                 ,
                 assigned
                 in
                 this
                 Indictment
                 .
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 the
                 general
                 Design
                 of
                 the
                 Conspiracy
                 (
                 as
                 will
                 appear
                 by
                 the
                 Evidence
                 )
                 was
                 this
                 :
                 The
                 King
                 and
                 Queen
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 Deposed
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 effected
                 by
                 a
                 French
                 Army
                 and
                 a
                 French
                 Fleet.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 will
                 be
                 easily
                 Granted
                 ,
                 that
                 nothing
                 more
                 dreadful
                 can
                 enter
                 into
                 the
                 Imagination
                 of
                 an
                 English-man
                 ,
                 than
                 the
                 destruction
                 of
                 our
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Conquest
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 by
                 the
                 Arms
                 of
                 France
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 yet
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Evidence
                 that
                 we
                 shall
                 offer
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 of
                 the
                 Conspirators
                 seem
                 to
                 be
                 of
                 another
                 Mind
                 ,
                 for
                 amongst
                 the
                 Papers
                 which
                 were
                 taken
                 with
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 see
                 one
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 styled
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Result
                   of
                   a
                   Conference
                
                 ,
                 wherein
                 they
                 pretend
                 to
                 shew
                 the
                 possibility
                 of
                 Restoring
                 King
                 James
                 by
                 the
                 Power
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 to
                 preserve
                 the
                 Protestant
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Laws
                 and
                 Liberties
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 .
                 They
                 themselves
                 went
                 no
                 farther
                 than
                 to
                 think
                 it
                 possible
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 believe
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 hard
                 to
                 perswade
                 any
                 other
                 English-man
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 is
                 possible
                 ,
                 unless
                 one
                 Instance
                 could
                 be
                 given
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 ever
                 employed
                 his
                 Arms
                 for
                 setting
                 up
                 any
                 Body
                 but
                 himself
                 ,
                 his
                 own
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 own
                 Government
                 .
                 I
                 never
                 heard
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 pretend
                 to
                 Form
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 his
                 Glories
                 upon
                 the
                 virtue
                 of
                 Moderation
                 ,
                 or
                 Self-denial
                 .
                 And
                 there
                 can
                 
                 hardly
                 be
                 imagined
                 a
                 greater
                 Instance
                 of
                 Self-denial
                 ,
                 than
                 for
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 ,
                 after
                 he
                 had
                 destroyed
                 the
                 Dutch
                 and
                 English
                 Fleets
                 ,
                 and
                 subdu'd
                 our
                 Forces
                 at
                 Land
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 make
                 use
                 of
                 his
                 Success
                 ,
                 so
                 as
                 to
                 add
                 these
                 Three
                 Kingdoms
                 to
                 his
                 Conquests
                 ,
                 and
                 possess
                 himself
                 of
                 the
                 uncontested
                 Dominion
                 of
                 the
                 Sea
                 for
                 ever
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 to
                 Intitle
                 him
                 at
                 so
                 great
                 hazard
                 and
                 Expence
                 ,
                 to
                 become
                 a
                 Mediator
                 between
                 King
                 James
                 and
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 England
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 his
                 Mediation
                 ,
                 to
                 establish
                 the
                 Protestant
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Liberties
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 ;
                 And
                 yet
                 as
                 absurd
                 as
                 this
                 seems
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 find
                 this
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Result
                 of
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 Conferences
                 .
                 I
                 did
                 never
                 think
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 part
                 of
                 any
                 who
                 were
                 of
                 Counsel
                 for
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 cases
                 of
                 this
                 Nature
                 ,
                 to
                 endeavour
                 to
                 aggravate
                 the
                 Crime
                 of
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 by
                 going
                 about
                 to
                 put
                 false
                 Colours
                 upon
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 or
                 to
                 give
                 it
                 more
                 than
                 its
                 due
                 weight
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 shall
                 be
                 sure
                 to
                 forbear
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 that
                 Nature
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 my
                 Duty
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 you
                 some
                 Account
                 of
                 the
                 Nature
                 and
                 Course
                 of
                 the
                 Evidence
                 to
                 be
                 produced
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 which
                 consisting
                 of
                 several
                 sorts
                 ,
                 it
                 will
                 be
                 in
                 some
                 sort
                 necessary
                 to
                 open
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 the
                 more
                 clearly
                 apprehend
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 more
                 ease
                 make
                 your
                 Observations
                 upon
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 produce
                 in
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 living
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 as
                 Papers
                 and
                 Writings
                 ,
                 which
                 by
                 a
                 strange
                 kind
                 of
                 Providence
                 were
                 taken
                 upon
                 my
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 Persons
                 named
                 in
                 the
                 Indictment
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 Apprehended
                 ;
                 and
                 therein
                 this
                 Design
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 opened
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 made
                 Evident
                 beyond
                 all
                 contradiction
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 to
                 the
                 living
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 the
                 course
                 of
                 the
                 Evidence
                 will
                 be
                 this
                 .
                 One
                 
                   Nicholas
                   Pratt
                
                 ,
                 is
                 the
                 Owner
                 of
                 a
                 Smack
                 ,
                 called
                 the
                 
                   Thomas
                   and
                   Elizabeth
                
                 ,
                 he
                 does
                 usually
                 entrust
                 his
                 Wife
                 
                   Jane
                   Pratt
                
                 with
                 the
                 Hiring
                 out
                 of
                 this
                 Smack
                 ;
                 
                   William
                   Paceley
                
                 is
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 and
                 has
                 of
                 late
                 been
                 made
                 a
                 Part-owner
                 ,
                 to
                 protect
                 him
                 from
                 being
                 Press'd
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 Priviledge
                 that
                 that
                 the
                 Owners
                 of
                 Vessels
                 claim
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 Press'd
                 .
              
               
                 Some
                 time
                 since
                 ,
                 (
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 will
                 tell
                 you
                 the
                 precise
                 time
                 )
                 this
                 
                   Jane
                   Pratt
                
                 was
                 sent
                 for
                 to
                 one
                 Mr.
                 
                 Burdett's
                 House
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 where
                 she
                 met
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 ,
                 who
                 desired
                 to
                 know
                 ,
                 whether
                 she
                 could
                 undertake
                 to
                 Convey
                 him
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 ,
                 with
                 safety
                 into
                 France
                 .
                 She
                 said
                 ,
                 she
                 did
                 not
                 doubt
                 but
                 she
                 could
                 do
                 so
                 ;
                 and
                 thereupon
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 told
                 her
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 and
                 his
                 Friends
                 were
                 Merchants
                 and
                 Traders
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 make
                 great
                 advantage
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 value
                 of
                 a
                 Thousand
                 pounds
                 at
                 least
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 could
                 be
                 there
                 quickly
                 ;
                 their
                 Discourse
                 went
                 no
                 farther
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 but
                 Mrs.
                 Pratt
                 was
                 appointed
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Vessel
                 along
                 with
                 her
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 mind
                 to
                 Discourse
                 himself
                 with
                 the
                 Master
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 meet
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Wonder
                   Tavern
                
                 in
                 
                 Ludgate-street
                 ;
                 and
                 because
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 no
                 mistake
                 about
                 the
                 Meeting
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 gave
                 the
                 Woman
                 a
                 Note
                 of
                 Direction
                 in
                 Writing
                 ,
                 ready
                 to
                 be
                 produced
                 .
              
               
                 Accordingly
                 by
                 the
                 29th
                 of
                 December
                 ,
                 Mrs.
                 Pratt
                 and
                 the
                 Master
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 
                   Wonder
                   Tavern
                
                 ,
                 where
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 met
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 they
                 Treated
                 of
                 the
                 Price
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 for
                 the
                 Hiring
                 of
                 this
                 Vessel
                 to
                 carry
                 them
                 to
                 France
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 think
                 150
                 Guineas
                 was
                 the
                 Sum
                 then
                 insisted
                 upon
                 ,
                 but
                 no
                 Bargain
                 was
                 made
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 but
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 new
                 Appointment
                 to
                 meet
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 30th
                 of
                 December
                 ,
                 at
                 Mr.
                 
                 Burdett's
                 House
                 .
              
               
               
                 The
                 next
                 day
                 when
                 she
                 and
                 the
                 Master
                 came
                 thither
                 ,
                 they
                 found
                 there
                 together
                 Ashton
                 and
                 Ellyot
                 ,
                 the
                 two
                 other
                 Persons
                 named
                 in
                 the
                 Indictment
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 this
                 Matter
                 was
                 treated
                 of
                 with
                 great
                 secresie
                 in
                 Mrs.
                 
                 Burdet's
                 Bed-Chamber
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 an
                 Agreement
                 ,
                 that
                 100
                 l.
                 should
                 be
                 the
                 Sum
                 to
                 be
                 paid
                 to
                 Mrs.
                 Pratt
                 for
                 conveying
                 into
                 
                   France
                   Ashton
                
                 and
                 Ellyot
                 ,
                 and
                 two
                 other
                 Persons
                 ;
                 So
                 the
                 Contract
                 was
                 Originally
                 made
                 for
                 others
                 besides
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 and
                 Ellyot
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Money
                 was
                 actually
                 deposited
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 and
                 Ellyot
                 in
                 Mrs.
                 
                 Burdet's
                 Hand
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Six-pence
                 was
                 broken
                 ,
                 one
                 half
                 of
                 which
                 was
                 delivered
                 to
                 Mrs.
                 Burdet
                 to
                 keep
                 ,
                 the
                 other
                 half
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 was
                 to
                 take
                 along
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 the
                 Master
                 had
                 safely
                 landed
                 them
                 in
                 France
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 was
                 to
                 deliver
                 his
                 half
                 of
                 the
                 Six-pence
                 to
                 the
                 Master
                 ;
                 which
                 being
                 brought
                 to
                 Mrs.
                 Burdet
                 either
                 by
                 him
                 or
                 Mrs.
                 Prat
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 joining
                 of
                 the
                 two
                 pieces
                 together
                 ,
                 the
                 Master
                 was
                 entitled
                 to
                 receive
                 the
                 Hundred
                 Pounds
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 next
                 Appointment
                 was
                 to
                 meet
                 at
                 one
                 Mr.
                 
                 Rigby's
                 .
                 House
                 in
                 Covent-Garden
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 on
                 the
                 One
                 and
                 thirtieth
                 of
                 December
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Voyage
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 begun
                 :
                 And
                 the
                 Tide
                 not
                 serving
                 to
                 go
                 through-Bridge
                 till
                 late
                 ,
                 the
                 appointment
                 was
                 to
                 meet
                 the
                 later
                 .
                 When
                 they
                 ,
                 Mrs.
                 Prat
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Master
                 came
                 there
                 ,
                 they
                 found
                 only
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ellyot
                 ,
                 but
                 before
                 that
                 time
                 care
                 was
                 taken
                 to
                 provide
                 a
                 Sculler
                 at
                 
                 Surrey-Stairs
                 to
                 be
                 ready
                 to
                 carry
                 them
                 on
                 board
                 the
                 Smack
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Waterman
                 was
                 appointed
                 to
                 stay
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 Ale-House
                 thereabouts
                 to
                 be
                 ready
                 when
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 called
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 Ten
                 a
                 Clock
                 at
                 Night
                 four
                 Persons
                 came
                 down
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 into
                 this
                 Scullen
                 with
                 the
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Smack
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 what
                 haste
                 they
                 could
                 through-Bridge
                 till
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 Pickle-herring
                 Stairs
                 over-against
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 Smack
                 lay
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 went
                 aboard
                 the
                 Master
                 and
                 these
                 four
                 Persons
                 ,
                 my
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 ,
                 a
                 Servant
                 of
                 my
                 Lord
                 
                 Preston's
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ellyot
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Smack
                 set
                 sail
                 immediately
                 after
                 they
                 were
                 on
                 Board
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 haste
                 made
                 them
                 carry
                 away
                 the
                 Watermans
                 Coat
                 which
                 he
                 had
                 lent
                 them
                 whilst
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 the
                 Sculler
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 accident
                 was
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 discovering
                 who
                 the
                 Waterman
                 was
                 that
                 carried
                 them
                 from
                 
                 Surrey-Stairs
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 they
                 were
                 on
                 Board
                 the
                 Smack
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 possessed
                 with
                 great
                 fear
                 of
                 being
                 surprised
                 ,
                 they
                 knew
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 the
                 Business
                 they
                 were
                 about
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 danger
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 if
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 discovered
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 pass
                 by
                 the
                 George
                 Frigat
                 ,
                 a
                 Man
                 of
                 War
                 that
                 lay
                 in
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 they
                 desired
                 the
                 Master
                 to
                 hide
                 them
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 by
                 putting
                 them
                 under
                 the
                 Quarter-Hatches
                 ,
                 a
                 place
                 where
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 stand
                 or
                 sit
                 ,
                 but
                 must
                 lie
                 along
                 on
                 the
                 Ballast
                 .
                 When
                 they
                 were
                 passed
                 by
                 the
                 George
                 Frigat
                 ,
                 they
                 quitted
                 that
                 place
                 ,
                 but
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 near
                 the
                 Block-House
                 at
                 Graves
                 ,
                 they
                 grew
                 apprehensive
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 desired
                 to
                 be
                 hid
                 a
                 second
                 time
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 accordingly
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 they
                 continued
                 to
                 lie
                 in
                 that
                 place
                 till
                 they
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 happy
                 thing
                 they
                 did
                 so
                 ,
                 the
                 place
                 was
                 such
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 any
                 possibility
                 of
                 throwing
                 away
                 their
                 Letters
                 and
                 Papers
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 had
                 made
                 preparation
                 for
                 it
                 in
                 case
                 of
                 any
                 Accident
                 ,
                 having
                 tied
                 them
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 fix'd
                 a
                 piece
                 of
                 Lead
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 if
                 they
                 saw
                 themselves
                 in
                 danger
                 of
                 being
                 taken
                 ,
                 they
                 might
                 easily
                 sink
                 the
                 Pacquet
                 ;
                 But
                 being
                 so
                 close
                 shut
                 up
                 in
                 this
                 place
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 execute
                 their
                 purpose
                 ,
                 the
                 Papers
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 and
                 will
                 be
                 offered
                 to
                 you
                 in
                 Evidence
                 .
              
               
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 Captain
                 Billop
                 by
                 the
                 Order
                 of
                 a
                 Noble
                 Lord
                 now
                 present
                 ,
                 was
                 directed
                 to
                 use
                 his
                 utmost
                 diligence
                 to
                 seize
                 some
                 dangerous
                 Persons
                 ,
                 of
                 whose
                 Design
                 of
                 going
                 beyond
                 Sea
                 for
                 some
                 very
                 ill
                 Ends
                 ,
                 an
                 Intimation
                 had
                 been
                 given
                 .
                 He
                 got
                 ready
                 a
                 Pinnace
                 well
                 Mann'd
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 in
                 pursuit
                 of
                 them
                 down
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 and
                 both
                 as
                 he
                 went
                 and
                 return'd
                 ,
                 he
                 took
                 care
                 to
                 search
                 suspected
                 Vessels
                 ;
                 when
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 this
                 ,
                 he
                 demanded
                 of
                 the
                 Master
                 what
                 Number
                 of
                 Men
                 he
                 had
                 on
                 Board
                 ,
                 pretending
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 Press
                 Men
                 ;
                 the
                 Master
                 told
                 him
                 he
                 had
                 but
                 three
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 those
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 Protection
                 .
                 But
                 the
                 Captain
                 said
                 he
                 must
                 be
                 better
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 and
                 must
                 search
                 the
                 Vessel
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 search
                 he
                 found
                 these
                 four
                 Persons
                 lying
                 concealed
                 in
                 this
                 secret
                 place
                 ,
                 under
                 the
                 Quarter-Hatches
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 they
                 were
                 taken
                 out
                 one
                 after
                 another
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Seamen
                 observed
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 to
                 take
                 up
                 a
                 Bundle
                 of
                 Papers
                 from
                 off
                 the
                 Ballast
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 it
                 in
                 his
                 Bosom
                 ,
                 and
                 near
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 Papers
                 lay
                 ,
                 he
                 took
                 up
                 two
                 Seals
                 ,
                 which
                 after
                 proved
                 to
                 be
                 my
                 Lord
                 
                 Preston's
                 Seals
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 Secretary
                 .
                 Captain
                 Billop
                 being
                 inform'd
                 of
                 this
                 by
                 that
                 Seaman
                 ,
                 he
                 put
                 his
                 Hand
                 into
                 Mr.
                 
                 Ashton's
                 Bosom
                 ,
                 and
                 took
                 away
                 from
                 him
                 the
                 Bundle
                 of
                 Papers
                 with
                 the
                 Lead
                 fix'd
                 to
                 it
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 they
                 were
                 put
                 on
                 Board
                 the
                 Captain
                 's
                 Pinnace
                 ,
                 they
                 all
                 pressed
                 him
                 much
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 let
                 them
                 go
                 on
                 shore
                 at
                 Gravesend
                 ,
                 pretending
                 want
                 of
                 Refreshment
                 ,
                 they
                 not
                 having
                 eaten
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Night
                 having
                 been
                 cold
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 think
                 that
                 proper
                 ,
                 nor
                 safe
                 ,
                 but
                 told
                 them
                 ,
                 they
                 should
                 go
                 on
                 Board
                 the
                 George
                 Frigat
                 ,
                 and
                 refresh
                 themselves
                 there
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 they
                 came
                 on
                 Board
                 the
                 George
                 Frigat
                 all
                 the
                 three
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 and
                 my
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 in
                 particular
                 ,
                 were
                 very
                 earnest
                 with
                 Captain
                 Billop
                 to
                 dispose
                 of
                 the
                 Bundle
                 of
                 Papers
                 ,
                 mixing
                 extraordinary
                 Promises
                 ,
                 with
                 great
                 Complements
                 .
              
               
                 Not
                 prevailing
                 there
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 return'd
                 to
                 the
                 Pinnace
                 ,
                 they
                 renew'd
                 their
                 Sollicitations
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 easie
                 to
                 remove
                 all
                 Suspicion
                 by
                 fixing
                 the
                 Lead
                 to
                 some
                 other
                 Papers
                 of
                 little
                 significations
                 ,
                 which
                 were
                 found
                 in
                 my
                 Lord
                 
                 Preston's
                 Pocket
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 might
                 produce
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 would
                 without
                 difficulty
                 pass
                 for
                 the
                 Papers
                 that
                 were
                 taken
                 .
              
               
                 But
                 the
                 Captain
                 was
                 too
                 Just
                 to
                 comply
                 with
                 this
                 Proposal
                 .
                 When
                 they
                 found
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 moved
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 find
                 from
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 Promises
                 were
                 turned
                 into
                 Threats
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 used
                 another
                 sort
                 of
                 Language
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 they
                 were
                 brought
                 to
                 Whitehall
                 Stairs
                 ,
                 upon
                 their
                 Landing
                 they
                 gave
                 Money
                 to
                 the
                 Master
                 and
                 the
                 Seamen
                 ,
                 desiring
                 them
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 hired
                 to
                 go
                 for
                 Flanders
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 for
                 France
                 .
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 these
                 things
                 which
                 I
                 have
                 opened
                 carry
                 a
                 strong
                 Presumption
                 of
                 Guilt
                 ,
                 for
                 Englishmen
                 ,
                 especially
                 one
                 of
                 that
                 Quality
                 of
                 my
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 ,
                 to
                 go
                 into
                 the
                 Country
                 of
                 an
                 Enemy
                 without
                 any
                 manner
                 of
                 Passport
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 such
                 a
                 manner
                 as
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 expect
                 but
                 to
                 be
                 seized
                 for
                 Spies
                 ,
                 unless
                 they
                 were
                 assured
                 ,
                 that
                 their
                 Character
                 was
                 so
                 well
                 known
                 there
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 be
                 look'd
                 upon
                 not
                 as
                 Persons
                 coming
                 to
                 get
                 Intelligence
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 give
                 it
                 ,
                 unless
                 they
                 were
                 well
                 assured
                 of
                 a
                 good
                 Reception
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 came
                 there
                 .
              
               
               
                 But
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 occasion
                 to
                 leave
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 Conjecture
                 in
                 this
                 Case
                 ,
                 what
                 is
                 contained
                 in
                 these
                 Papers
                 makes
                 the
                 Design
                 of
                 the
                 Voyage
                 beyond
                 dispute
                 .
                 I
                 think
                 ,
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 after
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 the
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 be
                 very
                 well
                 satisfied
                 ,
                 that
                 my
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 two
                 who
                 stand
                 Indicted
                 ,
                 were
                 equally
                 concerned
                 in
                 the
                 Papers
                 ;
                 they
                 were
                 all
                 alike
                 earnest
                 to
                 preserve
                 them
                 from
                 being
                 seen
                 ,
                 they
                 all
                 sollicited
                 for
                 the
                 disposing
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 promised
                 Rewards
                 if
                 they
                 might
                 prevail
                 .
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 these
                 Papers
                 are
                 of
                 various
                 Natures
                 .
              
               
                 One
                 I
                 mentioned
                 before
                 ,
                 is
                 Entituled
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Result
                   of
                   a
                   Conference
                   between
                   several
                   Lords
                   and
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   both
                   Tories
                   and
                   Whigs
                   ,
                
                 in
                 which
                 it
                 was
                 undertaken
                 to
                 prove
                 the
                 Possibility
                 and
                 Methods
                 of
                 Restoring
                 King
                 James
                 by
                 a
                 French
                 Power
                 ,
                 without
                 endangering
                 the
                 Protestant
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Civil
                 Administration
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Laws
                 of
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 .
              
               
                 Another
                 contains
                 Heads
                 for
                 a
                 Declaration
                 to
                 be
                 prepared
                 ,
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 be
                 published
                 when
                 the
                 French
                 have
                 had
                 Success
                 at
                 Sea
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 Landing
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 is
                 filled
                 with
                 such
                 Pretences
                 as
                 they
                 thought
                 most
                 Specious
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 likely
                 to
                 amuse
                 and
                 delude
                 the
                 People
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 another
                 sort
                 of
                 these
                 Papers
                 which
                 consists
                 of
                 Letters
                 .
                 These
                 Letters
                 are
                 directed
                 in
                 False
                 Names
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 not
                 subscribed
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 to
                 be
                 imagin'd
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 otherwise
                 .
                 Yet
                 ,
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 (
                 though
                 that
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 present
                 Business
                 )
                 the
                 Hands
                 of
                 the
                 Writers
                 of
                 these
                 Letters
                 are
                 very
                 well
                 known
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Subject
                 Matter
                 of
                 them
                 will
                 easily
                 reveal
                 to
                 you
                 for
                 whom
                 they
                 were
                 intended
                 ,
                 for
                 though
                 these
                 Letters
                 are
                 most
                 of
                 them
                 Written
                 under
                 divers
                 Cants
                 ,
                 some
                 under
                 the
                 Colour
                 of
                 Trade
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 under
                 the
                 Colour
                 of
                 a
                 Law-Suit
                 for
                 the
                 Redeeming
                 of
                 a
                 Mortgage
                 ,
                 others
                 under
                 the
                 Notion
                 of
                 a
                 Match
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Settlement
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 upon
                 that
                 Match
                 ,
                 yet
                 the
                 real
                 Business
                 is
                 so
                 plain
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 need
                 but
                 hear
                 them
                 read
                 to
                 see
                 through
                 the
                 Disguise
                 .
              
               
                 Though
                 they
                 begin
                 generally
                 in
                 the
                 Style
                 of
                 Merchants
                 Writing
                 to
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 like
                 ,
                 yet
                 towards
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 Letters
                 you
                 will
                 observe
                 Expressions
                 of
                 Duty
                 and
                 Reverence
                 (
                 terms
                 which
                 do
                 not
                 usually
                 pass
                 in
                 a
                 Correspondence
                 between
                 Persons
                 of
                 that
                 sort
                 )
                 sufficient
                 to
                 shew
                 ,
                 that
                 somewhat
                 else
                 was
                 intended
                 to
                 be
                 covered
                 in
                 what
                 went
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 It
                 will
                 appear
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 that
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Writers
                 of
                 these
                 Letters
                 were
                 of
                 the
                 Number
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 were
                 secured
                 the
                 last
                 Summer
                 when
                 the
                 French
                 Fleet
                 was
                 upon
                 our
                 Coasts
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 will
                 observe
                 they
                 complain
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 that
                 Restraint
                 ,
                 the
                 Design
                 was
                 very
                 much
                 hindred
                 ,
                 though
                 they
                 have
                 endeavoured
                 to
                 redeem
                 that
                 loss
                 of
                 time
                 since
                 their
                 Discharge
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 carried
                 on
                 the
                 Business
                 with
                 more
                 vigor
                 than
                 ever
                 .
              
               
               
                 In
                 short
                 ,
                 The
                 design
                 of
                 these
                 Letters
                 is
                 to
                 importune
                 the
                 setting
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 French
                 Fleet
                 with
                 all
                 possible
                 Expedition
                 :
                 They
                 say
                 they
                 must
                 not
                 suffer
                 such
                 a
                 fit
                 Season
                 to
                 be
                 spent
                 unprofitably
                 ;
                 That
                 the
                 best
                 time
                 is
                 between
                 this
                 and
                 the
                 first
                 of
                 March
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 a
                 good
                 Market
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 come
                 not
                 before
                 the
                 10th
                 of
                 March
                 ,
                 all
                 will
                 be
                 lost
                 .
                 In
                 another
                 of
                 their
                 Letters
                 they
                 say
                 ,
                 If
                 the
                 Suit
                 be
                 well
                 sollicited
                 and
                 managed
                 ,
                 it
                 may
                 come
                 to
                 a
                 final
                 hearing
                 before
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 Easter
                 Term.
                 
              
               
                 They
                 complain
                 that
                 there
                 are
                 several
                 indiscreet
                 Letters
                 came
                 from
                 St.
                 Germains
                 ,
                 that
                 turn
                 to
                 the
                 prejudice
                 of
                 the
                 Design
                 .
                 Those
                 Letters
                 are
                 not
                 enough
                 disguis'd
                 to
                 deceive
                 the
                 People
                 here
                 ,
                 but
                 speak
                 too
                 plainly
                 what
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 expected
                 from
                 themselves
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 French.
                 You
                 will
                 take
                 notice
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Letters
                 which
                 you
                 will
                 hear
                 ,
                 are
                 all
                 Bills
                 with
                 high
                 Characters
                 of
                 the
                 Bearer
                 :
                 for
                 which
                 reason
                 they
                 write
                 in
                 such
                 general
                 Terms
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Bearer
                 was
                 intrusted
                 with
                 the
                 whole
                 .
                 Some
                 of
                 the
                 Letters
                 say
                 ,
                 no
                 Particulars
                 are
                 or
                 need
                 be
                 expressed
                 ,
                 because
                 he
                 will
                 inform
                 them
                 of
                 every
                 thing
                 .
                 Others
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 write
                 so
                 much
                 as
                 he
                 could
                 say
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 nothing
                 was
                 wanting
                 but
                 to
                 allow
                 him
                 a
                 full
                 and
                 a
                 fit
                 Season
                 to
                 give
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 Business
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 intirely
                 depend
                 upon
                 his
                 Account
                 of
                 them
                 and
                 their
                 Condition
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 ,
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 in
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Letters
                 the
                 Bearer
                 is
                 styled
                 a
                 Lord
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 whom
                 can
                 that
                 be
                 applied
                 ,
                 unless
                 to
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar.
                 
              
               
                 In
                 another
                 Letter
                 ,
                 when
                 they
                 speak
                 of
                 sending
                 the
                 Copper
                 and
                 the
                 Linen
                 (
                 the
                 Goods
                 pretended
                 for
                 carrying
                 on
                 the
                 Trade
                 )
                 it
                 is
                 added
                 ,
                 And
                 what
                 the
                 meaning
                 of
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 they
                 must
                 refer
                 to
                 the
                 Bearer
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 able
                 to
                 give
                 them
                 a
                 particular
                 Account
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 mentioned
                 so
                 much
                 of
                 the
                 Papers
                 ,
                 only
                 that
                 you
                 might
                 have
                 a
                 general
                 Notion
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 that
                 so
                 when
                 you
                 hear
                 them
                 read
                 ,
                 you
                 may
                 more
                 readily
                 make
                 your
                 Observations
                 .
                 I
                 assure
                 you
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 as
                 careful
                 as
                 I
                 could
                 ,
                 not
                 to
                 exceed
                 the
                 Truth
                 in
                 opening
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Evidence
                 .
                 But
                 it
                 is
                 your
                 part
                 to
                 see
                 whether
                 what
                 I
                 have
                 opened
                 be
                 made
                 out
                 in
                 Proof
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 another
                 Paper
                 that
                 gives
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 their
                 Majesties
                 Fleet
                 to
                 be
                 sent
                 out
                 this
                 Summer
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 is
                 an
                 Observation
                 at
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 hoped
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 out
                 in
                 March.
                 But
                 you
                 will
                 find
                 by
                 other
                 Papers
                 (
                 and
                 particularly
                 by
                 one
                 of
                 my
                 Lords
                 own
                 Hand-writing
                 )
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 of
                 another
                 mind
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Fleet
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 out
                 before
                 June
                 .
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 the
                 last
                 sort
                 of
                 Papers
                 which
                 I
                 will
                 mention
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 are
                 some
                 Memorandums
                 and
                 Notes
                 ,
                 written
                 by
                 my
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 ;
                 wherein
                 he
                 gives
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 several
                 .
                 Things
                 of
                 great
                 moment
                 ;
                 which
                 as
                 his
                 memory
                 served
                 him
                 ,
                 are
                 put
                 together
                 without
                 connexion
                 or
                 method
                 ,
                 being
                 only
                 to
                 remind
                 him
                 of
                 them
                 when
                 he
                 should
                 have
                 occasion
                 to
                 mention
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 therein
                 gives
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 the
                 Number
                 and
                 Strength
                 of
                 the
                 English
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 how
                 they
                 are
                 manned
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 are
                 the
                 Principal
                 Officers
                 and
                 Commanders
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 what
                 time
                 they
                 will
                 be
                 out
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 likewise
                 gives
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 the
                 Number
                 and
                 State
                 of
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 that
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 divided
                 and
                 disposed
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 with
                 relation
                 to
                 the
                 French
                 Fleet
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 particular
                 Memorandum
                 ,
                 That
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 out
                 at
                 farthest
                 in
                 April
                 ;
                 That
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 out
                 so
                 as
                 to
                 separate
                 the
                 Dutch
                 Fleet
                 and
                 ours
                 ;
                 That
                 they
                 must
                 be
                 sure
                 to
                 look
                 in
                 at
                 Spithead
                 as
                 they
                 come
                 by
                 ,
                 and
                 secure
                 what
                 Ships
                 should
                 be
                 in
                 that
                 Harbour
                 from
                 joyning
                 the
                 rest
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 also
                 a
                 hint
                 given
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 were
                 most
                 likely
                 to
                 come
                 in
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 And
                 there
                 is
                 Advice
                 in
                 what
                 place
                 their
                 Fleet
                 should
                 fight
                 ours
                 .
                 They
                 must
                 not
                 come
                 so
                 high
                 as
                 Beachy
                 ,
                 where
                 they
                 fought
                 the
                 last
                 year
                 ,
                 but
                 rather
                 chuse
                 to
                 fight
                 in
                 the
                 Chops
                 of
                 the
                 Channel
                 .
              
               
               
                 There
                 is
                 an
                 Account
                 of
                 Portsmouth
                 ,
                 how
                 fortified
                 and
                 garrison'd
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 had
                 but
                 500
                 men
                 ;
                 that
                 Gosport
                 had
                 nothing
                 but
                 Pallisadoes
                 about
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 Southsea
                 Castle
                 very
                 weak
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 Memorandums
                 of
                 other
                 Heads
                 proper
                 for
                 a
                 Declaration
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 the
                 Names
                 of
                 several
                 Persons
                 ,
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 with
                 particular
                 Characters
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 without
                 ;
                 and
                 amongst
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 this
                 Character
                 given
                 of
                 the
                 Clergy
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 the
                 worst
                 of
                 all
                 others
                 .
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 proceed
                 to
                 the
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 and
                 first
                 call
                 the
                 Living
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 read
                 the
                 Papers
                 ;
                 and
                 when
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 what
                 the
                 one
                 can
                 say
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 the
                 other
                 contain
                 ,
                 we
                 must
                 leave
                 it
                 to
                 your
                 Confideration
                 ,
                 and
                 submit
                 all
                 to
                 the
                 Direction
                 of
                 the
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   swear
                   Mrs.
                   
                     Pratt
                     .
                     Jane
                     Pratt
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   was
                   sworn
                   with
                   Seven
                   or
                   Eight
                   more
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   ,
                   Pray
                   will
                   you
                   tell
                   us
                   what
                   you
                   know
                   concerning
                   the
                   hiring
                   of
                   a
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   and
                   whether
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   go
                   ?
                   and
                   by
                   whom
                   it
                   was
                   hired
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   what
                   ?
                   Pray
                   tell
                   your
                   whole
                   knowledge
                   in
                   this
                   Matter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Burdet
                   ,
                   may
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   sent
                   for
                   me
                   to
                   his
                   House
                   ,
                   to
                   hire
                   a
                   Vessel
                   to
                   go
                   for
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   asked
                   me
                   if
                   I
                   could
                   carry
                   them
                   secure
                   ;
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   I
                   could
                   let
                   them
                   have
                   a
                   Smack
                   that
                   would
                   carry
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   please
                   you
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   met
                   several
                   times
                   at
                   his
                   House
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   last
                   there
                   was
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   appointed
                   to
                   meet
                   at
                   the
                   
                     Dog
                     Tavern
                  
                   upon
                   Ludgate-hill
                   ;
                   I
                   think
                   they
                   call
                   it
                   the
                   
                     Wonder
                     Tavern
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pray
                   begin
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   speak
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Burdet
                   sent
                   for
                   me
                   to
                   hire
                   my
                   Smack
                   to
                   go
                   for
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   asked
                   me
                   if
                   I
                   thought
                   it
                   would
                   carry
                   them
                   secure
                   ;
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   yes
                   ,
                   I
                   thought
                   it
                   would
                   .
                   And
                   I
                   came
                   several
                   times
                   about
                   it
                   to
                   Mr.
                   
                   Burdet's
                   House
                   ;
                   the
                   Smack
                   was
                   not
                   then
                   come
                   to
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   did
                   afterwards
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   after
                   they
                   sent
                   for
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   met
                   me
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                   Burdet's
                   ,
                   and
                   meeting
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                   Burdet's
                   ,
                   he
                   gave
                   me
                   a
                   Note
                   ,
                   to
                   meet
                   at
                   the
                   
                     Dog
                     Tavern
                  
                   upon
                   Ludgate-hill
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   Ashton
                   met
                   ,
                   but
                   Mr.
                   Burdet
                   did
                   not
                   come
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   was
                   with
                   Ashton
                   when
                   you
                   met
                   at
                   the
                   
                     Dog
                     Tavern
                  
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   None
                   but
                   a
                   Man
                   of
                   his
                   ,
                   as
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   said
                   ;
                   there
                   we
                   sat
                   about
                   an
                   hour
                   and
                   an
                   half
                   and
                   did
                   nothing
                   :
                   At
                   length
                   we
                   went
                   away
                   ,
                   and
                   appointed
                   to
                   meet
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                   Burdet's
                   House
                   the
                   next
                   day
                   at
                   Seven
                   or
                   Eight
                   a
                   Clock
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   we
                   met
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Bargain
                   was
                   made
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   Bargain
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   askt
                   a
                   150
                   l.
                   and
                   they
                   told
                   me
                   that
                   was
                   too
                   much
                   ;
                   says
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   give
                   you
                   Fourscore
                   :
                   Says
                   Mr.
                   Burdet
                   ,
                   pray
                   encourage
                   them
                   offer
                   them
                   a
                   100
                   l.
                   thereupon
                   he
                   did
                   offer
                   a
                   100
                   l.
                   and
                   we
                   agreed
                   for
                   a
                   100
                   l.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   day
                   was
                   that
                   ,
                   can
                   you
                   remember
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   met
                   on
                   the
                   Monday
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Tuesday
                   we
                   agreed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   Money
                   was
                   paid
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Ninty
                   three
                   Gnineas
                   and
                   Six
                   pence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   was
                   by
                   when
                   the
                   Bargain
                   was
                   made
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   was
                   along
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   Mrs.
                   Burdet
                   and
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   at
                   the
                   Agreement
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   is
                   the
                   Master's
                   Name
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   His
                   Name
                   is
                   Pasely
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   Six-pence
                   broken
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   took
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Six-pences
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Burdet
                   ordered
                   him
                   to
                   give
                   his
                   Wife
                   the
                   other
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   he
                   did
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   the
                   money
                   was
                   paid
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   brought
                   it
                   in
                   a
                   Paper
                   wrapt
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   we
                   should
                   see
                   it
                   told
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   told
                   it
                   out
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   was
                   Ninty
                   three
                   Guineas
                   and
                   the
                   Six-pence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   did
                   they
                   tell
                   you
                   they
                   were
                   to
                   carry
                   into
                   France
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   my
                   Lord
                   they
                   said
                   Three
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   followed
                   then
                   ?
                   Did
                   they
                   give
                   you
                   any
                   Note
                   where
                   you
                   were
                   to
                   come
                   for
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   bid
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   write
                   a
                   Note
                   where
                   they
                   should
                   come
                   ;
                   it
                   was
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                   Rigby's
                   in
                   Covent-Garden
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Seven
                   Stars
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   we
                   were
                   to
                   meet
                   at
                   a
                   Eleven
                   a
                   Clock
                   at
                   night
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   there
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   within
                   ,
                   and
                   went
                   out
                   and
                   fetch'd
                   in
                   some
                   Company
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   came
                   and
                   two
                   other
                   Gentlemen
                   that
                   I
                   never
                   saw
                   in
                   my
                   Life
                   before
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Mistris
                   ,
                   you
                   speak
                   the
                   breaking
                   of
                   a
                   Six-pence
                   ,
                   what
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   with
                   that
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Master
                   was
                   to
                   bring
                   the
                   half
                   of
                   the
                   Six-pence
                   that
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ashton
                  
                   had
                   ,
                   to
                   
                     Mrs.
                     Burdett
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   we
                   were
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   100
                   l.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Had
                   
                     Mrs.
                     Burdet
                  
                   the
                   other
                   Piece
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ashton
                  
                   had
                   one
                   half
                   ,
                   and
                   she
                   had
                   t'other
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   there
                   any
                   Provision
                   carried
                   on
                   Board
                   this
                   Smack
                   ?
                   Yes
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Hamper
                   and
                   a
                   Trunck
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   fetcht
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Burdet's
                   House
                   ;
                   my
                   man
                   
                     John
                     Fisher
                  
                   carried
                   the
                   Trunk
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Porter
                   carried
                   the
                   Hamper
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   took
                   care
                   to
                   see
                   it
                   put
                   in
                   the
                   Vessel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   you
                   came
                   to
                   Covent-Garden
                   that
                   Night
                   ,
                   what
                   Discourse
                   had
                   you
                   ?
                   and
                   what
                   inquiries
                   were
                   there
                   made
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   whom
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Mrs.
                     Ashton
                  
                   comes
                   in
                   ,
                   as
                   she
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ashton
                  
                   was
                   her
                   Husband
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   there
                   was
                   some
                   News
                   from
                   Court
                   ,
                   of
                   having
                   Papers
                   in
                   a
                   Hatt
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   chosen
                   some
                   Lord
                   or
                   other
                   :
                   Something
                   it
                   was
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   I
                   can't
                   tell
                   what
                   ;
                   but
                   says
                   one
                   Gentleman
                   that
                   stood
                   by
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   chosen
                   the
                   last
                   year
                   ,
                   that
                   signifies
                   nothing
                   ;
                   and
                   another
                   said
                   ,
                   I
                   missed
                   it
                   ;
                   It
                   is
                   only
                   a
                   Christmas
                   Gambal
                   ,
                   it
                   signifies
                   little
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   further
                   discourse
                   had
                   they
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Ashton
                   said
                   she
                   was
                   afraid
                   they
                   should
                   have
                   no
                   very
                   good
                   luck
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Cock
                   crowed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   there
                   any
                   discourse
                   what
                   advantage
                   they
                   should
                   get
                   by
                   going
                   ,
                   or
                   you
                   by
                   carrying
                   of
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   said
                   they
                   would
                   help
                   us
                   to
                   the
                   earning
                   of
                   1000
                   l.
                   before
                   Lady-day
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   went
                   this
                   time
                   safe
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Mistris
                   recollect
                   your self
                   ;
                   were
                   they
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Flanders
                   ?
                   or
                   where
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   for
                   France
                   :
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   to
                   go
                   for
                   Flanders
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   time
                   of
                   Night
                   did
                   you
                   depart
                   from
                   Mr.
                   
                   Rigby's
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   About
                   Eleven
                   a
                   Clock
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   How
                   did
                   they
                   go
                   away
                   from
                   Mr.
                   
                   Rigby's
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   go
                   with
                   them
                   :
                   Mrs.
                   Ashton
                   kept
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   me
                   the
                   Leg
                   of
                   a
                   Goose
                   and
                   some
                   Drink
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Do
                   you
                   know
                   any
                   thing
                   further
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ;
                   I
                   think
                   I
                   have
                   told
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Were
                   you
                   hired
                   for
                   France
                   ,
                   or
                   Flanders
                   ?
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   once
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   were
                   hired
                   for
                   France
                   ;
                   any
                   place
                   there
                   where
                   we
                   could
                   touch
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   there
                   any
                   particular
                   Port
                   mentioned
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   have
                   done
                   with
                   her
                   ,
                   will
                   my
                   Lord
                   ask
                   her
                   any
                   question
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   she
                   may
                   be
                   askt
                   ,
                   whether
                   she
                   ever
                   saw
                   me
                   before
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ;
                   never
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   but
                   in
                   the
                   Tower.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   ,
                   she
                   says
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   at
                   
                   Rigby's
                   there
                   came
                   in
                   two
                   Gentlemen
                   with
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   that
                   Night
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   of
                   her
                   whether
                   I
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   two
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   she
                   does
                   not
                   say
                   your
                   Lordship
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   you
                   were
                   not
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   set
                   up
                   
                     Paseley
                     .
                     Paseley
                  
                   ,
                   what
                   do
                   you
                   know
                   about
                   hiring
                   of
                   this
                   Smack
                   to
                   go
                   for
                   France
                   ?
                   I
                   think
                   you
                   are
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Smack
                   ,
                   called
                   the
                   Thomas
                   and
                   Elizabeth
                   ,
                   are
                   you
                   not
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   pray
                   give
                   an
                   account
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   matter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Smack
                   was
                   hired
                   of
                   the
                   Woman
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   of
                   me
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   I
                   came
                   up
                   to
                   London
                   she
                   told
                   me
                   she
                   had
                   got
                   a
                   Voyage
                   over
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   was
                   minded
                   to
                   go
                   ;
                   I
                   said
                   ,
                   Yes
                   :
                   and
                   she
                   appointed
                   me
                   to
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   her
                   to
                   this
                   Mistris
                   what
                   do
                   ye
                   call
                   um's
                   House
                   ,
                   this
                   Mrs.
                   Burdet
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   this
                   House
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   body
                   within
                   but
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   :
                   presently
                   after
                   came
                   in
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ;
                   after
                   they
                   came
                   in
                   they
                   told
                   us
                   the
                   things
                   were
                   not
                   ready
                   yet
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   would
                   be
                   ready
                   presently
                   to
                   carry
                   on
                   Board
                   ;
                   when
                   these
                   things
                   were
                   ready
                   ,
                   
                     John
                     Fisher
                  
                   carried
                   the
                   Trunck
                   down
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Porter
                   carried
                   the
                   Hamper
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   with
                   them
                   along
                   to
                   Billingsgate
                   and
                   carried
                   them
                   on
                   Board
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   I
                   carried
                   them
                   on
                   Board
                   I
                   went
                   to
                   Billingsgate
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   we
                   went
                   along
                   to
                   this
                   Mr.
                   
                   Burdet's
                   House
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   up
                   to
                   
                   Burdet's
                   House
                   ,
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Ellyot
                   were
                   not
                   there
                   present
                   ,
                   but
                   we
                   had
                   been
                   there
                   but
                   a
                   little
                   time
                   e'er
                   they
                   came
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   they
                   came
                   and
                   said
                   to
                   my
                   Owner
                   and
                   me
                   ,
                   You
                   shall
                   see
                   the
                   Money
                   told
                   ;
                   it
                   was
                   all
                   in
                   Gold
                   but
                   one
                   Six-pence
                   ;
                   there
                   was
                   Ninety
                   three
                   Guinea's
                   :
                   And
                   ,
                   after
                   the
                   Money
                   was
                   told
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Six
                   pence
                   that
                   was
                   broken
                   in
                   half
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Guinea's
                   he
                   roulled
                   up
                   in
                   a
                   Paper
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   them
                   to
                   Mrs.
                   Burdet
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   her
                   lay
                   them
                   up
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   gave
                   her
                   one
                   half
                   of
                   the
                   Six-pence
                   ,
                   and
                   kept
                   the
                   other
                   half
                   himself
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   I
                   brought
                   that
                   other
                   half
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   ,
                   or
                   my
                   Owner
                   ,
                   then
                   she
                   was
                   to
                   give
                   the
                   Money
                   to
                   her
                   or
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ser.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   what
                   Room
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   was
                   this
                   in
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                   Burdet's
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   on
                   the
                   Left
                   hand
                   going
                   in
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ser.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   it
                   a
                   Bed-chamber
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   '
                   t
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   time
                   of
                   Night
                   was
                   't
                   pray
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   About
                   Eight
                   a
                   Clock
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   discourse
                   had
                   you
                   with
                   them
                   there
                   pray
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   asked
                   me
                   if
                   I
                   thought
                   they
                   might
                   get
                   well
                   over
                   ?
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   believed
                   they
                   might
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   they
                   tell
                   you
                   what
                   part
                   of
                   France
                   they
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   they
                   named
                   no
                   place
                   ,
                   but
                   any
                   part
                   in
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   go
                   on
                   ,
                   tell
                   us
                   what
                   they
                   said
                   further
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   So
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   they
                   gave
                   us
                   direction
                   to
                   meet
                   them
                   at
                   the
                   
                     Seven
                     Stars
                  
                   in
                   the
                   little
                   Piazza's
                   in
                   Covent-Garden
                   :
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   there
                   it
                   was
                   Eleven
                   a
                   Clock
                   at
                   Night
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   in
                   the
                   House
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   in
                   ,
                   except
                   t
                   were
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ;
                   but
                   presently
                   after
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Ellyot
                   came
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   sate
                   down
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   in
                   came
                   two
                   Gentlemen
                   more
                   ,
                   but
                   what
                   they
                   were
                   ,
                   or
                   who
                   they
                   were
                   ,
                   I
                   don't
                   know
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   discoursed
                   about
                   Papers
                   shaking
                   in
                   a
                   Hat
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   they
                   should
                   have
                   no
                   good
                   Luck
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Cock
                   crowed
                   :
                   And
                   
                   after
                   this
                   Ellyot
                   and
                   Ashton
                   came
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   and
                   called
                   me
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   we
                   were
                   gone
                   out
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   leaves
                   Ellyot
                   and
                   went
                   away
                   from
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   Ellyot
                   bid
                   me
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   says
                   ,
                   come
                   Master
                   ,
                   come
                   along
                   with
                   me
                   ;
                   he
                   did
                   not
                   name
                   any
                   place
                   whether
                   they
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   happened
                   to
                   be
                   Surry-stairs
                   ,
                   and
                   going
                   down
                   ,
                   he
                   calls
                   in
                   at
                   the
                   corner
                   House
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   an
                   Ale-house
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Water-man
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   me
                   go
                   before
                   to
                   the
                   Water-side
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   thither
                   the
                   Water-man
                   steps
                   into
                   his
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   after
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Boat
                   I
                   went
                   into
                   the
                   Stern
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   that
                   time
                   I
                   was
                   seated
                   in
                   the
                   Stern
                   there
                   came
                   down
                   four
                   Men
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   never
                   saw
                   my
                   Lord
                   and
                   his
                   man
                   before
                   they
                   came
                   into
                   the
                   Wherry
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   came
                   into
                   the
                   Wherry
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   all
                   those
                   four
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   man.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Where
                   was
                   this
                   do
                   you
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   At
                   Surry-stairs
                   ,
                   there
                   the
                   Boat
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   what
                   did
                   you
                   do
                   then
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   we
                   were
                   seated
                   in
                   the
                   Boat
                   at
                   Surry-stairs
                   we
                   put
                   off
                   ,
                   and
                   went
                   down
                   through
                   Bridge
                   ,
                   and
                   going
                   through
                   Bridge
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   riding
                   just
                   against
                   the
                   Tower
                   almost
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   went
                   all
                   on
                   Board
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   my
                   men
                   were
                   all
                   asleep
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   asleep
                   ,
                   I
                   called
                   them
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Cabin
                   to
                   hale
                   up
                   the
                   Anchor
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   being
                   very
                   little
                   Wind
                   stirring
                   ,
                   we
                   could
                   not
                   go
                   very
                   far
                   ,
                   but
                   came
                   just
                   below
                   the
                   half-way
                   Tree
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   we
                   stopt
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   ordered
                   to
                   drop
                   the
                   Anchor
                   for
                   fear
                   of
                   the
                   Vessels
                   in
                   the
                   River
                   :
                   and
                   the
                   next
                   morning
                   about
                   Eight
                   a
                   Clock
                   we
                   weighed
                   our
                   Anchor
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   went
                   on
                   till
                   we
                   came
                   near
                   to
                   the
                   George
                   man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   they
                   all
                   of
                   them
                   hid
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   There
                   was
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   man.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   what
                   place
                   did
                   they
                   hide
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Quarter-hatches
                   ,
                   under
                   the
                   Hatches
                   where
                   we
                   lie
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   they
                   desire
                   you
                   to
                   hide
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   they
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   there
                   should
                   come
                   any
                   Boat
                   on
                   board
                   to
                   press
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   shew
                   them
                   my
                   Protection
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   there
                   came
                   no
                   Boat
                   then
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ser.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   How
                   big
                   is
                   that
                   place
                   that
                   they
                   hid
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   'T
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   Quarter
                   under
                   ,
                   near
                   the
                   Cabin-hatches
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   what
                   kind
                   of
                   place
                   it
                   is
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   cannot
                   sit
                   upright
                   ,
                   nor
                   stand
                   upright
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   are
                   fain
                   to
                   lie
                   along
                   ,
                   or
                   lean
                   upon
                   their
                   Elbows
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   go
                   on
                   ,
                   what
                   happened
                   afterwards
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   that
                   we
                   were
                   past
                   the
                   man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   they
                   came
                   up
                   and
                   sate
                   in
                   the
                   Cabin
                   where
                   we
                   used
                   to
                   eat
                   our
                   Victuals
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Gravesend
                   ,
                   over
                   against
                   the
                   Dock-house
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   go
                   down
                   again
                   and
                   hide
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   so
                   till
                   we
                   passed
                   the
                   Block-house
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   they
                   were
                   for
                   coming
                   up
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   I
                   saw
                   a
                   Boat
                   coming
                   about
                   Tilbury
                   which
                   made
                   towards
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   thereupon
                   they
                   ducked
                   down
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Hatches
                   were
                   laid
                   down
                   upon
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   they
                   remained
                   till
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Where
                   were
                   they
                   taken
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   were
                   taken
                   between
                   the
                   North
                   Block-house
                   and
                   the
                   little
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   mean
                   in
                   what
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Ship.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   were
                   taken
                   in
                   that
                   little
                   place
                   where
                   they
                   were
                   hid
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Were
                   the
                   Hatches
                   shut
                   down
                   upon
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ser.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   How
                   long
                   had
                   they
                   been
                   hid
                   before
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   quarter
                   of
                   an
                   Hour
                   ,
                   or
                   there
                   abouts
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   W.
                   
                
                 
                   Did
                   they
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   hid
                   there
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   hid
                   there
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   tell
                   us
                   ,
                   after
                   such
                   time
                   as
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   what
                   they
                   said
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   you
                   observed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   they
                   said
                   nothing
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   nor
                   none
                   of
                   them
                   did
                   speak
                   to
                   me
                   after
                   the
                   Boat
                   had
                   taken
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   what
                   happened
                   after
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ordered
                   them
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   us
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   
                     White-hall
                     stairs
                  
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   said
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   Master
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   come
                   upon
                   your
                   Examination
                   ,
                   ●ay
                   you
                   were
                   bound
                   to
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   for
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Which
                   was
                   that
                   that
                   said
                   so
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   'T
                   was
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   gave
                   me
                   half
                   a
                   Crown
                   to
                   bear
                   my
                   expences
                   that
                   Night
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   he
                   would
                   remember
                   to
                   take
                   care
                   of
                   us
                   afterwards
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   they
                   give
                   any
                   money
                   to
                   the
                   Sea-men
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   Ashton
                   gave
                   one
                   of
                   my
                   men
                   half
                   a
                   Crown
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   him
                   say
                   he
                   was
                   bound
                   for
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   for
                   France
                   ;
                   and
                   my
                   Lords
                   man
                   gave
                   my
                   other
                   man
                   half
                   a
                   Crown
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Was
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   by
                   when
                   that
                   money
                   was
                   given
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   was
                   upon
                   the
                   Bridge
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   near
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   my
                   Lord
                   have
                   any
                   Questions
                   to
                   ask
                   him
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   done
                   with
                   him
                   for
                   the
                   present
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   no
                   Questions
                   to
                   ask
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   by
                   when
                   the
                   direction
                   was
                   given
                   you
                   to
                   say
                   you
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   France
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   say
                   he
                   was
                   upon
                   the
                   Bridge
                   ,
                   but
                   was
                   nor
                   near
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   discourse
                   had
                   you
                   on
                   board
                   with
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Very
                   little
                   .
                   They
                   askt
                   me
                   if
                   I
                   thought
                   they
                   should
                   go
                   clear
                   ?
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   yes
                   ,
                   I
                   thought
                   they
                   might
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Clear
                   of
                   what
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Clear
                   of
                   the
                   Vessels
                   searching
                   :
                   They
                   examined
                   me
                   that
                   Night
                   I
                   was
                   at
                   the
                   Seven
                   Stars
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   knew
                   the
                   way
                   of
                   the
                   Swing
                   on
                   the
                   back
                   of
                   the
                   Channel
                   ,
                   to
                   go
                   clear
                   of
                   the
                   Town
                   .
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   know
                   the
                   way
                   by
                   the
                   Back
                   of
                   the
                   Sands
                   by
                   
                   Margaret's
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Swing
                   would
                   not
                   keep
                   them
                   clear
                   of
                   the
                   Town
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   there
                   a
                   Note
                   written
                   whether
                   you
                   were
                   to
                   come
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   There
                   was
                   Note
                   written
                   to
                   meet
                   them
                   at
                   the
                   Seven
                   Stars
                   in
                   the
                   little
                   Piazza's
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Where
                   about
                   is
                   
                   Burdet's
                   House
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   in
                   Queen-street
                   in
                   the
                   City
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   Pasely
                   ,
                   Did
                   the
                   Waterman
                   that
                   brought
                   them
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   leave
                   two
                   Coats
                   behind
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   the
                   Waterman
                   did
                   leave
                   two
                   Coats
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   put
                   them
                   into
                   my
                   Chest
                   ,
                   and
                   afterwards
                   they
                   broke
                   open
                   my
                   Chest
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   them
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Chief
                   Justices
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   will
                   next
                   produce
                   that
                   Waterman
                   .
                   Set
                   up
                   
                     Charles
                     Betsworth
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Come
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   give
                   us
                   an
                   Account
                   who
                   you
                   carried
                   on
                   Board
                   a
                   Smack
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   hapned
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Betsworth
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   was
                   going
                   over
                   the
                   Water
                   from
                   Surry
                   Stairs
                   about
                   Seven
                   or
                   Eight
                   a
                   Clock
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   at
                   the
                   Stairs
                   call'd
                   Sculler
                   ,
                   and
                   ask'd
                   me
                   if
                   I
                   would
                   carry
                   him
                   down
                   the
                   River
                   ;
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   how
                   far
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   to
                   the
                   Tower
                   ;
                   said
                   I
                   't
                   is
                   against
                   Tide
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   can't
                   carry
                   you
                   down
                   so
                   low
                   ;
                   he
                   said
                   he
                   would
                   stay
                   till
                   the
                   Tide
                   turn'd
                   ;
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   be
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Bed
                   so
                   long
                   ,
                   I
                   deserve
                   to
                   be
                   well
                   paid
                   for
                   it
                   ;
                   If
                   you
                   will
                   give
                   me
                   Half
                   a
                   Crown
                   I
                   'll
                   carry
                   you
                   down
                   ;
                   says
                   he
                   I
                   'll
                   give
                   it
                   you
                   ;
                   so
                   then
                   I
                   came
                   a-Shore
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   ask'd
                   me
                   what
                   my
                   Name
                   was
                   ,
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   
                     Charles
                     Betsworth
                  
                   ;
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   be
                   sure
                   to
                   stay
                   for
                   us
                   ;
                   Yes
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   will
                   be
                   sure
                   to
                   come
                   :
                   If
                   I
                   be
                   not
                   at
                   the
                   Stairs
                   ,
                   I
                   'll
                   be
                   at
                   that
                   Ale-house
                   
                   there
                   in
                   the
                   Corner
                   ;
                   so
                   I
                   staid
                   ,
                   and
                   :
                   carried
                   over
                   a
                   Fare
                   or
                   two
                   over
                   the
                   Water
                   ;
                   and
                   about
                   a
                   Eleven
                   a
                   Clock
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   was
                   sitting
                   in
                   the
                   House
                   ,
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   comes
                   ,
                   and
                   calls
                   Charles
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   out
                   I
                   went
                   to
                   my
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   them
                   in
                   .
                   There
                   was
                   one
                   man
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   suppose
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Stern
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   that
                   called
                   me
                   out
                   followed
                   me
                   down
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   and
                   by
                   came
                   three
                   more
                   into
                   my
                   Boat
                   ;
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   had
                   a
                   whitish
                   Cloak
                   on
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   a
                   gray
                   loose
                   Coat
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   red
                   Bag
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   quantity
                   of
                   a
                   Peck
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   we
                   put
                   off
                   ,
                   and
                   rowed
                   away
                   ;
                   and
                   just
                   under
                   the
                   Temple
                   Wall
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   all
                   the
                   Words
                   I
                   heard
                   from
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   can
                   remember
                   ;
                   says
                   one
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   When
                   do
                   your
                   hear
                   the
                   King
                   goes
                   away
                   ?
                   and
                   another
                   made
                   answer
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   a
                   Tuesday
                   :
                   So
                   we
                   rowed
                   down
                   through
                   Bridge
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   were
                   through
                   Bridge
                   ,
                   they
                   asked
                   where
                   the
                   Vessel
                   lay
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   that
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Stern
                   said
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   Southwark
                   side
                   ,
                   over
                   against
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   me
                   row
                   over
                   thither
                   .
                   And
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   just
                   below
                   Battle-Bridge
                   ,
                   that
                   man
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   she
                   that
                   rides
                   a
                   Head
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   look'd
                   ,
                   and
                   she
                   had
                   a
                   Pennant
                   up
                   ;
                   so
                   they
                   were
                   put
                   on
                   Board
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   they
                   were
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   she
                   went
                   off
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   rowed
                   up
                   to
                   the
                   Bridge
                   ,
                   and
                   went
                   through
                   Bridge
                   ,
                   and
                   came
                   up
                   as
                   far
                   as
                   and
                   there
                   I
                   staid
                   and
                   took
                   my
                   Scull
                   and
                   my
                   Staff
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Boat
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   I
                   took
                   them
                   out
                   ,
                   I
                   missed
                   my
                   Clothes
                   ;
                   says
                   I
                   ,
                   God
                   bless
                   me
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   lost
                   my
                   Clothes
                   ;
                   but
                   then
                   I
                   thought
                   it
                   was
                   but
                   a
                   still
                   Tide
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   would
                   try
                   if
                   I
                   could
                   overtake
                   them
                   ;
                   for
                   I
                   thought
                   they
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   got
                   far
                   ,
                   there
                   being
                   little
                   or
                   no
                   Wind
                   ;
                   so
                   I
                   went
                   down
                   to
                   the
                   Place
                   where
                   the
                   Vessel
                   lay
                   ,
                   and
                   she
                   was
                   gone
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   enquired
                   of
                   several
                   Smacks
                   that
                   lay
                   there
                   ,
                   but
                   could
                   hear
                   nothing
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   rowed
                   as
                   low
                   as
                   
                     Limas
                     Reach
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   about
                   
                     Black
                     Wall
                  
                   and
                   
                     Limas
                     Reach
                  
                   ,
                   I
                   came
                   up
                   to
                   a
                   Smack
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   supposed
                   was
                   she
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   cry'd
                   out
                   ,
                   Ho
                   the
                   Smack
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   answered
                   me
                   So
                   ;
                   I
                   asked
                   them
                   if
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   bring
                   a
                   Fare
                   a-board
                   that
                   Smack
                   a
                   while
                   a
                   go
                   ;
                   then
                   they
                   said
                   no
                   ;
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   I
                   had
                   brought
                   a
                   Fare
                   on
                   Board
                   some
                   Smack
                   that
                   lay
                   about
                   Horsleydown
                   and
                   
                     Pickle-herring
                     Stairs
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   had
                   got
                   two
                   Coats
                   of
                   mine
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   had
                   forgotten
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   had
                   a
                   Pennant
                   up
                   when
                   they
                   went
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   but
                   this
                   had
                   none
                   ;
                   so
                   I
                   rowed
                   on
                   further
                   ,
                   till
                   I
                   came
                   as
                   far
                   as
                   
                     Berking
                     Sherf
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   thought
                   there
                   being
                   so
                   little
                   Wind
                   that
                   none
                   could
                   be
                   gone
                   beyond
                   me
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   waited
                   to
                   see
                   a
                   Smack
                   with
                   a
                   Pennant
                   coming
                   down
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   could
                   not
                   meet
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   I
                   lay
                   all
                   Night
                   in
                   my
                   Wastcoat
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   next
                   day
                   I
                   came
                   back
                   to
                   Greenwich
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   I
                   came
                   along
                   ,
                   I
                   went
                   on
                   Board
                   several
                   Vessels
                   to
                   enquire
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   took
                   her
                   for
                   an
                   Attendant
                   upon
                   a
                   Man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   could
                   not
                   hear
                   of
                   my
                   Clothes
                   ,
                   till
                   last
                   Friday
                   was
                   Seven-night
                   ,
                   two
                   Watermen
                   came
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   me
                   the
                   Clothes
                   I
                   lost
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   you
                   have
                   your
                   Clothes
                   again
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Betsworth
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   look
                   upon
                   that
                   Gentleman
                   there
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   are
                   you
                   sure
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   that
                   was
                   in
                   your
                   Boat
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Betsworth
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   can't
                   tell
                   that
                   ever
                   I
                   saw
                   him
                   in
                   my
                   Life
                   before
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   Pasely
                   ,
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   ,
                   was
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   the
                   Waterman
                   brought
                   on
                   Board
                   your
                   Smack
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   he
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Is
                   that
                   the
                   Waterman
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   my
                   Lord
                   I
                   can't
                   tell
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Waterman's
                   Coat
                   was
                   left
                   on
                   Board
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   let
                   me
                   ask
                   you
                   another
                   Question
                   ,
                   Had
                   you
                   a
                   Pennant
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   I
                   had
                   when
                   I
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   take
                   in
                   your
                   Pennant
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   afterwards
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Why
                   did
                   you
                   take
                   it
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   asked
                   me
                   if
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Pennant
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   yes
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   bid
                   me
                   take
                   it
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   bid
                   you
                   take
                   it
                   in
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Ellyot
                   did
                   ;
                   so
                   we
                   took
                   it
                   down
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   my
                   Lord
                   ask
                   Betsworth
                   any
                   Questions
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   nothing
                   to
                   say
                   to
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   they
                   carry
                   a-board
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   Pasely
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   had
                   nothing
                   a-board
                   but
                   the
                   Trunk
                   and
                   Hamper
                   ,
                   that
                   were
                   brought
                   down
                   before
                   from
                   
                   Burdet's
                   House
                   :
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   nothing
                   brought
                   in
                   the
                   Boat
                   but
                   only
                   a
                   Leather
                   Bag.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   set
                   up
                   Fisher
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   his
                   Name
                   is
                   
                     John
                     Fisher
                  
                   .
                   You
                   were
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Seamen
                   that
                   did
                   belong
                   to
                   the
                   Smack
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   then
                   tell
                   us
                   ,
                   who
                   were
                   brought
                   thither
                   ;
                   and
                   what
                   happened
                   upon
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   About
                   six
                   Hours
                   before
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   us
                   ,
                   our
                   Master
                   came
                   himself
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   me
                   along
                   with
                   him
                   ;
                   but
                   whither
                   I
                   was
                   to
                   go
                   then
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   know
                   .
                   He
                   carryed
                   me
                   to
                   a
                   House
                   in
                   the
                   City
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   gave
                   me
                   a
                   small
                   Trunk
                   to
                   carry
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Hamper
                   to
                   a
                   Porter
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   went
                   away
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   bid
                   us
                   ,
                   at
                   
                     Billing
                     sgate
                  
                   ,
                   carry
                   them
                   a-board
                   ,
                   which
                   we
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   When
                   was
                   the
                   Trunk
                   and
                   Hamper
                   brought
                   on
                   board
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   About
                   six
                   or
                   seven
                   a
                   Clock
                   at
                   night
                   ,
                   on
                   Wednesday
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   followed
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ellyot
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lords
                   man
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Master
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   between
                   eleven
                   and
                   twelve
                   :
                   There
                   were
                   no
                   more
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   that
                   I
                   know
                   of
                   ;
                   but
                   we
                   were
                   asleep
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   ;
                   and
                   immediately
                   our
                   Master
                   ordered
                   us
                   to
                   hale
                   up
                   the
                   Anchor
                   .
                   Now
                   there
                   was
                   but
                   little
                   Wind
                   stirring
                   ;
                   and
                   by
                   that
                   time
                   we
                   were
                   faln
                   down
                   as
                   low
                   as
                   half-way
                   Tree
                   ,
                   it
                   being
                   still
                   Flood
                   ,
                   we
                   could
                   go
                   no
                   farther
                   :
                   so
                   there
                   we
                   were
                   ordered
                   to
                   stop
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   lay
                   by
                   till
                   morning
                   ;
                   and
                   about
                   eight
                   in
                   the
                   morning
                   we
                   weighed
                   Anchor
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   about
                   nine
                   ,
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   George
                   Man
                   of
                   War
                   they
                   hid
                   ,
                   they
                   desired
                   to
                   go
                   down
                   into
                   the
                   Quarters
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   laid
                   the
                   Hatches
                   upon
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   kind
                   of
                   place
                   is
                   it
                   that
                   they
                   hid
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   could
                   not
                   stand
                   upright
                   ,
                   nor
                   sit
                   upright
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   must
                   lie
                   along
                   or
                   lean
                   upon
                   their
                   Elbows
                   .
                   So
                   when
                   when
                   we
                   were
                   got
                   below
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   they
                   came
                   up
                   again
                   into
                   the
                   Cabbin
                   :
                   And
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   at
                   Gravesend
                   near
                   the
                   Block
                   House
                   ,
                   then
                   they
                   hid
                   again
                   till
                   we
                   were
                   below
                   the
                   Block-House
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   we
                   spyed
                   a
                   Boat
                   coming
                   ,
                   which
                   made
                   them
                   to
                   keep
                   below
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   they
                   continued
                   till
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   took
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Were
                   they
                   all
                   four
                   there
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   all
                   four
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   what
                   said
                   they
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   such
                   time
                   as
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   and
                   come
                   up
                   to
                   
                     Whitehall
                     Stairs
                  
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Ashton
                   gave
                   me
                   a
                   Half-Crown-piece
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   me
                   say
                   they
                   were
                   going
                   to
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   whether
                   were
                   you
                   going
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   know
                   where
                   we
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   ,
                   till
                   since
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   Shoar
                   .
                   I
                   understood
                   nothing
                   till
                   they
                   hid
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   indeed
                   I
                   thought
                   we
                   were
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   did
                   any
                   Body
                   tell
                   you
                   you
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   Since
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   Shoar
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   my
                   Lord
                   ask
                   him
                   any
                   Questions
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   No.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   the
                   next
                   Witness
                   we
                   call
                   is
                   one
                   Amonds
                   ,
                   Pray
                   tell
                   us
                   what
                   you
                   know
                   of
                   this
                   Matter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   May
                   it
                   please
                   you
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   nothing
                   concerning
                   my
                   Masters
                   Business
                   ,
                   but
                   all
                   that
                   I
                   know
                   of
                   this
                   Business
                   is
                   ,
                   That
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   about
                   Twelve
                   a
                   Clock
                   at
                   Night
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   was
                   then
                   asleep
                   in
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ,
                   and
                   hearing
                   some
                   come
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Master
                   call
                   ,
                   I
                   looked
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   were
                   Three
                   or
                   four
                   Centlemen
                   and
                   my
                   Master
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   ordered
                   us
                   to
                   set
                   sail
                   immediately
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   our
                   way
                   down
                   as
                   fast
                   as
                   we
                   could
                   ;
                   there
                   was
                   little
                   or
                   no
                   Wind
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   when
                   
                   we
                   came
                   down
                   to
                   the
                   half
                   way
                   Tree
                   ,
                   we
                   were
                   forced
                   to
                   come
                   to
                   an
                   Anchor
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   we
                   rid
                   at
                   Anchor
                   till
                   it
                   was
                   broad
                   day
                   ,
                   when
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   brave
                   Gale
                   to
                   the
                   Westward
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   that
                   time
                   we
                   got
                   down
                   to
                   
                     Long
                     Reach
                  
                   ;
                   about
                   Nine
                   a
                   Clock
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   George
                   Frigat
                   ,
                   a
                   Man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   understanding
                   that
                   ,
                   desired
                   to
                   hide
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   Gentlemen
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   
                     Preston
                     ,
                     Mr.
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ellyot
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   Gentleman
                   that
                   was
                   with
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Look
                   upon
                   my
                   Lord
                   there
                   ,
                   was
                   he
                   one
                   ;
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   that
                   Gentleman
                   was
                   one
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   go
                   on
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   so
                   Sir
                   ,
                   after
                   we
                   were
                   passed
                   the
                   Frigat
                   ,
                   they
                   came
                   up
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   not
                   design
                   to
                   go
                   down
                   any
                   more
                   till
                   they
                   see
                   some
                   other
                   danger
                   .
                   When
                   we
                   came
                   almost
                   to
                   Gravesend
                   ,
                   they
                   went
                   down
                   again
                   :
                   When
                   we
                   were
                   past
                   the
                   Block-house
                   I
                   was
                   at
                   the
                   Helm
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   resolving
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Dinner
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   that
                   Man
                   ,
                   my
                   Fellow
                   ,
                   to
                   reach
                   them
                   some
                   Victuals
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Hamper
                   :
                   And
                   while
                   he
                   was
                   reaching
                   them
                   some
                   Victuals
                   ,
                   I
                   see
                   the
                   Pinnace
                   coming
                   towards
                   us
                   ;
                   sayd
                   I
                   ,
                   here
                   is
                   a
                   Pinnace
                   coming
                   a-board
                   ;
                   says
                   my
                   Lord
                   and
                   they
                   ,
                   we
                   must
                   go
                   down
                   again
                   and
                   hide
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   they
                   did
                   go
                   down
                   again
                   ;
                   we
                   apprehended
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   coming
                   a-Board
                   to
                   press
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   had
                   no
                   mind
                   to
                   be
                   seen
                   .
                   When
                   the
                   Pinnace
                   came
                   near
                   ,
                   they
                   waved
                   to
                   us
                   in
                   this
                   manner
                   ,
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   to
                   bid
                   us
                   stay
                   ;
                   so
                   we
                   laid
                   the
                   Sail
                   by
                   ,
                   and
                   staid
                   for
                   them
                   till
                   they
                   came
                   up
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   the
                   Captain
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   this
                   is
                   worth
                   our
                   coming
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   here
                   are
                   a
                   couple
                   of
                   brisk
                   Seamen
                   will
                   do
                   the
                   King
                   Service
                   ;
                   I
                   must
                   have
                   them
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   ;
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   not
                   so
                   ,
                   Noble
                   Captain
                   ;
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   have
                   you
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   keep
                   your selves
                   clear
                   ?
                   Yes
                   ,
                   says
                   our
                   Master
                   ?
                   I
                   am
                   sorry
                   for
                   that
                   says
                   the
                   Captain
                   ;
                   what
                   is
                   it
                   ?
                   says
                   the
                   Master
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   Protection
                   ;
                   says
                   the
                   Captain
                   ,
                   let
                   us
                   see
                   your
                   Protection
                   :
                   so
                   the
                   Master
                   pulls
                   out
                   his
                   Protection
                   ,
                   and
                   shews
                   it
                   :
                   Well
                   ,
                   says
                   the
                   Captain
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   look
                   a
                   little
                   further
                   ,
                   and
                   away
                   he
                   goes
                   into
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ,
                   and
                   takes
                   up
                   the
                   Hatches
                   where
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   were
                   ;
                   says
                   the
                   Captain
                   ;
                   Hye
                   ,
                   hye
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   here
                   ?
                   Turn
                   out
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   suppose
                   they
                   did
                   not
                   make
                   so
                   much
                   hast
                   as
                   the
                   Captain
                   expected
                   ;
                   so
                   he
                   called
                   some
                   of
                   his
                   men
                   on
                   Board
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   came
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   ;
                   and
                   says
                   my
                   Lord
                   to
                   the
                   Captain
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   be
                   so
                   kind
                   as
                   not
                   to
                   take
                   any
                   thing
                   from
                   us
                   :
                   Says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                   I'
                   ll
                   meddle
                   with
                   nothing
                   but
                   Papers
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   Papers
                   I
                   look
                   for
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   his
                   Hands
                   in
                   both
                   his
                   Pockets
                   ,
                   and
                   pulled
                   out
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   them
                   into
                   his
                   own
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   but
                   whether
                   they
                   were
                   new
                   or
                   old
                   I
                   can't
                   tell
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Watch
                   likewise
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   he
                   gave
                   my
                   Lord
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   
                   I'
                   ll
                   meddle
                   with
                   nothing
                   but
                   Papers
                   :
                   then
                   he
                   searcht
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ellyot
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ashton
                  
                   was
                   the
                   last
                   that
                   came
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   my
                   Lords
                   Watermen
                   in
                   the
                   Cabin
                   with
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   an
                   please
                   you
                   Noble
                   Captain
                   ,
                   That
                   Gentleman
                   puts
                   something
                   in
                   his
                   Bosom
                   :
                   Says
                   the
                   Captain
                   ,
                   What
                   did
                   you
                   put
                   in
                   your
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ;
                   nothing
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   Handkerchief
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   said
                   so
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   shews
                   him
                   his
                   Handkerchief
                   ,
                   and
                   afterwards
                   the
                   Captain
                   put
                   his
                   Hand
                   in
                   Mr.
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   and
                   pulled
                   it
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   he
                   pull
                   out
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Roul
                   of
                   Papers
                   with
                   a
                   Piece
                   of
                   Lead
                   to
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   see
                   the
                   Lead
                   fix'd
                   to
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   see
                   it
                   fix'd
                   to
                   the
                   Packthred
                   that
                   tyed
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   sort
                   of
                   Place
                   is
                   it
                   in
                   which
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   could
                   not
                   sit
                   nor
                   stand
                   upright
                   in
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Had
                   you
                   any
                   money
                   given
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   had
                   half
                   a
                   Crown
                   given
                   me
                   by
                   my
                   Lord's
                   man.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   was
                   it
                   gave
                   you
                   the
                   money
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   my
                   Lord's
                   man
                   ,
                   he
                   that
                   was
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Ship
                   ;
                   he
                   gave
                   me
                   half
                   a
                   Crown
                   in
                   Whitehall
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   say
                   we
                   were
                   bound
                   for
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   not
                   for
                   France
                   ;
                   but
                   who
                   the
                   half
                   Crown
                   came
                   from
                   I
                   can't
                   tell
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   said
                   nothing
                   to
                   me
                   at
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   hear
                   any
                   Discourse
                   as
                   they
                   came
                   down
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amond
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   mind
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   discourse
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   never
                   came
                   among
                   them
                   ,
                   unless
                   it
                   were
                   at
                   the
                   Hour
                   of
                   Watching
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   did
                   I
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   you
                   at
                   Whitehall
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   your
                   way
                   is
                   to
                   propose
                   your
                   Questions
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   will
                   ask
                   them
                   for
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   ask
                   him
                   if
                   I
                   said
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   him
                   at
                   Whitehall
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   say
                   you
                   ?
                   Did
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   you
                   at
                   Whitehall
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amond
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   he
                   never
                   said
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   me
                   at
                   all
                   ;
                   it
                   was
                   his
                   man
                   that
                   gave
                   me
                   the
                   half
                   Crown
                   ,
                   and
                   spoke
                   to
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ask
                   him
                   any
                   other
                   Questions
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   call
                   your
                   next
                   Witness
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Swear
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   .
                   Which
                   was
                   done
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Come
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ,
                   Pray
                   will
                   you
                   tell
                   my
                   Lord
                   and
                   Jury
                   ,
                   where
                   you
                   did
                   apprehend
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Circumstances
                   of
                   what
                   happened
                   at
                   their
                   taking
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   I
                   met
                   with
                   them
                   at
                   the
                   upper
                   end
                   of
                   the
                   Hope
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   give
                   us
                   an
                   Account
                   from
                   the
                   beginning
                   to
                   the
                   end
                   ,
                   what
                   passed
                   ,
                   how
                   you
                   came
                   with
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   hapned
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   About
                   Two
                   a
                   Clock
                   ,
                   or
                   between
                   One
                   and
                   Two
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   last
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Danby
                   came
                   to
                   me
                   at
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Doors
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   me
                   his
                   Father
                   would
                   speak
                   with
                   me
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   carried
                   me
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Linsey's
                   Chamber
                   ,
                   where
                   immediately
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   came
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   me
                   there
                   were
                   some
                   Persons
                   that
                   were
                   going
                   for
                   France
                   about
                   Business
                   of
                   dangerous
                   Consequence
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   desired
                   me
                   to
                   use
                   some
                   means
                   to
                   get
                   them
                   apprehended
                   ;
                   I
                   then
                   proposed
                   what
                   I
                   should
                   have
                   to
                   enable
                   me
                   for
                   the
                   Undertaking
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   Danby
                   said
                   there
                   was
                   such
                   a
                   Boat
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   would
                   procure
                   for
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   gave
                   me
                   a
                   Letter
                   to
                   another
                   Person
                   ,
                   who
                   was
                   to
                   instruct
                   me
                   further
                   about
                   this
                   Matter
                   :
                   My
                   Lord
                   Danby
                   got
                   the
                   Boat
                   ready
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   Men
                   and
                   Arms
                   in
                   it
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   thought
                   there
                   was
                   not
                   Arms
                   enough
                   ,
                   so
                   I
                   borrow'd
                   some
                   Arms
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   Lucas
                   ,
                   and
                   about
                   Eleven
                   a
                   Clock
                   as
                   near
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   we
                   put
                   off
                   from
                   
