A brief narrative of that stupendious [sic] tragedie late intended to be acted by the satanical saints of these reforming times humbly presented to the king's most excellent majesty : also, an impartial account of the indictment, arraignment, tryal [sic], and condemnation of Thomas Tonge, George Phillips, Francis Stubbs, James Hind, John Sallers, and Nathaniel Gibbs, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, London, Decemb. 11, 1662 ; together with the confessions, speeches, and prayers of George Phillips, Thomas Tonge, Nathaniel Gibbs, Francis Stubbs, at the place of execution, on Munday, Decemb. 22, 1662. / exactly taken in short-hand characters, by the same person that wrote the late king's judges tryals.
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             A brief narrative of that stupendious [sic] tragedie late intended to be acted by the satanical saints of these reforming times humbly presented to the king's most excellent majesty : also, an impartial account of the indictment, arraignment, tryal [sic], and condemnation of Thomas Tonge, George Phillips, Francis Stubbs, James Hind, John Sallers, and Nathaniel Gibbs, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, London, Decemb. 11, 1662 ; together with the confessions, speeches, and prayers of George Phillips, Thomas Tonge, Nathaniel Gibbs, Francis Stubbs, at the place of execution, on Munday, Decemb. 22, 1662. / exactly taken in short-hand characters, by the same person that wrote the late king's judges tryals.
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               A
               BRIEF
               NARRATIVE
               Of
               that
               Stupendious
               Tragedie
               Late
               intended
               to
               be
               Acted
               by
               the
               Satanical
               SAINTS
               of
               these
               Reforming
               Times
               .
               Humbly
               presented
               to
               the
               KING'
               's
               most
               EXCELLENT
               MAIESTY
               .
            
             
               ALSO
               ,
               An
               Impartial
               Account
               of
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               Arraignment
               ,
               Tryal
               and
               Condemnation
               of
               Thomas
               Tonge
               ,
               George
               Phillips
               ,
               Francis
               Stubbs
               ,
               Iames
               Hind
               ,
               Iohn
               Sallers
               ,
               and
               Nathaniel
               Gibbs
               ,
               At
               Iustice-Hall
               in
               the
               
                 Old-Baily
                 ,
                 London
                 ,
                 Decemb.
              
               11.
               1662.
               
            
             
               Together
               with
               the
               Confessions
               ,
               Speeches
               ,
               and
               Prayers
               of
               George
               Phillips
               ,
               Thomas
               Tonge
               ,
               Nathaniel
               Gibbs
               ,
               Francis
               Stubbs
               ,
               at
               the
               Place
               of
               Execution
               ,
               on
               Munday
               Decemb.
               22.
               1662.
               
            
             
               Exactly
               taken
               in
               Short-Hand
               Characters
               ,
               by
               the
               same
               Person
               that
               wrote
               the
               late
               Kings
               Iudges
               Tryals
               .
            
             
               London
               ,
               Printed
               for
               
                 Charles
                 Adams
              
               ,
               at
               the
               Talbot
               in
               Fleet-street
               ,
               near
               S.
               Dunstans
               Church
               .
               1662.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               NARRATIVE
               Presented
               to
               the
               KINGS
               Most
               Excellent
               MAJESTIE
               .
            
             
               
                 May
                 it
                 Please
                 Your
                 Majesty
                 ,
              
            
             
               ON
               
                 Sunday
                 October
              
               the
               12th
               1662.
               
               I
               came
               to
               London
               for
               dispatch
               of
               my
               own
               private
               Affairs
               :
               On
               Thursday
               following
               ,
               the
               16th
               of
               the
               same
               month
               ,
               walking
               through
               Cheapside
               ,
               I
               met
               one
               commonly
               called
               by
               the
               name
               of
               Captain
               Baker
               ,
               then
               living
               in
               East-Smithfield
               ,
               formerly
               of
               New-England
               ;
               but
               more
               lately
               promoted
               by
               
                 Hugh
                 Peters
              
               (
               not
               long
               since
               Hanged
               and
               Quartered
               for
               many
               Treasons
               )
               to
               be
               one
               of
               Cromwels
               Yeomen
               of
               his
               Guard
               ;
               we
               remained
               not
               long
               in
               the
               Street
               ,
               but
               he
               gave
               me
               an
               invitation
               to
               
               bestow
               upon
               me
               my
               welcome
               to
               Town
               ,
               which
               I
               accepted
               ;
               and
               by
               that
               means
               I
               had
               the
               opportunity
               of
               Discourse
               .
               After
               we
               had
               saluted
               each
               other
               ,
               he
               proceeded
               to
               ask
               me
               what
               News
               from
               the
               Country
               ;
               I
               told
               him
               we
               heard
               l●ttle
               ;
               In
               the
               Town
               ,
               he
               replyed
               ,
               there
               was
               some
               stirring
               and
               that
               he
               had
               Matters
               of
               Concernment
               in
               hand
               to
               follow
               ,
               with
               several
               others
               ,
               who
               did
               hope
               ere
               long
               to
               be
               delivered
               from
               that
               Trumpery
               of
               Rome
               that
               did
               daily
               incroach
               upon
               the
               Nation
               .
               Some
               more
               words
               to
               this
               effect
               passed
               from
               him
               ;
               I
               considering
               and
               knowing
               what
               a
               desperate
               Enemy
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Ministry
               of
               the
               Land
               ,
               this
               man
               had
               been
               ;
               and
               though
               he
               was
               but
               an
               illiterate
               and
               rough-hewn
               fellow
               ,
               yet
               in
               New-England
               he
               might
               be
               sufficiently
               possessed
               with
               villanous
               Principles
               ;
               and
               I
               knowing
               also
               ,
               that
               the
               chiefest
               Designers
               against
               the
               Kings
               Majesty
               had
               confidence
               enough
               to
               intrust
               him
               with
               matters
               of
               moment
               :
               upon
               this
               ,
               I
               modestly
               put
               my self
               upon
               the
               sifting
               of
               him
               .
               He
               being
               not
               suspicious
               in
               the
               least
               of
               my
               fidelity
               ,
               and
               knowing
               how
               forward
               my
               Father
               had
               been
               to
               promote
               that
               Devil
               ,
               that
               Geneva
               Good-old-Cause
               ;
               and
               supposing
               that
               I
               was
               a
               Non-Conformist
               ,
               because
               I
               was
               not
               in
               a
               Canonical
               Habit
               ,
               he
               at
               last
               told
               me
               ,
               That
               before
               a
               few
               Weeks
               were
               expired
               ,
               he
               did
               not
               doubt
               but
               that
               both
               of
               us
               should
               see
               the
               slaughter
               and
               confusion
               of
               those
               Rogues
               at
               Whitehall
               ;
               And
               that
               it
               did
               grieve
               his
               heart
               ,
               to
               see
               that
               Villain
               (
               meaning
               the
               King
               )
               and
               Prince
               Rupert
               to
               ride
               not
               long
               since
               through
               the
               City
               ,
               with
               a
               few
               men
               with
               them
               (
               which
               was
               when
               (
               as
               Baker
               said
               )
               He
               rode
               a
               Hunting
               ,
               )
               when
               the
               said
               Baker
               ,
               would
               have
               been
               one
               of
               the
               Twenty
               that
               should
               have
               murdered
               Him
               ,
               and
               have
               delivered
               this
               Nation
               from
               the
               Tyranny
               of
               an
               Outlandish
               Dog.
               I
               perceiving
               the
               temper
               of
               the
               man
               to
               be
               so
               high
               ,
               thought
               he
               would
               not
               be
               so
               bold
               ,
               unless
               he
               had
               some
               perswasions
               that
               the
               GODLY
               PARTY
               should
               Once
               more
               reign
               