                     Tower
                     Wharf
                  
                   ,
                   it
                   being
                   very
                   calm
                   ;
                   I
                   thought
                   we
                   should
                   be
                   swifter
                   than
                   any
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   and
                   should
                   have
                   the
                   advantage
                   of
                   them
                   all
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   run
                   down
                   as
                   far
                   as
                   
                     Graves
                     End
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   brought
                   several
                   Vessels
                   by
                   the
                   Lee
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   time
                   I
                   pressed
                   some
                   Barkin
                   men
                   ,
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   of
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   amongst
                   them
                   ,
                   one
                   that
                   knew
                   the
                   Vessels
                   that
                   lay
                   in
                   the
                   River
                   ,
                   having
                   been
                   on
                   Board
                   several
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   did
                   board
                   divers
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   out
                   some
                   men
                   ,
                   having
                   a
                   Press
                   Warant
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   that
                   I
                   had
                   taken
                   of
                   the
                   Barkin
                   men
                   ,
                   after
                   we
                   had
                   passed
                   by
                   several
                   Vessels
                   ,
                   seeing
                   this
                   Vessel
                   sailing
                   ,
                   told
                   me
                   that
                   was
                   the
                   Thomas
                   and
                   Elizabeth
                   ;
                   whereupon
                   we
                   made
                   up
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   waving
                   towards
                   them
                   ,
                   they
                   staid
                   for
                   us
                   :
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   up
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   standing
                   by
                   the
                   Master
                   two
                   lusty
                   Sailors
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   I
                   would
                   take
                   but
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   ;
                   he
                   said
                   he
                   had
                   a
                   Protection
                   ;
                   I
                   bid
                   him
                   shew
                   it
                   me
                   ;
                   when
                   I
                   was
                   come
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   looked
                   upon
                   his
                   Protection
                   ,
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   I
                   must
                   look
                   a
                   little
                   further
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   down
                   into
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   up
                   the
                   Hatches
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   I
                   found
                   them
                   all
                   four
                   lying
                   together
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   four
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   
                     Preston
                     I
                  
                   did
                   not
                   know
                   him
                   then
                   ,
                   nor
                   till
                   afterwards
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   else
                   was
                   there
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ellyot
                  
                   was
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   were
                   both
                   my
                   former
                   Acquaintance
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                     Preston
                     I
                  
                   had
                   forgotten
                   ,
                   till
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   called
                   him
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   asked
                   them
                   what
                   Lord
                   it
                   was
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   said
                   it
                   was
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ;
                   so
                   then
                   I
                   saluted
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   so
                   we
                   rowed
                   up
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Captain
                   tell
                   us
                   what
                   hapned
                   in
                   the
                   Vessel
                   before
                   you
                   went
                   out
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   after
                   you
                   found
                   them
                   there
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   handed
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   up
                   first
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   he
                   came
                   out
                   of
                   that
                   little
                   place
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   was
                   forced
                   to
                   creep
                   out
                   of
                   on
                   his
                   Knees
                   ,
                   I
                   turned
                   my
                   Lord
                   about
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   him
                   I
                   must
                   search
                   him
                   ;
                   he
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   hoped
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   meddle
                   with
                   any
                   thing
                   ;
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   I
                   would
                   meddle
                   with
                   nothing
                   but
                   Papers
                   ,
                   so
                   I
                   put
                   my
                   Hand
                   in
                   his
                   Pocket
                   and
                   took
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   could
                   find
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   them
                   in
                   my
                   own
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   and
                   taking
                   out
                   a
                   Watch
                   ,
                   I
                   delivered
                   it
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   again
                   .
                   The
                   next
                   was
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   searcht
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   found
                   nothing
                   at
                   all
                   upon
                   him
                   .
                   After
                   that
                   Ashton
                   came
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   of
                   my
                   men
                   told
                   me
                   that
                   Gentleman
                   had
                   put
                   something
                   in
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ;
                   whereupon
                   I
                   gave
                   him
                   a
                   sudden
                   turn
                   ,
                   his
                   Back
                   being
                   towards
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   asked
                   him
                   what
                   was
                   that
                   he
                   put
                   in
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ?
                   he
                   told
                   me
                   nothing
                   but
                   his
                   Handkerchief
                   ,
                   and
                   pluckt
                   his
                   Handkerchief
                   out
                   ;
                   with
                   that
                   I
                   clapt
                   my
                   Hand
                   in
                   and
                   got
                   the
                   Packet
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   it
                   out
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Lead
                   fixt
                   to
                   it
                   ;
                   I
                   have
                   the
                   Lead
                   now
                   in
                   my
                   Pocket
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   will
                   you
                   produce
                   it
                   ,
                   Sir.
                   Which
                   he
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   the
                   Lead
                   ,
                   several
                   of
                   my
                   men
                   saw
                   it
                   when
                   't
                   was
                   fixed
                   to
                   the
                   Packet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   you
                   do
                   with
                   the
                   Packet
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   put
                   it
                   immediately
                   into
                   my
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   I
                   had
                   searcht
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   further
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   commanded
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   all
                   into
                   my
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   all
                   the
                   People
                   that
                   belonged
                   to
                   the
                   Smack
                   with
                   me
                   :
                   after
                   I
                   had
                   brought
                   her
                   to
                   an
                   Anchor
                   ,
                   and
                   left
                   two
                   of
                   my
                   men
                   on
                   board
                   of
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   she
                   rid
                   till
                   next
                   Day
                   ,
                   when
                   I
                   sent
                   two
                   more
                   of
                   my
                   men
                   to
                   bring
                   her
                   up
                   and
                   those
                   two
                   men
                   I
                   ordered
                   to
                   search
                   all
                   the
                   parts
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   and
                   take
                   what
                   they
                   could
                   find
                   ,
                   and
                   whatsoever
                   they
                   found
                   they
                   should
                   carry
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   Tower
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Lucas
                   ;
                   which
                   ,
                   I
                   supposed
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ,
                   after
                   such
                   time
                   as
                   you
                   had
                   taken
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   into
                   your
                   Boat
                   ,
                   pray
                   what
                   discourse
                   had
                   you
                   with
                   them
                   ?
                   What
                   said
                   they
                   to
                   you
                   concerning
                   the
                   Papers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   a
                   pretty
                   while
                   before
                   we
                   talked
                   of
                   any
                   thing
                   ;
                   the
                   beginning
                   of
                   our
                   talk
                   was
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   they
                   desired
                   to
                   go
                   ashore
                   at
                   Gravesend
                   to
                   refresh
                   themselves
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   was
                   cold
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   had
                   not
                   eaten
                   any
                   thing
                   :
                   it
                   was
                   my
                   Lord
                   that
                   desired
                   it
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   begged
                   his
                   pardon
                   for
                   that
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   him
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   man
                   of
                   War
                   that
                   lay
                   at
                   Long-reach
                   ,
                   whereas
                   I
                   believed
                   his
                   Lordship
                   would
                   be
                   very
                   well
                   accommodated
                   with
                   any
                   thing
                   he
                   wanted
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   what
                   said
                   they
                   afterwards
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   after
                   I
                   had
                   saluted
                   him
                   upon
                   knowing
                   who
                   he
                   was
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   telling
                   him
                   I
                   was
                   of
                   their
                   acquaintance
                   ,
                   he
                   said
                   he
                   was
                   glad
                   he
                   was
                   fallen
                   into
                   a
                   civil
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   said
                   they
                   were
                   glad
                   they
                   were
                   fallen
                   into
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   an
                   acquaintance
                   .
                   I
                   told
                   my
                   Lord
                   I
                   hope
                   he
                   should
                   never
                   find
                   any
                   thing
                   otherwise
                   than
                   Civil
                   from
                   me
                   ;
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   very
                   civil
                   to
                   me
                   in
                   Complementing
                   ,
                   and
                   assuring
                   me
                   he
                   would
                   acknowledge
                   my
                   favour
                   and
                   kindness
                   to
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Ay
                   ,
                   what
                   did
                   he
                   say
                   to
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   if
                   ever
                   it
                   lay
                   in
                   his
                   Power
                   to
                   do
                   me
                   service
                   he
                   would
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   did
                   not
                   doubt
                   but
                   he
                   might
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   used
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   words
                   and
                   expressions
                   of
                   kindness
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   readiness
                   to
                   do
                   me
                   service
                   ;
                   and
                   amongst
                   the
                   rest
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   said
                   once
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   If
                   I
                   would
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Packet
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   speak
                   that
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   in
                   one
                   of
                   his
                   discourses
                   of
                   his
                   kindness
                   in
                   doing
                   me
                   service
                   ,
                   had
                   this
                   expression
                   ,
                   as
                   near
                   as
                   I
                   can
                   remember
                   ,
                   If
                   I
                   would
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Packet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   he
                   would
                   do
                   for
                   you
                   if
                   you
                   would
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Packet
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   did
                   not
                   come
                   to
                   any
                   particular
                   instance
                   of
                   what
                   he
                   would
                   do
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   said
                   he
                   would
                   serve
                   me
                   in
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   lay
                   in
                   his
                   Power
                   ;
                   but
                   Mr.
                   Elliot
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   discoursed
                   me
                   several
                   times
                   about
                   it
                   ;
                   they
                   courted
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   desired
                   me
                   to
                   throw
                   the
                   Packet
                   over-board
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   do
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   that
                   kind
                   ;
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Elliot
                   said
                   that
                   I
                   might
                   take
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   took
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Pocket
                   and
                   tie
                   the
                   Lead
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   say
                   that
                   was
                   the
                   Packet
                   ,
                   and
                   throw
                   the
                   to'ther
                   over-board
                   .
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   he
                   took
                   the
                   King's
                   Council
                   
                   to
                   be
                   odd
                   People
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   indiscreet
                   ,
                   that
                   could
                   not
                   find
                   out
                   such
                   a
                   thing
                   as
                   that
                   :
                   After
                   this
                   was
                   over
                   ,
                   we
                   had
                   a
                   little
                   interval
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Hamper
                   in
                   the
                   Boats
                   Stern
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   some
                   Bottles
                   of
                   Wine
                   taken
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   drunk
                   several
                   times
                   ;
                   and
                   by
                   and
                   by
                   we
                   had
                   some
                   discourse
                   a
                   little
                   further
                   about
                   the
                   same
                   thing
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   pressed
                   me
                   to
                   throw
                   the
                   Packet
                   away
                   ;
                   and
                   one
                   time
                   particularly
                   
                     Mr.
                     Ashton
                  
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   said
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   a
                   generous
                   thing
                   ,
                   Billop
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   would
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   us
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   you
                   may
                   do
                   as
                   well
                   there
                   as
                   here
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   Whether
                   would
                   he
                   had
                   you
                   gone
                   with
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   did
                   not
                   name
                   any
                   place
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   promises
                   did
                   they
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   make
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Mun
                     Ellyot
                  
                   whispered
                   me
                   several
                   times
                   ,
                   Dear
                   Billop
                   throw
                   the
                   Packet
                   over-board
                   ,
                   what
                   good
                   would
                   it
                   do
                   you
                   to
                   injure
                   so
                   many
                   honest
                   Gentlemen
                   ?
                   And
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   said
                   I
                   had
                   it
                   now
                   in
                   my
                   Power
                   to
                   make
                   my self
                   as
                   great
                   and
                   as
                   rich
                   as
                   I
                   would
                   be
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   say
                   about
                   the
                   Tide
                   turning
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Mun
                     Ellyot
                  
                   also
                   said
                   ,
                   It
                   was
                   impossible
                   the
                   Current
                   or
                   the
                   Tide
                   could
                   run
                   long
                   this
                   way
                   ,
                   or
                   always
                   this
                   way
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   you
                   had
                   refused
                   this
                   that
                   they
                   desired
                   of
                   you
                   ,
                   notwithstanding
                   their
                   promises
                   ,
                   pray
                   tell
                   us
                   how
                   they
                   turned
                   their
                   discourse
                   into
                   threatnings
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Ellyot
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   when
                   nothing
                   would
                   prevail
                   ,
                   that
                   every
                   Dog
                   had
                   his
                   day
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   answered
                   ,
                   I
                   hoped
                   never
                   to
                   see
                   it
                   your
                   day
                   ;
                   but
                   however
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   pray
                   desist
                   from
                   any
                   such
                   Language
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   can't
                   bear
                   it
                   .
                   After
                   that
                   they
                   never
                   askt
                   me
                   any
                   thing
                   about
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   tell
                   us
                   what
                   you
                   did
                   with
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   and
                   these
                   Papers
                   afterwards
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   brought
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   up
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Office
                   ,
                   and
                   delivered
                   the
                   Packet
                   with
                   the
                   Lead
                   fixed
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   stood
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   in
                   the
                   Room
                   till
                   he
                   had
                   opened
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   except
                   while
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   was
                   examined
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   he
                   opened
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   stood
                   by
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   might
                   see
                   him
                   make
                   them
                   up
                   again
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   ,
                   I
                   took
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   in
                   my
                   hand
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   I
                   might
                   read
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   was
                   uneasie
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   disposed
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   to
                   read
                   many
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   so
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   read
                   them
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremayn
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   were
                   all
                   by
                   when
                   Ashton
                   said
                   you
                   would
                   do
                   generously
                   to
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   were
                   they
                   not
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   in
                   the
                   Boat.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   Did
                   not
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   say
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   if
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   do
                   serve
                   us
                   he
                   will
                   do
                   it
                   generously
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   was
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   desire
                   I
                   may
                   ask
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   a
                   Question
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   put
                   your
                   Question
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   and
                   they
                   will
                   ask
                   it
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   where
                   it
                   was
                   ,
                   I
                   said
                   this
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   would
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Packet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Just
                   after
                   I
                   had
                   first
                   saluted
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   you
                   said
                   ,
                   you
                   were
                   glad
                   you
                   were
                   fallen
                   into
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   a
                   civil
                   Gentlemen
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   it
                   a-board
                   the
                   Boat
                   that
                   I
                   desired
                   you
                   to
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Packet
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   and
                   before
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   George
                   Frigat
                   ,
                   when
                   we
                   drunk
                   about
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   opening
                   of
                   the
                   Hamper
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Boat
                   I
                   am
                   very
                   sure
                   ,
                   and
                   before
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   George
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   said
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   you
                   say
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   do
                   you
                   all
                   the
                   kindness
                   that
                   lay
                   in
                   his
                   Power
                   if
                   you
                   would
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Packet
                   ;
                   how
                   would
                   he
                   have
                   you
                   dispose
                   of
                   it
                   ?
                   what
                   did
                   he
                   mean
                   by
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   don't
                   remember
                   he
                   used
                   any
                   other
                   word
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Packet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Ellyot
                   did
                   desire
                   of
                   you
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   times
                   to
                   throw
                   it
                   over
                   board
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   desire
                   he
                   may
                   be
                   ask'd
                   this
                   Question
                   .
                   You
                   said
                   you
                   carried
                   these
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   :
                   Did
                   you
                   see
                   them
                   opened
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   see
                   them
                   opened
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   saw
                   my
                   Lord
                   as
                   he
                   opened
                   ,
                   lay
                   them
                   one
                   by
                   one
                   ,
                   and
                   read
                   them
                   over
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   them
                   up
                   again
                   .
                   And
                   I
                   looked
                   upon
                   several
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   while
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   was
                   reading
                   others
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   stood
                   by
                   the
                   Fire
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   see
                   my
                   Lord
                   make
                   them
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   tied
                   them
                   with
                   a
                   piece
                   of
                   Twine
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   clapt
                   his
                   Seal
                   upon
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   me
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   immediately
                   and
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Were
                   you
                   all
                   the
                   while
                   by
                   ,
                   while
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   was
                   reading
                   the
                   Papers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   by
                   when
                   he
                   opened
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   read
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   staid
                   till
                   he
                   put
                   them
                   up
                   again
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   they
                   came
                   from
                   his
                   hands
                   ,
                   I
                   presently
                   carried
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Are
                   you
                   sure
                   ,
                   or
                   can
                   you
                   swear
                   that
                   these
                   are
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   which
                   were
                   taken
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   Smack
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   carried
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Danby
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   So
                   many
                   of
                   them
                   as
                   I
                   looked
                   into
                   ,
                   I
                   marked
                   ;
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   I
                   marked
                   I
                   can
                   swear
                   to
                   ,
                   and
                   more
                   than
                   them
                   I
                   cannot
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thomson
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   think
                   you
                   say
                   all
                   those
                   Papers
                   that
                   you
                   delivered
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   you
                   saw
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   seal
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   them
                   you
                   carried
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   .
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   so
                   ;
                   all
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   opened
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   ,
                   were
                   put
                   up
                   together
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Seal
                   put
                   to
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   my
                   Ld
                   asks
                   you
                   ,
                   Whether
                   you
                   can
                   swear
                   the
                   particular
                   Papers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   I
                   read
                   ,
                   I
                   marked
                   ,
                   and
                   them
                   I
                   can
                   swear
                   to
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   say
                   you
                   carried
                   all
                   those
                   Papers
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   sealed
                   ,
                   after
                   he
                   had
                   opened
                   them
                   ,
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   see
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   open
                   them
                   ,
                   I
                   see
                   him
                   make
                   them
                   up
                   again
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   made
                   up
                   ,
                   he
                   put
                   his
                   Seal
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   carried
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   may
                   be
                   asked
                   one
                   Question
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Ay
                   ;
                   What
                   is
                   it
                   you
                   would
                   ask
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   whether
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   sealed
                   when
                   he
                   took
                   them
                   and
                   brought
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ;
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   tied
                   up
                   together
                   with
                   a
                   Tape
                   ,
                   or
                   a
                   Twine
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   with
                   both
                   ,
                   very
                   fast
                   together
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   no
                   Seal
                   on
                   them
                   when
                   he
                   took
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ;
                   but
                   there
                   were
                   several
                   Letters
                   within
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   that
                   were
                   sealed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Was
                   not
                   the
                   out-side
                   of
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   sealed
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   don't
                   remember
                   the
                   out-side
                   was
                   sealed
                   ;
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Cover
                   ,
                   but
                   as
                   near
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   folds
                   of
                   Papers
                   fast
                   tied
                   together
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   delivered
                   them
                   as
                   you
                   took
                   them
                   ,
                   to
                   my
                   L.
                   Nottingham
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   :
                   I
                   never
                   took
                   them
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Pocket
                   after
                   I
                   had
                   taken
                   them
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   till
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   my
                   L.
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Office
                   ,
                   where
                   I
                   deliver'd
                   them
                   to
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Had
                   you
                   ever
                   opened
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   seen
                   them
                   opened
                   ,
                   before
                   they
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   indeed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   set
                   up
                   
                     Johnson
                     .
                     (
                     which
                     was
                     done
                     .
                  
                   )
                   Pray
                   tell
                   us
                   what
                   you
                   know
                   of
                   this
                   Matter
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   my
                   L.
                   
                   Dunblain's
                   Barge
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   down
                   with
                   this
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   were
                   on
                   board
                   several
                   Vessels
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   light
                   upon
                   a
                   Ketch
                   ,
                   where
                   we
                   pressed
                   some
                   Men
                   ,
                   we
                   thought
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   only
                   some
                   Seamen
                   that
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   pressed
                   ,
                   we
                   did
                   not
                   know
                   of
                   any
                   thing
                   else
                   when
                   we
                   had
                   
                   rowed
                   down
                   as
                   far
                   as
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   .
                   We
                   rowed
                   up
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   searched
                   several
                   little
                   Vessels
                   and
                   Smacks
                   that
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   River
                   ;
                   when
                   a
                   Fisher-man
                   that
                   we
                   had
                   pressed
                   ,
                   said
                   ,
                   That
                   that
                   was
                   the
                   Vessel
                   the
                   Captain
                   enquired
                   after
                   :
                   And
                   then
                   the
                   Captain
                   bid
                   us
                   take
                   some
                   small
                   Arms
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   took
                   a
                   Pistol
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   aboard
                   .
                   The
                   Captain
                   read
                   the
                   Protection
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   must
                   look
                   further
                   :
                   When
                   the
                   Captain
                   look'd
                   into
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Cabins
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   up
                   the
                   Hatches
                   ,
                   I
                   saw
                   a
                   great
                   piece
                   of
                   Roast-Beef
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   L.
                   Preston
                   by
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Mince-Pye
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Fowl
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   took
                   the
                   Beef
                   out
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Man
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   missed
                   his
                   Knife
                   ,
                   it
                   lay
                   upon
                   the
                   Bench
                   :
                   And
                   then
                   came
                   my
                   Lord
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Man
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   (
                   the
                   Man
                   with
                   the
                   Pock-holes
                   )
                   came
                   up
                   ,
                   he
                   went
                   down
                   again
                   and
                   pretended
                   to
                   look
                   for
                   his
                   Hat
                   ;
                   but
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   down
                   ,
                   I
                   see
                   him
                   cram
                   something
                   into
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   the
                   Captain
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   seen
                   him
                   put
                   some-thing
                   in
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Captain
                   took
                   him
                   hold
                   by
                   the
                   Buttons
                   of
                   his
                   Coat
                   and
                   turned
                   him
                   about
                   ,
                   and
                   asked
                   him
                   ,
                   what
                   he
                   put
                   into
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ?
                   He
                   said
                   ,
                   nothing
                   but
                   his
                   Handkerchief
                   ;
                   and
                   pulling
                   it
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   he
                   shewed
                   it
                   the
                   Captain
                   :
                   but
                   the
                   Captain
                   put
                   his
                   Hand
                   into
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   and
                   pulled
                   out
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thomson
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   say
                   you
                   see
                   him
                   put
                   something
                   in
                   his
                   Bosom
                   when
                   he
                   went
                   down
                   .
                   Did
                   you
                   observe
                   whence
                   he
                   took
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   upon
                   the
                   Gravel
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   were
                   a
                   couple
                   of
                   Seals
                   which
                   we
                   afterwards
                   took
                   up
                   lying
                   by
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   believe
                   he
                   took
                   up
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   and
                   forgot
                   the
                   Seals
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   let
                   us
                   see
                   the
                   Seals
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   observes
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   was
                   not
                   at
                   first
                   in
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   he
                   took
                   it
                   up
                   from
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   the
                   Seals
                   lay
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   it
                   in
                   his
                   Bosom
                   .
                   Pray
                   in
                   what
                   place
                   did
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   and
                   these
                   Seals
                   lie
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Upon
                   the
                   Ballast
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   had
                   shoved
                   away
                   the
                   Board
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Was
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   upon
                   the
                   Ballast
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   lay
                   almost
                   upon
                   his
                   Back
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   the
                   first
                   that
                   we
                   saw
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   came
                   out
                   first
                   ;
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   four
                   lying
                   together
                   there
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   lay
                   next
                   my
                   L.
                   Preston
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord's
                   Footman
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   lay
                   next
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   lay
                   next
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Where
                   were
                   the
                   Seals
                   then
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   was
                   the
                   first
                   that
                   I
                   see
                   come
                   up
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   where
                   the
                   Seals
                   were
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Seals
                   were
                   down
                   upon
                   the
                   Ballast
                   ;
                   whether
                   they
                   were
                   my
                   Lord's
                   or
                   no
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   ,
                   or
                   whose
                   they
                   were
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   that
                   we
                   will
                   ask
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   :
                   Are
                   these
                   the
                   Seals
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ;
                   these
                   are
                   the
                   Seals
                   this
                   Man
                   gave
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   took
                   them
                   from
                   off
                   the
                   Ballast
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   my
                   Lord
                   own
                   these
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   Seals
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   ask
                   him
                   that
                   I
                   know
                   of
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   Johnson
                   ,
                   go
                   on
                   ,
                   tell
                   what
                   you
                   know
                   further
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Long-reach
                   ,
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   that
                   had
                   a
                   long
                   Perriwig
                   ,
                   a
                   black
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   I
                   think
                   they
                   call
                   him
                   ,
                   had
                   a
                   pair
                   of
                   Whiskers
                   on
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   taken
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   took
                   a
                   pair
                   of
                   Siscers
                   and
                   cut
                   them
                   both
                   off
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   said
                   ,
                   if
                   ever
                   he
                   liv'd
                   ,
                   he
                   should
                   remember
                   me
                   ,
                   having
                   a
                   Tooth
                   out
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   was
                   so
                   sharp
                   upon
                   him
                   to
                   make
                   him
                   come
                   out
                   :
                   And
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   George
                   Frigat
                   in
                   Long-reach
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Man
                   came
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   give
                   me
                   something
                   to
                   drink
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   would
                   deliver
                   him
                   the
                   Seals
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Had
                   you
                   any
                   Discourse
                   with
                   my
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   himself
                   about
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   his
                   Footman
                   that
                   came
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   body
                   there
                   but
                   my self
                   and
                   him
                   ;
                   I
                   had
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   would
                   give
                   me
                   something
                   to
                   drink
                   if
                   I
                   would
                   deliver
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   may
                   I
                   ask
                   a
                   Question
                   or
                   two
                   of
                   this
                   Witness
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   have
                   done
                   with
                   him
                   .
                   What
                   say
                   you
                   ,
                   Brother
                   Thompson
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   shall
                   have
                   done
                   with
                   him
                   presently
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   Pray
                   had
                   you
                   any
                   Money
                   given
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   Ld
                   gave
                   the
                   Ship
                   's
                   Company
                   ten
                   Shillings
                   to
                   drink
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   piece
                   was
                   a
                   Brass
                   Half-Crown
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   they
                   say
                   as
                   they
                   went
                   along
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   remember
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   had
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   Discourse
                   while
                   we
                   rowed
                   ;
                   I
                   was
                   at
                   the
                   next
                   Oar
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   what
                   '
                   t
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   did
                   discourse
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Ashton
                     ,
                     Elliot
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Captain
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Cannot
                   you
                   remember
                   what
                   they
                   said
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   did
                   talk
                   together
                   several
                   times
                   ,
                   Elliot
                   said
                   he
                   was
                   a-cold
                   ,
                   and
                   came
                   and
                   rowed
                   at
                   the
                   Oar
                   awhile
                   ,
                   and
                   Elliot
                   swore
                   an
                   Oath
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   they
                   row
                   all
                   as
                   if
                   they
                   were
                   rowing
                   to
                   Prison
                   ;
                   but
                   truly
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   much
                   mind
                   their
                   Discourse
                   ,
                   I
                   minded
                   my
                   rowing
                   .
                   There
                   were
                   some
                   Victuals
                   handed
                   to
                   us
                   which
                   we
                   did
                   eat
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   Elliot
                   seem
                   to
                   be
                   angry
                   ?
                   What
                   did
                   he
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Elliot
                   wished
                   that
                   a
                   Thunderbolt
                   might
                   drop
                   into
                   the
                   Boat
                   several
                   times
                   ,
                   and
                   sink
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   went
                   through
                   Bridg
                   ,
                   against
                   Tide
                   ,
                   he
                   wished
                   that
                   
                   London-Bridg
                   might
                   have
                   fallen
                   upon
                   our
                   Heads
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   I
                   would
                   ask
                   him
                   ,
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   ,
                   Did
                   you
                   see
                   Ashton
                   take
                   up
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   lay
                   by
                   the
                   Seals
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   perceive
                   there
                   seems
                   to
                   be
                   some
                   stress
                   laid
                   upon
                   my
                   lying
                   next
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Seals
                   lying
                   by
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   here
                   has
                   been
                   no
                   Inference
                   made
                   from
                   that
                   yet
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Counsel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   in
                   vain
                   to
                   deny
                   we
                   were
                   all
                   together
                   there
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   were
                   the
                   first
                   that
                   I
                   see
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   were
                   all
                   together
                   ,
                   but
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   such
                   thing
                   to
                   be
                   gathered
                   from
                   thence
                   as
                   they
                   would
                   infinuate
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   suppose
                   't
                   would
                   be
                   deduced
                   from
                   hence
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   lay
                   near
                   these
                   Seals
                   ,
                   should
                   be
                   my
                   Pacquet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   have
                   not
                   yet
                   heard
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   what
                   use
                   they
                   will
                   make
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   very
                   hard
                   Presumption
                   because
                   we
                   were
                   in
                   one
                   place
                   and
                   the
                   Seals
                   at
                   a
                   little
                   distance
                   from
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   therefore
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   must
                   be
                   presumed
                   to
                   be
                   mine
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   it
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   presumed
                   against
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Since
                   your
                   Lordship
                   mentions
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   take
                   notice
                   a
                   little
                   of
                   it
                   too
                   :
                   It
                   is
                   only
                   a
                   Circumstantial
                   Evidence
                   that
                   is
                   made
                   use
                   of
                   against
                   you
                   ;
                   how
                   far
                   it
                   will
                   weigh
                   ,
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   left
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   vvhen
                   all
                   the
                   Evidence
                   is
                   heard
                   .
                   The
                   Pacquet
                   is
                   found
                   in
                   the
                   place
                   vvhere
                   your
                   Lordship
                   lay
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   it
                   Seals
                   that
                   belong
                   to
                   you
                   ;
                   one
                   is
                   the
                   Seal
                   of
                   your
                   Office
                   ,
                   as
                   Secretary
                   of
                   State
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   is
                   your
                   own
                   proper
                   Coat
                   of
                   Arms.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   With
                   submission
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   this
                   Witness
                   may
                   be
                   asked
                   this
                   Question
                   ,
                   Whether
                   he
                   savv
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   take
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   out
                   of
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   ,
                   Whether
                   he
                   savv
                   Billop
                   deliver
                   the
                   same
                   Pacquet
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   consider
                   this
                   ,
                   he
                   vvas
                   not
                   then
                   by
                   :
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   tells
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   very
                   Pacquet
                   which
                   he
                   took
                   out
                   of
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   he
                   carried
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   tells
                   you
                   my
                   Lord
                   opened
                   it
                   in
                   his
                   presence
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   is
                   sure
                   he
                   put
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   together
                   again
                   and
                   set
                   his
                   own
                   Seal
                   upon
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   he
                   took
                   them
                   from
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   and
                   carried
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   As
                   soon
                   as
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   White-hall
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   set
                   Sentinel
                   over
                   those
                   three
                   Men
                   that
                   came
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Smack
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   not
                   admitted
                   into
                   the
                   Room
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   must
                   desire
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   may
                   be
                   sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Nottingham
                 sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Where
                   are
                   the
                   Papers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nottingham
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bridgman
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   you
                   have
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   Does
                   your
                   Lordship
                   remember
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   brought
                   a
                   Bundle
                   of
                   Papers
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   became
                   of
                   them
                   ?
                   Will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   give
                   the
                   Court
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   an
                   account
                   of
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nottingham
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   all
                   that
                   I
                   have
                   to
                   say
                   in
                   this
                   matter
                   is
                   ,
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   brought
                   to
                   me
                   a
                   Bundle
                   of
                   Papers
                   tied
                   about
                   with
                   a
                   Packthread
                   ,
                   to
                   vvhich
                   was
                   fixed
                   a
                   piece
                   of
                   Lead
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   the
                   same
                   piece
                   that
                   was
                   now
                   produced
                   ,
                   at
                   least
                   it
                   was
                   one
                   very
                   like
                   it
                   ,
                   he
                   brought
                   also
                   a
                   Signet
                   which
                   I
                   presume
                   I
                   can
                   know
                   again
                   when
                   I
                   see
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   shew
                   my
                   Lord
                   the
                   Seals
                   .
                
              
               
                 [
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nottingham
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   the
                   Signet
                   I
                   presume
                   vvhich
                   he
                   brought
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   he
                   brought
                   just
                   such
                   a
                   one
                   ,
                   if
                   not
                   the
                   same
                   :
                   those
                   Papers
                   vvhen
                   he
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   I
                   opened
                   in
                   his
                   presence
                   ,
                   and
                   vvhen
                   I
                   had
                   so
                   done
                   ,
                   I
                   read
                   them
                   and
                   put
                   them
                   up
                   together
                   again
                   and
                   sealed
                   them
                   with
                   my
                   own
                   Seal
                   ,
                   and
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   him
                   back
                   again
                   .
                   What
                   the
                   Papers
                   are
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   he
                   did
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   I
                   suppose
                   ,
                   he
                   vvill
                   give
                   you
                   an
                   account
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   your
                   Lordship
                   says
                   the
                   Bundle
                   of
                   Papers
                   he
                   delivered
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   you
                   sealed
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   delivered
                   to
                   him
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nottingham
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   those
                   Papers
                   that
                   he
                   brought
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   seal
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   deliver
                   back
                   to
                   him
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   were
                   they
                   ever
                   out
                   of
                   Capt.
                   
                   Billop's
                   sight
                   vvhile
                   your
                   Lordship
                   had
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nottingham
                   .
                
                 
                   Not
                   after
                   they
                   were
                   opened
                   :
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   little
                   Paper
                   that
                   was
                   tied
                   to
                   the
                   Bundle
                   which
                   fell
                   loose
                   upon
                   the
                   taking
                   away
                   the
                   Lead
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   opened
                   that
                   while
                   he
                   vvas
                   by
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Bundle
                   lay
                   upon
                   the
                   Table
                   while
                   I
                   examined
                   my
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   my
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   vvas
                   gone
                   out
                   ,
                   I
                   called
                   in
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   (
                   who
                   vvent
                   out
                   while
                   I
                   examined
                   my
                   Lord
                   )
                   and
                   I
                   opened
                   that
                   great
                   Pacquet
                   in
                   his
                   sight
                   and
                   read
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   read
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   in
                   the
                   great
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   little
                   Paper
                   that
                   was
                   stuck
                   in
                   ,
                   I
                   delivered
                   sealed
                   up
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   Were
                   the
                   Letters
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   sealed
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nottingham
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   there
                   were
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   sealed
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   him
                   I
                   delivered
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   hear
                   vvhat
                   my
                   Lord
                   says
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nottingham
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   very
                   same
                   ,
                   all
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   ,
                   I
                   say
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   M.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   had
                   them
                   back
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   pray
                   to
                   whom
                   did
                   you
                   deliver
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   vve
                   must
                   desire
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   would
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   be
                   sworn
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   The
                   Marquess
                   of
                   Carmarthen
                   ,
                   Lord
                   President
                   of
                   the
                   Council
                   ,
                   was
                   Sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   must
                   desire
                   the
                   favour
                   of
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   to
                   acquaint
                   the
                   Court
                   when
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   came
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   what
                   he
                   said
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   he
                   brought
                   with
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   President
                   .
                
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   did
                   bring
                   me
                   a
                   bundle
                   of
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   told
                   me
                   he
                   brought
                   them
                   from
                   my
                   Ld
                   of
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   sealed
                   ,
                   wrap'd
                   up
                   with
                   a
                   Packthread
                   ,
                   and
                   sealed
                   with
                   a
                   Seal
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   knew
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Seal
                   ;
                   he
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   me
                   my self
                   ;
                   and
                   these
                   Papers
                   I
                   kept
                   till
                   I
                   shew'd
                   them
                   the
                   King
                   the
                   next
                   morning
                   .
                   And
                   after
                   I
                   had
                   shewed
                   them
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   delivered
                   them
                   up
                   back
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   having
                   read
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   commanded
                   they
                   should
                   be
                   delivered
                   to
                   the
                   Cabinet
                   Council
                   .
                   A
                   Cabinet
                   Council
                   was
                   called
                   ,
                   and
                   accordingly
                   there
                   I
                   did
                   deliver
                   them
                   Paper
                   by
                   Paper
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   marked
                   by
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   I
                   think
                   by
                   my
                   Ld
                   Marlborough
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   I
                   delivered
                   them
                   all
                   together
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   desire
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   would
                   please
                   to
                   be
                   sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Sidney
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   to
                   acquaint
                   the
                   Court
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   what
                   Papers
                   were
                   delivered
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   whom
                   ,
                   and
                   where
                   those
                   Papers
                   are
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   delivered
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   kept
                   them
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   ever
                   since
                   :
                   As
                   soon
                   as
                   I
                   had
                   them
                   ,
                   I
                   read
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   marked
                   them
                   with
                   a
                   Letter
                   of
                   my
                   own
                   Name
                   ,
                   the
                   Letter
                   H.
                   I
                   have
                   kept
                   them
                   ever
                   since
                   ,
                   only
                   one
                   morning
                   I
                   gave
                   them
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Bridgman
                   to
                   be
                   copied
                   out
                   assoon
                   as
                   he
                   could
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   delivered
                   them
                   me
                   back
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   have
                   not
                   been
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Custody
                   since
                   ,
                   only
                   the
                   Night
                   before
                   last
                   Night
                   they
                   were
                   sent
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Sollicitor
                   to
                   read
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   immediately
                   to
                   me
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   To
                   whom
                   did
                   your
                   Lordship
                   deliver
                   them
                   to
                   be
                   copied
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   Mr.
                   Bridgeman
                   ,
                   I
                   tell
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   So
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   never
                   out
                   of
                   your
                   Lordship's
                   Hands
                   till
                   now
                   ,
                   but
                   only
                   in
                   Mr.
                   
                   Bridgeman's
                   Hands
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   kept
                   them
                   in
                   my
                   Pocket
                   ever
                   since
                   ,
                   only
                   the
                   Night
                   before
                   last
                   Night
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   sent
                   to
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Did
                   your
                   Lordship
                   mark
                   them
                   before
                   they
                   were
                   delivered
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Bridgeman
                   to
                   copy
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   marked
                   them
                   when
                   I
                   received
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Chief
                   Justice
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordship
                   does
                   observe
                   that
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   swears
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   never
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   possession
                   till
                   he
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   ;
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   says
                   he
                   never
                   opened
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   left
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   upon
                   the
                   Table
                   while
                   I
                   was
                   examining
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   speak
                   a
                   little
                   louder
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   hear
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   saying
                   ,
                   my
                   L.
                   Nottingham
                   says
                   .
                   That
                   while
                   he
                   was
                   examining
                   me
                   ,
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   lay
                   upon
                   the
                   Table
                   unopened
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   never
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   Eye
                   till
                   he
                   sent
                   them
                   sealed
                   by
                   C.
                   Billop
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   they
                   come
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   kept
                   by
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   ;
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   says
                   ,
                   my
                   Ld
                   Churchill
                   saw
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   in
                   his
                   possession
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordship
                   does
                   mistake
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   ,
                   he
                   does
                   not
                   say
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   in
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Marlborough's
                   Hands
                   ;
                   but
                   he
                   did
                   communicate
                   them
                   at
                   the
                   Cabinet-Council
                   where
                   my
                   L.
                   Marlborough
                   was
                   ;
                   he
                   said
                   indeed
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   King's
                   Hands
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   was
                   by
                   all
                   the
                   while
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   From
                   that
                   time
                   they
                   came
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   's
                   Hands
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   what
                   may
                   be
                   put
                   in
                   ,
                   nor
                   what
                   taken
                   out
                   ,
                   these
                   Papers
                   are
                   not
                   sealed
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   hear
                   of
                   ,
                   afterwards
                   ;
                   and
                   passing
                   through
                   so
                   many
                   Hands
                   ,
                   no
                   body
                   knows
                   what
                   may
                   be
                   done
                   to
                   them
                   :
                   Truly
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   very
                   hard
                   to
                   swear
                   ,
                   after
                   
                   all
                   this
                   ,
                   that
                   these
                   are
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   taken
                   aboard
                   the
                   Smack
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   you
                   please
                   to
                   ask
                   any
                   Questions
                   to
                   satisfy
                   your self
                   of
                   any
                   of
                   these
                   Noble
                   Lords
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   'le
                   put
                   your
                   Lordship
                   right
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   With
                   all
                   my
                   Heart
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   hears
                   what
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   says
                   ;
                   he
                   says
                   ,
                   he
                   brought
                   them
                   ,
                   as
                   he
                   took
                   them
                   out
                   of
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   :
                   My
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   opened
                   them
                   before
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   deliver
                   them
                   to
                   him
                   again
                   ,
                   having
                   made
                   them
                   up
                   .
                   My
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   says
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   delivered
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   delivered
                   back
                   again
                   ,
                   all
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   ;
                   and
                   Billop
                   says
                   ,
                   he
                   carried
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   ;
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   shewed
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   afterwards
                   carried
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   Cabinet
                   Council
                   ;
                   there
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   were
                   opened
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   they
                   were
                   marked
                   ,
                   some
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   Marlborough
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   by
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   please
                   to
                   observe
                   this
                   ;
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   was
                   pleased
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   he
                   opened
                   no
                   Papers
                   till
                   I
                   was
                   called
                   in
                   and
                   examined
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   withdrew
                   .
                   Now
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   don't
                   know
                   whether
                   the
                   Captain
                   can
                   say
                   that
                   these
                   were
                   the
                   very
                   same
                   Papers
                   that
                   he
                   took
                   in
                   the
                   Smack
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   says
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   saw
                   the
                   Papers
                   opened
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   observes
                   a
                   thing
                   that
                   is
                   very
                   right
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   after
                   I
                   had
                   delivered
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   while
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   examined
                   ,
                   I
                   withdrew
                   ;
                   but
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   has
                   given
                   your
                   Lordship
                   an
                   Account
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   opened
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   then
                   ,
                   but
                   only
                   the
                   small
                   Letter
                   or
                   Note
                   that
                   lay
                   apart
                   from
                   the
                   rest
                   :
                   But
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   condition
                   when
                   I
                   came
                   in
                   again
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   Table
                   ,
                   as
                   when
                   I
                   left
                   it
                   ;
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   believe
                   ,
                   had
                   not
                   opened
                   that
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   found
                   it
                   just
                   as
                   I
                   left
                   it
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   Table
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   says
                   ,
                   he
                   delivered
                   back
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   he
                   received
                   from
                   him
                   ;
                   they
                   were
                   never
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   presence
                   ;
                   nor
                   were
                   they
                   opened
                   ,
                   as
                   my
                   Lord
                   says
                   ,
                   but
                   in
                   
                   Billop's
                   presence
                   ,
                   nor
                   opened
                   till
                   after
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Examination
                   ,
                   except
                   the
                   little
                   Paper
                   that
                   was
                   stuck
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   loose
                   upon
                   taking
                   away
                   the
                   Lead
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   swear
                   Mr.
                   Bridgeman
                   .
                
              
               
                 (
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   received
                   the
                   Bundle
                   of
                   Papers
                   from
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   were
                   they
                   carried
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   whom
                   were
                   they
                   delivered
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bridgman
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   gave
                   me
                   these
                   Papers
                   to
                   have
                   them
                   copied
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   copied
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   with
                   my
                   own
                   Hand
                   ,
                   the
                   others
                   I
                   delivered
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Poultney
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   copied
                   in
                   my
                   presence
                   in
                   the
                   Office
                   :
                   They
                   were
                   never
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   sight
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   ever
                   they
                   were
                   copied
                   ,
                   I
                   carried
                   them
                   back
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   and
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   him
                   my self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Were
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   taken
                   from
                   you
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bridgeman
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   say
                   I
                   copied
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   my self
                   ,
                   the
                   others
                   were
                   copied
                   in
                   my
                   sight
                   and
                   presence
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Office.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   let
                   me
                   ask
                   you
                   one
                   Question
                   ;
                   Were
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   delivered
                   to
                   you
                   by
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   redelivered
                   back
                   again
                   and
                   altered
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bridgman
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   very
                   sure
                   I
                   gave
                   them
                   all
                   the
                   same
                   back
                   again
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   read
                   them
                   every
                   one
                   before
                   they
                   were
                   copied
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   observe
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   had
                   marked
                   them
                   before
                   you
                   had
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bridgeman
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   marked
                   before
                   I
                   had
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   ask
                   Mr.
                   Bridgeman
                   this
                   Question
                   ,
                   Pray
                   Sir
                   ,
                   Were
                   they
                   sealed
                   up
                   when
                   you
                   sent
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bridgeman
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   sealed
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   tied
                   up
                   ,
                   but
                   about
                   the
                   Seals
                   I
                   remember
                   when
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   my
                   Ld
                   
                   Sidney's
                   Office
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   Question
                   is
                   ask'd
                   you
                   ,
                   Whether
                   you
                   carried
                   them
                   back
                   sealed
                   or
                   no
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bridgeman
                   .
                
                 
                   No.
                   They
                   were
                   not
                   sealed
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   delivered
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   can
                   safely
                   swear
                   they
                   were
                   never
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Custody
                   till
                   I
                   delivered
                   them
                   back
                   again
                   ;
                   for
                   vvhat
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   copy
                   my self
                   ,
                   were
                   copied
                   in
                   my
                   sight
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   your
                   Lordship
                   is
                   pleased
                   to
                   observe
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   mark'd
                   by
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   before
                   they
                   were
                   delivered
                   unto
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   done
                   with
                   our
                   living
                   Witnesses
                   for
                   the
                   present
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   read
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bridgeman
                   .
                
                 
                   One
                   thing
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   remember
                   ,
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   received
                   the
                   Papers
                   back
                   again
                   ,
                   he
                   looked
                   over
                   every
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   and
                   read
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   looked
                   upon
                   the
                   Marks
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   beg
                   the
                   favour
                   to
                   ask
                   one
                   Question
                   of
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   ;
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   did
                   your
                   Lordship
                   number
                   the
                   Papers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   number
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   your
                   Lordship
                   says
                   upon
                   your
                   Oath
                   and
                   Honour
                   ,
                   that
                   those
                   are
                   the
                   very
                   Marks
                   upon
                   them
                   that
                   your
                   Lordship
                   set
                   there
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   are
                   indeed
                   to
                   produce
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   we
                   shall
                   ask
                   that
                   particular
                   Question
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   will
                   see
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   he
                   will
                   answer
                   your
                   Lordship's
                   Question
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   ,
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   is
                   here
                   a
                   Witness
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Occasions
                   call
                   him
                   away
                   ,
                   have
                   you
                   a
                   mind
                   to
                   ask
                   him
                   any
                   more
                   Questions
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   say
                   you
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   have
                   you
                   any
                   further
                   occasion
                   for
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   must
                   beg
                   his
                   Lordship's
                   Patience
                   ,
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   know
                   what
                   occasion
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   ;
                   I
                   desire
                   this
                   Paper
                   may
                   be
                   shewn
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   .
                
              
               
                 (
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 )
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   my
                   mark
                   ,
                   that
                   Paper
                   I
                   know
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Here
                   are
                   two
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   these
                   is
                   the
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   other
                   ,
                   both
                   were
                   taken
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Packet
                   ,
                   the
                   one
                   is
                   fairer
                   written
                   than
                   the
                   other
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   Paper
                   we
                   are
                   now
                   offering
                   to
                   you
                   is
                   that
                   which
                   I
                   mentioned
                   before
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   Result
                   of
                   a
                   Conference
                   ;
                   there
                   were
                   two
                   of
                   them
                   taken
                   in
                   this
                   Bundle
                   ,
                   the
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   seems
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   first
                   Draught
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   is
                   a
                   Copy
                   more
                   fairly
                   written
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   think
                   they
                   are
                   both
                   in
                   effect
                   the
                   same
                   ;
                   however
                   they
                   were
                   both
                   taken
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   shall
                   hear
                   them
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   that
                   before
                   it
                   be
                   read
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   shewn
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ,
                   to
                   know
                   whether
                   it
                   be
                   the
                   very
                   Paper
                   that
                   he
                   took
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Ay
                   ,
                   let
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   look
                   upon
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   that
                   Paper
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   observes
                   that
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   cannot
                   swear
                   that
                   this
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   he
                   took
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   looked
                   into
                   I
                   marked
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   mark'd
                   I
                   can
                   swear
                   to
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   others
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   look
                   into
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   he
                   swears
                   all
                   that
                   he
                   brought
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   were
                   sealed
                   up
                   by
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   and
                   carried
                   by
                   him
                   from
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   swears
                   he
                   delivered
                   them
                   all
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   swears
                   this
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Certainly
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   's
                   swearing
                   to
                   a
                   Paper
                   in
                   this
                   manner
                   cannot
                   be
                   a
                   good
                   Proof
                   :
                   my
                   Circumstances
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   are
                   very
                   hard
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   heard
                   ,
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   of
                   Counsel
                   for
                   me
                   in
                   any
                   Point
                   of
                   Law
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   ,
                   whether
                   this
                   can
                   be
                   a
                   Proof
                   of
                   a
                   Paper
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   says
                   was
                   taken
                   in
                   a
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   he
                   can't
                   swear
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   he
                   does
                   not
                   swear
                   that
                   this
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Question
                   is
                   ,
                   Whether
                   all
                   these
                   Witnesses
                   together
                   do
                   not
                   prove
                   it
                   ?
                   You
                   see
                   how
                   the
                   Evidence
                   runs
                   ;
                   All
                   the
                   Papers
                   taken
                   were
                   delivered
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   :
                   All
                   that
                   were
                   delivered
                   to
                   him
                   were
                   sent
                   back
                   by
                   him
                   sealed
                   ,
                   and
                   delivered
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   ;
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   brought
                   them
                   all
                   to
                   the
                   Cabinet-Council
                   ,
                   and
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   says
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   very
                   great
                   Honour
                   for
                   that
                   Noble
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   been
                   upon
                   his
                   Oath
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   have
                   said
                   that
                   which
                   was
                   truth
                   ;
                   but
                   in
                   this
                   condition
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   in
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   crave
                   leave
                   to
                   observe
                   every
                   thing
                   I
                   can
                   for
                   my self
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   cannot
                   but
                   say
                   these
                   Papers
                   are
                   very
                   oddly
                   managed
                   ,
                   and
                   delivered
                   up
                   and
                   down
                   from
                   one
                   hand
                   to
                   another
                   ;
                   I
                   desire
                   your
                   Lordship
                   would
                   please
                   to
                   observe
                   that
                   these
                   Papers
                   are
                   here
                   brought
                   after
                   a
                   very
                   odd
                   manner
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   not
                   to
                   sum
                   up
                   the
                   Evidence
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   till
                   we
                   have
                   done
                   ,
                   nor
                   to
                   make
                   your
                   Observations
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Brother
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   opposes
                   the
                   reading
                   of
                   the
                   Paper
                   ,
                   as
                   not
                   well
                   proved
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   so
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   advise
                   me
                   whether
                   you
                   do
                   think
                   it
                   a
                   sufficient
                   Evidence
                   and
                   Proof
                   of
                   these
                   Papers
                   ;
                   they
                   are
                   Papers
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   copied
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   sent
                   unsealed
                   from
                   hand
                   to
                   hand
                   by
                   some
                   Mestengers
                   from
                   one
                   to
                   another
                   ,
                   and
                   which
                   now
                   appear
                   to
                   be
                   unsealed
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   of
                   which
                   he
                   that
                   took
                   them
                   cannot
                   swear
                   to
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   cannot
                   hear
                   one
                   word
                   that
                   is
                   said
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   my
                   misfortune
                   :
                   but
                   I
                   am
                   urging
                   to
                   my
                   Lords
                   the
                   Judges
                   ,
                   whether
                   this
                   Paper
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   read
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   desire
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   advise
                   me
                   ,
                   whether
                   it
                   can
                   be
                   admitted
                   as
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   being
                   thus
                   oddly
                   proved
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   Evidence
                   surely
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   :
                   but
                   the
                   Question
                   is
                   ,
                   What
                   Credit
                   the
                   Jury
                   will
                   give
                   to
                   this
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   the
                   Jury
                   are
                   Judges
                   of
                   that
                   ;
                   but
                   certainly
                   it
                   is
                   Evidence
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   Paper
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   doubt
                   not
                   but
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   do
                   me
                   Justice
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   readily
                   acquiesce
                   in
                   what
                   your
                   Lordships
                   do
                   appoint
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   see
                   how
                   the
                   Evidence
                   stands
                   about
                   this
                   matter
                   ;
                   first
                   it
                   is
                   sworn
                   by
                   Billop
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   took
                   a
                   Bundle
                   of
                   Papers
                   ,
                   tho
                   't
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   the
                   Particulars
                   he
                   does
                   not
                   undertake
                   to
                   swear
                   to
                   ;
                   Well
                   ,
                   what
                   is
                   next
                   ?
                   why
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   all
                   that
                   was
                   in
                   that
                   Bundle
                   I
                   carried
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   all
                   that
                   I
                   carried
                   to
                   him
                   .
                   What
                   says
                   my
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   ?
                   he
                   swears
                   I
                   delivered
                   back
                   again
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   he
                   delivered
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   ,
                   sealed
                   up
                   with
                   my
                   Seal
                   .
                   When
                   he
                   has
                   it
                   sealed
                   up
                   ,
                   what
                   does
                   he
                   do
                   with
                   it
                   ?
                   why
                   he
                   carries
                   it
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   .
                   Is
                   there
                   any
                   possibility
                   of
                   creeping
                   out
                   of
                   this
                   Evidence
                   ?
                   Well
                   ,
                   he
                   delivers
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   says
                   this
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   :
                   Can
                   there
                   be
                   a
                   plainer
                   Evidence
                   than
                   this
                   ?
                   when
                   he
                   says
                   ,
                   all
                   he
                   had
                   he
                   carried
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Ld
                   Nottingham
                   swears
                   all
                   he
                   did
                   receive
                   he
                   sent
                   back
                   sealed
                   by
                   him
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Ld
                   President
                   swears
                   all
                   he
                   received
                   so
                   sealed
                   he
                   gave
                   to
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Ld
                   Sidney
                   swears
                   this
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   please
                   to
                   observe
                   they
                   were
                   carried
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   my
                   Ld
                   Marlborough
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   not
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   sight
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   says
                   my
                   Lord
                   Marlborough
                   marked
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   were
                   delivered
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   does
                   say
                   they
                   are
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   says
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   the
                   same
                   that
                   were
                   brought
                   him
                   by
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   swears
                   he
                   sealed
                   them
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   ,
                   all
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   than
                   he
                   received
                   from
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Baron
                   .
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   should
                   observe
                   where
                   the
                   defect
                   of
                   the
                   Proof
                   is
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   supplyed
                   ;
                   for
                   truly
                   ,
                   put
                   it
                   altogether
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   see
                   how
                   there
                   could
                   be
                   a
                   plainer
                   Proof
                   given
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   heard
                   as
                   to
                   this
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   was
                   pleased
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   that
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   were
                   delivered
                   to
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   shewn
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   was
                   by
                   all
                   the
                   while
                   the
                   King
                   did
                   read
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   where
                   a
                   Mans
                   Life
                   lyes
                   at
                   stake
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   is
                   dear
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   certainly
                   allow
                   him
                   to
                   make
                   what
                   observations
                   he
                   can
                   for
                   himself
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Ay
                   ,
                   in
                   Gods
                   Name
                   ,
                   by
                   all
                   means
                   :
                   You
                   shall
                   have
                   all
                   the
                   Liberty
                   you
                   can
                   desire
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   desire
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   will
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   look
                   upon
                   those
                   Papers
                   .
                   Which
                   was
                   done
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ,
                   and
                   which
                   I
                   shewed
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   which
                   I
                   brought
                   to
                   the
                   Cabinet
                   Council
                   ;
                   and
                   this
                   is
                   another
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   was
                   your
                   Lordship
                   by
                   when
                   His
                   Majesty
                   read
                   those
                   Letters
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   ask
                   it
                   for
                   this
                   end
                   ,
                   to
                   know
                   whether
                   they
                   were
                   out
                   of
                   your
                   Lordships
                   sight
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   never
                   ;
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Kings
                   Cabinet
                   ,
                   His
                   Majesty
                   read
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   put
                   them
                   up
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   them
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   delivered
                   them
                   at
                   the
                   Cabinet
                   Council
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   desire
                   this
                   Paper
                   may
                   be
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Read
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   ,
                   Reads
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     result
                     of
                     a
                     Conference
                     between
                     some
                     Lords
                     and
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     both
                     Tories
                     and
                     Whigs
                     ,
                     in
                     which
                     it
                     was
                     undertaken
                     to
                     prove
                     the
                     possibility
                     and
                     method
                     of
                     restoring
                     by
                     a
                     Fr.
                     Power
                     ,
                     without
                     endangering
                     the
                     Protestant
                     Religion
                     and
                     Civil
                     Administration
                     ,
                     according
                     to
                     the
                     Laws
                     of
                     this
                     Kingdom
                     .
                  
                   
                     1.
                     F.
                     Must
                     either
                     Oblige
                     or
                     Conquer
                     us
                     :
                     If
                     the
                     last
                     ,
                     he
                     will
                     find
                     few
                     helps
                     here
                     ,
                     but
                     a
                     bloodyer
                     resistance
                     then
                     ever
                     the
                     
                       Romans
                       ,
                       Saxons
                    
                     ,
                     or
                     Normans
                     found
                     :
                     It
                     being
                     incredible
                     ,
                     how
                     unanimous
                     and
                     obstinate
                     that
                     very
                     thought
                     renders
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     so
                     that
                     it
                     may
                     make
                     us
                     a
                     heap
                     of
                     ruin
                     ,
                     but
                     no
                     Nation
                     that
                     can
                     ever
                     help
                     or
                     import
                     any
                     thing
                     to
                     F.
                     
                  
                   
                     2.
                     
                     If
                     K.
                     L.
                     desires
                     to
                     oblige
                     Vs
                     ,
                     and
                     make
                     the
                     Work
                     easie
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     may
                     be
                     at
                     leisure
                     to
                     ply
                     the
                     Empire
                     or
                     Italy
                     ,
                     or
                     to
                     have
                     an
                     advantagious
                     Peace
                     ,
                     he
                     must
                     take
                     off
                     the
                     frightful
                     Character
                     we
                     have
                     of
                     him
                     ,
                     and
                     shew
                     us
                     he
                     has
                     no
                     such
                     design
                     ,
                     as
                     returning
                     our
                     Offended
                     K.
                     a
                     Conqueror
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     he
                     can
                     and
                     will
                     be
                     our
                     Friend
                     and
                     Mediator
                     ;
                     upon
                     which
                     terms
                     he
                     will
                     find
                     that
                     many
                     Lords
                     and
                     Gentlemen
                     will
                     speedily
                     shew
                     themselves
                     to
                     his
                     Satisfaction
                     ;
                     especially
                     ,
                     if
                     he
                     makes
                     haste
                     ,
                     and
                     looses
                     no
                     approaching
                     Opportunity
                     .
                  
                   
                   
                     3.
                     
                     If
                     he
                     incline
                     to
                     this
                     sort
                     of
                     Sense
                     ,
                     he
                     must
                     over-rule
                     the
                     Bigotry
                     of
                     St.
                     G.
                     and
                     dispose
                     their
                     Minds
                     to
                     think
                     of
                     those
                     Methods
                     that
                     are
                     more
                     likely
                     to
                     gain
                     the
                     Nation
                     ;
                     for
                     there
                     is
                     one
                     silly
                     thing
                     or
                     other
                     daily
                     done
                     there
                     ,
                     that
                     comes
                     to
                     our
                     notice
                     here
                     ,
                     which
                     prolongs
                     what
                     they
                     so
                     passionately
                     desire
                     .
                     The
                     Methods
                     thought
                     upon
                     are
                     these
                     .
                  
                   
                     First
                     ,
                     To
                     prevent
                     dangerous
                     and
                     foolish
                     Intelligence
                     by
                     forbidding
                     all
                     in
                     that
                     Court
                     to
                     write
                     any
                     News
                     hither
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     K.
                     J.
                     only
                     have
                     his
                     Correspondence
                     by
                     whom
                     to
                     hear
                     from
                     ,
                     and
                     speak
                     to
                     People
                     here
                     ;
                     since
                     Letters
                     so
                     often
                     miscarry
                     ,
                     and
                     are
                     filled
                     with
                     nothing
                     but
                     what
                     we
                     should
                     not
                     hear
                     ;
                     and
                     what
                     we
                     have
                     are
                     Arguments
                     for
                     the
                     most
                     part
                     against
                     the
                     K's
                     Restoration
                     .
                  
                   
                     Secondly
                     ,
                     Since
                     there
                     is
                     a
                     great
                     Body
                     of
                     Protestants
                     that
                     never
                     defected
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     many
                     Thousands
                     are
                     returning
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     they
                     are
                     the
                     Natural
                     Weight
                     and
                     Power
                     of
                     these
                     Kingdoms
                     ,
                     by
                     having
                     the
                     Heads
                     ,
                     Hands
                     and
                     Wealth
                     of
                     their
                     side
                     ,
                     to
                     the
                     odds
                     and
                     advantage
                     of
                     at
                     least
                     Two
                     Hundred
                     Protestants
                     to
                     one
                     Catholick
                     ;
                     the
                     K.
                     may
                     think
                     of
                     nothing
                     short
                     of
                     a
                     Protestant
                     Administration
                     ,
                     nor
                     of
                     nothing
                     more
                     for
                     the
                     Catholicks
                     then
                     a
                     Legal
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                     ;
                     for
                     much
                     e
                     mutt
                     is
                     against
                     all
                     other
                     Notions
                     ,
                     to
                     which
                     all
                     private
                     Passions
                     ,
                     and
                     artificial
                     Frames
                     in
                     Government
                     must
                     yield
                     or
                     break
                     .
                     He
                     may
                     Reign
                     a
                     Catholick
                     in
                     Devotion
                     ,
                     but
                     he
                     must
                     Reign
                     a
                     Protestant
                     in
                     Government
                     .
                     Cromwel
                     could
                     not
                     ,
                     yet
                     on
                     a
                     broader
                     bottom
                     ,
                     with
                     a
                     Victorious
                     Army
                     ,
                     subsist
                     or
                     keep
                     what
                     he
                     had
                     got
                     .
                  
                   
                     Thirdly
                     ,
                     He
                     must
                     give
                     us
                     a
                     Model
                     of
                     this
                     at
                     St.
                     G.
                     by
                     preferring
                     the
                     Protestants
                     that
                     are
                     with
                     him
                     above
                     the
                     Catholicks
                     ;
                     one
                     being
                     Loyal
                     upon
                     less
                     tyes
                     of
                     Interest
                     ,
                     and
                     to
                     tell
                     the
                     Nation
                     here
                     what
                     they
                     are
                     to
                     hope
                     for
                     when
                     he
                     comes
                     .
                  
                   
                     Fourthly
                     ,
                     He
                     must
                     give
                     Incouragement
                     to
                     Lords
                     and
                     Gentlemen
                     here
                     to
                     come
                     to
                     him
                     ,
                     at
                     least
                     Seven
                     or
                     Nine
                     for
                     a
                     standing
                     Council
                     ,
                     which
                     will
                     make
                     us
                     here
                     think
                     he
                     is
                     in
                     some
                     degree
                     ours
                     again
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     we
                     have
                     a
                     relation
                     to
                     him
                     ,
                     and
                     some
                     interest
                     and
                     share
                     in
                     him
                     ,
                     by
                     the
                     Men
                     of
                     Quality
                     of
                     our
                     own
                     Religion
                     that
                     are
                     with
                     him
                     .
                     This
                     will
                     incomparably
                     faciliate
                     the
                     matter
                     here
                     ,
                     nor
                     will
                     they
                     ,
                     when
                     they
                     come
                     ,
                     come
                     empty
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     their
                     own
                     Names
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     still
                     better
                     ,
                     and
                     will
                     be
                     more
                     satisfactory
                     there
                     .
                  
                   
                     Fifthly
                     ,
                     To
                     induce
                     this
                     ,
                     English
                     Protestants
                     should
                     be
                     encouraged
                     by
                     an
                     Edict
                     of
                     Liberty
                     from
                     the
                     K.
                     of
                     F.
                     to
                     have
                     Chappels
                     at
                     their
                     own
                     Costs
                     ,
                     in
                     which
                     to
                     Worship
                     God
                     after
                     their
                     respective
                     ways
                     ,
                     by
                     which
                     that
                     K.
                     will
                     make
                     us
                     reflect
                     upon
                     his
                     Conduct
                     towards
                     his
                     Hugonots
                     ,
                     rather
                     to
                     flow
                     from
                     the
                     hazard
                     he
                     thought
                     himself
                     in
                     by
                     their
                     Antimon
                     .
                     and
                     resisting
                     Principles
                     ,
                     then
                     a
                     desire
                     of
                     Persecution
                     .
                  
                   
                     Lastly
                     ,
                     All
                     other
                     requisite
                     Measures
                     depending
                     upon
                     the
                     acceptance
                     this
                     finds
                     ,
                     an
                     Answer
                     hereunto
                     is
                     impatiently
                     desired
                     by
                     those
                     that
                     have
                     Discoursed
                     the
                     K's
                     Business
                     to
                     this
                     Maturity
                     .
                     So
                     ended
                     with
                     an
                     Vnanimous
                     Consent
                     ,
                     both
                     Tories
                     and
                     Whiggs
                     upon
                     this
                     Occasion
                     ,
                     that
                     are
                     in
                     a
                     way
                     of
                     closeing
                     in
                     his
                     Interest
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   can
                   very
                   safely
                   swear
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   never
                   saw
                   that
                   Paper
                   in
                   my
                   Life
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Come
                   go
                   on
                   with
                   your
                   Evidence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   another
                   Paper
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Words
                   that
                   are
                   written
                   short
                   in
                   that
                   are
                   written
                   at
                   length
                   in
                   this
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Paper
                 was
                 read
                 accordingly
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 blank
                 there
                 was
                 written
                 K.
                 J.
                 in
                 the
                 first
                 Paragraph
                 (
                 France
                 )
                 twice
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 third
                 Paragraph
                 (
                 St.
                 Germains
                 )
                 in
                 the
                 Fifth
                 ,
                 (
                 Mathemat
                 .
                 for
                 
                   Much
                   e
                   mutt
                
                 )
                 the
                 rest
                 are
                 obvious
                 ,
                 and
                 need
                 not
                 be
                 supplied
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   shew
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   that
                   Paper
                   ,
                   what
                   says
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   ,
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   marked
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   will
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   give
                   himself
                   the
                   trouble
                   to
                   cast
                   his
                   Eye
                   upon
                   that
                   ,
                   and
                   see
                   if
                   that
                   be
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   remember
                   it
                   well
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   .
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   ,
                
                 
                   This
                   Paper
                   is
                   what
                   Mr.
                   Solicitor
                   mentioned
                   as
                   heads
                   of
                   a
                   Declaration
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   necessary
                   to
                   offer
                   one
                   thing
                   to
                   your
                   Lordships
                   before
                   it
                   be
                   read
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   should
                   swear
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   one
                   of
                   his
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   your
                   Lordship
                   pleases
                   ,
                   you
                   observe
                   what
                   has
                   been
                   done
                   already
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   says
                   't
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   that
                   was
                   sent
                   him
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ;
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   has
                   sworn
                   it
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   he
                   had
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   shall
                   not
                   give
                   your
                   Lordship
                   any
                   more
                   trouble
                   than
                   needs
                   ;
                   I
                   only
                   offer
                   it
                   your
                   Lordship
                   :
                   I
                   wave
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   Evidence
                   enough
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   Paper
                   read
                   .
                
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   ,
                   Reads
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     That
                     the
                     King
                     will
                     return
                     with
                     a
                     design
                     of
                     making
                     an
                     Entire
                     Conquest
                     of
                     his
                     People
                     ,
                     is
                     so
                     ridiculous
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     difficult
                     ,
                     that
                     it
                     needs
                     not
                     be
                     spoken
                     to
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     the
                     Kings
                     Declaration
                     be
                     worded
                     in
                     General
                     Terms
                     ,
                     That
                     he
                     will
                     Govern
                     by
                     the
                     Laws
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     shall
                     be
                     the
                     Rule
                     of
                     his
                     Actions
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     will
                     Endeavour
                     to
                     settle
                     Liberty
                     of
                     Conscience
                     by
                     Law
                     ,
                     that
                     whatsoever
                     things
                     were
                     formly
                     done
                     by
                     him
                     ,
                     which
                     occasioned
                     Jealousies
                     in
                     the
                     minds
                     of
                     his
                     People
                     ,
                     shall
                     be
                     left
                     to
                     the
                     determination
                     of
                     a
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     formerly
                     and
                     regularly
                     called
                     assoon
                     as
                     is
                     possible
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     he
                     has
                     given
                     sufficient
                     Evidence
                     of
                     his
                     unwillingness
                     to
                     bring
                     an
                     Army
                     of
                     Strangers
                     into
                     his
                     Kingdom
                     ,
                     by
                     refusing
                     the
                     Succors
                     of
                     the
                     King
                     of
                     France
                     offered
                     him
                     ,
                     and
                     which
                     were
                     even
                     ready
                     to
                     be
                     Embarked
                     upon
                     the
                     first
                     Notice
                     of
                     the
                     P.
                     of
                     Oranges
                     intended
                     Invasion
                     .
                  
                   
                     That
                     he
                     brings
                     with
                     him
                     such
                     an
                     Army
                     only
                     as
                     is
                     necessary
                     for
                     his
                     own
                     defence
                     ,
                     and
                     for
                     the
                     security
                     of
                     such
                     of
                     his
                     Loyal
                     Subjects
                     as
                     shall
                     resort
                     to
                     him
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     will
                     dismiss
                     them
                     as
                     soon
                     as
                     he
                     shall
                     have
                     rid
                     the
                     Nation
                     of
                     those
                     Forreigners
                     who
                     have
                     Invaded
                     it
                     ,
                     and
                     trampled
                     upon
                     the
                     Laws
                     and
                     Liberties
                     of
                     his
                     People
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Kings
                     large
                     exercising
                     his
                     Dispensing
                     Power
                     gave
                     the
                     great
                     alarm
                     to
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     and
                     contributed
                     most
                     of
                     all
                     toward
                     General
                     Defection
                     .
                     Yet
                     when
                     that
                     Power
                     came
                     to
                     be
                     debated
                     in
                     the
                     last
                     Convention
                     ,
                     there
                     appeared
                     so
                     many
                     difficulties
                     in
                     the
                     limiting
                     of
                     it
                     ,
                     every
                     Body
                     (
                     even
                     the
                     present
                     Judges
                     believing
                     it
                     necessary
                     ,
                     That
                     a
                     dispensing
                     Power
                     should
                     be
                     in
                     the
                     K.
                     )
                     That
                     it
                     was
                     let
                     fall
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     point
                     remains
                     as
                     it
                     was
                     .
                     And
                     without
                     mentioning
                     that
                     ,
                     or
                     any
                     other
                     particular
                     ,
                     the
                     K.
                     can
                     be
                     in
                     no
                     danger
                     by
                     leaving
                     all
                     things
                     which
                     have
                     been
                     the
                     occasions
                     of
                     Jealousies
                     to
                     the
                     determination
                     of
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     where
                     besides
                     the
                     Kings
                     professed
                     Friends
                     and
                     Servants
                     ,
                     there
                     will
                     not
                     want
                     others
                     who
                     will
                     be
                     glad
                     of
                     opportunity
                     to
                     ingratiate
                     themselves
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfin
                   .
                
                 
                   Gent.
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   If
                   you
                   desire
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   be
                   read
                   again
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   thing
                   doubtful
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   should
                   be
                   Explained
                   ,
                   tell
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   shall
                   be
                   done
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Juryman
                   ,
                
                 
                   No
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   There
                   is
                   no
                   occasion
                   for
                   that
                   .
                   I
                   believe
                   we
                   apprehend
                   these
                   three
                   Papers
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   It
                   is
                   necessary
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   should
                   be
                   satisfied
                   in
                   this
                   point
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   ,
                
                 
                   Ay
                   in
                   any
                   point
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   they
                   desire
                   any
                   scruple
                   should
                   be
                   cleared
                   ,
                   the
                   Court
                   will
                   do
                   it
                   for
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Juryman
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   whether
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   Signed
                   that
                   Paper
                   or
                   no.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   he
                   did
                   not
                   sign
                   half
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   unless
                   it
                   be
                   proved
                   ,
                   you
                   ought
                   to
                   take
                   it
                   for
                   granted
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   Signed
                   by
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   fit
                   the
                   Jury
                   should
                   be
                   satisfied
                   in
                   any
                   scruple
                   they
                   raise
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   They
                   asked
                   this
                   Question
                   ,
                   Whether
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   did
                   sign
                   the
                   Paper
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   did
                   not
                   say
                   so
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   they
                   are
                   to
                   take
                   it
                   for
                   granted
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   did
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Juryman
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   We
                   take
                   this
                   last
                   Paper
                   that
                   was
                   read
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Paper
                   that
                   was
                   delivered
                   in
                   the
                   Bundle
                   taken
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   Signed
                   by
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   ,
                
                 
                   Then
                   you
                   take
                   it
                   right
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   the
                   next
                   Paper
                   that
                   we
                   produce
                   is
                   a
                   List
                   of
                   the
                   English
                   Fleet
                   that
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   were
                   carrying
                   over
                   into
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   printed
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   be
                   found
                   in
                   every
                   Coffee-House
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   ,
                
                 
                   Shew
                   that
                   Paper
                   to
                   Capt.
                   
                     Billop
                     .
                     Which
                     was
                     done
                  
                   .
                   Can
                   you
                   take
                   it
                   upon
                   your
                   Oath
                   ,
                   Captain
                   ,
                   That
                   that
                   Paper
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   that
                   was
                   taken
                   in
                   Mr.
                   Ashtons
                   Bosom
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   ,
                
                 
                   That
                   Paper
                   I
                   have
                   marked
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   Paper
                   I
                   swear
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   I
                   took
                   away
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   aboard
                   the
                   Smack
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   You
                   are
                   sure
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   ,
                
                 
                   Yes
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Then
                   read
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   ,
                   Reads
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
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                           Brought
                           in
                           by
                           Admiral
                           Russel
                           to
                           the
                           House
                           of
                           Commons
                           ,
                           
                             Decemb.
                             24th
                          
                           .
                           90.
                           the
                           Fleet
                           ,
                           whereof
                           60
                           Dutch.
                           
                        
                         
                           Memorandum
                           ,
                           The
                           new
                           Ships
                           Building
                           are
                           Expected
                           ,
                           will
                           be
                           ready
                           to
                           be
                           lanched
                           by
                           the
                           end
                           of
                           March.
                           
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremani
                   ,
                
                 
                   Pray
                   shew
                   this
                   Paper
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 Pray
                 was
                 that
                 Paper
                 there
                 among
                 the
                 others
                 that
                 were
                 taken
                 with
                 these
                 Gent.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   it
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Can
                   you
                   take
                   it
                   upon
                   your
                   Oath
                   ,
                   that
                   that
                   Paper
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   that
                   was
                   in
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ,
                
                 
                   Yes
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   can
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremani
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   shew
                   him
                   that
                   Paper
                   too
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   can
                   you
                   take
                   upon
                   you
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   That
                   that
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   ,
                
                 
                   Yes
                   it
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   We
                   desire
                   these
                   may
                   be
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   ,
                   Reads
                   ,
                
                 
                   New-Years
                   Eve
                   ,
                   And
                   it
                   is
                   directed
                   for
                   Mr.
                   Redding
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Sir
                     ,
                     Though
                     the
                     Bearer
                     of
                     this
                     will
                     do
                     us
                     the
                     Justice
                     ,
                     to
                     assure
                     you
                     ,
                     we
                     are
                     as
                     full
                     of
                     Duty
                     ,
                     as
                     unfeignedly
                     ,
                     and
                     unconcernedly
                     yours
                     ,
                     as
                     your self
                     could
                     wish
                     ;
                     yet
                     this
                     Gentleman
                     has
                     undertaken
                     .
                     You
                     will
                     forgive
                     the
                     Presumption
                     ,
                     if
                     I
                     do
                     my self
                     the
                     Honour
                     to
                     give
                     you
                     this
                     fresh
                     assurance
                     in
                     a
                     few
                     words
                     ,
                     which
                     I
                     hope
                     we
                     do
                     by
                     our
                     Accounts
                     ;
                     I
                     shall
                     omit
                     no
                     Occasions
                     ,
                     not
                     neglecting
                     the
                     least
                     ,
                     and
                     making
                     Zealous
                     Wishes
                     for
                     the
                     greatest
                     ,
                     to
                     shew
                     our selves
                     such
                     as
                     we
                     ought
                     to
                     be
                     .
                  
                   
                     Sir
                     ,
                     I
                     speak
                     in
                     the
                     Plural
                     ,
                     because
                     I
                     write
                     my
                     Elder
                     Brothers
                     Sentiments
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     my
                     Own
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     rest
                     of
                     the
                     Family
                     ,
                     though
                     lessened
                     in
                     Number
                     ;
                     yet
                     if
                     we
                     are
                     not
                     mightily
                     out
                     in
                     our
                     Accounts
                     ,
                     we
                     are
                     growing
                     in
                     Our
                     Interest
                     ,
                     that
                     is
                     in
                     yours
                     :
                     He
                     that
                     delivers
                     this
                     ,
                     will
                     I
                     hope
                     ,
                     intirely
                     to
                     your
                     satisfaction
                     ,
                     represent
                     us
                     and
                     me
                     in
                     particular
                     ,
                     as
                     with
                     all
                     the
                     Devotion
                     imaginable
                     ,
                     and
                     unchangeable
                     Affection
                     .
                     
                       Yours
                       ,
                       God
                       grant
                       the
                       happiest
                       New
                       Year
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremani
                   .
                
                 
                   Read
                   the
                   other
                   Paper
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   dated
                   Dec.
                   31.
                   1690.
                   
                   I
                   must
                   not
                   let
                   this
                   Bearer
                   depart
                   ,
                   Madam
                   without
                   assuring
                   you
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Hold
                   Sir
                   ,
                   Don't
                   Read
                   that
                   yet
                   .
                   Here
                   shew
                   this
                   Paper
                   to
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Which
                   was
                   done
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   say
                   you
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ?
                   Is
                   that
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   taken
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ,
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   This
                   is
                   one
                   that
                   I
                   read
                   and
                   marked
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   Read
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   ,
                   Reads
                   :
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   Directed
                   for
                   Mrs.
                   Redding
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     As
                     't
                     is
                     impossible
                     for
                     me
                     to
                     express
                     that
                     Extraordinary
                     great
                     satisfaction
                     it
                     gave
                     me
                     this
                     time
                     Twelve
                     Month
                     ,
                     when
                     I
                     had
                     the
                     Honour
                     to
                     receive
                     that
                     Mark
                     of
                     your
                     Favour
                     and
                     Goodness
                     under
                     your
                     own
                     hand
                     ;
                     So
                     I
                     have
                     lived
                     in
                     some
                     pain
                     for
                     an
                     Opportunity
                     to
                     write
                     you
                     my
                     humblest
                     acknowledgments
                     and
                     truest
                     Duty
                     from
                     which
                     by
                     the
                     Grace
                     of
                     God
                     ,
                     I
                     am
                     no
                     more
                     capable
                     of
                     swerving
                     ,
                     than
                     of
                     renouncing
                     my
                     hopes
                     of
                     Heaven
                     :
                     I
                     say
                     this
                     in
                     behalf
                     of
                     my
                     Elder
                     Brother
                     and
                     the
                     rest
                     of
                     my
                     nearest
                     Relations
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     for
                     my self
                     :
                     You
                     may
                     intirely
                     depend
                     upon
                     us
                     ,
                     not
                     only
                     for
                     a
                     constant
                     adherence
                     to
                     so
                     well
                     chosen
                     a
                     Principle
                     ,
                     but
                     for
                     our
                     utmost
                     Activity
                     to
                     promote
                     your
                     Interest
                     ,
                     which
                     are
                     inseparable
                     from
                     our
                     own
                     :
                     I
                     need
                     come
                     to
                     no
                     particulars
                     by
                     this
                     Bearer
                     ,
                     who
                     can
                     and
                     will
                     tell
                     you
                     our
                     whole
                     heart
                     ;
                     and
                     I
                     wish
                     you
                     could
                     see
                     them
                     ,
                     how
                     sincerely
                     they
                     are
                     devoted
                     to
                     your
                     Service
                     .
                     God
                     grant
                     you
                     a
                     most
                     happy
                     New
                     Year
                     ,
                     and
                     many
                     ,
                     very
                     many
                     ,
                     and
                     very
                     happy
                     .
                     Our
                     young
                     Master
                     hath
                     all
                     our
                     best
                     Wishes
                     ,
                     he
                     daily
                     gains
                     more
                     Friends
                     ,
                     and
                     we
                     get
                     ground
                     of
                     his
                     Adversaries
                     .
                     New-Years-Eve
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Now
                   read
                   your
                   other
                   Paper
                   of
                   the
                   31.
                   