               over
               this
               Kingdom
               :
               Whereupon
               I
               began
               to
               under-value
               his
               Assertion
               of
               Confounding
               the
               Rogues
               at
               Whitehall
               ;
               and
               certified
               him
               ,
               there
               was
               no
               such
               Expectation
               in
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               but
               the
               Parliament
               Party
               there
               were
               heartless
               ;
               onely
               this
               ,
               that
               our
               Eyes
               were
               upon
               the
               City
               ;
               and
               if
               any
               hopes
               of
               Recovery
               were
               here
               amongst
               the
               HONEST
               PEOPLE
               ,
               we
               should
               gladly
               set
               our
               Hearts
               and
               Hands
               to
               their
               assistance
               ;
               with
               many
               words
               to
               this
               purpose
               .
            
             
               His
               Reply
               was
               ,
               that
               if
               I
               would
               come
               along
               with
               him
               ,
               the
               said
               Baker
               ,
               at
               that
               present
               time
               ,
               he
               did
               not
               doubt
               ,
               but
               he
               should
               meet
               with
               some
               friends
               ,
               that
               in
               these
               matters
               would
               give
               me
               better
               satisfaction
               ;
               I
               answered
               him
               I
               had
               not
               leisure
               then
               ,
               but
               on
               the
               morrow
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               time
               ,
               I
               would
               gladly
               accompany
               them
               ,
               and
               understand
               somewhat
               of
               those
               Negotiations
               ;
               because
               it
               concerned
               us
               all
               to
               yield
               our
               best
               Council
               and
               assistance
               to
               that
               work
               ;
               whereupon
               he
               promised
               to
               bring
               some
               persons
               with
               him
               suddenly
               to
               my
               Lodging
               for
               that
               purpose
               .
            
             
               October
               ,
               17.
               
               Upon
               the
               Friday
               following
               towards
               night
               ,
               the
               said
               Baker
               came
               to
               my
               Lodging
               in
               Smithfield
               ,
               and
               brought
               three
               other
               persons
               with
               him
               enquiring
               for
               me
               ;
               but
               it
               being
               late
               before
               I
               came
               home
               ,
               they
               departed
               :
               and
               Baker
               with
               two
               of
               the
               aforesaid
               three
               promised
               to
               come
               early
               on
               the
               Saturday
               morning
               ,
               which
               two
               persons
               accordingly
               came
               ;
               but
               Baker
               fayling
               ,
               and
               they
               being
               not
               acquainted
               with
               me
               ,
               they
               let
               me
               depart
               the
               House
               after
               I
               came
               out
               of
               my
               chamber
               without
               the
               least
               Greeting
               .
            
             
               Upon
               the
               Munday
               following
               being
               the
               20th
               of
               October
               ,
               early
               in
               the
               morning
               the
               said
               Baker
               visited
               me
               excusing
               his
               neglect
               on
               the
               Saturday
               before
               ,
               telling
               me
               that
               he
               had
               brought
               3
               persons
               of
               Eminency
               the
               last
               Friday
               night
               ,
               to
               give
               me
               some
               intelligence
               of
               matters
               
               in
               hand
               ,
               but
               they
               having
               not
               the
               happiness
               to
               see
               me
               then
               ,
               had
               engaged
               him
               to
               come
               this
               morning
               to
               me
               ,
               desiring
               I
               would
               come
               with
               him
               to
               the
               Exchange
               ;
               and
               in
               the
               New-England
               walke
               he
               should
               find
               those
               three
               persons
               waiting
               for
               us
               .
            
             
               I
               consented
               ,
               asking
               their
               quality
               and
               their
               names
               .
               He
               Answered
               that
               one
               of
               them
               was
               a
               choyce
               person
               ,
               Zealous
               and
               active
               in
               the
               Cause
               ,
               which
               was
               Mr.
               
                 Edward
                 Riggs
              
               ,
               formerly
               Chaplain
               to
               Blake
               ;
               the
               other
               was
               Bradely
               ,
               formerly
               a
               faithful
               Messenger
               to
               Cromwells
               Council
               of
               State
               ,
               the
               other
               was
               one
               Hill
               a
               Drawer
               of
               Cloth
               in
               Coleman-street
               and
               a
               Church
               Member
               .
            
             
               All
               which
               persons
               betwixt
               twelve
               and
               one
               I
               met
               on
               the
               Exchange
               ;
               assoon
               as
               I
               beheld
               their
               Aspect
               ,
               I
               presently
               adjudged
               them
               of
               that
               party
               .
               After
               Baker
               had
               informed
               them
               that
               I
               was
               as
               good
               as
               themselves
               ,
               and
               my
               Father
               a
               publick
               Person
               that
               may
               Advance
               the
               Cause
               in
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               we
               saluted
               ,
               and
               all
               of
               us
               Resolved
               to
               have
               some
               Godly
               Communication
               ,
               at
               the
               Sign
               of
               the
               Ship
               by
               the
               East-India
               House
               in
               Leaden-Hall
               Street
               .
            
             
               The
               man
               of
               the
               house
               ,
               as
               the
               said
               Hill
               the
               Drawer
               of
               Cloth
               informed
               ,
               though
               he
               was
               a
               Trained
               Souldier
               ,
               yet
               was
               truely
               honest
               to
               the
               Godly
               Party
               .
            