                   Dec.
                   1690.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   ,
                   Reads
                   ,
                
                 
                   
                     December
                     31.
                     1690.
                     
                     I
                     must
                     not
                     let
                     this
                     Bearer
                     depart
                     Madam
                     ,
                     without
                     assuring
                     you
                     of
                     my
                     best
                     respects
                     :
                     I
                     have
                     written
                     by
                     him
                     to
                     a
                     Friend
                     of
                     yours
                     ,
                     but
                     depend
                     upon
                     you
                     to
                     give
                     my
                     Note
                     credit
                     .
                  
                   
                     Though
                     my
                     Creditors
                     were
                     no
                     Friends
                     to
                     the
                     Match
                     which
                     has
                     been
                     so
                     long
                     in
                     treaty
                     for
                     your
                     Relations
                     have
                     been
                     very
                     hard
                     upon
                     me
                     this
                     last
                     Summer
                     ;
                     yet
                     as
                     soon
                     as
                     I
                     could
                     go
                     safely
                     abroad
                     ,
                     I
                     persued
                     the
                     business
                     ,
                     and
                     do
                     beg
                     you
                     to
                     believe
                     ,
                     that
                     no
                     Endeavours
                     of
                     mine
                     shall
                     be
                     wanting
                     to
                     perfect
                     the
                     Settlement
                     .
                     You
                     once
                     put
                     me
                     in
                     hopes
                     of
                     seeing
                     you
                     before
                     this
                     Christmas
                     :
                     Your
                     Friends
                     are
                     sorry
                     for
                     the
                     Disappointment
                     ,
                     Pray
                     lose
                     no
                     more
                     time
                     than
                     is
                     of
                     absolute
                     necessity
                     :
                     The
                     Bearer
                     will
                     tell
                     you
                     all
                     things
                     may
                     be
                     now
                     easily
                     sittled
                     ,
                     if
                     the
                     right
                     way
                     be
                     taken
                     .
                     I
                     long
                     to
                     hear
                     how
                     your
                     young
                     Daughter
                     does
                     ,
                     she
                     will
                     find
                     many
                     Friends
                     ,
                     and
                     I
                     hope
                     her
                     Portion
                     will
                     be
                     well
                     secured
                     .
                     God
                     send
                     you
                     a
                     happy
                     New-Year
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     I
                     may
                     be
                     merry
                     with
                     you
                     before
                     it
                     be
                     far
                     spent
                     ,
                     and
                     I
                     beseech
                     you
                     keep
                     me
                     in
                     the
                     good
                     Opinion
                     of
                     your
                     Friend
                     ,
                     I
                     will
                     always
                     make
                     good
                     what
                     I
                     promised
                     to
                     you
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   directed
                   for
                   Mrs.
                   Charlton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Juryman
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   what
                   that
                   is
                   directed
                   to
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   ,
                
                 
                   't
                   is
                   Directed
                   to
                   Mrs.
                   Charlton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremani
                   ,
                
                 
                   Shew
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   those
                   two
                   Papers
                   .
                
                 
                   Which
                   was
                   done
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   What
                   say
                   you
                   to
                   them
                   Captain
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Mark
                   is
                   on
                   the
                   outside
                   ,
                   but
                   there
                   is
                   nothing
                   written
                   in
                   that
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   it
                   is
                   taken
                   of
                   from
                   the
                   Inner
                   Paper
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                
                 
                   Pray
                   my
                   Lord
                   is
                   this
                   any
                   proof
                   ?
                   I
                   beseech
                   you
                   for
                   Gods
                   sake
                   to
                   have
                   a
                   Regard
                   to
                   a
                   Mans
                   Life
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   shew
                   the
                   Paper
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   ,
                
                 
                   This
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   must
                   beg
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   would
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   look
                   on
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                
                 
                   This
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   brought
                   me
                   by
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ,
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottinghams
                   ,
                   in
                   that
                   Bundle
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   does
                   not
                   know
                   the
                   Paper
                   ,
                   though
                   his
                   Mark
                   be
                   to
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   ,
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   not
                   indeed
                   very
                   material
                   ,
                   whether
                   he
                   does
                   or
                   no
                   ,
                   because
                   he
                   did
                   not
                   read
                   all
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   would
                   observe
                   that
                   't
                   is
                   sworn
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   was
                   delivered
                   to
                   him
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   sworn
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   it
                   in
                   that
                   Bundle
                   from
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   It
                   does
                   shew
                   that
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   some
                   alteration
                   in
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   because
                   he
                   having
                   marked
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   marking
                   none
                   but
                   what
                   he
                   read
                   ,
                   he
                   does
                   not
                   now
                   own
                   that
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   Paper
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   take
                   it
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   :
                   These
                   are
                   two
                   Papers
                   ;
                   the
                   one
                   is
                   only
                   the
                   Cover
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   is
                   the
                   Writing
                   :
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   has
                   only
                   marked
                   the
                   Cover
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   the
                   Writing
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   he
                   has
                   marked
                   the
                   Paper
                   it self
                   ,
                   as
                   delivered
                   him
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   has
                   given
                   you
                   an
                   account
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   he
                   received
                   in
                   that
                   Bundle
                   from
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   only
                   mark
                   ,
                   That
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   alterations
                   made
                   in
                   these
                   Papers
                   since
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremani
                   ,
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Read
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   ,
                
                 
                   December
                   31.
                   1690.
                   
                   
                     It
                     is
                     Directed
                     to
                     Mr.
                  
                   Jackson
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Bearer
                     can
                     give
                     you
                     so
                     full
                     an
                     account
                     of
                     all
                     things
                     relating
                     to
                     your
                     Estate
                     here
                     ,
                     that
                     I
                     need
                     not
                     have
                     troubled
                     you
                     at
                     this
                     time
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     I
                     am
                     desirous
                     to
                     lay
                     hold
                     of
                     any
                     Opportunity
                     I
                     think
                     safe
                     to
                     assure
                     you
                     of
                     my
                     Service
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     I
                     will
                     never
                     quit
                     your
                     Interest
                     whatever
                     the
                     rest
                     of
                     the
                     Freeholders
                     do
                     :
                     Your
                     Adversary
                     has
                     been
                     so
                     hard
                     to
                     his
                     Neighbours
                     ,
                     that
                     he
                     has
                     extremly
                     disobliged
                     all
                     the
                     old
                     Tenents
                     ,
                     and
                     a
                     little
                     matter
                     would
                     redeem
                     the
                     whole
                     Estate
                     ,
                     if
                     you
                     would
                     appear
                     in
                     Westminster-Hall
                     your self
                     ,
                     the
                     best
                     Council
                     have
                     a
                     good
                     Opinion
                     of
                     your
                     Title
                     ,
                     and
                     will
                     zealously
                     pursue
                     your
                     Instructions
                     :
                     I
                     only
                     beg
                     you
                     wou'd
                     hasten
                     them
                     to
                     us
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     you
                     will
                     appear
                     your self
                     assoon
                     as
                     is
                     possible
                     ,
                     no
                     time
                     should
                     be
                     lost
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     Cause
                     may
                     be
                     brought
                     to
                     a
                     final
                     hearing
                     before
                     the
                     end
                     of
                     Easter
                     Term
                     ,
                     if
                     it
                     be
                     well
                     sollicited
                     .
                     I
                     heartily
                     wish
                     you
                     a
                     happy
                     New
                     Year
                     ,
                     and
                     beg
                     you
                     to
                     tell
                     Mr.
                     Charlton
                     that
                     I
                     long
                     to
                     know
                     wherein
                     I
                     may
                     serve
                     him
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     I
                     will
                     follow
                     his
                     Directions
                     to
                     the
                     utmost
                     ,
                     while
                     I
                     live
                     ,
                     God
                     keep
                     you
                     and
                     yours
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Sir
                   ,
                   To
                   whom
                   is
                   that
                   Letter
                   Directed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   ,
                
                 
                   To
                   Mr.
                   Jackson
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremani
                   ,
                
                 
                   Pray
                   shew
                   that
                   Paper
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   ,
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 Then
                 it
                 was
                 shewn
                 to
                 my
                 Lord
                 President
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   received
                   ●n
                   the
                   Bundle
                   from
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Read
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   Peace
                   ,
                   Reads
                   ,
                
                 
                   31
                   December
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     The
                     Interruption
                     of
                     the
                     former
                     Correspondency
                     had
                     a
                     very
                     ill
                     Effect
                     many
                     ways
                     ,
                     but
                     for
                     that
                     reason
                     ,
                     no
                     Opportunity
                     ought
                     now
                     to
                     be
                     lost
                     ,
                     and
                     I
                     hope
                     this
                     will
                     prove
                     a
                     happy
                     one
                     .
                  
                   
                     In
                     Trade
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     in
                     Government
                     Schemes
                     must
                     be
                     laid
                     ,
                     for
                     there
                     is
                     no
                     living
                     from
                     hand
                     to
                     mouth
                     any
                     more
                     in
                     Commerce
                     than
                     in
                     the
                     Politicks
                     .
                     Lay
                     therefore
                     your
                     designs
                     probably
                     ,
                     and
                     pursue
                     them
                     diligently
                     ,
                     and
                     with
                     Vigour
                     ,
                     though
                     it
                     be
                     a
                     hazardous
                     time
                     ,
                     yet
                     by
                     ventring
                     boldly
                     ,
                     where
                     venturing
                     is
                     adviseable
                     ,
                     it
                     often
                     returns
                     great
                     profit
                     .
                  
                   
                     There
                     is
                     nothing
                     more
                     to
                     be
                     said
                     ,
                     but
                     to
                     give
                     the
                     Bearer
                     fit
                     and
                     full
                     Seasons
                     to
                     tell
                     what
                     he
                     knows
                     ,
                     both
                     as
                     to
                     Goods
                     fit
                     for
                     our
                     Market
                     ,
                     and
                     when
                     and
                     where
                     to
                     be
                     sent
                     ;
                     the
                     Sea
                     will
                     quickly
                     grow
                     so
                     troublesome
                     ,
                     that
                     unless
                     you
                     dispatch
                     what
                     you
                     intend
                     for
                     us
                     ,
                     you
                     will
                     loose
                     a
                     great
                     opportunity
                     of
                     advantage
                     .
                     I
                     hope
                     the
                     account
                     he
                     has
                     to
                     give
                     of
                     our
                     Negotiations
                     here
                     ,
                     with
                     the
                     Merchants
                     that
                     deal
                     with
                     us
                     ,
                     especially
                     those
                     that
                     have
                     lately
                     brought
                     us
                     their
                     custom
                     ,
                     will
                     both
                     encourage
                     a
                     larger
                     Trade
                     ,
                     and
                     excite
                     the
                     utmost
                     diligence
                     ;
                     I
                     will
                     say
                     nothing
                     of
                     my self
                     ,
                     It
                     shall
                     be
                     enough
                     that
                     I
                     can
                     live
                     in
                     the
                     good
                     Opinion
                     
                     of
                     one
                     I
                     bear
                     so
                     great
                     a
                     reverence
                     and
                     affection
                     for
                     ;
                     but
                     for
                     this
                     honest
                     Factor
                     ,
                     I
                     must
                     own
                     I
                     can
                     hardly
                     say
                     enough
                     ,
                     Truth
                     and
                     Boldness
                     are
                     excellent
                     qualities
                     in
                     a
                     Servant
                     ,
                     and
                     he
                     has
                     shewn
                     both
                     ,
                     as
                     Occasion
                     has
                     required
                     him
                     to
                     shew
                     them
                     .
                  
                   
                     I
                     have
                     but
                     one
                     word
                     to
                     add
                     ,
                     and
                     pray
                     take
                     it
                     as
                     the
                     truest
                     mark
                     of
                     unalterable
                     respect
                     ,
                     chuse
                     well
                     ,
                     but
                     have
                     to
                     do
                     but
                     with
                     a
                     few
                     ,
                     for
                     a
                     multitude
                     may
                     give
                     ,
                     but
                     can
                     never
                     keep
                     Counsel
                     .
                  
                   
                     I
                     shall
                     with
                     more
                     impatience
                     then
                     becomes
                     me
                     ,
                     wait
                     the
                     result
                     of
                     this
                     ,
                     and
                     it
                     will
                     be
                     a
                     great
                     mark
                     of
                     goodness
                     ,
                     to
                     let
                     us
                     have
                     it
                     the
                     best
                     and
                     safest
                     way
                     .
                  
                   
                     Once
                     more
                     ,
                     let
                     not
                     the
                     Season
                     spend
                     unprofitably
                     ,
                     for
                     a
                     more
                     likely
                     one
                     can
                     hardly
                     come
                     than
                     between
                     this
                     and
                     the
                     1st
                     of
                     March.
                     Interpret
                     this
                     I
                     pray
                     ,
                     as
                     no
                     private
                     Interest
                     of
                     my
                     own
                     ,
                     or
                     partial
                     motion
                     of
                     any
                     other
                     Person
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     my
                     Sense
                     ,
                     my
                     Duty
                     ,
                     and
                     my
                     Friendship
                     ,
                     which
                     will
                     not
                     let
                     me
                     prevaricate
                     ,
                     nor
                     suffer
                     those
                     I
                     love
                     and
                     honour
                     to
                     loose
                     so
                     happy
                     and
                     pressing
                     an
                     occasion
                     of
                     advantage
                     .
                     With
                     the
                     best
                     Wishes
                     I
                     close
                     up
                     this
                     ,
                     and
                     am
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   that
                   Paper
                   directed
                   to
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   directed
                   to
                   no
                   body
                   at
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Shew
                   that
                   Paper
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   had
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   it
                   was
                   shewn
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   had
                   from
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Read
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   Reads
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   Dated
                   December
                   31.
                   but
                   is
                   not
                   directed
                   to
                   any
                   Body
                   at
                   all
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     IT
                     is
                     a
                     presumption
                     incident
                     to
                     those
                     that
                     are
                     any
                     where
                     upon
                     the
                     spot
                     ,
                     to
                     think
                     that
                     they
                     know
                     better
                     then
                     those
                     that
                     are
                     not
                     ,
                     what
                     is
                     fittest
                     to
                     be
                     done
                     in
                     any
                     Occurrence
                     .
                     This
                     makes
                     me
                     say
                     ,
                     That
                     now
                     is
                     the
                     time
                     to
                     make
                     large
                     advantages
                     by
                     Trading
                     ;
                     the
                     Sea
                     being
                     freer
                     then
                     two
                     Months
                     past
                     ,
                     or
                     we
                     can
                     hope
                     it
                     will
                     be
                     two
                     Months
                     hence
                     .
                     This
                     Gentleman
                     is
                     well
                     instructed
                     in
                     our
                     Markets
                     ,
                     and
                     what
                     the
                     Goods
                     are
                     we
                     want
                     ,
                     and
                     when
                     and
                     where
                     they
                     should
                     be
                     sent
                     :
                     It
                     is
                     most
                     earnestly
                     desired
                     that
                     this
                     happy
                     opportunity
                     may
                     not
                     be
                     lost
                     ,
                     espeally
                     by
                     the
                     late
                     Vndertakers
                     ,
                     and
                     I
                     would
                     not
                     for
                     much
                     ,
                     they
                     should
                     receive
                     the
                     least
                     disgust
                     .
                     They
                     are
                     somewhat
                     positive
                     in
                     their
                     termes
                     ;
                     but
                     they
                     also
                     say
                     ,
                     they
                     will
                     be
                     good
                     and
                     constant
                     Customers
                     ;
                     and
                     I
                     have
                     more
                     than
                     once
                     seen
                     the
                     mischief
                     of
                     over-rateing
                     and
                     over-staying
                     the
                     Market
                     .
                     Opportunities
                     are
                     to
                     be
                     used
                     ,
                     they
                     cannot
                     be
                     given
                     by
                     Men.
                     
                  
                   
                     The
                     Bearer
                     needs
                     nothing
                     from
                     me
                     to
                     recommend
                     him
                     ,
                     but
                     he
                     is
                     deserving
                     in
                     our
                     Opinion
                     here
                     ,
                     and
                     many
                     will
                     take
                     their
                     measures
                     by
                     the
                     usage
                     he
                     finds
                     there
                     ;
                     and
                     indeed
                     the
                     pressing
                     posture
                     of
                     our
                     Trading
                     Affairs
                     will
                     not
                     permit
                     more
                     Experiments
                     .
                     If
                     the
                     several
                     Parcels
                     arrive
                     not
                     ,
                     that
                     have
                     been
                     promised
                     ,
                     before
                     the
                     10th
                     of
                     March
                     at
                     furthest
                     ,
                     (
                     especially
                     the
                     Copper
                     and
                     Linnen
                     ,
                     of
                     which
                     the
                     Bearer
                     will
                     be
                     more
                     particular
                     )
                     I
                     am
                     satisfied
                     we
                     shall
                     loose
                     this
                     Summers
                     profit
                     .
                     I
                     am
                     the
                     more
                     pressing
                     ,
                     because
                     I
                     am
                     well
                     assured
                     of
                     what
                     I
                     write
                     ;
                     and
                     if
                     ever
                     I
                     judged
                     right
                     it
                     is
                     upon
                     this
                     occasion
                     .
                  
                   
                     I
                     have
                     said
                     nothing
                     of
                     another
                     Gentleman
                     that
                     takes
                     this
                     Opportunity
                     to
                     see
                     those
                     parts
                     ,
                     but
                     he
                     has
                     shewn
                     a
                     zeal
                     and
                     a
                     sincerity
                     in
                     this
                     affair
                     equal
                     to
                     most
                     .
                     Jo.
                     is
                     not
                     yet
                     gone
                     ,
                     by
                     a
                     misfortune
                     ,
                     but
                     he
                     will
                     follow
                     with
                     a
                     good
                     Postscript
                     in
                     this
                     affair
                     .
                     Of
                     my self
                     I
                     will
                     say
                     nothing
                     ,
                     I
                     hope
                     I
                     need
                     not
                     ,
                     for
                     no
                     body
                     without
                     Vanity
                     can
                     be
                     more
                     sincerely
                     and
                     affectionately
                     a
                     Friend
                     and
                     Servant
                     to
                     the
                     Company
                     than
                     my self
                     .
                     I
                     writ
                     at
                     large
                     yesterday
                     ,
                     and
                     cannot
                     write
                     what
                     the
                     hand
                     that
                     gives
                     this
                     can
                     say
                     ;
                     and
                     therefore
                     will
                     write
                     no
                     more
                     ,
                     but
                     that
                     with
                     the
                     greatest
                     Respect
                     ,
                     I
                     am
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremani
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   shew
                   this
                   Paper
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   it
                   was
                   shewn
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   in
                   the
                   Bundle
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   read
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   ,
                   Reads
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     SIR
                     ,
                     I
                     vow
                     to
                     you
                     ,
                     I
                     do
                     not
                     repine
                     at
                     having
                     lost
                     all
                     for
                     your
                     sake
                     which
                     I
                     got
                     by
                     your
                     favour
                     ,
                     but
                     it
                     grieves
                     me
                     extreamly
                     that
                     there
                     is
                     not
                     that
                     left
                     which
                     can
                     secure
                     me
                     from
                     being
                     troublesome
                     to
                     you
                     ;
                     for
                     that
                     is
                     the
                     thing
                     in
                     the
                     World
                     I
                     would
                     not
                     be
                     .
                     I
                     have
                     told
                     my
                     Lord
                     my
                     condition
                     .
                     What
                     I
                     desire
                     of
                     you
                     he
                     thinks
                     very
                     moderate
                     ,
                     I
                     hope
                     you
                     will.
                     Pray
                     Sir
                     be
                     not
                     backward
                     in
                     setling
                     my
                     little
                     affair
                     ,
                     for
                     I
                     have
                     deserved
                     your
                     Care.
                     Your
                     Daughter
                     and
                     I
                     must
                     starve
                     ,
                     if
                     this
                     Government
                     can
                     make
                     us
                     .
                     I
                     hope
                     our
                     Interests
                     are
                     not
                     divided
                     ,
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     you
                     have
                     an
                     equal
                     tenderness
                     at
                     least
                     for
                     both
                     .
                     If
                     you
                     think
                     fit
                     to
                     speak
                     what
                     I
                     would
                     have
                     you
                     to
                     this
                     Bearer
                     ,
                     he
                     will
                     give
                     me
                     a
                     just
                     account
                     of
                     it
                     .
                     You
                     know
                     he
                     is
                     obliged
                     to
                     be
                     my
                     Friend
                     ,
                     and
                     I
                     believe
                     him
                     grateful
                     ,
                     since
                     he
                     ventures
                     so
                     boldly
                     for
                     you
                     .
                     He
                     brings
                     with
                     him
                     some
                     merry
                     Papers
                     .
                     Adieu
                     ,
                     for
                     I
                     dare
                     write
                     no
                     more
                     ;
                     but
                     pray
                     send
                     a
                     Messenger
                     on
                     purpose
                     to
                     me
                     ,
                     that
                     I
                     may
                     know
                     exactly
                     what
                     you
                     will
                     do
                     ,
                     and
                     would
                     have
                     me
                     
                     do
                     .
                     If
                     you
                     send
                     upon
                     no
                     other
                     business
                     there
                     will
                     be
                     no
                     danger
                     .
                     Pray
                     Sir
                     ask
                     my
                     Lord
                     ,
                     and
                     he
                     will
                     tell
                     you
                     how
                     I
                     have
                     been
                     used
                     ,
                     and
                     upon
                     what
                     account
                     ;
                     I
                     believe
                     you
                     know
                     it
                     not
                     .
                     Decem.
                     the
                     29th
                     .
                     Your
                     Daughter
                     is
                     very
                     well
                     ,
                     very
                     tall
                     ,
                     and
                     very
                     pretty
                     ,
                     as
                     I
                     am
                     told
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   not
                   directed
                   to
                   any
                   body
                   neither
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Serj.
                     Tremani
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   then
                   shew
                   these
                   Papers
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ;
                   (
                   which
                   was
                   done
                   )
                   .
                   They
                   were
                   two
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   Papers
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   swears
                   he
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   swears
                   he
                   received
                   them
                   in
                   the
                   Bundle
                   from
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   pray
                   they
                   may
                   be
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Dec.
                     31.
                     90.
                     
                  
                   
                     WAs
                     my
                     Condition
                     more
                     desperate
                     and
                     uneasie
                     then
                     it
                     is
                     ,
                     I
                     desire
                     no
                     greater
                     satisfaction
                     then
                     to
                     have
                     done
                     my
                     Duty
                     to
                     so
                     good
                     a
                     Master
                     ,
                     I
                     wish
                     it
                     was
                     of
                     more
                     use
                     to
                     him
                     ▪
                     that
                     is
                     not
                     my
                     fault
                     ,
                     nor
                     of
                     those
                     I
                     have
                     acted
                     with
                     :
                     Let
                     it
                     be
                     looked
                     into
                     what
                     has
                     been
                     foretold
                     both
                     as
                     to
                     
                       Engl.
                       Scot.
                    
                     and
                     Irel.
                     and
                     see
                     if
                     most
                     of
                     it
                     is
                     not
                     come
                     to
                     pass
                     already
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     rest
                     will
                     follow
                     if
                     not
                     prevented
                     .
                     I
                     wish
                     it
                     may
                     also
                     be
                     considered
                     what
                     usage
                     we
                     have
                     met
                     with
                     from
                     men
                     imployed
                     ,
                     and
                     how
                     they
                     have
                     left
                     your
                     Business
                     and
                     Friends
                     ;
                     how
                     they
                     managed
                     it
                     ,
                     you
                     will
                     know
                     from
                     all
                     hands
                     ;
                     things
                     they
                     could
                     not
                     do
                     ,
                     nor
                     durst
                     not
                     undertake
                     were
                     better
                     undone
                     then
                     not
                     done
                     by
                     them
                     .
                     Men
                     in
                     this
                     Place
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     these
                     Times
                     ,
                     must
                     have
                     some
                     Courage
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     Sence
                     to
                     do
                     any
                     thing
                     with
                     People
                     here
                     .
                     It
                     is
                     not
                     my
                     own
                     ill
                     usage
                     makes
                     me
                     say
                     this
                     ,
                     but
                     my
                     concern
                     for
                     one
                     I
                     wish
                     the
                     best
                     to
                     in
                     the
                     World
                     ,
                     and
                     will
                     give
                     my
                     proofs
                     of
                     this
                     upon
                     all
                     occasions
                     .
                     I
                     need
                     not
                     enlarge
                     ,
                     since
                     all
                     our
                     Grievances
                     are
                     known
                     to
                     him
                     that
                     brings
                     this
                     .
                     For
                     my
                     own
                     part
                     I
                     will
                     stay
                     here
                     ,
                     so
                     long
                     as
                     I
                     can
                     be
                     safe
                     ,
                     if
                     with
                     ne're
                     so
                     great
                     trouble
                     ;
                     but
                     it
                     would
                     be
                     some
                     Comfort
                     to
                     know
                     Men
                     (
                     when
                     driven
                     from
                     hence
                     )
                     may
                     be
                     so
                     ;
                     therefore
                     the
                     reports
                     of
                     Peoples
                     usage
                     are
                     terrible
                     ,
                     as
                     well
                     as
                     of
                     the
                     indiscretion
                     of
                     St.
                     Germ.
                     Family
                     ,
                     we
                     feel
                     the
                     smart
                     of
                     it
                     by
                     ridiculous
                     Letters
                     falling
                     daily
                     into
                     the
                     hands
                     of
                     the
                     Government
                     .
                     Their
                     Master
                     and
                     Mistress
                     are
                     little
                     obliged
                     by
                     it
                     no
                     more
                     then
                     we
                     :
                     If
                     there
                     is
                     any
                     thing
                     ,
                     Sir
                     ,
                     you
                     do
                     particularly
                     command
                     me
                     ,
                     or
                     depend
                     upon
                     me
                     for
                     ,
                     let
                     me
                     know
                     it
                     .
                     I
                     cannot
                     undertake
                     much
                     ,
                     nor
                     furnish
                     more
                     .
                     I
                     have
                     still
                     helped
                     every
                     Body
                     ,
                     and
                     paid
                     to
                     every
                     thing
                     I
                     could
                     ;
                     and
                     if
                     a
                     twelve
                     month
                     ago
                     my
                     condition
                     was
                     what
                     I
                     then
                     represented
                     ,
                     you
                     best
                     know
                     if
                     it
                     has
                     been
                     mended
                     .
                     Vse
                     ,
                     and
                     considering
                     that
                     of
                     others
                     ,
                     makes
                     me
                     grow
                     more
                     contented
                     ;
                     and
                     if
                     the
                     prospect
                     of
                     misery
                     to
                     us
                     all
                     was
                     any
                     satisfaction
                     ,
                     that
                     is
                     now
                     plainly
                     seen
                     .
                  
                   
                     Pray
                     God
                     bless
                     us
                     all
                     ,
                     by
                     restoring
                     every
                     Man
                     his
                     own
                     ,
                     and
                     you
                     with
                     long
                     Life
                     .
                  
                   
                     He
                     that
                     gives
                     you
                     this
                     ,
                     hath
                     furnisht
                     for
                     your
                     use
                     to
                     me
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                     Two
                     Hundred
                     Pounds
                     ,
                     which
                     I
                     desire
                     may
                     be
                     repaid
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Read
                   the
                   'tother
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   hand
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   enclosed
                   in
                   the
                   former
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   Reads
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     I
                     only
                     beg
                     Madam
                     ,
                     no
                     ill
                     malicious
                     Report
                     may
                     take
                     any
                     place
                     in
                     your
                     Thoughts
                     ,
                     in
                     regard
                     to
                     me
                     .
                     I
                     value
                     your
                     good
                     Opinion
                     ,
                     and
                     will
                     endeavour
                     to
                     deserve
                     it
                     .
                     I
                     can
                     do
                     little
                     towards
                     ,
                     but
                     wish
                     most
                     heartily
                     for
                     your
                     Happiness
                     .
                     I
                     know
                     no
                     Interest
                     ,
                     Madam
                     ,
                     but
                     my
                     Masters
                     and
                     yours
                     ,
                     nor
                     do
                     I
                     think
                     they
                     are
                     to
                     be
                     made
                     two
                     :
                     If
                     you
                     command
                     me
                     any
                     thing
                     ,
                     I
                     will
                     faithfully
                     obey
                     you
                     ,
                     as
                     I
                     have
                     ever
                     done
                     him
                     .
                  
                   
                     We
                     all
                     here
                     depend
                     upon
                     this
                     Bearers
                     accounts
                     of
                     us
                     and
                     our
                     Condition
                     .
                     His
                     Faith
                     and
                     Courage
                     hath
                     been
                     enough
                     experienced
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Serj.
                     Tremani
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Here
                   is
                   another
                   Paper
                   ,
                   shew
                   that
                   to
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                   Which
                   was
                   done
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   Paper
                   I
                   did
                   mark
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   was
                   one
                   that
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Bundle
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pillexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   is
                   it
                   Brother
                   ,
                   pray
                   open
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremani
                   .
                
                 
                   'T
                   is
                   a
                   draught
                   of
                   a
                   Cipher
                   ,
                   with
                   an
                   Alphabet
                   of
                   Names
                   for
                   carrying
                   on
                   the
                   Correspondence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   
                     Serj.
                     Thompson
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   observes
                   these
                   matters
                   were
                   designed
                   to
                   be
                   carryed
                   on
                   under
                   several
                   sorts
                   of
                   Cants
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   says
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   to
                   that
                   Paper
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   read
                   at
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottinghams
                   ,
                   and
                   markt
                   it
                   there
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   Read
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   Reads
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     For
                     Mrs.
                     
                       Anne
                       Russell
                    
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     left
                     with
                     Mrs.
                     Richeson
                     at
                     the
                     
                       Blew
                       Bore
                    
                     in
                     Ryder-street
                     ,
                     near
                     St.
                     James's
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       A
                       —
                       the
                       King.
                       
                    
                     
                       B
                       —
                       the
                       Queen
                       .
                    
                     
                       C
                       —
                       the
                       Prince
                       of
                       Wales
                       .
                    
                     
                       D
                       —
                       the
                       Prince
                       of
                       Orange
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         E
                         —
                         Canon
                      
                       and
                       the
                       Scotch
                       Officers
                       .
                    
                     
                       F
                       —
                       the
                       Duke
                       of
                       Berwick
                       .
                    
                     
                       G
                       —
                       Duke
                       Tyrconnel
                       .
                    
                     
                       H
                       —
                       Major
                       General
                       Sarsfield
                       .
                    
                     
                       I
                       —
                       Lieutenant
                       General
                       Shelden
                       .
                    
                     
                       L
                       —
                       King
                       of
                       France
                       .
                    
                     
                       M
                       —
                       Marshal
                       Luxemburgh
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                       
                         N
                         —
                         Marshal
                      
                       Belford
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         O
                         —
                         Duke
                      
                       Powis
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         P
                         —
                         Dutchess
                      
                       Powis
                       .
                    
                  
                   
                     
                       Amsterdam
                       —
                       Breast
                       .
                    
                     
                       Rotterdam
                       —
                       Deip.
                       
                    
                     
                       Hague
                       —
                       Hauvre
                       de
                       Grace
                       .
                    
                     
                       Brill
                       —
                       Dunkirk
                       .
                    
                     
                       Harlam
                       —
                       Callis
                       .
                    
                     
                       Italy
                       —
                       England
                       .
                    
                     
                       Germany
                       —
                       Scotland
                       .
                    
                     
                       Spain
                       —
                       Ireland
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   the
                   next
                   Papers
                   we
                   produce
                   are
                   the
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   ;
                   Pray
                   shew
                   them
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                   What
                   say
                   you
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ,
                   were
                   those
                   among
                   the
                   other
                   Papers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   I
                   remember
                   very
                   well
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   in
                   French
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   we
                   must
                   Swear
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   that
                   we
                   have
                   here
                   ,
                   to
                   Interpret
                   :
                   Call
                   Mr.
                   
                     Humphry
                     Levermere
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Levermere
                   ,
                
                 
                   Here
                   I
                   am
                   .
                
                 
                   (
                   He
                   was
                   sworn
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           
                             
                               A
                               Londres
                               ,
                               le
                               
                                 29
                                 Septembre
                                 .
                              
                            
                             
                               
                                 Monsieur
                                 ,
                              
                            
                             
                               LEs
                               presante
                               vous
                               sera
                               rendus
                               par
                               Monsieur
                               Orbinet
                               ,
                               qui
                               est
                               un
                               de
                               mes
                               bon
                               amis
                               ,
                               &
                               qui
                               se
                               fera
                               cognoistre
                               par
                               quelque
                               personne
                               de
                               vostre
                               Cognoissance
                               .
                               Vouz
                               m'obligerez
                               tresenfiblemant
                               en
                               de
                               luy
                               rendre
                               service
                               en
                               tout
                               ce
                               que
                               vous
                               pouires
                               .
                               Il
                               pourra
                               vouz
                               communiquer
                               quelque
                               Affaire
                               en
                               Commission
                               vouz
                               pouvez
                               avoir
                               Confiance
                               en
                               luy
                               de
                               toutes
                               les
                               manieres
                               je
                               vous
                               prie
                               doncque
                               l'obliger
                               en
                               tout
                               ce
                               que
                               vous
                               pourriez
                               .
                               Je
                               suis
                            
                             
                               
                                 Monsieur
                                 ,
                                 Vostre
                                 tres
                                 humble
                                 &
                                 tres
                                 obeissant
                                 Serviteur
                                 P.
                                 du
                                 Livier
                                 .
                              
                               A
                               Mon.
                               Mon.
                               
                                 Jo.
                                 du
                                 Livier
                              
                               ,
                               Paris
                               .
                            
                          
                        
                         
                           
                             
                               A
                               Londres
                               le
                               
                                 29
                                 Decembre
                                 8
                                 Janvier
                                 1690.
                                 
                              
                            
                             
                               
                                 Monsieur
                                 ,
                              
                            
                             
                               AVn
                               jour
                               de
                               veue
                               il
                               vous
                               plaira
                               payer
                               par
                               cette
                               premiere
                               d'Eschange
                               ,
                               a
                               l'Order
                               de
                               Mr.
                               
                                 Michel
                                 Orbinet
                              
                               ,
                               Trois
                               Mille
                               trois
                               cents
                               trente
                               trois
                               Livres
                               valeur
                               ,
                               du
                               dit
                               Sieur
                               suivant
                               l'advis
                               de
                            
                             
                               
                                 Vostre
                                 tres
                                 humble
                                 &
                                 tres
                                 obeissant
                                 Serviteur
                                 ,
                                 P.
                                 du
                                 Livier
                                 .
                              
                               A
                               Mon.
                               Mon.
                               
                                 Jo.
                                 du
                                 Livier
                              
                               ,
                               Paris
                               .
                            
                          
                        
                         
                           
                             
                               Londres
                               le
                               
                                 29
                                 Decembre
                                 8
                                 Janivier
                                 1690.
                                 
                              
                               Pour
                               Liv.
                               3333.
                               
                            
                             
                               
                                 Monsieur
                                 ,
                              
                            
                             
                               AVnjour
                               de
                               veue
                               ,
                               plaira
                               payer
                               par
                               cette
                               me
                               premiere
                               d'Eschange
                               ,
                               a
                               l'Ordre
                               de
                               Mr.
                               
                                 Michel
                                 Orbinet
                              
                               ,
                               Trois
                               Mille
                               trois
                               cents
                               trente
                               trois
                               Livres
                               Tournois
                               ,
                               valeur
                               du
                               dit
                               Sieur
                               &
                               suis
                               .
                            
                             
                               
                                 Vostre
                                 tres
                                 humble
                                 Serviteur
                                 ,
                                 J.
                                 Berionde
                                 .
                              
                               A
                               Mon.
                               Mon.
                               
                                 Anthoine
                                 Pelletyer
                              
                               ,
                               Merchand
                               ,
                               a
                               Paris
                               .
                            
                          
                        
                      
                       
                         
                         
                           
                             
                               London
                               
                                 the
                                 29th
                                 December
                                 .
                              
                            
                             
                               
                                 SIR
                                 ,
                              
                            
                             
                               THis
                               present
                               will
                               be
                               delivered
                               you
                               by
                               Mr.
                               Orbinet
                               ,
                               who
                               is
                               one
                               of
                               my
                               good
                               Friends
                               ,
                               and
                               who
                               will
                               make
                               himself
                               known
                               by
                               some
                               Person
                               of
                               your
                               Acquaintance
                               .
                               You
                               will
                               very
                               sensibly
                               oblige
                               me
                               in
                               doing
                               him
                               Service
                               in
                               all
                               that
                               you
                               can
                               .
                               He
                               will
                               be
                               able
                               to
                               communicate
                               some
                               Affair
                               in
                               Commission
                               ;
                               you
                               may
                               have
                               Confidence
                               in
                               him
                               about
                               all
                               Points
                               :
                               I
                               pray
                               you
                               then
                               to
                               oblige
                               him
                               in
                               all
                               that
                               you
                               can
                               .
                               I
                               am
                               ,
                            
                             
                               
                                 SIR
                                 ,
                              
                               
                                 Your
                                 most
                                 humble
                                 ,
                                 and
                                 most
                                 obedient
                                 Servant
                                 ,
                                 P.
                                 Du
                                 LIVIER
                                 .
                              
                               
                                 To
                                 Mr.
                              
                               Joseph
                               Du
                               Livier
                               .
                               Paris
                               .
                            
                          
                        
                         
                           
                             
                               London
                               
                                 the
                                 29th
                                 ,
                                 December
                                 8
                                 January
                                 1690.
                                 
                              
                            
                             
                               
                                 SIR
                                 ,
                              
                            
                             
                               AT
                               one
                               days
                               sight
                               be
                               pleased
                               to
                               pay
                               by
                               this
                               First
                               of
                               Exchange
                               to
                               the
                               Order
                               of
                               Mr.
                               
                                 Michael
                                 Orbinet
                              
                               ,
                               Three
                               thousand
                               three
                               hundred
                               thirty
                               three
                               Livres
                               ,
                               Value
                               of
                               the
                               said
                               Gent.
                               according
                               to
                               the
                               Advice
                               of
                            
                             
                               
                                 Your
                                 most
                                 humble
                                 ,
                                 and
                                 most
                                 obedient
                                 Servant
                                 ,
                                 P.
                                 Du
                                 LIVIER
                                 .
                              
                               
                                 To
                                 Mr.
                              
                               Joseph
                               Du
                               Livier
                               .
                               Paris
                               .
                            
                          
                        
                         
                           
                             
                               London
                               ,
                               
                                 29
                                 December
                                 8
                                 January
                                 1690.
                                 
                              
                               For
                               3333
                               Livres
                               .
                            
                             
                               
                                 SIR
                                 ,
                              
                            
                             
                               AT
                               one
                               days
                               sight
                               be
                               pleased
                               to
                               pay
                               by
                               this
                               my
                               first
                               of
                               Exchange
                               ,
                               to
                               the
                               Order
                               of
                               Mr.
                               
                                 Michael
                                 Orbinet
                              
                               ,
                               Three
                               thousand
                               three
                               hundred
                               thirty
                               three
                               
                                 Livres
                                 Tournois
                              
                               ,
                               Value
                               of
                               the
                               said
                               Gent.
                               And
                               I
                               am
                            
                             
                               
                                 Your
                                 most
                                 humble
                                 Servant
                                 ,
                                 J.
                                 BERIONDE
                                 .
                              
                               
                                 To
                                 Mr.
                              
                               Anthony
                               Pelletier
                               ,
                               
                                 Merchant
                                 ,
                                 at
                              
                               Paris
                               .
                            
                          
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   how
                   much
                   do
                   they
                   all
                   come
                   to
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Levermere
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   come
                   to
                   500
                   l.
                   wanting
                   but
                   Twelve
                   pence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   shewn
                   your
                   Lordship
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   taken
                   in
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   but
                   we
                   have
                   reserved
                   three
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   till
                   the
                   last
                   place
                   ;
                   and
                   these
                   three
                   Papers
                   ,
                   if
                   we
                   had
                   no
                   other
                   ,
                   were
                   sufficient
                   to
                   maintain
                   this
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   for
                   they
                   are
                   written
                   all
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   own
                   Hand
                   ,
                   wherein
                   he
                   gives
                   an
                   Account
                   how
                   the
                   French
                   should
                   Invade
                   us
                   ,
                   how
                   the
                   Forts
                   may
                   be
                   taken
                   ,
                   how
                   London
                   should
                   be
                   plagued
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   a
                   sort
                   of
                   Rascals
                   the
                   Clergy
                   of
                   London
                   are
                   ;
                   these
                   are
                   the
                   Contents
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   among
                   other
                   things
                   .
                   Pray
                   shew
                   them
                   to
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 (
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   were
                   two
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   little
                   one
                   with
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   desire
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   observe
                   one
                   thing
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   my
                   remembrance
                   ,
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   only
                   mark'd
                   six
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   How
                   many
                   has
                   he
                   sworn
                   to
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   believe
                   he
                   has
                   proved
                   more
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   never
                   said
                   so
                   ;
                   I
                   mark'd
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   ,
                   tho'
                   not
                   all
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   say
                   how
                   many
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Were
                   these
                   Papers
                   taken
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   all
                   three
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Ld.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Just
                   now
                   he
                   said
                   but
                   two
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Have
                   you
                   look'd
                   upon
                   them
                   all
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   marked
                   but
                   two
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   other
                   little
                   Paper
                   was
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   I
                   read
                   them
                   my self
                   ,
                   I
                   remember
                   it
                   very
                   well
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   pray
                   the
                   Clerk
                   may
                   read
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   (
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                   )
                
                 
                   Lady
                   
                     D.
                     2000
                     l.
                  
                   And
                   200
                   l.
                   for
                   Shop-debts
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   would
                   open
                   this
                   piece
                   of
                   Evidence
                   before
                   we
                   read
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   understood
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   shall
                   prove
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Hand
                   afterwards
                   .
                   It
                   consists
                   of
                   many
                   Heads
                   and
                   Particulars
                   ,
                   without
                   Order
                   or
                   Method
                   ,
                   and
                   seems
                   to
                   be
                   no
                   more
                   than
                   Memorandums
                   made
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   to
                   put
                   him
                   in
                   mind
                   what
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   enlarge
                   upon
                   when
                   he
                   came
                   thither
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   (
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                   )
                
                 
                   
                     Lady
                     
                       D.
                       2000
                       l.
                    
                     And
                     200
                     l.
                     for
                     Shop-debts
                     .
                  
                   
                     Pension
                     upon
                     the
                  
                   
                     14
                     —
                     3
                     Deckt
                     Ships
                     .
                     —
                     Britania
                     ,
                     Ad.
                     
                  
                   
                     Soveraign
                     out
                     and
                     R
                     —
                     James
                     .
                  
                   
                     33
                     3d
                     Rates
                     ,
                     make
                     the
                     14
                     and
                     30
                     67.
                     
                  
                   
                     Sundry
                     Hospitals
                     and
                     Fire-ships
                     ,
                     some
                     built
                     on
                     purpose
                     proportionable
                     .
                  
                   
                     Of
                     Third
                     Rates
                     most
                     mann'd
                     :
                     14
                     not
                     mann'd
                     ,
                     great
                     ones
                     .
                  
                   
                     Rest
                     in
                     some
                     proportion'd
                     Mann'd
                     ,
                     not
                     well
                     Manned
                     ,
                     nor
                     will
                     be
                     .
                  
                   
                     —
                     Britania
                     not
                     out
                     till
                     March
                     ,
                     the
                     rest
                     perhaps
                     in
                     April
                     .
                  
                   
                     —
                     The
                     French
                     must
                     be
                     out
                     in
                     April
                     ,
                     and
                     in
                     the
                     Downs
                     :
                     Look
                     in
                     at
                     the
                     Spithead
                     to
                     secure
                     them
                     .
                  
                   
                     The
                     Dutch
                     Fleet
                     cannot
                     then
                     joyn
                     them
                     .
                  
                   
                     Carter
                     and
                     others
                     at
                     Portsmouth
                     ,
                     the
                     likeliest
                     Men
                     to
                     come
                     to
                     him
                     —
                     Dutch
                     Fleet
                     36
                     Sail
                     ,
                     9
                     from
                     70
                     ,
                     to
                     60
                     Guns
                     ;
                     —
                     12
                     from
                     50
                     to
                     60
                     —
                     the
                     rest
                     betwixt
                     60
                     and
                     70
                     —
                     Get
                     to
                     it
                     before
                     the
                     Conjunction
                     ,
                     otherways
                     nothing
                     .
                     To
                     fight
                     in
                     the
                     Chops
                     of
                     the
                     Channel
                     ;
                     not
                     to
                     come
                     so
                     high
                     as
                     
                       Beachy
                       —
                       Portsmouth
                    
                     not
                     mann'd
                     above
                     500
                     —
                     One
                     Gibson
                     a
                     Scotch
                     Pedler
                     —
                     Lands
                     behind
                     South-Sea
                     Cattle
                     —
                     Nothing
                     but
                     Pallisado's
                     about
                     
                       Gossport
                       —
                       Jennings
                    
                     ,
                     or
                     Strickland
                     ,
                     or
                     Trevannion
                     comes
                     from
                     St.
                     Maloes
                     in
                     one
                     Night
                     —
                     most
                     of
                     the
                     Gentlemen
                     have
                     done
                     him
                     most
                     mischief
                     ,
                     the
                     Tarpaulins
                     his
                     best
                     Friends
                     ,
                     which
                     despirited
                     —
                     Danby
                     desires
                     to
                     be
                     in
                     the
                     Monk
                     ,
                     keeps
                     and
                     fortifies
                     Hull
                     —
                     King
                     not
                     to
                     be
                     on
                     Board
                     the
                     Fleet
                     —
                     Foolish
                     Letters
                     from
                     
                       St.
                       G's
                    
                     taken
                     every
                     day
                     in
                     the
                     D.
                     Post
                     ,
                     and
                     read
                     in
                     Council
                     —
                     about
                     
                       June
                       —
                       England
                    
                     67
                     great
                     Ships
                     .
                     Dutch
                     60
                     —
                     commanded
                     36
                     to
                     us
                     ,
                     24
                     to
                     act
                     by
                     themselves
                     —
                     Russel
                     in
                     the
                     Britania
                     Admiral
                     —
                     Killegrew
                     the
                     Blue
                     —
                     the
                     Duke
                     —
                     Ashby
                     the
                     
                       Royal
                       James
                       —
                       Delaval
                    
                     the
                     Soveraign
                     ,
                     Vice-Admiral
                     Blue
                     —
                     Carter
                     the
                     Vanguard
                     —
                     Those
                     who
                     shall
                     not
                     oppose
                     or
                     resist
                     him
                     to
                     be
                     pardoned
                     —
                     Not
                     21
                     days
                     coming
                     in
                     ,
                     or
                     shall
                     not
                     help
                     the
                     P.
                     of
                     
                       O.
                       600000
                       l.
                    
                     to
                     the
                     States
                     of
                     Holland
                     —
                     No
                     Taxes
                     in
                     his
                     Time
                     —
                     and
                     the
                     K.
                     of
                     Fr.
                     will
                     require
                     nothing
                     —
                     Chimney-Money
                     to
                     be
                     taken
                     away
                     —
                     not
                     excepting
                     Outlaws
                     —
                     Scotland
                     —
                     let
                     know
                     whether
                     the
                     King
                     will
                     come
                     or
                     not
                     soon
                     ,
                     and
                     acquaint
                     him
                     with
                     the
                     weakness
                     of
                     the
                     Pr.
                     Councel
                     —
                     3
                     Dashes
                     —
                     or
                     the
                     like
                     of
                     F.
                     of
                     —
                     That
                     's
                     some
                     kind
                     Answer
                     —
                     Mr.
                     East
                     Merchant
                     of
                     
                     Bristol
                     to
                     be
                     kept
                     till
                     called
                     for
                     
                       William
                       St
                    
                     —
                     from
                     
                       Amsterdam
                       —
                       Alexander
                       —
                       England
                       —
                       George
                       —
                       Scotland
                       —
                       Dorset
                       ,
                       Cornwallis
                       ,
                       Mountague
                       ,
                       Stamford
                       ,
                       Shrewsbury
                       ,
                       Macclesfield
                       ,
                       Monmouth
                       ,
                       Devonshire
                    
                     —
                     In
                     Feb.
                     the
                     K.
                     come
                     to
                     Scotland
                     —
                     endeavour
                     to
                     unite
                     the
                     Episc
                     .
                     and
                     Presbit
                     .
                     Parties
                     —
                     A
                     less
                     sum
                     not
                     interfere
                     with
                     the
                     Fr.
                     K.
                     from
                     Highlanders
                     —
                     Campaigns
                     —
                     land
                     at
                     Leith
                     —
                     the
                     Scotch
                     Army
                     not
                     a
                     French
                     one
                     ,
                     5000
                     good
                     Suedish
                     Foot
                     ,
                     the
                     reputation
                     of
                     a
                     Protestant
                     Ally
                     ,
                     two
                     Months
                     to
                     settle
                     Scotland
                     —
                     a
                     Commission
                     given
                     to
                     me
                     from
                     Mr.
                     P.
                     —
                     For
                     Fl.
                     hinder
                     Eng.
                     and
                     D.
                     from
                     joyning
                     —
                     two
                     Vessels
                     of
                     150
                     l.
                     price
                     for
                     Pensilvania
                     ,
                     for
                     13
                     or
                     14
                     Months
                     —
                     Ormond
                     and
                     Brandon
                     disobliged
                     about
                     the
                     Guards
                     .
                  
                   
                     To
                     have
                     1200
                     Seamen
                     from
                     Denmark
                     and
                     Holland
                     .
                     —
                     To
                     save
                     Cambell
                     .
                     —
                     To
                     be
                     left
                     at
                     the
                     Ship
                     in
                     Sheets
                     
                       Westminster
                       .
                       —
                       Flanders
                       .
                       —
                       R
                       —
                       Scotch
                    
                     Ships
                     in
                     New-Castle
                     Harbour
                     to
                     plague
                     London
                     .
                     —
                     The
                     
                       Modest
                       Enquiry
                    
                     ,
                     the
                     Bishops
                     Answer
                     .
                     —
                     Not
                     the
                     Chilling
                     of
                     them
                     .
                     —
                     But
                     satisfying
                     of
                     Friends
                     —
                     To
                     tell
                     him
                     that
                     to
                     Protect
                     Friends
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     soon
                     as
                     Forreigners
                     are
                     gone
                     ,
                     he
                     will
                     dismiss
                     his
                     .
                     —
                     The
                     Woman
                     that
                     was
                     with
                     the
                     K.
                     in
                     Ireland
                     ,
                     and
                     sent
                     Commission
                     to
                     Stafford
                     ,
                     and
                     failing
                     ,
                     not
                     to
                     be
                     sent
                     again
                     ,
                     her
                     Friends
                     live
                     in
                     
                       Covent
                       Garden
                    
                     .
                     —
                     Private
                     Letters
                     not
                     .
                     —
                     Protesting
                     Lords
                     against
                     the
                     Usurper
                     ,
                     Three
                     of
                     Five
                     against
                     the
                     Vacancy
                     of
                     the
                     Crown
                     ,
                     
                       Beauford
                       ,
                       Newcastle
                       ,
                       Thanet
                       ,
                       Sawyer
                       ,
                       Lutwich
                       ,
                       Pemberton
                       ,
                       Levintz
                       ,
                       Winnington
                       ,
                       Mountague
                       ,
                       Shore
                       .
                       —
                       London
                    
                     Clergy
                     the
                     worst
                     ,
                     we
                     have
                     their
                     Wishes
                     ,
                     and
                     they
                     their
                     Oaths
                     .
                     —
                     K.
                     Betrayed
                     by
                     
                       J.
                       Porter
                       ,
                       Seymour
                    
                     said
                     it
                     .
                     —
                     Lord
                     Nottingham
                     says
                     there
                     will
                     be
                     a
                     Peace
                     with
                     Fr.
                     and
                     the
                     K.
                     left
                     out
                     .
                     —
                     Bring
                     Forreigners
                     to
                     drive
                     out
                     Forreigners
                     ,
                     then
                     dismiss
                     them
                     ,
                     leave
                     all
                     to
                     a
                     Free
                     Parliament
                     .
                     —
                     No
                     Justices
                     of
                     Peace
                     ,
                     &c.
                     actually
                     in
                     Commission
                     to
                     be
                     Criminal
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   Gentlemen
                   have
                   you
                   any
                   more
                   Evidence
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   shall
                   now
                   prove
                   these
                   Papers
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   own
                   Hand
                   .
                   Pray
                   call
                   Mr.
                   Warr
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Townesend
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Henry
                     Johnson
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Bland
                   .
                
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Townesend
                 sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   shew
                   Mr.
                   Townesend
                   that
                   Paper
                   .
                   (
                   
                     Which
                     was
                     done
                  
                   .
                   Pray
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   whose
                   Hand-writing
                   is
                   that
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Townesend
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   believe
                   this
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   ;
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   see
                   him
                   write
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   ,
                
                 
                   Are
                   you
                   well
                   acquainted
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   hand
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Townesend
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   seen
                   his
                   Lordship's
                   Hand
                   sometimes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   ,
                
                 
                   How
                   often
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Townesend
                   ,
                
                 
                   Not
                   very
                   often
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   have
                   seen
                   it
                   sometimes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   ,
                
                 
                   Pray
                   were
                   you
                   a
                   Clark
                   in
                   any
                   Office
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Townesend
                   ,
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   in
                   the
                   Office
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   Wardrobe
                   ,
                   where
                   I
                   have
                   had
                   occasion
                   to
                   see
                   his
                   Lordship's
                   Hand
                   sometimes
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   believe
                   this
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   Hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Look
                   upon
                   the
                   t'other
                   two
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Townesend
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   believe
                   these
                   three
                   Papers
                   are
                   my
                   L.
                   
                   Preston's
                   hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Those
                   are
                   the
                   three
                   Papers
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   read
                   last
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   says
                   are
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Townesend
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   believe
                   it
                   ,
                   Sir.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   look
                   upon
                   that
                   Paper
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   little
                   one
                   within
                   it
                   ;
                   Do
                   you
                   know
                   whose
                   Hand
                   that
                   is
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Townesend
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   see
                   it
                   written
                   ,
                   Sir.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Do
                   you
                   believe
                   you
                   know
                   who
                   writ
                   it
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Hand
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Townesend
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   latter
                   part
                   looks
                   like
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   cannot
                   well
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   the
                   other
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   written
                   so
                   small
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   swear
                   Mr.
                   Bland
                   .
                
              
               
                 (
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Give
                   him
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                   We
                   ask
                   you
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Bland
                   ,
                   Whether
                   you
                   were
                   well
                   acquainted
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bland
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   seen
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Hand
                   sometimes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Have
                   you
                   looked
                   upon
                   those
                   Papers
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bland
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   whos
                   's
                   Hand
                   are
                   they
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Bland
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   believe
                   these
                   three
                   Papers
                   are
                   my
                   L.
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand-writing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   pray
                   Mr.
                   Warr
                   may
                   be
                   sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 (
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Do
                   you
                   know
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Warr.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   seen
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   write
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   very
                   often
                   ;
                   most
                   commonly
                   it
                   was
                   only
                   his
                   Name
                   :
                   but
                   I
                   have
                   seen
                   him
                   write
                   some
                   Letters
                   too
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   look
                   upon
                   those
                   Papers
                   ;
                   whose
                   Hand
                   are
                   they
                   do
                   you
                   believe
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Warr.
                   
                
                 
                   This
                   Paper
                   seems
                   to
                   be
                   like
                   my
                   Lord
                   's
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   ;
                   the
                   other
                   I
                   cannot
                   say
                   much
                   of
                   ,
                   because
                   that
                   which
                   I
                   commonly
                   saw
                   him
                   write
                   was
                   a
                   large
                   fair
                   Hand
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   is
                   a
                   little
                   Hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Mr.
                   Warr
                   ,
                   look
                   upon
                   these
                   Seals
                   ;
                   whose
                   Seals
                   were
                   they
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Warr.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   believe
                   the
                   Seals
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   ;
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   was
                   his
                   Seal
                   when
                   Secretary
                   of
                   State.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   were
                   under
                   him
                   in
                   that
                   Office
                   ,
                   were
                   you
                   not
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Warr.
                   
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   done
                   with
                   our
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   and
                   shall
                   rest
                   here
                   till
                   we
                   here
                   what
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   says
                   to
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   what
                   has
                   been
                   said
                   concerning
                   the
                   matter
                   you
                   have
                   been
                   Indicted
                   for
                   ;
                   What
                   has
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   say
                   for
                   yourself
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   desire
                   to
                   see
                   the
                   Seals
                   ,
                   they
                   may
                   have
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 [
                 The
                 Seals
                 were
                 shewn
                 to
                 the
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   done
                   for
                   the
                   present
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   make
                   your
                   Defence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   place
                   I
                   must
                   refer
                   myself
                   again
                   to
                   my
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   find
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Treasons
                   of
                   which
                   I
                   am
                   accused
                   ,
                   were
                   none
                   of
                   them
                   done
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   are
                   laid
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   within
                   this
                   County
                   ;
                   I
                   find
                   nothing
                   of
                   that
                   kind
                   proved
                   upon
                   me
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   here
                   ,
                   for
                   any
                   Memorandums
                   that
                   they
                   say
                   may
                   be
                   in
                   that
                   hand
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   will
                   consider
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   nothing
                   followed
                   upon
                   any
                   of
                   these
                   things
                   ,
                   that
                   may
                   be
                   found
                   in
                   those
                   Papers
                   :
                   And
                   in
                   the
                   next
                   place
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   ,
                   whether
                   they
                   are
                   sufficiently
                   proved
                   to
                   be
                   mine
                   ;
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   whether
                   similitude
                   of
                   Hands
                   is
                   proof
                   or
                   not
                   against
                   me
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   case
                   .
                   I
                   humbly
                   offer
                   these
                   things
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   and
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordship
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   will
                   consider
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Is
                   this
                   your
                   Lordship's
                   Defence
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   leave
                   these
                   things
                   to
                   the
                   consideration
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   insists
                   upon
                   it
                   first
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   act
                   of
                   Treason
                   proved
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   ,
                   whether
                   similitude
                   of
                   Hands
                   be
                   a
                   good
                   proof
                   to
                   prove
                   these
                   three
                   Papers
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   to
                   be
                   your
                   hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   body
                   saying
                   they
                   see
                   me
                   write
                   them
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   did
                   write
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   have
                   you
                   no
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   nor
                   nothing
                   that
                   you
                   would
                   use
                   of
                   Evidence
                   for
                   yourself
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Would
                   your
                   Lordship
                   disprove
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   the
                   matter
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   proved
                   against
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   must
                   deny
                   the
                   whole
                   Fact
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   have
                   no
                   Witnesses
                   or
                   Evidence
                   to
                   offer
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   your
                   Lordship
                   has
                   no
                   more
                   to
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   leave
                   it
                   so
                   with
                   your
                   Lordship
                   and
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   shall
                   offer
                   nothing
                   farther
                   ,
                   but
                   leave
                   it
                   wholly
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   has
                   done
                   then
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   observes
                   none
                   of
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   have
                   declared
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   going
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   nor
                   knew
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   hire
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   nor
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   that
                   kind
                   ;
                   tho'
                   I
                   suppose
                   if
                   they
                   had
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   Treason
                   ;
                   but
                   your
                   Lordship
                   observes
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   such
                   thing
                   has
                   been
                   sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   first
                   matter
                   that
                   your
                   Lordship
                   makes
                   a
                   Question
                   upon
                   ,
                   Whether
                   there
                   be
                   any
                   act
                   of
                   Treason
                   proved
                   in
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   that
                   does
                   depend
                   upon
                   the
                   Proof
                   of
                   your
                   Lordship's
                   being
                   concerned
                   in
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   for
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   had
                   an
                   intention
                   in
                   carrying
                   these
                   Papers
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   which
                   speaks
                   a
                   design
                   to
                   Invade
                   this
                   Realm
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordship
                   took
                   Boat
                   in
                   Middlesex
                   at
                   
                   Surrey-Stairs
                   ,
                   in
                   prosecution
                   of
                   that
                   intention
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   an
                   Overt-act
                   in
                   this
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   and
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jurie
                   observe
                   these
                   Papers
                   were
                   not
                   found
                   upon
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   proved
                   that
                   your
                   Lordship
                   had
                   an
                   intention
                   to
                   carry
                   these
                   Papers
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   Boat
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   them
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   where-ever
                   your
                   Lordship
                   acted
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   that
                   design
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   Treason
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   you
                   are
                   guilty
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   a
                   Treason
                   complicated
                   of
                   several
                   Facts
                   ,
                   done
                   in
                   several
                   places
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   ,
                   whether
                   they
                   have
                   been
                   proved
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Parpers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   a
                   Question
                   that
                   must
                   be
                   left
                   to
                   the
                   Jurie
                   upon
                   the
                   Evidence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Prest
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   body
                   swears
                   they
                   are
                   mine
                   ,
                   nor
                   were
                   they
                   found
                   upon
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   what
                   I
                   am
                   speaking
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   is
                   in
                   answer
                   to
                   your
                   Question
                   about
                   the
                   place
                   ,
                   for
                   you
                   say
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   nothing
                   proved
                   done
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ;
                   now
                   the
                   question
                   is
                   ,
                   whether
                   your
                   Lordship
                   had
                   a
                   design
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   with
                   these
                   Papers
                   ;
                   if
                   you
                   had
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   did
                   go
                   on
                   Ship-board
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   your
                   taking
                   Boat
                   in
                   Middlesex
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   go
                   on
                   Ship-board
                   ,
                   is
                   a
                   Fact
                   done
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Prest
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   not
                   proved
                   by
                   any
                   Witnesses
                   that
                   I
                   designed
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   before
                   the
                   Jury
                   upon
                   the
                   Evidence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Prest
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   will
                   observe
                   't
                   is
                   not
                   proved
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   next
                   place
                   ,
                   there
                   are
                   no
                   Papers
                   taken
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   with
                   humble
                   submission
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   proof
                   of
                   any
                   such
                   thing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   how
                   far
                   your
                   Lordship
                   was
                   concerned
                   in
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   whether
                   you
                   were
                   going
                   with
                   them
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   left
                   upon
                   the
                   Evidence
                   that
                   hath
                   been
                   heard
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   consideration
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   humbly
                   submit
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Have
                   you
                   any
                   more
                   to
                   say
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   As
                   to
                   what
                   I
                   offer
                   ,
                   that
                   nothing
                   has
                   been
                   proved
                   in
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   take
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Point
                   of
                   Law
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   it
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   argued
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   desire
                   I
                   may
                   have
                   Councel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   a
                   Matter
                   of
                   Fact
                   only
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   you
                   please
                   ,
                   the
                   rest
                   
                   of
                   my
                   Lords
                   the
                   Judges
                   may
                   give
                   you
                   their
                   Opinion
                   ;
                   for
                   this
                   is
                   a
                   Question
                   upon
                   a
                   supposition
                   that
                   your
                   Lordship
                   was
                   guilty
                   of
                   a
                   Design
                   of
                   going
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   with
                   a
                   purpose
                   to
                   depose
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   alter
                   the
                   Government
                   ;
                   then
                   the
                   Question
                   is
                   upon
                   such
                   a
                   Supposition
                   that
                   you
                   were
                   guilty
                   of
                   that
                   Design
                   whether
                   you
                   were
                   guilty
                   in
                   Middlesex
                   or
                   no.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   not
                   proved
                   that
                   design
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   do
                   not
                   say
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   taken
                   for
                   granted
                   now
                   ,
                   but
                   't
                   is
                   a
                   Question
                   upon
                   a
                   Supposition
                   .
                   Now
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   'll
                   tell
                   your
                   Lordship
                   in
                   short
                   my
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   Judges
                   will
                   tell
                   you
                   theirs
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   of
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   had
                   such
                   a
                   Design
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   these
                   Papers
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   these
                   Papers
                   were
                   formed
                   by
                   you
                   ,
                   or
                   you
                   were
                   privy
                   to
                   the
                   Contents
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   then
                   it
                   is
                   plainly
                   proved
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   went
                   into
                   a
                   Boat
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   carry
                   on
                   this
                   Design
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   will
                   make
                   it
                   a
                   good
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   here
                   is
                   a
                   plain
                   Overt-act
                   of
                   High-Treason
                   in
                   Middlesex
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Opinion
                   ;
                   for
                   your
                   Fact
                   as
                   to
                   this
                   particular
                   Point
                   in
                   Law
                   stands
                   thus
                   :
                   You
                   are
                   Indicted
                   of
                   High-Treason
                   in
                   two
                   Points
                   ;
                   one
                   is
                   ,
                   For
                   Conspiring
                   to
                   Depose
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   alter
                   the
                   Government
                   :
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   is
                   ,
                   For
                   Aiding
                   and
                   Assisting
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   declared
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   open
                   War
                   against
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   invite
                   the
                   Enemies
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   to
                   invade
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   .
                   Now
                   this
                   Design
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   Help
                   and
                   Assistance
                   ,
                   are
                   written
                   in
                   these
                   Papers
                   ;
                   for
                   they
                   are
                   Instructions
                   for
                   the
                   carrying
                   on
                   of
                   this
                   Design
                   .
                   You
                   my
                   Lord
                   are
                   the
                   Person
                   that
                   is
                   charged
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   these
                   Papers
                   to
                   help
                   on
                   this
                   Design
                   ;
                   you
                   began
                   your
                   Journey
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   for
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   you
                   took
                   Water
                   at
                   
                   Surrey-stairs
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   and
                   every
                   step
                   you
                   made
                   in
                   pursuance
                   of
                   this
                   Journey
                   ,
                   is
                   Treason
                   ,
                   where-ever
                   it
                   was
                   :
                   So
                   then
                   here
                   is
                   a
                   sufficient
                   proof
                   of
                   a
                   Fact
                   in
                   Middlesex
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   is
                   a
                   Point
                   of
                   Law
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   have
                   Councel
                   in
                   this
                   Case
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   not
                   proved
                   by
                   any
                   Body
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   said
                   I
                   would
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   next
                   place
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   proved
                   that
                   I
                   had
                   these
                   Papers
                   about
                   me
                   ;
                   there
                   has
                   been
                   no
                   Evidence
                   given
                   that
                   I
                   did
                   take
                   Water
                   with
                   an
                   intention
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   these
                   Papers
                   into
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   Jury
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   Judges
                   of
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Prest
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   what
                   have
                   I
                   done
                   ?
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   done
                   an
                   thing
                   within
                   the
                   danger
                   of
                   any
                   Statute
                   upon
                   which
                   I
                   am
                   Indicted
                   ;
                   besides
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   what
                   I
                   have
                   to
                   offer
                   further
                   ,
                   is
                   this
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   I
                   ought
                   to
                   have
                   two
                   credible
                   Witnesses
                   to
                   prove
                   every
                   Fact
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   hope
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   will
                   consider
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   nothing
                   but
                   Supposition
                   as
                   to
                   me
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   hope
                   I
                   and
                   my
                   Family
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   ruined
                   upon
                   a
                   Supposition
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Has
                   your
                   Lordship
                   any
                   more
                   to
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Prest
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   the
                   Judges
                   have
                   not
                   given
                   their
                   Opinion
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   rest
                   will
                   give
                   their
                   Opinions
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   desire
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Chief
                   Baron
                   ,
                   what
                   say
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Baron
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   called
                   upon
                   ,
                   it
                   seems
                   ,
                   to
                   give
                   my
                   Opinion
                   in
                   this
                   Case
                   ,
                   but
                   this
                   I
                   take
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   left
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                   What
                   credit
                   they
                   will
                   give
                   to
                   the
                   proof
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordship
                   makes
                   a
                   Question
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   proof
                   stands
                   ,
                   Whether
                   here
                   be
                   any
                   thing
                   done
                   in
                   this
                   County
                   ;
                   here
                   are
                   Instructions
                   given
                   to
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   how
                   to
                   Invade
                   England
                   and
                   Carry
                   on
                   the
                   War
                   against
                   us
                   .
                   These
                   Instructions
                   are
                   contained
                   in
                   several
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   these
                   Papers
                   in
                   a
                   Pacquet
                   are
                   carried
                   to
                   the
                   Smack
                   ,
                   which
                   Smack
                   was
                   hired
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   .
                   You
                   are
                   found
                   taking
                   water
                   at
                   
                   Surrey-Stairs
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   the
                   Smack
                   :
                   You
                   did
                   go
                   to
                   the
                   
                   Smack
                   ;
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   in
                   your
                   Company
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   seen
                   lying
                   by
                   your
                   Seals
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   swear
                   ,
                   they
                   believe
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   to
                   be
                   your
                   Hand
                   ;
                   you
                   took
                   care
                   to
                   desire
                   to
                   have
                   them
                   disposed
                   of
                   .
                   Now
                   how
                   far
                   the
                   Jury
                   will
                   believe
                   this
                   Matter
                   of
                   Fact
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   thus
                   testified
                   ,
                   is
                   left
                   to
                   them
                   ;
                   this
                   seems
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   Proof
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   the
                   Jury
                   do
                   believe
                   it
                   ,
                   here
                   is
                   a
                   Plain
                   Evidence
                   of
                   an
                   Overt
                   Act
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   insist
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   with
                   humble
                   submission
                   ,
                   It
                   is
                   not
                   proved
                   that
                   these
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   I
                   did
                   take
                   water
                   at
                   
                   Surrey-Stairs
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Baron
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   must
                   be
                   collected
                   out
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   Circumstances
                   ;
                   the
                   Credit
                   of
                   which
                   is
                   left
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   All
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   my
                   Lords
                   the
                   Judges
                   are
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   opinion
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   tell
                   me
                   ?
                   Have
                   you
                   any
                   more
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   must
                   submit
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   stands
                   Indicted
                   for
                   High
                   Treason
                   ,
                   in
                   imagining
                   and
                   compassing
                   the
                   Deposition
                   ,
                   Death
                   ,
                   and
                   Destruction
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ;
                   and
                   for
                   that
                   purpose
                   ,
                   did
                   write
                   ,
                   or
                   cause
                   to
                   be
                   writ
                   ,
                   several
                   treasonable
                   Papers
                   and
                   Letters
                   ,
                   designed
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   to
                   correspond
                   with
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   and
                   his
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   Enemies
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   carry
                   with
                   him
                   those
                   Treasonable
                   Papers
                   and
                   Letters
                   ,
                   containing
                   a
                   Project
                   and
                   a
                   formed
                   Design
                   how
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   should
                   be
                   invaded
                   by
                   Foreigners
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   another
                   Treason
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   mention'd
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   for
                   adhering
                   to
                   the
                   abetting
                   the
                   King's
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   there
                   being
                   open
                   War
                   declared
                   between
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   French
                   King.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   have
                   heard
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   a
                   very
                   long
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   Witnesses
                   have
                   been
                   produced
                   
                     viva
                     voce
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   several
                   Papers
                   have
                   been
                   read
                   to
                   you
                   ;
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   produced
                   ,
                   tho'
                   they
                   may
                   seem
                   misterious
                   and
                   canting
                   ,
                   yet
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   so
                   very
                   obscure
                   and
                   unintelligible
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   you
                   consider
                   them
                   well
                   ,
                   the
                   meaning
                   of
                   them
                   will
                   appear
                   .
                   Others
                   of
                   them
                   are
                   more
                   express
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   plainly
                   demonstrate
                   a
                   Design
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   should
                   be
                   deposed
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   there
                   should
                   be
                   another
                   Prince
                   set
                   upon
                   the
                   Throne
                   ,
                   and
                   restored
                   to
                   the
                   Government
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   There
                   are
                   two
                   other
                   Persons
                   mentioned
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   tho'
                   my
                   Lord
                   is
                   only
                   now
                   upon
                   his
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   yet
                   the
                   evidence
                   which
                   doth
                   affect
                   them
                   ,
                   doth
                   also
                   concern
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   have
                   heard
                   how
                   there
                   was
                   an
                   Intention
                   of
                   some
                   Persons
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   two
                   others
                   that
                   stands
                   indicted
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   did
                   〈◊〉
                   with
                   one
                   Mrs.
                   Prat
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   to
                   hire
                   a
                   Vessel
                   for
                   that
                   purpose
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   was
                   by
                   the
                   means
                   of
                   one
                   Mr.
                   Burdett
                   ,
                   that
                   lives
                   in
                   the
                   City
                   ;
                   they
                   had
                   a
                   Meeting
                   at
                   
                   Burdett's
                   House
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   treated
                   about
                   the
                   Price
                   that
                   should
                   be
                   given
                   for
                   the
                   Hire
                   of
                   this
                   Ship
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   but
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   they
                   did
                   not
                   agree
                   .
                   It
                   was
                   concluded
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Woman
                   and
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Burdett
                   should
                   meet
                   at
                   the
                   
                     Wonder
                     Tavern
                  
                   ,
                   but
                   Mr.
                   Burdett
                   not
                   being
                   there
                   ,
                   nothing
                   was
                   concluded
                   upon
                   then
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   that
                   the
                   Woman
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Burdett
                   ,
                   and
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   Elliott
                   ,
                   met
                   at
                   Mrs.
                   
                   Burdett's
                   ;
                   the
                   Woman
                   insisted
                   at
                   first
                   upon
                   150
                   l.
                   After
                   they
                   had
                   been
                   treating
                   for
                   some
                   time
                   ,
                   the
                   Bargain
                   was
                   made
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   for
                   100
                   l.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   the
                   next
                   thing
                   considered
                   was
                   ,
                   How
                   this
                   Money
                   should
                   be
                   paid
                   ;
                   By
                   agreement
                   ,
                   93
                   Guinea's
                   and
                   6
                   d.
                   which
                   made
                   up
                   the
                   100
                   l.
                   was
                   deposited
                   in
                   Mrs.
                   
                   Burdett's
                   hand
                   ;
                   a
                   Six-pence
                   broken
                   one
                   part
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   had
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Six-pence
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   had
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   either
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   did
                   bring
                   back
                   that
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Six-pence
                   that
                   Ashton
                   had
                   to
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   ,
                   the
                   Money
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   paid
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   After
                   this
                   Agreement
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   appointed
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   the
                   
                     Seven
                     Stars
                  
                   in
                   Covent-Garden
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   one
                   Mr.
                   Rigby
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   the
                   Woman
                   ,
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Elliot
                   met
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   that
                   Night
                   to
                   go
                   away
                   and
                   to
                   take
                   Water
                   at
                   some
                   place
                   near
                   to
                   go
                   on
                   Ship-bord
                   ;
                   and
                   having
                   stayed
                   there
                   till
                   it
                   was
                   about
                   ten
                   a
                   Clock
                   at
                   Night
                   ,
                   then
                   they
                   went
                   away
                   into
                   the
                   Strand
                   and
                   so
                   into
                   Surry-street
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   Water
                   at
                   Surry-stairs
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   before
                   that
                   they
                   came
                   from
                   Mr.
                   
                   Rigby's
                   ,
                   some
                   Persons
                   went
                   to
                   Surry-stairs
                   to
                   see
                   for
                   a
                   Boat
                   and
                   met
                   with
                   that
                   Fellow
                   that
                   was
                   here
                   produced
                   ,
                   who
                   was
                   a
                   Sculler
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   hire
                   him
                   to
                   go
                   through
                   the
                   Bridge
                   when
                   the
                   Tide
                   served
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   carry
                   some
                   Gentlmen
                   on
                   Shipboard
                   ;
                   they
                   agreed
                   with
                   him
                   for
                   half
                   a
                   Crown
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   stay
                   in
                   an
                   House
                   near
                   the
                   Stairs
                   until
                   they
                   came
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   at
                   the
                   time
                   appointed
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Elliot
                   and
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   came
                   to
                   that
                   place
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   and
                   his
                   Man
                   with
                   them
                   to
                   take
                   Water
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   was
                   not
                   at
                   
                   Burdett's
                   House
                   at
                   the
                   hiring
                   of
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   nor
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                   Rigby's
                   ;
                   but
                   it
                   is
                   proved
                   by
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   took
                   Water
                   with
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   them
                   at
                   Surry-stairs
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   went
                   with
                   them
                   on
                   Shipboard
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   to
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   Being
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   appear
                   to
                   have
                   some
                   Apprehensions
                   of
                   Danger
                   ,
                   and
                   passing
                   by
                   a
                   Man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   his
                   Man
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   two
                   went
                   unto
                   the
                   Quarter-Hatches
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   lay
                   down
                   to
                   prevent
                   themselves
                   from
                   being
                   taken
                   or
                   discovered
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   hid
                   another
                   time
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   near
                   Gravesend
                   ,
                   and
                   coming
                   up
                   they
                   seeing
                   a
                   Boat
                   coming
                   towards
                   them
                   ,
                   they
                   hid
                   themselves
                   again
                   .
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ,
                   who
                   ,
                   it
                   seems
                   ,
                   was
                   sent
                   to
                   apprehend
                   them
                   ,
                   pretended
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   Press
                   Seamen
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   he
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Smack
                   he
                   said
                   he
                   would
                   Press
                   the
                   Mariners
                   ,
                   who
                   answered
                   they
                   had
                   a
                   Protection
                   :
                   But
                   he
                   being
                   upon
                   his
                   Search
                   pulled
                   up
                   the
                   Boards
                   of
                   the
                   Quarter-Hatches
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   Persons
                   lying
                   down
                   :
                   It
                   was
                   not
                   a
                   place
                   that
                   was
                   very
                   proper
                   for
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   or
                   indeed
                   for
                   any
                   Passengers
                   ,
                   to
                   repose
                   themselves
                   in
                   ;
                   it
                   was
                   an
                   uneasie
                   place
                   ,
                   no
                   body
                   could
                   stand
                   or
                   sit
                   upright
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   nay
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   convenient
                   Place
                   for
                   lying
                   down
                   but
                   they
                   must
                   lean
                   upon
                   their
                   Elbows
                   ,
                   which
                   posture
                   those
                   Gentlemen
                   were
                   in
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   their
                   purpose
                   was
                   plainly
                   to
                   conceal
                   themselves
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   concealing
                   themselves
                   must
                   be
                   because
                   of
                   some
                   Design
                   they
                   were
                   about
                   ,
                   which
                   they
                   would
                   not
                   have
                   discovered
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   being
                   taken
                   out
                   from
                   under
                   the
                   Hatches
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   tells
                   you
                   he
                   saw
                   a
                   Pacquet
                   lying
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   Ashton
                   pretending
                   to
                   fetch
                   his
                   Hat
                   ,
                   went
                   down
                   ,
                   took
                   it
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   into
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   informing
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   thereof
                   ,
                   he
                   caused
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Coat
                   to
                   be
                   searched
                   ,
                   and
                   from
                   thence
                   took
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   and
                   a
                   piece
                   of
                   Lead
                   tyed
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   produced
                   here
                   in
                   Court.
                   
                
                 
                   When
                   they
                   were
                   bringing
                   away
                   in
                   Custody
                   ,
                   they
                   seemed
                   all
                   of
                   them
                   to
                   be
                   very
                   much
                   concerned
                   about
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   ;
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Elliot
                   ,
                   would
                   have
                   had
                   it
                   thrown
                   with
                   the
                   Lead
                   over-board
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   did
                   not
                   say
                   so
                   much
                   ,
                   but
                   Complimented
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   in
                   this
                   manner
                   ,
                   He
                   was
                   glad
                   he
                   was
                   fallen
                   into
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   a
                   Civil
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   a
                   Person
                   of
                   worth
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   should
                   always
                   acknowledge
                   his
                   Kindness
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   do
                   him
                   all
                   the
                   service
                   he
                   could
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   was
                   searched
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   Letters
                   of
                   no
                   great
                   moment
                   taken
                   about
                   him
                   .
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Elliot
                   would
                   have
                   had
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   to
                   take
                   those
                   Letters
                   which
                   were
                   taken
                   in
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Pocket
                   and
                   tyed
                   the
                   Lead
                   to
                   them
                   and
                   have
                   thrown
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   over-board
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   report
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Council
                   ,
                   That
                   those
                   Letters
                   were
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   that
                   was
                   taken
                   with
                   the
                   Lead
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   have
                   perswaded
                   him
                   to
                   be
                   false
                   to
                   the
                   Trust
                   that
                   was
                   reposed
                   in
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Elliot
                   used
                   many
                   Expressions
                   to
                   induce
                   him
                   to
                   that
                   Compliance
                   ;
                   they
                   told
                   him
                   the
                   Government
                   was
                   unstable
                   ,
                   and
                   every
                   Dog
                   had
                   his
                   Day
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Tide
                   would
                   turn
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   would
                   deserve
                   very
                   well
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   change
                   sides
                   and
                   go
                   with
                   them
                   where
                   they
                   were
                   going
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   opportunity
                   to
                   get
                   any
                   Preferment
                   he
                   would
                   have
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordship
                   observes
                   that
                   I
                   said
                   none
                   of
                   all
                   this
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   say
                   you
                   did
                   ;
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   did
                   not
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   all
                   this
                   ,
                   but
                   only
                   about
                   disposing
                   of
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   that
                   his
                   Lordship
                   spoke
                   of
                   to
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ,
                   and
                   Complimented
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   promised
                   him
                   Kindness
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   as
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Pacquet
                   taken
                   ,
                   so
                   there
                   were
                   two
                   Seals
                   taken
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   place
                   ,
                   which
                   have
                   been
                   produced
                   and
                   shewn
                   to
                   you
                   ;
                   they
                   lay
                   both
                   of
                   them
                   upon
                   the
                   Balast
                   under
                   the
                   Quarter-Hatches
                   ,
                   near
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   :
                   the
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   is
                   the
                   Seal
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   own
                   Coat
                   of
                   Arms
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   Seal
                   belongs
                   to
                   the
                   Secretarys
                   Office
                   ,
                   which
                   Office
                   my
                   Lord
                   once
                   held
                   in
                   the
                   late
                   Reign
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   beg
                   your
                   Lordship
                   would
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   observe
                   that
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   not
                   taken
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   can
                   be
                   no
                   Treason
                   to
                   have
                   Seals
                   ,
                   I
                   suppose
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Good
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   do
                   your
                   Lordship
                   any
                   wrong
                   ;
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   say
                   that
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   about
                   you
                   ;
                   no
                   nor
                   the
                   Seals
                   ;
                   but
                   only
                   that
                   they
                   lay
                   upon
                   the
                   Ballast
                   from
                   whence
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   was
                   taken
                   :
                   And
                   I
                   say
                   further
                   ,
                   That
                   these
                   Seals
                   are
                   not
                   denyed
                   by
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   be
                   your
                   Seals
                   ;
                   the
                   one
                   is
                   your
                   own
                   Seal
                   of
                   your
                   Coat
                   of
                   Arms
                   which
                   was
                   taken
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   your
                   Lordship
                   any
                   wrong
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   the
                   Grace
                   of
                   God
                   will
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   no
                   Crime
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   ,
                   to
                   have
                   Seals
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   say
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   about
                   Ashton
                   and
                   not
                   about
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ;
                   but
                   they
                   lay
                   upon
                   the
                   Ballast
                   where
                   the
                   Seals
                   were
                   ,
                   and
                   where
                   your
                   Lordship
                   lay
                   :
                   But
                   how
                   far
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   is
                   concerned
                   in
                   this
                   matter
                   ,
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   considered
                   by
                   you
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   by
                   and
                   by
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   how
                   earnest
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Elliot
                   were
                   ;
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   to
                   wit
                   ,
                   Elliot
                   ,
                   wisht
                   a
                   Thunder-Bolt
                   might
                   strike
                   the
                   Boat
                   under
                   Water
                   as
                   they
                   were
                   coming
                   back
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   through
                   Bridge
                   he
                   wisht
                   that
                   London-Bridge
                   had
                   fallen
                   upon
                   them
                   and
                   knockt
                   them
                   upon
                   the
                   head
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   hope
                   that
                   is
                   not
                   to
                   lye
                   upon
                   me
                   neither
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   said
                   no
                   such
                   thing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   :
                   But
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Elliot
                   did
                   say
                   these
                   things
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   the
                   case
                   stands
                   as
                   to
                   that
                   in
                   Relation
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   considered
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   proved
                   they
                   afterwards
                   gave
                   Mony
                   to
                   the
                   Seamen
                   ,
                   half
                   a
                   Crowna
                   piece
                   ,
                   to
                   two
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   to
                   say
                   they
                   were
                   going
                   to
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   France
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   on
                   Board
                   this
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   under
                   the
                   Hatches
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   in
                   this
                   
                   manner
                   ,
                   is
                   beyond
                   all
                   contradiction
                   :
                   So
                   likewise
                   that
                   the
                   Ship
                   was
                   hired
                   for
                   France
                   ;
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   took
                   Water
                   at
                   Surrey
                   Stairs
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   taken
                   in
                   this
                   Vessel
                   in
                   that
                   manner
                   that
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   next
                   thing
                   Gentlemen
                   is
                   about
                   the
                   Papers
                   :
                   I
                   must
                   tell
                   you
                   though
                   there
                   are
                   several
                   of
                   them
                   that
                   do
                   seem
                   mysterious
                   ,
                   yet
                   they
                   are
                   Papers
                   that
                   do
                   shew
                   a
                   very
                   great
                   design
                   of
                   Deposing
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   purpose
                   of
                   altering
                   the
                   present
                   Government
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   mention
                   to
                   you
                   those
                   Papers
                   that
                   are
                   very
                   plain
                   ,
                   and
                   leave
                   you
                   to
                   consider
                   what
                   construction
                   to
                   put
                   upon
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   obscure
                   .
                   There
                   is
                   one
                   Paper
                   that
                   seems
                   to
                   be
                   instructions
                   and
                   heads
                   for
                   a
                   Declaration
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   King
                   of
                   France
                   must
                   not
                   come
                   with
                   a
                   design
                   to
                   make
                   an
                   intire
                   Conquest
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   with
                   submission
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   please
                   to
                   remember
                   and
                   observe
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   that
                   Paper
                   is
                   not
                   proved
                   to
                   be
                   mine
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   'll
                   do
                   your
                   Lordship
                   no
                   wrong
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   cannot
                   speak
                   all
                   my
                   words
                   at
                   once
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   you
                   will
                   not
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   beg
                   leave
                   to
                   put
                   your
                   Lordship
                   in
                   mind
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     Well
                     then
                     Gentlemen
                     the
                     Paper
                     begins
                     ,
                  
                   That
                   the
                   Kings
                   Declaration
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   formed
                   in
                   general
                   Terms
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   will
                   govern
                   by
                   the
                   Laws
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   shall
                   be
                   the
                   Rule
                   of
                   his
                   Actions
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   will
                   endeavour
                   to
                   settle
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Conscience
                   by
                   a
                   Law
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   whatsover
                   was
                   done
                   by
                   him
                   that
                   gave
                   any
                   occasion
                   of
                   Jealousy
                   ,
                   shall
                   be
                   setled
                   by
                   Parliament
                   .
                   That
                   he
                   hath
                   given
                   sufficient
                   Proofs
                   and
                   Evidence
                   of
                   his
                   not
                   being
                   willing
                   to
                   bring
                   an
                   Army
                   of
                   Strangers
                   into
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   by
                   refusing
                   the
                   Succours
                   the
                   King
                   of
                   France
                   offered
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   were
                   ever
                   ready
                   to
                   be
                   Embarqued
                   upon
                   the
                   first
                   notice
                   of
                   the
                   Prince
                   of
                   
                   Orange's
                   coming
                   .
                   That
                   he
                   brings
                   such
                   an
                   Army
                   only
                   as
                   is
                   necessary
                   for
                   his
                   own
                   Defence
                   ,
                   and
                   securing
                   such
                   of
                   his
                   Loyal
                   Subjects
                   as
                   should
                   come
                   to
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   will
                   dismiss
                   them
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   he
                   shall
                   have
                   rid
                   the
                   Nation
                   of
                   those
                   Foreigners
                   that
                   had
                   invaded
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   trampled
                   upon
                   the
                   Laws
                   .
                
                 
                   So
                   that
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   here
                   is
                   a
                   Paper
                   in
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   that
                   has
                   plainly
                   laid
                   open
                   and
                   proved
                   the
                   Design
                   ,
                   and
                   shews
                   the
                   meaning
                   of
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   seduce
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Subjects
                   from
                   their
                   Allegiance
                   ;
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   in
                   such
                   general
                   Terms
                   ,
                   making
                   general
                   Promises
                   ,
                   hoping
                   thereby
                   that
                   People
                   would
                   be
                   the
                   more
                   easily
                   imposed
                   upon
                   to
                   renounce
                   their
                   Allegiance
                   to
                   their
                   present
                   Majesties
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   Declaration
                   imports
                   farther
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Realm
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   invaded
                   by
                   Foreigners
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   palliate
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   pretended
                   that
                   Foreigners
                   were
                   only
                   to
                   be
                   brought
                   in
                   to
                   rid
                   the
                   Nation
                   of
                   Foreigners
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   know
                   who
                   are
                   meant
                   by
                   that
                   :
                   So
                   that
                   this
                   Project
                   was
                   only
                   to
                   colour
                   a
                   Foreign
                   Invasion
                   ;
                   and
                   this
                   Declaration
                   was
                   to
                   direct
                   them
                   how
                   and
                   upon
                   what
                   pretences
                   they
                   should
                   Invade
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   manner
                   of
                   doubt
                   but
                   this
                   is
                   a
                   Treasonable
                   Declaration
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   any
                   Person
                   had
                   this
                   in
                   his
                   Possession
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   going
                   into
                   France
                   to
                   carry
                   ,
                   with
                   an
                   intention
                   there
                   to
                   make
                   use
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   Treason
                   ,
                   though
                   it
                   be
                   coucht
                   under
                   specious
                   Pretences
                   of
                   restoring
                   People
                   to
                   their
                   Liberty
                   :
                   It
                   was
                   plainly
                   a
                   Design
                   to
                   Invade
                   England
                   by
                   a
                   French
                   Army
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   Paper
                   was
                   not
                   found
                   about
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   no
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   ;
                   but
                   good
                   my
                   Lord
                   give
                   me
                   your
                   favour
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   certainly
                   observe
                   every
                   thing
                   that
                   is
                   sitting
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   tell
                   you
                   I
                   cannot
                   do
                   it
                   all
                   at
                   once
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   another
                   Paper
                   found
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   said
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   result
                   of
                   a
                   Conference
                   that
                   was
                   had
                   between
                   divers
                   Lords
                   and
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   Tories
                   as
                   Whiggs
                   as
                   they
                   call
                   them
                   ,
                   to
                   prove
                   it
                   possible
                   to
                   restore
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   by
                   French
                   Arms
                   ;
                   and
                   how
                   this
                   may
                   be
                   effected
                   ,
                   were
                   Proposals
                   made
                   :
                   Yet
                   still
                   it
                   was
                   pretended
                   to
                   preserve
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Civil
                   Administration
                   according
                   to
                   Law.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   that
                   it
                   might
                   be
                   brought
                   to
                   pass
                   ,
                   the
                   Credulous
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   imposed
                   upon
                   ,
                   and
                   made
                   to
                   believe
                   that
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   would
                   not
                   conquer
                   England
                   for
                   himself
                   ;
                   no
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   would
                   conquer
                   it
                   for
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   ;
                   he
                   would
                   be
                   at
                   that
                   vast
                   Charge
                   ,
                   that
                   great
                   Expence
                   of
                   Men
                   and
                   Arms
                   to
                   restore
                   King
                   James
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   no
                   Profit
                   of
                   it
                   himself
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   it
                   was
                   proposed
                   how
                   to
                   seduce
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   England
                   into
                   a
                   belief
                   of
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   kindness
                   ;
                   He
                   was
                   to
                   indulge
                   the
                   English
                   Protestants
                   in
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   let
                   them
                   have
                   the
                   exercise
                   of
                   their
                   own
                   Religion
                   there
                   at
                   their
                   own
                   Charges
                   ;
                   and
                   this
                   to
                   satisfy
                   the
                   English
                   Protestants
                   ,
                   that
                   his
                   Persecution
                   of
                   the
                   Hugonots
                   in
                   France
                   ,
                   was
                   not
                   out
                   of
                   aversion
                   to
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   but
                   only
                   because
                   of
                   their
                   Antimonarchical
                   and
                   Resisting
                   Principles
                   .
                   So
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   proposing
                   among
                   themselves
                   what
                   they
                   were
                   to
                   do
                   to
                   make
                   the
                   People
                   believe
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   had
                   no
                   dangerous
                   Design
                   against
                   our
                   Religion
                   and
                   Liberties
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   they
                   could
                   meet
                   with
                   Persons
                   to
                   believe
                   this
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   a
                   probable
                   way
                   thought
                   upon
                   in
                   this
                   Conference
                   to
                   get
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   Adherents
                   to
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   thereby
                   his
                   Invasion
                   to
                   be
                   facilitated
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   whole
                   Project
                   rendred
                   more
                   successful
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   another
                   thing
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   in
                   this
                   Paper
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   this
                   ;
                   they
                   complained
                   of
                   the
                   mismannagement
                   of
                   their
                   Affairs
                   at
                   St.
                   Germains
                   ;
                   that
                   though
                   they
                   did
                   earnestly
                   desire
                   the
                   restitution
                   of
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   ,
                   yet
                   there
                   was
                   always
                   some
                   Foolish
                   thing
                   or
                   other
                   that
                   came
                   from
                   St.
                   Germains
                   that
                   obstructed
                   their
                   Design
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   that
                   Foolish
                   thing
                   is
                   ,
                   I
                   can't
                   say
                   ,
                   it
                   does
                   not
                   appear
                   ;
                   but
                   whether
                   it
                   were
                   not
                   too
                   great
                   a
                   Discovery
                   of
                   their
                   Zeal
                   for
                   Popery
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   advancement
                   of
                   the
                   Popish
                   Religion
                   ,
                   is
                   worth
                   your
                   consideration
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   something
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   for
                   satisfaction
                   of
                   the
                   People
                   as
                   to
                   that
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   is
                   advised
                   that
                   there
                   should
                   be
                   Seven
                   or
                   Nine
                   ,
                   or
                   such
                   a
                   Number
                   of
                   English
                   Men
                   that
                   should
                   go
                   over
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   received
                   into
                   favour
                   at
                   St.
                   Germains
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   should
                   be
                   of
                   the
                   Councel
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   these
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   Protestants
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   colour
                   and
                   pretence
                   that
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   was
                   reconciled
                   to
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Interest
                   ,
                   because
                   he
                   chose
                   Protestant
                   Counsellors
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   received
                   them
                   at
                   St.
                   Germans
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   advised
                   by
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   ,
                   says
                   the
                   Paper
                   ,
                   will
                   make
                   the
                   World
                   believe
                   ,
                   he
                   is
                   ours
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   we
                   have
                   gained
                   him
                   ;
                   which
                   was
                   to
                   delude
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   affrighted
                   in
                   case
                   there
                   should
                   be
                   such
                   an
                   Invasion
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   but
                   invited
                   rather
                   ,
                   and
                   encouraged
                   to
                   joyn
                   with
                   the
                   French
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   But
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   Three
                   last
                   Papers
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   produced
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   are
                   Papers
                   that
                   do
                   somewhat
                   more
                   nearly
                   concern
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   First
                   Paper
                   contains
                   several
                   Memorandums
                   ;
                   It
                   begins
                   with
                   Lady
                   
                     D.
                     2000
                     l.
                  
                   who
                   that
                   Lady
                   D.
                   is
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   you
                   to
                   imagine
                   ,
                   tho'
                   perhaps
                   it
                   may
                   not
                   be
                   hard
                   to
                   guess
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   takes
                   notice
                   that
                   the
                   English
                   and
                   Dutch
                   were
                   like
                   to
                   joyn
                   ;
                   and
                   these
                   Memorandums
                   do
                   also
                   shew
                   a
                   design
                   and
                   purpose
                   of
                   something
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   for
                   the
                   prevention
                   of
                   that
                   Conjunction
                   .
                   They
                   seem
                   also
                   to
                   be
                   Instructions
                   to
                   be
                   made
                   use
                   of
                   upon
                   going
                   into
                   France
                   to
                   negotiate
                   or
                   transport
                   some
                   matters
                   of
                   dangerous
                   consequence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   that
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   observe
                   ,
                   that
                   these
                   Memorandums
                   are
                   broken
                   kind
                   of
                   Notes
                   ,
                   incongruous
                   and
                   incoherent
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Ay
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   so
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   but
                   broken
                   things
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   say
                   still
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   Memorandums
                   that
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   used
                   for
                   some
                   purpose
                   :
                   Now
                   I
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   to
                   consider
                   of
                   the
                   matter
                   of
                   them
                   :
                   What
                   can
                   be
                   plainer
                   than
                   what
                   is
                   there
                   expressed
                   ?
                   The
                   French
                   are
                   to
                   come
                   in
                   time
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   Dutch
                   and
                   the
                   English
                   joyn
                   ;
                   they
                   are
                   to
                   watch
                   their
                   opportunity
                   and
                   come
                   betimes
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   are
                   to
                   fight
                   at
                   the
                   Chops
                   of
                   the
                   Channel
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   come
                   so
                   far
                   as
                   Beachy
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   all
                   but
                   presumptive
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   appeal
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   if
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   in
                   the
                   Paper
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   appeal
                   to
                   the
                   memory
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   whether
                   I
                   misrepeat
                   it
                   or
                   not
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Paper
                   mentions
                   Gennings
                   and
                   Strickland
                   and
                   Trevannion
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   to
                   come
                   from
                   St.
                   Mallo's
                   in
                   one
                   Night
                   ;
                   the
                   King
                   (
                   meaning
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   )
                   was
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   on
                   Board
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   were
                   Ships
                   to
                   lye
                   at
                   Newcastle
                   ,
                   to
                   plague
                   London
                   :
                   It
                   is
                   easy
                   to
                   understand
                   what
                   they
                   meant
                   .
                   Among
                   these
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   made
                   as
                   a
                   remark
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   London
                   Clergy
                   are
                   the
                   worst
                   .
                   It
                   gives
                   an
                   account
                   how
                   Portsmouth
                   was
                   fortified
                   ,
                   and
                   Gosport
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   number
                   of
                   Men
                   were
                   in
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   state
                   and
                   condition
                   of
                   our
                   Navy
                   ;
                   what
                   rates
                   our
                   Ships
                   were
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   many
                   ,
                   and
                   who
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   Commanders
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   beg
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   observe
                   this
                   is
                   not
                   Treason
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   shall
                   tell
                   you
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   by
                   and
                   by
                   ;
                   I
                   am
                   now
                   stating
                   the
                   Evidence
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   insists
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   these
                   Papers
                   were
                   not
                   found
                   about
                   him
                   :
                   It
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   does
                   not
                   therefore
                   follow
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   none
                   of
                   his
                   Papers
                   :
                   But
                   you
                   have
                   Three
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Townsend
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Bland
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Warr
                   ,
                   produced
                   to
                   prove
                   these
                   Papers
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lords
                   Hand
                   ;
                   Mr.
                   Townsend
                   says
                   he
                   was
                   acquainted
                   pretty
                   well
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   ;
                   he
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   his
                   Clerks
                   in
                   the
                   Office
                   of
                   the
                   Wardrobe
                   ;
                   he
                   says
                   he
                   has
                   seen
                   my
                   Lord
                   write
                   several
                   times
                   ,
                   and
                   does
                   believe
                   the
                   Writing
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   Hand
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   same
                   purpose
                   says
                   Bland
                   ;
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Warr
                   swears
                   to
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   believes
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   please
                   to
                   observe
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   That
                   this
                   is
                   only
                   a
                   proof
                   of
                   Similitude
                   of
                   Hands
                   ,
                   no
                   body
                   see
                   me
                   write
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   They
                   only
                   say
                   they
                   do
                   believe
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   your
                   hand
                   ,
                   no
                   body
                   says
                   they
                   saw
                   you
                   write
                   them
                   ;
                   if
                   I
                   omit
                   any
                   thing
                   ,
                   pray
                   tell
                   me
                   when
                   I
                   have
                   done
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   there
                   are
                   other
                   Papers
                   which
                   have
                   been
                   produced
                   and
                   read
                   ,
                   that
                   are
                   writ
                   in
                   Canting
                   Terms
                   ,
                   which
                   yet
                   plainly
                   shew
                   the
                   general
                   Design
                   ;
                   they
                   tell
                   the
                   Party
                   that
                   Council
                   are
                   of
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   he
                   has
                   a
                   very
                   good
                   Title
                   ;
                   they
                   hope
                   he
                   will
                   appear
                   himself
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   the
                   cause
                   be
                   well
                   solicited
                   it
                   may
                   come
                   to
                   a
                   hearing
                   before
                   the
                   end
                   of
                   
                     Easter
                     Term.
                  
                   
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   another
                   matter
                   mentioned
                   in
                   another
                   Letter
                   which
                   is
                   under
                   the
                   disguise
                   of
                   Trade
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Goods
                   must
                   come
                   before
                   the
                   first
                   of
                   March.
                   And
                   another
                   of
                   them
                   says
                   ,
                   That
                   unless
                   the
                   Copper
                   and
                   the
                   Linnen
                   come
                   before
                   the
                   tenth
                   of
                   March
                   they
                   should
                   lose
                   this
                   Summers
                   Profit
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   what
                   can
                   be
                   the
                   meaning
                   of
                   all
                   this
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   indeed
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   In
                   another
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   it
                   is
                   said
                   ,
                   'T
                   is
                   thought
                   our
                   Fleet
                   will
                   be
                   ready
                   by
                   March
                   or
                   April
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   believe
                   not
                   till
                   June
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   been
                   able
                   to
                   take
                   the
                   particulars
                   of
                   every
                   Letter
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   must
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   your
                   Observation
                   ;
                   only
                   there
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   that
                   makes
                   mention
                   of
                   acquainting
                   my
                   Lord
                   with
                   condition
                   of
                   the
                   Writer
                   ,
                   and
                   direction
                   is
                   therein
                   given
                   to
                   speak
                   to
                   the
                   Bearer
                   ;
                   and
                   what
                   other
                   Lord
                   was
                   there
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   in
                   the
                   Company
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   observe
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   not
                   the
                   Bearer
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   can't
                   tell
                   who
                   was
                   meant
                   ;
                   I
                   must
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   to
                   judge
                   of
                   that
                   ;
                   but
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   other
                   Lord
                   in
                   that
                   Company
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   give
                   your
                   Lordship
                   thanks
                   for
                   observing
                   that
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   proved
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   upon
                   me
                   before
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   beg
                   your
                   Pardon
                   for
                   interrupting
                   of
                   your
                   Lordship
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Interrupt
                   me
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   you
                   please
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   observe
                   right
                   ;
                   I
                   will
                   assure
                   you
                   I
                   will
                   do
                   you
                   no
                   wrong
                   willingly
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   Question
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   place
                   ,
                   Whether
                   this
                   be
                   Treason
                   ?
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   you
                   before
                   ,
                   without
                   question
                   ,
                   if
                   any
                   Persons
                   do
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   to
                   Negotiate
                   such
                   a
                   design
                   as
                   this
                   ,
                   or
                   do
                   purpose
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   any
                   Act
                   in
                   order
                   thereunto
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   High
                   Treason
                   ;
                   and
                   these
                   Letters
                   do
                   import
                   High
                   Treason
                   as
                   great
                   as
                   can
                   be
                   committed
                   ,
                   a
                   Treason
                   againg
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   a
                   Design
                   to
                   invade
                   the
                   Realm
                   ,
                   to
                   subvert
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   to
                   restore
                   another
                   Prince
                   to
                   the
                   Throne
                   by
                   the
                   assistance
                   of
                   Foreign
                   Force
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   a
                   Design
                   to
                   delude
                   and
                   impose
                   upon
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   People
                   ,
                   and
                   those
                   that
                   would
                   not
                   be
                   deluded
                   into
                   a
                   belief
                   by
                   these
                   fair
                   Pretensions
                   of
                   Friendship
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   subdued
                   by
                   an
                   Army
                   of
                   Foreigners
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   next
                   Question
                   will
                   be
                   ,
                   how
                   far
                   the
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   is
                   affected
                   by
                   this
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   and
                   whether
                   you
                   have
                   sufficient
                   proof
                   from
                   what
                   has
                   been
                   offered
                   ,
                   to
                   satisfie
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   Guilty
                   of
                   this
                   Treason
                   or
                   no.
                   
                
                 
                   First
                   my
                   Lord
                   tells
                   you
                   ,
                   there
                   has
                   not
                   been
                   a
                   clear
                   proof
                   that
                   these
                   are
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   taken
                   ;
                   for
                   (
                   saith
                   he
                   )
                   they
                   have
                   been
                   conveyed
                   from
                   hand
                   to
                   hand
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   possibly
                   there
                   might
                   be
                   some
                   Alteration
                   made
                   in
                   them
                   .
                   You
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   are
                   to
                   consider
                   ,
                   notwithstanding
                   this
                   objection
                   ,
                   whether
                   the
                   Identity
                   of
                   the
                   Paper
                   be
                   not
                   proved
                   .
                
                 
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   tells
                   you
                   he
                   took
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   what
                   manner
                   ;
                   and
                   afterwards
                   carried
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   who
                   laid
                   them
                   by
                   for
                   a
                   little
                   while
                   upon
                   his
                   Table
                   ,
                   and
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   withdrew
                   (
                   that
                   is
                   part
                   of
                   my
                   Lords
                   Objection
                   )
                   while
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   examined
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   :
                   after
                   that
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   called
                   in
                   Billop
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   Billop
                   swears
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   was
                   not
                   opened
                   ,
                   but
                   remained
                   intire
                   in
                   such
                   manner
                   as
                   
                   they
                   were
                   delivered
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   says
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   .
                   Then
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   saw
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   open
                   it
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   saw
                   all
                   these
                   Papers
                   every
                   one
                   put
                   up
                   again
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   he
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   deceived
                   :
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   carried
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   all
                   sealed
                   up
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham's
                   Seal
                   :
                   And
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   tells
                   you
                   he
                   opened
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   them
                   back
                   from
                   the
                   King
                   ;
                   but
                   they
                   were
                   never
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   sight
                   while
                   the
                   King
                   read
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   took
                   them
                   all
                   and
                   brought
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   Cabinet-Council
                   ,
                   where
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   received
                   all
                   these
                   Papers
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   read
                   ,
                   and
                   marked
                   them
                   .
                   You
                   have
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Sidney's
                   Oath
                   that
                   these
                   are
                   the
                   Papers
                   he
                   had
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ;
                   you
                   have
                   my
                   Lord
                   Presidents
                   Oath
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   them
                   from
                   Billop
                   sealed
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Seal
                   ;
                   you
                   have
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Oath
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   them
                   from
                   Billop
                   ;
                   and
                   Billop
                   swears
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   in
                   the
                   Smack
                   .
                
                 
                   So
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   plain
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   believe
                   this
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   .
                   Besides
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   several
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   Billop
                   marked
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   swears
                   directly
                   to
                   them
                   .
                   If
                   you
                   believe
                   these
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   have
                   no
                   reason
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   ;
                   It
                   is
                   plainly
                   proved
                   these
                   are
                   the
                   very
                   Papers
                   which
                   were
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   Bosom
                   of
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   taken
                   up
                   by
                   him
                   from
                   under
                   the
                   Quarter-Hatches
                   in
                   the
                   Smack
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   beg
                   your
                   Lordships
                   pardon
                   for
                   one
                   thing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   what
                   say
                   you
                   ,
                   pray
                   ?
                   Say
                   what
                   you
                   will.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   With
                   humble
                   Submission
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   one
                   thing
                   that
                   I
                   think
                   the
                   Jury
                   ought
                   to
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   ,
                   That
                   when
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   sent
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Bridgman
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   sent
                   by
                   a
                   Messenger
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   mistaken
                   as
                   to
                   that
                   Objection
                   ,
                   for
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   did
                   not
                   send
                   them
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Bridgman
                   by
                   a
                   Messenger
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   delivered
                   them
                   with
                   his
                   own
                   hand
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   he
                   had
                   set
                   his
                   own
                   Mark
                   upon
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Bridgeman
                   says
                   they
                   were
                   never
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   sight
                   ,
                   he
                   copied
                   them
                   all
                   but
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   Mr.
                   Poultney
                   copied
                   in
                   his
                   presence
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   he
                   swears
                   he
                   redelivered
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   With
                   humble
                   submission
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   remember
                   right
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   in
                   a
                   third
                   hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Never
                   ,
                   never
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   not
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   say
                   so
                   ,
                   or
                   Mr.
                   Bridgman
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   :
                   neither
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   nor
                   Mr.
                   Bridgman
                   said
                   so
                   ;
                   I
                   suppose
                   the
                   Jury
                   are
                   apprehensive
                   of
                   the
                   matter
                   ;
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   mislead
                   them
                   ,
                   I
                   'll
                   assure
                   you
                   ,
                   nor
                   do
                   your
                   Lordship
                   any
                   manner
                   of
                   Injury
                   in
                   the
                   World.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   see
                   it
                   well
                   enough
                   that
                   your
                   Lordship
                   wou'd
                   not
                   ;
                   I
                   am
                   for
                   my
                   Life
                   ,
                   and
                   beg
                   your
                   Lordships
                   pardon
                   for
                   my
                   interrupting
                   of
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   next
                   thing
                   is
                   to
                   consider
                   ,
                   Whether
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   be
                   answerable
                   for
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   or
                   a
                   Party
                   in
                   this
                   Treason
                   .
                
                 
                   First
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   have
                   you
                   to
                   consider
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   the
                   hiring
                   of
                   a
                   Vessel
                   for
                   France
                   :
                   It
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   was
                   not
                   present
                   at
                   the
                   bargain
                   ;
                   but
                   you
                   observe
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   his
                   Servant
                   ,
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Elliot
                   took
                   Water
                   at
                   Surry-stairs
                   on
                   purpose
                   to
                   go
                   on
                   Board
                   that
                   Smack
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   Whether
                   or
                   no
                   you
                   can
                   intend
                   any
                   other
                   ways
                   than
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   was
                   privy
                   to
                   the
                   hiring
                   of
                   this
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   though
                   he
                   was
                   not
                   present
                   at
                   the
                   hiring
                   of
                   it
                   ;
                   for
                   how
                   should
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   be
                   ready
                   to
                   take
                   Water
                   with
                   them
                   at
                   Surry-stairs
                   ?
                   Can
                   you
                   imagine
                   my
                   Lord
                   came
                   there
                   by
                   chance
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   a
                   suddain
                   Resolution
                   ?
                   If
                   you
                   can
                   imagine
                   that
                   he
                   
                   came
                   only
                   to
                   go
                   on
                   Shipboard
                   without
                   knowing
                   the
                   Previous
                   Design
                   ,
                   truly
                   you
                   imagine
                   a
                   very
                   great
                   thing
                   for
                   my
                   Lords
                   advantage
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   plain
                   he
                   went
                   voluntary
                   without
                   Compulsion
                   ;
                   truly
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   the
                   Evidence
                   is
                   very
                   strong
                   to
                   induce
                   you
                   to
                   believe
                   he
                   was
                   privy
                   to
                   this
                   design
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   did
                   know
                   of
                   hiring
                   the
                   Vessel
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   observe
                   at
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   never
                   seen
                   before
                   we
                   took
                   Boat.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   I
                   have
                   observed
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   lay
                   that
                   weight
                   upon
                   the
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   will
                   naturally
                   bear
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   ;
                   and
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   to
                   consider
                   ,
                   whether
                   your
                   Lordship
                   was
                   privy
                   to
                   the
                   Design
                   or
                   no
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   weight
                   the
                   Circumstances
                   of
                   the
                   Evidence
                   together
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   hope
                   I
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   condemned
                   upon
                   Presumption
                   and
                   Argument
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   weight
                   the
                   Evidence
                   has
                   they
                   will
                   consider
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   then
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   another
                   thing
                   that
                   I
                   would
                   observe
                   ;
                   Why
                   should
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   a
                   Noble
                   Man
                   ,
                   a
                   Person
                   of
                   his
                   Honour
                   and
                   Quality
                   ,
                   put
                   himself
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   place
                   as
                   he
                   was
                   found
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   twice
                   ?
                   It
                   must
                   sure
                   be
                   out
                   of
                   an
                   Apprehension
                   of
                   some
                   Danger
                   As
                   for
                   the
                   Seamen
                   they
                   were
                   secure
                   enough
                   ;
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   frightned
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   thought
                   they
                   were
                   protected
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   knew
                   he
                   was
                   not
                   lyable
                   to
                   be
                   Prest
                   ;
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   tells
                   you
                   they
                   were
                   fearful
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   hid
                   themselves
                   in
                   a
                   place
                   they
                   could
                   not
                   stand
                   in
                   ,
                   nor
                   sit
                   in
                   ;
                   there
                   was
                   the
                   the
                   Gravel
                   and
                   Ballast
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   uneasie
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   dangerous
                   to
                   their
                   Health
                   to
                   be
                   there
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   why
                   do
                   Men
                   avoid
                   the
                   light
                   and
                   put
                   themselves
                   under
                   covert
                   ,
                   unless
                   they
                   have
                   some
                   evil
                   design
                   ?
                   Persons
                   that
                   are
                   innocent
                   seek
                   not
                   obscurity
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Seals
                   were
                   found
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   does
                   not
                   deny
                   they
                   were
                   his
                   Seals
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   deny
                   that
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   it
                   is
                   no
                   Crime
                   to
                   have
                   such
                   Seals
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Ay
                   ,
                   but
                   says
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   does
                   not
                   affect
                   —
                   because
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   not
                   found
                   about
                   me
                   ,
                   but
                   were
                   found
                   about
                   Ashton
                   .
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   can
                   imagine
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   had
                   a
                   different
                   Design
                   from
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   Company
                   that
                   were
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   then
                   you
                   may
                   acquit
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   find
                   him
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   .
                   But
                   it
                   is
                   left
                   to
                   you
                   to
                   consider
                   whether
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   the
                   same
                   Design
                   with
                   them
                   .
                   Besides
                   there
                   's
                   mention
                   made
                   in
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Letters
                   ,
                   
                     My
                     Lord
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   other
                   Lord
                   but
                   he
                   ;
                   and
                   here
                   are
                   Papers
                   proved
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lord
                   's
                   own
                   hand
                   ,
                   containing
                   several
                   of
                   the
                   matters
                   of
                   which
                   he
                   stands
                   Indicted
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   would
                   have
                   had
                   the
                   Captain
                   to
                   have
                   disposed
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   what
                   account
                   does
                   my
                   Lord
                   give
                   you
                   where
                   he
                   was
                   going
                   ?
                   it
                   seems
                   they
                   did
                   pretend
                   at
                   the
                   time
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   would
                   have
                   had
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   their
                   design
                   was
                   for
                   Flanders
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   tell
                   you
                   positively
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Vessell
                   was
                   hired
                   for
                   France
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   leave
                   the
                   matter
                   to
                   your
                   Consideration
                   whether
                   my
                   Lord
                   be
                   Guilty
                   of
                   this
                   Design
                   or
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   another
                   thing
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   has
                   urged
                   (
                   for
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   willingly
                   omit
                   any
                   thing
                   material
                   on
                   the
                   one
                   side
                   or
                   the
                   other
                   )
                   he
                   says
                   his
                   Indictment
                   is
                   laid
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   not
                   taken
                   there
                   ,
                   the
                   Ship
                   they
                   went
                   on
                   board
                   lay
                   at
                   Anchor
                   in
                   Surrey
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   it
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Kent
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   Proof
                   of
                   Treason
                   in
                   Middlesex
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Ay
                   ,
                   but
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   to
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   are
                   satisfied
                   upon
                   this
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   privy
                   to
                   this
                   Design
                   ,
                   contained
                   in
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   going
                   with
                   them
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   there
                   to
                   excite
                   an
                   Invasion
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   to
                   Depose
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   use
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   to
                   that
                   end
                   ,
                   then
                   every
                   step
                   he
                   took
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   is
                   High
                   Treason
                   ,
                   where-ever
                   he
                   went
                   ;
                   his
                   taking
                   Water
                   at
                   Surry-Stairs
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   will
                   be
                   as
                   much
                   High-Treason
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   going
                   a
                   Ship-board
                   in
                   Surrey
                   ,
                   or
                   being
                   found
                   on
                   Ship-board
                   in
                   Kent
                   ,
                   where
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   failed
                   of
                   recollecting
                   several
                   of
                   the
                   Particulars
                   of
                   the
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   are
                   many
                   ;
                   and
                   you
                   will
                   not
                   depend
                   upon
                   my
                   Recollection
                   of
                   things
                   so
                   very
                   incoherent
                   as
                   some
                   Parts
                   of
                   the
                   Evidence
                   in
                   the
                   Papers
                   are
                   ,
                   but
                   upon
                   your
                   own
                   Notes
                   and
                   Observations
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   do
                   think
                   ,
                   having
                   heard
                   this
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   That
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   not
                   concerned
                   in
                   this
                   Matter
                   ,
                   That
                   my
                   Lord
                   had
                   no
                   Design
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   with
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   an
                   utter
                   Stranger
                   to
                   all
                   these
                   things
                   ,
                   then
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   acquit
                   my
                   Lord.
                   But
                   if
                   you
                   believe
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   privy
                   to
                   ,
                   and
                   knew
                   of
                   the
                   hiring
                   of
                   this
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   went
                   to
                   carry
                   on
                   the
                   Design
                   ,
                   conteined
                   in
                   these
                   Papers
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   wrote
                   some
                   of
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   with
                   the
                   others
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   acquainted
                   ,
                   then
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   find
                   him
                   guilty
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   please
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   observe
                   one
                   thing
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Ay
                   ,
                   by
                   all
                   Means
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   say
                   but
                   a
                   few
                   Words
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   because
                   indeed
                   my
                   Lord
                   has
                   summ'd
                   up
                   the
                   Evidence
                   very
                   fully
                   ,
                   for
                   matter
                   of
                   Law
                   :
                   I
                   am
                   fully
                   of
                   Opinion
                   there
                   never
                   was
                   a
                   more
                   Black
                   nor
                   Horrible
                   Treason
                   than
                   is
                   in
                   this
                   Plot
                   that
                   is
                   now
                   discovered
                   ;
                   for
                   I
                   think
                   Englishmen
                   have
                   no
                   greater
                   Enemies
                   than
                   the
                   French
                   and
                   the
                   Papists
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   see
                   this
                   is
                   a
                   Plot
                   to
                   bring
                   in
                   both
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   think
                   there
                   was
                   never
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   greater
                   Consequence
                   to
                   the
                   Government
                   and
                   the
                   Nation
                   than
                   to
                   have
                   this
                   Plot
                   detected
                   and
                   punished
                   ;
                   tho'
                   perhaps
                   never
                   any
                   thing
                   was
                   more
                   improbable
                   than
                   this
                   same
                   Plot
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   should
                   ever
                   take
                   effect
                   ,
                   whatsoever
                   they
                   promised
                   to
                   themselves
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   Desire
                   of
                   having
                   it
                   effected
                   might
                   perswade
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   thing
                   that
                   I
                   would
                   mention
                   about
                   the
                   Matter
                   before
                   you
                   now
                   ,
                   is
                   this
                   ;
                   Here
                   are
                   three
                   Papers
                   that
                   by
                   three
                   several
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   acquainted
                   with
                   my
                   Lords
                   Hand-writing
                   ,
                   are
                   testified
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   believe
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   Hand-writing
                   ;
                   if
                   so
                   ,
                   then
                   there
                   is
                   an
                   End
                   of
                   all
                   ,
                   for
                   therein
                   is
                   a
                   horrid
                   deal
                   of
                   Treason
                   conteined
                   .
                   If
                   these
                   Instructions
                   ,
                   these
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   these
                   Heads
                   that
                   were
                   written
                   down
                   were
                   my
                   Lords
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   did
                   intend
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   these
                   in
                   a
                   Voyage
                   towards
                   France
                   ,
                   that
                   will
                   be
                   sufficient
                   of
                   it self
                   ,
                   if
                   there
                   were
                   nothing
                   else
                   in
                   the
                   Case
                   ,
                   to
                   maintain
                   this
                   Indictment
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   in
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   that
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   a
                   great
                   Character
                   of
                   the
                   Bearer
                   ;
                   that
                   the
                   Bearer
                   had
                   done
                   great
                   things
                   ;
                   that
                   the
                   Bearer
                   could
                   inform
                   them
                   fully
                   of
                   every
                   thing
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   should
                   be
                   full
                   and
                   intire
                   Confidence
                   put
                   in
                   the
                   Bearer
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   such
                   Phrases
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   ,
                   says
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   not
                   the
                   Bearer
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   that
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   found
                   about
                   ;
                   it
                   does
                   not
                   appear
                   directly
                   who
                   the
                   Bearer
                   was
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   found
                   about
                   me
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Now
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   pray
                   let
                   us
                   look
                   a
                   little
                   how
                   this
                   Evidence
                   stands
                   :
                   Pray
                   where
                   was
                   this
                   Bundle
                   found
                   ?
                   even
                   upon
                   the
                   Gravel
                   ,
                   where
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   lay
                   ;
                   there
                   was
                   it
                   found
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   's
                   own
                   Seal
                   with
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   How
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   God
                   ,
                   came
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Seals
                   to
                   be
                   found
                   with
                   other
                   Peoples
                   Papers
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   did
                   belong
                   to
                   any
                   body
                   else
                   ?
                   How
                   came
                   they
                   together
                   in
                   that
                   place
                   ?
                   It
                   may
                   be
                   he
                   had
                   a
                   mind
                   to
                   leave
                   his
                   Seals
                   behind
                   him
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   would
                   discover
                   his
                   Quality
                   .
                   But
                   why
                   should
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   have
                   all
                   this
                   fear
                   upon
                   him
                   ?
                   Why
                   should
                   two
                   Men
                   go
                   and
                   take
                   a
                   Ship
                   for
                   themselves
                   a●d
                   two
                   others
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   come
                   to
                   take
                   Boat
                   ,
                   take
                   in
                   my
                   Lord
                   and
                   his
                   Man
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   the
                   two
                   others
                   that
                   were
                   designed
                   ?
                   and
                   this
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   at
                   Night
                   in
                   the
                   Dark
                   ?
                   Why
                   should
                   my
                   Lord
                   be
                   under
                   such
                   terrible
                   Apprehensions
                   as
                   to
                   creep
                   into
                   a
                   hole
                   so
                   unfit
                   for
                   one
                   of
                   his
                   Quality
                   ?
                
                 
                   Why
                   do
                   you
                   not
                   hear
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   some
                   good
                   Account
                   upon
                   what
                   occasion
                   my
                   Lord
                   and
                   his
                   Man
                   were
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   ?
                   Or
                   whether
                   else
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   really
                   going
                   ?
                   for
                   somewhere
                   or
                   other
                   it
                   was
                   plain
                   he
                   was
                   going
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   no
                   Man
                   goes
                   into
                   an
                   Enemies
                   Country
                   without
                   some
                   Licence
                   ,
                   unless
                   he
                   go
                   upon
                   some
                   ill
                   Design
                   :
                   Fear
                   seldom
                   is
                   without
                   some
                   Guilt
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   appears
                   ,
                   throughout
                   the
                   whole
                   management
                   of
                   the
                   Story
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   Fear
                   upon
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   .
                
                 
                   Besides
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   is
                   taken
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Letters
                   taken
                   with
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Company
                   ,
                   you
                   hear
                   what
                   endeavours
                   there
                   were
                   to
                   suppress
                   the
                   Truth
                   ,
                   even
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   's
                   desiring
                   ,
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   disposed
                   of
                   ;
                   and
                   my
                   Lords
                   Man
                   gave
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Seamen
                   half
                   a
                   Crown
                   to
                   say
                   they
                   were
                   going
                   to
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   not
                   to
                   France
                   .
                   I
                   suppose
                   the
                   Man
                   knew
                   how
                   unfit
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   known
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   :
                   And
                   my
                   Lords
                   two
                   Companions
                   spared
                   for
                   no
                   Pains
                   to
                   get
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   thrown
                   over-board
                   ;
                   tho'
                   all
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   said
                   was
                   what
                   great
                   kindness
                   he
                   would
                   do
                   him
                   when
                   it
                   lay
                   in
                   his
                   Power
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ;
                   I
                   suppose
                   that
                   is
                   very
                   easily
                   intelligible
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     there
                     is
                     one
                     thing
                     which
                     is
                     mentioned
                     in
                     one
                     of
                     the
                     particular
                     Letters
                     that
                     I
                     desire
                     particularly
                     to
                     observe
                     to
                     you
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     is
                     all
                     I
                     shall
                     say
                     to
                     you
                     ;
                     Here
                     is
                     a
                     Letter
                     in
                     my
                     hand
                     that
                     in
                     divers
                     places
                     has
                     somwhat
                     remarkable
                     ,
                     it
                     says
                     ,
                  
                   Your
                   Daughter
                   and
                   I
                   must
                   starve
                   ,
                   if
                   this
                   Government
                   can
                   make
                   us
                   :
                   That
                   the
                   Party
                   did
                   net
                   repine
                   at
                   all
                   for
                   having
                   lost
                   all
                   for
                   your
                   sake
                   ,
                   which
                   your
                   favour
                   had
                   bestowed
                   .
                   
                     And
                     in
                     another
                     place
                     this
                     Letter
                     doth
                     say
                     ,
                  
                   Your
                   Daughter
                   grows
                   very
                   tall
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   pretty
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   am
                   told
                   .
                   
                     But
                     that
                     which
                     I
                     chiefly
                     mention
                     it
                     for
                     ,
                     is
                     ,
                     it
                     's
                     twice
                     mentioned
                     ,
                  
                   My
                   Lord
                   will
                   tell
                   you
                   all
                   my
                   Condition
                   ,
                   how
                   I
                   have
                   been
                   used
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   have
                   told
                   my
                   Lord
                   my
                   Condition
                   :
                   what
                   I
                   desire
                   of
                   you
                   ,
                   he
                   thinks
                   very
                   Moderate
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   pray
                   consider
                   and
                   remember
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   first
                   Article
                   of
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Paper
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   taken
                   to
                   be
                   under
                   my
                   Lord
                   's
                   own
                   Hand
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   two
                   thousand
                   pound
                   to
                   the
                   Lady
                   D.
                   
                
                 
                   Now
                   if
                   any
                   body
                   should
                   put
                   these
                   together
                   ,
                   do
                   they
                   lack
                   any
                   great
                   Interpreter
                   for
                   ?
                   for
                   my
                   part
                   I
                   leave
                   them
                   to
                   you
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   in
                   aother
                   place
                   ,
                   towards
                   the
                   end
                   of
                   the
                   Letter
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     Pray
                     ,
                     Sir
                     ,
                     ask
                     my
                     Lord
                     how
                     I
                     have
                     been
                     used
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   Now
                   this
                   Letter
                   being
                   thus
                   taken
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   is
                   never
                   a
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   rest
                   that
                   was
                   a
                   Lord
                   ,
                   do
                   you
                   think
                   any
                   of
                   the
                   rest
                   was
                   meant
                   ?
                   I
                   must
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   you
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   had
                   produced
                   any
                   Testimony
                   to
                   prove
                   his
                   own
                   good
                   Carriage
                   and
                   Behaviour
                   towards
                   the
                   present
                   Government
                   ,
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   very
                   much
                   for
                   his
                   advantage
                   ,
                   and
                   might
                   have
                   had
                   great
                   weight
                   with
                   you
                   ;
                   
                   but
                   when
                   things
                   appear
                   only
                   in
                   this
                   manner
                   as
                   they
                   do
                   now
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   you
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   a
                   Great
                   Matter
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   great
                   Moment
                   ;
                   if
                   those
                   that
                   Conspire
                   against
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   against
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   against
                   the
                   present
                   Government
                   ,
                   may
                   do
                   it
                   with
                   impunity
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   worth
                   the
                   considering
                   what
                   the
                   Consequence
                   of
                   that
                   may
                   be
                   .
                   Your
                   own
                   Consciences
                   require
                   you
                   to
                   do
                   Right
                   and
                   Justice
                   on
                   both
                   sides
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   you
                   are
                   satisfied
                   he
                   is
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   find
                   him
                   so
                   ;
                   if
                   you
                   are
                   satisfied
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   find
                   him
                   so
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   may
                   I
                   have
                   the
                   liberty
                   to
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   before
                   the
                   Jury
                   go
                   out
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   Lordship
                   should
                   have
                   said
                   what
                   you
                   had
                   to
                   say
                   before
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   contrary
                   to
                   the
                   course
                   of
                   all
                   proceedings
                   in
                   such
                   cases
                   to
                   have
                   any
                   thing
                   said
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   after
                   the
                   Court
                   has
                   summed
                   up
                   the
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   but
                   we
                   will
                   dispence
                   with
                   it
                   .
                   What
                   has
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   thank
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ;
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   acacquainted
                   with
                   such
                   Proceedings
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   you
                   know
                   I
                   permitted
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   interrupt
                   me
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   you
                   wou'd
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   never
                   done
                   before
                   in
                   any
                   such
                   Case
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   contrary
                   to
                   the
                   course
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   :
                   But
                   yet
                   if
                   you
                   have
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   say
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   or
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   for
                   this
                   once
                   we
                   permit
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   what
                   you
                   have
                   to
                   say
                   pray
                   direct
                   your self
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   that
                   we
                   may
                   hear
                   what
                   it
                   is
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   only
                   desire
                   the
                   Jury
                   may
                   be
                   informed
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   a
                   Protestant
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   baptized
                   in
                   the
                   Religion
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   always
                   lived
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   hoped
                   to
                   dye
                   in
                   it
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   things
                   have
                   been
                   urged
                   with
                   Severity
                   against
                   me
                   that
                   are
                   a
                   little
                   hard
                   in
                   making
                   ,
                   that
                   which
                   I
                   hope
                   will
                   amount
                   to
                   but
                   a
                   Presumption
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Proof
                   ;
                   as
                   in
                   the
                   case
                   of
                   the
                   Letters
                   that
                   are
                   written
                   in
                   a
                   Cant
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Intention
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   those
                   words
                   in
                   the
                   Letter
                   ,
                   where
                   
                     my
                     Lord
                  
                   the
                   Bearer
                   is
                   named
                   .
                   But
                   your
                   Lordship
                   observes
                   ,
                   That
                   that
                   Letter
                   is
                   not
                   directed
                   to
                   any
                   body
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   full
                   of
                   Cant
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   all
                   the
                   rest
                   :
                   Why
                   should
                   I
                   be
                   supposed
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   Bearer
                   any
                   more
                   than
                   either
                   of
                   the
                   others
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   found
                   about
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   ?
                   But
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   reason
                   of
                   my
                   going
                   beyond
                   Sea
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   this
                   ;
                   I
                   designed
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Flanders
                   or
                   any
                   place
                   I
                   could
                   be
                   driven
                   to
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   ought
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   wondred
                   at
                   ;
                   for
                   really
                   I
                   who
                   had
                   lived
                   quietly
                   after
                   the
                   loss
                   of
                   my
                   Places
                   ,
                   upon
                   this
                   Revolution
                   ,
                   and
                   suffered
                   great
                   Inconveniences
                   in
                   my
                   Estate
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   retired
                   to
                   my
                   own
                   House
                   ,
                   with
                   a
                   Design
                   to
                   live
                   a
                   retired
                   life
                   ,
                   was
                   imprisoned
                   twice
                   in
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   and
                   proclaimed
                   a
                   Traytor
                   in
                   every
                   Market
                   Town
                   ,
                   without
                   any
                   Indictment
                   ;
                   and
                   my
                   Imprisonment
                   tendded
                   greatly
                   to
                   the
                   impairing
                   my
                   Health
                   and
                   my
                   Fortune
                   ;
                   all
                   this
                   made
                   me
                   very
                   uneasie
                   here
                   :
                   and
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   went
                   under
                   a
                   fixed
                   Resolution
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Flanders
                   or
                   any
                   place
                   where
                   I
                   thought
                   I
                   could
                   be
                   quiet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordship
                   should
                   have
                   said
                   all
                   these
                   things
                   before
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   the
                   course
                   to
                   reply
                   upon
                   the
                   Court
                   ;
                   if
                   you
                   had
                   had
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   you
                   know
                   we
                   heard
                   you
                   out
                   of
                   Course
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   let
                   you
                   interrupt
                   me
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   you
                   did
                   think
                   fit
                   ,
                   though
                   that
                   has
                   not
                   been
                   allowed
                   at
                   any
                   time
                   before
                   .
                   But
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   pray
                   let
                   me
                   say
                   one
                   thing
                   more
                   :
                   Suppose
                   your
                   Lordship
                   did
                   think
                   your self
                   hardly
                   used
                   ,
                   though
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   any
                   
                   reason
                   you
                   had
                   to
                   think
                   so
                   ;
                   yet
                   your
                   Lordship
                   must
                   remember
                   it
                   was
                   in
                   a
                   time
                   of
                   Danger
                   that
                   your
                   Lordship
                   was
                   taken
                   up
                   before
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   had
                   shewed
                   your
                   dissatisfaction
                   with
                   the
                   present
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   blamed
                   if
                   they
                   secured
                   themselves
                   against
                   you
                   ;
                   but
                   〈◊〉
                   you
                   had
                   a
                   mind
                   to
                   retire
                   into
                   the
                   Country
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   go
                   abroad
                   ,
                   was
                   Fran●●
                   the
                   only
                   Country
                   you
                   could
                   choose
                   ?
                   a
                   known
                   declared
                   Enemy's
                   Country
                   at
                   open
                   War
                   with
                   the
                   Government
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   beg
                   your
                   Lordships
                   pardon
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   give
                   any
                   Offence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   you
                   give
                   me
                   no
                   offence
                   at
                   all
                   ;
                   but
                   your
                   Lordship
                   is
                   not
                   right
                   in
                   the
                   course
                   of
                   Proceedings
                   ;
                   I
                   acquaint
                   you
                   with
                   it
                   not
                   by
                   way
                   of
                   Reproof
                   ,
                   but
                   by
                   way
                   of
                   Information
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   I
                   hope
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   will
                   consider
                   ,
                   that
                   all
                   that
                   is
                   alledged
                   against
                   me
                   is
                   but
                   Presumption
                   ;
                   my
                   Life
                   and
                   Fortune
                   ,
                   my
                   Posterity
                   and
                   Reputation
                   ,
                   are
                   all
                   at
                   stake
                   ;
                   I
                   leave
                   all
                   to
                   the
                   Jury's
                   Consideration
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   God
                   of
                   Heaven
                   direct
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   go
                   on
                   thus
                   to
                   Reflect
                   upon
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   make
                   the
                   Court
                   to
                   reflect
                   upon
                   you
                   .
                   The
                   Jury
                   hear
                   how
                   the
                   Evidence
                   has
                   been
                   stated
                   :
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   done
                   very
                   impartially
                   ,
                   and
                   without
                   any
                   severity
                   to
                   you
                   :
                   Why
                   should
                   you
                   think
                   we
                   would
                   press
                   the
                   Evidence
                   further
                   than
                   it
                   ought
                   to
                   go
                   against
                   you
                   ?
                   You
                   are
                   a
                   Stranger
                   to
                   most
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   desire
                   your
                   Life
                   ;
                   but
                   still
                   we
                   must
                   take
                   care
                   that
                   Justice
                   be
                   done
                   to
                   the
                   Government
                   and
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   to
                   any
                   particular
                   Person
                   ;
                   and
                   Evidence
                   that
                   is
                   given
                   must
                   have
                   its
                   due
                   weight
                   and
                   Consideration
                   :
                   If
                   any
                   one
                   can
                   design
                   Innocently
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   at
                   this
                   time
                   of
                   day
                   ,
                   with
                   such
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   such
                   a
                   manner
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   leave
                   to
                   the
                   Jury's
                   Consideration
                   .
                
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Jury
                 withdrew
                 ,
                 to
                 consider
                 of
                 the
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Court
                 Adjourned
                 for
                 a
                 little
                 while
                 ,
                 and
                 returned
                 in
                 half
                 an
                 hour
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Jury
                 came
                 in
                 and
                 were
                 called
                 over
                 ,
                 and
                 appeared
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   Are
                   you
                   all
                   agreed
                   of
                   your
                   Verdict
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   shall
                   say
                   for
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury
                   .
                
                 
                   Our
                   Fore-man
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Graham
                  
                   ,
                   hold
                   up
                   your
                   Hand
                   ,
                   (
                   which
                   he
                   did
                   )
                   Look
                   upon
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   .
                   How
                   say
                   you
                   ?
                   Is
                   he
                   Guilty
                   of
                   the
                   Felony
                   and
                   High-Treason
                   whereof
                   he
                   stands
                   Indicted
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   Guilty
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fore-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Guilty
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   Goods
                   and
                   Chattels
                   had
                   he
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fore
                   man.
                   
                
                 
                   None
                   at
                   all
                   that
                   we
                   know
                   of
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   the
                   Verdict
                   was
                   Recorded
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   think
                   ,
                   truly
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   done
                   according
                   to
                   your
                   Evidence
                   ;
                   and
                   though
                   it
                   be
                   a
                   hard
                   Case
                   upon
                   particular
                   Men
                   that
                   have
                   brought
                   themselves
                   in
                   to
                   these
                   inconveniences
                   ;
                   yet
                   it
                   is
                   necessary
                   Justice
                   should
                   have
                   its
                   due
                   course
                   ,
                   or
                   else
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   longer
                   living
                   for
                   any
                   Man
                   in
                   any
                   Society
                   or
                   Government
                   .
                
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 was
                 carried
                 back
                 to
                 Newgate
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Court
                 Adjourned
                 till
                 Munday
                 Morning
                 following
                 at
                 seven
                 a
                 Clock
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
      
       
         
           
             
             
               THE
               ARRAIGNMENT
               ,
               TRYAL
               ,
               CONVICTION
               ,
               AND
               CONDEMNATION
               OF
               John
               Ashton
               ,
               Gent.
               FOR
               HIGH-TREASON
               Against
               their
               MAJESTIES
               King
               WILLIAM
               and
               Queen
               MARY
               ,
               In
               Conspiring
               the
               DEATH
               and
               DEPOSITION
               OF
               Their
               MAJESTIES
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               LONDON
               :
               Printed
               for
               
                 Samuel
                 Heyrick
              
               and
               
                 Thomas
                 Cockeril
              
               ,
               at
               Grays-Inn-gate
               in
               Holbourn
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               
                 Three
                 Legs
              
               in
               the
               Poultrey
               .
               M.DC.XCI
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               
                 Die
                 Lunae
                 ,
                 xix
                 Januarii
                 ,
                 1690.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Court
                 being
                 Sate
                 ,
                 the
                 Jury
                 was
                 called
                 over
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 appearance
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 answered
                 Recorded
                 ,
                 Then
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ellyot
                 were
                 brought
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 ;
                 but
                 Mr.
                 Ellyot
                 was
                 ordered
                 to
                 be
                 carried
                 back
                 to
                 Newgate
                 ,
                 the
                 King's
                 Councel
                 resolving
                 to
                 try
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 by
                 himself
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Ar.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     JOHN
                     ASHTON
                  
                   ,
                   hold
                   up
                   thy
                   Hand
                   .
                
                 
                   [
                   Which
                   he
                   did
                   .
                   ]
                
                 
                   Those
                   Men
                   that
                   you
                   shall
                   hear
                   called
                   ,
                   and
                   personally
                   appear
                   ,
                   are
                   to
                   pass
                   between
                   our
                   Soveraign
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   our
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   upon
                   your
                   Tryal
                   of
                   your
                   Life
                   and
                   Death
                   .
                   If
                   therefore
                   you
                   will
                   challenge
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   your
                   time
                   is
                   to
                   speak
                   as
                   they
                   come
                   to
                   the
                   Book
                   to
                   be
                   Sworn
                   ,
                   and
                   before
                   they
                   be
                   Sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   stay
                   a
                   little
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   say
                   you
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Asht
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   allow
                   me
                   the
                   benefit
                   of
                   Pen
                   ,
                   Ink
                   ,
                   and
                   Paper
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   H.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   let
                   him
                   have
                   Pen
                   ,
                   Ink
                   ,
                   and
                   Paper
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Asht
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   likewise
                   that
                   you
                   would
                   give
                   my
                   Sollicitor
                   leave
                   to
                   be
                   as
                   near
                   me
                   as
                   possibly
                   he
                   can
                   ,
                   only
                   to
                   refresh
                   my
                   Memory
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   should
                   forget
                   any
                   thing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   H.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   a
                   thing
                   you
                   cannot
                   of
                   right
                   demand
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   of
                   Pen
                   ,
                   Ink
                   ,
                   and
                   Paper
                   you
                   may
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Asht
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   acknowledge
                   it
                   as
                   a
                   very
                   great
                   Favour
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   H.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   an
                   Innovation
                   that
                   ought
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   ,
                   the
                   Court
                   cannot
                   allow
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Asht
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   acknowledge
                   it
                   a
                   Favour
                   ,
                   but
                   if
                   the
                   Court
                   thinks
                   it
                   not
                   fit
                   to
                   allow
                   it
                   ,
                   whatsoever
                   your
                   Lordship
                   shall
                   order
                   I
                   readily
                   submit
                   to
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   H.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   shall
                   have
                   Pen
                   ,
                   Ink
                   ,
                   and
                   Paper
                   ;
                   and
                   what
                   is
                   fit
                   for
                   the
                   Court
                   to
                   do
                   they
                   will
                   do
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Bar.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   you
                   do
                   not
                   hear
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   speak
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   shall
                   have
                   them
                   say
                   it
                   over
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 Pen
                 ,
                 Ink
                 ,
                 and
                 Paper
                 was
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arraign
                   .
                
                 
                   Sir
                   
                     William
                     Hedges
                  
                   ,
                   Knight
                   .
                
              
               
                 He
                 appeared
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Asht
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   trouble
                   your
                   Lordship
                   and
                   my self
                   with
                   unnecessary
                   Challenges
                   ;
                   I
                   intend
                   to
                   put
                   my self
                   with
                   an
                   intire
                   dependance
                   upon
                   the
                   first
                   Twelve
                   Men
                   that
                   appear
                   ,
                   be
                   they
                   who
                   they
                   will.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   H.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   you
                   please
                   for
                   that
                   matter
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   your
                   own
                   choice
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Asht
                   .
                
                 
                   Whoever
                   they
                   are
                   ,
                   I
                   submit
                   to
                   them
                   ;
                   I
                   know
                   them
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   Swear
                   Sir
                   
                     William
                     Hedges
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
                 And
                 so
                 were
                 the
                 Eleven
                 next
                 succeeding
                 in
                 the
                 Pannel
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Names
                 of
                 the
                 Twelve
                 Sworn
                 follow
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Jur.
                   
                
                 
                   Sir
                   William
                   Hedges
                   ,
                   Knight
                   .
                
                 
                   John
                   Wolstenholm
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   James
                   Boddington
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Thomas
                   Johnson
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Ralph
                   Bucknall
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Lucy
                   Knightley
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Thomas
                   Cuthbert
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   John
                   Herbert
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   John
                   Tully
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   Thomas
                   Smith
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
                 
                   William
                   Withers
                   ,
                   
                     
                       Esq
                    
                     and
                  
                
                 
                   Daniel
                   Thomas
                   ,
                   
                     Esq
                  
                
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Jury
                 were
                 Numbered
                 ,
                 and
                 Proclamation
                 made
                 for
                 Information
                 and
                 Evidence
                 in
                 the
                 usual
                 manner
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Asht
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   if
                   your
                   desire
                   Pen
                   ,
                   Ink
                   ,
                   and
                   Paper
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   the
                   Court
                   will
                   take
                   care
                   to
                   provide
                   them
                   for
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Ay
                   ,
                   ay
                   ,
                   let
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   have
                   Pen
                   ,
                   Ink
                   ,
                   and
                   Paper
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 [
                 Which
                 he
                 did
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   hold
                   up
                   thy
                   Hand
                   .
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   you
                   that
                   are
                   sworn
                   ,
                   look
                   upon
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   and
                   hearken
                   to
                   his
                   Cause
                   :
                   He
                   stands
                   Indicted
                   by
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   late
                   of
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   
                     Pauls
                     Covent-Garden
                  
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   County
                   of
                   Middlesex
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   For
                   that
                   he
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                  
                   ,
                   late
                   of
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   Anne
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Westminster
                   ,
                   Barronet
                   ,
                   who
                   stands
                   Convicted
                   of
                   High
                   Treason
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyot
                  
                   ,
                   late
                   the
                   Parish
                   of
                   St.
                   James
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   said
                   Liberty
                   ,
                   Gent.
                   For
                   that
                   they
                   as
                   false
                   Traytors
                   ,
                   
                     &c.
                     
                     (
                     Prout
                  
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   
                     mutatis
                     mutandis
                  
                   ,
                   )
                   and
                   against
                   the
                   Form
                   of
                   the
                   Statute
                   in
                   that
                   Case
                   made
                   and
                   provided
                   .
                   Upon
                   this
                   Indictment
                   he
                   has
                   been
                   Arraigned
                   ,
                   and
                   thereunto
                   hath
                   Pleaded
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   his
                   Tryal
                   hath
                   put
                   himself
                   upon
                   God
                   and
                   the
                   Country
                   ,
                   which
                   Country
                   you
                   are
                   ;
                   your
                   Charge
                   is
                   ,
                   to
                   enquire
                   whether
                   he
                   be
                   Guilty
                   of
                   the
                   Felony
                   and
                   High
                   Treason
                   whereof
                   he
                   stands
                   Indicted
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   Guilty
                   ;
                   If
                   you
                   find
                   him
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   enquire
                   ,
                   what
                   Goods
                   or
                   Chattels
                   ,
                   Lands
                   or
                   Tenements
                   he
                   had
                   at
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   Felony
                   and
                   High
                   Treason
                   Committed
                   ,
                   or
                   at
                   any
                   time
                   since
                   ;
                   If
                   you
                   find
                   him
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   enquire
                   whether
                   he
                   fled
                   for
                   it
                   ;
                   If
                   you
                   you
                   find
                   that
                   he
                   fled
                   for
                   it
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   enquire
                   of
                   his
                   Goods
                   and
                   Chattels
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   you
                   had
                   found
                   him
                   Guilty
                   ;
                   If
                   you
                   find
                   him
                   not
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   nor
                   that
                   he
                   did
                   fly
                   for
                   it
                   ;
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   say
                   so
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   ,
                   and
                   hear
                   your
                   Evidence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Knap
                   .
                
                 
                   May
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ;
                   This
                   is
                   an
                   Indictment
                   of
                   High
                   Treason
                   against
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   Charges
                   him
                   ,
                   That
                   he
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   false
                   Traytor
                   against
                   their
                   present
                   Majesties
                   King
                   William
                   and
                   Queen
                   Mary
                   ,
                   his
                   Supreme
                   and
                   Natural
                   Lord
                   and
                   Lady
                   ,
                   not
                   weighing
                   the
                   Duty
                   of
                   his
                   Allegiance
                   ,
                   did
                   upon
                   the
                   Twenty
                   Ninth
                   of
                   December
                   last
                   past
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   stands
                   Convicted
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   
                     Edmund
                     Ellyot
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   divers
                   others
                   ill
                   disposed
                   Persons
                   unknown
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   did
                   Conspire
                   ,
                   Imagine
                   ,
                   and
                   Intend
                   to
                   depose
                   ,
                   and
                   deprive
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   bring
                   them
                   to
                   Death
                   and
                   Destruction
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   subvert
                   and
                   alter
                   the
                   Government
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   cause
                   War
                   and
                   Rebellion
                   within
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   against
                   their
                   Majesties
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   bring
                   these
                   Intentions
                   and
                   Purposes
                   to
                   pass
                   ,
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   did
                   prepare
                   diver
                   Notes
                   ,
                   Papers
                   ,
                   Letters
                   ,
                   and
                   Memorandums
                   in
                   Writing
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   to
                   instruct
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Enemies
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   number
                   of
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Men
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   how
                   they
                   were
                   Mann'd
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Names
                   of
                   the
                   Commanders
                   of
                   several
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   inform
                   them
                   how
                   the
                   Castles
                   and
                   Forts
                   of
                   
                     Portsmouth
                     ,
                     Southsea
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Gosport
                   were
                   fortified
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   they
                   might
                   be
                   surprised
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   the
                   Times
                   ,
                   Wayes
                   and
                   Means
                   how
                   they
                   might
                   invade
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   depose
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   Procure
                   and
                   Incite
                   such
                   an
                   Invasion
                   ,
                   and
                   further
                   to
                   bring
                   these
                   Purposes
                   to
                   pass
                   ,
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   Traytors
                   did
                   secretly
                   conceal
                   ,
                   and
                   detain
                   in
                   their
                   custody
                   several
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   for
                   the
                   payment
                   of
                   Money
                   to
                   the
                   King's
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   several
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   and
                   Memorandums
                   before
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   for
                   the
                   purposes
                   I
                   before
                   opened
                   to
                   you
                   ;
                   and
                   further
                   to
                   bring
                   these
                   Purposes
                   ,
                   and
                   Treasonable
                   Intentions
                   to
                   pass
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   for
                   one
                   Hundred
                   Pound
                   hire
                   and
                   prepare
                   a
                   Ship
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   to
                   carry
                   them
                   secretly
                   out
                   of
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   with
                   an
                   intent
                   there
                   to
                   deliver
                   these
                   Instructions
                   ,
                   and
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   and
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   into
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   their
                   Majesties
                   Enemies
                   ;
                   and
                   did
                   hire
                   a
                   Boat
                   to
                   carry
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   enter
                   into
                   it
                   at
                   St.
                   
                     Clements
                     Danes
                  
                   ,
                   within
                   your
                   County
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   rowed
                   to
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   went
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   with
                   the
                   Bills
                   of
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   Notes
                   ,
                   and
                   Memorandums
                   ,
                   they
                   set
                   sail
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   deliver
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   other
                   Enemies
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Indictment
                   does
                   further
                   set
                   forth
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   hath
                   ,
                   and
                   still
                   is
                   a
                   War
                   between
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   and
                   our
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   and
                   his
                   Subjects
                   are
                   Enemies
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   and
                   their
                   Subjects
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   during
                   this
                   War
                   ,
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   the
                   rest
                   that
                   were
                   before
                   named
                   ,
                   were
                   adhering
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen's
                   Enemies
                   in
                   this
                   War
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   pursuance
                   thereof
                   ,
                   did
                   prepare
                   such
                   Letters
                   and
                   Instructions
                   before
                   opened
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   ,
                   and
                   concealed
                   in
                   their
                   custody
                   ,
                   and
                   hired
                   a
                   Ship
                   and
                   a
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   went
                   into
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   set
                   sail
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   go
                   for
                   France
                   ,
                   to
                   aid
                   and
                   assist
                   the
                   King's
                   Enemies
                   there
                   with
                   Money
                   ,
                   Intelligence
                   ,
                   and
                   Counsel
                   ;
                   and
                   this
                   is
                   ●aid
                   to
                   be
                   against
                   the
                   Duty
                   of
                   his
                   Allegiance
                   ,
                   against
                   the
                   Peace
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   their
                   Crown
                   and
                   Dignity
                   ,
                   and
                   against
                   the
                   form
                   of
                   the
                   Statute
                   in
                   that
                   case
                   made
                   and
                   provided
                   .
                   To
                   this
                   he
                   hath
                   pleaded
                   Not
                   Guilty
                   ;
                   if
                   we
                   prove
                   him
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   find
                   him
                   Guilty
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thomps
                   .
                
                 
                   May
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   The
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   stands
                   Indicted
                   of
                   a
                   very
                   heinous
                   Offence
                   ,
                   no
                   less
                   than
                   High-Treason
                   ,
                   the
                   greatest
                   Offence
                   that
                   can
                   be
                   committed
                   against
                   any
                   Humane
                   Law.
                   You
                   have
                   heard
                   the
                   Particulars
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   read
                   .
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   trouble
                   you
                   with
                   any
                   Repetition
                   ,
                   but
                   go
                   to
                   open
                   the
                   Evidence
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Steps
                   that
                   are
                   obvious
                   in
                   the
                   case
                   .
                   You
                   have
                   heard
                   in
                   general
                   the
                   Design
                   was
                   to
                   depose
                   this
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   Law
                   expounds
                   to
                   be
                   to
                   bring
                   them
                   to
                   Death
                   and
                   Destruction
                   :
                   You
                   have
                   heard
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   alter
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   cause
                   a
                   Rebellion
                   in
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   bring
                   in
                   Foreign
                   Power
                   ;
                   and
                   these
                   are
                   laid
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   Heads
                   of
                   the
                   Offences
                   that
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   stands
                   charged
                   with
                   .
                
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 the
                 first
                 step
                 that
                 was
                 made
                 in
                 this
                 matter
                 was
                 by
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ;
                 for
                 there
                 was
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Burdett
                 ,
                 which
                 it
                 seems
                 had
                 been
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Acquaintance
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 undertaken
                 to
                 bring
                 him
                 acquainted
                 with
                 a
                 Person
                 that
                 could
                 furnish
                 him
                 with
                 a
                 Ship
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 that
                 ,
                 one
                 Mrs.
                 Pratt
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 the
                 management
                 of
                 the
                 Smack
                 which
                 belonged
                 to
                 her
                 Husband
                 ,
                 she
                 ,
                 by
                 
                 Burdett's
                 means
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 
                 Burdett's
                 House
                 ,
                 where
                 met
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 ,
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 had
                 some
                 Treaties
                 about
                 the
                 hiring
                 of
                 a
                 Ship
                 ;
                 the
                 purpose
                 declared
                 by
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 then
                 was
                 to
                 hire
                 a
                 Ship
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 any
                 part
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 would
                 give
                 a
                 considerable
                 Reward
                 for
                 it
                 ;
                 he
                 said
                 it
                 was
                 for
                 himself
                 and
                 Three
                 more
                 .
                 They
                 did
                 not
                 come
                 to
                 any
                 conclusion
                 about
                 hiring
                 the
                 Ship
                 then
                 ;
                 but
                 there
                 was
                 an
                 Appointment
                 made
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Ship
                 to
                 meet
                 with
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 Wonder
                 Tavern
                 in
                 Ludgate-street
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 that
                 ,
                 Paseley
                 that
                 is
                 the
                 Master
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Woman
                 came
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 met
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 ;
                 but
                 because
                 Mr.
                 Burdett
                 was
                 not
                 there
                 ,
                 they
                 came
                 only
                 to
                 this
                 proposal
                 ,
                 one
                 Hundred
                 and
                 Fifty
                 Pound
                 was
                 demanded
                 for
                 the
                 Hire
                 of
                 this
                 Vessel
                 ;
                 but
                 there
                 being
                 no
                 conclusion
                 then
                 made
                 ,
                 they
                 thought
                 it
                 better
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 at
                 
                 Burdett's
                 House
                 ;
                 and
                 about
                 a
                 day
                 after
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 Mr.
                 
                 Burdett's
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 it
                 hapned
                 that
                 Ellyot
                 ,
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Persons
                 that
                 is
                 Indicted
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 one
                 before
                 you
                 ,
                 came
                 thither
                 too
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 it
                 was
                 agreed
                 to
                 give
                 one
                 Hundred
                 Pound
                 for
                 the
                 Hire
                 of
                 the
                 Ship.
                 Ninety
                 Three
                 Guineys
                 were
                 deposited
                 in
                 Mrs
                 
                 Burdett's
                 Hands
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Token
                 past
                 betwixt
                 them
                 by
                 the
                 breaking
                 of
                 a
                 Sixpence
                 ,
                 one
                 part
                 whereof
                 was
                 to
                 lye
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 with
                 Mrs.
                 Burdett
                 ;
                 and
                 whenever
                 the
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Vessel
                 brought
                 back
                 the
                 broken
                 piece
                 of
                 Sixpence
                 that
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 had
                 ,
                 then
                 was
                 she
                 to
                 pay
                 the
                 Money
                 ,
                 that
                 being
                 the
                 sign
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 attained
                 their
                 Ends
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 safely
                 landed
                 in
                 France
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 next
                 step
                 they
                 take
                 ,
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 They
                 appoint
                 to
                 meet
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Seven
                   Stars
                
                 
                 in
                 Covent-Garden
                 ,
                 thither
                 the
                 Master
                 of
                 the
                 Vessel
                 and
                 the
                 Woman
                 were
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 was
                 near
                 the
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 very
                 day
                 that
                 they
                 designed
                 to
                 go
                 dow●
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ellyot
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 other
                 Person
                 did
                 not
                 appear
                 as
                 yet
                 ,
                 there
                 the
                 Sea-men
                 were
                 Ordered
                 to
                 go
                 along
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 thence
                 they
                 went
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 Water
                 side
                 ,
                 to
                 
                   Surrey
                   Stairs
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Waterman
                 was
                 called
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 came
                 my
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 and
                 his
                 Man
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 four
                 did
                 go
                 in
                 that
                 Boat
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Direction
                 of
                 the
                 Master
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 carryed
                 on
                 Board
                 his
                 Smack
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 they
                 came
                 on
                 Board
                 (
                 for
                 I
                 would
                 note
                 the
                 particular
                 Circumstances
                 )
                 they
                 were
                 very
                 apprehensive
                 of
                 Danger
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 knew
                 what
                 they
                 went
                 about
                 ,
                 their
                 own
                 Guilt
                 gave
                 them
                 Reason
                 of
                 Fear
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 came
                 near
                 a
                 Man
                 of
                 War
                 ,
                 which
                 lay
                 at
                 Anchor
                 in
                 Long-Reach
                 in
                 the
                 River
                 ,
                 they
                 desired
                 the
                 Master
                 to
                 hide
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 be
                 safe
                 from
                 any
                 Search
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 were
                 hid
                 and
                 put
                 close
                 under
                 the
                 Hatches
                 for
                 some
                 time
                 ;
                 afterwards
                 when
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 another
                 place
                 of
                 Danger
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 by
                 the
                 Block-Houses
                 at
                 Graves-end
                 ,
                 (
                 as
                 they
                 apprehended
                 )
                 there
                 they
                 desired
                 to
                 be
                 hid
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 they
                 were
                 put
                 in
                 that
                 place
                 where
                 they
                 were
                 in
                 very
                 difficult
                 Circumstances
                 under
                 the
                 Hatches
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 they
                 remained
                 till
                 a
                 Pinnace
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 been
                 sent
                 to
                 enquire
                 after
                 them
                 ,
                 came
                 and
                 Boarded
                 this
                 same
                 Vessel
                 .
              