             
               And
               our
               Conference
               there
               was
               all
               of
               Gods
               Glory
               ;
               in
               Ze●l
               we
               were
               up
               to
               the
               Eyes
               ;
               and
               I
               began
               exactly
               to
               speak
               their
               Language
               ;
               and
               especially
               to
               fit
               Riggs
               with
               expressions
               sutable
               to
               his
               Tone
               ,
               because
               I
               found
               him
               the
               most
               intelligent
               person
               amongst
               them
               ,
               and
               the
               Darling
               of
               the
               Churches
               .
               After
               much
               circumlocution
               I
               had
               insinuated
               into
               Riggs
               a
               good
               opinion
               of
               me
               ,
               that
               our
               Souls
               were
               as
               David
               and
               Ionathans
               ;
               Then
               downright
               we
               came
               to
               the
               business
               ;
               and
               Riggs
               assured
               me
               ;
               (
               I
               having
               certified
               him
               of
               our
               ignorance
               of
               it
               in
               the
               Country
               ;
               yet
               we
               were
               unwilling
               not
               to
               be
               numbered
               among
               the
               Repairers
               of
               
               Zion
               ,
               to
               look
               on
               and
               not
               help
               our
               Brethren
               .
               )
               Then
               he
               was
               sick
               until
               he
               had
               satisfied
               me
               of
               the
               happy
               reconciliation
               of
               all
               the
               Sects
               and
               Churches
               ;
               and
               that
               Six
               most
               excellent
               Persons
               ,
               wishing
               well
               to
               all
               Parties
               ,
               and
               tender
               of
               every
               little
               fry
               of
               Locusts
               ,
               were
               elected
               by
               general
               consent
               to
               mannage
               and
               contrive
               the
               Design
               of
               reducing
               us
               to
               a
               Free-State
               ,
               and
               to
               Surprise
               the
               King
               in
               White-Hall
               ,
               my
               Lord
               Chancellor
               ,
               my
               Lord
               Duke
               of
               Albemarle
               ,
               and
               Major
               General
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Brown.
              
               And
               that
               they
               had
               protested
               secrecy
               by
               lifting
               up
               their
               hands
               to
               Almighty
               God
               ;
               and
               they
               were
               resolved
               to
               expedite
               the
               work
               .
            
             
               And
               to
               that
               end
               several
               Messengers
               ,
               being
               Church-Members
               ,
               were
               directed
               into
               the
               Country
               ;
               and
               all
               persons
               of
               that
               Interest
               were
               resolved
               to
               acquiess
               in
               what
               they
               should
               Act
               ,
               and
               prepare
               as
               those
               Six
               should
               direct
               .
            
             
               To
               insist
               much
               on
               particulars
               ,
               Riggs
               with
               the
               rest
               ,
               were
               somewhat
               shy
               that
               afternoon
               ;
               but
               we
               appointed
               to
               meet
               on
               the
               morrow
               at
               the
               same
               place
               of
               the
               Exchange
               .
            
             
               Tuesday
               I
               met
               
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 Bradley
                 ,
                 Baker
                 ,
                 Iames
                 Hill
                 ,
              
               and
               to
               our
               godly
               society
               came
               one
               Capt.
               Brown
               a
               Sea
               Captain
               dwelling
               in
               Wapping
               ,
               and
               
                 Iames
                 Hinde
              
               a
               Gunner
               to
               a
               Ship.
               It
               was
               long
               ,
               because
               so
               much
               company
               was
               there
               ,
               before
               our
               good
               Discourse
               of
               the
               Work
               of
               God
               begun
               ;
               yet
               at
               last
               Riggs
               could
               no
               longer
               detain
               it
               from
               his
               new
               Brother
               :
               but
               taking
               me
               aside
               ,
               assured
               me
               that
               this
               Work
               was
               long
               intended
               ,
               that
               Intelligence
               came
               in
               agreeable
               to
               expectation
               from
               the
               Counties
               ,
               that
               he
               the
               said
               Riggs
               was
               intendded
               once
               to
               be
               one
               of
               those
               six
               ;
               but
               he
               had
               engaged
               himself
               in
               business
               in
               a
               Brew-house
               in
               town
               that
               he
               could
               not
               defer
               ;
               but
               he
               was
               very
               instrumental
               in
               encouraging
               honest
               men
               to
               the
               Work
               ,
               and
               in
               satisfying
               the
               Fifth-monarchy
               men
               ,
               who
               would
               have
               undertaken
               the
               Work
               themselves
               ;
               and
               then
               't
               was
               his
               work
               with
               several
               others
               ,
               to
               put
               a
               stop
               to
               it
               ,
               until
               
               all
               parties
               were
               agreed
               ;
               and
               though
               the
               Presbyter
               would
               not
               be
               active
               ,
               yet
               he
               doubted
               not
               ,
               but
               many
               of
               them
               were
               consenting
               to
               the
               Work.
               But
               if
               I
               would
               meet
               him
               ,
               the
               said
               Riggs
               ,
               on
               the
               Wednesday
               night
               late
               ,
               I
               should
               have
               better
               information
               ;
               for
               the
               six
               persons
               in
               Council
               sate
               so
               obscure
               ,
               not
               twice
               in
               a
               place
               ,
               all
               disguized
               ,
               and
               were
               resolved
               to
               act
               it
               so
               secret
               ,
               that
               no
               person
               ,
               Friend
               or
               Foe
               ,
               except
               two
               persons
               ,
               should
               know
               where
               or
               when
               they
               met
               ,
               or
               whom
               they
               were
               .
               But
               Lieutenant
               Strange
               would
               come
               to
               town
               that
               Wednesday
               ,
               and
               he
               ,
               the
               said
               Riggs
               ,
               should
               meet
               him
               ,
               and
               give
               me
               full
               information
               .
               For
               the
               meeting
               I
               gave
               him
               my
               faithful
               promise
               ,
               and
               this
               time
               I
               had
               understanding
               of
               somewhat
               formidable
               ;
               then
               I
               began
               to
               consider
               with
               my self
               the
               consequence
               of
               this
               Design
               ,
               and
               how
               desperate
               the
               Rogues
               were
               in
               their
               Attempts
               ,
               that
               here
               was
               a
               full
               Combination
               ,
               and
               I
               believed
               the
               zeal
               of
               these
               Rogues
               was
               such
               ,
               that
               they
               had
               no
               Design
               of
               Trepanning
               me
               ▪
               I
               consulted
               my self
               ,
               how
               I
               should
               proceed
               wisely
               and
               timely
               enough
               for
               their
               Discovery
               .
               I
               presently
               meditated
               ,
               that
               this
               was
               to
               be
               acted
               in
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               King's
               Majesty
               had
               intrusted
               Major
               General
               Brown
               with
               the
               care
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               was
               of
               an
               active
               spirit
               ,
               and
               quick
               in
               counsel
               ,
               I
               immediately
               attended
               him
               ,
               and
               had
               suitable
               Instructions
               from
               him
               ,
               where
               by
               the
               next
               day
               ,
               being
               Thursday
               ,
               I
               was
               as
               full
               of
               matter
               for
               them
               as
               they
               were
               of
               villainy
               to
               their
               Prince
               and
               Countrey
               .
            