               
                 Upon
                 its
                 Boarding
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 Captain
                 made
                 a
                 search
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 these
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 My
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ellyot
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 suppose
                 his
                 Man
                 also
                 ,
                 all
                 hid
                 under
                 the
                 Hatches
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 next
                 thing
                 which
                 is
                 observable
                 ,
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Great
                 Matter
                 that
                 will
                 shew
                 where
                 the
                 Treason
                 was
                 ,
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Bundle
                 of
                 Papers
                 that
                 was
                 on
                 Board
                 ,
                 ready
                 prepared
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 been
                 surprized
                 ,
                 but
                 could
                 have
                 had
                 an
                 Opportunity
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 cast
                 Over-Board
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 Lead
                 fixt
                 to
                 it
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 sunk
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 Person
                 that
                 concealed
                 this
                 Bundle
                 of
                 Papers
                 ,
                 betwixt
                 his
                 Body
                 and
                 his
                 Coat
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 it
                 was
                 taken
                 by
                 the
                 Captain
                 that
                 took
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 When
                 they
                 were
                 so
                 taken
                 ,
                 the
                 Captain
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 Duty
                 ,
                 was
                 bringing
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 to
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 they
                 desired
                 to
                 go
                 on
                 Shore
                 at
                 Graves-End
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Captain
                 did
                 not
                 think
                 that
                 so
                 fit
                 ,
                 but
                 carryed
                 them
                 on
                 Board
                 the
                 
                   George
                   Frigot
                
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 you
                 will
                 hear
                 these
                 Gentlemen
                 did
                 fall
                 into
                 a
                 Treaty
                 with
                 the
                 Captain
                 ,
                 to
                 suppress
                 these
                 Papers
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Instance
                 I
                 remember
                 they
                 did
                 tell
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 since
                 there
                 were
                 a
                 parcel
                 of
                 Papers
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 my
                 Lord
                 
                 Preston's
                 Pocket
                 ,
                 he
                 might
                 take
                 off
                 the
                 Lead
                 and
                 fix
                 it
                 to
                 those
                 Papers
                 ,
                 and
                 sink
                 the
                 others
                 ;
                 and
                 what
                 should
                 he
                 have
                 for
                 it
                 ?
                 they
                 promised
                 him
                 great
                 Rewards
                 ,
                 they
                 told
                 him
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 a
                 Great
                 Man
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 an
                 Opportunity
                 of
                 making
                 his
                 Fortune
                 ;
                 and
                 when
                 that
                 would
                 not
                 do
                 ,
                 they
                 used
                 many
                 Threatnings
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 all
                 which
                 will
                 appear
                 in
                 the
                 several
                 Circumstances
                 that
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 will
                 tell
                 you
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 come
                 ,
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 last
                 place
                 to
                 shew
                 you
                 ,
                 That
                 all
                 the
                 whole
                 Conspiracy
                 ,
                 all
                 this
                 Treason
                 ,
                 did
                 lye
                 hid
                 under
                 this
                 Bundle
                 of
                 Papers
                 that
                 were
                 taken
                 from
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 he
                 might
                 very
                 well
                 be
                 afraid
                 of
                 having
                 them
                 opened
                 ,
                 for
                 there
                 you
                 will
                 find
                 a
                 formed
                 Design
                 ,
                 to
                 alter
                 this
                 Government
                 by
                 a
                 French
                 Power
                 and
                 Assistance
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 contain
                 so
                 many
                 Particulars
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 regard
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 do
                 the
                 King's
                 Evidence
                 injury
                 on
                 the
                 one
                 hand
                 ,
                 nor
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 on
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 forbear
                 repeating
                 the
                 Particular
                 Instances
                 .
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 You
                 will
                 have
                 all
                 the
                 Letters
                 and
                 Papers
                 Read
                 ,
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 needs
                 say
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 find
                 it
                 manifest
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 black
                 and
                 wicked
                 Conspiracy
                 to
                 introduce
                 a
                 Foreign
                 Power
                 ,
                 to
                 Establish
                 the
                 Protestant
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 by
                 a
                 Popish
                 Interest
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 settle
                 our
                 Laws
                 ,
                 Liberties
                 ,
                 and
                 Properties
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 French
                 Army
                 .
                 And
                 let
                 them
                 pretend
                 what
                 they
                 will
                 for
                 the
                 
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 hear
                 these
                 Papers
                 read
                 ,
                 no
                 body
                 will
                 imagine
                 
                 it
                 was
                 to
                 any
                 other
                 purpose
                 ,
                 (
                 if
                 the
                 Plot
                 had
                 taken
                 Effect
                 ,
                 )
                 but
                 to
                 have
                 what
                 Religion
                 ,
                 what
                 Laws
                 ,
                 the
                 French
                 King
                 had
                 pleased
                 to
                 impose
                 upon
                 us
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 be
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 of
                 these
                 Matters
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 you
                 will
                 do
                 your
                 Duty
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 he
                 be
                 not
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 God
                 forbid
                 that
                 you
                 should
                 find
                 ,
                 him
                 Guilty
                 .
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Call
                   your
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   Brother
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   begin
                   with
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
              
               
                 She
                 was
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Wil.
                   
                
                 
                   Look
                   you
                   ,
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   ,
                   here
                   is
                   now
                   another
                   Gentlemen
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   to
                   be
                   Tryed
                   ,
                   against
                   whom
                   you
                   are
                   called
                   as
                   a
                   Witness
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Wil.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   hear
                   what
                   we
                   ask
                   you
                   .
                   Pray
                   do
                   you
                   give
                   the
                   Court
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   an
                   account
                   ,
                   what
                   Treaty
                   you
                   have
                   had
                   with
                   that
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   about
                   a
                   Vessel
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   was
                   done
                   in
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   it
                   please
                   you
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   sent
                   for
                   to
                   Mr.
                   
                   Burdett's
                   House
                   in
                   Queen-street
                   by
                   Cheap-side
                   ,
                   to
                   know
                   whether
                   he
                   could
                   have
                   a
                   Smack
                   to
                   go
                   for
                   France
                   ;
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   yes
                   ,
                   I
                   could
                   help
                   him
                   to
                   one
                   ;
                   he
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   there
                   were
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   Gentlemen
                   bound
                   for
                   France
                   ,
                   as
                   Merchants
                   to
                   fetch
                   Silk
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   was
                   at
                   Mr.
                   Burdett's
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   times
                   ,
                   and
                   at
                   last
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   met
                   me
                   there
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Look
                   upon
                   the
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   is
                   that
                   he
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   met
                   me
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   meeting
                   with
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   he
                   hired
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ;
                   but
                   first
                   of
                   all
                   ,
                   he
                   desired
                   us
                   to
                   meet
                   at
                   the
                   
                   Dog-Tavern
                   upon
                   Ludgate-Hill
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   the
                   Bargain
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   did
                   meet
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   there
                   about
                   an
                   hour
                   ,
                   or
                   an
                   hour
                   and
                   a
                   half
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Burdett
                   did
                   not
                   come
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   next
                   Morning
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   desired
                   me
                   to
                   meet
                   him
                   at
                   Mr.
                   Burdett's
                   again
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   next
                   Morning
                   I
                   met
                   at
                   Mr.
                   Burdett's
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   we
                   made
                   the
                   Bargain
                   for
                   100
                   l.
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   Sixpence
                   broke
                   in
                   two
                   pieces
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   the
                   Hundred
                   Pound
                   paid
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   but
                   we
                   agreed
                   on
                   the
                   Tuesday
                   Morning
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Sixpence
                   broken
                   in
                   two
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   had
                   both
                   the
                   Six-pences
                   in
                   his
                   hand
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Tuesday
                   night
                   the
                   Hundred
                   Pound
                   was
                   paid
                   at
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett's
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   was
                   by
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   one
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Smack
                   ,
                   and
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   they
                   pay
                   the
                   Money
                   in
                   Gold
                   or
                   Silver
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   told
                   the
                   Money
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   93
                   Guineys
                   and
                   a
                   Sixpence
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   gave
                   one
                   half
                   of
                   the
                   broken
                   Sixpence
                   with
                   the
                   93
                   Guineys
                   to
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   brought
                   the
                   other
                   half
                   of
                   the
                   Sixpence
                   ,
                   or
                   I
                   ,
                   either
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   we
                   were
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   100
                   l.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Wil.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   to
                   what
                   Place
                   did
                   they
                   hire
                   the
                   Ship
                   to
                   go
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   W.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   hired
                   the
                   Ship
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   Gentleman
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   W.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   paid
                   the
                   Money
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   S.
                   W.
                   Wil.
                   
                
                 
                   To
                   what
                   hand
                   was
                   the
                   Money
                   paid
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   paid
                   in
                   Mrs.
                   
                   Burdett's
                   Bed-Chamber
                   ,
                   into
                   her
                   Hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   S.
                   W.
                   W.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   broke
                   the
                   Sixpence
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   that
                   day
                   the
                   Bargain
                   was
                   made
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   S.
                   W.
                   Wil.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   carried
                   it
                   away
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   the
                   Money
                   was
                   paid
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   had
                   one
                   ,
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   had
                   the
                   other
                   part
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   which
                   part
                   of
                   France
                   were
                   you
                   hired
                   to
                   go
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   any
                   part
                   where
                   they
                   could
                   touch
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   did
                   they
                   give
                   you
                   any
                   Note
                   about
                   any
                   thing
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   gave
                   me
                   one
                   Note
                   to
                   meet
                   at
                   the
                   Dog-Tavern
                   ,
                   and
                   another
                   to
                   meet
                   at
                   the
                   
                     Seven
                     Stars
                  
                   in
                   
                     Covent
                     Garden
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   gave
                   you
                   the
                   Notes
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Look
                   upon
                   that
                   Note
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 she
                 did
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   to
                   my
                   best
                   remembrance
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   wrote
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   well
                   remember
                   the
                   Hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   desire
                   to
                   meet
                   at
                   the
                   Dog-Tavern
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   did
                   meet
                   at
                   the
                   Dog-Tavern
                   ,
                   but
                   Burdett
                   did
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   When
                   did
                   you
                   meet
                   at
                   the
                   Dog-Tavern
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   On
                   the
                   Monday
                   Night
                   before
                   New-Years-Day
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   When
                   was
                   the
                   Money
                   paid
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   On
                   Tuesday
                   Night
                   ,
                   at
                   Mrs.
                   Burdetts
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   the
                   Money
                   was
                   paid
                   ,
                   what
                   did
                   you
                   do
                   the
                   next
                   day
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   Ordered
                   a
                   Note
                   to
                   be
                   written
                   ,
                   to
                   meet
                   at
                   the
                   
                     Seven
                     Stars
                  
                   in
                   Covent-Garden
                   ,
                   at
                   one
                   Mr.
                   
                   Rigby's
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   At
                   what
                   time
                   were
                   you
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   
                   Rigby's
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   Wednesday
                   Night
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   at
                   what
                   time
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Some
                   time
                   about
                   Ten
                   a
                   Clock
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   came
                   there
                   accordingly
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   was
                   with
                   you
                   at
                   
                   Rigby's
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   and
                   two
                   Gentlemen
                   more
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   never
                   saw
                   before
                   ,
                   nor
                   since
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.W.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   again
                   ,
                   who
                   first
                   Treated
                   with
                   you
                   about
                   Hiring
                   this
                   Vessel
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Burdett
                   first
                   Treated
                   with
                   me
                   about
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.W.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   next
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.W.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   made
                   the
                   Bargain
                   with
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.W.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   paid
                   the
                   Money
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.W.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   can
                   you
                   say
                   more
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   let
                   me
                   ask
                   you
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   came
                   to
                   Mr.
                   
                   Rigby's
                   ,
                   in
                   what
                   manner
                   did
                   you
                   go
                   away
                   from
                   his
                   House
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   was
                   said
                   at
                   parting
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   not
                   there
                   himself
                   at
                   first
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   and
                   two
                   other
                   Gentlemen
                   were
                   there
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Wife
                   said
                   something
                   about
                   Papers
                   hove
                   in
                   a
                   Hat
                   at
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   about
                   some
                   bodies
                   being
                   chosen
                   ;
                   and
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   said
                   there
                   was
                   nothing
                   in
                   that
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   one
                   that
                   was
                   Chosen
                   last
                   Year
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Ellyot
                   go
                   out
                   together
                   from
                   Mr.
                   
                   Rigby's
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   see
                   them
                   go
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Trevor
                   .
                
                 
                   Had
                   you
                   any
                   directions
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   to
                   send
                   for
                   a
                   Hamper
                   or
                   a
                   Trunk
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                   Burdett's
                   House
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Trevor
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   was
                   that
                   Hamper
                   and
                   Trunk
                   to
                   be
                   sent
                   for
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   On
                   the
                   Wednesday
                   Night
                   before
                   we
                   went
                   to
                   
                   Rigby's
                   House
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.W.
                   
                
                 
                   Do
                   you
                   know
                   one
                   
                     William
                     Pasely
                  
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.W.
                   
                
                 
                   Was
                   he
                   with
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   with
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.W.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   occasion
                   brought
                   him
                   thither
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   carryed
                   him
                   to
                   Mrs.
                   
                   Burdett's
                   House
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Trevor
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   did
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   desire
                   to
                   see
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   or
                   speak
                   with
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   I
                   brought
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   said
                   he
                   liked
                   him
                   very
                   well
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Trevor
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   is
                   the
                   Master's
                   Name
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   William
                   Paseley
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Had
                   you
                   any
                   Discourse
                   with
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Wife
                   after
                   they
                   went
                   away
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   had
                   little
                   discourse
                   ,
                   onely
                   she
                   gave
                   me
                   some
                   Victuals
                   and
                   Drink
                   ;
                   and
                   she
                   said
                   she
                   hop'd
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   tell
                   of
                   her
                   Husband
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   else
                   did
                   she
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   She
                   hoped
                   God
                   would
                   deliver
                   them
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Lyon's
                   Mouth
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   she
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   about
                   Cock
                   Crowing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   she
                   said
                   she
                   thought
                   she
                   should
                   have
                   no
                   good
                   Luck
                   for
                   the
                   Cock
                   crowed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   was
                   by
                   in
                   the
                   Chamber
                   when
                   the
                   Money
                   was
                   paid
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   by
                   ,
                   and
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Juryman
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   heard
                   her
                   say
                   somewhat
                   of
                   some
                   Papers
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   very
                   well
                   understand
                   .
                   Does
                   she
                   know
                   of
                   any
                   Papers
                   that
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   had
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   was
                   only
                   about
                   the
                   Two
                   Notes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   She
                   talks
                   of
                   Papers
                   being
                   shaken
                   in
                   a
                   Hat
                   ,
                   but
                   nothing
                   can
                   be
                   made
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   would
                   ask
                   her
                   any
                   Questions
                   before
                   she
                   goes
                   ,
                   now
                   is
                   your
                   time
                   to
                   doe
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   she
                   may
                   stand
                   up
                   again
                   .
                   Mrs.
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   a
                   Question
                   ,
                   not
                   so
                   much
                   in
                   kindness
                   to
                   my self
                   ,
                   as
                   Justice
                   to
                   another
                   Gentleman
                   .
                   You
                   say
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   writ
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Notes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   that
                   to
                   meet
                   at
                   Mr.
                   
                   Rigby's
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   doe
                   it
                   to
                   justifie
                   that
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   I
                   take
                   that
                   Note
                   upon
                   my self
                   ;
                   and
                   you
                   say
                   I
                   hired
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   was
                   by
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Look
                   you
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   is
                   not
                   now
                   upon
                   his
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   it
                   concerns
                   you
                   only
                   to
                   ask
                   such
                   Questions
                   as
                   relate
                   to
                   your self
                   .
                   What
                   is
                   said
                   now
                   concerning
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   goes
                   for
                   nothing
                   against
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   doe
                   it
                   only
                   to
                   doe
                   him
                   Justice
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   ask
                   Questions
                   only
                   for
                   your self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Remember
                   ,
                   good
                   Woman
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   upon
                   your
                   Oath
                   ;
                   and
                   have
                   a
                   care
                   of
                   forswearing
                   your self
                   ;
                   my
                   Bloud
                   is
                   at
                   stake
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   I
                   say
                   nothing
                   but
                   the
                   Truth
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   I
                   ever
                   speak
                   to
                   you
                   of
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   you
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   As
                   I
                   hope
                   for
                   Salvation
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   another
                   thing
                   you
                   told
                   me
                   more
                   ;
                   if
                   I
                   help'd
                   this
                   well
                   away
                   ,
                   you
                   would
                   help
                   me
                   to
                   the
                   earning
                   of
                   a
                   1000
                   l.
                   before
                   Lady-day
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   what
                   was
                   said
                   of
                   that
                   kind
                   ,
                   of
                   helping
                   her
                   to
                   a
                   1000
                   l.
                   is
                   no
                   great
                   matter
                   to
                   the
                   thing
                   in
                   Hand
                   ;
                   for
                   if
                   I
                   was
                   minded
                   to
                   go
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   necessary
                   to
                   use
                   all
                   Arguments
                   I
                   could
                   ,
                   to
                   persuade
                   her
                   to
                   help
                   me
                   to
                   go
                   away
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   stay
                   your
                   time
                   before
                   you
                   speak
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   ▪
                   make
                   your
                   Observations
                   upon
                   the
                   Evidence
                   to
                   your self
                   ,
                   you
                   shall
                   be
                   heard
                   at
                   large
                   all
                   that
                   you
                   can
                   say
                   in
                   your
                   proper
                   time
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   assure
                   my self
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   favour
                   that
                   can
                   be
                   shewn
                   to
                   a
                   Man
                   in
                   my
                   Circumstances
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Just.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   shall
                   have
                   all
                   that
                   is
                   just
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   assure
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   glad
                   in
                   the
                   Circumstances
                   I
                   am
                   in
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   before
                   your
                   Lordship
                   .
                   But
                   ,
                   good
                   Woman
                   ,
                   by
                   Virtue
                   of
                   the
                   Oath
                   that
                   you
                   have
                   taken
                   ,
                   did
                   I
                   ever
                   speak
                   to
                   you
                   directly
                   or
                   indirectly
                   of
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   askt
                   for
                   a
                   hole
                   to
                   hide
                   what
                   you
                   might
                   have
                   occasion
                   to
                   keep
                   secret
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   ,
                   about
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   ;
                   did
                   I
                   speak
                   to
                   you
                   about
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   you
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   hope
                   to
                   be
                   sav'd
                   ,
                   I
                   never
                   spoke
                   directly
                   or
                   indirectly
                   of
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   to
                   her
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   were
                   not
                   to
                   go
                   for
                   Holland
                   nor
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Nay
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   take
                   it
                   for
                   granted
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   did
                   know
                   before
                   I
                   met
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   never
                   spoke
                   to
                   you
                   of
                   it
                   in
                   my
                   Life
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   of
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   only
                   urge
                   this
                   to
                   let
                   your
                   Lordship
                   know
                   ,
                   that
                   Woman
                   has
                   forgotten
                   her self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Just
                   .
                   Pollixfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   You
                   will
                   have
                   all
                   lawfull
                   favour
                   ;
                   but
                   your
                   time
                   for
                   arguing
                   upon
                   the
                   Evidence
                   is
                   not
                   come
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   must
                   ask
                   your
                   Questions
                   now
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   your
                   Observations
                   afterwards
                   ;
                   you
                   must
                   reserve
                   your self
                   for
                   that
                   ,
                   till
                   after
                   we
                   have
                   done
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   then
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   have
                   too
                   many
                   things
                   for
                   my
                   Memory
                   to
                   retain
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   beg
                   leave
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   occur
                   to
                   my
                   Memory
                   now
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   go
                   along
                   ,
                   to
                   make
                   my
                   Observations
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ser.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   ,
                   Pray
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   Vessel
                   was
                   hired
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   were
                   told
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   what
                   Persons
                   did
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   say
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   Three
                   Persons
                   he
                   said
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   did
                   not
                   name
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   set
                   up
                   
                     William
                     Paseley
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 (
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   can
                   you
                   say
                   of
                   any
                   for
                   the
                   hiring
                   of
                   a
                   Vessel
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   know
                   the
                   Vessel
                   was
                   hired
                   before
                   I
                   came
                   thither
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Prithee
                   tell
                   us
                   what
                   thou
                   does
                   know
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Woman
                   came
                   to
                   me
                   when
                   I
                   was
                   at
                   Billingsgate
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   I
                   must
                   go
                   a
                   little
                   way
                   along
                   with
                   her
                   :
                   and
                   as
                   we
                   were
                   going
                   she
                   told
                   me
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Mr.
                   
                   Burdett's
                   in
                   Queen-street
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   there
                   ,
                   Ellyot
                   and
                   Ashton
                   were
                   not
                   within
                   :
                   But
                   by
                   that
                   time
                   we
                   had
                   been
                   there
                   a
                   little
                   while
                   ,
                   in
                   came
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   presently
                   after
                   him
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ;
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   bid
                   the
                   Woman
                   give
                   him
                   the
                   Money
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   it
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Juryman
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   hear
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   begin
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   speak
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   met
                   with
                   this
                   Woman
                   at
                   Billingsgate
                   ,
                   and
                   she
                   told
                   me
                   I
                   must
                   go
                   a
                   little
                   away
                   along
                   with
                   her
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   Woman
                   ,
                   name
                   her
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   along
                   with
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   askt
                   her
                   where
                   she
                   was
                   going
                   ;
                   she
                   said
                   up
                   into
                   Queen-street
                   :
                   And
                   coming
                   to
                   Queen-street
                   ,
                   we
                   went
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Burdett's
                   House
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   never
                   there
                   in
                   my
                   Life
                   before
                   .
                   When
                   I
                   came
                   there
                   Ashton
                   nor
                   Ellyot
                   were
                   either
                   of
                   them
                   there
                   ;
                   after
                   a
                   little
                   while
                   in
                   came
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   presently
                   after
                   in
                   came
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   went
                   up
                   Stairs
                   into
                   the
                   Bed-Chamber
                   ;
                   and
                   being
                   in
                   the
                   Bed-Chamber
                   ,
                   they
                   brought
                   the
                   Money
                   out
                   ,
                   rolled
                   up
                   in
                   a
                   half
                   sheet
                   of
                   Paper
                   ,
                   set
                   up
                   an
                   edge
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   it
                   out
                   at
                   the
                   Window
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   told
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Ashton
                   told
                   the
                   Money
                   out
                   ;
                   and
                   after
                   the
                   Money
                   was
                   told
                   ,
                   he
                   pulled
                   out
                   two
                   pieces
                   of
                   a
                   Six-pence
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   he
                   had
                   pulled
                   out
                   the
                   two
                   pieces
                   of
                   Six-pence
                   ,
                   he
                   gives
                   one
                   half
                   to
                   this
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   half
                   he
                   kept
                   himself
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   bid
                   her
                   pay
                   this
                   same
                   Money
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   other
                   half
                   Six-pence
                   that
                   Ashton
                   kept
                   came
                   to
                   this
                   Woman
                   ,
                   to
                   match
                   that
                   which
                   she
                   had
                   ;
                   and
                   after
                   the
                   Money
                   was
                   told
                   ,
                   we
                   stayed
                   but
                   a
                   small
                   while
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   came
                   down
                   Stairs
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   down
                   Stairs
                   we
                   went
                   down
                   to
                   Billingsgate
                   .
                   I
                   think
                   
                     John
                     Fisher
                  
                   was
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   carried
                   away
                   with
                   us
                   a
                   Trunk
                   and
                   a
                   Hamper
                   ;
                   
                     John
                     Fisher
                  
                   carryed
                   the
                   Trunk
                   ,
                   and
                   another
                   Man
                   the
                   Hamper
                   ;
                   and
                   after
                   that
                   we
                   had
                   carryed
                   the
                   things
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   I
                   came
                   up
                   to
                   the
                   House
                   again
                   ;
                   and
                   after
                   I
                   came
                   up
                   to
                   the
                   House
                   ,
                   they
                   directed
                   us
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   the
                   Seven
                   Stars
                   in
                   the
                   little
                   Piazza
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Note
                   written
                   to
                   direct
                   us
                   ,
                   which
                   ordered
                   us
                   to
                   go
                   thither
                   betwixt
                   10
                   and
                   11
                   at
                   Night
                   .
                   When
                   we
                   came
                   there
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   there
                   was
                   neither
                   of
                   them
                   there
                   at
                   present
                   ,
                   but
                   by
                   that
                   time
                   we
                   had
                   been
                   there
                   a
                   small
                   space
                   ,
                   in
                   they
                   both
                   came
                   ,
                   and
                   sat
                   down
                   ;
                   and
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   came
                   in
                   and
                   said
                   the
                   Cock
                   crowed
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   they
                   should
                   have
                   no
                   good
                   luck
                   .
                   And
                   then
                   they
                   talkt
                   about
                   Papers
                   being
                   tossed
                   in
                   a
                   Hat
                   ,
                   I
                   dont
                   know
                   what
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   came
                   two
                   Gentlemen
                   more
                   ,
                   just
                   before
                   we
                   went
                   away
                   ,
                   to
                   
                   see
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   after
                   those
                   Gentlemen
                   had
                   seen
                   them
                   ,
                   they
                   staid
                   but
                   a
                   little
                   while
                   .
                   Says
                   Ellyot
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   Master
                   ,
                   come
                   along
                   with
                   me
                   ;
                   so
                   I
                   went
                   along
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Surrey
                   Stairs
                   ;
                   and
                   on
                   the
                   Corner
                   on
                   the
                   left
                   hand
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   an
                   Ale-house
                   .
                   He
                   called
                   the
                   Waterman
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Ale-house
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   bid
                   me
                   go
                   before
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   down
                   ;
                   and
                   by
                   the
                   time
                   that
                   I
                   had
                   gotten
                   down
                   ,
                   the
                   Waterman
                   came
                   and
                   halled
                   his
                   Wherry
                   to
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   in
                   ;
                   and
                   by
                   that
                   time
                   I
                   was
                   gotten
                   to
                   the
                   Stern
                   ,
                   down
                   came
                   Ashby
                   and
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Man.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   mean
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   not
                   Ashby
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   Man.
                   And
                   after
                   they
                   had
                   got
                   into
                   the
                   Wherry
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   seated
                   ,
                   they
                   bid
                   the
                   Waterman
                   put
                   off
                   from
                   Land
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   we
                   went
                   through
                   Bridge
                   ;
                   and
                   after
                   we
                   were
                   through
                   Bridge
                   ,
                   we
                   got
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   Smack
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   got
                   into
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   got
                   into
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ,
                   I
                   called
                   my
                   Men
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   them
                   hale
                   up
                   the
                   Anchor
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   did
                   so
                   ;
                   it
                   proved
                   to
                   be
                   but
                   little
                   Wind
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   Tide
                   we
                   got
                   below
                   half-way
                   Tree
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   forc'd
                   there
                   to
                   drop
                   our
                   Anchor
                   ,
                   and
                   stay
                   till
                   the
                   next
                   Morning
                   :
                   the
                   next
                   Morning
                   we
                   weighed
                   Anchor
                   ,
                   and
                   by
                   that
                   time
                   it
                   was
                   Nine
                   a
                   Clock
                   ,
                   we
                   got
                   to
                   Long-Reach
                   ,
                   where
                   lay
                   the
                   George
                   Man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   they
                   hid
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   how
                   was
                   the
                   hiding
                   ,
                   pray
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   down
                   in
                   the
                   Quarters
                   under
                   the
                   Hatches
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Why
                   did
                   they
                   hide
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   reckoned
                   they
                   would
                   come
                   on
                   Board
                   a
                   Pressing
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   bid
                   me
                   show
                   my
                   Protection
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   they
                   desire
                   to
                   be
                   hid
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   we
                   came
                   by
                   the
                   George
                   Man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   they
                   came
                   up
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   remained
                   afterwards
                   in
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ,
                   till
                   we
                   came
                   almost
                   to
                   Gravesend
                   :
                   a
                   little
                   before
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Gravesend
                   ,
                   they
                   all
                   hid
                   again
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   hid
                   ,
                   remained
                   hid
                   all
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   ,
                   but
                   only
                   Ellyot
                   ;
                   I
                   think
                   ,
                   he
                   popt
                   up
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   resolved
                   to
                   go
                   eat
                   their
                   Victuals
                   ;
                   but
                   then
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Barge
                   a
                   coming
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   he
                   went
                   down
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   they
                   remained
                   ,
                   till
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Barge
                   was
                   on
                   Board
                   presently
                   ,
                   and
                   found
                   them
                   there
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   kind
                   of
                   place
                   was
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   hid
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   could
                   not
                   sit
                   ,
                   nor
                   stand
                   upright
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   lay
                   all
                   along
                   ,
                   or
                   lean'd
                   on
                   their
                   Elbows
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   they
                   lie
                   upon
                   there
                   ,
                   pray
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   Ballast
                   ,
                   and
                   slit
                   Deal
                   a
                   top
                   of
                   the
                   Ballast
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   what
                   happened
                   when
                   the
                   Captain
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   ,
                   Master
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   got
                   a
                   couple
                   of
                   stout
                   young
                   Men
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   press
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   that
                   effect
                   .
                   I
                   hope
                   not
                   so
                   Captain
                   ,
                   said
                   I.
                   Why
                   ,
                   what
                   have
                   you
                   to
                   shew
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ?
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   a
                   Protection
                   .
                   Let
                   me
                   see
                   it
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   :
                   So
                   I
                   shew
                   him
                   my
                   Protection
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   looks
                   in
                   it
                   .
                   Well
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   Master
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   look
                   farther
                   ,
                   and
                   went
                   to
                   rights
                   to
                   the
                   Place
                   where
                   they
                   lay
                   ,
                   and
                   found
                   them
                   lying
                   all
                   together
                   .
                   After
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   come
                   out
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   commanded
                   them
                   into
                   his
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   commanded
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   two
                   Men
                   ,
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   the
                   Barge
                   ;
                   afterwards
                   he
                   set
                   his
                   Man
                   on
                   shoar
                   at
                   Hungerford
                   Stairs
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Whitehall
                   Bridge
                   ,
                   the
                   Gate
                   was
                   not
                   opened
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   stayed
                   a
                   little
                   while
                   at
                   Whitehall
                   Bridge
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   a
                   shoar
                   ,
                   Ellyot
                   gave
                   me
                   half
                   a
                   Crown
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   me
                   say
                   ,
                   when
                   I
                   came
                   upon
                   my
                   Examination
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   were
                   bound
                   for
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   for
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Where
                   were
                   you
                   bound
                   for
                   ,
                   pray
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   examined
                   me
                   in
                   the
                   Chamber
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   paid
                   the
                   Money
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   knew
                   they
                   went
                   to
                   France
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   ,
                   yes
                   ,
                   very
                   well
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   M.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   they
                   desire
                   you
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   any
                   particular
                   Port
                   in
                   France
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   we
                   were
                   to
                   touch
                   at
                   any
                   Place
                   we
                   could
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   they
                   mention
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   Flanders
                   to
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Did
                   any
                   body
                   mention
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   to
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   .
                   They
                   askt
                   me
                   ,
                   whether
                   I
                   could
                   carry
                   them
                   to
                   France
                   safe
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   did
                   ask
                   you
                   that
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Ellyot
                   or
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   two
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   directly
                   say
                   which
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   I
                   be
                   not
                   mistaken
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   you
                   came
                   from
                   
                   Rigby's
                   at
                   the
                   
                     Seven
                     Stars
                  
                   ,
                   Who
                   came
                   away
                   with
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Ellyot
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   Ellyot
                   and
                   Ashton
                   both
                   come
                   out
                   with
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   did
                   they
                   part
                   ,
                   after
                   they
                   were
                   come
                   out
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   Ashton
                   did
                   go
                   away
                   from
                   us
                   presently
                   after
                   we
                   were
                   come
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   you
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   had
                   you
                   any
                   Discourse
                   with
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   about
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   not
                   that
                   I
                   remember
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   go
                   on
                   foot
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   
                     Seven
                     Stars
                  
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   did
                   they
                   part
                   ,
                   after
                   you
                   came
                   out
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   who
                   went
                   with
                   you
                   ,
                   did
                   you
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Ellyot
                   came
                   with
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Whither
                   went
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   then
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   he
                   say
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   went
                   from
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   bid
                   me
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   Ellyot
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Was
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   there
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Not
                   quite
                   ;
                   but
                   by
                   that
                   time
                   the
                   Waterman
                   had
                   got
                   the
                   Boat
                   to
                   the
                   shoar
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   in
                   the
                   Stern
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   come
                   down
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   When
                   Ashton
                   came
                   ,
                   who
                   came
                   along
                   with
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   saw
                   them
                   all
                   upon
                   the
                   Stair-head
                   ;
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Boat
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   .
                   I
                   never
                   saw
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   till
                   he
                   was
                   upon
                   the
                   Stairs
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Juryman
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   ask
                   him
                   ,
                   What
                   the
                   Summ
                   of
                   Money
                   was
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   paid
                   at
                   
                   Burdett's
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   93
                   Guineas
                   and
                   six
                   Pence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   brought
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   laid
                   down
                   in
                   the
                   Window
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   ,
                   who
                   brought
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   see
                   Ashton
                   bring
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   lay
                   it
                   down
                   in
                   the
                   Window
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   told
                   it
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   it
                   up
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   it
                   to
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Juryman
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   ,
                   what
                   is
                   the
                   usual
                   Rate
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Flanders
                   ;
                   What
                   may
                   a
                   Smack
                   and
                   three
                   Men
                   deserve
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   ,
                   I
                   never
                   went
                   upon
                   my
                   own
                   account
                   in
                   my
                   life
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   ,
                   what
                   say
                   you
                   ,
                   what
                   is
                   the
                   usual
                   Rate
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Flanders
                   or
                   Holland
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   believe
                   they
                   may
                   go
                   for
                   a
                   matter
                   of
                   20
                   l.
                   or
                   30
                   l.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   hear
                   them
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   what
                   they
                   say
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Juryman
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ;
                   but
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   he
                   says
                   ,
                   he
                   gave
                   them
                   notice
                   the
                   Barge
                   was
                   a
                   coming
                   .
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   ask
                   him
                   .
                   Did
                   he
                   know
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   design
                   to
                   search
                   him
                   or
                   no
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   I
                   knew
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   search
                   for
                   Seamen
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   did
                   you
                   know
                   there
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   search
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   the
                   taking
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   on
                   board
                   you
                   ?
                   For
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   Question
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   ,
                   the
                   Jury
                   wou'd
                   ask
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   know
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   you
                   say
                   ,
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   desired
                   to
                   be
                   hid
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   you
                   hid
                   them
                   according
                   to
                   their
                   desire
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Before
                   you
                   went
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   had
                   you
                   any
                   discourse
                   of
                   hiding
                   ?
                   did
                   they
                   ask
                   you
                   for
                   a
                   place
                   to
                   hide
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   did
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Ellyot
                   both
                   askt
                   if
                   there
                   were
                   a
                   place
                   in
                   the
                   Ship
                   to
                   hide
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   them
                   ,
                   yes
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   ask
                   him
                   any
                   Questions
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   ask
                   him
                   this
                   Question
                   .
                   Did
                   we
                   desire
                   you
                   to
                   come
                   and
                   hide
                   us
                   ,
                   or
                   did
                   you
                   desire
                   us
                   to
                   go
                   down
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   desired
                   this
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   we
                   saw
                   any
                   Man
                   of
                   War's
                   Boat
                   we
                   would
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   might
                   be
                   hid
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   repeat
                   that
                   over
                   again
                   ,
                   did
                   they
                   desire
                   you
                   to
                   give
                   them
                   Information
                   when
                   any
                   Boat
                   was
                   coming
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   might
                   hide
                   ,
                   or
                   did
                   you
                   desire
                   them
                   to
                   hide
                   your Self
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   desired
                   it
                   of
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   set
                   up
                   
                     Charles
                     Betsworth
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Before
                   Betsworth
                   is
                   examined
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   ask
                   Pasely
                   one
                   Question
                   ?
                   was
                   there
                   any
                   Coat
                   left
                   on
                   board
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Pasely
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   there
                   were
                   two
                   Coats
                   of
                   the
                   Waterman's
                   left
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   took
                   them
                   and
                   lockt
                   them
                   up
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Is
                   that
                   the
                   Man
                   that
                   owned
                   the
                   Coats
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Will.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   Betsworth
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   give
                   an
                   Account
                   of
                   what
                   you
                   know
                   against
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Betsworth
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   never
                   saw
                   the
                   Gentleman
                   in
                   my
                   life
                   before
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   know
                   of
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Will.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Prethee
                   hear
                   ,
                   Friend
                   ,
                   tell
                   what
                   you
                   know
                   of
                   carrying
                   any
                   Gentlemen
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Smack
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Betsworth
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   going
                   home
                   from
                   our
                   Stairs
                   about
                   7
                   or
                   8
                   a
                   Clock
                   in
                   the
                   Evening
                   ;
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   from
                   Surrey-Stairs
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   called
                   Sculler
                   .
                   Said
                   I
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   Sir
                   where
                   do
                   you
                   go
                   says
                   he
                   ?
                   As
                   far
                   as
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   said
                   I.
                   'T
                   is
                   against
                   Tide
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   go
                   ;
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   ten
                   a
                   Clock
                   before
                   it
                   be
                   high
                   Water
                   .
                   Says
                   he
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   go
                   with
                   us
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   ?
                   Said
                   I
                   ,
                   what
                   will
                   you
                   give
                   me
                   ?
                   Will
                   you
                   give
                   me
                   half
                   a
                   Crown
                   ?
                   then
                   I
                   'll
                   carry
                   you
                   down
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   cannot
                   stay
                   out
                   so
                   late
                   for
                   nothing
                   .
                   Yes
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   give
                   it
                   you
                   .
                   Then
                   I
                   came
                   and
                   brought
                   my
                   Boat
                   to
                   the
                   Shoar
                   ;
                   he
                   asked
                   me
                   then
                   what
                   my
                   Name
                   was
                   ;
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   
                     Charles
                     Betsworth
                  
                   .
                   Says
                   he
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   be
                   sure
                   to
                   stay
                   till
                   we
                   come
                   ?
                   Yes
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   will
                   be
                   sure
                   to
                   come
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   I
                   be
                   not
                   here
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   be
                   at
                   such
                   a
                   House
                   ,
                   an
                   Ale-house
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   there
                   by
                   ;
                   the
                   sign
                   of
                   the
                   Swan
                   :
                   So
                   I
                   staid
                   ,
                   and
                   carryed
                   a
                   Fare
                   or
                   two
                   over
                   the
                   Water
                   ,
                   and
                   about
                   11
                   a
                   Clock
                   comes
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   down
                   ,
                   and
                   calls
                   Charles
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   out
                   a
                   doors
                   down
                   towards
                   my
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   comes
                   one
                   Gentleman
                   down
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   kind
                   of
                   a
                   Seaman
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   thought
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Seaman
                   went
                   into
                   the
                   Stern
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Gentleman
                   sate
                   at
                   the
                   Back-board
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   three
                   Gentlemen
                   more
                   came
                   down
                   the
                   Stairs
                   into
                   the
                   Boat
                   ;
                   one
                   had
                   a
                   whitish
                   Cloak
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   a
                   loose
                   Coat
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   brought
                   a
                   leather
                   Bag
                   that
                   would
                   hold
                   about
                   a
                   Peck
                   ;
                   so
                   I
                   put
                   off
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   rowed
                   down
                   the
                   River
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   I
                   heard
                   them
                   say
                   ,
                   was
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   under
                   the
                   Temple
                   ;
                   says
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   when
                   do
                   you
                   hear
                   the
                   King
                   goes
                   away
                   ?
                   Says
                   another
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   he
                   goes
                   away
                   a
                   Tuesday
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   got
                   through
                   Bridg
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   askt
                   where
                   the
                   Vessel
                   lay
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Man
                   in
                   the
                   Stern
                   said
                   on
                   Southwark
                   side
                   ,
                   over
                   against
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   a
                   little
                   below
                   Battle-bridge
                   near
                   Pickle-Herring-Stairs
                   ,
                   the
                   Master
                   said
                   ,
                   there
                   lies
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   
                   and
                   it
                   had
                   a
                   long
                   Pendant
                   and
                   a
                   top
                   Sail
                   loose
                   ;
                   so
                   they
                   paid
                   me
                   before
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   got
                   a
                   Board
                   ,
                   away
                   rowed
                   I
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   Land
                   ,
                   and
                   take
                   out
                   my
                   Sculls
                   and
                   things
                   ,
                   there
                   I
                   mist
                   my
                   Cloths
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   rowed
                   after
                   them
                   ,
                   thinking
                   they
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   got
                   far
                   ;
                   but
                   when
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   they
                   went
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   the
                   Vessel
                   was
                   gone
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   rowed
                   down
                   as
                   low
                   as
                   Limehouse-Reach
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   Black-Hall-Reach
                   I
                   overtook
                   a
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   thought
                   was
                   the
                   Vessel
                   .
                   I
                   askt
                   them
                   who
                   they
                   belonged
                   to
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   said
                   they
                   came
                   from
                   Horseliedown
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   made
                   answer
                   I
                   brought
                   two
                   Fares
                   on
                   Board
                   a
                   Vessel
                   at
                   Pickle-Herring-Stairs
                   ;
                   and
                   had
                   forgot
                   to
                   take
                   my
                   Cloths
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   ;
                   they
                   made
                   answer
                   ,
                   I
                   brought
                   no
                   Fare
                   on
                   Board
                   them
                   ,
                   so
                   I
                   rowed
                   on
                   farther
                   beyond
                   Barkinshelf
                   ,
                   and
                   because
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   Wind
                   ,
                   I
                   thought
                   none
                   could
                   have
                   gone
                   beyond
                   that
                   Place
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   resolved
                   to
                   row
                   back
                   again
                   when
                   it
                   was
                   Flood
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   rowed
                   up
                   to
                   Greenwich
                   ,
                   but
                   could
                   not
                   meet
                   with
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   heard
                   nothing
                   of
                   my
                   Cloths
                   ,
                   till
                   last
                   Friday
                   was
                   Seaven-night
                   I
                   had
                   my
                   Cloths
                   brought
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Will.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Can
                   you
                   say
                   this
                   Gentleman
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   ;
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   that
                   you
                   carryed
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Smack
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Betsworth
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   never
                   a
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   you
                   say
                   the
                   Persons
                   that
                   you
                   took
                   in
                   at
                   Surrey-Stairs
                   carryed
                   away
                   your
                   Cloths
                   with
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Betsworth
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   Sir.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   ,
                   Paseley
                   ,
                   Is
                   that
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Persons
                   that
                   he
                   brought
                   on
                   Board
                   your
                   Smack
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   How
                   many
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Smack
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Four
                   ;
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Man.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   take
                   in
                   your
                   Pendant
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   did
                   you
                   take
                   it
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Assoon
                   as
                   we
                   weighed
                   Anchor
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   How
                   came
                   you
                   to
                   take
                   it
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Ellyot
                   spoke
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   to
                   take
                   it
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Look
                   you
                   ,
                   Pasely
                   ,
                   you
                   were
                   by
                   when
                   the
                   Ship
                   was
                   hired
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   by
                   when
                   the
                   Money
                   was
                   paid
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Did
                   they
                   mention
                   how
                   many
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   in
                   the
                   Smack
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Paseley
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   said
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   three
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   not
                   four
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   that
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Will.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   you
                   ask
                   him
                   any
                   think
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   Sir
                   :
                   But
                   I
                   desire
                   the
                   Woman
                   may
                   not
                   go
                   out
                   of
                   Court.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   no
                   ;
                   she
                   shall
                   stay
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   M.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   call
                   
                     John
                     Fisher
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     James
                     Amonds
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 (
                 Fisher
                 stood
                 up
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Will.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   do
                   you
                   acquaint
                   the
                   Court
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   what
                   you
                   know
                   of
                   this
                   matter
                   ,
                   whether
                   you
                   carryed
                   any
                   things
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Smack
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   ;
                   and
                   who
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   hapned
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   a
                   matter
                   of
                   six
                   Hours
                   before
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   my
                   Master
                   carryed
                   me
                   a
                   Shoar
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   me
                   to
                   Mr.
                   
                   Burdett's
                   House
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   me
                   a
                   Trunk
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   another
                   Man
                   with
                   a
                   Hamper
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   them
                   on
                   Board
                   ;
                   and
                   about
                   11
                   or
                   12
                   a
                   Clock
                   ,
                   my
                   Master
                   comes
                   and
                   brings
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   aboard
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   bid
                   me
                   go
                   forward
                   ,
                   and
                   heave
                   up
                   the
                   Anchor
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   I
                   did
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   went
                   down
                   the
                   River
                   ;
                   but
                   we
                   could
                   go
                   but
                   a
                   little
                   way
                   because
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   Wind
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Half-way-tree
                   ,
                   the
                   Tide
                   Turning
                   ,
                   we
                   were
                   forced
                   to
                   cast
                   Anchor
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   stay
                   till
                   the
                   Morning
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   Morning
                   we
                   weighed
                   Anchor
                   again
                   about
                   8
                   a
                   Clock
                   ,
                   and
                   about
                   9
                   we
                   came
                   into
                   Long-reach
                   ,
                   where
                   lay
                   the
                   George
                   Man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   they
                   hid
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   below
                   them
                   again
                   ,
                   they
                   came
                   up
                   again
                   till
                   we
                   came
                   almost
                   near
                   the
                   Block-Houses
                   at
                   Gravesend
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   they
                   hid
                   again
                   ;
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   I
                   think
                   came
                   up
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   me
                   go
                   down
                   to
                   the
                   Hamper
                   ,
                   and
                   fetch
                   them
                   up
                   some
                   Victuals
                   for
                   their
                   Dinner
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   down
                   and
                   fetcht
                   up
                   some
                   Beef
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   took
                   hold
                   of
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   took
                   a
                   Bottle
                   of
                   Wine
                   or
                   two
                   out
                   ;
                   and
                   just
                   before
                   I
                   brought
                   all
                   the
                   Victuals
                   up
                   ,
                   the
                   Barge
                   was
                   spied
                   a
                   coming
                   to
                   us
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   he
                   went
                   down
                   again
                   :
                   And
                   there
                   they
                   hid
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   piece
                   of
                   Beef
                   was
                   a
                   top
                   of
                   them
                   .
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   came
                   near
                   ,
                   waved
                   his
                   Hat
                   ,
                   to
                   bid
                   us
                   lie
                   by
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   did
                   lie
                   by
                   ,
                   till
                   he
                   came
                   up
                   to
                   us
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   he
                   came
                   up
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   Master
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   gotten
                   a
                   couple
                   of
                   good
                   likely
                   Men
                   ,
                   worth
                   the
                   coming
                   on
                   Board
                   for
                   ,
                   says
                   the
                   Master
                   .
                   I
                   hope
                   Captain
                   ,
                   you
                   wont
                   press
                   them
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   .
                   What
                   have
                   you
                   to
                   keep
                   you
                   clear
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ?
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   Protection
                   .
                   Have
                   you
                   ,
                   says
                   the
                   Captain
                   ?
                   Let
                   me
                   see
                   it
                   :
                   So
                   he
                   shewed
                   him
                   the
                   Protection
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   read
                   both
                   our
                   Names
                   in
                   it
                   .
                   Then
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   Master
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   look
                   farther
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   went
                   down
                   to
                   the
                   Quarter
                   Hatches
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   them
                   up
                   ,
                   just
                   where
                   they
                   lay
                   .
                   First
                   my
                   Lord
                   came
                   out
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   searcht
                   them
                   all
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   came
                   out
                   .
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   came
                   out
                   next
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   stay'd
                   within
                   ,
                   being
                   the
                   last
                   Man.
                   And
                   after
                   he
                   had
                   searcht
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   done
                   what
                   he
                   pleased
                   ;
                   he
                   got
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   and
                   Writings
                   :
                   then
                   he
                   commanded
                   us
                   all
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   the
                   Barge
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   George
                   Frigat
                   in
                   Long-Reach
                   .
                   And
                   at
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   came
                   to
                   us
                   ;
                   and
                   bid
                   us
                   say
                   ,
                   we
                   were
                   going
                   for
                   Flanders
                   .
                   And
                   after
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Whitehall
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   gave
                   me
                   a
                   half
                   Crown
                   Piece
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   me
                   say
                   ,
                   we
                   were
                   bound
                   for
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   for
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Was
                   that
                   after
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   or
                   before
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   was
                   the
                   first
                   time
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   would
                   have
                   you
                   say
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   bound
                   for
                   Flanders
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   George
                   Frigat
                   in
                   Long-Reach
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   was
                   it
                   that
                   bid
                   you
                   say
                   so
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   both
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Ship
                   's
                   Steerage
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   came
                   to
                   us
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Where
                   was
                   the
                   next
                   Place
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   bid
                   you
                   say
                   so
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   At
                   Whitehall
                   Bridge
                   Ashton
                   gave
                   me
                   a
                   half
                   Crown
                   Piece
                   ,
                   and
                   bid
                   me
                   say
                   so
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Juryman
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   he
                   speak
                   that
                   aloud
                   ,
                   or
                   softly
                   at
                   Whitehall
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   whispered
                   it
                   in
                   my
                   Ear.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Did
                   they
                   ever
                   say
                   they
                   were
                   bound
                   for
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   till
                   after
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   No.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   manner
                   of
                   Place
                   was
                   this
                   that
                   they
                   hid
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   An
                   ugly
                   hole
                   ▪
                   where
                   a
                   Man
                   has
                   no
                   room
                   to
                   lie
                   along
                   at
                   ease
                   ;
                   he
                   can
                   neither
                   stand
                   upright
                   ,
                   nor
                   sit
                   upright
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   see
                   the
                   Waterman
                   that
                   brought
                   them
                   on
                   Board
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   No.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   there
                   any
                   Waterman's
                   Coat
                   left
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   two
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   didst
                   thou
                   see
                   the
                   Boat
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   were
                   a
                   sleep
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Boat
                   was
                   put
                   off
                   assoon
                   as
                   ever
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   assoon
                   as
                   ever
                   they
                   were
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   you
                   got
                   up
                   the
                   Anchor
                   ,
                   and
                   pulled
                   in
                   the
                   Pendant
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   We
                   immediately
                   hove
                   up
                   the
                   Anchor
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   in
                   the
                   Pendant
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   any
                   Sculler
                   hale
                   you
                   afterwards
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   were
                   going
                   down
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   were
                   going
                   down
                   there
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   you
                   say
                   to
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   was
                   not
                   steering
                   then
                   ;
                   but
                   this
                   other
                   Man
                   made
                   answer
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   Will
                   you
                   ask
                   him
                   any
                   thing
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   I
                   gave
                   you
                   the
                   Half
                   Crown
                   that
                   you
                   speak
                   of
                   ,
                   what
                   did
                   I
                   say
                   to
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   bid
                   me
                   when
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   be
                   examin'd
                   ,
                   say
                   we
                   were
                   going
                   to
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   I
                   say
                   else
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   bid
                   me
                   take
                   that
                   Half
                   Crown
                   for
                   to
                   Night
                   ,
                   to
                   help
                   to
                   bear
                   Charges
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   Morrow
                   you
                   would
                   take
                   farther
                   care
                   of
                   us
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   told
                   you
                   you
                   were
                   Prisoners
                   now
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   gave
                   you
                   that
                   ;
                   and
                   told
                   you
                   I
                   would
                   take
                   farther
                   care
                   of
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Fisher
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   did
                   not
                   say
                   we
                   were
                   Prisoners
                   ,
                   but
                   you
                   said
                   you
                   gave
                   me
                   that
                   to
                   help
                   bear
                   Charges
                   for
                   that
                   Night
                   ,
                   and
                   on
                   the
                   Morrow
                   you
                   would
                   take
                   farther
                   care
                   of
                   us
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   set
                   up
                   
                     James
                     Amonds
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Are
                   you
                   sworn
                   Friend
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   Sir.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   let
                   the
                   Court
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   know
                   what
                   you
                   can
                   say
                   in
                   this
                   matter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   about
                   11
                   or
                   12
                   a
                   Clock
                   at
                   Night
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   a
                   sleep
                   in
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ,
                   and
                   heard
                   a
                   Boat
                   coming
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   turn'd
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   before
                   I
                   could
                   get
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   got
                   aboard
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   see
                   no
                   Boat
                   ,
                   nor
                   nothing
                   .
                   So
                   ,
                   says
                   the
                   Master
                   ,
                   go
                   forward
                   and
                   heave
                   up
                   the
                   Anchor
                   ;
                   and
                   after
                   we
                   had
                   heaved
                   up
                   the
                   Anchor
                   ,
                   I
                   goes
                   into
                   the
                   Skip
                   to
                   tow
                   the
                   Vessel
                   down
                   ,
                   because
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   Wind
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   would
                   not
                   let
                   the
                   Vessel
                   go
                   foul
                   on
                   the
                   Ships
                   that
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   River
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   little
                   after
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   again
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   I
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   again
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   all
                   four
                   .
                   After
                   that
                   comes
                   a
                   Water-man
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   was
                   at
                   the
                   Helm
                   steering
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   called
                   out
                   to
                   us
                   !
                   Oh
                   hoe
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ;
                   did
                   not
                   I
                   bring
                   a
                   Parcel
                   of
                   Gentlemen
                   on
                   Board
                   this
                   Smack
                   ?
                   Not
                   as
                   I
                   know
                   of
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   Says
                   he
                   ,
                   I
                   carryed
                   a
                   Parcel
                   of
                   Gentlemen
                   on
                   Board
                   some
                   Smack
                   ,
                   that
                   had
                   a
                   Pendant
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   where
                   it
                   is
                   ;
                   they
                   carryed
                   my
                   Cloaths
                   on
                   Board
                   with
                   them
                   .
                   Said
                   I
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   nothing
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   nor
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   ;
                   for
                   I
                   saw
                   neither
                   Water-man
                   ,
                   nor
                   Boat
                   ;
                   so
                   away
                   the
                   Waterman
                   goes
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   went
                   down
                   the
                   River
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   
                     Half-way
                     Tree
                  
                   ,
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Anchor
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Master
                   went
                   and
                   laid
                   himself
                   down
                   ,
                   the
                   Tide
                   being
                   almost
                   done
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   being
                   no
                   Wind
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   they
                   lay
                   in
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ;
                   and
                   says
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   take
                   care
                   of
                   us
                   now
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   will
                   take
                   care
                   of
                   you
                   hereafter
                   ;
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   we
                   shall
                   help
                   you
                   to
                   many
                   a
                   Freight
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   a
                   Pound
                   .
                   Ay
                   ,
                   ay
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   be
                   taken
                   care
                   of
                   to
                   be
                   sure
                   at
                   Day
                   break
                   ,
                   or
                   when
                   the
                   Day
                   comes
                   on
                   ;
                   about
                   8
                   a
                   Clock
                   ,
                   we
                   hove
                   up
                   the
                   Anchor
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   fell
                   down
                   as
                   low
                   as
                   Long-Reach
                   ,
                   where
                   the
                   George
                   Frigat
                   lay
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   there
                   ,
                   they
                   went
                   down
                   to
                   hide
                   in
                   the
                   quarter
                   Hatches
                   .
                   I
                   steered
                   it
                   down
                   still
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   were
                   got
                   past
                   that
                   Man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   the
                   Hatches
                   were
                   taken
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   came
                   up
                   again
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Quarters
                   ,
                   and
                   sate
                   in
                   the
                   Cabin
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   had
                   a
                   fresh
                   Gale
                   of
                   Wind
                   ,
                   and
                   run
                   down
                   to
                   Gravesend
                   quickly
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   near
                   the
                   Block-houses
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   almost
                   at
                   the
                   Block-houses
                   ;
                   then
                   said
                   they
                   we
                   will
                   go
                   down
                   again
                   and
                   hide
                   a
                   little
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   they
                   did
                   till
                   they
                   were
                   past
                   there
                   ,
                   then
                   resolving
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Dinner
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   Just
                   .
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   time
                   a
                   day
                   was
                   this
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   About
                   11
                   a
                   Clock
                   ,
                   as
                   near
                   as
                   I
                   can
                   guess
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   go
                   down
                   to
                   hide
                   then
                   ,
                   did
                   they
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   go
                   down
                   and
                   hide
                   ,
                   and
                   came
                   up
                   again
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   ;
                   I
                   heard
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   in
                   the
                   Cabin
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   what
                   followed
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   they
                   were
                   gotten
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   past
                   Gravesend
                   ,
                   this
                   Man
                   was
                   sent
                   for
                   Victuals
                   for
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   he
                   fetch'd
                   them
                   some
                   Roast
                   Beef
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   other
                   things
                   ;
                   and
                   just
                   as
                   the
                   Roast
                   Beef
                   was
                   going
                   into
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     Here
                     comes
                     a
                     Barge
                     off
                     ,
                     to
                     press
                     .
                  
                   So
                   when
                   I
                   cried
                   ,
                   The
                   Barge
                   was
                   a
                   coming
                   ,
                   they
                   took
                   the
                   Victuals
                   down
                   into
                   the
                   Quarters
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   lay
                   they
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Victuals
                   a
                   top
                   of
                   them
                   .
                   And
                   when
                   the
                   Barge
                   came
                   near
                   us
                   ,
                   the
                   Captain
                   waved
                   his
                   Hat
                   to
                   command
                   us
                   to
                   lie
                   by
                   .
                   Said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     We
                     must
                     lie
                     by
                     ,
                     for
                     the
                     Barge
                     is
                     coming
                     up
                     to
                     us
                     .
                  
                   And
                   we
                   clapp'd
                   the
                   Hel●●-a-lee
                   ,
                   and
                   lay
                   by
                   ;
                   and
                   after
                   we
                   were
                   laid
                   by
                   ,
                   the
                   Barge
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   us
                   .
                   Says
                   the
                   Captain
                   of
                   the
                   Barge
                   ,
                   
                     You
                     have
                     got
                     a
                     couple
                     of
                     likely
                     ,
                     good
                     Men
                     ,
                     Master
                     ,
                  
                   said
                   he
                   Ay
                   ,
                   says
                   the
                   Master
                   ;
                   
                     but
                     I
                     hope
                     you
                     won't
                     press
                     them
                     .
                  
                   Says
                   the
                   Captain
                   ,
                   
                     Have
                     you
                     got
                     any
                     thing
                     to
                     keep
                     you
                     clear
                     ?
                     Yes
                     ,
                     if
                     it
                     please
                     you
                     ,
                     noble
                     Captain
                     ,
                     I
                     have
                     got
                     a
                     Protection
                     .
                     I
                     am
                     sorry
                     for
                     that
                     ,
                  
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   and
                   comes
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   stay'd
                   all
                   this
                   time
                   in
                   the
                   Barge
                   ;
                   and
                   smiling
                   upon
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   comes
                   on
                   Board
                   ,
                   and
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     Come
                     ,
                     let
                     's
                     see
                     your
                     Protection
                     .
                  
                   And
                   the
                   Master
                   shew'd
                   it
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   read
                   it
                   .
                   Says
                   the
                   Captain
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     must
                     look
                     a
                     little
                     farther
                     .
                  
                   And
                   he
                   goes
                   into
                   the
                   Cabin
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   up
                   the
                   Hatches
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   lay
                   all
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   .
                   They
                   were
                   something
                   longer
                   a
                   coming
                   up
                   than
                   he
                   would
                   have
                   had
                   them
                   ;
                   so
                   says
                   the
                   Captain
                   to
                   his
                   Men
                   in
                   the
                   Barge
                   ,
                   
                     Come
                     on
                     Board
                     ,
                     and
                     see
                     who
                     is
                     here
                     .
                  
                   And
                   so
                   some
                   of
                   his
                   Men
                   did
                   come
                   on
                   Board
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   my
                   remembrance
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   the
                   first
                   Man
                   that
                   came
                   up
                   :
                   And
                   when
                   my
                   Lord
                   came
                   up
                   ,
                   the
                   Captain
                   run
                   his
                   Hands
                   into
                   his
                   Coat-Pockets
                   ,
                   to
                   feel
                   for
                   Papers
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   suppose
                   ;
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   desired
                   the
                   Captain
                   to
                   be
                   kind
                   ,
                   and
                   take
                   nothing
                   away
                   .
                   Says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     'll
                     take
                     nothing
                     but
                     Papers
                     ;
                     't
                     is
                     Papers
                     I
                     look
                     for
                     :
                  
                   And
                   he
                   pull'd
                   out
                   a
                   Watch
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   it
                   him
                   again
                   .
                   After
                   that
                   ,
                   Ellyot
                   came
                   out
                   ;
                   and
                   whether
                   he
                   found
                   any
                   thing
                   upon
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   or
                   no
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   .
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   the
                   last
                   that
                   came
                   up
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   he
                   came
                   up
                   ,
                   a
                   Water-man
                   of
                   the
                   Captain
                   's
                   calls
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   says
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     Gentleman
                     that
                     came
                     up
                     last
                     has
                     put
                     something
                     in
                     his
                     Bosom
                     ,
                     but
                     what
                     I
                     can't
                     tell
                     .
                  
                   So
                   the
                   Captain
                   took
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   by
                   the
                   Arm
                   ,
                   and
                   turn'd
                   him
                   about
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     What
                     did
                     you
                     put
                     in
                     your
                     Bosom
                     ?
                  
                   Says
                   Mr.
                   
                     Ashton
                     ,
                     Nothing
                     but
                     my
                     Handkerchief
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   pull'd
                   out
                   his
                   Handkerchief
                   ,
                   and
                   shew'd
                   him
                   .
                   Then
                   the
                   Captain
                   put
                   his
                   Hand
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   pull'd
                   out
                   Papers
                   ,
                   with
                   a
                   piece
                   of
                   Lead
                   tied
                   to
                   them
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   is
                   all
                   that
                   I
                   saw
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   tell
                   us
                   what
                   happen'd
                   afterwards
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   that
                   was
                   done
                   ,
                   the
                   Captain
                   commanded
                   us
                   all
                   into
                   his
                   Barge
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   row'd
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   rest
                   row'd
                   ,
                   it
                   being
                   cold
                   Weather
                   ,
                   till
                   we
                   came
                   up
                   to
                   London
                   .
                   After
                   we
                   came
                   up
                   to
                   London
                   ,
                   they
                   did
                   not
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   was
                   a
                   rowing
                   till
                   then
                   .
                   It
                   seems
                   they
                   did
                   give
                   them
                   some
                   Money
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   gave
                   me
                   none
                   ,
                   not
                   till
                   I
                   came
                   into
                   Whitehall
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Man
                   came
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   call'd
                   me
                   a
                   one
                   side
                   ;
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     Here
                     's
                     Half
                     a
                     Crown
                     ,
                     will
                     serve
                     you
                     to
                     Night
                     ;
                     and
                     be
                     sure
                     ,
                     when
                     you
                     come
                     to
                     be
                     examined
                     ,
                     that
                     you
                     say
                     ,
                     you
                     were
                     bound
                     for
                  
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     not
                     for
                  
                   France
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     you
                     will
                     be
                     taken
                     farther
                     care
                     of
                     to
                     Morrow
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   manner
                   of
                   place
                   is
                   that
                   Quarter-Hatches
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   could
                   neither
                   fit
                   ,
                   nor
                   stand
                   upright
                   in
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   they
                   lie
                   upon
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   were
                   three
                   or
                   four
                   flit
                   Deals
                   that
                   were
                   laid
                   over
                   the
                   Ballast
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   seems
                   they
                   had
                   shuffl'd
                   'em
                   on
                   the
                   one
                   side
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   Ballast
                   lay
                   open
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   the
                   Water-man
                   that
                   brought
                   these
                   Men
                   on
                   Board
                   you
                   ,
                   leave
                   his
                   Coat
                   there
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   see
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   nor
                   the
                   Water-man
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   able
                   to
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   about
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   How
                   came
                   the
                   Pendant
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   down
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   can't
                   tell
                   that
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Skiff
                   when
                   it
                   was
                   taken
                   down
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   very
                   well
                   understand
                   how
                   the
                   Papers
                   came
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   away
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   He
                   tells
                   you
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   seen
                   to
                   put
                   his
                   Hand
                   with
                   something
                   into
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ;
                   and
                   being
                   tax'd
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   he
                   said
                   it
                   was
                   his
                   Handkerchief
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Captain
                   put
                   in
                   his
                   Hand
                   ,
                   and
                   pull'd
                   out
                   a
                   Bundle
                   of
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   he
                   see
                   Ashton
                   take
                   away
                   the
                   Papers
                   from
                   any
                   other
                   place
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   an
                   't
                   please
                   your
                   Honour
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   see
                   them
                   till
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   Bosom
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   see
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   take
                   the
                   Papers
                   from
                   out
                   of
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Coat
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Where
                   were
                   they
                   before
                   they
                   spy'd
                   the
                   Barge
                   a
                   coming
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Honour
                   ,
                   I
                   heard
                   'em
                   talk
                   ;
                   I
                   thought
                   they
                   had
                   been
                   up
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   seems
                   there
                   was
                   but
                   one
                   of
                   'em
                   up
                   when
                   they
                   said
                   ,
                   The
                   Barge
                   was
                   coming
                   a-board
                   :
                   I
                   was
                   at
                   the
                   Helm
                   ,
                   and
                   heard
                   'em
                   talk
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   you
                   knew
                   nothing
                   of
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   but
                   when
                   you
                   saw
                   'em
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Wi.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   will
                   ask
                   him
                   any
                   thing
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   now
                   you
                   may
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Friend
                   ,
                   Had
                   not
                   I
                   been
                   up
                   first
                   ,
                   and
                   search'd
                   before
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   Not
                   as
                   I
                   know
                   of
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   not
                   I
                   go
                   down
                   into
                   the
                   Hold
                   to
                   take
                   my
                   Hat
                   ,
                   and
                   call
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   desired
                   that
                   I
                   might
                   go
                   down
                   for
                   my
                   Hat
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   can't
                   tell
                   ;
                   for
                   when
                   I
                   saw
                   the
                   Papers
                   taken
                   from
                   you
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Stern
                   ;
                   I
                   was
                   not
                   down
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Had
                   not
                   I
                   been
                   search'd
                   first
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Amonds
                   .
                
                 
                   Not
                   that
                   I
                   know
                   of
                   ,
                   till
                   you
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   Stern
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   swear
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 ,
                 he
                 standing
                 up
                 by
                 the
                 Sheriff
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Captain
                   ,
                   I
                   suppose
                   you
                   may
                   be
                   heard
                   from
                   that
                   place
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   the
                   Witness
                   may
                   come
                   down
                   ,
                   else
                   I
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   able
                   to
                   distinguish
                   what
                   he
                   says
                   :
                   It
                   is
                   the
                   proper
                   place
                   for
                   him
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Let
                   him
                   come
                   down
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   may
                   all
                   be
                   obliged
                   to
                   stay
                   in
                   Court.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Let
                   them
                   all
                   stay
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Wi.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   are
                   sworn
                   ,
                   Sir
                   :
                   Are
                   you
                   not
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Wi.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   pray
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   give
                   an
                   Account
                   where
                   you
                   took
                   these
                   Persons
                   ,
                   how
                   you
                   took
                   'em
                   ,
                   what
                   you
                   found
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   you
                   disposed
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Must
                   I
                   begin
                   from
                   the
                   Beginning
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Wi.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ;
                   Tell
                   your
                   whole
                   Knowledge
                   ,
                   in
                   Order
                   of
                   Time
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   fell
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   Time
                   I
                   went
                   out
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Make
                   it
                   as
                   short
                   as
                   you
                   can
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Wi.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   you
                   must
                   tell
                   all
                   ;
                   for
                   you
                   speak
                   now
                   to
                   a
                   new
                   Jury
                   ,
                   and
                   here
                   is
                   another
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   to
                   be
                   tried
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   last
                   of
                   December
                   ,
                   about
                   Two-a-Clock
                   ,
                   or
                   between
                   One
                   and
                   Two
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Danby
                   came
                   to
                   me
                   at
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Doors
                   of
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Lords
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   his
                   Father
                   must
                   speak
                   with
                   me
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   carry'd
                   me
                   up
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Linsey's
                   
                   Chamber
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   a
                   little
                   time
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   came
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   he
                   heard
                   there
                   were
                   divers
                   Persons
                   that
                   had
                   Papers
                   of
                   dangerous
                   Consequence
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   desired
                   me
                   to
                   use
                   my
                   Skill
                   for
                   my
                   seizing
                   and
                   securing
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                   I
                   began
                   then
                   to
                   talk
                   of
                   what
                   was
                   proper
                   for
                   such
                   an
                   Undertaking
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   thought
                   the
                   best
                   way
                   ,
                   was
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Woolwich
                   or
                   Dep●ford
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   take
                   a
                   Man
                   of
                   War's
                   Pinnace
                   with
                   us
                   :
                   Upon
                   that
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Danby
                   being
                   by
                   ,
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   knew
                   of
                   a
                   Boat
                   that
                   he
                   could
                   have
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   my
                   Lord
                   Duke
                   of
                   
                   Grafton's
                   ;
                   and
                   my
                   Lady
                   Dutchess
                   had
                   lent
                   it
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   would
                   go
                   ,
                   and
                   get
                   it
                   ready
                   :
                   Upon
                   this
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   give
                   me
                   a
                   Note
                   of
                   the
                   Name
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   and
                   where
                   she
                   went
                   out
                   ;
                   and
                   likewise
                   a
                   Letter
                   to
                   another
                   Person
                   ,
                   that
                   would
                   instruct
                   me
                   farther
                   ,
                   and
                   shew
                   me
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ;
                   accordingly
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   gave
                   me
                   the
                   Letter
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   away
                   to
                   look
                   for
                   the
                   Person
                   ,
                   but
                   could
                   not
                   find
                   him
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   Danby
                   came
                   to
                   Tower-Wharf
                   himself
                   with
                   the
                   Boat
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   left
                   a
                   Man
                   there
                   to
                   bring
                   me
                   word
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   Boat
                   came
                   up
                   at
                   the
                   Place
                   where
                   I
                   was
                   ;
                   and
                   Captain
                   Stringer
                   ,
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     Thomas
                     Taylor
                  
                   came
                   there
                   to
                   me
                   .
                   After
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Danby
                   had
                   told
                   me
                   what
                   I
                   had
                   in
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   I
                   thought
                   there
                   were
                   not
                   Arms
                   enough
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   it
                   were
                   best
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   to
                   borrow
                   some
                   Arms
                   from
                   thence
                   :
                   When
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Lucas
                   was
                   not
                   come
                   in
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   I
                   had
                   staid
                   a
                   little
                   time
                   ,
                   he
                   did
                   come
                   in
                   :
                   And
                   when
                   I
                   had
                   acquainted
                   him
                   with
                   my
                   business
                   ,
                   he
                   sent
                   for
                   an
                   Officer
                   of
                   the
                   Guard
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   we
                   borrowed
                   some
                   Arms
                   ,
                   a
                   Blunderbuss
                   of
                   his
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Carbine
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   like
                   ;
                   and
                   about
                   Eleven-a-Clock
                   ,
                   or
                   somewhat
                   past
                   ,
                   we
                   put
                   off
                   from
                   Tower-Wharf
                   .
                   It
                   was
                   calm
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   rowed
                   down
                   towards
                   Gravesend
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   went
                   aboard
                   a
                   Vessel
                   or
                   two
                   ,
                   but
                   was
                   not
                   willing
                   to
                   lose
                   much
                   time
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   was
                   resolved
                   to
                   take
                   them
                   before
                   they
                   were
                   gotten
                   too
                   far
                   :
                   So
                   we
                   rowed
                   away
                   for
                   Gravesend
                   ,
                   where
                   I
                   refresh'd
                   my
                   Men
                   ,
                   and
                   afterwards
                   went
                   down
                   into
                   the
                   Hope
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   did
                   judge
                   ,
                   that
                   no
                   Vessel
                   that
                   could
                   come
                   from
                   London
                   that
                   Tide
                   could
                   be
                   a-head
                   of
                   me
                   .
                   I
                   went
                   on
                   board
                   several
                   Vessels
                   that
                   lay
                   in
                   the
                   River
                   ,
                   in
                   order
                   unto
                   the
                   pressing
                   of
                   Men
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   went
                   on
                   board
                   all
                   sorts
                   of
                   Vessels
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   would
                   give
                   no
                   Suspicion
                   of
                   what
                   I
                   was
                   about
                   ;
                   and
                   having
                   been
                   on
                   board
                   of
                   several
                   ,
                   I
                   pressed
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   Barkin
                   Men
                   ;
                   and
                   one
                   particularly
                   ,
                   that
                   knew
                   all
                   the
                   Vessels
                   upon
                   the
                   River
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   made
                   him
                   to
                   row
                   very
                   near
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   might
                   talk
                   to
                   him
                   ;
                   I
                   had
                   got
                   the
                   Names
                   of
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   Smacks
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   it
                   out
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   would
                   press
                   a
                   Smack
                   to
                   carry
                   for
                   a
                   Tender
                   to
                   my
                   Ship
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   Fleet
                   went
                   out
                   ;
                   and
                   naming
                   this
                   Smack
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   search
                   ,
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     heard
                     such
                     a
                     Smack
                     sailed
                     well
                     ,
                     and
                     I
                     had
                     Thoughts
                     of
                     pressing
                     her
                  
                   ;
                   he
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   
                     She
                     was
                     old
                  
                   ;
                   but
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     She
                     will
                     serve
                     a
                     Summer
                     well
                     enough
                     ;
                     and
                     that
                     is
                     it
                     I
                     intend
                     to
                     press
                     ,
                     if
                     I
                     can
                     find
                     her
                     .
                  
                   Says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     'll
                     shew
                     you
                     her
                     ,
                     I
                     know
                     her
                     when
                     I
                     see
                     her
                  
                   ;
                   so
                   we
                   went
                   on
                   board
                   several
                   Vessels
                   ,
                   as
                   we
                   went
                   along
                   .
                   And
                   as
                   we
                   were
                   rowing
                   along
                   before
                   ,
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   Nest
                   Point
                   by
                   
                     Tilbury
                     Fort
                  
                   ,
                   we
                   saw
                   several
                   Smacks
                   coming
                   down
                   the
                   River
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   about
                   the
                   Point
                   ,
                   the
                   headmost
                   Smack
                   of
                   all
                   ,
                   the
                   Fellow
                   ,
                   lookt
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     Yonder
                     is
                     the
                  
                   Thomas
                   and
                   Elizabeth
                   .
                   Then
                   I
                   called
                   to
                   one
                   of
                   my
                   Men
                   to
                   wave
                   ,
                   and
                   bring
                   them
                   to
                   lie
                   by
                   ,
                   which
                   they
                   did
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   lay
                   by
                   till
                   I
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   .
                   When
                   I
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   ,
                   I
                   saw
                   two
                   lusty
                   Men
                   stand
                   by
                   the
                   Master
                   ;
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     Master
                     ,
                     you
                     have
                     got
                     two
                     good
                     lusty
                     Fellows
                     that
                     would
                     serve
                     the
                     King
                     ;
                     but
                     I
                     'll
                     be
                     kind
                     and
                     civil
                     to
                     you
                     ,
                     I
                     'll
                     take
                     but
                     one
                     .
                  
                   Says
                   the
                   Master
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     hope
                     not
                     so
                     ;
                     for
                     I
                     have
                     a
                     Protection
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   with
                   that
                   ,
                   I
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   his
                   Protection
                   in
                   my
                   Hand
                   ,
                   and
                   read
                   it
                   .
                   As
                   soon
                   as
                   I
                   had
                   read
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   ask'd
                   him
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   had
                   no
                   more
                   Men
                   upon
                   Deck
                   than
                   what
                   I
                   saw
                   .
                   He
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     No
                     ;
                     then
                  
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     must
                     look
                     a
                     little
                     farther
                     .
                  
                   And
                   I
                   went
                   into
                   the
                   Quarters
                   ,
                   and
                   took
                   up
                   the
                   Scuttle
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Hatches
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   saw
                   some
                   Gentlemen
                   lie
                   .
                   Oh
                   ,
                   said
                   ,
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     What
                     a
                     pretty
                     Posture
                     is
                     this
                     ?
                     Where
                     are
                     we
                     a
                     going
                     ?
                     Gentlemen
                     ,
                     you
                     must
                     turn
                     out
                     .
                  
                   The
                   first
                   that
                   came
                   to
                   hand
                   was
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   know
                   him
                   then
                   ,
                   nor
                   some
                   time
                   
                   after
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Boat
                   with
                   him
                   :
                   So
                   I
                   took
                   hold
                   of
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   help'd
                   him
                   up
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   up
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     must
                     search
                     you
                  
                   .
                   Says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     hope
                     you
                     will
                     take
                     nothing
                     from
                     me
                     .
                     Nothing
                     ,
                  
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     but
                     Papers
                  
                   :
                   So
                   I
                   search'd
                   all
                   his
                   Pockets
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   I
                   found
                   any
                   Papers
                   ,
                   I
                   put
                   them
                   into
                   my
                   own
                   Coat-pocket
                   .
                   And
                   I
                   took
                   his
                   Watch
                   ,
                   and
                   pull'd
                   it
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   it
                   him
                   again
                   :
                   After
                   that
                   I
                   had
                   search'd
                   him
                   ,
                   came
                   up
                   Mr
                   Ellyot
                   the
                   first
                   Man
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   next
                   was
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   who
                   crouded
                   up
                   while
                   Ellyot
                   came
                   up
                   ,
                   in
                   his
                   Night-Cap
                   .
                   
                     I
                     think
                     ,
                     Mr.
                  