             
               But
               Wednesday
               night
               I
               attended
               Riggs
               for
               the
               News
               that
               Strange
               should
               impart
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               was
               informed
               by
               him
               ,
               that
               some
               Moneths
               since
               there
               was
               a
               Southampton
               man
               that
               had
               offered
               his
               service
               to
               the
               Churches
               in
               London
               ,
               with
               a
               new
               Model
               of
               Government
               for
               their
               Saintships
               ,
               when
               they
               had
               rooted
               out
               the
               Amorites
               from
               amongst
               them
               ;
               and
               also
               a
               Plot
               for
               them
               to
               act
               ,
               whereby
               they
               should
               ease
               themselves
               from
               the
               Government
               of
               that
               Antichristian
               thing
               called
               Monarchy
               .
               But
               his
               counsel
               was
               rejected
               ,
               
               as
               the
               Committee
               of
               Safety
               rejected
               Sir
               Vane's
               ;
               whereupon
               he
               sold
               his
               Estate
               and
               took
               ship
               for
               Holland
               ,
               but
               now
               Mr.
               Rogers
               the
               Minister
               was
               sent
               to
               reinvite
               him
               ,
               and
               several
               Army-officers
               resident
               there
               ,
               for
               their
               assistance
               here
               in
               this
               blessed
               Work
               :
               exceeding
               earnest
               I
               was
               to
               know
               those
               six
               persons
               in
               Council
               ,
               Riggs
               could
               not
               fully
               resolve
               ,
               but
               he
               was
               sure
               (
               though
               he
               had
               heard
               others
               nominated
               )
               yet
               
                 Philip
                 Nye
                 ,
                 Lockier
              
               the
               Minister
               ,
               and
               
                 Anthony
                 Palmer
              
               the
               Minister
               ,
               with
               Colonel
               Danvers
               ,
               and
               Lieutenant
               Strange
               ,
               were
               very
               active
               in
               it
               ;
               he
               did
               believe
               he
               had
               pitched
               upon
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               had
               sate
               lately
               at
               the
               Wheat-sheaf
               in
               Thames-street
               concerning
               the
               business
               .
            
             
               Thursday
               being
               October
               the
               23
               d.
               their
               Brother
               failed
               not
               to
               mee●
               them
               at
               the
               Ship
               in
               Leadenhall-street
               .
            
             
               Then
               in
               short
               ,
               from
               Riggs
               and
               Hinde
               I
               was
               confidently
               assured
               Windsor
               Castle
               was
               their
               own
               ,
               five
               hundred
               men
               were
               fixed
               in
               and
               about
               Windsor
               ,
               the
               Serjeants
               and
               head
               Gunner
               were
               Right
               Boys
               ,
               and
               Captain
               Tonge
               had
               been
               with
               the
               Serjeants
               there
               ,
               and
               brought
               a
               Letter
               to
               be
               communicated
               to
               the
               Council
               from
               the
               Serjeants
               of
               their
               fidelity
               .
               That
               all
               the
               Churches
               in
               London
               were
               concerned
               in
               it
               ,
               that
               now
               their
               Money
               did
               fly
               ,
               and
               the
               Churches
               were
               able
               to
               raise
               twelve
               thousand
               ,
               if
               not
               twenty
               thousand
               ,
               to
               pay
               their
               grand
               Adversaries
               in
               Whitehal
               ,
               at
               Somerset-house
               ,
               and
               Worcester-house
               ;
               and
               to
               be
               sure
               ,
               never
               a
               Lawn
               Sleeve
               or
               Circingle-man
               should
               have
               a
               hole
               to
               hide
               their
               heads
               in
               this
               Nation
               .
            
             
               Four
               hundred
               Assistants
               ,
               Riggs
               affirmed
               ,
               in
               Dorsetshire
               ,
               they
               were
               ascertained
               of
               ,
               and
               that
               several
               Cases
               of
               Pistols
               were
               sent
               down
               by
               a
               Carrier
               into
               that
               Countrey
               .
            
             
               Riggs
               acquainted
               us
               then
               ,
               that
               in
               a
               Ware-house
               in
               Crutchet-friers
               ,
               Arms
               were
               lodged
               ,
               and
               there
               five
               hundred
               had
               been
               dispersed
               to
               those
               that
               were
               not
               able
               to
               buy
               them
               ;
               that
               they
               intended
               to
               make
               a
               desperate
               Assault
               in
               Whitehall
               ,
               and
               one
               party
               should
               attempt
               it
               by
               coming
               in
               at
               
               the
               Gate
               into
               St.
               Iames's
               Park
               ,
               to
               assault
               my
               Lord
               Duke
               of
               Albemarle
               ,
               whom
               they
               must
               presently
               dispatch
               ;
               because
               when
               the
               King
               was
               destroyed
               he
               had
               power
               as
               Lord
               General
               to
               raise
               Forces
               by
               his
               Commission
               in
               any
               part
               of
               the
               Nation
               .
            
             
               Also
               when
               I
               put
               the
               question
               concerning
               the
               King
               ,
               what
               we
               should
               do
               with
               him
               ?
               Riggs
               answered
               ,
               That
               then
               they
               were
               resolved
               to
               give
               no
               quarter
               to
               any
               body
               .
            
             
               Likewise
               ,
               and
               it
               shall
               please
               Your
               Majesty
               ,
               that
               Ludlow
               was
               to
               be
               General
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               Law
               he
               should
               have
               had
               ;
               the
               same
               ,
               the
               best
               ,
               or
               highest
               of
               their
               enemies
               should
               have
               .
               Many
               Friends
               in
               Kent
               looked
               for
               the
               blessed
               hour
               ;
               and
               when
               I
               asked
               who
               should
               command
               them
               there
               ,
               Riggs
               answered
               ,
               Col.
               Kenrick
               ,
               for
               he
               was
               su●e
               the
               Council
               had
               sent
               him
               Instructions
               yesterday
               by
               a
               Messenger
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               sent
               to
               them
               for
               the
               same
               .
               Also
               ,
               that
               there
               lodged
               a
               Lieutenant
               at
               the
               Wheat-sheaf
               in
               Thames-street
               ,
               that
               had
               five
               hundred
               men
               at
               command
               for
               this
               work
               ,
               he
               being
               formerly
               a
               Sea
               Commander
               ,
               and
               was
               safe
               in
               that
               Lodging
               ,
               because
               it
               was
               Lamberts
               mans
               house
               ,
               who
               was
               their
               trusty
               and
               welbeloved
               friend
               .
            
             
               The
               same
               night
               ,
               Baker
               ,
               formerly
               mentioned
               ,
               brought
               into
               my
               comp●ny
               ,
               one
               Hayward
               ,
               a
               pitiful
               yong
               Porter
               ,
               that
               plieth
               about
               Bowlane
               end
               ,
               in
               Cheapside
               ,
               that
               was
               formerly
               of
               Okeys
               Regiment
               ,
               and
               that
               affi●med
               to
               me
               ,
               three
               or
               four
               and
               twenty
               of
               their
               Cheapside
               Porters
               ,
               would
               knock
               it
               soundly
               ,
               when
               the
               day
               of
               rising
               was
               .
            
             
               Likewise
               Riggs
               asserted
               ,
               that
               one
               Ward
               a
               Chandler
               in
               East-Smithfield
               ,
               did
               furnish
               the
               Magazines
               with
               much
               Powder
               ,
               and
               sent
               it
               by
               honest
               Porters
               in
               Baskets
               in
               white
               Sheets
               .
            
             
               Likewise
               that
               that
               day
               Mr.
               Brooks
               the
               Minister
               was
               numbring
               out
               the
               faithful-fighting
               Brethren
               in
               his
               Congregation
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               could
               not
               help
               with
               their
               holy
               hands
               ,
               must
               with
               their
               purse
               :
               And
               also
               ,
               that
               Riggs
               was
               
               positive
               ,
               that
               if
               they
               could
               have
               gotten
               Kiffing
               and
               the
               Churches
               to
               have
               expended
               their
               money
               ,
               the
               work
               had
               proceeded
               last
               year
               .
            
             
               Friday
               the
               twentieth
               fou●th
               instant
               ,
               at
               our
               Meeting
               at
               the
               Feathers
               Tavern
               in
               Fish-street
               ,
               there
               being
               
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 Bradley
                 ,
                 Baker
              
               ,
               and
               my self
               ,
               I
               pressed
               hard
               according
               to
               the
               counsel
               of
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Brown
              
               for
               Arms
               ,
               for
               thirty
               men
               I
               had
               made
               sure
               of
               ;
               which
               Arms
               were
               p●omised
               me
               ,
               because
               I
               would
               know
               where
               their
               Magazine
               was
               .
               Answer
               was
               given
               by
               Riggs
               ,
               That
               he
               had
               proposed
               it
               to
               Captain
               Tonge
               ,
               Strong-water-seller
               in
               Tower-Ditch
               .
               And
               Tonge
               replied
               ,
               That
               no
               Arms
               would
               be
               delivered
               me
               ,
               unless
               I
               was
               a
               Church
               member
               .
               But
               Riggs
               and
               my self
               ,
               meeting
               one
               Sellers
               on
               the
               
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 Riggs
              
               presently
               acquaints
               him
               with
               my
               desire
               .
               Sellers
               rep●ied
               ,
               that
               all
               which
               were
               five
               or
               six
               hundred
               ,
               were
               delivered
               out
               last
               night
               ,
               and
               that
               forty
               of
               their
               friends
               departed
               last
               night
               u●furnished
               ;
               but
               in
               three
               or
               four
               days
               some
               more
               would
               be
               brought
               to
               the
               Mazagine
               at
               Crutchet-Friers
               ,
               and
               then
               I
               should
               have
               them
               .
            
             
               Some
               persons
               ,
               who
               are
               Citizens
               ,
               were
               discovered
               this
               day
               ;
               but
               at
               night
               ,
               
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 Ward
              
               the
               Chandler
               ,
               Lt.
               
                 Stubbs
                 ,
                 Bradley
                 ,
                 Baker
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Iames
                 Hind
              
               ,
               we
               all
               associated
               at
               Captain
               Tonges
               house
               in
               Tower-Ditch
               ;
               Ward
               being
               a
               cunning
               St.
               Rogue
               ,
               was
               reserved
               as
               I
               heard
               after
               ,
               because
               I
               was
               a
               stranger
               to
               him
               :
               But
               Tonge
               couraged
               us
               ,
               that
               one
               Captain
               Elton
               told
               him
               ,
               that
               Lieutenant
               Strange
               came
               out
               of
               the
               Countrey
               last
               night
               ,
               from
               lodging
               the
               Horses
               in
               several
               by-places
               ,
               and
               corresponding
               with
               several
               Agents
               there
               ;
               and
               the
               work
               proceeded
               gallantly
               in
               City
               and
               Country
               ;
               and
               that
               for
               fourteen
               miles
               round
               the
               City
               ,
               all
               their
               friends
               were
               ready
               ,
               waited
               but
               for
               the
               knowledge
               of
               the
               day
               .
               And
               for
               the
               surprizal
               of
               the
               
                 Tower
                 ,
                 Tonge
              
               said
               ,
               he
               had
               fixed
               many
               of
               the
               Red
               Coats
               to
               open
               a
               back
               Gate
               ,
               and
               with
               Blunderbushes
               to
               enter
               .
               Also
               that
               Captain
               Leigh
               
               had
               also
               been
               with
               Tonge
               last
               night
               ,
               and
               assured
               him
               ,
               that
               those
               that
               sate
               in
               counsel
               ,
               intended
               speedy
               action
               .
            
             
               Saturday
               ,
               Octob.
               25.
               
               Bradley
               and
               my self
               ,
               visited
               Riggs
               at
               his
               house
               ,
               and
               there
               he
               had
               this
               comfort
               for
               us
               ,
               That
               the
               Commanders
               were
               all
               nominated
               ;
               Ludlow
               certainly
               to
               be
               their
               General
               :
               That
               Captain
               Spencer
               and
               Taverner
               ,
               formerly
               Governors
               of
               the
               Castles
               in
               Kent
               ,
               commanding
               the
               Sea
               ,
               had
               assured
               the
               Council
               of
               the
               surprizal
               of
               those
               Castles
               by
               their
               interest
               there
               .
               Then
               was
               several
               Copies
               of
               the
               Letter
               given
               forth
               by
               the
               direction
               of
               the
               Council
               ,
               to
               be
               noised
               through
               the
               City
               ;
               the
               Contents
               of
               which
               Letter
               was
               ,
               that
               the
               Forces
               and
               Papists
               at
               Whitehal
               ,
               did
               intend
               a
               massacre
               in
               the
               City
               of
               all
               the
               Protestant
               party
               :
               The
               copy
               whereof
               I
               have
               .
            
             
               Riggs
               then
               assured
               us
               ,
               A
               man
               that
               he
               knew
               was
               to
               be
               assistant
               at
               the
               assault
               at
               Whitehal
               ,
               that
               would
               bring
               the
               party
               to
               the
               Treasuries
               at
               Whitehal
               ,
               and
               elswhere
               .
               But
               for
               money
               ,
               large
               sums
               were
               in
               Bank
               of
               their
               own
               ,
               notwithstanding
               that
               ,
               all
               Treasuries
               must
               be
               seized
               ;
               and
               at
               Whitehal
               ,
               with
               my
               Lord
               Chancellor
               and
               his
               Attendance
               ,
               at
               Worcester-house
               ;
               also
               
                 St.
                 Iames
                 ,
                 Somerset-house
              
               ,
               no
               quarter
               should
               be
               given
               :
               But
               their
               indignation
               swelled
               highly
               against
               my
               Lord
               General
               Monk
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Brown
              
               ;
               they
               should
               die
               (
               who
               ever
               escaped
               )
               without
               mercy
               ;
               and
               then
               when
               Sir
               Richard
               was
               slain
               ,
               the
               City
               was
               their
               own
               .
            