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   
                     you
                     had
                     your
                     Night-Cap
                     on
                  
                   .
                   So
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   goes
                   down
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   puts
                   on
                   a
                   Periwig
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   ;
                   but
                   coming
                   up
                   again
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   my
                   Sea-men
                   sees
                   him
                   take
                   something
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   it
                   into
                   his
                   Bosom
                   :
                   He
                   follows
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   quick
                   ,
                   and
                   pulls
                   me
                   by
                   the
                   Coat
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     Gentleman
                     has
                     got
                     something
                     in
                     his
                     Bosom
                     :
                  
                   So
                   I
                   took
                   hold
                   of
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   turned
                   him
                   round
                   ;
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   
                     what
                     have
                     you
                     got
                     in
                     your
                     Bosom
                     ?
                     Nothing
                     ,
                  
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     but
                     a
                     Handkercheif
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   immediately
                   he
                   put
                   his
                   Hand
                   into
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   and
                   pluck'd
                   out
                   the
                   Handkercheif
                   ,
                   and
                   shew'd
                   me
                   .
                   As
                   soon
                   as
                   he
                   had
                   pulled
                   out
                   the
                   Handkercheif
                   ,
                   I
                   put
                   my
                   Hand
                   into
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   I
                   met
                   with
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   that
                   had
                   the
                   Lead
                   affixed
                   to
                   't
                   ;
                   and
                   pulling
                   it
                   out
                   ,
                   I
                   clapp'd
                   it
                   into
                   my
                   own
                   Pocket
                   ;
                   for
                   I
                   thought
                   that
                   was
                   the
                   Matter
                   of
                   Moment
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   to
                   secure
                   .
                   So
                   I
                   ordered
                   them
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   to
                   let
                   go
                   his
                   Anchor
                   ;
                   and
                   two
                   Men
                   I
                   left
                   in
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   whom
                   I
                   ordered
                   to
                   search
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   secure
                   what
                   they
                   found
                   till
                   farther
                   Order
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   left
                   two
                   Musquets
                   with
                   them
                   .
                   And
                   after
                   we
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   they
                   desired
                   to
                   have
                   somethings
                   handed
                   in
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   gave
                   Order
                   for
                   ,
                   a
                   Hamper
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Night-bag
                   ;
                   and
                   away
                   we
                   put
                   off
                   from
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   and
                   rowed
                   up
                   ;
                   it
                   was
                   against
                   Tide
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   cold
                   Weather
                   .
                   In
                   a
                   little
                   time
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   called
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   My
                   Lord
                   ;
                   then
                   I
                   whispered
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   ask'd
                   him
                   who
                   that
                   Lord
                   was
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   
                     It
                     was
                     my
                     Lord
                  
                   Preston
                   .
                   Then
                   I
                   saluted
                   my
                   Lord
                   ;
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   pleased
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   very
                   well
                   satisfied
                   they
                   were
                   fallen
                   into
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   a
                   Civil
                   Gentleman
                   .
                   So
                   rowing
                   up
                   against
                   Tide
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   being
                   a
                   Westerly
                   Wind
                   ,
                   which
                   blow'd
                   very
                   fresh
                   ,
                   My
                   Lord
                   desired
                   that
                   I
                   would
                   let
                   them
                   stop
                   at
                   Gravesend
                   ,
                   till
                   the
                   Tide
                   turned
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   might
                   refresh
                   themselves
                   .
                   I
                   begged
                   his
                   Pardon
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Ship
                   in
                   
                     Long
                     Reach
                  
                   ,
                   the
                   
                   George-Frigot
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   would
                   stop
                   there
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   doubt
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   would
                   command
                   the
                   great
                   Cabin
                   for
                   his
                   Accommodation
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   he
                   might
                   have
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   he
                   wanted
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   seemed
                   contented
                   with
                   it
                   ;
                   but
                   before
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   there
                   happened
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   Discourse
                   betwixt
                   us
                   of
                   several
                   things
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Wi.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   repeat
                   it
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   you
                   can
                   remember
                   what
                   Discourse
                   happened
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   being
                   cold
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Hamper
                   standing
                   by
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ,
                   
                     we
                     have
                     not
                     eaten
                     ,
                     we
                     will
                     eat
                     if
                     you
                     will.
                  
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   piece
                   of
                   Bief
                   at
                   the
                   top
                   of
                   the
                   Hamper
                   ,
                   and
                   Bottles
                   of
                   Wine
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   opened
                   the
                   Hamper
                   ,
                   sitting
                   fairest
                   for
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   handed
                   out
                   the
                   Beef
                   ,
                   the
                   Bread
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Bottles
                   ;
                   and
                   after
                   we
                   had
                   eaten
                   what
                   we
                   would
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ordered
                   the
                   rest
                   to
                   be
                   given
                   to
                   the
                   Men
                   that
                   were
                   the
                   Boats
                   Crew
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   we
                   had
                   done
                   this
                   ,
                   and
                   taken
                   out
                   a
                   Bottle
                   or
                   two
                   ,
                   and
                   shut
                   up
                   the
                   Hamper
                   again
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   drank
                   to
                   me
                   once
                   or
                   twice
                   ,
                   and
                   seem'd
                   very
                   well
                   satisfy'd
                   and
                   pleas'd
                   with
                   his
                   Usage
                   .
                   He
                   told
                   me
                   he
                   was
                   sensible
                   of
                   my
                   Civilities
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   ever
                   it
                   lay
                   in
                   his
                   Power
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   not
                   forget
                   me
                   .
                   So
                   we
                   drank
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   talk'd
                   again
                   ;
                   but
                   before
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   ever
                   it
                   lay
                   in
                   his
                   Power
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   be
                   sure
                   to
                   make
                   an
                   acknowledgment
                   of
                   the
                   Civility
                   I
                   had
                   shew'd
                   him
                   .
                   And
                   to
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   my
                   Memory
                   ,
                   he
                   had
                   this
                   Expression
                   ,
                   
                     If
                     there
                     ever
                     was
                     any
                     thing
                     he
                     could
                     serve
                     me
                     in
                     ,
                     he
                     would
                     do
                     it
                     with
                     all
                     his
                     Heart
                     ,
                     if
                     I
                     would
                     but
                     dispose
                     of
                     the
                     Packet
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   would
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   have
                   had
                   you
                   done
                   ?
                   What
                   did
                   he
                   say
                   to
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   said
                   ,
                   it
                   would
                   do
                   me
                   no
                   good
                   to
                   injure
                   so
                   many
                   Gentlemen
                   ;
                   and
                   desired
                   me
                   that
                   I
                   would
                   throw
                   the
                   Packet
                   over-board
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   he
                   mean
                   by
                   so
                   many
                   Gentlemen
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   was
                   his
                   Expression
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   desired
                   you
                   to
                   throw
                   the
                   Packet
                   over-board
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   did
                   several
                   times
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   he
                   say
                   to
                   you
                   ?
                   What
                   Arguments
                   did
                   he
                   use
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   so
                   many
                   times
                   over
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   much
                   mixture
                   of
                   Discourse
                   we
                   had
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   able
                   to
                   tell
                   the
                   Particulars
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   what
                   Arguments
                   did
                   he
                   use
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   don't
                   know
                   that
                   he
                   used
                   any
                   more
                   great
                   Arguments
                   ,
                   more
                   than
                   what
                   I
                   have
                   told
                   you
                   already
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Say
                   that
                   again
                   that
                   you
                   said
                   before
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   said
                   ,
                   't
                   would
                   do
                   me
                   no
                   good
                   to
                   injure
                   so
                   many
                   Gentlemen
                   .
                   
                     Prethee
                     ,
                     Captain
                  
                   Billop
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     throw
                     it
                     over-board
                  
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   did
                   he
                   say
                   farther
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   'll
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   'll
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   .
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   did
                   say
                   ,
                   a
                   little
                   after
                   this
                   ,
                   with
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   Insinuation
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ,
                   
                     What
                     if
                     you
                     should
                     turn
                     about
                     ,
                     and
                     go
                     along
                     with
                     us
                     ?
                     No
                     ,
                     Mr.
                  
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     I
                     cannot
                     do
                  
                   .
                   Says
                   Mr.
                   
                     Ellyot
                     ,
                     Prethee
                     ,
                     throw
                     the
                     Packet
                     over-board
                     .
                  
                   This
                   they
                   did
                   as
                   we
                   came
                   up
                   the
                   River
                   ;
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   the
                   most
                   that
                   I
                   can
                   remember
                   ,
                   till
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   George
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   
                     George
                     ,
                     Ellyot
                  
                   called
                   me
                   into
                   the
                   Steerage
                   ,
                   and
                   desired
                   me
                   ,
                   of
                   all
                   Love
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   would
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Packet
                   :
                   And
                   he
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   now
                   I
                   had
                   an
                   Opportunity
                   to
                   make
                   my self
                   as
                   rich
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   great
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   would
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   body
                   could
                   see
                   it
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   did
                   throw
                   it
                   away
                   .
                   While
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   were
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Steerage
                   .
                   Said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     shall
                     be
                     taken
                     notice
                     of
                     ,
                     to
                     be
                     whispering
                     ;
                     pray
                     forbear
                     .
                     Ashton
                  
                   then
                   spoke
                   to
                   me
                   again
                   ,
                   to
                   desire
                   me
                   to
                   throw
                   the
                   Packet
                   over
                   board
                   ;
                   by
                   this
                   time
                   the
                   Victuals
                   was
                   handed
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   we
                   eat
                   and
                   drank
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   smoked
                   a
                   Pipe
                   of
                   Tobacco
                   ,
                   before
                   the
                   Tide
                   turned
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   the
                   Tide
                   made
                   ,
                   we
                   went
                   into
                   the
                   Boat
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   rowed
                   up
                   towards
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   using
                   these
                   sorts
                   of
                   Arguments
                   over
                   and
                   over
                   again
                   .
                   And
                   once
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   't
                   was
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   my
                   remembrance
                   ,
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   
                     Now
                     you
                     have
                     it
                     in
                     your
                     Power
                     to
                     make
                     your
                     Fortune
                     ,
                     and
                     may
                     be
                     as
                     great
                     a
                     Man
                     ,
                     and
                     as
                     rich
                     a
                     Man
                     as
                     you
                     can
                     desire
                     .
                  
                   And
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   said
                   some
                   Words
                   something
                   to
                   the
                   same
                   purpose
                   ;
                   Prethee
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     throw
                     it
                     over-board
                     :
                     What
                     Good
                     will
                     it
                     do
                     you
                     ?
                  
                   So
                   I
                   refusing
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   did
                   many
                   times
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   might
                   take
                   the
                   Letters
                   that
                   were
                   taken
                   in
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   and
                   tye
                   the
                   Lead
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   throw
                   the
                   Packet
                   over-board
                   .
                   No
                   ,
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   
                     Ellyot
                     ,
                     Sure
                     ,
                     you
                     would
                     take
                     the
                     King's
                  
                   Council
                   
                     to
                     be
                     a
                     very
                     odd
                     sort
                     of
                     Men
                     ,
                     that
                     they
                     cannot
                     find
                     out
                     such
                     a
                     thing
                     as
                     this
                     .
                     Prethee
                     ,
                     dear
                  
                   Billop
                   ,
                   said
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     throw
                     it
                     over-board
                  
                   .
                   Many
                   times
                   whispering
                   me
                   in
                   the
                   Ear
                   ;
                   and
                   so
                   did
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   many
                   times
                   ,
                   saying
                   ,
                   
                     You
                     may
                     do
                     us
                     a
                     great
                     Kindness
                     in
                     it
                     .
                  
                   And
                   we
                   drank
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   several
                   Intermissions
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   at
                   me
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   denied
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   desisted
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   they
                   at
                   it
                   again
                   :
                   And
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   then
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   
                     Prethee
                     ,
                     dear
                  
                   Billop
                   ,
                   
                     throw
                     it
                     over-board
                  
                   .
                   Said
                   I
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   
                     If
                     I
                     should
                     be
                     so
                     great
                     a
                     Villain
                     to
                     do
                     such
                     a
                     thing
                     ,
                     if
                     ever
                     it
                     was
                     your
                     Day
                     ,
                     would
                     you
                     trust
                     me
                     again
                     ?
                     Put
                     it
                     to
                     be
                     your
                     own
                     Case
                     .
                  
                   Says
                   he
                   ,
                   
                     You
                     have
                     Gentlemen
                     to
                     deal
                     withal
                     .
                     But
                     ,
                  
                   said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     will
                     never
                     put
                     it
                     into
                     your
                     Power
                     .
                  
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   seem'd
                   to
                   be
                   angry
                   at
                   this
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     Every
                     Dog
                     had
                     his
                     Day
                  
                   .
                   Said
                   I
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     hope
                     never
                     to
                     see
                     it
                     your
                     day
                     :
                     But
                     I
                     pray
                     ,
                     forbear
                     this
                     
                     Discourse
                     ;
                     let
                     me
                     beg
                     that
                     of
                     you
                     ;
                     for
                     I
                     do
                     not
                     desire
                     to
                     be
                     provoked
                     to
                     use
                     you
                     otherwise
                     than
                     a
                     Gentleman
                     .
                  
                   And
                   after
                   that
                   ,
                   they
                   never
                   urged
                   me
                   more
                   to
                   throw
                   the
                   Packet
                   over-board
                   :
                   But
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   was
                   angry
                   ,
                   and
                   very
                   much
                   disturbed
                   ,
                   and
                   wished
                   a
                   Thunderbolt
                   might
                   strike
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   sink
                   it
                   .
                   So
                   I
                   brought
                   them
                   up
                   ,
                   through
                   London-Bridge
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   said
                   no
                   more
                   about
                   the
                   Packet
                   ;
                   but
                   Ellyot
                   wished
                   ,
                   that
                   London-Bridge
                   might
                   have
                   fallen
                   on
                   our
                   Heads
                   .
                   At
                   length
                   ,
                   I
                   brought
                   them
                   to
                   Whitehall
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   put
                   my
                   Man
                   a-shore
                   at
                   
                   Hungerford-stairs
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   might
                   get
                   before
                   ,
                   and
                   give
                   the
                   Porter
                   notice
                   at
                   Whitehall-Bridge
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   might
                   open
                   the
                   Gate
                   .
                   I
                   brought
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   rest
                   ,
                   to
                   the
                   Bridge
                   ;
                   and
                   while
                   I
                   was
                   arming
                   my
                   Men
                   ,
                   to
                   guard
                   them
                   up
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Office
                   ,
                   I
                   suppose
                   they
                   then
                   took
                   the
                   Opportunity
                   to
                   give
                   the
                   Men
                   Money
                   ,
                   getting
                   near
                   to
                   them
                   ;
                   I
                   know
                   nothing
                   of
                   that
                   :
                   But
                   I
                   carried
                   them
                   up
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   I
                   delivered
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Packet
                   to
                   my
                   Lord.
                   After
                   some
                   time
                   ,
                   the
                   Packet
                   lay
                   upon
                   the
                   Table
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   sends
                   me
                   for
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                   When
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   came
                   in
                   ,
                   I
                   withdrew
                   without
                   bidding
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Packet
                   lay
                   upon
                   the
                   Table
                   ,
                   unopen'd
                   :
                   And
                   when
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   came
                   out
                   ,
                   I
                   went
                   in
                   on
                   my self
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Packet
                   lay
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Place
                   and
                   Posture
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   open'd
                   .
                   And
                   I
                   stay'd
                   while
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   call'd
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ask'd
                   him
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   Questions
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   repeat
                   those
                   Questions
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ;
                   and
                   what
                   Answers
                   I
                   made
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   my
                   Memory
                   does
                   not
                   serve
                   me
                   to
                   remember
                   all
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   a
                   very
                   uneasie
                   Condition
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   much
                   rather
                   have
                   been
                   in
                   my
                   Bed
                   ,
                   than
                   any
                   where
                   else
                   :
                   For
                   the
                   Night
                   before
                   I
                   went
                   down
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   a
                   Plaster
                   of
                   Spanish
                   Flies
                   ●ut
                   to
                   my
                   Back
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   had
                   raised
                   a
                   great
                   Blister
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   had
                   not
                   been
                   dressed
                   so
                   long
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Napkin
                   that
                   was
                   applied
                   stuck
                   so
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Flesh
                   was
                   jagged
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   was
                   in
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   Pain
                   ,
                   so
                   that
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   mind
                   ,
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   I
                   should
                   have
                   done
                   at
                   another
                   time
                   ,
                   what
                   was
                   said
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   pray
                   ,
                   Captain
                   ,
                   remember
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   you
                   can
                   what
                   pass'd
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   'll
                   tell
                   you
                   what
                   I
                   remember
                   ;
                   I
                   remember
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   asked
                   ,
                   who
                   I
                   took
                   the
                   Packet
                   from
                   ?
                   And
                   you
                   owned
                   ,
                   I
                   took
                   it
                   from
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Wi.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   give
                   us
                   leave
                   to
                   have
                   done
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   you
                   shall
                   ask
                   him
                   what
                   you
                   please
                   .
                   Pray
                   go
                   on
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   sent
                   for
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   ask'd
                   him
                   whither
                   he
                   was
                   going
                   ?
                   And
                   he
                   said
                   ,
                   For
                   Flanders
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   asked
                   him
                   ,
                   what
                   he
                   was
                   going
                   there
                   for
                   ?
                   He
                   said
                   ,
                   He
                   was
                   going
                   to
                   seek
                   his
                   Bread
                   ;
                   he
                   was
                   turned
                   out
                   of
                   all
                   at
                   home
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   had
                   rather
                   go
                   abroad
                   to
                   seek
                   his
                   Bread
                   ,
                   than
                   stay
                   at
                   home
                   to
                   starve
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   this
                   the
                   Lead
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   took
                   fix'd
                   to
                   the
                   Packet
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ;
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   Lead
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   take
                   that
                   Lead
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Packet
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   was
                   tied
                   fast
                   to
                   the
                   Packet
                   that
                   was
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   .
                   These
                   honest
                   Men
                   saw
                   me
                   take
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Wi.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   have
                   a
                   mind
                   to
                   ask
                   him
                   any
                   Questions
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ,
                   Did
                   not
                   you
                   search
                   me
                   before
                   you
                   took
                   the
                   Packet
                   upon
                   me
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   not
                   that
                   I
                   remember
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Had
                   not
                   you
                   taken
                   some
                   other
                   Papers
                   from
                   me
                   before
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ;
                   I
                   took
                   none
                   from
                   you
                   but
                   the
                   Packet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   recollect
                   your self
                   ,
                   for
                   perhaps
                   my
                   Life
                   may
                   turn
                   upon
                   it
                   :
                   You
                   are
                   as
                   much
                   a
                   Witness
                   for
                   me
                   ,
                   as
                   for
                   the
                   King
                   ;
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   swear
                   the
                   Truth
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   whole
                   Truth
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   I
                   will
                   do
                   you
                   all
                   the
                   Justice
                   I
                   can
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   assure
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Answer
                   his
                   Question
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   not
                   I
                   the
                   first
                   Man
                   that
                   spoke
                   to
                   you
                   after
                   we
                   came
                   up
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ;
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   was
                   the
                   first
                   Man
                   that
                   spoke
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   knew
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   not
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   to
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   to
                   go
                   down
                   for
                   my
                   Hat
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   I
                   don't
                   remember
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   not
                   you
                   reply
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Man
                   should
                   go
                   down
                   and
                   fetch
                   my
                   Hat
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   'T
                   is
                   likely
                   I
                   might
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   don't
                   remember
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Had
                   not
                   you
                   search'd
                   me
                   then
                   ,
                   and
                   taken
                   Papers
                   from
                   me
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ;
                   for
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   Oath
                   that
                   I
                   have
                   taken
                   ,
                   I
                   took
                   no
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   took
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Packet
                   that
                   I
                   took
                   out
                   of
                   your
                   Bosom
                   ;
                   for
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ask'd
                   me
                   ,
                   if
                   that
                   Packet
                   was
                   all
                   the
                   Letters
                   I
                   took
                   ?
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   No
                   ;
                   and
                   shew'd
                   him
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   took
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   prov'd
                   to
                   be
                   of
                   no
                   Consequence
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   gave
                   them
                   me
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   carried
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   not
                   I
                   go
                   down
                   into
                   the
                   Hole
                   for
                   my
                   Hat
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   believe
                   you
                   might
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   was
                   it
                   not
                   after
                   that
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   took
                   the
                   Papers
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Breast
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   it
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Where
                   is
                   your
                   Man
                   that
                   call'd
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   I
                   put
                   something
                   in
                   my
                   Breast
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Here
                   he
                   is
                   ,
                   by
                   me
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   would
                   ask
                   him
                   any
                   thing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   say
                   ,
                   I
                   spoke
                   to
                   you
                   about
                   disposing
                   of
                   these
                   Papers
                   :
                   Pray
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   Time
                   that
                   we
                   came
                   into
                   your
                   Boat
                   ,
                   before
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   George
                   Man
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   did
                   I
                   speak
                   to
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   Packet
                   you
                   did
                   :
                   You
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     What
                     Good
                     would
                     it
                     do
                     me
                     to
                     injure
                     so
                     many
                     Gentlemen
                     ?
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   pass'd
                   no
                   more
                   than
                   general
                   Discourse
                   before
                   we
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ;
                   I
                   'll
                   tell
                   you
                   another
                   thing
                   you
                   put
                   me
                   in
                   mind
                   of
                   .
                   When
                   you
                   saw
                   that
                   ,
                   though
                   you
                   were
                   so
                   eager
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   nothing
                   would
                   prevail
                   ,
                   you
                   said
                   ,
                   
                     I
                     know
                     Captain
                  
                   Billop
                   ,
                   
                     and
                     have
                     known
                     him
                     many
                     Years
                     ;
                     and
                     nothing
                     will
                     prevail
                     on
                     him
                     ,
                     if
                     he
                     have
                     no
                     mind
                     to
                     it
                     :
                     And
                     I
                     know
                     ,
                     if
                     he
                     will
                     serve
                     us
                     ,
                     he
                     will
                     serve
                     us
                     generously
                     ,
                     and
                     like
                     a
                     Gentleman
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Wi.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Speak
                   that
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     He
                     said
                  
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ;
                   if
                   he
                   will
                   serve
                   us
                   ,
                   he
                   will
                   do
                   it
                   generously
                   ,
                   and
                   like
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   said
                   so
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   I
                   speak
                   to
                   you
                   to
                   dispose
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   after
                   we
                   came
                   from
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Ship
                   ?
                   I
                   suppose
                   you
                   remember
                   it
                   was
                   cold
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Tilt
                   was
                   call'd
                   for
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   lay'd
                   over
                   us
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   fell
                   asleep
                   ;
                   and
                   you
                   know
                   I
                   never
                   wak'd
                   ,
                   nor
                   spoke
                   ,
                   till
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   London-Bridge
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   yes
                   ;
                   we
                   had
                   the
                   Tilt
                   over
                   us
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   speak
                   your
                   Questions
                   out
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   may
                   hear
                   'em
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   did
                   go
                   to
                   sleep
                   a
                   great
                   while
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   had
                   many
                   times
                   urg'd
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   spoke
                   to
                   me
                   to
                   throw
                   the
                   Papers
                   over-board
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   was
                   it
                   that
                   told
                   you
                   ,
                   
                     Every
                     Dog
                     had
                     his
                     Day
                  
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   was
                   Ellyot
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Wi.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   there
                   any
                   Discourse
                   about
                   Turning
                   of
                   the
                   Tide
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   said
                   ,
                   You
                   have
                   now
                   an
                   Opportunity
                   to
                   make
                   your
                   own
                   Fortune
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   may
                   be
                   as
                   great
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   rich
                   as
                   you
                   please
                   ;
                   for
                   't
                   is
                   impossible
                   the
                   Tide
                   can
                   run
                   long
                   this
                   way
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   about
                   going
                   along
                   with
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Yes
                     :
                     You
                     may
                     remember
                     ,
                     Mr.
                  
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   
                     that
                     you
                     said
                  
                   ,
                   Come
                   ,
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   us
                   ;
                   you
                   may
                   do
                   as
                   well
                   there
                   ,
                   or
                   better
                   than
                   you
                   do
                   here
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   he
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   where
                   you
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   '
                   em
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ;
                   nor
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   ask
                   him
                   the
                   Question
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   When
                   did
                   you
                   give
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   these
                   Papers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Do
                   you
                   mean
                   that
                   Bundle
                   that
                   I
                   took
                   out
                   of
                   your
                   Bosom
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   As
                   soon
                   as
                   ever
                   I
                   follow'd
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   into
                   his
                   Room
                   ,
                   I
                   pull'd
                   'em
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   'em
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   not
                   you
                   go
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Room
                   ,
                   and
                   give
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   some
                   loose
                   Papers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   this
                   ,
                   Was
                   not
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   call'd
                   in
                   to
                   be
                   examin'd
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   How
                   long
                   was
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   in
                   the
                   Room
                   ,
                   while
                   you
                   were
                   out
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   can't
                   tell
                   very
                   well
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   answer
                   that
                   Question
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   believe
                   it
                   might
                   be
                   half
                   a
                   quarter
                   of
                   an
                   Hour
                   :
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   think
                   it
                   was
                   much
                   more
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   believe
                   you
                   must
                   remember
                   some
                   sort
                   of
                   Discourse
                   that
                   was
                   betwixt
                   you
                   and
                   Captain
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   even
                   to
                   a
                   Quarrel
                   almost
                   .
                   And
                   did
                   you
                   not
                   speak
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Servants
                   ,
                   to
                   fetch
                   your
                   Hat
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Room
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   remember
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   must
                   be
                   a
                   good
                   considerable
                   Time
                   :
                   It
                   was
                   all
                   the
                   Time
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   was
                   within
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   were
                   out
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   all
                   that
                   while
                   was
                   not
                   the
                   Bundle
                   of
                   Papers
                   out
                   of
                   your
                   sight
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   lay
                   upon
                   the
                   Table
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   answer
                   my
                   Question
                   :
                   Was
                   it
                   not
                   out
                   of
                   your
                   sight
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   yes
                   ;
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   was
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Room
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   you
                   came
                   into
                   the
                   Room
                   ,
                   did
                   you
                   find
                   the
                   Papers
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Condition
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   unopen'd
                   ,
                   except
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   had
                   taken
                   off
                   the
                   Lead
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   little
                   Paper
                   fell
                   loose
                   from
                   the
                   rest
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   that
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   pray
                   don't
                   infer
                   more
                   from
                   thence
                   than
                   it
                   will
                   bear
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   seems
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   He
                   does
                   not
                   say
                   any
                   such
                   Thing
                   ,
                   that
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   says
                   ,
                   Something
                   was
                   cut
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   Papers
                   fell
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   a
                   little
                   Paper
                   or
                   two
                   tyed
                   to
                   the
                   great
                   Pacquet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   became
                   of
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   we
                   cut
                   loose
                   ,
                   but
                   not
                   opened
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   How
                   can
                   you
                   tell
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   opened
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Because
                   I
                   stood
                   by
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   cut
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   how
                   can
                   you
                   tell
                   that
                   ;
                   for
                   you
                   see
                   the
                   little
                   Papers
                   taken
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   loose
                   from
                   the
                   others
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   were
                   taken
                   from
                   the
                   great
                   Bundle
                   before
                   I
                   went
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Had
                   not
                   my
                   Lord
                   opened
                   those
                   Papers
                   before
                   you
                   came
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   How
                   can
                   you
                   tell
                   that
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   as
                   near
                   as
                   I
                   can
                   judge
                   ,
                   they
                   lay
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Posture
                   that
                   I
                   left
                   them
                   in
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   sealed
                   when
                   you
                   took
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ;
                   but
                   it
                   was
                   tyed
                   .
                   There
                   were
                   several
                   Letters
                   in
                   it
                   that
                   were
                   sealed
                   ;
                   it
                   was
                   tyed
                   up
                   very
                   hard
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   Question
                   but
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   will
                   do
                   me
                   the
                   Justice
                   to
                   say
                   how
                   long
                   he
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Room
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   must
                   not
                   Comment
                   ,
                   nor
                   make
                   your
                   Observations
                   till
                   your
                   proper
                   time
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   he
                   may
                   be
                   asked
                   who
                   was
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   when
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   was
                   there
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   was
                   no
                   Body
                   else
                   then
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   't
                   is
                   not
                   probable
                   they
                   were
                   altered
                   before
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   came
                   in
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   hope
                   Probabilities
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   Evidence
                   to
                   condemn
                   any
                   Man.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Those
                   Two
                   little
                   Papers
                   you
                   speak
                   of
                   ,
                   were
                   they
                   severed
                   from
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   whether
                   they
                   were
                   or
                   no
                   ;
                   they
                   seemed
                   loose
                   upon
                   untying
                   the
                   Bundle
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Were
                   they
                   cut
                   in
                   your
                   presence
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Indeed
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   say
                   that
                   I
                   did
                   see
                   them
                   cut
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   that
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   They
                   are
                   Twelve
                   honest
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   they
                   will
                   do
                   you
                   right
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Observe
                   what
                   the
                   Witness
                   says
                   ;
                   he
                   says
                   ,
                   That
                   he
                   does
                   not
                   remember
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   cut
                   in
                   his
                   presence
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   does
                   not
                   say
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   he
                   does
                   not
                   swear
                   they
                   were
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   reasonable
                   to
                   conclude
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   cut
                   in
                   his
                   presence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   He
                   says
                   ,
                   the
                   great
                   Pacquet
                   was
                   not
                   opened
                   ,
                   the
                   Two
                   little
                   Papers
                   were
                   loose
                   from
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   Bundle
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   might
                   be
                   Two
                   or
                   Three
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   less
                   or
                   more
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   will
                   be
                   further
                   satisfied
                   in
                   this
                   Matter
                   upon
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   I
                   suppose
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   have
                   done
                   with
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   for
                   the
                   present
                   .
                   Pray
                   call
                   Johnson
                   .
                
              
               
                 (
                 Who
                 was
                 Sworn
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Were
                   you
                   at
                   the
                   taking
                   of
                   that
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   others
                   in
                   the
                   Smack
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Will.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   pray
                   give
                   an
                   Account
                   of
                   the
                   Matter
                   how
                   it
                   was
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   went
                   down
                   in
                   a
                   Pleasure
                   Boat
                   and
                   went
                   to
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   went
                   set
                   through
                   Bridge
                   against
                   Tyde
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Danby
                   was
                   with
                   us
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   
                     Tower
                     Wharf
                  
                   there
                   they
                   went
                   to
                   the
                   Tower
                   for
                   Arms
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   stayed
                   
                   till
                   Ebbing
                   Water
                   ,
                   and
                   Rowed
                   to
                   Graves-end
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Graves-end
                   we
                   went
                   on
                   Board
                   several
                   Ships
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   thought
                   we
                   were
                   going
                   a
                   Pressing
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   stayed
                   at
                   Graves-end
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   writing
                   of
                   a
                   Letter
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   we
                   went
                   both
                   into
                   the
                   Boat
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   Rowed
                   after
                   a
                   Smack
                   that
                   had
                   gained
                   of
                   us
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   not
                   being
                   the
                   Smack
                   we
                   turned
                   back
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   it
                   was
                   high
                   Water
                   :
                   And
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   upper
                   end
                   of
                   the
                   Hope
                   we
                   saw
                   several
                   Smacks
                   coming
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Fisher-man
                   on
                   Board
                   that
                   said
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   the
                   Smack
                   the
                   Captain
                   enquired
                   after
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   coming
                   down
                   there
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   Captain
                   said
                   there
                   were
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   brave
                   Men
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   hoped
                   he
                   could
                   spare
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Master
                   said
                   he
                   hoped
                   he
                   would
                   take
                   none
                   of
                   them
                   because
                   they
                   had
                   a
                   Protection
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   shewed
                   to
                   the
                   Captain
                   .
                   Then
                   the
                   Captain
                   went
                   in
                   and
                   bid
                   me
                   take
                   some
                   small
                   Arms
                   and
                   go
                   on
                   Board
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   the
                   Master
                   he
                   must
                   look
                   a
                   little
                   further
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Boards
                   were
                   taken
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   saw
                   a
                   great
                   piece
                   of
                   roast
                   Beef
                   ,
                   and
                   under
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   Gentleman
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   :
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   came
                   up
                   first
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyot
                   next
                   to
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   see
                   this
                   Gentleman
                   take
                   up
                   something
                   and
                   put
                   it
                   into
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   told
                   the
                   Captain
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   asked
                   him
                   what
                   it
                   was
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   said
                   nothing
                   but
                   his
                   Handkerchief
                   ,
                   and
                   plucked
                   out
                   the
                   Handkerchief
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Captain
                   put
                   his
                   Hand
                   into
                   the
                   Bosom
                   and
                   pulled
                   out
                   something
                   else
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   was
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   a
                   parcel
                   of
                   Papers
                   tied
                   up
                   with
                   a
                   piece
                   of
                   Lead
                   tied
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   came
                   up
                   close
                   after
                   him
                   and
                   see
                   him
                   take
                   it
                   up
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Will.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   else
                   were
                   there
                   found
                   with
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   was
                   not
                   there
                   some
                   Seals
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   was
                   afterwards
                   ;
                   but
                   when
                   the
                   Captain
                   asked
                   him
                   what
                   he
                   had
                   gotten
                   in
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   he
                   pulled
                   out
                   his
                   Handkerchief
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   nothing
                   but
                   his
                   Handkerchief
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Captain
                   took
                   the
                   other
                   Papers
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   Bosom
                   and
                   so
                   I
                   went
                   down
                   and
                   there
                   were
                   the
                   Two
                   Seals
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   took
                   them
                   up
                   ;
                   and
                   when
                   I
                   came
                   up
                   Ellyot
                   had
                   a
                   pair
                   of
                   Black
                   Whiskers
                   on
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   borrowed
                   a
                   pair
                   of
                   Scissers
                   and
                   cut
                   them
                   off
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   he
                   should
                   remember
                   me
                   again
                   if
                   ever
                   he
                   lived
                   ,
                   he
                   should
                   know
                   me
                   by
                   my
                   Tooth
                   being
                   out
                   .
                   And
                   coming
                   up
                   into
                   
                     Long-reach
                     ,
                     Ellyot
                  
                   was
                   a
                   cold
                   ,
                   and
                   got
                   to
                   the
                   Oar
                   and
                   Rowed
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   you
                   row
                   as
                   if
                   you
                   were
                   Rowing
                   to
                   Prison
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   wished
                   that
                   a
                   Thunder
                   Bolt
                   might
                   drop
                   into
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   London-bridge
                   might
                   drop
                   down
                   upon
                   his
                   Head.
                   And
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   up
                   to
                   Whitehall
                   I
                   stood
                   a
                   Guard
                   over
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   see
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   take
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   of
                   Letters
                   from
                   that
                   Gentleman's
                   Breast
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   belong
                   to
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Boats
                   Crew
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Had
                   not
                   I
                   been
                   up
                   and
                   searched
                   before
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   you
                   had
                   been
                   up
                   before
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   then
                   you
                   saw
                   me
                   take
                   up
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   off
                   from
                   the
                   Ballast
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   saw
                   you
                   take
                   it
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Ballast
                   and
                   put
                   it
                   into
                   your
                   Bosom
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   doubt
                   of
                   it
                   they
                   will.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   not
                   that
                   bundle
                   of
                   Papers
                   that
                   was
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Breast
                   ,
                   did
                   not
                   they
                   lie
                   near
                   to
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   the
                   Seals
                   lay
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Johnson
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   it
                   lay
                   just
                   by
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   set
                   up
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 (
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 When
                 you
                 brought
                 these
                 Papers
                 to
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 Capt.
                 Billop
                 ,
                 who
                 did
                 you
                 deliver
                 them
                 to
                 ?
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   he
                   received
                   them
                   ,
                   what
                   did
                   he
                   with
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   he
                   had
                   examined
                   all
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   he
                   went
                   to
                   opening
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   desired
                   me
                   to
                   stay
                   in
                   the
                   Room
                   till
                   they
                   were
                   opened
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   did
                   ;
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   upon
                   looking
                   on
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   said
                   ,
                   if
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   had
                   gone
                   we
                   had
                   quickly
                   been
                   visited
                   by
                   the
                   French.
                   With
                   that
                   I
                   took
                   them
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   lookt
                   into
                   them
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   said
                   ,
                   I
                   might
                   look
                   into
                   as
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   as
                   I
                   pleased
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   was
                   very
                   Uneasy
                   and
                   full
                   of
                   Pain
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   more
                   mind
                   to
                   be
                   gone
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   a
                   Bed
                   ,
                   than
                   a
                   looking
                   into
                   Papers
                   ;
                   but
                   several
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   did
                   look
                   into
                   ,
                   and
                   several
                   I
                   put
                   my
                   Mark
                   upon
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   next
                   at
                   the
                   Council
                   ,
                   what
                   of
                   them
                   I
                   did
                   know
                   I
                   did
                   put
                   my
                   Mark
                   upon
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   had
                   perused
                   them
                   ,
                   what
                   did
                   he
                   do
                   with
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   put
                   them
                   up
                   in
                   a
                   Cover
                   ,
                   and
                   tyed
                   them
                   with
                   a
                   Piece
                   of
                   Twine
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   his
                   Seal
                   upon
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   them
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   desired
                   me
                   to
                   carry
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ;
                   which
                   I
                   immediately
                   did
                   ,
                   and
                   without
                   stopping
                   carried
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   was
                   this
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ?
                   Was
                   it
                   that
                   very
                   Night
                   that
                   we
                   were
                   brought
                   to
                   Whitehall
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   must
                   desire
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   to
                   be
                   Sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Earl
                 of
                 Nottingham
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   to
                   give
                   the
                   Court
                   an
                   Account
                   how
                   these
                   Papers
                   came
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   your
                   Lordship
                   disposed
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nott.
                   
                
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   came
                   to
                   my
                   Office
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   your
                   Lordship
                   would
                   please
                   to
                   speak
                   louder
                   ;
                   for
                   I
                   cannot
                   hear
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   fear
                   the
                   Jury
                   cannot
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nott.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   speak
                   as
                   loud
                   as
                   ever
                   I
                   can
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   great
                   Cold.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   may
                   hear
                   my
                   Lord
                   very
                   well
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   Court
                   be
                   but
                   silent
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Nott.
                   
                
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   brought
                   to
                   me
                   a
                   Pacquet
                   tyed
                   about
                   with
                   a
                   Packthread
                   ,
                   to
                   which
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Piece
                   of
                   a
                   Leaden
                   Pipe
                   fixed
                   ,
                   in
                   which
                   Pacquet
                   there
                   was
                   stuck
                   in
                   another
                   Paper
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   there
                   was
                   but
                   that
                   one
                   besides
                   the
                   Cover
                   ,
                   but
                   what
                   it
                   was
                   particularly
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   ,
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   was
                   laid
                   upon
                   the
                   Table
                   while
                   he
                   was
                   by
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   called
                   in
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   not
                   being
                   willing
                   to
                   make
                   him
                   stay
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   I
                   had
                   some
                   Discourse
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   to
                   examine
                   him
                   what
                   Account
                   he
                   could
                   give
                   of
                   these
                   Proceedings
                   ;
                   then
                   I
                   called
                   in
                   your self
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   was
                   by
                   also
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   so
                   tyed
                   with
                   the
                   Packthread
                   I
                   cut
                   open
                   in
                   
                   Billop's
                   presence
                   with
                   a
                   Pair
                   of
                   Scissers
                   ;
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   in
                   that
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   together
                   with
                   the
                   little
                   Paper
                   that
                   was
                   stuck
                   in
                   ,
                   I
                   tyed
                   up
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   sure
                   I
                   sealed
                   them
                   in
                   a
                   Sheet
                   of
                   Paper
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   them
                   back
                   again
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   to
                   carry
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Will.
                   
                
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   already
                   declared
                   that
                   all
                   you
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   Notingham
                   you
                   carried
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   C.
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   just
                   as
                   I
                   received
                   them
                   sealed
                   with
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Seal
                   ,
                   I
                   went
                   directly
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Presidents
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   them
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Will.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   did
                   your
                   Lordship
                   deliver
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   you
                   received
                   from
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nott.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   brought
                   to
                   me
                   that
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   (
                   for
                   he
                   brought
                   some
                   Letters
                   that
                   he
                   took
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Pocket
                   that
                   were
                   of
                   no
                   Consequence
                   )
                   but
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   I
                   delivered
                   back
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   Sealed
                   as
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   and
                   no
                   others
                   ;
                   for
                   the
                   other
                   Letters
                   they
                   being
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   
                   Children
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   relating
                   to
                   the
                   Publick
                   ,
                   I
                   gave
                   them
                   to
                   him
                   to
                   give
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   beseech
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   tell
                   the
                   Court
                   how
                   long
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   was
                   with
                   your
                   Lordship
                   in
                   the
                   Room
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nott.
                   
                
                 
                   Truly
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   able
                   to
                   tell
                   you
                   particularly
                   how
                   long
                   it
                   was
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   it
                   might
                   be
                   about
                   a
                   quarter
                   of
                   an
                   Hour
                   ,
                   or
                   scarce
                   so
                   much
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   there
                   no
                   body
                   with
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   when
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   was
                   out
                   ,
                   but
                   only
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nott.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   not
                   that
                   I
                   know
                   of
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   one
                   Favour
                   more
                   to
                   beg
                   of
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   pray
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   please
                   to
                   tell
                   the
                   Court
                   and
                   Jury
                   what
                   Answer
                   I
                   gave
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   when
                   you
                   asked
                   me
                   how
                   I
                   came
                   by
                   those
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   E.
                   of
                   Nott.
                   
                
                 
                   As
                   near
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   the
                   Account
                   that
                   you
                   gave
                   of
                   them
                   was
                   ,
                   That
                   you
                   went
                   down
                   again
                   after
                   you
                   were
                   come
                   up
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   said
                   ,
                   to
                   fetch
                   your
                   Hat
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   when
                   you
                   did
                   go
                   down
                   into
                   the
                   little
                   Hole
                   to
                   fetch
                   your
                   Hat
                   you
                   brought
                   up
                   these
                   Papers
                   with
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   this
                   was
                   the
                   Account
                   I
                   did
                   give
                   .
                   Now
                   this
                   very
                   well
                   corresponds
                   with
                   that
                   Man's
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   that
                   says
                   he
                   saw
                   me
                   take
                   up
                   the
                   Papers
                   and
                   put
                   them
                   into
                   my
                   Breast
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   He
                   does
                   say
                   so
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   does
                   all
                   very
                   well
                   agree
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Now
                   we
                   desire
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   would
                   please
                   to
                   be
                   Sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 President
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   to
                   declare
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   what
                   Papers
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   brought
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   your
                   Lordship
                   disposed
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   did
                   bring
                   me
                   a
                   Pacquet
                   tied
                   with
                   a
                   Packthread
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   was
                   sealed
                   with
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Seal
                   ,
                   I
                   knew
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   Seal
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   told
                   me
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   commanded
                   him
                   to
                   bring
                   that
                   Pacquet
                   to
                   me
                   .
                   I
                   opened
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   and
                   perused
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   ;
                   it
                   was
                   very
                   late
                   and
                   I
                   locked
                   them
                   up
                   till
                   Morning
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   then
                   carried
                   those
                   very
                   Papers
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   King's
                   Closet
                   ,
                   at
                   Kensington
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   read
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   my
                   sight
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   never
                   parted
                   from
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   but
                   was
                   by
                   all
                   the
                   while
                   :
                   The
                   King
                   put
                   up
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   commanded
                   me
                   to
                   call
                   a
                   Cabinet
                   Council
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   let
                   them
                   be
                   delivered
                   there
                   to
                   the
                   Council
                   ;
                   accordingly
                   I
                   did
                   deliver
                   them
                   Paper
                   by
                   Paper
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   marked
                   there
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   here
                   present
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   then
                   delivered
                   into
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollex
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   you
                   please
                   to
                   ask
                   my
                   Lord
                   any
                   Questions
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   pardon
                   me
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   ask
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   Did
                   any
                   of
                   your
                   Lordships
                   Servants
                   ,
                   or
                   Family
                   read
                   any
                   of
                   these
                   Letters
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   not
                   one
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Were
                   they
                   locked
                   up
                   where
                   any
                   of
                   your
                   Lordships
                   Secretaries
                   ,
                   or
                   Servants
                   could
                   come
                   to
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   lockt
                   them
                   up
                   in
                   a
                   strong
                   Box
                   in
                   my
                   Closet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   only
                   desire
                   this
                   Favour
                   further
                   of
                   your
                   Lordship
                   .
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   at
                   the
                   Committee
                   of
                   the
                   Council
                   was
                   pleased
                   to
                   ask
                   me
                   ,
                   how
                   I
                   came
                   by
                   those
                   Papers
                   ;
                   I
                   presume
                   you
                   may
                   remember
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   pray
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   declare
                   ,
                   what
                   answer
                   I
                   gave
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   to
                   tell
                   you
                   the
                   Truth
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   the
                   Particulars
                   ,
                   I
                   remember
                   you
                   denied
                   every
                   Thing
                   ;
                   I
                   can
                   only
                   say
                   that
                   in
                   the
                   general
                   ,
                   but
                   what
                   you
                   said
                   in
                   particular
                   I
                   cannot
                   remember
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollex
                   .
                
                 
                   Do
                   you
                   put
                   my
                   Lord
                   in
                   mind
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   can
                   ;
                   See
                   whether
                   he
                   does
                   remember
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   only
                   desire
                   to
                   ask
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   whether
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   tell
                   him
                   I
                   went
                   down
                   after
                   I
                   had
                   been
                   fearcht
                   into
                   the
                   Hold
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   I
                   see
                   the
                   Papers
                   lye
                   ,
                   and
                   brought
                   them
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   them
                   into
                   my
                   Breast
                   ;
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   no
                   sooner
                   in
                   my
                   Hands
                   but
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   had
                   them
                   in
                   his
                   ;
                   for
                   the
                   Man
                   called
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   This
                   Gentleman
                   has
                   Something
                   in
                   his
                   Breast
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Captain
                   put
                   in
                   his
                   Hand
                   and
                   pulled
                   it
                   out
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   the
                   Words
                   that
                   you
                   used
                   ,
                   but
                   remember
                   you
                   said
                   Something
                   to
                   which
                   I
                   made
                   answer
                   ,
                   What
                   makes
                   it
                   matter
                   ,
                   They
                   were
                   found
                   upon
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   your
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   do
                   you
                   look
                   to
                   it
                   how
                   you
                   came
                   by
                   them
                   .
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   what
                   you
                   said
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   cannot
                   remember
                   particular
                   Words
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   believe
                   you
                   might
                   say
                   some
                   such
                   Thing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   pray
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   be
                   Sworn
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Sydney
                 Sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   declare
                   what
                   Papers
                   you
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   At
                   the
                   Cabinet
                   Council
                   my
                   L.
                   President
                   delivered
                   a
                   Pacquet
                   of
                   Papers
                   ,
                   I
                   received
                   them
                   every
                   one
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   markt
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   put
                   them
                   in
                   my
                   Pocket
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   Did
                   your
                   Lordship
                   deliver
                   them
                   to
                   any
                   Person
                   afterwards
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   next
                   Day
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   Day
                   after
                   ,
                   I
                   gave
                   them
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Bridgman
                   to
                   Copy
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   delivered
                   them
                   back
                   to
                   me
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   to
                   ask
                   this
                   Question
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thomps
                   .
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   had
                   markt
                   them
                   before
                   you
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Bridgman
                   to
                   Copy
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   markt
                   them
                   at
                   the
                   Council
                   Table
                   ,
                   at
                   my
                   L.
                   
                   Nottingham's
                   Office.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   those
                   Papers
                   that
                   you
                   markt
                   were
                   they
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   brought
                   ,
                   and
                   delivered
                   in
                   at
                   the
                   Council
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   the
                   very
                   same
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   shall
                   we
                   have
                   leave
                   to
                   ask
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   a
                   Question
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Ay
                   ;
                   What
                   is
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   did
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   come
                   to
                   you
                   Sealed
                   ?
                   That
                   which
                   was
                   taken
                   from
                   this
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   was
                   it
                   Sealed
                   when
                   it
                   came
                   to
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   opened
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   under
                   a
                   Misapprehension
                   of
                   the
                   Matter
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   after
                   he
                   had
                   opened
                   them
                   sealed
                   them
                   up
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ;
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   carried
                   them
                   sealed
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   opens
                   them
                   and
                   lays
                   them
                   up
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   never
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   Possession
                   ,
                   he
                   carries
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   the
                   King
                   read
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   in
                   his
                   Lordship's
                   presence
                   ,
                   he
                   delivers
                   them
                   at
                   the
                   Cabinet
                   Council
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   swears
                   he
                   read
                   them
                   there
                   ,
                   markt
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   had
                   done
                   ,
                   put
                   them
                   in
                   his
                   Pocket
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   ,
                   will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   look
                   upon
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   see
                   if
                   these
                   be
                   part
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   know
                   them
                   very
                   well
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   read
                   them
                   Ten
                   times
                   ,
                   I
                   markt
                   them
                   at
                   the
                   Council
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   my
                   Mark.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   are
                   those
                   Two
                   Papers
                   that
                   you
                   have
                   in
                   your
                   Hand
                   ,
                   Two
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   delivered
                   at
                   the
                   Cabinet
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   please
                   to
                   look
                   upon
                   them
                   ?
                
              
               
                 (
                 Which
                 his
                 Lordship
                 did
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   are
                   Two
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   that
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   brought
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Now
                   we
                   shall
                   desire
                   to
                   have
                   them
                   read
                   ,
                   but
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   to
                   observe
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   That
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   is
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   other
                   ;
                   only
                   in
                   the
                   one
                   some
                   Words
                   are
                   written
                   short
                   ,
                   that
                   are
                   written
                   out
                   at
                   length
                   in
                   the
                   other
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   ask
                   ,
                   Are
                   they
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Hand
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   of
                   different
                   Hands
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thomps
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   take
                   notice
                   ,
                   and
                   observe
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   for
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   great
                   deal
                   of
                   Matter
                   of
                   great
                   Moment
                   in
                   them
                   ;
                   for
                   you
                   cannot
                   expect
                   the
                   King's
                   Council
                   should
                   repeat
                   every
                   Thing
                   that
                   is
                   in
                   so
                   many
                   Papers
                   as
                   we
                   shall
                   read
                   ;
                   it
                   is
                   impossible
                   we
                   should
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Or
                   I
                   either
                   ;
                   therefore
                   pray
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   observe
                   what
                   is
                   read
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   shall
                   be
                   able
                   only
                   just
                   to
                   state
                   the
                   Evidence
                   to
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   hear
                   them
                   say
                   one
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   is
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   other
                   ;
                   I
                   desire
                   the
                   Original
                   may
                   be
                   read
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   the
                   Copy
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thomps
                   .
                
                 
                   Who
                   knows
                   which
                   is
                   the
                   Original
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Look
                   you
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   we
                   don't
                   know
                   which
                   is
                   the
                   Original
                   ,
                   or
                   which
                   is
                   the
                   Copy
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   both
                   found
                   together
                   ,
                   they
                   contain
                   the
                   same
                   Matter
                   and
                   the
                   same
                   Words
                   :
                   It
                   may
                   be
                   you
                   can
                   tell
                   which
                   is
                   the
                   Original
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thomps
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   may
                   look
                   upon
                   them
                   your self
                   ,
                   and
                   tell
                   us
                   which
                   is
                   the
                   Original
                   if
                   you
                   please
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   very
                   well
                   observed
                   ,
                   Sir.
                   That
                   is
                   throwing
                   Water
                   upon
                   a
                   dead
                   Mouse
                   .
                   Then
                   I
                   desire
                   both
                   of
                   them
                   may
                   be
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Indeed
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   particular
                   Reason
                   why
                   you
                   should
                   not
                   desire
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   Copy
                   read
                   ,
                   because
                   least
                   it
                   should
                   prove
                   to
                   be
                   your
                   own
                   Hand
                   writing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   let
                   both
                   be
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   result
                   of
                   a
                   Conference
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   attend
                   ,
                   for
                   this
                   is
                   the
                   Scheme
                   of
                   the
                   whole
                   Work.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   result
                   of
                   a
                   Conference
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 And
                 the
                 other
                 was
                 likewise
                 read
                 as
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollex
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   let
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   see
                   that
                   Paper
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Paper
                 was
                 handed
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 ,
                 being
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Papers
                 before
                 read
                 .
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollex
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   look
                   upon
                   that
                   same
                   Paper
                   a
                   little
                   ,
                   satisfy
                   your
                   own
                   Mind
                   a
                   little
                   whose
                   Hand
                   that
                   Paper
                   is
                   in
                   .
                   Look
                   upon
                   it
                   well
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   have
                   you
                   be
                   satisfied
                   about
                   it
                   .
                   Look
                   particularly
                   upon
                   the
                   latter
                   part
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   lookt
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   seen
                   it
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollex
                   .
                
                 
                   Come
                   then
                   give
                   it
                   me
                   back
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   think
                   of
                   it
                   a
                   little
                   in
                   your
                   own
                   Heart
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   ,
                   pray
                   ,
                   will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   look
                   upon
                   this
                   Paper
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   was
                   among
                   the
                   rest
                   ,
                   delivered
                   by
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   at
                   the
                   Cabinet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   shew
                   it
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ;
                   What
                   says
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   was
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   gave
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   brought
                   me
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   by
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   King
                   would
                   return
                   with
                   a
                   Design
                   of
                   making
                   an
                   entire
                   Conquest
                   of
                   his
                   People
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thomps
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   ,
                   before
                   it
                   be
                   read
                   ,
                   to
                   acquaint
                   the
                   Jury
                   what
                   this
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   may
                   make
                   the
                   better
                   Observations
                   upon
                   it
                   .
                   This
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   Heads
                   of
                   a
                   Declaration
                   that
                   was
                   intended
                   to
                   be
                   Published
                   when
                   the
                   French
                   came
                   ;
                   and
                   you
                   will
                   see
                   what
                   it
                   is
                   when
                   it
                   is
                   read
                   .
                   Pray
                   observe
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   King
                   will
                   return
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 As
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   next
                   Paper
                   is
                   an
                   Account
                   which
                   they
                   had
                   taken
                   with
                   them
                   of
                   the
                   Force
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   Ships
                   ,
                   particularly
                   how
                   many
                   in
                   Number
                   ,
                   what
                   Rates
                   ,
                   what
                   were
                   in
                   Repair
                   ,
                   what
                   out
                   of
                   Repair
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   a
                   Building
                   ,
                   Pray
                   shew
                   it
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   another
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   I
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   Markt
                   at
                   the
                   Cabinet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thomps
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   shew
                   it
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   that
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   brought
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 Cl.
                 of
                 Peace
                 reads
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   ,
                   look
                   upon
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   tell
                   where
                   your
                   Lordship
                   had
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 The
                 Papers
                 was
                 shewn
                 both
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 President
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Sydney
                 .
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   says
                   he
                   received
                   them
                   from
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   ;
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   says
                   they
                   are
                   the
                   same
                   he
                   received
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Are
                   those
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   read
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   J.
                   Eyres
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   both
                   say
                   the
                   same
                   as
                   to
                   those
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   What
                   are
                   those
                   Papers
                   that
                   are
                   going
                   to
                   be
                   read
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   These
                   are
                   Two
                   Letters
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   that
                   are
                   written
                   ,
                   giving
                   an
                   account
                   how
                   the
                   Affairs
                   in
                   England
                   stood
                   ,
                   with
                   reference
                   to
                   the
                   Persons
                   Concerns
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   written
                   to
                   ;
                   and
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   particular
                   Passage
                   in
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   How
                   their
                   young
                   Master
                   prevailed
                   in
                   its
                   Interest
                   ,
                   and
                   got
                   ground
                   of
                   his
                   Adversaries
                   .
                   If
                   you
                   observe
                   them
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   easily
                   understand
                   what
                   is
                   meant
                   by
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   directed
                   for
                   Mr.
                   Redding
                   ,
                   New-years
                   Eve
                   ,
                   Though
                   the
                   Bearer
                   of
                   this
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 As
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   directed
                   for
                   Mrs.
                   Redding
                   .
                   As
                   it
                   is
                   impossible
                   for
                   me
                   to
                   express
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 As
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Now
                   we
                   desire
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   would
                   look
                   upon
                   these
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   the
                   former
                   part
                   of
                   that
                   last
                   Letter
                   may
                   be
                   read
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   I
                   had
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   I
                   had
                   them
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   that
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   brought
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   I
                   will
                   open
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                   Here
                   are
                   Two
                   Letters
                   ,
                   in
                   one
                   of
                   them
                   there
                   is
                   an
                   Account
                   given
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   heartily
                   sorry
                   they
                   were
                   disappointed
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   not
                   been
                   here
                   already
                   ,
                   but
                   hoped
                   they
                   will
                   be
                   here
                   as
                   fast
                   as
                   they
                   can
                   ;
                   that
                   the
                   Match
                   was
                   concluded
                   ,
                   the
                   Settlement
                   prepared
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   doubt
                   but
                   the
                   Daughters
                   Portion
                   would
                   be
                   well
                   Secured
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   would
                   come
                   quickly
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   Dec.
                   31.
                   1690.
                   
                   'T
                   is
                   directed
                   for
                   Mrs.
                   Charlton
                   .
                   I
                   must
                   not
                   let
                   this
                   Bearer
                   depart
                   Madam
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 As
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   Letter
                   tells
                   you
                   that
                   the
                   Daughters
                   Portion
                   would
                   be
                   well
                   Secured
                   ;
                   this
                   that
                   we
                   now
                   produce
                   will
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   how
                   it
                   shall
                   be
                   Raised
                   .
                   It
                   says
                   ,
                   the
                   old
                   Tenants
                   are
                   weary
                   of
                   their
                   Master
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   little
                   Matter
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   but
                   appear
                   in
                   Westminster-ball
                   ,
                   would
                   redeem
                   the
                   Estate
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Cause
                   might
                   be
                   brought
                   to
                   a
                   final
                   hearing
                   before
                   the
                   end
                   of
                   Easter
                   Term
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   made
                   haste
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   were
                   well
                   Sollicited
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   directed
                   for
                   Mr.
                   
                     Jackson
                     .
                     Dec.
                  
                   31.
                   1690.
                   
                   The
                   Bearer
                   hereof
                   will
                   give
                   you
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 As
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   must
                   desire
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   would
                   be
                   pleased
                   to
                   look
                   upon
                   these
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   received
                   these
                   from
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   and
                   gave
                   it
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   are
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   had
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   Letters
                   we
                   now
                   produce
                   to
                   be
                   read
                   seem
                   to
                   be
                   written
                   by
                   a
                   Man
                   that
                   was
                   involved
                   in
                   a
                   great
                   Trade
                   ,
                   that
                   had
                   great
                   Projects
                   in
                   his
                   Head
                   ,
                   and
                   drawn
                   many
                   Schemes
                   in
                   his
                   own
                   Brain
                   how
                   to
                   carry
                   on
                   the
                   Trade
                   ,
                   he
                   directs
                   what
                   sort
                   of
                   Wares
                   he
                   would
                   have
                   sent
                   ,
                   what
                   was
                   proper
                   for
                   their
                   Markets
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   got
                   many
                   a
                   new
                   Customer
                   ,
                   and
                   hoped
                   they
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   disobliged
                   ;
                   that
                   all
                   must
                   be
                   sent
                   before
                   the
                   First
                   of
                   March
                   ,
                   at
                   least
                   before
                   the
                   Tenth
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   whole
                   Summer
                   Profits
                   would
                   be
                   lost
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   31
                   Dec.
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Read
                   the
                   Superscription
                   first
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   no
                   Subscription
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   at
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   read
                   on
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peac
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   31
                   Dec.
                   The
                   Interruption
                   of
                   the
                   former
                   Correspondence
                   had
                   a
                   very
                   ill
                   Effect
                   many
                   ways
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 As
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   doubting
                   that
                   that
                   Letter
                   might
                   not
                   be
                   pressing
                   enough
                   ,
                   here
                   is
                   another
                   to
                   the
                   same
                   effect
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   Dec.
                   31.
                   
                   It
                   is
                   a
                   Presumption
                   incident
                   to
                   those
                   that
                   are
                   any
                   ways
                   upon
                   the
                   Spot
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 As
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   One
                   would
                   imagine
                   this
                   Letter
                   were
                   written
                   by
                   some
                   Person
                   that
                   used
                   to
                   talk
                   Cant
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   so
                   ready
                   at
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   what
                   says
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   these
                   Papers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Pres
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   Two
                   Letters
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Bundle
                   that
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   delivered
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   delivered
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Syd
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   are
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   I
                   had
                   from
                   my
                   L.
                   President
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   Cabinet
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   first
                   of
                   these
                   Papers
                   is
                   a
                   Letter
                   wherein
                   the
                   Party
                   gives
                   an
                   Account
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Condition
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   he
                   would
                   Venture
                   to
                   bring
                   about
                   what
                   was
                   desired
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   31
                   Dec.
                   1690.
                   
                   Was
                   my
                   Condition
                   more
                   desperate
                   and
                   uneasie
                   than
                   it
                   is
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 As
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   This
                   little
                   Paper
                   was
                   inclosed
                   in
                   the
                   other
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   beg
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 As
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   Now
                   shew
                   this
                   Paper
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   .
                
              
               
                 Which
                 was
                 done
                 .
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   ,
                   swears
                   the
                   same
                   for
                   this
                   Paper
                   ,
                   as
                   for
                   the
                   rest
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   This
                   Paper
                   shews
                   they
                   were
                   going
                   about
                   a
                   Deed
                   that
                   they
                   did
                   not
                   desire
                   to
                   have
                   known
                   ;
                   't
                   is
                   a
                   Key
                   how
                   to
                   explain
                   their
                   Meaning
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   For
                   Mrs.
                   
                     Anne
                     Russel
                     ,
                     &c.
                  
                   
                
              
               
                 As
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 Three
                 other
                 Papers
                 were
                 shewn
                 to
                 and
                 sworn
                 by
                 the
                 Lord
                 President
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 Sydney
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 Papers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   Papers
                   that
                   we
                   now
                   are
                   going
                   to
                   read
                   are
                   these
                   .
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   here
                   is
                   a
                   Letter
                   of
                   Recommendation
                   in
                   behalf
                   of
                   one
                   Mr.
                   Orbinet
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   a
                   Name
                   they
                   pretended
                   of
                   some
                   Person
                   that
                   was
                   at
                   Paris
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   go
                   there
                   ;
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   written
                   by
                   one
                   Mr.
                   Dellivere
                   to
                   his
                   Correspondent
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   tells
                   him
                   ,
                   the
                   Bearer
                   had
                   Something
                   to
                   disclose
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   might
                   have
                   an
                   entire
                   Confidence
                   in
                   him
                   :
                   But
                   the
                   Letter
                   of
                   Recommendation
                   alone
                   ,
                   without
                   a
                   Sum
                   of
                   Money
                   ,
                   they
                   reckoned
                   would
                   meet
                   with
                   a
                   bad
                   Welcome
                   in
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   they
                   take
                   500
                   l.
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   here
                   are
                   Two
                   Bills
                   to
                   pay
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 Then
                 Mr.
                 
                   Humphrey
                   Levermere
                
                 was
                 sworn
                 to
                 interpret
                 them
                 ,
                 being
                 in
                 French
                 ,
                 (
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 )
                 and
                 read
                 them
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 former
                 Tryal
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Jury-man
                   .
                
                 
                   Were
                   these
                   Bills
                   found
                   in
                   that
                   Pacquet
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   Yes
                   ;
                   they
                   are
                   sworn
                   to
                   by
                   both
                   those
                   Lords
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Now
                   ,
                   pray
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   please
                   to
                   look
                   upon
                   these
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 President
                 ,
                 and
                 Lord
                 Sydney
                 both
                 ,
                 testified
                 ,
                 That
                 those
                 were
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Papers
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thomp
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   next
                   Paper
                   that
                   we
                   give
                   in
                   Evidence
                   is
                   very
                   short
                   .
                   It
                   seems
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Table
                   for
                   the
                   Memory
                   of
                   the
                   Person
                   that
                   was
                   to
                   carry
                   it
                   ;
                   They
                   are
                   short
                   Heads
                   for
                   the
                   Memory
                   ,
                   consisting
                   of
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   Particulars
                   ;
                   You
                   will
                   make
                   your
                   Observations
                   upon
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   Judgment
                   you
                   think
                   fit
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Trem.
                   
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   to
                   take
                   Notice
                   of
                   these
                   Papers
                   that
                   we
                   are
                   now
                   going
                   to
                   read
                   ;
                   you
                   will
                   observe
                   these
                   Things
                   in
                   them
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   worth
                   your
                   remarking
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ;
                   because
                   these
                   Papers
                   that
                   we
                   now
                   read
                   to
                   you
                   are
                   of
                   themselves
                   sufficient
                   to
                   prove
                   every
                   Article
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   :
                   For
                   these
                   Papers
                   give
                   an
                   Account
                   of
                   the
                   Ships
                   ,
                   their
                   Number
                   and
                   Force
                   ,
                   the
                   Forts
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   how
                   they
                   are
                   Manned
                   ,
                   how
                   they
                   may
                   be
                   Surprized
                   ,
                   where
                   the
                   French
                   Fleet
                   should
                   Fight
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   should
                   Assault
                   us
                   ,
                   how
                   they
                   should
                   hinder
                   the
                   Dutch
                   and
                   English
                   Fleets
                   from
                   Joyning
                   ,
                   what
                   Number
                   of
                   Soldiers
                   would
                   be
                   sufficient
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   Number
                   of
                   Ships
                   in
                   Newcastle
                   to
                   plague
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   how
                   to
                   manage
                   this
                   whole
                   Affair
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   gives
                   Characters
                   of
                   the
                   Clergy
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   particularly
                   of
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   says
                   ,
                   they
                   are
                   the
                   Worst
                   of
                   Men.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thomson
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   Brother
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   the
                   worst
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   Clergy
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Come
                   ,
                   read
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   Lady
                   D.
                   2000
                   l.
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 (
                 as
                 before
                 .
                 )
              
               
                 The
                 Jury
                 desired
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 last
                 Papers
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 them
                 delivered
                 to
                 them
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Soll.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   we
                   rest
                   it
                   here
                   ,
                   to
                   see
                   what
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   will
                   say
                   to
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   the
                   Kings
                   Council
                   have
                   done
                   their
                   Evidence
                   for
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   what
                   have
                   you
                   to
                   say
                   for
                   your self
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   to
                   know
                   of
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   whether
                   all
                   the
                   Letters
                   are
                   read
                   ,
                   that
                   were
                   read
                   at
                   the
                   Tryal
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   is
                   that
                   material
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   whether
                   they
                   be
                   or
                   not
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   informed
                   that
                   there
                   were
                   several
                   Letters
                   ,
                   that
                   particularly
                   name
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   implying
                   him
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   Bearer
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   desire
                   those
                   Letters
                   may
                   be
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   With
                   all
                   my
                   heart
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   do
                   desire
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   shall
                   be
                   read
                   ,
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   think
                   it
                   material
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   desire
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   plain
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   ,
                   from
                   thence
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   could
                   know
                   nothing
                   at
                   all
                   of
                   this
                   matter
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   to
                   observe
                   it
                   ,
                   three
                   or
                   four
                   of
                   these
                   last
                   Papers
                   ,
                   as
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   observed
                   ,
                   were
                   the
                   Ground-work
                   of
                   all
                   this
                   Business
                   ,
                   which
                   refers
                   to
                   Portsmouth
                   and
                   South-Sea
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   other
                   Papers
                   ;
                   these
                   I
                   think
                   ,
                   with
                   Submission
                   ,
                   were
                   proved
                   to
                   be
                   the
                   Hand
                   of
                   another
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   desire
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   proved
                   again
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   will
                   be
                   plain
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   do
                   not
                   affect
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Look
                   you
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   proved
                   to
                   be
                   your
                   Hand
                   ,
                   nor
                   pretended
                   to
                   be
                   so
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   positively
                   proved
                   to
                   be
                   another's
                   Hand
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   am
                   informed
                   ,
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   that
                   which
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   observed
                   was
                   the
                   Ground-work
                   for
                   carrying
                   on
                   the
                   whole
                   Design
                   ,
                   I
                   presume
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   are
                   in
                   Court
                   that
                   proved
                   it
                   then
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordship
                   will
                   be
                   so
                   kind
                   as
                   to
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   proved
                   now
                   ;
                   they
                   did
                   prove
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   another
                   Persons
                   Hand
                   upon
                   a
                   Tryal
                   not
                   long
                   ago
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   have
                   a
                   mind
                   to
                   call
                   any
                   Witnesses
                   to
                   prove
                   the
                   Papers
                   to
                   be
                   another's
                   Hand
                   ,
                   you
                   may
                   call
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   hope
                   the
                   King's
                   Witnesses
                   are
                   now
                   in
                   Court
                   that
                   did
                   prove
                   them
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   Hand
                   Writing
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   'll
                   prove
                   it
                   now
                   I
                   suppose
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   have
                   a
                   mind
                   you
                   may
                   call
                   them
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   not
                   a
                   mind
                   to
                   produce
                   them
                   for
                   the
                   King.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   where
                   they
                   are
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Mr.
                   
                     Aaron
                     Smith
                  
                   ,
                   be
                   you
                   so
                   kind
                   as
                   to
                   call
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   should
                   have
                   sent
                   and
                   Subpena'd
                   them
                   to
                   be
                   here
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Warr
                   is
                   there
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   he
                   may
                   be
                   ask'd
                   the
                   Question
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   believe
                   Mr.
                   Blane
                   is
                   in
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   pray
                   let
                   him
                   be
                   ask
                   ▪
                   d.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Warr
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   called
                   by
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   as
                   a
                   Witness
                   ,
                   to
                   prove
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Warr
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Townsend
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Blane
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   may
                   be
                   all
                   ask'd
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   insisted
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   these
                   Papers
                   were
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   own
                   Writing
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   insist
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   to
                   know
                   whether
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   proved
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   so
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   agreed
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   do
                   grant
                   the
                   King's
                   Witnesses
                   proved
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   did
                   believe
                   them
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   The
                   King's
                   Council
                   do
                   admit
                   ,
                   that
                   these
                   three
                   last
                   Papers
                   were
                   not
                   your
                   Hand
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   admit
                   them
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   ,
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   very
                   well
                   done
                   of
                   them
                   to
                   admit
                   it
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   now
                   it
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   for
                   granted
                   ,
                   that
                   those
                   three
                   last
                   Papers
                   were
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   desire
                   the
                   Substance
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   may
                   be
                   the
                   ●ore
                   press'd
                   upon
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   because
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   observed
                   that
                   the
                   〈◊〉
                   Design
                   in
                   the
                   Scheme
                   of
                   it
                   lay
                   in
                   those
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   my
                   〈◊〉
                   ,
                   but
                   another's
                   ;
                   and
                   for
                   what
                   is
                   in
                   them
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   nothing
                   ,
                   nor
                   am
                   concern'd
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   have
                   you
                   farther
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   mentioned
                   another
                   Letter
                   which
                   you
                   did
                   desire
                   should
                   be
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Ah!
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   where
                   my
                   Lord
                   is
                   named
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   This
                   is
                   the
                   Letter
                   I
                   suppose
                   you
                   mean
                   ,
                   the
                   Clerk
                   shall
                   read
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Clerk
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   reads
                   .
                
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   I
                   vow
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   repine
                   at
                   having
                   lost
                   all
                   for
                   your
                   sake
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 (
                 as
                 before
                 )
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   observe
                   ,
                   in
                   that
                   Letter
                   my
                   Lord
                   is
                   called
                   the
                   Bearer
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   tells
                   that
                   he
                   brings
                   Papers
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   by
                   which
                   it
                   is
                   plain
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   cannot
                   imagine
                   I
                   could
                   know
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   these
                   Papers
                   .
                   And
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   it
                   has
                   not
                   appeared
                   by
                   any
                   Evidence
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   given
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   knew
                   any
                   thing
                   more
                   ,
                   than
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   unfortunately
                   found
                   upon
                   me
                   :
                   But
                   with
                   Submission
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   there
                   is
                   another
                   Letter
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   am
                   inform'd
                   right
                   ,
                   wherein
                   my
                   Lord
                   is
                   named
                   ,
                   and
                   called
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   the
                   Bearer
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sol.
                   Gen.
                   
                
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   assure
                   you
                   now
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   ,
                   to
                   my
                   Observation
                   ,
                   read
                   every
                   Letter
                   ,
                   and
                   every
                   Paper
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   read
                   on
                   Saturday
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Sollicitor
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   satisfied
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   am
                   confident
                   you
                   would
                   not
                   affirm
                   it
                   if
                   it
                   were
                   otherwise
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   not
                   any
                   Letter
                   that
                   says
                   my
                   Lord
                   the
                   Bearer
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   Lord
                   will
                   give
                   you
                   an
                   account
                   ,
                   so
                   and
                   so
                   ;
                   the
                   Bearer
                   will
                   tell
                   you
                   these
                   and
                   these
                   things
                   ;
                   will
                   you
                   have
                   it
                   read
                   again
                   ?
                   You
                   shall
                   if
                   you
                   will.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   unwilling
                   to
                   take
                   up
                   your
                   Lordships
                   time
                   ,
                   unless
                   the
                   Jury
                   desire
                   to
                   have
                   it
                   read
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-Man
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   when
                   that
                   Letter
                   was
                   read
                   on
                   Saturday
                   ,
                   how
                   was
                   it
                   construed
                   by
                   the
                   Court
                   ?
                   How
                   did
                   they
                   take
                   it
                   then
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   We
                   did
                   take
                   it
                   then
                   ,
                   because
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   might
                   possibly
                   be
                   the
                   Bearer
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   very
                   probable
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   it
                   was
                   understood
                   then
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Lord
                   mentioned
                   in
                   the
                   Letters
                   was
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   was
                   the
                   Bearer
                   that
                   could
                   give
                   an
                   account
                   of
                   the
                   Countesses
                   Condition
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   beginning
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   that
                   are
                   of
                   my
                   Lords
                   Hand
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   mentioned
                   so
                   much
                   Money
                   for
                   the
                   Lady
                   D
                   —
                   which
                   is
                   my
                   Lady
                   Dorset
                   I
                   suppose
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   there
                   meant
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   writ
                   that
                   Letter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lady
                   Dorchester
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Dorchester
                   ,
                   I
                   cry
                   your
                   mercy
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   is
                   probable
                   the
                   same
                   reason
                   is
                   a
                   reason
                   still
                   to
                   make
                   it
                   believed
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   was
                   meant
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   think
                   my
                   Lord
                   Chief
                   Justice
                   was
                   pleased
                   to
                   observe
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   have
                   been
                   informed
                   ,
                   in
                   giving
                   his
                   Charge
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   that
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   naming
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   must
                   be
                   meant
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   there
                   being
                   no
                   other
                   Lord
                   but
                   he
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   likewise
                   gave
                   another
                   reason
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   they
                   lay
                   by
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Seals
                   that
                   were
                   produced
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   it
                   was
                   plain
                   ,
                   they
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   
                   Ashton's
                   nor
                   
                   Elliot's
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   No
                   not
                   so
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   Lord
                   might
                   be
                   concern'd
                   ,
                   because
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Seals
                   were
                   there
                   where
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   found
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   wrong
                   inform'd
                   if
                   those
                   were
                   not
                   the
                   words
                   my
                   Lord
                   Chief
                   Justice
                   Polexfen
                   used
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   do
                   you
                   say
                   were
                   the
                   words
                   ?
                   if
                   you
                   will
                   repeat
                   them
                   ,
                   I
                   'll
                   tell
                   you
                   as
                   near
                   as
                   I
                   can
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   seem'd
                   to
                   infer
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   being
                   nam'd
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Bearer
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Paper
                   ,
                   that
                   of
                   Consequence
                   that
                   must
                   be
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Papers
                   must
                   be
                   his
                   ;
                   and
                   you
                   did
                   give
                   another
                   reason
                   for
                   it
                   ,
                   to
                   enforce
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   same
                   Man
                   that
                   saw
                   me
                   take
                   them
                   up
                   ,
                   saw
                   them
                   lye
                   by
                   the
                   Seals
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   proved
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   ,
                   from
                   whence
                   your
                   Lordship
                   did
                   say
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   plain
                   they
                   were
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   Ashton
                   or
                   Elliot
                   could
                   not
                   be
                   concerned
                   in
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   mistake
                   that
                   matter
                   ,
                   sure
                   there
                   was
                   not
                   any
                   such
                   word
                   said
                   ,
                   for
                   that
                   Evidence
                   that
                   tended
                   to
                   convict
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   did
                   by
                   no
                   means
                   tend
                   to
                   acquit
                   you
                   ;
                   the
                   question
                   then
                   was
                   ,
                   how
                   far
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   was
                   concerned
                   ;
                   my
                   Lord
                   insisted
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   They
                   were
                   not
                   taken
                   from
                   me
                   but
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ;
                   there
                   the
                   Question
                   was
                   not
                   about
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   humbly
                   hope
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   forgive
                   me
                   for
                   ins●●●●●●
                   upon
                   these
                   Matters
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   am
                   for
                   my
                   Life
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   would
                   do
                   you
                   all
                   the
                   right
                   I
                   can
                   ,
                   I
                   assure
                   you
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ;
                   but
                   certainly
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   such
                   thing
                   said
                   as
                   you
                   have
                   mentioned
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   question
                   but
                   you
                   will
                   do
                   me
                   right
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   thought
                   so
                   ,
                   when
                   I
                   chose
                   the
                   Jury
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   first
                   that
                   appeared
                   ,
                   without
                   challenging
                   any
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   Sir
                   ,
                   pray
                   go
                   on
                   to
                   your
                   Defence
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   my
                   own
                   Defence
                   will
                   be
                   very
                   weak
                   upon
                   the
                   whole
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   am
                   very
                   Illiterate
                   and
                   Unskill'd
                   in
                   the
                   Laws
                   ,
                   but
                   where
                   I
                   do
                   fail
                   of
                   taking
                   Advantage
                   ,
                   to
                   observe
                   what
                   may
                   be
                   for
                   my
                   Advantage
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   your
                   Lordships
                   will
                   be
                   so
                   kind
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   just
                   (
                   I
                   may
                   call
                   it
                   )
                   to
                   your selves
                   ,
                   being
                   upon
                   your
                   Oaths
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   take
                   notice
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   in
                   the
                   first
                   place
                   —
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Before
                     Mr.
                  
                   Ashton
                   
                     proceeds
                     ,
                     I
                     would
                     observe
                     one
                     word
                     in
                     a
                     Letter
                     that
                     has
                     been
                     read
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     one
                     of
                     these
                     Papers
                     ,
                     it
                     says
                     ,
                  
                   I
                   say
                   nothing
                   of
                   another
                   Gentleman
                   that
                   takes
                   opportunity
                   to
                   see
                   those
                   parts
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   has
                   shewn
                   a
                   Zeal
                   and
                   Sincerity
                   in
                   the
                   affair
                   equal
                   to
                   most
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   hear
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   notice
                   taken
                   of
                   another
                   Person
                   besides
                   the
                   Bearer
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   is
                   it
                   any
                   Consequence
                   that
                   I
                   must
                   be
                   the
                   Person
                   that
                   must
                   be
                   meant
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   I
                   must
                   know
                   what
                   the
                   Contents
                   of
                   the
                   Letters
                   was
                   ?
                   There
                   was
                   another
                   besides
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   plain
                   who
                   was
                   meant
                   ,
                   or
                   if
                   I
                   were
                   the
                   Man
                   meant
                   in
                   this
                   Letter
                   ,
                   it
                   must
                   not
                   therefore
                   follow
                   that
                   I
                   must
                   know
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   mention
                   it
                   as
                   a
                   Proof
                   that
                   you
                   were
                   the
                   Person
                   meant
                   ,
                   but
                   only
                   to
                   shew
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   another
                   Person
                   besides
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   taken
                   notice
                   of
                   in
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   must
                   confess
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   observes
                   right
                   ,
                   it
                   does
                   not
                   concern
                   him
                   ,
                   for
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   he
                   was
                   there
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   another
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   is
                   uncertain
                   whether
                   it
                   relates
                   to
                   him
                   or
                   the
                   other
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   it
                   signifies
                   nothing
                   at
                   all
                   ;
                   that
                   's
                   my
                   mind
                   .
                