             
               Captain
               Tonge
               this
               day
               certified
               us
               ,
               that
               Strange
               was
               again
               gone
               into
               the
               Countrey
               ,
               but
               his
               return
               was
               this
               night
               ,
               then
               more
               particular
               news
               we
               should
               have
               :
               But
               to
               morrow
               being
               Sunday
               ,
               at
               the
               several
               Meetings
               they
               intended
               to
               whisper
               the
               appointed
               time
               of
               Insurrection
               to
               each
               other
               .
            
             
               Riggs
               then
               affirmed
               with
               Tonge
               ,
               that
               many
               new
               Blunderbushes
               were
               made
               for
               the
               Design
               ;
               and
               that
               they
               had
               Head-peeces
               ,
               Back
               ,
               and
               Brest
               ,
               for
               Two
               thousand
               Horsemen
               ;
               and
               that
               Captain
               Leigh
               told
               him
               ,
               the
               said
               Riggs
               ,
               
               that
               they
               were
               not
               to
               seek
               as
               to
               the
               work
               in
               Ireland
               ;
               that
               special
               care
               was
               taken
               by
               the
               Reverend
               Council
               for
               that
               affair
               .
            
             
               Helmes
               the
               Minister
               ,
               formerly
               of
               Winchcomb
               in
               Gloucester-shire
               ,
               was
               discovered
               by
               Riggs
               to
               be
               Active
               in
               this
               desi●n
               .
            
             
               This
               night
               Tonge
               boasted
               to
               me
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               to
               go
               to
               a
               Cane
               man
               ,
               who
               had
               bought
               Armes
               for
               six
               men
               for
               this
               design
               ,
               at
               his
               own
               cost
               and
               charge
               .
            
             
               Sunday
               and
               Monday
               last
               ,
               our
               Information
               from
               them
               was
               ,
               That
               all
               the
               Horse
               that
               formerly
               departed
               the
               Town
               ,
               were
               to
               return
               by
               Monday
               night
               ;
               That
               their
               Declaration
               was
               ready
               founded
               on
               Righteous
               Principles
               ,
               to
               the
               compleat
               satisfaction
               as
               much
               as
               the
               Holy
               Sisters
               .
            
             
               And
               on
               the
               Monday
               ,
               Riggs
               and
               my self
               saluted
               Sergeant
               Phillips
               ,
               Sergeant
               to
               Colonel
               Whales
               Company
               of
               the
               Militia
               Bands
               ,
               for
               his
               good
               service
               on
               the
               Sunday
               morning
               ,
               in
               sending
               Intimation
               to
               several
               places
               where
               the
               Godly
               had
               their
               Meetings
               of
               their
               intended
               surprisal
               ,
               by
               the
               Major
               General
               ;
               which
               Seargeant
               ,
               as
               Tonge
               and
               Riggs
               informed
               me
               ,
               was
               to
               furnish
               the
               Party
               with
               the
               Word
               that
               were
               to
               secure
               the
               City
               ;
               and
               upon
               the
               Sunday
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               on
               the
               Guard
               ,
               he
               wished
               their
               Party
               were
               up
               ;
               for
               he
               thought
               a
               few
               would
               do
               the
               work
               .
               The
               Armes
               that
               Tonge
               and
               Hind
               hath
               provided
               for
               this
               design
               ,
               as
               they
               say
               ,
               I
               have
               seen
               .
            
             
               And
               one
               Captain
               Brown
               ,
               a
               Sea
               Captain
               ,
               must
               needs
               discover
               himself
               also
               ;
               that
               he
               had
               sold
               his
               Ship
               ,
               on
               purpose
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               fight
               stoutly
               in
               this
               work
               on
               Land.
               
            
             
               Tuesday
               October
               28.
               
               Our
               Intelligence
               from
               Riggs
               ,
               and
               one
               Beazley
               by
               Fleetbridg
               a
               Chandler
               ,
               that
               the
               Council
               was
               dissolved
               ,
               2000
               Horse
               came
               into
               the
               Town
               yesterday
               ,
               that
               Wednesday
               night
               was
               originally
               intended
               to
               be
               the
               fatal
               night
               ,
               although
               they
               had
               now
               fixed
               another
               time
               .
            
             
             
               On
               Tuesday
               night
               late
               ,
               I
               was
               carried
               by
               Riggs
               and
               Beazley
               ,
               with
               Lt.
               Stubbs
               into
               Black-Friers
               ,
               into
               a
               House
               ,
               the
               Sign
               thereof
               I
               know
               not
               ,
               but
               the
               House
               I
               know
               ,
               where
               we
               had
               Intelligence
               from
               one
               Gibbs
               ,
               and
               other
               persons
               ,
               their
               Names
               I
               could
               not
               learn
               ,
               that
               the
               Council
               were
               to
               meet
               again
               Wednesday
               morning
               .
               Some
               intelligence
               the
               Council
               had
               of
               Arms
               and
               Ammunition
               ,
               the
               City
               had
               provided
               in
               the
               several
               Halls
               ;
               and
               because
               it
               was
               commonly
               reported
               about
               the
               Town
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Mayors
               day
               at
               night
               would
               be
               the
               time
               ,
               whereupon
               they
               all
               supposed
               Alhallows
               Even
               ;
               and
               those
               persons
               that
               were
               with
               us
               ,
               were
               somewhat
               assured
               would
               be
               the
               time
               ;
               and
               we
               were
               all
               desired
               to
               prepare
               against
               that
               time
               .
               There
               and
               then
               
                 Gibbs
                 ,
                 Riggs
              
               ,
               Captain
               Thomas
               in
               
                 Shoe
                 lane
              
               ,
               Lt.
               Stubbs
               ,
               and
               three
               other
               persons
               ,
               assured
               us
               ,
               that
               that
               Even
               ,
               or
               neer
               ,
               would
               be
               the
               time
               we
               should
               cut
               off
               Root
               and
               Branch
               ,
               rid
               our selves
               ,
               as
               their
               expression
               was
               ,
               of
               Kings
               ,
               Queens
               ,
               Dukes
               ,
               Bishops
               ;
               all
               should
               go
               one
               way
               ,
               there
               should
               be
               no
               running
               beyond
               Sea
               ,
               or
               Parleys
               there
               ;
               but
               a
               total
               destruction
               of
               King
               ,
               Lords
               ,
               Bishops
               and
               G●ntry
               ,
               was
               the
               determination
               of
               them
               there
               ,
               and
               as
               they
               affirmed
               ,
               of
               all
               the
               rest
               engaged
               in
               the
               work
               .
            
             
               The
               several
               days
               Intelligence
               ,
               I
               committed
               to
               faithful
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Brown
              
               ;
               from
               whom
               I
               received
               full
               instruction
               every
               night
               .
            
             
               On
               Tuesday
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Richard
                 Brown
              
               ,
               and
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Robinson
              
               ,
               ordered
               me
               to
               go
               along
               with
               the
               Soldiers
               to
               take
               
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 Hind
                 ,
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 Stubbs
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               White
               the
               Cane
               man
               ,
               who
               were
               all
               apprehended
               accordingly
               .
            
             
               William
               Hill.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               An
               Impartial
               Narrative
               of
               the
               Indictment
               ,
               Arraignment
               ,
               Tryal
               ,
               and
               Sentence
               of
               
                 Thomas
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 George
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 Francis
                 Stubbs
                 ,
                 James
                 Hind
                 ,
                 John
                 Sallers
                 ,
              
               and
               
                 Nathaniel
                 Gibbs
              
               ,
               at
               Justice-Hall
               in
               the
               Old-Baily
               ,
               London
               ,
               
                 Decemb.
                 11.
                 1662.
              
               
            
             
               THe
               Commission
               of
               Oyer
               and
               Terminer
               being
               read
               ,
               and
               Proclamation
               made
               ,
               the
               Grand
               Jury
               were
               sworn
               ,
               whose
               Names
               are
               ,
               
                 
                   
                     Arthur
                     Iourdan
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Iohn
                     Freestone
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Thomas
                     Fawson
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Thomas
                     Coney
                  
                
                 
                   
                     George
                     Compere
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Isaac
                     Rutter
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Chr.
                     Rigby
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Rowland
                     Steed
                  
                
                 
                   
                     William
                     Standen
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Iohn
                     Worth
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Iohn
                     Rigby
                  
                
                 
                   
                     Leonard
                     Staples
                  
                   .
                
              
            
             
               And
               several
               Witnesses
               being
               called
               ,
               there
               appeared
               
                 William
                 Hill
                 ,
                 Edward
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 Tyler
                 ;
                 Godolphin
                 ,
                 Bonfoy
                 ,
              
               and
               several
               others
               ;
               who
               being
               all
               sworn
               ,
               were
               directed
               up
               to
               the
               Grand
               Jury
               .
            
             
             
               After
               some
               hours
               examination
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               ,
               and
               consultation
               ,
               the
               Grand
               Jury
               returned
               the
               Indictment
               
                 Billa
                 vera
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 good
                 men
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 London
                 ,
                 summoned
                 to
                 appear
                 here
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 to
                 enquire
                 between
                 our
                 Soveraign
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 that
                 are
                 and
                 shall
                 be
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 answer
                 to
                 your
                 Names
                 as
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 called
                 ,
                 every
                 one
                 at
                 their
                 first
                 Call
                 ,
                 upon
                 pain
                 and
                 peril
                 that
                 shall
                 fall
                 thereon
                 ;
                 Good
                 men
                 of
                 the
                 Ward
                 of
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Serjeant
               Glyn
               ,
               Serjeant
               Maynard
               ,
               His
               Majesty's
               Serjeants
               at
               Law
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Ieoffry
                 Palmer
              
               Attorney
               General
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Heneage
                 Finch
              
               His
               Majesty's
               Solicitor
               ,
               Serjeant
               Keeling
               His
               Majesty's
               Serjeant
               ,
               Sir
               
                 Edward
                 Turnor
              
               ,
               taking
               their
               places
               in
               Court
               ,
            
             
               The
               Prisoners
               were
               commanded
               to
               be
               set
               to
               the
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tonge
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ;
                 
                   George
                   Phillips
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ;
                 
                   Francis
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ;
                 
                   Iames
                   Hinde
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ;
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sallers
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ;
                 and
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Gibbs
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ▪
                 Which
                 they
                 severally
                 doing
                 ,
                 their
                 Indictment
                 was
                 read
                 ,
                 the
                 substance
                 whereof
                 is
                 as
                 followeth
                 ▪
                 Viz.
                 
              
               
                 YOu
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 that
                 were
                 last
                 called
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 stand
                 indicted
                 in
                 London
                 by
                 the
                 names
                 of
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tonge
                
                 late
                 of
                 London
                 Distiller
                 ,
                 
                   George
                   Phillips
                
                 late
                 of
                 London
                 Yeoman
                 ,
                 
                   Francis
                   Stubbs
                
                 late
                 of
                 London
                 Cheese-monger
                 ,
                 
                   Iames
                   Hind
                
                 late
                 of
                 London
                 Gunner
                 ,
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sallers
                
                 late
                 of
                 London
                 Compass-maker
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Gibbs
                
                 late
                 of
                 London
                 Felt-maker
                 ;
                 for
                 that
                 you
                 six
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 divers
                 others
                 ,
                 particularly
                 in
                 the
                 Indictment
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 not
                 yet
                 taken
                 ,
                 as
                 false
                 Traytors
                 to
                 the
                 Illustrious
                 ,
                 Serene
                 ,
                 and
                 most
                 Excellent
                 Prince
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 by
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 of
                 
                   England
                   ,
                   Scotland
                   ,
                   France
                
                 and
                 Ireland
                 King
                 ,
                 Defendor
                 of
                 the
                 Faith
                 ,
                 &c.
                 minding
                 ,
                 and
                 with
                 all
                 their
                 force
                 intending
                 the
                 Pea●●
                 and
                 Tranquillity
                 of
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 England
                 to
                 disturb
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 said
                 Soveraign
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 to
                 death
                 and
                 final
                 destruction
                 to
                 bring
                 and
                 put
                 ,
                 the
                 31
                 th
                 day
                 of
                 October
                 in
                 the
                 Fourteenth
                 year
                 of
                 the
                 Reign
                 of
                 our
                 said
                 Soveraign
                 Lord
                 King
                 Charles
                 the
                 Second
                 ,
                 traiterously
                 did
                 compass
                 ,
                 imagine
                 and
                 intend
                 the
                 killing
                 of
                 our
                 said
                 Soveraign
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 ancient
                 Government
                 of
                 this
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 England
                 to
                 change
                 [
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 Indictment
                 more
                 particularly
                 was
                 mentioned
                 .
                 ]
              
               
               
                 What
                 sayest
                 thou
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tonge
                
                 ,
                 art
                 thou
                 guilty
                 of
                 this
                 High
                 Treason
                 in
                 manner
                 and
                 form
                 as
                 thou
                 standest
                 iudicted
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tonge
                 .
              