              
               
                 Pray
                 go
                 on
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   whole
                   I
                   have
                   this
                   to
                   observe
                   ,
                   first
                   as
                   to
                   my
                   business
                   of
                   going
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   ingenuously
                   own
                   it
                   ,
                   though
                   I
                   protest
                   to
                   you
                   I
                   never
                   own'd
                   it
                   nor
                   named
                   it
                   to
                   the
                   Woman
                   though
                   she
                   had
                   sworn
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   yet
                   I
                   do
                   now
                   .
                   My
                   design
                   was
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   had
                   very
                   great
                   and
                   good
                   Reason
                   for
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   endeavonred
                   all
                   ways
                   I
                   could
                   in
                   the
                   World
                   to
                   procure
                   a
                   Pass
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   very
                   well
                   known
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   business
                   under
                   Lieutenant-General
                   Worden
                   that
                   died
                   half
                   a
                   year
                   ago
                   ,
                   his
                   Accounts
                   are
                   now
                   depending
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   Accounts
                   as
                   may
                   be
                   prejudicial
                   in
                   some
                   points
                   to
                   his
                   Family
                   to
                   whom
                   I
                   have
                   always
                   own'd
                   and
                   must
                   a
                   great
                   Obligation
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   be
                   very
                   glad
                   upon
                   all
                   occasions
                   to
                   serve
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   the
                   Branches
                   of
                   it
                   ;
                   this
                   was
                   not
                   the
                   whole
                   nor
                   the
                   only
                   design
                   I
                   had
                   in
                   going
                   thither
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   had
                   likewise
                   some
                   business
                   of
                   my
                   own
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   considerable
                   Sum
                   of
                   Money
                   owing
                   me
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   necessary
                   to
                   prove
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   can
                   prove
                   it
                   by
                   a
                   Bond
                   from
                   a
                   Person
                   that
                   is
                   there
                   ;
                   a
                   great
                   Sum
                   it
                   is
                   ,
                   a
                   very
                   considerable
                   one
                   to
                   me
                   at
                   least
                   .
                   And
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   think
                   if
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   go
                   my self
                   it
                   was
                   impossible
                   for
                   me
                   to
                   do
                   any
                   thing
                   in
                   that
                   Affair
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   was
                   the
                   true
                   and
                   only
                   Reason
                   of
                   my
                   design
                   in
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   having
                   been
                   out
                   of
                   hopes
                   of
                   getting
                   any
                   other
                   Convenience
                   otherways
                   ;
                   this
                   was
                   not
                   a
                   Design
                   just
                   now
                   formed
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   I
                   were
                   just
                   now
                   upon
                   some
                   Plot
                   concerning
                   the
                   Publick
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   my
                   design
                   ever
                   since
                   Lieutenant-General
                   Worden
                   died
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   upon
                   his
                   Death-bed
                   ingaged
                   me
                   to
                   do
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   once
                   went
                   down
                   ,
                   hoping
                   to
                   have
                   gone
                   from
                   Dover
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   I
                   was
                   apprehended
                   and
                   taken
                   .
                   And
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   used
                   all
                   manner
                   of
                   Endeavours
                   to
                   go
                   other
                   ways
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   have
                   always
                   failed
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   way
                   I
                   hoped
                   would
                   have
                   taken
                   :
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   own
                   I
                   did
                   hire
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   did
                   pay
                   the
                   Money
                   ,
                   but
                   with
                   Submission
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   that
                   is
                   not
                   any
                   manner
                   of
                   Treasonable
                   Act
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ;
                   perhaps
                   it
                   is
                   an
                   ill
                   Act
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   does
                   not
                   amount
                   in
                   least
                   to
                   Treason
                   going
                   to
                   the
                   King's
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   suppose
                   I
                   went
                   upon
                   that
                   account
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   no
                   manner
                   of
                   Treason
                   in
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   carrying
                   Papers
                   to
                   the
                   King's
                   Enemies
                   ,
                   except
                   it
                   be
                   proved
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   privy
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   knew
                   the
                   Contents
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   if
                   Lawyers
                   inform
                   me
                   right
                   ,
                   is
                   not
                   Treason
                   ;
                   then
                   what
                   remains
                   ?
                   'T
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   own
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   found
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   believe
                   
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   body
                   that
                   has
                   heard
                   the
                   Evidence
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   given
                   ,
                   but
                   must
                   readily
                   conclude
                   that
                   I
                   found
                   them
                   in
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   the
                   Sea-man
                   says
                   I
                   took
                   them
                   up
                   ;
                   and
                   besides
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   not
                   any
                   manner
                   of
                   proof
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   aim'd
                   at
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Council
                   in
                   all
                   their
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   privy
                   to
                   any
                   one
                   of
                   these
                   Papers
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   there
                   is
                   very
                   little
                   proved
                   upon
                   me
                   at
                   all
                   ;
                   I
                   had
                   the
                   misfortune
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   in
                   this
                   Company
                   that
                   was
                   going
                   where
                   these
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   ,
                   it
                   's
                   true
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   have
                   not
                   attempted
                   to
                   prove
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   privy
                   to
                   or
                   knew
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   them
                   at
                   all
                   ,
                   nor
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   more
                   concern'd
                   than
                   that
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   in
                   my
                   Stomach
                   ;
                   this
                   is
                   all
                   I
                   have
                   to
                   observe
                   upon
                   the
                   whole
                   ;
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   business
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   there
                   are
                   great
                   and
                   grevious
                   Aggravations
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   able
                   to
                   comprehend
                   the
                   meaning
                   of
                   ,
                   the
                   Words
                   confound
                   me
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   humbly
                   desire
                   your
                   Lordship
                   to
                   tell
                   me
                   upon
                   what
                   Statute
                   I
                   am
                   Indicted
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   'll
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   Indicted
                   upon
                   the
                   25th
                   of
                   Edward
                   the
                   Third
                   ,
                   for
                   conspiring
                   ,
                   compassing
                   and
                   imagining
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   that
                   purpose
                   going
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   endeavouring
                   to
                   incite
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   to
                   invade
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   and
                   telling
                   him
                   how
                   he
                   should
                   do
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   letting
                   him
                   know
                   in
                   what
                   State
                   and
                   Condition
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   was
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   fit
                   to
                   be
                   invaded
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   M.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   is
                   that
                   at
                   all
                   proved
                   upon
                   me
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   the
                   Question
                   that
                   the
                   Jury
                   are
                   to
                   judge
                   of
                   upon
                   the
                   Evidence
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   given
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   As
                   to
                   that
                   of
                   compassing
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   ignorant
                   of
                   dealings
                   in
                   Law
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   conceive
                   there
                   are
                   several
                   Species
                   of
                   Treason
                   mentioned
                   in
                   that
                   Act
                   of
                   the
                   25
                   of
                   Edward
                   III.
                   and
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   imagining
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   that
                   's
                   only
                   to
                   be
                   proved
                   by
                   some
                   Overt
                   Act
                   :
                   Now
                   I
                   think
                   nothing
                   at
                   all
                   has
                   been
                   proved
                   of
                   any
                   open
                   Act
                   conducing
                   to
                   prove
                   the
                   imaginary
                   or
                   compassing
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   or
                   Queen
                   ,
                   no
                   manner
                   of
                   Consultation
                   or
                   Treasonable
                   Act
                   at
                   all
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   see
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   any
                   great
                   matter
                   that
                   is
                   proved
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   are
                   of
                   that
                   Opinion
                   too
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   may
                   not
                   go
                   away
                   with
                   a
                   Mistake
                   ,
                   any
                   that
                   design'd
                   the
                   Deposition
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Invasion
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   proved
                   by
                   any
                   Overt
                   Act
                   it
                   is
                   sufficient
                   to
                   prove
                   that
                   they
                   compass
                   and
                   imagine
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   presume
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   so
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   that
                   may
                   be
                   the
                   Construction
                   of
                   the
                   Law.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   I
                   make
                   no
                   question
                   but
                   those
                   that
                   you
                   have
                   consulted
                   with
                   have
                   told
                   you
                   as
                   much
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   as
                   to
                   Counsel
                   my
                   Tryal
                   has
                   been
                   as
                   hard
                   as
                   ever
                   Man
                   met
                   withal
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Why
                   do
                   you
                   say
                   so
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ?
                   the
                   Court
                   has
                   not
                   been
                   hard
                   upon
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   complain
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   but
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   matter
                   of
                   time
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   notice
                   by
                   that
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Bale
                   ,
                   to
                   prepare
                   for
                   my
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   was
                   on
                   Friday
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   before
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Friday
                   was
                   Sevenight
                   ,
                   you
                   mean
                   ,
                   I
                   suppose
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   mean
                   Friday
                   was
                   Sevenight
                   I
                   was
                   then
                   a
                   close
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   not
                   the
                   opportunity
                   or
                   liberty
                   of
                   seeing
                   any
                   Christian
                   Soul
                   ,
                   I
                   spake
                   to
                   him
                   then
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Bale
                   ,
                   this
                   is
                   very
                   short
                   notice
                   ;
                   pray
                   be
                   so
                   kind
                   as
                   to
                   move
                   my
                   Lord
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   have
                   Council
                   ;
                   truly
                   he
                   was
                   Civil
                   enough
                   ,
                   and
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   would
                   do
                   all
                   he
                   could
                   ;
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   give
                   me
                   the
                   Names
                   of
                   your
                   Council
                   ?
                   so
                   I
                   gave
                   him
                   the
                   Names
                   of
                   four
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   a
                   Sollicitor
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   never
                   heard
                   more
                   of
                   him
                   in
                   the
                   matter
                   :
                   I
                   did
                   with
                   all
                   my
                   Industry
                   and
                   Skill
                   give
                   my
                   Friends
                   notice
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   was
                   under
                   great
                   difficulty
                   ,
                   for
                   I
                   had
                   not
                   the
                   liberty
                   of
                   Pen
                   ,
                   Ink
                   ,
                   nor
                   Paper
                   ,
                   nor
                   a
                   Man
                   to
                   send
                   upon
                   a
                   Message
                   on
                   Saturday
                   ;
                   I
                   gave
                   my
                   Friends
                   notice
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   upon
                   Sunday
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   no
                   very
                   good
                   Day
                   for
                   business
                   ,
                   they
                   apply'd
                   themselves
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   whose
                   Favour
                   and
                   Kindness
                   I
                   shall
                   always
                   own
                   as
                   long
                   as
                   I
                   live
                   ,
                   he
                   gave
                   me
                   all
                   the
                   
                   dispatch
                   possible
                   ,
                   and
                   got
                   me
                   an
                   Order
                   to
                   see
                   my
                   Wife
                   that
                   day
                   ,
                   though
                   it
                   was
                   Sunday
                   ;
                   the
                   next
                   day
                   I
                   made
                   Application
                   to
                   have
                   my
                   Council
                   come
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   Monday
                   ,
                   he
                   with
                   the
                   same
                   readiness
                   procured
                   that
                   ,
                   but
                   it
                   was
                   Tuesday
                   in
                   the
                   Afternoon
                   before
                   I
                   could
                   see
                   any
                   living
                   Soul
                   but
                   my
                   Wife
                   and
                   some
                   of
                   the
                   Council
                   that
                   I
                   desired
                   would
                   not
                   readily
                   come
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   was
                   Wednesday
                   before
                   I
                   did
                   see
                   any
                   body
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   I
                   had
                   but
                   Wednesday
                   and
                   Thursday
                   to
                   consult
                   with
                   them
                   in
                   .
                   On
                   Friday
                   I
                   was
                   brought
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   endeavour'd
                   to
                   procure
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   might
                   inform
                   my self
                   of
                   the
                   Characters
                   of
                   the
                   Men
                   that
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Jury
                   ;
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   desire
                   you
                   to
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   to
                   clear
                   one
                   Point
                   ,
                   which
                   through
                   Inadvertency
                   slipt
                   from
                   me
                   about
                   the
                   time
                   that
                   I
                   desir'd
                   to
                   send
                   to
                   enquire
                   about
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   mean
                   as
                   was
                   apprehended
                   ,
                   to
                   send
                   to
                   them
                   to
                   take
                   them
                   off
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   only
                   meant
                   to
                   enquire
                   after
                   their
                   Characters
                   ;
                   this
                   was
                   done
                   upon
                   Friday
                   ;
                   I
                   had
                   not
                   a
                   Copy
                   of
                   the
                   Pannel
                   till
                   last
                   Friday
                   ,
                   when
                   we
                   were
                   Arraigned
                   in
                   Court
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   Two
                   of
                   the
                   Clock
                   before
                   the
                   Pannel
                   was
                   given
                   us
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   between
                   Three
                   and
                   Four
                   when
                   we
                   came
                   to
                   Newgate
                   ;
                   we
                   were
                   to
                   come
                   upon
                   our
                   Tryal
                   the
                   next
                   Morning
                   by
                   Eight
                   of
                   the
                   Clock
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   before
                   the
                   Copies
                   could
                   be
                   transcribed
                   for
                   us
                   ,
                   there
                   were
                   left
                   but
                   six
                   Hours
                   for
                   us
                   to
                   enquire
                   into
                   the
                   Morals
                   of
                   so
                   many
                   Men
                   ,
                   of
                   whom
                   some
                   liv'd
                   eight
                   ,
                   some
                   ten
                   ,
                   some
                   fifteen
                   Miles
                   out
                   of
                   Town
                   ;
                   for
                   my
                   part
                   I
                   was
                   not
                   able
                   to
                   enquire
                   after
                   any
                   one
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   your
                   Lordship
                   may
                   think
                   by
                   my
                   taking
                   the
                   first
                   Twelve
                   that
                   appeared
                   ,
                   and
                   believing
                   my self
                   Innocent
                   of
                   this
                   matter
                   ,
                   I
                   resolved
                   to
                   put
                   my self
                   upon
                   my
                   Tryal
                   by
                   any
                   twelve
                   indifferent
                   
                   English-Men
                   ;
                   I
                   only
                   beg
                   if
                   I
                   have
                   omitted
                   any
                   thing
                   in
                   reference
                   to
                   my self
                   ,
                   or
                   misbehaved
                   my self
                   ,
                   with
                   respect
                   to
                   the
                   Bench
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   would
                   please
                   to
                   set
                   me
                   right
                   ,
                   and
                   consider
                   that
                   I
                   stand
                   here
                   for
                   my
                   Life
                   ;
                   and
                   to
                   grant
                   me
                   your
                   Pardon
                   for
                   any
                   thing
                   wherein
                   I
                   have
                   offended
                   your
                   Lordships
                   ,
                   to
                   whom
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   I
                   refer
                   my
                   Cause
                   ;
                   only
                   I
                   beg
                   leave
                   to
                   call
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   it
                   hath
                   been
                   allowed
                   before
                   in
                   such
                   cases
                   ,
                   to
                   give
                   some
                   short
                   account
                   of
                   my
                   Life
                   and
                   Conversation
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   hath
                   been
                   reflected
                   upon
                   me
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   a
                   Papist
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   designed
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   believe
                   there
                   is
                   not
                   any
                   Man
                   ,
                   whose
                   Devotion
                   to
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   established
                   by
                   Law
                   ,
                   is
                   greater
                   than
                   mine
                   hath
                   been
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   whom
                   that
                   Religion
                   is
                   Dearer
                   than
                   to
                   my self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   You
                   are
                   not
                   accused
                   of
                   any
                   such
                   thing
                   ,
                   no
                   body
                   pretends
                   you
                   are
                   a
                   Papist
                   ,
                   but
                   call
                   whom
                   you
                   will.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   call
                   Dr.
                   Bursh
                   ,
                   Dr.
                   Lake
                   ,
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   and
                   Dr.
                   Davenant
                   .
                   There
                   is
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   ;
                   I
                   beg
                   the
                   Favour
                   of
                   you
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   to
                   give
                   the
                   Court
                   an
                   account
                   of
                   your
                   Acquaintance
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   particularly
                   about
                   my
                   Religion
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Will
                   your
                   Lordship
                   give
                   me
                   leave
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Ah!
                   Come
                   ,
                   what
                   do
                   you
                   know
                   of
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   suppose
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   calls
                   me
                   in
                   as
                   a
                   Witness
                   to
                   his
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   his
                   Morality
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   so
                   ;
                   with
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Permission
                   I
                   will
                   give
                   the
                   truest
                   Testimony
                   I
                   can
                   :
                   I
                   have
                   known
                   him
                   some
                   time
                   ,
                   he
                   used
                   to
                   be
                   frequently
                   at
                   the
                   Service
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   in
                   the
                   Protestant
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Family
                   ,
                   at
                   St.
                   
                   James's
                   ,
                   where
                   I
                   was
                   Chaplain
                   ;
                   during
                   the
                   time
                   I
                   was
                   there
                   ,
                   I
                   observed
                   him
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   frequent
                   Receiver
                   of
                   the
                   Holy
                   Communion
                   ;
                   and
                   as
                   far
                   as
                   I
                   could
                   observe
                   ,
                   lived
                   answerable
                   to
                   what
                   he
                   professed
                   to
                   be
                   ,
                   a
                   Sincere
                   Member
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   Serious
                   Christian
                   for
                   his
                   Sincerity
                   and
                   Zeal
                   for
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   :
                   I
                   can
                   give
                   this
                   Instance
                   ,
                   he
                   had
                   an
                   Aunt
                   that
                   had
                   a
                   Relation
                   to
                   that
                   Family
                   ,
                   one
                   Mrs.
                   Du-pee
                   ,
                   whom
                   he
                   thought
                   did
                   warp
                   a
                   little
                   towards
                   Popery
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   desired
                   me
                   ,
                   about
                   five
                   Years
                   ago
                   ,
                   to
                   have
                   recourse
                   to
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   desired
                   to
                   know
                   if
                   she
                   were
                   dissatisfied
                   with
                   any
                   Point
                   of
                   Religion
                   in
                   the
                   Church
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   in
                   Communion
                   with
                   which
                   she
                   lived
                   visibly
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   would
                   do
                   my
                   endeavour
                   to
                   satisfie
                   her
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   doubt
                   but
                   I
                   could
                   .
                   She
                   was
                   desirous
                   to
                   know
                   who
                   was
                   the
                   Person
                   that
                   sent
                   me
                   :
                   I
                   told
                   her
                   I
                   came
                   of
                   my
                   own
                   Head
                   in
                   the
                   greatest
                   part
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   suppress'd
                   the
                   Interposition
                   of
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   for
                   several
                   Reasons
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   her
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   great
                   Suspition
                   of
                   her
                   inclining
                   the
                   other
                   way
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   had
                   great
                   reason
                   for
                   it
                   ,
                   because
                   of
                   her
                   Husband
                   ,
                   who
                   was
                   a
                   Papist
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   great
                   Resort
                   of
                   Popish
                   Priests
                   to
                   their
                   Lodgings
                   .
                   She
                   told
                   me
                   then
                   ,
                   she
                   was
                   satisfied
                   in
                   every
                   thing
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   she
                   had
                   any
                   Dissatisfaction
                   she
                   would
                   send
                   for
                   me
                   and
                   give
                   me
                   an
                   account
                   .
                   Some
                   Months
                   after
                   I
                   came
                   to
                   St.
                   
                   James's
                   to
                   wait
                   ,
                   and
                   observing
                   her
                   to
                   be
                   absent
                   more
                   than
                   usually
                   before
                   ,
                   from
                   Prayers
                   in
                   the
                   Chappel
                   ,
                   I
                   went
                   to
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   asked
                   her
                   the
                   
                   reason
                   :
                   She
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   because
                   she
                   was
                   making
                   some
                   Linnen
                   for
                   her
                   Master
                   King
                   James
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   made
                   in
                   haste
                   :
                   But
                   she
                   then
                   design'd
                   to
                   go
                   for
                   Flanders
                   quickly
                   ;
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   about
                   that
                   time
                   ,
                   or
                   two
                   or
                   three
                   days
                   after
                   ,
                   told
                   me
                   his
                   Aunt
                   was
                   gone
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   spoke
                   it
                   with
                   very
                   great
                   concern
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   believed
                   ,
                   under
                   the
                   Pretence
                   of
                   calling
                   over
                   her
                   Younger
                   Son
                   ,
                   she
                   was
                   gone
                   to
                   declare
                   her self
                   a
                   Papist
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   was
                   very
                   much
                   troubled
                   at
                   it
                   .
                   This
                   I
                   know
                   for
                   his
                   Zeal
                   for
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   When
                   was
                   this
                   ,
                   Doctor
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   was
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   about
                   five
                   Years
                   ago
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   business
                   of
                   my
                   Aunt
                   I
                   suppose
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   how
                   he
                   comes
                   to
                   mention
                   it
                   ,
                   but
                   as
                   to
                   my
                   Life
                   and
                   Morals
                   ,
                   you
                   can
                   give
                   a
                   later
                   account
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   Administred
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   to
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   Questions
                   do
                   you
                   farther
                   ask
                   him
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ?
                   or
                   can
                   you
                   say
                   any
                   more
                   ,
                   Doctor
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   can
                   say
                   no
                   more
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   he
                   received
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   about
                   half
                   a
                   Year
                   ago
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   have
                   not
                   objected
                   any
                   thing
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   his
                   Religion
                   ,
                   at
                   all
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   know
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   a
                   Reflection
                   that
                   has
                   gone
                   about
                   of
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   a
                   Papist
                   ,
                   therefore
                   I
                   beg
                   leave
                   to
                   prove
                   my
                   Religion
                   and
                   Conversation
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Nay
                   ,
                   call
                   whom
                   you
                   will
                   ,
                   you
                   shall
                   not
                   be
                   hindered
                   ,
                   take
                   what
                   Course
                   you
                   please
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   Doctor
                   ,
                   you
                   say
                   he
                   has
                   received
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   lately
                   ;
                   when
                   was
                   that
                   ,
                   and
                   where
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   at
                   Ely
                   Chappel
                   within
                   this
                   six
                   or
                   seven
                   Months
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Have
                   you
                   been
                   lately
                   conversant
                   with
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   been
                   very
                   lately
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   what
                   have
                   you
                   heard
                   him
                   say
                   ,
                   concerning
                   his
                   Affection
                   to
                   King
                   William
                   and
                   Queen
                   Mary
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   remember
                   any
                   thing
                   at
                   all
                   of
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Have
                   you
                   heard
                   him
                   say
                   any
                   thing
                   to
                   the
                   contrary
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   remember
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   What
                   have
                   you
                   heard
                   him
                   say
                   about
                   his
                   Affection
                   to
                   K.
                   James
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Do
                   not
                   ask
                   him
                   that
                   ,
                   there
                   may
                   be
                   a
                   Snare
                   in
                   that
                   Question
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-M
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   say
                   ,
                   Doctor
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   received
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   six
                   Months
                   ago
                   in
                   Ely
                   Chappel
                   ;
                   Did
                   you
                   deliver
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   to
                   him
                   there
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-M
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   Doctor
                   ,
                   were
                   the
                   Prayers
                   that
                   were
                   used
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   altered
                   ▪
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   now
                   in
                   the
                   Common-Prayer-Book
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   cannot
                   say
                   they
                   were
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   you
                   ever
                   see
                   him
                   Drink
                   King
                   
                   James's
                   Health
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   use
                   to
                   Drink
                   Healths
                   ,
                   I
                   came
                   here
                   only
                   to
                   do
                   an
                   Office
                   of
                   Justice
                   and
                   Kindness
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   to
                   testifie
                   about
                   his
                   Religion
                   and
                   Conversation
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   answer
                   the
                   Question
                   ,
                   Did
                   you
                   ever
                   see
                   him
                   drink
                   K.
                   
                   James's
                   Health
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   cannot
                   remember
                   I
                   ever
                   did
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury-M
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   King
                   William
                   and
                   Queen
                   Mary
                   Pray'd
                   for
                   in
                   those
                   Prayers
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   cannot
                   say
                   they
                   were
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Just
                   .
                   Eyres
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   the
                   Jury-M
                   .
                   Question
                   was
                   ,
                   whether
                   King
                   William
                   and
                   Queen
                   Mary
                   were
                   Pray'd
                   for
                   ?
                   and
                   whether
                   the
                   Prayers
                   were
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   now
                   altered
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   say
                   I
                   don't
                   remember
                   there
                   was
                   any
                   Names
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Prayers
                   are
                   now
                   altered
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   's
                   very
                   well
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   neither
                   read
                   the
                   Prayers
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   nor
                   Administer
                   the
                   Communion
                   at
                   that
                   time
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   you
                   were
                   not
                   at
                   the
                   Prayers
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   now
                   altered
                   ,
                   I
                   perceive
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   ,
                   several
                   times
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Not
                   with
                   that
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   have
                   been
                   an
                   hundred
                   times
                   at
                   the
                   Prayers
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   now
                   altered
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   desire
                   Dr.
                   Lake
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   there
                   upon
                   the
                   Bench
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   may
                   be
                   asked
                   what
                   he
                   knows
                   of
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ser.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   I
                   have
                   one
                   question
                   to
                   ask
                   of
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   before
                   he
                   goes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   will
                   you
                   ask
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   would
                   ask
                   you
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   one
                   question
                   ,
                   Have
                   you
                   taken
                   the
                   Oaths
                   to
                   this
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   not
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   that
                   's
                   my
                   Unhappiness
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   know
                   how
                   to
                   submit
                   and
                   live
                   peaceably
                   under
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   there
                   is
                   one
                   Dr.
                   Lake
                   that
                   has
                   taken
                   them
                   ,
                   he
                   'll
                   give
                   you
                   an
                   account
                   what
                   he
                   knows
                   of
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   any
                   one
                   can
                   say
                   I
                   have
                   done
                   or
                   acted
                   any
                   thing
                   against
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   readily
                   submit
                   to
                   be
                   punished
                   for
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   Dr.
                   Lake
                   ,
                   what
                   say
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Lake
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   known
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   above
                   these
                   sixteen
                   Years
                   ,
                   we
                   liv'd
                   together
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Family
                   several
                   of
                   them
                   ;
                   I
                   always
                   observed
                   him
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Person
                   of
                   exemplary
                   Piety
                   and
                   singular
                   Devotion
                   ;
                   he
                   duly
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   Prayers
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   twice
                   a
                   day
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   the
                   Sacrament
                   once
                   a
                   Month
                   ;
                   he
                   has
                   taken
                   occasion
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   know
                   several
                   times
                   ,
                   both
                   at
                   St.
                   
                   James's
                   and
                   at
                   Edinburgh
                   ,
                   to
                   testifie
                   his
                   Zeal
                   against
                   Popery
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   am
                   apt
                   to
                   think
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   has
                   suffered
                   sometimes
                   for
                   doing
                   so
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Dr.
                   Bursh
                   ,
                   Pray
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   my
                   Religion
                   ,
                   I
                   beg
                   you
                   to
                   give
                   an
                   account
                   what
                   you
                   know
                   of
                   me
                   ,
                   particularly
                   something
                   you
                   may
                   remember
                   of
                   me
                   ,
                   of
                   my
                   perhaps
                   over-heat
                   against
                   Popery
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Bursh
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   long
                   known
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   ,
                   and
                   till
                   within
                   these
                   two
                   years
                   frequently
                   conversed
                   with
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   while
                   I
                   did
                   so
                   ,
                   I
                   believed
                   him
                   a
                   good
                   Protestant
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   have
                   so
                   many
                   Instances
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   particularly
                   before
                   some
                   upon
                   whom
                   his
                   Fortune
                   depended
                   ;
                   but
                   as
                   to
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   late
                   ,
                   I
                   can
                   say
                   nothing
                   ,
                   because
                   our
                   Conversation
                   has
                   ceased
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Dr.
                   Bursh
                   ,
                   have
                   you
                   known
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Conversation
                   for
                   two
                   years
                   past
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   Bursh
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   Sir.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Have
                   you
                   any
                   thing
                   more
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   nothing
                   more
                   ,
                   unless
                   your
                   Lordship
                   desire
                   any
                   thing
                   more
                   of
                   this
                   Nature
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Call
                   whom
                   you
                   will.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Here
                   is
                   one
                   Mr.
                   Tomlinson
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Come
                   ,
                   what
                   say
                   you
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Tomlinson
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   waited
                   upon
                   Major
                   Gen.
                   Worden
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   Sick
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   read
                   the
                   Prayers
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   a
                   constant
                   Attender
                   upon
                   the
                   Publick
                   Prayers
                   at
                   the
                   Visitation
                   of
                   the
                   Sick
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   very
                   Devout
                   ;
                   that
                   's
                   all
                   I
                   can
                   say
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   When
                   was
                   this
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Tomlinson
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Sickness
                   of
                   Major
                   Gen.
                   Worden
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   How
                   long
                   ago
                   was
                   that
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Tomlinson
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   about
                   half
                   a
                   year
                   ago
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Were
                   those
                   Prayers
                   as
                   they
                   are
                   altered
                   now
                   or
                   not
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Tomlinson
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   only
                   the
                   Visitation
                   of
                   the
                   Sick
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Collect
                   for
                   the
                   Morning
                   and
                   Collect
                   for
                   the
                   Evening
                   ,
                   because
                   the
                   General
                   's
                   Sickness
                   was
                   such
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   could
                   not
                   bear
                   long
                   Prayers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   have
                   you
                   been
                   acquainted
                   with
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   any
                   time
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Tomlinson
                   .
                
                 
                   About
                   eight
                   Months
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Have
                   you
                   any
                   more
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   I
                   would
                   have
                   you
                   to
                   answer
                   me
                   this
                   one
                   thing
                   ;
                   why
                   were
                   you
                   so
                   desirous
                   ,
                   and
                   used
                   such
                   Importunity
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Papers
                   should
                   be
                   thrown
                   over
                   Board
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   a
                   Point
                   I
                   ought
                   to
                   have
                   spoke
                   to
                   ,
                   to
                   clear
                   my self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   It
                   seems
                   material
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   have
                   it
                   forgot
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   can
                   answer
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   humbly
                   thank
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   and
                   whatsoe'er
                   my
                   Fate
                   is
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   but
                   own
                   I
                   have
                   had
                   a
                   fair
                   Tryal
                   for
                   my
                   Life
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   thank
                   your
                   Lordship
                   for
                   putting
                   me
                   in
                   mind
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   take
                   this
                   other
                   thing
                   with
                   it
                   ,
                   why
                   did
                   you
                   desire
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   to
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   you
                   where
                   you
                   were
                   going
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   has
                   Sworn
                   it
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   did
                   so
                   ,
                   but
                   as
                   I
                   hope
                   for
                   Salvation
                   ,
                   if
                   I
                   were
                   to
                   dye
                   immediately
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   know
                   that
                   I
                   spoke
                   to
                   him
                   of
                   any
                   such
                   thing
                   ;
                   how
                   was
                   it
                   possible
                   that
                   I
                   should
                   prevail
                   with
                   him
                   ?
                   or
                   how
                   was
                   it
                   likely
                   that
                   I
                   should
                   force
                   him
                   to
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   us
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   had
                   about
                   twelve
                   or
                   fourteen
                   Men
                   with
                   him
                   Armed
                   ,
                   and
                   we
                   unarm'd
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Nay
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   Forcing
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   but
                   Perswading
                   him
                   to
                   go
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   know
                   any
                   thing
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   'll
                   assure
                   you
                   ;
                   but
                   as
                   for
                   endeavouring
                   to
                   perswade
                   him
                   to
                   throw
                   the
                   Packet
                   over-board
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   own
                   I
                   did
                   endeavour
                   to
                   perswade
                   him
                   to
                   it
                   ;
                   and
                   I
                   do
                   presume
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   body
                   in
                   Court
                   ,
                   that
                   had
                   been
                   engaged
                   with
                   a
                   Person
                   so
                   Unfortunate
                   ,
                   that
                   would
                   not
                   have
                   done
                   the
                   same
                   thing
                   for
                   any
                   common
                   Friend
                   ,
                   not
                   knowing
                   what
                   the
                   Contents
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   were
                   ,
                   seeing
                   them
                   in
                   that
                   Posture
                   ,
                   especially
                   when
                   I
                   saw
                   some
                   body
                   else
                   so
                   near
                   me
                   ,
                   so
                   uneasie
                   and
                   concern'd
                   to
                   have
                   them
                   seen
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   there
                   's
                   another
                   thing
                   which
                   you
                   open'd
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   would
                   have
                   you
                   prove
                   ;
                   you
                   say
                   you
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   upon
                   the
                   Affairs
                   of
                   Col.
                   
                   Worden's
                   Family
                   ;
                   first
                   you
                   say
                   Col.
                   Worden
                   had
                   a
                   great
                   account
                   to
                   make
                   up
                   ;
                   how
                   will
                   you
                   make
                   that
                   out
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   if
                   your
                   Lordship
                   please
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   prove
                   here
                   in
                   Court
                   ,
                   though
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   sort
                   of
                   surprize
                   upon
                   me
                   ;
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   great
                   Account
                   depending
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   I
                   may
                   appeal
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Sollicitor
                   himself
                   ,
                   who
                   knows
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   a
                   Petition
                   in
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Commons
                   ,
                   now
                   depending
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   Queens
                   Tradesmen
                   and
                   Debtors
                   ,
                   whom
                   she
                   owed
                   68000
                   l.
                   she
                   did
                   Assign
                   the
                   Arrears
                   of
                   some
                   growing
                   Rents
                   for
                   the
                   Satisfaction
                   of
                   this
                   Debt
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Government
                   have
                   not
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   let
                   it
                   be
                   applied
                   to
                   her
                   use
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   the
                   paying
                   of
                   those
                   Debts
                   she
                   assign'd
                   it
                   to
                   .
                   Nay
                   it
                   has
                   gone
                   further
                   ,
                   I
                   can
                   appeal
                   to
                   several
                   Persons
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   one
                   Man
                   by
                   chance
                   in
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   believe
                   does
                   know
                   that
                   I
                   promised
                   and
                   engaged
                   ,
                   and
                   actually
                   have
                   paid
                   a
                   great
                   part
                   of
                   this
                   Debt
                   ;
                   for
                   believing
                   that
                   the
                   Money
                   was
                   good
                   upon
                   the
                   Assignment
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   actually
                   paid
                   some
                   of
                   these
                   Men
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   own
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   and
                   perhaps
                   more
                   than
                   became
                   me
                   to
                   venture
                   ;
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   may
                   very
                   well
                   call
                   my
                   Discretion
                   into
                   question
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   will
                   you
                   have
                   called
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   here
                   is
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   ,
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   That
                   the
                   late
                   Queen
                   does
                   owe
                   People
                   Mony
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   believe
                   is
                   true
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   give
                   the
                   Court
                   an
                   account
                   ,
                   whether
                   there
                   is
                   any
                   Money
                   due
                   from
                   the
                   Queen
                   to
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lords
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   a
                   Debt
                   due
                   to
                   me
                   from
                   the
                   late
                   Queen
                   ,
                   as
                   her
                   Coach-Harness-maker
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   470
                   l.
                   or
                   something
                   thereabouts
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   has
                   paid
                   me
                   part
                   of
                   this
                   Debt
                   ;
                   this
                   I
                   do
                   own
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ser.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   how
                   long
                   have
                   you
                   been
                   acquainted
                   with
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   A
                   dozen
                   years
                   ,
                   Sir.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ser.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Have
                   you
                   had
                   any
                   Intimacy
                   with
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   and
                   I
                   have
                   been
                   very
                   well
                   acquainted
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Have
                   you
                   seen
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   write
                   at
                   any
                   time
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   I
                   have
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Do
                   you
                   know
                   his
                   Hand
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   I
                   do
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   how
                   came
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   to
                   pay
                   you
                   that
                   part
                   of
                   your
                   Money
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   press'd
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   told
                   him
                   my
                   Necessities
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   did
                   advance
                   me
                   this
                   Money
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   How
                   much
                   did
                   he
                   advance
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   Almost
                   400
                   l.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   was
                   it
                   he
                   paid
                   it
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   Almost
                   a
                   Year
                   ago
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Did
                   he
                   pay
                   it
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Pocket
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   believe
                   so
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   believe
                   so
                   ;
                   or
                   was
                   it
                   Money
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   returned
                   to
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   believe
                   it
                   was
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Why
                   do
                   you
                   believe
                   so
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   Truly
                   I
                   believe
                   it
                   was
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Pocket
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   who
                   was
                   to
                   repay
                   him
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   About
                   that
                   very
                   time
                   we
                   were
                   Petitioning
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Commons
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   might
                   have
                   our
                   Debts
                   secured
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   Money
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Arrears
                   of
                   Rents
                   due
                   to
                   the
                   late
                   Queen
                   ,
                   according
                   to
                   her
                   Assignment
                   ;
                   and
                   we
                   so
                   far
                   press'd
                   the
                   matter
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Clause
                   inserted
                   into
                   the
                   Bill
                   for
                   the
                   securing
                   of
                   our
                   Debt
                   ;
                   but
                   upon
                   the
                   next
                   day
                   ,
                   or
                   the
                   day
                   following
                   ,
                   the
                   Parliament
                   was
                   Prorogu'd
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Which
                   way
                   did
                   he
                   expect
                   to
                   be
                   repaid
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   'll
                   tell
                   you
                   which
                   way
                   ,
                   I
                   suppose
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexf
                   .
                
                 
                   Did
                   he
                   not
                   tell
                   you
                   which
                   way
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spald
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   he
                   never
                   told
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   did
                   you
                   never
                   tell
                   him
                   how
                   you
                   should
                   be
                   repaid
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   hoped
                   to
                   be
                   repaid
                   ,
                   and
                   concluded
                   I
                   should
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Arrears
                   of
                   Rent
                   in
                   the
                   Tenants
                   Hands
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   you
                   were
                   very
                   kind
                   to
                   pay
                   Money
                   out
                   of
                   your
                   own
                   Pocket
                   upon
                   such
                   Hopes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serj.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Sir
                   will
                   you
                   look
                   upon
                   that
                   Paper
                   ;
                   do
                   you
                   know
                   the
                   Hand
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Spalding
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   suppose
                   he
                   did
                   compound
                   with
                   you
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   does
                   shew
                   an
                   extraordinary
                   kindness
                   towards
                   some
                   sort
                   of
                   People
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   he
                   Discounted
                   the
                   Interest
                   to
                   the
                   time
                   that
                   we
                   reckoned
                   it
                   would
                   be
                   paid
                   ,
                   you
                   know
                   that
                   Prejudice
                   would
                   be
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   me
                   ;
                   it
                   may
                   indeed
                   prove
                   a
                   Prejudice
                   at
                   last
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   Debt
                   be
                   not
                   paid
                   ,
                   because
                   the
                   Receipt
                   is
                   Conditional
                   ;
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   allowed
                   him
                   ,
                   she
                   shall
                   Discount
                   to
                   me
                   again
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Was
                   there
                   no
                   Money
                   return'd
                   over
                   from
                   the
                   Queen
                   ,
                   K.
                   
                   Jame's
                   Q
                   —
                   n
                   that
                   was
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   my
                   Lord
                   directly
                   nor
                   indirectly
                   ,
                   not
                   one
                   Penny
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   they
                   are
                   not
                   in
                   a
                   Condition
                   to
                   return
                   Money
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Well
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   what
                   have
                   you
                   more
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   nothing
                   more
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   I
                   submit
                   my
                   Cause
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexf
                   .
                
                 
                   Look
                   you
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   some
                   things
                   that
                   you
                   have
                   mentioned
                   :
                   First
                   ,
                   there
                   's
                   no
                   body
                   questions
                   but
                   you
                   are
                   a
                   Protestant
                   ;
                   nay
                   ,
                   as
                   far
                   as
                   I
                   discern
                   ,
                   so
                   they
                   are
                   all
                   that
                   are
                   concern'd
                   in
                   this
                   Matter
                   .
                   The
                   whole
                   design
                   shows
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   all
                   so
                   careful
                   of
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   design
                   to
                   restore
                   and
                   establish
                   it
                   by
                   the
                   King
                   of
                   France
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   it
                   appears
                   they
                   are
                   all
                   Protestants
                   concern'd
                   in
                   this
                   Project
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   it
                   that
                   proposes
                   that
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   carrying
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   them
                   read
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   hope
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   no
                   doubtful
                   Insinuations
                   or
                   Suggestions
                   are
                   to
                   effect
                   me
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   a
                   Gentleman
                   that
                   was
                   called
                   to
                   by
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   ,
                   he
                   knows
                   his
                   Hand
                   ;
                   pray
                   Dr.
                   Fitz-Williams
                   look
                   upon
                   that
                   Paper
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   been
                   acquainted
                   with
                   him
                   many
                   years
                   ,
                   do
                   you
                   know
                   his
                   Hand
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Dr.
                   F.
                   Williams
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   Sir
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   know
                   his
                   hand
                   ,
                   I
                   never
                   did
                   see
                   him
                   write
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   say
                   I
                   ever
                   received
                   a
                   Letter
                   from
                   him
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   entirely
                   submit
                   my
                   Cause
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Then
                   you
                   have
                   done
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Just
                   .
                   Eyres
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   because
                   you
                   cannot
                   reply
                   again
                   upon
                   my
                   Lord
                   Chief
                   Justice
                   ,
                   after
                   he
                   has
                   summed
                   up
                   the
                   Evidence
                   .
                   There
                   's
                   another
                   thing
                   that
                   I
                   would
                   put
                   you
                   in
                   mind
                   of
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   may
                   give
                   an
                   Answer
                   to
                   it
                   .
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   swears
                   before
                   the
                   Papers
                   were
                   found
                   upon
                   you
                   (
                   and
                   it
                   seems
                   to
                   stick
                   upon
                   you
                   )
                   when
                   he
                   was
                   informed
                   by
                   the
                   Sea-men
                   ,
                   that
                   you
                   had
                   put
                   something
                   in
                   your
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   ask'd
                   you
                   what
                   it
                   was
                   ,
                   you
                   said
                   nothing
                   but
                   your
                   Handkerchief
                   ?
                   Now
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   knew
                   not
                   what
                   was
                   in
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   how
                   came
                   you
                   to
                   deny
                   you
                   had
                   any
                   thing
                   in
                   your
                   Bosom
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   For
                   the
                   same
                   Reason
                   that
                   I
                   would
                   have
                   endeavoured
                   to
                   have
                   had
                   them
                   thrown
                   over-board
                   ,
                   out
                   of
                   kindness
                   to
                   the
                   Person
                   with
                   whom
                   I
                   hapned
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Consider
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   what
                   a
                   strange
                   many
                   of
                   things
                   you
                   run
                   upon
                   :
                   First
                   ,
                   you
                   would
                   have
                   it
                   believed
                   ,
                   That
                   you
                   had
                   a
                   mind
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   upon
                   your
                   own
                   account
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   do
                   own
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Next
                   then
                   ,
                   That
                   you
                   hired
                   a
                   Vessel
                   for
                   you
                   and
                   Ellyott
                   .
                   Why
                   would
                   you
                   have
                   Ellyott
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   you
                   into
                   France
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   have
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   desired
                   the
                   Favour
                   of
                   going
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Who
                   desired
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   to
                   go
                   ,
                   or
                   did
                   he
                   desire
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   had
                   not
                   seen
                   Mr.
                   Ellyott
                   of
                   Three
                   Months
                   before
                   I
                   went
                   into
                   the
                   City
                   to
                   hire
                   the
                   Boat.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Why
                   would
                   you
                   have
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   go
                   with
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   Why
                   would
                   I
                   have
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   go
                   with
                   me
                   ?
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   hop'd
                   to
                   have
                   got
                   my
                   Passage
                   free
                   with
                   a
                   Person
                   of
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Quality
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Then
                   you
                   hired
                   this
                   Vessel
                   for
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   No
                   my
                   Lord.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Was
                   it
                   my
                   Lord's
                   Money
                   or
                   your
                   own
                   that
                   you
                   paid
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   The
                   Money
                   I
                   paid
                   ,
                   but
                   how
                   I
                   should
                   be
                   repaid
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Would
                   you
                   for
                   your
                   own
                   Convenience
                   pay
                   a
                   Hundred
                   Pounds
                   for
                   a
                   Boat
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   hope
                   to
                   get
                   your
                   Passage
                   free
                   by
                   taking
                   in
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   Truly
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   how
                   it
                   would
                   have
                   been
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   utmost
                   ,
                   we
                   could
                   but
                   have
                   paid
                   our
                   share
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   you
                   can
                   tell
                   me
                   if
                   you
                   will
                   ,
                   I
                   ask
                   you
                   ,
                   how
                   it
                   was
                   agreed
                   among
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   Truly
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   hope
                   to
                   be
                   saved
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   tell
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Then
                   there
                   is
                   another
                   thing
                   ,
                   why
                   did
                   you
                   desire
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Sea-men
                   to
                   say
                   ,
                   That
                   you
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   Flanders
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   give
                   him
                   Half
                   a
                   Crown
                   to
                   say
                   so
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   presume
                   your
                   Lordship
                   knows
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   Fault
                   ,
                   though
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   a
                   Treasonable
                   Fault
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   Truth
                   is
                   the
                   thing
                   that
                   we
                   are
                   enquiring
                   after
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   the
                   thing
                   we
                   would
                   have
                   prevail
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   hope
                   shall
                   in
                   all
                   Cases
                   :
                   If
                   you
                   are
                   not
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   we
                   hope
                   it
                   will
                   prevail
                   of
                   your
                   side
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   are
                   guilty
                   we
                   hope
                   it
                   will
                   prevail
                   on
                   the
                   other
                   side
                   .
                   Now
                   how
                   likely
                   is
                   it
                   that
                   you
                   should
                   get
                   into
                   this
                   same
                   Company
                   by
                   chance
                   without
                   a
                   Previous
                   Agreement
                   ;
                   you
                   sent
                   something
                   from
                   
                   Burdet's
                   ,
                   a
                   Hamper
                   and
                   a
                   Trunk
                   ,
                   and
                   afterwards
                   some
                   other
                   things
                   went
                   from
                   
                   Rigby's
                   ,
                   who
                   is
                   your
                   Father-in-Law
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   There
                   was
                   nothing
                   at
                   all
                   carried
                   from
                   Mr.
                   Rigby's
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Yes
                   ,
                   the
                   Leather
                   Bag
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   ,
                   but
                   another
                   thing
                   is
                   this
                   ,
                   That
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   possible
                   you
                   will
                   do
                   well
                   to
                   give
                   an
                   answer
                   to
                   ,
                   why
                   did
                   you
                   enquire
                   for
                   a
                   hiding
                   Place
                   ?
                   Why
                   did
                   you
                   ask
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Ship
                   whether
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   convenient
                   Place
                   to
                   hide
                   in
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   As
                   to
                   that
                   Matter
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   heard
                   of
                   diverse
                   People
                   ,
                   that
                   actually
                   had
                   Passes
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   going
                   to
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   yet
                   were
                   stopp'd
                   and
                   brought
                   to
                   Town
                   again
                   .
                   I
                   believe
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   has
                   bail'd
                   many
                   a
                   One
                   ,
                   and
                   your
                   Lordship
                   knows
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   so
                   ,
                   and
                   has
                   bailed
                   many
                   your self
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   had
                   great
                   reason
                   upon
                   that
                   account
                   to
                   endeavour
                   secrecy
                   as
                   much
                   as
                   I
                   could
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Polexfen
                   ,
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   remember
                   ,
                   you
                   said
                   your self
                   you
                   were
                   once
                   before
                   a
                   going
                   over
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   the
                   Misfortune
                   to
                   be
                   stopt
                   ,
                   now
                   to
                   venture
                   the
                   Second
                   time
                   without
                   a
                   Pass
                   ,
                   was
                   something
                   strange
                   ,
                   why
                   had
                   you
                   not
                   gone
                   and
                   applied
                   your self
                   to
                   the
                   Secretary
                   for
                   a
                   Pass
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   had
                   made
                   all
                   the
                   Application
                   ,
                   I
                   could
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   I
                   cannot
                   say
                   in
                   my
                   own
                   Name
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   was
                   sure
                   before
                   hand
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   be
                   denied
                   ;
                   but
                   I
                   did
                   by
                   other
                   hands
                   endeavour
                   to
                   have
                   got
                   a
                   Pass
                   to
                   have
                   gone
                   into
                   Flanders
                   ,
                   because
                   it
                   was
                   of
                   extraordinary
                   consequence
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   tell
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   to
                   go
                   quickly
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   had
                   such
                   an
                   occasion
                   to
                   go
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   made
                   it
                   out
                   to
                   the
                   Secretary
                   ,
                   and
                   given
                   Security
                   ,
                   you
                   might
                   have
                   got
                   it
                   sure
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   ,
                
                 
                   One
                   word
                   further
                   ,
                   Why
                   should
                   you
                   be
                   so
                   much
                   concerned
                   to
                   have
                   these
                   Papers
                   thrown
                   Over-board
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   Perfectly
                   out
                   of
                   Friendship
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   I
                   been
                   Travelling
                   with
                   your
                   Lordship
                   or
                   any
                   Man
                   else
                   that
                   had
                   been
                   so
                   unfortunate
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   have
                   done
                   the
                   same
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   Have
                   you
                   any
                   more
                   to
                   say
                   for
                   your self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Tremain
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   call
                   what
                   Witnesses
                   you
                   will
                   ,
                   and
                   speak
                   as
                   long
                   as
                   you
                   will
                   for
                   your self
                   ,
                   you
                   shall
                   be
                   heard
                   at
                   large
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Serjeant
                   ,
                   I
                   thank
                   you
                   heartily
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   no
                   more
                   to
                   say
                   at
                   present
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   the
                   King's
                   Council
                   desire
                   to
                   speak
                   a
                   Word
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   May
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   :
                   It
                   falls
                   out
                   to
                   be
                   my
                   Duty
                   to
                   Sum
                   up
                   the
                   Evidence
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   given
                   ,
                   I
                   opened
                   the
                   Cause
                   at
                   the
                   beginning
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   opened
                   it
                   at
                   large
                   ,
                   and
                   many
                   Particulars
                   there
                   were
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   and
                   truly
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   think
                   we
                   have
                   failed
                   in
                   the
                   Proof
                   of
                   any
                   one
                   ;
                   I
                   know
                   you
                   are
                   Men
                   of
                   that
                   Observation
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   need
                   not
                   ,
                   nor
                   shall
                   take
                   upon
                   me
                   to
                   repeat
                   all
                   the
                   Particular
                   Circumstances
                   ,
                   but
                   as
                   near
                   as
                   I
                   can
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   touch
                   upon
                   the
                   Heads
                   of
                   the
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   and
                   do
                   it
                   with
                   as
                   equal
                   regard
                   to
                   my
                   Duty
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   much
                   tenderness
                   to
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   as
                   any
                   one
                   can
                   do
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   In
                   the
                   First
                   place
                   ,
                   you
                   see
                   what
                   the
                   Indictment
                   is
                   for
                   ;
                   't
                   is
                   for
                   a
                   High-Treason
                   of
                   a
                   very
                   Great
                   Nature
                   ,
                   no
                   less
                   then
                   the
                   Deposing
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   and
                   Subverting
                   this
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   by
                   a
                   French
                   Power
                   and
                   Interest
                   :
                   If
                   Inviting
                   an
                   Invasion
                   ,
                   and
                   giving
                   an
                   Account
                   of
                   the
                   Weakness
                   ,
                   and
                   where
                   the
                   Strength
                   of
                   the
                   Government
                   lay
                   ,
                   carrying
                   Papers
                   to
                   Sollicite
                   the
                   French
                   to
                   come
                   and
                   to
                   incite
                   this
                   Nation
                   into
                   Rebellion
                   ,
                   that
                   so
                   they
                   might
                   depose
                   this
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   set
                   up
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   James
                   again
                   .
                   If
                   these
                   be
                   High-Treason
                   ,
                   as
                   doubtless
                   they
                   are
                   ,
                   then
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   how
                   far
                   forth
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   had
                   a
                   share
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   refer
                   to
                   you
                   from
                   what
                   we
                   have
                   proved
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   is
                   the
                   Man
                   ,
                   it
                   seems
                   ,
                   that
                   made
                   the
                   first
                   step
                   ,
                   for
                   you
                   may
                   remember
                   it
                   was
                   proved
                   that
                   he
                   met
                   this
                   Woman
                   at
                   Burdet's
                   in
                   the
                   City
                   ,
                   for
                   the
                   hiring
                   of
                   this
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   Two
                   or
                   Three
                   Meetings
                   more
                   ,
                   they
                   come
                   to
                   a
                   Conclusion
                   ,
                   and
                   93
                   Guinies
                   and
                   Six
                   Pence
                   are
                   deposited
                   to
                   make
                   up
                   a
                   100
                   l.
                   which
                   was
                   the
                   Price
                   agreed
                   upon
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   was
                   actually
                   paid
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   this
                   is
                   Sworn
                   to
                   be
                   so
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   next
                   thing
                   is
                   ,
                   to
                   what
                   purpose
                   this
                   Money
                   was
                   paid
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Ship
                   hired
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   directly
                   Sworn
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   carry
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Two
                   or
                   Three
                   more
                   of
                   his
                   Friends
                   ,
                   not
                   naming
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   says
                   ,
                   to
                   any
                   Port
                   in
                   France
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   not
                   directly
                   declared
                   to
                   what
                   Part.
                   This
                   I
                   say
                   was
                   the
                   purpose
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   the
                   Money
                   was
                   paid
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Vessel
                   hired
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   was
                   to
                   carry
                   you
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Two
                   or
                   Three
                   more
                   Friends
                   of
                   his
                   into
                   France
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ellyott
                   afterwards
                   did
                   meet
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   think
                   was
                   by
                   at
                   the
                   Bargain
                   making
                   ,
                   or
                   at
                   leastwise
                   ,
                   when
                   the
                   Money
                   is
                   paid
                   ,
                   I
                   will
                   not
                   be
                   positive
                   in
                   that
                   ,
                   because
                   I
                   would
                   do
                   him
                   no
                   wrong
                   ,
                   he
                   being
                   to
                   make
                   his
                   Defence
                   hereafter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   not
                   by
                   ,
                   I
                   made
                   the
                   Bargain
                   my self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   afterwards
                   I
                   remember
                   one
                   Circumstance
                   when
                   he
                   hired
                   this
                   Ship
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   hire
                   a
                   Ship
                   that
                   had
                   a
                   Place
                   to
                   hide
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   he
                   must
                   needs
                   know
                   upon
                   what
                   Design
                   ,
                   I
                   say
                   ,
                   by
                   that
                   he
                   must
                   needs
                   know
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Matter
                   of
                   great
                   Moment
                   which
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   transact
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   have
                   such
                   a
                   Ship
                   as
                   he
                   might
                   hide
                   in
                   .
                
                 
                   After
                   this
                   Ship
                   was
                   hired
                   then
                   they
                   met
                   in
                   Covent-Garden
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   they
                   take
                   Order
                   with
                   the
                   Man
                   to
                   go
                   down
                   with
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   Stairs
                   ,
                   where
                   the
                   Water-men
                   was
                   called
                   ,
                   indeed
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   did
                   part
                   from
                   them
                   in
                   the
                   Way
                   ,
                   but
                   presently
                   after
                   came
                   to
                   them
                   at
                   the
                   Stairs
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   came
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   and
                   his
                   Man
                   ,
                   who
                   together
                   with
                   Ellyott
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   there
                   before
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   before
                   ,
                   all
                   Embark't
                   in
                   the
                   Boat
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   carried
                   to
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   made
                   all
                   the
                   hast
                   away
                   they
                   could
                   for
                   France
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   they
                   were
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   came
                   to
                   a
                   Place
                   of
                   Danger
                   ,
                   near
                   a
                   Ship
                   of
                   War
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   care
                   taken
                   ,
                   according
                   as
                   they
                   had
                   enquired
                   of
                   the
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Ship
                   before
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   be
                   hid
                   ,
                   and
                   hid
                   they
                   were
                   .
                
                 
                   Afterwards
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   past
                   that
                   Danger
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   came
                   to
                   the
                   Block-House
                   at
                   Graves-end
                   ,
                   there
                   they
                   thought
                   fit
                   to
                   hide
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   so
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   they
                   concealed
                   themselves
                   ,
                   till
                   they
                   were
                   surprized
                   in
                   that
                   Place
                   by
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   after
                   such
                   time
                   as
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   had
                   surprized
                   them
                   ,
                   he
                   tells
                   you
                   ,
                   how
                   he
                   came
                   down
                   after
                   this
                   Smack
                   ,
                   you
                   see
                   what
                   happened
                   ;
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   first
                   came
                   up
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   he
                   had
                   Search'd
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                     Preston
                     ,
                     Ellyott
                  
                   came
                   up
                   and
                   he
                   was
                   searcht
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   once
                   come
                   up
                   ,
                   he
                   went
                   down
                   to
                   fetch
                   his
                   Hat
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   was
                   seen
                   to
                   take
                   up
                   this
                   Bundel
                   of
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   the
                   Papers
                   upon
                   search
                   were
                   found
                   in
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Breast
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   being
                   so
                   found
                   in
                   his
                   Breast
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   what
                   applications
                   were
                   made
                   by
                   this
                   Gentleman
                   ,
                   to
                   get
                   these
                   Papers
                   cast
                   Over-board
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   Promises
                   were
                   made
                   to
                   the
                   Captain
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   likelihood
                   there
                   was
                   of
                   making
                   his
                   Fortune
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   would
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   them
                   or
                   throw
                   away
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   hear
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   that
                   after
                   they
                   came
                   to
                   White-hall
                   ,
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Men
                   Swear
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   Gentleman
                   gave
                   them
                   Money
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   should
                   say
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   hired
                   for
                   France
                   ;
                   but
                   for
                   Flanders
                   .
                
                 
                   These
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   are
                   the
                   several
                   Circumstances
                   that
                   do
                   appear
                   in
                   this
                   Case
                   ,
                   which
                   shew
                   the
                   mighty
                   care
                   and
                   dilligence
                   that
                   was
                   used
                   to
                   get
                   those
                   Papers
                   suppressed
                   that
                   had
                   been
                   thus
                   taken
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   get
                   them
                   again
                   into
                   their
                   own
                   Custody
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   a
                   Matter
                   that
                   shews
                   how
                   far
                   this
                   Gentleman
                   was
                   concerned
                   in
                   this
                   Design
                   ,
                   and
                   taking
                   all
                   these
                   things
                   together
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   there
                   can
                   no
                   greater
                   Evidence
                   be
                   given
                   ,
                   that
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   in
                   this
                   contrivance
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   concerned
                   in
                   the
                   Message
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   sent
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   this
                   business
                   that
                   was
                   thus
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   ,
                   was
                   as
                   much
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   as
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   who
                   now
                   stands
                   convicted
                   for
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   the
                   Court
                   will
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   there
                   are
                   no
                   accessorys
                   ,
                   in
                   Treason
                   ,
                   all
                   are
                   Principals
                   ,
                   though
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   actually
                   proved
                   ,
                   that
                   this
                   Gentleman
                   did
                   not
                   know
                   all
                   these
                   Papers
                   what
                   they
                   were
                   ,
                   yet
                   in
                   Case
                   he
                   hired
                   a
                   Ship
                   for
                   himself
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Lord
                   ,
                   whose
                   Papers
                   they
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   take
                   such
                   notice
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   as
                   to
                   take
                   care
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   to
                   suppress
                   and
                   conceal
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   an
                   Evidence
                   of
                   his
                   knowledge
                   of
                   the
                   Importance
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   so
                   ;
                   he
                   will
                   be
                   equally
                   Guilty
                   of
                   the
                   High-Treason
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   doubt
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   willingly
                   press
                   any
                   thing
                   further
                   ,
                   then
                   the
                   Nature
                   of
                   the
                   thing
                   will
                   bear
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Pray
                   go
                   on
                   ,
                   Brother
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   only
                   talking
                   among
                   our selves
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   S.
                   Thompson
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   next
                   thing
                   is
                   this
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   considered
                   ,
                   that
                   after
                   such
                   time
                   as
                   these
                   Papers
                   came
                   to
                   be
                   laid
                   open
                   ,
                   what
                   is
                   it
                   that
                   appear
                   among
                   them
                   ?
                   Truly
                   I
                   shall
                   not
                   take
                   upon
                   me
                   to
                   repeat
                   so
                   much
                   as
                   the
                   substance
                   ,
                   much
                   less
                   the
                   Particulars
                   of
                   the
                   several
                   Papers
                   ,
                   but
                   ,
                   〈◊〉
                   must
                   say
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   does
                   appear
                   to
                   be
                   a
                   Formed
                   Design
                   of
                   Subverting
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   of
                   deposing
                   this
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   bringing
                   us
                   all
                   into
                   War
                   and
                   Rebellion
                   and
                   Blood-shed
                   ,
                   all
                   this
                   under
                   a
                   pretence
                   of
                   Establishing
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   Legal
                   Government
                   again
                   (
                   tho
                   I
                   can
                   see
                   no
                   means
                   they
                   had
                   to
                   depend
                   upon
                   for
                   it
                   )
                   but
                   by
                   a
                   Popish
                   Interest
                   and
                   a
                   French
                   Power
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   far
                   that
                   is
                   possible
                   or
                   probable
                   to
                   promote
                   such
                   an
                   end
                   by
                   such
                   means
                   ,
                   I
                   leave
                   to
                   your
                   consideration
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   all
                   the
                   Particular
                   Papers
                   read
                   ,
                   here
                   was
                   the
                   Resolution
                   of
                   a
                   Consult
                   ▪
                   and
                   Conference
                   ,
                   where
                   this
                   Project
                   was
                   designed
                   ,
                   here
                   were
                   Heads
                   of
                   a
                   Declaration
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   framed
                   to
                   make
                   the
                   Credulous
                   believe
                   ,
                   what
                   mighty
                   things
                   should
                   be
                   done
                   upon
                   their
                   New
                   Revolution
                   ,
                   you
                   see
                   ,
                   what
                   Letters
                   have
                   been
                   produced
                   ,
                   and
                   cannot
                   but
                   easily
                   apprehend
                   what
                   is
                   the
                   Import
                   and
                   Meaning
                   of
                   them
                   .
                   I
                   resolve
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   said
                   ,
                   not
                   to
                   mention
                   the
                   Particulars
                   ,
                   but
                   there
                   is
                   scarce
                   One
                   Line
                   among
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   what
                   is
                   Treason
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   all
                   tends
                   to
                   this
                   Purpose
                   and
                   Design
                   ,
                   to
                   depose
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   alter
                   the
                   Present
                   Government
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Now
                   upon
                   the
                   whole
                   Matter
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   what
                   this
                   Gentleman
                   has
                   said
                   ,
                   I
                   confess
                   to
                   me
                   seems
                   strange
                   ,
                   he
                   said
                   indeed
                   at
                   first
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   no
                   Defence
                   at
                   all
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   which
                   was
                   very
                   weak
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   it
                   should
                   seem
                   ,
                   the
                   Truth
                   was
                   ,
                   for
                   you
                   see
                   what
                   his
                   Defence
                   has
                   been
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   says
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   went
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   owns
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   going
                   thither
                   ,
                   but
                   what
                   was
                   it
                   to
                   do
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   to
                   settle
                   some
                   Accounts
                   with
                   the
                   Family
                   of
                   Collonel
                   Worden
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   receive
                   a
                   Sum
                   of
                   Money
                   that
                   was
                   owing
                   to
                   him
                   by
                   a
                   Person
                   there
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   Design
                   had
                   so
                   much
                   Innocency
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   certainly
                   he
                   might
                   have
                   had
                   a
                   Pass
                   ,
                   at
                   least
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   need
                   of
                   hiring
                   a
                   Vessel
                   at
                   such
                   an
                   extravagant
                   rate
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   necessity
                   of
                   hiding
                   in
                   this
                   secret
                   manner
                   ,
                   and
                   no
                   necessity
                   of
                   impossible
                   suggestions
                   ,
                   and
                   prefering
                   Great
                   Rewards
                   for
                   the
                   disposing
                   of
                   ,
                   and
                   concealing
                   ,
                   these
                   Papers
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   You
                   will
                   remember
                   many
                   Particulars
                   more
                   ,
                   which
                   have
                   not
                   slipt
                   your
                   Observation
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   not
                   take
                   upon
                   me
                   to
                   repeat
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   leave
                   them
                   to
                   your
                   consideration
                   .
                
                 
                   Only
                   this
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   say
                   ,
                   That
                   this
                   is
                   a
                   Treason
                   of
                   a
                   very
                   high
                   Nature
                   ,
                   a
                   Treason
                   to
                   depose
                   a
                   King
                   that
                   has
                   ventured
                   all
                   he
                   had
                   ,
                   〈◊〉
                   his
                   Life
                   has
                   been
                   in
                   Danger
                   ,
                   and
                   his
                   Blood
                   has
                   been
                   spilt
                   to
                   Establish
                   this
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   our
                   Laws
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   it
                   seems
                   there
                   are
                   Men
                   that
                   think
                   this
                   may
                   be
                   better
                   done
                   by
                   a
                   Popish
                   Interest
                   and
                   French
                   Power
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   think
                   no
                   body
                   of
                   either
                   Wisdom
                   or
                   Honesty
                   can
                   imagin
                   ,
                   or
                   will
                   engage
                   in
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   your
                   determination
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   you
                   understand
                   ,
                   that
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   is
                   now
                   Tryed
                   for
                   High
                   Treason
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   mentioned
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   to
                   be
                   for
                   Conspiring
                   the
                   Death
                   ,
                   and
                   Deposing
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   for
                   that
                   purpose
                   ,
                   he
                   did
                   endeavour
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   carry
                   divers
                   Proposals
                   in
                   Writing
                   ,
                   and
                   several
                   Memorials
                   to
                   shew
                   how
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   might
                   be
                   Invaded
                   by
                   the
                   French.
                   
                
                 
                   To
                   prove
                   this
                   ,
                   the
                   Evidence
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   produced
                   and
                   given
                   by
                   the
                   King's
                   Council
                   has
                   been
                   long
                   ,
                   and
                   consists
                   of
                   Two
                   Parts
                   ,
                   Witnesses
                   ,
                   
                     Viva
                     Voce
                  
                   ,
                   that
                   have
                   told
                   you
                   how
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   designed
                   a
                   Voyage
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   hired
                   a
                   Ship
                   for
                   that
                   purpose
                   ,
                   and
                   several
                   Papers
                   were
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   Bosom
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   first
                   place
                   ,
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   tell
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   about
                   the
                   latter
                   end
                   of
                   December
                   last
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyott
                   came
                   to
                   
                   Bardett's
                   House
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   met
                   with
                   Mrs.
                   Pratt
                   ,
                   and
                   Burdett
                   having
                   before
                   that
                   spoken
                   to
                   her
                   about
                   a
                   Smack
                   that
                   she
                   called
                   the
                   Thomas
                   and
                   Elizabeth
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Meeting
                   appointed
                   between
                   her
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   at
                   the
                   Wonder
                   Tavern
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   did
                   Treat
                   and
                   Debate
                   about
                   the
                   hire
                   of
                   it
                   ,
                   afterwards
                   they
                   came
                   back
                   to
                   
                   Burdett's
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   the
                   Agreement
                   was
                   made
                   betwixt
                   the
                   Woman
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar
                   ,
                   to
                   have
                   a
                   Hundred
                   Pounds
                   .
                   Ninety
                   Three
                   Guinies
                   and
                   Six
                   Pence
                   was
                   fetcht
                   down
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   and
                   told
                   out
                   ,
                   and
                   deposited
                   in
                   the
                   Hands
                   of
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   ,
                   then
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Six
                   Pence
                   broken
                   ,
                   and
                   one
                   part
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   had
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   other
                   part
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   had
                   ,
                   and
                   when
                   either
                   the
                   Master
                   or
                   Mistress
                   Pratt
                   should
                   bring
                   the
                   part
                   of
                   the
                   Six
                   Pence
                   that
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   kept
                   ,
                   to
                   Mrs.
                   Burdett
                   ,
                   the
                   Hundred
                   Pounds
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   paid
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   this
                   Agreement
                   being
                   made
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   possitively
                   Sworn
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   did
                   ask
                   ,
                   whether
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Hiding
                   Place
                   in
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ?
                   an
                   Answer
                   was
                   made
                   ,
                   There
                   was
                   one
                   ,
                   and
                   thereupon
                   a
                   Note
                   was
                   given
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Master
                   and
                   Mistress
                   Pratt
                   should
                   go
                   to
                   the
                   Seven-Stars
                   in
                   Covent-Garden
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Upon
                   Wednesday
                   Night
                   ,
                   they
                   went
                   there
                   according
                   to
                   the
                   Direction
                   ,
                   where
                   meets
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Ellyott
                   ,
                   but
                   before
                   that
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Boat
                   hired
                   at
                   Surrey-Stairs
                   to
                   carry
                   them
                   down
                   to
                   the
                   Ship
                   through
                   Bridge
                   ,
                   over-against
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Tide
                   not
                   serving
                   till
                   about
                   Ten
                   a
                   Clock
                   at
                   Night
                   ,
                   they
                   had
                   agreed
                   with
                   a
                   Water
                   man
                   for
                   Half
                   a
                   Crown
                   to
                   carry
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   stay
                   till
                   the
                   Tide
                   served
                   .
                   And
                   when
                   they
                   went
                   out
                   from
                   Rigby's
                   they
                   parted
                   ,
                   Ellyott
                   and
                   the
                   Master
                   went
                   together
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   did
                   not
                   go
                   with
                   them
                   ,
                   but
                   came
                   near
                   about
                   the
                   same
                   time
                   to
                   Surrey-Stairs
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   took
                   Water
                   .
                
                 
                   Being
                   aboard
                   ,
                   it
                   was
                   observed
                   that
                   all
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   were
                   very
                   timerous
                   ,
                   and
                   seemed
                   to
                   be
                   much
                   frighted
                   at
                   the
                   sight
                   of
                   any
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   from
                   which
                   there
                   was
                   any
                   apprehension
                   of
                   their
                   being
                   taken
                   notice
                   of
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   therefore
                   they
                   went
                   down
                   under
                   the
                   Quarter-Hatches
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   a
                   Place
                   very
                   inconvenient
                   for
                   such
                   Persons
                   ,
                   where
                   none
                   could
                   stand
                   or
                   sit
                   upright
                   ,
                   but
                   they
                   were
                   forced
                   to
                   lye
                   upon
                   the
                   Boards
                   ,
                   or
                   upon
                   the
                   Balla●●●
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   seems
                   some
                   intimation
                   was
                   given
                   that
                   some
                   Gentlemen
                   had
                   an
                   intention
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   to
                   prosecute
                   some
                   Treasonable
                   Design
                   ;
                   And
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   being
                   employed
                   to
                   pursue
                   them
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   did
                   in
                   a
                   Pinnace
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   came
                   near
                   the
                   Vessel
                   where
                   they
                   were
                   ,
                   he
                   called
                   to
                   the
                   Vessel
                   ,
                   and
                   under
                   pretence
                   of
                   Pressing
                   Sea-men
                   ,
                   he
                   went
                   on
                   Board
                   ;
                   The
                   Master
                   of
                   the
                   Vessel
                   said
                   he
                   had
                   a
                   Protection
                   from
                   the
                   Admiralty
                   ;
                   so
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   no
                   cause
                   for
                   them
                   to
                   fear
                   pressing
                   ,
                   nor
                   indeed
                   was
                   there
                   any
                   for
                   Gentlemen
                   to
                   fear
                   it
                   ,
                   they
                   being
                   not
                   lyable
                   to
                   be
                   pressed
                   .
                
                 
                   When
                   the
                   Captain
                   came
                   near
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   declared
                   his
                   intent
                   of
                   coming
                   on
                   board
                   ,
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   were
                   gone
                   under
                   the
                   Quarter-Hatches
                   again
                   ,
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   coming
                   on
                   board
                   ,
                   and
                   speaking
                   about
                   pressing
                   of
                   the
                   Men
                   ,
                   and
                   saying
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Couple
                   that
                   would
                   make
                   good
                   Sea-men
                   for
                   the
                   King
                   ;
                   the
                   Master
                   shewed
                   his
                   Protection
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   the
                   Captain
                   said
                   he
                   would
                   search
                   further
                   in
                   the
                   Ship
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   he
                   did
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   he
                   pulls
                   up
                   the
                   Boards
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   he
                   finds
                   all
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   who
                   were
                   called
                   up
                   one
                   after
                   another
                   ,
                   and
                   searcht
                   by
                   the
                   Captain
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   There
                   is
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Witnesses
                   tells
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   come
                   up
                   ,
                   he
                   saw
                   a
                   Pacquet
                   that
                   lay
                   in
                   this
                   very
                   place
                   under
                   the
                   Quarter-Hatches
                   ,
                   unto
                   which
                   was
                   tyed
                   a
                   peice
                   of
                   Lead
                   ,
                   which
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   takes
                   up
                   and
                   puts
                   in
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   with
                   which
                   the
                   Captain
                   being
                   acquainted
                   .
                   Inquiry
                   is
                   made
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   what
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   had
                   there
                   ?
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   said
                   it
                   was
                   his
                   Handkerchief
                   ,
                   and
                   nothing
                   but
                   that
                   which
                   he
                   pulled
                   out
                   :
                   But
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   puts
                   his
                   hand
                   in
                   his
                   Bosom
                   between
                   his
                   Coat
                   and
                   his
                   Body
                   ,
                   and
                   takes
                   out
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   and
                   carried
                   these
                   Gentlemen
                   on
                   Board
                   the
                   George
                   Frigat
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   stayed
                   till
                   the
                   Tyde
                   served
                   to
                   bring
                   them
                   to
                   White-hall
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   before
                   they
                   came
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   Frigat
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   very
                   importunate
                   with
                   him
                   to
                   throw
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   into
                   the
                   Water
                   ;
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   on
                   board
                   the
                   George
                   Frigat
                   ,
                   and
                   in
                   the
                   Cabin
                   alone
                   ,
                   they
                   continue
                   their
                   importunity
                   .
                   Now
                   ,
                   say
                   they
                   ,
                   we
                   have
                   you
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   are
                   alone
                   ,
                   pray
                   will
                   you
                   throw
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   over-board
                   ;
                   and
                   particularly
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   said
                   it
                   would
                   do
                   the
                   Captain
                   〈◊〉
                   good
                   to
                   injure
                   so
                   many
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyott
                   would
                   have
                   per●●ded
                   the
                   Captain
                   to
                   take
                   the
                   Lead
                   that
                   was
                   tyed
                   to
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   and
                   ty●●●●o
                   some
                   Letters
                   that
                   was
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   and
                   throw
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   over-board
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   have
                   informed
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Council
                   ,
                   that
                   those
                   Letters
                   was
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Bosom
                   :
                   But
                   the
                   Captain
                   very
                   honestly
                   rejected
                   all
                   their
                   Motions
                   of
                   that
                   kind
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Truly
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   my
                   Memory
                   will
                   not
                   serve
                   me
                   to
                   repeat
                   all
                   the
                   Particulars
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   question
                   not
                   your
                   Notes
                   will
                   bring
                   them
                   to
                   your
                   Minds
                   .
                   Mr.
                   Ellyott
                   ,
                   it
                   seems
                   ,
                   was
                   so
                   mightily
                   concerned
                   at
                   their
                   being
                   taken
                   with
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   that
                   when
                   they
                   shot
                   London-bridge
                   ,
                   he
                   wisht
                   the
                   Bridge
                   might
                   have
                   fallen
                   upon
                   them
                   and
                   knockt
                   them
                   on
                   the
                   Head
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   were
                   got
                   through
                   ,
                   he
                   wisht
                   a
                   Thunder-bolt
                   would
                   fall
                   down
                   into
                   the
                   Boat
                   and
                   sink
                   them
                   :
                   That
                   ,
                   indeed
                   ,
                   was
                   Mr.
                   Ellyott
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ;
                   but
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   as
                   much
                   concerned
                   about
                   disposing
                   of
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   as
                   Mr.
                   Ellyott
                   .
                
                 
                   At
                   White-hall
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   is
                   opened
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   have
                   several
                   Papers
                   produced
                   in
                   Evidence
                   and
                   read
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   what
                   Evidence
                   has
                   been
                   given
                   ,
                   that
                   these
                   are
                   the
                   very
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   thus
                   taken
                   .
                
                 
                   First
                   of
                   all
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   tells
                   you
                   he
                   carried
                   them
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   lay
                   there
                   in
                   his
                   Office
                   ;
                   he
                   withdraw
                   indeed
                   while
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   examined
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   was
                   not
                   opened
                   in
                   the
                   interim
                   ,
                   but
                   there
                   was
                   only
                   a
                   Paper
                   stuck
                   on
                   the
                   out-side
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   had
                   taken
                   off
                   before
                   the
                   Captain
                   returned
                   into
                   the
                   Room
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   remained
                   intire
                   .
                   He
                   says
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   opened
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   and
                   put
                   up
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   in
                   his
                   presence
                   into
                   a
                   Cover
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   sealed
                   them
                   up
                   with
                   his
                   Seal
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   says
                   positively
                   ,
                   he
                   did
                   put
                   up
                   all
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   were
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   again
                   ,
                   all
                   and
                   no
                   more
                   ,
                   except
                   the
                   Cover
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   sealed
                   up
                   and
                   delivered
                   it
                   to
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   .
                
                 
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   says
                   ,
                   he
                   took
                   these
                   very
                   Papers
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   he
                   received
                   them
                   ,
                   carried
                   them
                   without
                   opening
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   President
                   says
                   ;
                   he
                   lockt
                   them
                   up
                   unopened
                   in
                   a
                   close
                   Cabinet
                   in
                   his
                   Closet-room
                   ,
                   where
                   no
                   body
                   comes
                   ;
                   there
                   they
                   were
                   that
                   Night
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   next
                   Day
                   he
                   carried
                   them
                   intire
                   to
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   of
                   them
                   were
                   read
                   by
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   in
                   the
                   Presence
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   taken
                   away
                   again
                   by
                   his
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   no
                   more
                   nor
                   no
                   less
                   ;
                   and
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   brought
                   them
                   all
                   to
                   the
                   Cabinet-Council
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   were
                   read
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   delivered
                   to
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sidney
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   swears
                   ,
                   these
                   Papers
                   now
                   produced
                   ,
                   are
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   he
                   had
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   President
                   swears
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   the
                   same
                   he
                   received
                   by
                   Billop
                   from
                   my
                   Lord
                   Nottingham
                   ,
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   Sydney
                   markt
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   So
                   that
                   there
                   can
                   remain
                   no
                   doubt
                   of
                   these
                   being
                   the
                   same
                   Papers
                   ,
                   that
                   were
                   contained
                   in
                   the
                   Pacquet
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Bosom
                   of
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   Matter
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   it
                   is
                   plain
                   beyond
                   all
                   contradiction
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Import
                   of
                   them
                   is
                   Treasonable
                   :
                   They
                   shew
                   a
                   Design
                   of
                   invading
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   by
                   a
                   Foreign
                   Force
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   Deposing
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   from
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   setting
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   upon
                   the
                   Throne
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   It
                   is
                   agreed
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   at
                   a
                   Conference
                   ,
                   between
                   several
                   Noblemen
                   and
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   that
                   were
                   of
                   the
                   Whigg
                   and
                   Tory
                   Party
                   ,
                   as
                   they
                   call
                   them
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   restored
                   ,
                   though
                   by
                   a
                   French
                   Power
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   impossible
                   for
                   them
                   to
                   effect
                   it
                   ,
                   by
                   going
                   plainly
                   to
                   work
                   ,
                   and
                   saying
                   in
                   plain
                   Words
                   ,
                   the
                   French
                   should
                   invade
                   us
                   .
                   It
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   in
                   this
                   manner
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   French
                   King
                   must
                   pretend
                   by
                   all
                   means
                   to
                   be
                   our
                   Friend
                   and
                   a
                   Mediator
                   ,
                   betwixt
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   and
                   the
                   People
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   was
                   out
                   of
                   design
                   ,
                   plainly
                   to
                   get
                   a
                   Party
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   ,
                   to
                   joyn
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   the
                   most
                   credulous
                   and
                   inconsiderate
                   sort
                   of
                   People
                   ;
                   who
                   when
                   they
                   should
                   be
                   seduced
                   into
                   a
                   Belief
                   of
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   's
                   great
                   Kindness
                   .
                   It
                   was
                   not
                   doubted
                   but
                   there
                   would
                   be
                   a
                   Conjunction
                   between
                   them
                   and
                   the
                   French
                   Forces
                   ,
                   to
                   restore
                   the
                   late
                   King.
                   