               
                 Not
                 guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 wilt
                 thou
                 be
                 tried
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tonge
                 ,
              
               
                 By
                 God
                 and
                 my
                 Countrey
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 saist
                 thou
                 
                   George
                   Phillips
                
                 ,
                 art
                 thou
                 guilty
                 ,
                 
                   &
                   c
                
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Phill.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 am
                 guilty
                 in
                 hearing
                 and
                 not
                 discovering
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 Art
                 thou
                 guilty
                 of
                 this
                 High
                 Treason
                 whereof
                 thou
                 standest
                 indicted
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Phill.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 am
                 guilty
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 in
                 manner
                 and
                 form
                 as
                 I
                 stand
                 indicted
                 ;
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 the
                 words
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 formerly
                 confessed
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Richard
                   Brown
                
                 :
                 not
                 guilty
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 manner
                 and
                 form
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 wilt
                 thou
                 be
                 tried
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Phill.
                 
              
               
                 By
                 God
                 and
                 my
                 Countrey
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 sayest
                 thou
                 
                   Francis
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 art
                 thou
                 guilty
                 ,
                 
                   &
                   c
                
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Stub
                 ,
              
               
                 Not
                 guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 wilt
                 thou
                 be
                 tried
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Stub
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 God
                 and
                 my
                 Countrey
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 sayest
                 thou
                 
                   Iames
                   Hind
                
                 ,
                 art
                 thou
                 guilty
                 ,
                 
                   &c
                   ▪
                
              
            
             
               Hind
               kneeling
               down
               ,
               and
               discovering
               much
               penitency
               ,
               answered
               ,
               I
               am
               guilty
               ,
               and
               humbly
               beg
               Mercy
               of
               His
               Majesty
               .
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Record
                 his
                 Confession
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 sayest
                 thou
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sallers
                
                 ,
                 art
                 thou
                 guilty
                 ,
                 &
                 c
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Sall.
                 
              
               
                 Not
                 guilty
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 wilt
                 thou
                 be
                 tried
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Sall.
                 
              
               
                 By
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 Countrey
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 sayest
                 thou
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Gibbs
                
                 ,
                 art
                 thou
                 guilty
                 ,
                 &
                 c
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 Not
                 guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cler.
                 
              
               
                 How
                 wilt
                 thou
                 be
                 tried
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 By
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 Countrey
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Carry
                 up
                 Hind
                 to
                 the
                 Gaole
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 the
                 rest
                 standing
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 silence
                 was
                 commanded
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cler.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tonge
                   ,
                   George
                   Phillips
                   ,
                   Francis
                   Stubbs
                   ,
                   Iohn
                   Sallers
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Gibbs
                
                 ;
                 You
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 that
                 were
                 last
                 called
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 those
                 men
                 that
                 you
                 shall
                 hear
                 called
                 are
                 to
                 pass
                 upon
                 trial
                 for
                 your
                 several
                 lives
                 and
                 deaths
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 or
                 any
                 of
                 you
                 will
                 challenge
                 them
                 or
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 challenge
                 them
                 when
                 they
                 
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 Book
                 to
                 be
                 sworn
                 ,
                 before
                 they
                 be
                 sworn
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Edmund
                   Butler
                
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tonge
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 challenge
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 afterwards
                 admitted
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Edmond
                   Butler
                   ,
                   Clement
                   Punge
                   ,
                   George
                   Dixon
                   ,
                   Samuel
                   Paine
                   ,
                   Iohn
                   Bagnal
                   ,
                   Iohn
                   Gourney
                   ,
                   William
                   Gayler
                   ,
                   Ralph
                   Silverton
                   ,
                   William
                   Dudley
                   ,
                   Ioseph
                   Drake
                   ,
                   Iohn
                   Peake
                
                 and
                 
                   Robert
                   Morrice
                
                 were
                 severally
                 sworn
                 in
                 this
                 manner
                 ;
                 Lay
                 your
                 hand
                 on
                 the
                 Book
                 ,
                 look
                 upon
                 the
                 Prisoner
                 :
                 You
                 shall
                 well
                 and
                 truely
                 try
                 ,
                 and
                 true
                 deliverance
                 make
                 between
                 our
                 Soveraign
                 Lord
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 whom
                 you
                 shall
                 have
                 in
                 charge
                 according
                 to
                 your
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 So
                 help
                 you
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 ,
              
               
                 Count
                 these
                 
                   Cryer
                   .
                   Edmund
                   Butler
                   ;
                   Cryer
                   ,
                
                 one
                 .
                 
                   Clement
                   Punge
                
                 ,
                 two
                 ,
                 &c.
                 Twelve
                 good
                 men
                 and
                 true
                 ,
                 stand
                 together
                 and
                 hear
                 your
                 Evidence
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 ,
              
               
                 Cryer
                 ,
                 make
                 Proclamation
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cryer
                 ,
              
               
                 O
                 Yes
                 ,
                 If
                 any
                 one
                 can
                 inform
                 my
                 Lords
                 the
                 Kings
                 Justices
                 ,
                 the
                 Kings
                 Serjeants
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Kings
                 Attorney
                 ,
                 before
                 this
                 Inquest
                 be
                 taken
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 come
                 forth
                 and
                 they
                 shall
                 be
                 heard
                 ;
                 for
                 now
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 stand
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 upon
                 their
                 Deliverance
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 others
                 that
                 are
                 bound
                 by
                 Recognizance
                 to
                 give
                 Evidence
                 against
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 come
                 forth
                 and
                 give
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 you
                 forfeit
                 your
                 Recognizance
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 persons
                 that
                 were
                 summoned
                 upon
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 not
                 yet
                 been
                 sworn
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 discharged
                 ,
                 and
                 may
                 depart
                 the
                 Court.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Tho.
                   Tonge
                
                 ,
                 Hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 them
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 :
                 You
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 Look
                 upon
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 and
                 hearken
                 to
                 their
                 Cause
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 understand
                 that
                 they
                 stand
                 indicted
                 in
                 London
                 by
                 the
                 names
                 of
                 
                   Tho.
                   Tonge
                
                 ,
                 late
                 of
                 &c.
                 and
                 so
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 Indictment
                 aforementioned
                 ,
                 who
                 together
                 with
                 
                   Iames
                   Hind
                
                 who
                 stands
                 convicted
                 by
                 his
                 own
                 confession
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 also
                 aforementioned
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 reads
                 the
                 Indictment
                 again
                 .
              
               
                 Upon
                 which
                 Indictment
                 they
                 have
                 been
                 Arraigned
                 ,
                 and
                 thereunto
                 have
                 severally
                 pleaded
                 ,
                 Not
                 Guilty
                 ;
                 and
                 for
                 their
                 Trial
                 have
                 put
                 themselves
                 upon
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 which
                 Country
                 you
                 are
                 ;
                 Your
                 charge
                 is
                 to
                 enquire
                 whether
                 they
                 be
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 High
                 Treason
                 in
                 manner
                 and
                 form
                 as
                 they
                 stand
                 Indicted
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 guilty
                 ;
                 If
                 you
                 finde
                 that
                 they
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 are
                 guilty
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 enquire
                 what
                 Goods
                 and
                 Chattels
                 