                
                 
                   And
                   to
                   procure
                   such
                   a
                   Perswasion
                   in
                   the
                   People
                   ;
                   the
                   French
                   King
                   was
                   to
                   shew
                   himself
                   kind
                   to
                   the
                   English
                   Protestants
                   ,
                   to
                   appear
                   and
                   act
                   another
                   part
                   than
                   he
                   had
                   formerly
                   done
                   ;
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   permit
                   them
                   the
                   Exercise
                   of
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   thereby
                   to
                   perswade
                   many
                   ,
                   that
                   his
                   Persecution
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Subjects
                   ,
                   the
                   Hugonots
                   ,
                   was
                   not
                   out
                   of
                   any
                   Aversion
                   to
                   the
                   Protestant
                   Religion
                   ,
                   but
                   only
                   to
                   their
                   Antimonarchical
                   and
                   Resisting
                   Principles
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   an
                   Inconvenience
                   is
                   to
                   be
                   removed
                   ;
                   for
                   they
                   complain
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   are
                   too
                   full
                   of
                   Bigottry
                   at
                   St.
                   Germains
                   ,
                   and
                   too
                   bare-faced
                   :
                   For
                   they
                   make
                   an
                   open
                   Profession
                   of
                   Popery
                   ,
                   and
                   speak
                   truly
                   what
                   they
                   do
                   intend
                   ;
                   but
                   say
                   they
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   will
                   have
                   the
                   Design
                   take
                   effect
                   ,
                   they
                   must
                   be
                   more
                   Close
                   and
                   Secret
                   :
                   For
                   the
                   Folly
                   and
                   Bigottry
                   at
                   St.
                   Germains
                   ,
                   was
                   a
                   very
                   great
                   Obstruction
                   .
                   Therefore
                   ,
                   they
                   proposed
                   ,
                   that
                   some
                   Persons
                   might
                   be
                   substituted
                   as
                   Agents
                   to
                   Correspond
                   here
                   ,
                   that
                   understood
                   the
                   Temper
                   of
                   the
                   Nation
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   would
                   easiliest
                   prevail
                   with
                   the
                   People
                   :
                   And
                   a
                   Model
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   framed
                   at
                   St.
                   Germains
                   ,
                   the
                   Protestants
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   seemingly
                   caressed
                   ,
                   Seven
                   or
                   Nine
                   to
                   be
                   of
                   the
                   late
                   King's
                   Councel
                   ,
                   that
                   so
                   we
                   might
                   believe
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   ours
                   in
                   Interest
                   again
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   we
                   have
                   a
                   Relation
                   to
                   him
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   if
                   things
                   were
                   carried
                   with
                   such
                   cunning
                   and
                   subtilty
                   ,
                   they
                   hoped
                   to
                   delude
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   People
                   over
                   into
                   the
                   Interest
                   of
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   ;
                   but
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   went
                   bare-faced
                   ,
                   it
                   would
                   cause
                   such
                   great
                   Jealousies
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   must
                   totally
                   despair
                   of
                   Success
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Yet
                   they
                   did
                   not
                   hope
                   by
                   these
                   Artifices
                   to
                   obtain
                   so
                   many
                   Friends
                   here
                   ,
                   as
                   might
                   have
                   been
                   sufficient
                   to
                   accomplish
                   their
                   Design
                   ;
                   but
                   they
                   must
                   have
                   recourse
                   to
                   a
                   forreign
                   Force
                   ,
                   particularly
                   a
                   French
                   Force
                   .
                   For
                   says
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   
                     Vse
                     Foreigners
                     to
                     expel
                     Foreigners
                  
                   ;
                   that
                   is
                   ,
                   Use
                   French
                   Foreigners
                   to
                   expel
                   Dutch
                   Foreigners
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   our
                   Allyes
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   falsly
                   accused
                   by
                   them
                   to
                   have
                   trampled
                   upon
                   the
                   Rights
                   and
                   Liberties
                   of
                   the
                   Nation
                   .
                
                 
                   There
                   is
                   one
                   Argument
                   used
                   to
                   encourage
                   People
                   to
                   assist
                   the
                   French
                   in
                   the
                   Invasion
                   of
                   their
                   own
                   Country
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   cannot
                   omit
                   ,
                   namely
                   ,
                   
                     That
                     as
                     soon
                     as
                     the
                  
                   French
                   ,
                   
                     with
                     a
                     considerable
                     Expence
                     of
                     Men
                     and
                     Mony
                     ,
                     had
                     restored
                     the
                     Protestant
                     Religion
                     ,
                     the
                     late
                     King
                     to
                     the
                     Crown
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     People
                     to
                     their
                     Liberties
                     ,
                     then
                     he
                     would
                     withdraw
                     all
                     his
                     Forces
                     ,
                     and
                     reap
                     no
                     Profit
                     or
                     Advantage
                     by
                     his
                     Success
                     .
                  
                   I
                   must
                   confess
                   ,
                   this
                   carries
                   so
                   little
                   of
                   Persuasion
                   in
                   it
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   ridiculous
                   to
                   think
                   thereby
                   to
                   impose
                   upon
                   any
                   number
                   of
                   Men.
                   But
                   notwithstanding
                   the
                   weakness
                   of
                   their
                   Arguments
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   apparent
                   they
                   were
                   in
                   good
                   earnest
                   ;
                   the
                   Papers
                   give
                   an
                   account
                   to
                   the
                   French
                   ,
                   in
                   what
                   state
                   and
                   condition
                   our
                   Forts
                   were
                   ,
                   Portsmouth
                   
                     not
                     man'd
                     with
                     above
                     500.
                     and
                  
                   Gosport
                   
                     how
                     weakly
                     fortifyed
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   was
                   a
                   happy
                   juncture
                   between
                   this
                   and
                   the
                   first
                   of
                   March
                   ,
                   when
                   Advice
                   is
                   given
                   to
                   make
                   use
                   of
                   the
                   Opportunity
                   .
                   For
                   Men
                   cannot
                   give
                   ,
                   but
                   Men
                   may
                   use
                   Opportunities
                   ,
                   and
                   something
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   done
                   forthwith
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Goods
                   must
                   be
                   got
                   in
                   readiness
                   ,
                   particularly
                   the
                   Linnen
                   and
                   the
                   Copper
                   are
                   mentioned
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   mysterious
                   and
                   dark
                   Expressions
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   may
                   put
                   a
                   Construction
                   upon
                   them
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   I
                   ;
                   for
                   they
                   are
                   written
                   in
                   a
                   style
                   of
                   Trade
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   there
                   were
                   a
                   Correspondence
                   between
                   two
                   Tradesmen
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Linnen
                   and
                   the
                   Copper
                   are
                   ordered
                   to
                   be
                   brought
                   before
                   the
                   10th
                   .
                   of
                   March.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     But
                     however
                     obscure
                     some
                     of
                     these
                     Expressions
                     are
                     ,
                     there
                     are
                     others
                     that
                     are
                     more
                     plain
                     ,
                  
                   That
                   the
                   French
                   Fleet
                   must
                   be
                   out
                   in
                   April
                   at
                   farthest
                   ,
                   and
                   are
                   to
                   come
                   before
                   the
                   Conjunction
                   between
                   the
                   English
                   and
                   the
                   Dutch
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     Jennings
                     ,
                     Strickland
                  
                   ,
                   or
                   Trevannian
                   are
                   to
                   come
                   from
                   St.
                   
                   Mallo's
                   in
                   one
                   Night
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   fight
                   the
                   English
                   Fleet
                   in
                   the
                   Chops
                   of
                   the
                   Channel
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   to
                   come
                   so
                   high
                   as
                   Beathy
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   came
                   the
                   last
                   Year
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   there
                   is
                   an
                   account
                   given
                   ,
                   in
                   what
                   condition
                   and
                   state
                   our
                   Navy
                   was
                   ,
                   how
                   many
                   Ships
                   ,
                   what
                   Rates
                   ,
                   how
                   Man'd
                   ,
                   and
                   who
                   the
                   Officers
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   as
                   the
                   French
                   were
                   to
                   be
                   in
                   readiness
                   to
                   come
                   in
                   April
                   ,
                   so
                   they
                   say
                   our
                   Fleet
                   was
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   out
                   till
                   June
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   There
                   are
                   a
                   great
                   many
                   other
                   Particulars
                   ;
                   but
                   these
                   are
                   enough
                   ,
                   nay
                   half
                   of
                   them
                   were
                   enough
                   to
                   make
                   any
                   Man
                   guilty
                   of
                   Treason
                   ,
                   that
                   was
                   concerned
                   in
                   them
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   had
                   a
                   hand
                   in
                   carrying
                   or
                   making
                   use
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   Besides
                   ,
                   there
                   are
                   other
                   Letters
                   which
                   can
                   import
                   nothing
                   ,
                   but
                   the
                   Writer
                   was
                   of
                   the
                   late
                   King's
                   Interest
                   ;
                   one
                   directed
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Redding
                   ,
                   the
                   other
                   to
                   Mrs.
                   Redding
                   ;
                   and
                   these
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   to
                   let
                   them
                   know
                   how
                   zealous
                   he
                   was
                   in
                   his
                   Duty
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   the
                   interest
                   of
                   the
                   young
                   Master
                   increased
                   .
                   The
                   Letters
                   have
                   these
                   Expressions
                   :
                   
                     That
                     though
                     the
                     Family
                     were
                     decreased
                     ,
                     yet
                     our
                     Interest
                     is
                     increased
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     yours
                     ,
                     and
                     I
                     speak
                     in
                     the
                     Plural
                     Number
                     ,
                     because
                     I
                     speak
                     the
                     Sentiments
                     of
                     my
                     elder
                     Brother
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     rest
                     of
                     our
                     Relations
                     ,
                     and
                     desire
                     them
                     to
                     believe
                     they
                     were
                     zealous
                     and
                     cordial
                     in
                     their
                     Duty
                     to
                     Mr.
                  
                   Redding
                   .
                   Now
                   what
                   Interpretation
                   you
                   will
                   make
                   of
                   this
                   ,
                   I
                   'll
                   leave
                   to
                   you
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Then
                   there
                   is
                   another
                   Letter
                   to
                   Mrs.
                   Charlton
                   ,
                   and
                   another
                   to
                   Mr.
                   Jackson
                   ,
                   and
                   divers
                   other
                   things
                   that
                   have
                   been
                   read
                   ,
                   and
                   amongst
                   the
                   rest
                   ,
                   hath
                   been
                   read
                   the
                   Heads
                   of
                   a
                   Declaration
                   at
                   large
                   ,
                   shewing
                   what
                   should
                   be
                   done
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   Methods
                   should
                   be
                   taken
                   in
                   order
                   to
                   the
                   restoring
                   the
                   late
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   deposing
                   this
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     And
                     there
                     is
                     also
                     mention
                     made
                     in
                     a
                     Paper
                     ,
                     how
                     divers
                     Persons
                     ,
                     who
                     were
                     to
                     be
                     pardoned
                     ,
                     as
                     particularly
                     ,
                  
                   all
                   Justices
                   of
                   the
                   Peace
                   actually
                   in
                   Commission
                   are
                   not
                   to
                   be
                   excepted
                   ;
                   Outlaws
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   pardoned
                   ;
                   Chimney-Money
                   to
                   be
                   taken
                   away
                   ;
                   and
                   all
                   that
                   come
                   in
                   within
                   One
                   and
                   Twenty
                   Days
                   are
                   to
                   be
                   forgiven
                   .
                
                 
                   So
                   that
                   it
                   is
                   plain
                   ,
                   these
                   Letters
                   import
                   a
                   Design
                   to
                   depose
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   to
                   be
                   invaded
                   by
                   Foreigners
                   ,
                   only
                   a
                   little
                   to
                   colour
                   the
                   matter
                   ,
                   not
                   to
                   lose
                   the
                   pretence
                   of
                   a
                   Protestant
                   Interest
                   altogether
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   to
                   be
                   5
                   or
                   6000
                   Swedes
                   to
                   be
                   made
                   use
                   of
                   in
                   the
                   Invasion
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   if
                   there
                   was
                   a
                   Design
                   of
                   an
                   Invasion
                   ,
                   be
                   it
                   by
                   Papists
                   ,
                   or
                   by
                   Protestants
                   ,
                   if
                   any
                   Act
                   was
                   done
                   tending
                   thereunto
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   High
                   Treason
                   within
                   the
                   Statute
                   of
                   25
                   E.
                   3.
                   
                   For
                   purposing
                   and
                   intending
                   to
                   depose
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   manifested
                   by
                   any
                   Overt-Act
                   ,
                   hath
                   been
                   always
                   held
                   to
                   be
                   High
                   Treason
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   is
                   the
                   Sum
                   and
                   Substance
                   of
                   the
                   Evidence
                   that
                   has
                   been
                   given
                   at
                   the
                   Bar.
                   
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   says
                   for
                   himself
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   saith
                   he
                   ,
                   my
                   Design
                   was
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   I
                   was
                   so
                   unfortunate
                   as
                   to
                   have
                   the
                   Papers
                   taken
                   about
                   me
                   .
                   I
                   did
                   take
                   them
                   up
                   ;
                   but
                   ,
                   says
                   he
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   at
                   all
                   proved
                   that
                   any
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   that
                   are
                   now
                   produced
                   are
                   my
                   hand
                   :
                   Which
                   is
                   true
                   :
                   There
                   is
                   no
                   such
                   Proof
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   next
                   thing
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   being
                   ask'd
                   ,
                   What
                   occasion
                   he
                   had
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   ?
                   He
                   says
                   ,
                   he
                   had
                   formerly
                   a
                   Relation
                   to
                   Coll.
                   Worden
                   ,
                   and
                   did
                   transact
                   and
                   had
                   the
                   Management
                   of
                   his
                   Affairs
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   very
                   great
                   .
                   Coll.
                   Worden
                   died
                   half
                   a
                   year
                   ago
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   enjoin'd
                   him
                   upon
                   his
                   Death-bed
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   about
                   settling
                   some
                   Accompts
                   of
                   his
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   was
                   desired
                   by
                   the
                   Family
                   of
                   Coll.
                   Worden
                   so
                   to
                   do
                   .
                
                 
                   This
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   alledges
                   ;
                   but
                   he
                   has
                   not
                   proved
                   it
                   .
                   'T
                   is
                   very
                   strange
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   France
                   to
                   negotiate
                   that
                   Affair
                   for
                   Colonel
                   
                   Worden's
                   Family
                   ,
                   none
                   of
                   that
                   Family
                   should
                   be
                   produced
                   to
                   prove
                   ,
                   that
                   Coll.
                   Worden
                   gave
                   him
                   such
                   Directions
                   ,
                   or
                   that
                   the
                   Family
                   desired
                   him
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   upon
                   that
                   account
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   hath
                   endeavoured
                   to
                   give
                   another
                   reason
                   for
                   his
                   Voyage
                   into
                   France
                   ;
                   he
                   affirms
                   ,
                   he
                   had
                   some
                   Affairs
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   with
                   relation
                   to
                   the
                   late
                   Queen
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   concerned
                   for
                   her
                   ,
                   and
                   she
                   did
                   owe
                   Monies
                   here
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   paid
                   several
                   Debts
                   to
                   Tradesmen
                   ,
                   particularly
                   400l
                   .
                   she
                   owed
                   to
                   the
                   Coach
                   Harness
                   Maker
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   having
                   paid
                   it
                   ,
                   went
                   over
                   to
                   reimburse
                   himself
                   :
                   The
                   Tradesman
                   was
                   produced
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   says
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   did
                   pay
                   the
                   Mony
                   a
                   Year
                   ago
                   ;
                   but
                   whether
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   had
                   Effects
                   from
                   the
                   late
                   Queen
                   ,
                   or
                   paid
                   it
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   does
                   not
                   appear
                   ;
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   says
                   ,
                   he
                   paid
                   it
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   own
                   Pocket
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   very
                   extraordinary
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   should
                   be
                   so
                   kind
                   to
                   pay
                   what
                   he
                   was
                   not
                   obliged
                   to
                   pay
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   no
                   security
                   to
                   reimburse
                   himself
                   .
                
                 
                   So
                   that
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   you
                   had
                   best
                   consider
                   whether
                   there
                   be
                   any
                   thing
                   at
                   all
                   said
                   or
                   proved
                   ,
                   that
                   can
                   justifie
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   going
                   to
                   France
                   ,
                   or
                   whether
                   there
                   be
                   any
                   good
                   reason
                   offered
                   for
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   Then
                   Ashton
                   has
                   called
                   Witnesses
                   to
                   prove
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   alwaies
                   a
                   Protestant
                   ,
                   though
                   he
                   did
                   live
                   in
                   a
                   Popish
                   Family
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   did
                   incourage
                   Papists
                   and
                   discountenance
                   Protestants
                   ;
                   for
                   which
                   he
                   had
                   the
                   ill
                   will
                   of
                   those
                   he
                   did
                   depend
                   upon
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   all
                   that
                   is
                   agreed
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   a
                   question
                   in
                   this
                   Case
                   ;
                   whether
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   be
                   a
                   Protestant
                   or
                   a
                   Papist
                   ;
                   but
                   the
                   Question
                   is
                   ,
                   whether
                   he
                   be
                   guilty
                   of
                   High
                   Treason
                   ,
                   from
                   which
                   the
                   being
                   a
                   Protestant
                   does
                   not
                   secure
                   a
                   Man.
                   
                
                 
                   But
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   if
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   had
                   no
                   Knowledg
                   upon
                   what
                   design
                   the
                   other
                   Persons
                   were
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   though
                   he
                   had
                   actually
                   gone
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   a
                   Crime
                   in
                   this
                   Juncture
                   of
                   Affairs
                   ,
                   yet
                   not
                   High
                   Treason
                   ;
                   but
                   to
                   go
                   on
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   carry
                   a
                   Treasonable
                   Scheme
                   of
                   a
                   Design
                   and
                   Project
                   of
                   an
                   Invasion
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   Treason
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   the
                   Question
                   is
                   ,
                   whether
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   went
                   with
                   such
                   a
                   Purpose
                   or
                   not
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   consider
                   ;
                   I
                   would
                   not
                   lead
                   you
                   into
                   any
                   strain
                   of
                   the
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   but
                   only
                   state
                   it
                   how
                   it
                   stands
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   plain
                   he
                   was
                   concerned
                   all
                   along
                   in
                   hiring
                   the
                   Smack
                   ,
                   and
                   as
                   the
                   King's
                   Counsel
                   observed
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   the
                   Price
                   was
                   something
                   extraordinary
                   ,
                   they
                   were
                   to
                   pay
                   100l
                   .
                   for
                   the
                   Voyage
                   ,
                   to
                   which
                   was
                   added
                   some
                   Encouragement
                   to
                   the
                   Woman
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   she
                   performed
                   this
                   Voyage
                   well
                   ,
                   she
                   might
                   get
                   1000l
                   .
                   before
                   
                     Lady
                     Day
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Mony
                   was
                   paid
                   by
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   was
                   taken
                   aboard
                   the
                   Vessel
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   much
                   concerned
                   to
                   secure
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   by
                   taking
                   them
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   place
                   where
                   they
                   lay
                   ,
                   upon
                   the
                   Ballast
                   under
                   the
                   Quarter-Harches
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   they
                   were
                   taken
                   out
                   of
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   very
                   importunate
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   often
                   with
                   Captain
                   Billop
                   to
                   throw
                   them
                   over-board
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   why
                   should
                   he
                   be
                   so
                   earnest
                   and
                   concerned
                   ,
                   unless
                   he
                   very
                   well
                   knew
                   and
                   was
                   acquainted
                   with
                   the
                   contents
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   he
                   gave
                   one
                   of
                   the
                   Seamen
                   
                     2s
                     ,
                     6d
                  
                   .
                   to
                   say
                   they
                   were
                   bound
                   for
                   Flanders
                   :
                   Unless
                   it
                   was
                   a
                   matter
                   of
                   great
                   Importance
                   he
                   went
                   about
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   was
                   not
                   fit
                   to
                   be
                   known
                   ;
                   why
                   should
                   he
                   deny
                   it
                   ,
                   or
                   labour
                   to
                   have
                   it
                   concealed
                   ?
                   An
                   100l
                   .
                   to
                   be
                   paid
                   for
                   this
                   Voyage
                   ,
                   was
                   ,
                   upon
                   a
                   joint
                   Account
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   for
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   as
                   for
                   Ashton
                   and
                   Elliot
                   ;
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   did
                   pay
                   the
                   Money
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   does
                   not
                   make
                   it
                   appear
                   whose
                   it
                   was
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   it
                   rests
                   upon
                   you
                   to
                   consider
                   the
                   Evidence
                   you
                   have
                   heard
                   ,
                   whether
                   it
                   is
                   sufficient
                   to
                   induce
                   you
                   to
                   believe
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   was
                   going
                   into
                   France
                   with
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   to
                   carry
                   on
                   the
                   Design
                   of
                   Deposing
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   invading
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   :
                   If
                   you
                   are
                   not
                   satisfied
                   in
                   your
                   Consciences
                   that
                   he
                   i●
                   〈◊〉
                   then
                   ;
                   find
                   him
                   not
                   Guilty
                   .
                   On
                   the
                   other
                   side
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   are
                   satisfied
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   Guilty
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   question
                   but
                   you
                   will
                   find
                   him
                   so
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollixfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Look
                   you
                   ,
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   My
                   Lord
                   has
                   rightly
                   repeated
                   and
                   stated
                   the
                   Evidence
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   only
                   say
                   but
                   a
                   very
                   few
                   Words
                   to
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   as
                   at
                   first
                   he
                   did
                   ,
                   so
                   in
                   his
                   Defence
                   has
                   complained
                   of
                   a
                   very
                   speedy
                   Tryal
                   ,
                   and
                   would
                   insinuate
                   something
                   of
                   Favour
                   that
                   he
                   might
                   find
                   for
                   that
                   Reason
                   .
                   It
                   does
                   appear
                   he
                   had
                   notice
                   of
                   his
                   Tryal
                   sufficient
                   ,
                   and
                   had
                   Time
                   enough
                   to
                   prepare
                   for
                   it
                   :
                   But
                   there
                   is
                   one
                   thing
                   extraordinary
                   has
                   happened
                   to
                   his
                   Advantage
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   would
                   desire
                   may
                   be
                   taken
                   notice
                   of
                   .
                   If
                   he
                   had
                   been
                   tryed
                   on
                   Saturday
                   ,
                   perhaps
                   he
                   had
                   had
                   more
                   reason
                   to
                   complain
                   than
                   now
                   he
                   has
                   ;
                   
                   for
                   he
                   has
                   now
                   (
                   and
                   you
                   see
                   he
                   uses
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   wisely
                   enough
                   too
                   )
                   the
                   Advantage
                   that
                   happened
                   to
                   him
                   upon
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                   Preston's
                   Tryal
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   has
                   had
                   time
                   since
                   Saturday
                   to
                   prepare
                   for
                   this
                   days
                   Work
                   ,
                   so
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   hard
                   Point
                   upon
                   him
                   as
                   to
                   that
                   Matter
                   ,
                   but
                   he
                   has
                   had
                   pretty
                   good
                   Fortune
                   therein
                   .
                
                 
                   Next
                   he
                   does
                   insinuate
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   a
                   Protestant
                   :
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   the
                   Law
                   does
                   not
                   distinguish
                   between
                   a
                   Protestant
                   Traytor
                   and
                   a
                   Papist
                   Traytor
                   ;
                   if
                   he
                   has
                   committed
                   such
                   an
                   Offence
                   ,
                   as
                   by
                   the
                   Law
                   is
                   High
                   Treason
                   ,
                   the
                   Law
                   does
                   not
                   distinguish
                   ,
                   nor
                   may
                   we
                   .
                   And
                   Protestants
                   may
                   serve
                   Papists
                   Designs
                   ,
                   though
                   they
                   do
                   not
                   directly
                   intend
                   it
                   .
                   Therefore
                   the
                   Evidence
                   to
                   prove
                   him
                   a
                   Protestant
                   is
                   nothing
                   before
                   you
                   ;
                   for
                   the
                   Matter
                   is
                   only
                   whether
                   he
                   be
                   guilty
                   of
                   this
                   Crime
                   or
                   not
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Tryal
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   then
                   the
                   Labour
                   was
                   ,
                   that
                   My
                   Lord
                   was
                   not
                   the
                   Man
                   that
                   was
                   concerned
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Bearer
                   of
                   this
                   Pacquet
                   of
                   Letters
                   or
                   Writings
                   wherein
                   the
                   Treason
                   is
                   contained
                   ;
                   but
                   then
                   it
                   was
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   the
                   Pacquets
                   were
                   found
                   about
                   him
                   ;
                   but
                   now
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   is
                   now
                   the
                   Question
                   before
                   you
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   stands
                   upon
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   if
                   so
                   be
                   they
                   were
                   all
                   concerned
                   in
                   the
                   Carriage
                   and
                   transporting
                   of
                   this
                   Business
                   ,
                   then
                   they
                   are
                   all
                   alike
                   guilty
                   of
                   Treason
                   ,
                   and
                   therefore
                   they
                   cannot
                   shuffle
                   it
                   from
                   one
                   to
                   another
                   .
                
                 
                   Now
                   there
                   appears
                   some
                   Reason
                   why
                   they
                   would
                   not
                   all
                   agree
                   to
                   be
                   tryed
                   together
                   ;
                   for
                   now
                   it
                   is
                   but
                   turning
                   it
                   from
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   upon
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   upon
                   my
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   and
                   Elliot
                   upon
                   either
                   of
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   by
                   this
                   means
                   all
                   might
                   escape
                   ,
                   if
                   this
                   were
                   sufficient
                   to
                   serve
                   their
                   turn
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   the
                   Question
                   before
                   you
                   ,
                   is
                   ,
                   whether
                   all
                   these
                   Persons
                   are
                   not
                   all
                   in
                   all
                   equally
                   concerned
                   ,
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   the
                   Evidence
                   that
                   must
                   be
                   your
                   Guide
                   and
                   ours
                   ;
                   for
                   it
                   is
                   not
                   Mr.
                   
                   Ashton's
                   Affirmation
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   Business
                   to
                   go
                   into
                   France
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   happened
                   unluckily
                   to
                   fall
                   into
                   these
                   Mens
                   Company
                   ,
                   that
                   will
                   be
                   a
                   sufficient
                   Excuse
                   ,
                   unless
                   he
                   prove
                   it
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   had
                   been
                   an
                   easie
                   matter
                   for
                   him
                   to
                   have
                   proved
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   had
                   been
                   going
                   into
                   France
                   upon
                   Business
                   for
                   Colonel
                   Worden
                   ;
                   but
                   at
                   length
                   that
                   is
                   turned
                   off
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   the
                   pretence
                   for
                   going
                   is
                   ,
                   to
                   recover
                   some
                   Mony
                   he
                   had
                   owing
                   to
                   him
                   there
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   payed
                   for
                   another
                   Person
                   .
                   Had
                   he
                   Paper
                   of
                   Instructions
                   of
                   this
                   kind
                   ?
                   Had
                   he
                   any
                   one
                   Witness
                   of
                   this
                   thing
                   ?
                
                 
                   The
                   Merchandize
                   that
                   he
                   carryed
                   out
                   with
                   him
                   is
                   of
                   another
                   import
                   .
                   Where
                   were
                   the
                   Notes
                   or
                   Bonds
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   to
                   recover
                   ?
                   Where
                   is
                   the
                   Accompt
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   to
                   make
                   up
                   with
                   any
                   body
                   beyond
                   Sea
                   ?
                   There
                   is
                   no
                   manner
                   of
                   Evidence
                   of
                   any
                   such
                   thing
                   .
                
                 
                   Next
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   do
                   but
                   consider
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   Man
                   were
                   so
                   innocent
                   as
                   he
                   would
                   insinuate
                   ,
                   as
                   if
                   he
                   had
                   not
                   gone
                   with
                   the
                   rest
                   upon
                   this
                   Errand
                   ,
                   how
                   came
                   the
                   Man
                   to
                   have
                   so
                   heavy
                   a
                   Concern
                   upon
                   him
                   ?
                   Why
                   should
                   he
                   go
                   to
                   take
                   up
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   were
                   not
                   his
                   Brats
                   ?
                   Why
                   should
                   he
                   clap
                   them
                   into
                   his
                   Bosom
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   knew
                   nothing
                   what
                   was
                   in
                   them
                   ?
                   Why
                   was
                   his
                   concern
                   so
                   great
                   to
                   have
                   them
                   thrown
                   overboard
                   ?
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   expect
                   that
                   the
                   Hearts
                   of
                   Men
                   should
                   be
                   proved
                   otherwise
                   than
                   as
                   Men
                   ,
                   guess
                   by
                   one
                   anothers
                   meanings
                   ;
                   by
                   their
                   Actions
                   't
                   is
                   impossible
                   to
                   convict
                   any
                   Man
                   of
                   a
                   Crime
                   ;
                   for
                   if
                   his
                   own
                   Affirmation
                   shall
                   be
                   a
                   Defence
                   ,
                   he
                   will
                   never
                   want
                   a
                   Defence
                   to
                   keep
                   himself
                   from
                   being
                   convicted
                   :
                   But
                   that
                   is
                   not
                   what
                   the
                   Law
                   gives
                   credit
                   to
                   ;
                   it
                   must
                   be
                   Proof
                   and
                   Evidence
                   that
                   you
                   are
                   to
                   judg
                   upon
                   .
                   But
                   of
                   all
                   he
                   pretends
                   to
                   he
                   proves
                   nothing
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   How
                   came
                   he
                   acquainted
                   with
                   my
                   L.
                   Preston
                   ?
                   Sure
                   he
                   was
                   a
                   Man
                   sufficiently
                   known
                   in
                   the
                   World
                   ?
                   Why
                   should
                   he
                   go
                   with
                   him
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Ellyott
                   ?
                   Are
                   they
                   not
                   all
                   known
                   ?
                   Are
                   they
                   not
                   Persons
                   much
                   of
                   the
                   same
                   Disposition
                   ,
                   and
                   much
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Imployment
                   ?
                
                 
                   He
                   had
                   been
                   taken
                   a
                   little
                   before
                   ,
                   he
                   says
                   himself
                   ,
                   and
                   was
                   hindred
                   from
                   going
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   had
                   strange
                   ill
                   luck
                   ,
                   if
                   there
                   was
                   nothing
                   else
                   in
                   the
                   business
                   than
                   what
                   he
                   pretends
                   .
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   in
                   short
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   do
                   find
                   by
                   the
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   going
                   upon
                   a
                   good
                   and
                   an
                   honest
                   Design
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   knew
                   nothing
                   of
                   the
                   Danger
                   that
                   was
                   in
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   these
                   Persons
                   were
                   in
                   ,
                   by
                   reason
                   of
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   and
                   yet
                   would
                   go
                   about
                   to
                   have
                   these
                   Papers
                   concealed
                   ,
                   and
                   endeavour
                   to
                   have
                   them
                   thrown
                   away
                   ,
                   without
                   knowing
                   what
                   was
                   in
                   them
                   :
                   These
                   are
                   Evidences
                   that
                   will
                   be
                   good
                   for
                   you
                   to
                   go
                   by
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   have
                   any
                   such
                   ;
                   but
                   to
                   take
                   his
                   Affirmation
                   ,
                   because
                   he
                   says
                   it
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   proves
                   nothing
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   no
                   Evidence
                   to
                   go
                   by
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   leave
                   it
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   as
                   my
                   Lord
                   has
                   done
                   .
                   If
                   you
                   are
                   satisfied
                   upon
                   that
                   Evidence
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   guilty
                   ;
                   I
                   doubt
                   not
                   you
                   know
                   and
                   will
                   do
                   your
                   Duty
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   find
                   him
                   so
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   you
                   have
                   no
                   such
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   to
                   prove
                   the
                   contrary
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   is
                   not
                   guilty
                   ,
                   then
                   you
                   ought
                   to
                   find
                   him
                   so
                   too
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   beg
                   your
                   pardon
                   for
                   one
                   word
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   What
                   would
                   you
                   say
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   reckon
                   it
                   a
                   particular
                   Favor
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   will
                   pardon
                   me
                   one
                   word
                   ,
                   after
                   your
                   Lordship
                   has
                   given
                   the
                   Charge
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Well
                   ,
                   what
                   say
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   think
                   ,
                   with
                   Submission
                   ,
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   proof
                   I
                   knew
                   or
                   was
                   privy
                   to
                   the
                   Contents
                   of
                   any
                   of
                   these
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   ,
                
                 
                   Pray
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   shew
                   any
                   Man
                   any
                   Reason
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   can
                   ,
                   why
                   did
                   you
                   go
                   down
                   and
                   catch
                   up
                   these
                   Papers
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   did
                   not
                   know
                   what
                   was
                   in
                   them
                   ;
                   they
                   might
                   be
                   for
                   your
                   Advantage
                   to
                   be
                   shewn
                   ,
                   for
                   any
                   thing
                   you
                   pretend
                   to
                   know
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   it
                   for
                   my
                   L.
                   
                   Preston's
                   Sake
                   ,
                   whose
                   Hand
                   was
                   proved
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   stands
                   convicted
                   as
                   the
                   Bearer
                   of
                   those
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   J.
                   Eyres
                   ,
                
                 
                   But
                   you
                   forget
                   one
                   thing
                   that
                   was
                   plainly
                   proved
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   that
                   when
                   you
                   importun'd
                   Capt.
                   Billop
                   to
                   throw
                   away
                   the
                   Papers
                   ,
                   you
                   used
                   this
                   as
                   an
                   Argument
                   ,
                   
                     It
                     would
                     do
                     him
                     no
                     good
                     to
                     injure
                     three
                     honest
                     Gentlemen
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   I
                   did
                   not
                   say
                   so
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   know
                   of
                   ,
                   tho
                   indeed
                   he
                   has
                   sworn
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Look
                   you
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   you
                   have
                   been
                   heard
                   as
                   long
                   as
                   you
                   did
                   desire
                   to
                   speak
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   askt
                   over
                   and
                   over
                   again
                   ,
                   whether
                   you
                   had
                   any
                   more
                   :
                   You
                   are
                   not
                   now
                   saying
                   any
                   new
                   Matter
                   ;
                   if
                   you
                   could
                   urge
                   any
                   thing
                   that
                   had
                   been
                   omitted
                   ,
                   which
                   made
                   for
                   your
                   Advantage
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   the
                   Court
                   would
                   indulge
                   you
                   ,
                   tho
                   it
                   〈◊〉
                   ●gainst
                   the
                   Course
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   say
                   〈…〉
                   ●●thing
                   under
                   my
                   Hand
                   ,
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   Privity
                   proved
                   ;
                   does
                   Supposition
                   〈◊〉
                   a
                   Man
                   ?
                   And
                   is
                   there
                   any
                   thing
                   but
                   Supposition
                   against
                   me
                   ?
                   There
                   is
                   not
                   my
                   Hand
                   proved
                   in
                   any
                   of
                   the
                   Papers
                   .
                   I
                   beseech
                   your
                   Lordship
                   and
                   the
                   Jury
                   to
                   observe
                   that
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   Ch.
                   J.
                   Holt
                   ,
                
                 
                   Your
                   being
                   in
                   the
                   Company
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   so
                   concerned
                   ,
                   and
                   importunately
                   endeavouring
                   to
                   have
                   them
                   thrown
                   overboard
                   ;
                   the
                   hiring
                   the
                   Vessel
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   these
                   Treasonable
                   Papers
                   to
                   an
                   Enemies
                   Country
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Papers
                   found
                   about
                   you
                   ,
                   is
                   Fact
                   proved
                   ,
                   and
                   is
                   left
                   to
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   of
                   the
                   the
                   Jury
                   to
                   consider
                   of
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   But
                   does
                   all
                   this
                   amount
                   to
                   more
                   than
                   Suspicion
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Look
                   you
                   ,
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   speak
                   after
                   we
                   have
                   charged
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   you
                   will
                   give
                   us
                   an
                   Occasion
                   of
                   speaking
                   to
                   answer
                   you
                   ;
                   the
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   are
                   Men
                   of
                   Understanding
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   very
                   well
                   observed
                   the
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   perceive
                   they
                   have
                   been
                   very
                   extraordinary
                   intent
                   upon
                   it
                   ,
                   they
                   will
                   be
                   able
                   to
                   make
                   a
                   right
                   Judgment
                   ,
                   no
                   Question
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   All
                   that
                   I
                   desire
                   ,
                   is
                   ;
                   there
                   is
                   nothing
                   proved
                   upon
                   me
                   ,
                   of
                   my
                   knowing
                   what
                   was
                   in
                   these
                   Papers
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                 
                   Mr.
                   J.
                   Eyres
                   .
                
                 
                   And
                   there
                   is
                   that
                   which
                   is
                   very
                   considerable
                   too
                   ,
                   that
                   't
                   is
                   plain
                   ,
                   what
                   you
                   say
                   about
                   Coll.
                   
                   Worden's
                   Account
                   ,
                   is
                   but
                   a
                   Pretence
                   ,
                   for
                   which
                   you
                   were
                   searcht
                   ,
                   there
                   was
                   not
                   one
                   Paper
                   nor
                   one
                   bit
                   of
                   Account
                   found
                   about
                   you
                   ,
                   nothing
                   but
                   this
                   Bundle
                   of
                   Treasonable
                   Papers
                   and
                   Letters
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   begg
                   you
                   will
                   observe
                   what
                   is
                   for
                   me
                   ,
                   as
                   well
                   as
                   what
                   is
                   against
                   me
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   do
                   you
                   think
                   you
                   shall
                   stay
                   out
                   any
                   Time
                   ,
                   the
                   Court
                   desires
                   to
                   know
                   it
                   ,
                   because
                   they
                   will
                   order
                   themselves
                   accordingly
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Juryman
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   we
                   do
                   not
                   know
                   till
                   we
                   come
                   together
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Holt.
                   
                
                 
                   Nay
                   ,
                   take
                   your
                   own
                   Time
                   ,
                   only
                   the
                   Court
                   would
                   comply
                   with
                   your
                   conveniency
                   in
                   the
                   Adjournment
                   .
                
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Jury
                 withdrew
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Court
                 adjourn'd
                 for
                 half
                 an
                 Hour
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 were
                 returned
                 ,
                 the
                 Jury
                 came
                 in
                 to
                 give
                 their
                 Verdict
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 called
                 over
                 ,
                 answered
                 to
                 their
                 Names
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   are
                   you
                   all
                   agreed
                   of
                   your
                   Verdict
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury
                   .
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   Who
                   shall
                   say
                   for
                   you
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury
                   .
                
                 
                   Our
                   Foreman
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   hold
                   up
                   thy
                   hand
                   .
                
                 
                   [
                   Which
                   he
                   did
                   ]
                
                 
                   Look
                   upon
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   ;
                   How
                   say
                   you
                   ?
                   Is
                   he
                   Guilty
                   of
                   the
                   High
                   Treason
                   whereof
                   he
                   stands
                   indicted
                   ,
                   or
                   not
                   Guilty
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Foreman
                   .
                
                 
                   Guilty
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   What
                   Goods
                   or
                   Chattels
                   ?
                   &c.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Foreman
                   .
                
                 
                   None
                   that
                   we
                   know
                   of
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Maj.
                   Richardson
                   ,
                
                 
                   Look
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   he
                   is
                   found
                   guilty
                   of
                   High
                   Treason
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   Then
                   hearken
                   to
                   your
                   Verdict
                   ,
                   as
                   the
                   Court
                   hath
                   recorded
                   it
                   .
                   You
                   say
                   that
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   is
                   guilty
                   of
                   the
                   High
                   Treason
                   whereof
                   he
                   stands
                   Indicted
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   no
                   Lands
                   nor
                   Tenements
                   ,
                   Goods
                   nor
                   Chattels
                   ,
                   at
                   the
                   time
                   of
                   the
                   High
                   Treason
                   committed
                   ,
                   nor
                   at
                   any
                   time
                   since
                   to
                   your
                   knowledg
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   you
                   say
                   all
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Jury
                   ,
                
                 
                   Yes
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   ,
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   I
                   think
                   truly
                   you
                   have
                   gone
                   according
                   to
                   your
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   which
                   the
                   Law
                   requires
                   you
                   to
                   do
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   it
                   which
                   will
                   preserve
                   us
                   all
                   .
                   And
                   tho
                   it
                   be
                   truly
                   a
                   thing
                   that
                   falls
                   hard
                   upon
                   the
                   particular
                   Men
                   that
                   are
                   concerned
                   in
                   such
                   things
                   ;
                   yet
                   notwithstanding
                   ,
                   we
                   must
                   have
                   more
                   consideration
                   of
                   the
                   general
                   Good
                   ,
                   and
                   Preservation
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Support
                   of
                   the
                   Government
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Law
                   have
                   its
                   due
                   Course
                   ,
                   than
                   of
                   any
                   particular
                   Man's
                   Case
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   hard
                   Point
                   of
                   it
                   ▪
                   We
                   must
                   look
                   to
                   these
                   things
                   ,
                   or
                   there
                   will
                   be
                   no
                   living
                   in
                   the
                   〈…〉
                
              
               
                 
                   Sir
                   W.
                   Hedges
                   ,
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   we
                   〈…〉
                   of
                   your
                   Lordship
                   that
                   we
                   may
                   be
                   dismist
                   from
                   further
                   attendan●●
                   〈…〉
                
              
               
                 
                   L.
                   C.
                   J.
                   Pollexfen
                   .
                
                 
                   Ay.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                   you
                   are
                   dismist
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Court
                   thanks
                   you
                   for
                   your
                   Service
                   .
                
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Court
                 adjourned
                 for
                 an
                 Hour
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 the
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 and
                 Deputy
                 Recorder
                 ,
                 with
                 several
                 of
                 the
                 Justices
                 and
                 Aldermen
                 returned
                 into
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 Proclamation
                 for
                 Silence
                 ,
                 Order
                 was
                 given
                 to
                 bring
                 the
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 to
                 the
                 Bar.
                 [
                 
                   which
                   was
                   done
                
                 ]
                 The
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 standing
                 without
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Ashton
                 within
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahm
                  
                   ,
                   hold
                   up
                   your
                   hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 [
                 Which
                 he
                 did
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 
                   John
                   Ashton
                   ,
                
                 
                   hold
                   up
                   your
                   hand
                   .
                
              
               
                 [
                 Which
                 he
                 did
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 Preston
                 ,
                 You
                 stand
                 convicted
                 of
                 high
                 Treason
                 ,
                 for
                 conspiring
                 the
                 Death
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 Queens
                 Majesties
                 ,
                 for
                 adhering
                 to
                 the
                 King's
                 Enemies
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 subvert
                 the
                 Government
                 :
                 What
                 can
                 you
                 say
                 for
                 your self
                 ,
                 why
                 the
                 Court
                 should
                 not
                 proceed
                 to
                 give
                 Judgment
                 against
                 you
                 of
                 Death
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Law
                 ?
              
               
                 
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   'T
                   is
                   true
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   the
                   Jury
                   have
                   found
                   me
                   guilty
                   of
                   the
                   Treason
                   assigned
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   Treason
                   of
                   a
                   very
                   heavy
                   and
                   black
                   Nature
                   ,
                   't
                   is
                   of
                   such
                   a
                   Nature
                   ,
                   that
                   if
                   I
                   had
                   been
                   conscious
                   to
                   my self
                   to
                   have
                   deserved
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   be
                   very
                   willing
                   to
                   undergo
                   that
                   Judgment
                   that
                   is
                   like
                   presently
                   to
                   pass
                   upon
                   me
                   .
                   It
                   is
                   to
                   endeavour
                   to
                   bring
                   in
                   the
                   King
                   of
                   France
                   to
                   Conquer
                   and
                   Invade
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ;
                   't
                   is
                   a
                   thought
                   I
                   always
                   abhorred
                   ;
                   I
                   love
                   my
                   Religion
                   ,
                   my
                   Family
                   ,
                   my
                   Country
                   too
                   well
                   to
                   attempt
                   or
                   endeavour
                   any
                   such
                   thing
                   ;
                   I
                   must
                   appeal
                   to
                   your
                   Lordship
                   ,
                   though
                   now
                   perhaps
                   it
                   is
                   too
                   late
                   ,
                   whether
                   the
                   Treason
                   that
                   is
                   laid
                   against
                   me
                   has
                   been
                   perfectly
                   proved
                   ;
                   for
                   in
                   the
                   Case
                   of
                   proving
                   Hands
                   ,
                   and
                   particularly
                   in
                   the
                   Case
                   of
                   Collonel
                   Sidney
                   ,
                   It
                   was
                   disallowed
                   that
                   comparison
                   of
                   Hands
                   should
                   be
                   Evidence
                   ;
                   there
                   ought
                   to
                   be
                   at
                   least
                   one
                   if
                   not
                   two
                   Evidences
                   to
                   prove
                   the
                   writing
                   of
                   it
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   know
                   this
                   is
                   too
                   late
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   have
                   offered
                   this
                   to
                   the
                   Jury
                   before
                   ,
                   but
                   being
                   in
                   the
                   Crowd
                   and
                   in
                   great
                   disorder
                   by
                   standing
                   so
                   long
                   ,
                   I
                   had
                   not
                   strength
                   or
                   ability
                   enough
                   to
                   urge
                   it
                   as
                   I
                   should
                   .
                   I
                   have
                   nothing
                   more
                   to
                   say
                   in
                   the
                   Case
                   but
                   submit
                   to
                   that
                   Judgment
                   that
                   the
                   Law
                   has
                   assigned
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Recorder
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   Your
                   Lordship
                   knows
                   the
                   proceedings
                   of
                   the
                   Law
                   in
                   such
                   Cases
                   ;
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   averring
                   against
                   the
                   Verdict
                   of
                   the
                   Jury
                   ,
                   they
                   have
                   found
                   your
                   Lordship
                   guilty
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Law
                   says
                   ,
                   that
                   Judgment
                   must
                   be
                   given
                   upon
                   you
                   according
                   to
                   that
                   Verdict
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Recorder
                   ,
                   I
                   do
                   not
                   aver
                   against
                   the
                   Verdict
                   .
                   I
                   own
                   it
                   is
                   too
                   late
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   have
                   offered
                   it
                   before
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   submit
                   to
                   the
                   Judgment
                   of
                   the
                   Law.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   hold
                   up
                   thy
                   hand
                   .
                
                 
                   [
                   which
                   he
                   did
                   .
                   ]
                
                 
                   You
                   are
                   in
                   the
                   same
                   Case
                   with
                   the
                   Prisoner
                   last
                   before
                   you
                   .
                   What
                   can
                   you
                   say
                   for
                   your self
                   ,
                   why
                   Judgment
                   should
                   not
                   be
                   given
                   against
                   you
                   ,
                   to
                   die
                   according
                   to
                   Law.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   humbly
                   desire
                   I
                   might
                   have
                   a
                   sight
                   of
                   my
                   Indictment
                   ;
                   I
                   have
                   some
                   reason
                   perhaps
                   to
                   believe
                   that
                   I
                   am
                   found
                   guilty
                   upon
                   an
                   Erroneous
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   so
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   desire
                   to
                   have
                   Councel
                   to
                   argue
                   the
                   Errors
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   You
                   have
                   heard
                   it
                   twice
                   read
                   in
                   English
                   ,
                   and
                   once
                   in
                   Latin
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   all
                   that
                   is
                   allowed
                   to
                   any
                   one
                   in
                   Your
                   Case
                   ,
                   I
                   never
                   knew
                   the
                   Record
                   of
                   any
                   Indictment
                   shewn
                   to
                   any
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Bar.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Suppose
                   there
                   be
                   any
                   Error
                   in
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   not
                   to
                   suppose
                   any
                   such
                   thing
                   ,
                   if
                   there
                   is
                   any
                   ,
                   it
                   has
                   been
                   read
                   to
                   you
                   ,
                   assign
                   it
                   and
                   the
                   Court
                   will
                   consider
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   I
                   can
                   assign
                   the
                   Errors
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   may
                   I
                   have
                   the
                   advantage
                   of
                   it
                   then
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   there
                   be
                   〈…〉
                   you
                   will
                   have
                   the
                   advantage
                   of
                   them
                   :
                   If
                   you
                   will
                   assign
                   them
                   ;
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   none
                   ,
                   you
                   can
                   have
                   none
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   I
                   say
                   ,
                   if
                   there
                   be
                   words
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   that
                   there
                   are
                   no
                   such
                   Words
                   in
                   Nature
                   ,
                   then
                   ,
                   Sir
                   ,
                   I
                   am
                   told
                   it
                   is
                   a
                   Vicious
                   and
                   Erroneous
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   is
                   enough
                   to
                   viciate
                   the
                   Indictment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   such
                   Words
                   in
                   Nature
                   ?
                   It
                   is
                   hard
                   to
                   tell
                   what
                   you
                   mean
                   by
                   that
                   ;
                   perhaps
                   there
                   are
                   terms
                   of
                   Art
                   in
                   the
                   Law
                   ,
                   which
                   though
                   you
                   are
                   not
                   acquainted
                   with
                   ,
                   we
                   are
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   there
                   are
                   such
                   Words
                   in
                   Nature
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   is
                   an
                   insensible
                   Expression
                   ,
                   
                     Words
                     in
                     Nature
                  
                   !
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   informed
                   that
                   even
                   a
                   Letter
                   in
                   an
                   Indictment
                   is
                   enough
                   to
                   viciate
                   it
                   ,
                   or
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   false
                   Latin
                   ,
                   that
                   will
                   make
                   it
                   an
                   Erroneous
                   Indictment
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   No
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   not
                   so
                   ;
                   but
                   if
                   you
                   will
                   tell
                   me
                   what
                   that
                   Letter
                   is
                   ,
                   I
                   'll
                   tell
                   you
                   what
                   I
                   say
                   to
                   it
                   ;
                   it
                   may
                   ,
                   or
                   it
                   may
                   not
                   be
                   material
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   We
                   know
                   it
                   was
                   lately
                   disputed
                   in
                   a
                   Case
                   of
                   this
                   Nature
                   at
                   this
                   Place
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   am
                   informed
                   the
                   Court
                   were
                   of
                   Opinion
                   ,
                   if
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   in
                   the
                   Body
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   it
                   had
                   been
                   an
                   Error
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   If
                   you
                   please
                   to
                   tell
                   me
                   wherein
                   the
                   Error
                   in
                   your
                   Indictment
                   
                   consists
                   ,
                   I
                   may
                   be
                   able
                   to
                   give
                   you
                   a
                   good
                   Answer
                   to
                   it
                   ,
                   or
                   you
                   will
                   have
                   the
                   advantage
                   of
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   say
                   it
                   consists
                   in
                   this
                   ,
                   the
                   Word
                   Cymba
                   is
                   written
                   with
                   an
                   S
                   in
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   whereas
                   it
                   should
                   be
                   with
                   a
                   C.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   How
                   do
                   you
                   know
                   it
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   no
                   matter
                   how
                   I
                   know
                   it
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   some
                   reason
                   to
                   know
                   it
                   ,
                   it
                   may
                   be
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Hardesty
                   ,
                   look
                   upon
                   the
                   Record
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   With
                   Submission
                   ,
                   that
                   is
                   an
                   Error
                   ,
                   for
                   there
                   is
                   no
                   such
                   word
                   as
                   Cymba
                   with
                   an
                   S.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   a
                   long
                   Indictment
                   ;
                   will
                   you
                   please
                   to
                   ask
                   him
                   where
                   about
                   it
                   is
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   ,
                   will
                   you
                   tell
                   me
                   where
                   't
                   is
                   written
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   In
                   the
                   Indictment
                   when
                   you
                   come
                   to
                   speak
                   of
                   Cymba
                   a
                   Boat.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   By
                   the
                   sound
                   I
                   cannot
                   distinguish
                   whether
                   it
                   be
                   S
                   or
                   C.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Sir
                   ,
                   I
                   hope
                   you
                   will
                   do
                   me
                   the
                   Justice
                   to
                   examine
                   the
                   Indictment
                   it self
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Clerk
                   is
                   looking
                   upon
                   it
                   ;
                   how
                   is
                   it
                   Mr.
                   Hardesty
                   ?
                   Is
                   it
                   with
                   an
                   S
                   or
                   a
                   C
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   with
                   a
                   C.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Clerk
                   has
                   read
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   certifies
                   me
                   it
                   is
                   in
                   both
                   places
                   with
                   a
                   C
                   which
                   is
                   true
                   Latin.
                   
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Is
                   it
                   in
                   all
                   places
                   with
                   a
                   C
                   ?
                
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   have
                   lookt
                   in
                   two
                   places
                   and
                   't
                   is
                   right
                   ;
                   I
                   'll
                   look
                   further
                   ,
                   if
                   you
                   please
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Pray
                   do
                   .
                
              
               
                 [
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 
                   Cl.
                   of
                   Arr
                   ,
                
                 
                   It
                   is
                   with
                   a
                   C.
                   in
                   all
                   places
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Clerk
                   tells
                   me
                   it
                   is
                   the
                   same
                   ,
                   and
                   right
                   in
                   every
                   place
                   ,
                   and
                   he
                   has
                   lookt
                   over
                   all
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   the
                   matter
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   Ashton
                   .
                
                 
                   Then
                   Sir
                   I
                   submit
                   to
                   it
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   Make
                   Proclamation
                   for
                   Silence
                   ;
                
              
               
                 [
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 .
                 ]
              
               
                 
                   Mr.
                   D.
                   Record
                   .
                
                 
                   My
                   Lord
                   Preston
                   ,
                   or
                   rather
                   Sir
                   
                     Richard
                     Grahme
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   
                     John
                     Ashton
                  
                   ,
                   Ye
                   have
                   been
                   Indicted
                   ,
                   Arraigned
                   and
                   Convicted
                   of
                   High
                   Treason
                   against
                   their
                   present
                   Majesties
                   King
                   William
                   and
                   Queen
                   Mary
                   ,
                   whom
                   God
                   preserve
                   .
                   Ye
                   have
                   had
                   a
                   long
                   ,
                   and
                   a
                   fair
                   ,
                   and
                   favourable
                   Tryal
                   as
                   any
                   Persons
                   that
                   ever
                   have
                   been
                   tryed
                   at
                   this
                   Bar.
                   
                
              
               
                 The
                 Jury
                 that
                 has
                 passed
                 upon
                 your
                 Lives
                 and
                 Deaths
                 has
                 convicted
                 you
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Court
                 are
                 now
                 to
                 do
                 their
                 last
                 Act
                 ▪
                 which
                 is
                 to
                 pronounce
                 that
                 Sentence
                 that
                 the
                 Law
                 does
                 inflict
                 upon
                 〈…〉
                 as
                 ye
                 stand
                 Convicted
                 of
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 trouble
                 to
                 me
                 to
                 〈…〉
                 Judgment
                 that
                 is
                 so
                 heavy
                 upon
                 you
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 must
                 say
                 ,
                 the
                 Evidence
                 〈◊〉
                 has
                 been
                 given
                 against
                 you
                 ,
                 was
                 so
                 clear
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 suppose
                 not
                 only
                 convincing
                 to
                 the
                 Twelve
                 Men
                 that
                 tryed
                 you
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 all
                 By-standers
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 can
                 do
                 it
                 with
                 that
                 satisfaction
                 that
                 becomes
                 one
                 who
                 is
                 intrusted
                 with
                 the
                 King's
                 Justice
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Law
                 may
                 obtain
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 no
                 Interruption
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
                 And
                 the
                 Sentence
                 that
                 the
                 Law
                 has
                 declared
                 should
                 be
                 pronounced
                 in
                 this
                 Case
                 ,
                 is
                 this
                 :
              
               
                 That
                 Ye
                 do
                 respectively
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 from
                 whence
                 Ye
                 came
                 ;
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 be
                 drawn
                 upon
                 a
                 Sledge
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 Execution
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 there
                 hang'd
                 up
                 by
                 the
                 Neck
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 cut
                 down
                 while
                 Ye
                 are
                 yet
                 alive
                 ,
                 to
                 have
                 your
                 Hearts
                 and
                 Bowels
                 taken
                 out
                 before
                 your
                 Faces
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 Members
                 cut
                 off
                 and
                 Burnt
                 ,
                 Your
                 Heads
                 severed
                 from
                 your
                 Bodies
                 ,
                 Your
                 Bodies
                 divided
                 into
                 four
                 Quarters
                 ,
                 Your
                 Heads
                 and
                 Bodies
                 respectively
                 to
                 be
                 disposed
                 of
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 King's
                 Will
                 and
                 Pleasure
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 have
                 mercy
                 upon
                 your
                 Souls
                 .
              
               
                 Then
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 were
                 conveyed
                 away
                 to
                 Newgate
                 ,
                 the
                 Place
                 from
                 whence
                 they
                 came
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               AN
               ACCOUNT
               OF
               TWO
               LETTERS
               ;
               One
               of
               which
               is
               from
               the
               Late
               King
               James
               TO
               THE
               POPE
               ,
               As
               it
               is
               Extracted
               out
               of
               the
               Register
               taken
               at
               Dublin
               ,
               
                 July
                 4.
                 1690.
                 
              
               With
               a
               Marginal
               Note
               ,
               That
               it
               was
               all
               written
               with
               His
               own
               Hand
               .
               THE
               OTHER
               IS
               ,
               An
               Original
               LETTER
               FROM
               THE
               EARL
               OF
               MELFORT
               ,
               (
               The
               late
               KING
               's
               Principal
               Secretary
               of
               State
               )
               TO
               The
               Late
               Queen
               ,
               Taken
               also
               at
               DVBLIN
               at
               the
               same
               time
               .
            
             
               IT
               is
               thought
               proper
               ,
               upon
               this
               Occasion
               ,
               to
               expose
               these
               Letters
               to
               publick
               View
               ,
               which
               would
               not
               have
               been
               so
               seasonable
               at
               another
               time
               as
               now
               ,
               when
               the
               Enemy
               has
               given
               open
               Proofs
               of
               those
               Designs
               which
               by
               these
               Letters
               will
               appear
               to
               have
               been
               long
               concerted
               by
               them
               :
               and
               although
               ,
               by
               the
               Providence
               of
               God
               ,
               they
               have
               been
               hitherto
               prevented
               ;
               yet
               since
               hereby
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               late
               Discovery
               ,
               the
               Industry
               of
               those
               who
               endeavour
               to
               Subvert
               this
               Government
               ,
               is
               not
               only
               manifest
               ,
               but
               that
               they
               give
               themselves
               great
               encouragement
               to
               believe
               they
               shall
               be
               able
               to
               effect
               it
               ;
               It
               is
               hoped
               ,
               that
               these
               warnings
               will
               stir
               men
               up
               to
               such
               a
               degree
               of
               Vigilance
               ,
               as
               will
               make
               them
               careful
               to
               prevent
               any
               future
               Designs
               against
               the
               Peace
               and
               Quiet
               of
               the
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   
                     Beatissime
                     Pater
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   GAudium
                   ex
                   Vestrae
                   Sanctitatis
                   in
                   B.
                   Patris
                   Cathedram
                   elevatione
                   conceptum
                   ,
                   literis
                   nostris
                   per
                   Comitem
                   de
                   Melfort
                   primum
                   Secretarium
                   nostrum
                   missis
                   expressum
                   .
                   Literae
                   S.
                   V.
                   manu
                   scriptae
                   sinceri
                   amoris
                   paterni
                   &
                   tenerae
                   compassionis
                   ob
                   ea
                   quae
                   Patimur
                   testes
                   adeo
                   auxerunt
                   ,
                   ut
                   malorum
                   sensum
                   minuerint
                   ,
                   &
                   nos
                   verè
                   consolata
                   sint
                   .
                   Unica
                   turbarum
                   contra
                   nos
                   excitatarum
                   origo
                   est
                   ,
                   quod
                   Catholicam
                   Fidem
                   amplexi
                   simus
                   ,
                   &
                   eamdem
                   in
                   tria
                   Regna
                   &
                   latè
                   sparsas
                   per
                   Americam
                   nostrorum
                   subditorum
                   Colonias
                   reducere
                   statuisse
                   nuper
                   neutrum
                   negamus
                   .
                   Posterius
                   quae
                   fecimus
                   in
                   hoc
                   Regno
                   probant
                   ,
                   ubi
                   enim
                   divino
                   auxilio
                   ,
                   parvas
                   quidem
                   ,
                   sed
                   frequentes
                   victorias
                   de
                   Rebellibus
                   reportassemus
                   (
                   magnam
                   impedierunt
                   isti
                   ,
                   decretoriam
                   pugnam
                   pertinacitèr
                   declinantes
                   )
                   iis
                   in
                   Religionis
                   bonum
                   usi
                   sumus
                   ,
                   quam
                   hîc
                   spero
                   brevi
                   firmitèr
                   stabilitum
                   iri
                   .
                   Idem
                   in
                   aliis
                   ditionibus
                   nostris
                   factum
                   ,
                   ubi
                   divinâ
                   ope
                   iisdem
                   restituti
                   fuerimus
                   .
                   Hoc
                   non
                   ita
                   difficilè
                   videtur
                   ,
                   modo
                   subsidio
                   aliquo
                   juvemur
                   ,
                   adeò
                   aegre
                   ferunt
                   grave
                   usurpationis
                   jugum
                   ,
                   &
                   nostri
                   reditûs
                   tam
                   sparsum
                   est
                   desiderium
                   .
                   Juvabit
                   Pax
                   Catholicos
                   inter
                   Principes
                   inita
                   ,
                   aut
                   si
                   pacem
                   temporis
                   angustiae
                   vetent
                   ,
                   Induciae
                   ,
                   quae
                   etiam
                   finem
                   imponent
                   Tragoediae
                   in
                   Germania
                   inchoatae
                   ,
                   ubi
                   Heretici
                   in
                   ipsis
                   Ecclesiae
                   visceribus
                   haerent
                   eaque
                   rodunt
                   .
                   Nihil
                   opus
                   verbis
                   ,
                   ubi
                   res
                   ipsae
                   tam
                   clarè
                   loquuntur
                   ,
                   &
                   opem
                   implorant
                   .
                   Apostolicus
                   S.
                   V.
                   zelus
                   aliquam
                   providebit
                   malis
                   parem
                   ,
                   &
                   à
                   fiduciâ
                   pleni
                   Deum
                   veneramur
                   ,
                   Beatitudini
                   vestrae
                   longum
                   &
                   prosperum
                   regimen
                   largiatur
                   ,
                   atque
                   pedibus
                   ejus
                   advoluti
                   ,
                   omni
                   cum
                   debito
                   sanctitatis
                   vestrae
                   filiali
                   amore
                   atque
                   observantiâ
                   ,
                   Apostolicam
                   Benedictionem
                   postulamus
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Datum
                       Dublinii
                    
                     ,
                     
                       
                         26
                         Novemb.
                      
                       1689.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   Dublin
                   ,
                   
                     26
                     Novemb.
                     1689.
                     
                  
                   Translation
                   of
                   a
                   Latin
                   LETTER
                   ,
                   whereof
                   the
                   Copy
                   is
                   annexed
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   then
                   writ
                   by
                   King
                   James
                   to
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   as
                   't
                   is
                   extracted
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Register
                   taken
                   at
                   Dublin
                   ;
                   with
                   a
                   Marginal
                   Note
                   ,
                   That
                   it
                   was
                   all
                   writ
                   with
                   His
                   own
                   Hand
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Most
                     Holy
                     Father
                     ,
                  
                
                 
                   WE
                   did
                   by
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Melfort
                   ,
                   Our
                   Principal
                   Secretary
                   of
                   State
                   ,
                   signifie
                   to
                   Your
                   Holiness
                   the
                   Joy
                   We
                   had
                   in
                   Your
                   Promotion
                   to
                   the
                   Sacred
                   Chair
                   .
                   And
                   those
                   Letters
                   which
                   Your
                   Holiness
                   did
                   with
                   Your
                   own
                   Hand
                   write
                   Us
                   ,
                   were
                   such
                   Testimonies
                   of
                   Fatherly
                   Love
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   Your
                   Tender
                   Compassion
                   for
                   what
                   We
                   suffer
                   ,
                   that
                   they
                   have
                   lessened
                   the
                   sense
                   of
                   Our
                   Calamity
                   ,
                   and
                   have
                   proved
                   of
                   real
                   Consolation
                   to
                   Us.
                   The
                   only
                   source
                   of
                   all
                   these
                   Rebellions
                   against
                   Us
                   is
                   ,
                   That
                   We
                   embraced
                   the
                   Catholick
                   Faith
                   ;
                   and
                   do
                   not
                   disown
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   to
                   spread
                   the
                   same
                   not
                   only
                   in
                   Our
                   Three
                   Kingdoms
                   ,
                   but
                   over
                   all
                   the
                   dispersed
                   Colonies
                   of
                   Our
                   Subjects
                   in
                   America
                   ,
                   was
                   Our
                   determination
                   .
                   To
                   manifest
                   this
                   ,
                   there
                   will
                   need
                   no
                   other
                   proof
                   ,
                   than
                   to
                   see
                   how
                   lately
                   We
                   have
                   proceeded
                   in
                   this
                   Kingdom
                   ;
                   for
                   as
                   We
                   have
                   frequently
                   beaten
                   the
                   Rebels
                   in
                   small
                   Parties
                   ,
                   (
                   which
                   might
                   have
                   been
                   one
                   complete
                   Victory
                   ,
                   if
                   they
                   had
                   not
                   obstinately
                   declined
                   to
                   give
                   Us
                   Battel
                   )
                   ;
                   so
                   We
                   have
                   still
                   turn'd
                   all
                   to
                   the
                   advantage
                   of
                   Religion
                   ,
                   and
                   hope
                   very
                   soon
                   to
                   see
                   it
                   here
                   firmly
                   established
                   :
                   Nor
                   will
                   it
                   look
                   hard
                   ,
                   if
                   but
                   aided
                   by
                   some
                   Subsidies
                   ,
                   to
                   compass
                   the
                   same
                   in
                   Our
                   other
                   Dominions
                   ,
                   as
                   soon
                   as
                   by
                   God's
                   favour
                   We
                   shall
                   be
                   restored
                   ,
                   seeing
                   Our
                   People
                   do
                   so
                   ill
                   bear
                   the
                   Usurper's
                   Yoke
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   universally
                   long
                   for
                   our
                   Return
                   .
                   It
                   would
                   promote
                   this
                   Work
                   ,
                   if
                   a
                   general
                   Peace
                   were
                   settled
                   among
                   the
                   Catholick
                   Princes
                   ,
                   or
                   a
                   Truce
                   at
                   least
                   ,
                   in
                   case
                   the
                   time
                   be
                   too
                   short
                   for
                   the
                   other
                   :
                   for
                   this
                   would
                   put
                   an
                   end
                   to
                   those
                   Calamities
                   begun
                   in
                   Germany
                   ,
                   and
                   where
                   the
                   Hereticks
                   lie
                   now
                   gnawing
                   in
                   the
                   very
                   Bowels
                   of
                   the
                   Church
                   .
                   But
                   what
                   need
                   We
                   speak
                   on
                   this
                   Subject
                   ,
                   where
                   the
                   things
                   themselves
                   are
                   so
                   loud
                   ,
                   and
                   implore
                   Your
                   Aid
                   ?
                   The
                   Apostolick
                   Zeal
                   of
                   Your
                   Holiness
                   must
                   find
                   out
                   Remedies
                   fit
                   for
                   these
                   Evils
                   ;
                   and
                   in
                   full
                   confidence
                   hereof
                   ,
                   We
                   beseech
                   God
                   to
                   give
                   Your
                   Holiness
                   a
                   long
                   and
                   happy
                   Reign
                   :
                   And
                   We
                   being
                   ,
                   with
                   all
                   Love
                   and
                   filial
                   Observance
                   prostrate
                   at
                   Your
                   Feet
                   ,
                   do
                   beg
                   Your
                   Apostolical
                   Benediction
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Given
                       at
                       Our
                       Castle
                       of
                    
                     Dublin
                     ,
                     
                       
                         this
                         26th
                         of
                      
                       November
                       ,
                       1689.
                       
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 
                 
                   May
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                
                 
                   SInce
                   the
                   last
                   Post
                   ,
                   not
                   having
                   had
                   any
                   new
                   occasion
                   of
                   demanding
                   Audience
                   of
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   I
                   went
                   to
                   the
                   Cardinal
                   Ottoboni
                   ,
                   whom
                   after
                   four
                   or
                   five
                   disappointments
                   ,
                   I
                   at
                   last
                   found
                   ,
                   and
                   informed
                   him
                   of
                   the
                   matter
                   ,
                   and
                   begged
                   his
                   assistance
                   with
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   for
                   all
                   those
                   Reasons
                   which
                   your
                   Majesty
                   has
                   already
                   seen
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   else
                   I
                   could
                   invent
                   .
                
                 
                   The
                   Cardinal
                   seemed
                   much
                   more
                   willing
                   to
                   enter
                   into
                   the
                   Matter
                   than
                   formerly
                   ;
                   was
                   very
                   glad
                   at
                   the
                   News
                   ;
                   told
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   had
                   seen
                   Your
                   Majesties
                   Letter
                   to
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   all
                   of
                   your
                   own
                   hand
                   ;
                   That
                   it
                   was
                   all
                   their
                   concerns
                   ;
                   that
                   he
                   was
                   but
                   the
                   Pope's
                   Minister
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   could
                   answer
                   for
                   nothing
                   ,
                   but
                   informing
                   him
                   Right
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   he
                   promised
                   to
                   me
                   he
                   would
                   do
                   with
                   as
                   much
                   affection
                   to
                   your
                   Majesties
                   Interest
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   could
                   do
                   if
                   I
                   were
                   there
                   .
                   He
                   complained
                   (
                   in
                   confidence
                   )
                   to
                   me
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Pope
                   had
                   some
                   about
                   him
                   who
                   were
                   not
                   so
                   affectionate
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   so
                   he
                   often
                   left
                   him
                   well
                   inclined
                   ,
                   and
                   found
                   him
                   changed
                   at
                   next
                   meeting
                   ;
                   but
                   that
                   in
                   this
                   he
                   would
                   do
                   all
                   that
                   was
                   in
                   his
                   Power
                   .
                   He
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   doubted
                   not
                   that
                   I
                   was
                   informed
                   of
                   the
                   Emperor's
                   proceedings
                   ,
                   how
                   angry
                   he
                   was
                   at
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   &c.
                   
                
                 
                   I
                   told
                   him
                   ,
                   That
                   for
                   those
                   about
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   if
                   any
                   of
                   them
                   contradicted
                   his
                   inclinations
                   ,
                   I
                   humbly
                   conceived
                   it
                   to
                   be
                   his
                   fault
                   ,
                   who
                   having
                   the
                   double
                   Authority
                   of
                   Minister
                   and
                   Nephew
                   ,
                   might
                   easily
                   make
                   the
                   Palace
                   too
                   hot
                   for
                   any
                   who
                   would
                   oppose
                   him
                   ,
                   especially
                   in
                   things
                   so
                   just
                   ,
                   and
                   ,
                   indeed
                   ,
                   so
                   necessary
                   for
                   his
                   Interest
                   .
                   That
                   I
                   was
                   ,
                   indeed
                   ,
                   informed
                   of
                   the
                   Emperor's
                   H●ffing
                   ;
                   but
                   withal
                   ,
                   knew
                   how
                   little
                   that
                   would
                   signify
                   ,
                   if
                   he
                   took
                   the
                   right
                   way
                   ,
                   which
                   was
                   to
                   assist
                   the
                   King
                   to
                   his
                   Throne
                   ,
                   who
                   would
                   be
                   in
                   a
                   condition
                   to
                   bring
                   Europe
                   to
                   Peace
                   on
                   just
                   terms
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   only
                   to
                   assist
                   the
                   Pope
                   ,
                   but
                   to
                   profit
                   his
                   Eminence
                   and
                   all
                   his
                   Family
                   ;
                   That
                   I
                   knew
                   what
                   a
                   King
                   of
                   England
                   could
                   do
                   ,
                   and
                   what
                   the
                   Generosity
                   of
                   this
                   King
                   would
                   do
                   to
                   such
                   as
                   obliged
                   him
                   ,
                   as
                   his
                   Eminence
                   might
                   do
                   in
                   this
                   Conjuncture
                   ;
                   That
                   the
                   Emperor
                   was
                   lost
                   however
                   to
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   made
                   it
                   the
                   more
                   necessary
                   to
                   hold
                   in
                   with
                   
                   same
                   ,
                   so
                   as
                   to
                   have
                   a
                   Friend
                   in
                   time
                   of
                   need
                   ;
                   That
                   if
                   this
                   was
                   true
                   ,
                   I
                   informed
                   him
                   of
                   the
                   nearest
                   way
                   to
                   put
                   himself
                   above
                   what
                   the
                   House
                   of
                   Austria
                   could
                   do
                   ,
                   was
                   to
                   push
                   on
                   the
                   Wheel
                   that
                   went
                   easiliest
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   the
                   King
                   on
                   his
                   Throne
                   ,
                   that
                   Family
                   would
                   not
                   talk
                   so
                   high
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   had
                   all
                   the
                   satisfaction
                   in
                   words
                   I
                   could
                   desire
                   ;
                   but
                   in
                   effect
                   ,
                   I
                   believe
                   nothing
                   will
                   be
                   done
                   till
                   the
                   news
                   of
                   the
                   Rising
                   come
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   I
                   am
                   very
                   confident
                   something
                   will
                   be
                   done
                   ;
                   so
                   I
                   pray
                   God
                   we
                   may
                   have
                   the
                   news
                   of
                   it
                   speedily
                   :
                   And
                   if
                   it
                   be
                   not
                   dispatched
                   hither
                   before
                   this
                   come
                   to
                   your
                   Majesties
                   hands
                   ,
                   I
                   would
                   humbly
                   beseech
                   your
                   Majesty
                   to
                   get
                   the
                   M.
                   C.
                   King
                   to
                   send
                   an
                   Express
                   with
                   it
                   hither
                   ,
                   that
                   we
                   may
                   make
                   the
                   greater
                   impression
                   with
                   it
                   ;
                   in
                   the
                   mean
                   time
                   ,
                   I
                   shall
                   (
                   after
                   the
                   Post
                   comes
                   )
                   endeavour
                   another
                   Audience
                   ,
                   that
                   I
                   may
                   still
                   be
                   keeping
                   them
                   in
                   mind
                   of
                   what
                   it
                   's
                   so
                   much
                   their
                   duty
                   to
                   do
                   however
                   .
                
                 
                   I
                   am
                   sorry
                   ,
                   that
                   on
                   this
                   important
                   occasion
                   ,
                   I
                   should
                   be
                   so
                   little
                   useful
                   to
                   so
                   good
                   a
                   Master
                   ;
                   but
                   it
                   is
                   God's
                   will
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   must
                   submit
                   to
                   it
                   .
                   I
                   am
                   told
                   ,
                   how
                   true
                   I
                   know
                   not
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   Ireland
                   they
                   begin
                   to
                   be
                   sorry
                   for
                   their
                   injustice
                   to
                   me
                   ;
                   pray
                   God
                   it
                   be
                   true
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   my
                   Example
                   may
                   hinder
                   them
                   from
                   falling
                   in
                   the
                   like
                   with
                   Mr.
                   
                     De
                     Lauzune
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   will
                   certainly
                   carry
                   higher
                   than
                   I
                   did
                   with
                   them
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   I
                   have
                   some
                   Reasons
                   to
                   fear
                   ,
                   from
                   the
                   Humours
                   he
                   has
                   to
                   do
                   with
                   .
                   I
                   have
                   written
                   to
                   all
                   my
                   Friends
                   to
                   do
                   their
                   best
                   to
                   keep
                   peace
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   all
                   may
                   prefer
                   the
                   King's
                   Service
                   to
                   their
                   own
                   private
                   Interest
                   ,
                   which
                   I
                   hope
                   in
                   God
                   they
                   will
                   do
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   all
                   shall
                   go
                   well
                   .
                   I
                   am
                   sorry
                   to
                   hear
                   that
                   there
                   was
                   not
                   preparation
                   made
                   for
                   the
                   reception
                   of
                   the
                   French
                   ;
                   the
                   King
                   could
                   do
                   no
                   more
                   but
                   send
                   a
                   Lieutenant-General
                   ,
                   E.
                   Dover
                   ,
                   to
                   take
                   Order
                   ;
                   but
                   alas
                   ,
                   the
                   negligence
                   of
                   the
                   Servant
                   makes
                   the
                   Master
                   suffer
                   ;
                   and
                   it
                   will
                   never
                   be
                   well
                   till
                   these
                   〈◊〉
                   be
                   punished
                   as
                   they
                   deserve
                   ,
                   as
                   I
                   doubt
                   not
                   this
                   has
                   been
                   ,
                   if
                   the
                   Story
                   be
                   true
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   fault
                   was
                   so
                   great
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   worse
                   the
                   matter
                   is
                   represented
                   in
                   France
                   ,
                   the
                   more
                   the
                   King's
                   Honour
                   is
                   concerned
                   ,
                   not
                   to
                   suffer
                   it
                   to
                   pass
                   unpunished
                   ;
                   one
                   Example
                   or
                   two
                   is
                   necessary
                   for
                   the
                   recovering
                   of
                   the
                   Kingdoms
                   ;
                   for
                   there
                   is
                   not
                   one
                   thing
                   I
                   stand
                   so
                   much
                   in
                   fear
                   of
                   ,
                   as
                   negligence
                   in
                   executing
                   the
                   King's
                   Orders
                   .
                   Forgive
                   me
                   ,
                   Madam
                   ,
                   for
                   medling
                   in
                   this
                   matter
                   ,
                   but
                   I
                   'll
                   swear
                   I
                   cannot
                   help
                   it
                   ;
                   I
                   must
                   be
                   concerned
                   ,
                   when
                   I
                   hear
                   of
                   any
                   thing
                   by
                   which
                   the
                   King
                   is
                   prejudiced
                   ,
                   either
                   in
                   his
                   Reputation
                   or
                   Service
                   .
                
                 
                 
                   I
                   humbly
                   Pray
                   ,
                   That
                   Almighty
                   God
                   may
                   send
                   his
                   best
                   Blessings
                   upon
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Prince
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   you
                   may
                   happy
                   together
                   for
                   many
                   years
                   in
                   your
                   own
                   England
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   all
                   〈◊〉
                   Subjects
                   may
                   rejoyce
                   at
                   it
                   as
                   heartily
                   as
                   I
                   ,
                   who
                   am
                   ,
                
                 
                   May
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   
                     Your
                     Majesties
                     most
                     Humble
                     ,
                     most
                     Faithful
                     ,
                     and
                     most
                     Obedient
                     Subject
                     and
                     Servant
                     .
                     MELFORT
                  
                   
                     Rome
                     ,
                     
                       May
                       2.
                       1690.
                       
                    
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Lady
                     Melfort
                     has
                     her
                     most
                     Humble
                     Duty
                     presented
                     to
                     your
                     Majesty
                     ;
                     for
                     which
                     presumption
                     ,
                     she
                     begs
                     Most
                     Humble
                     Pardon
                     .
                  
                
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .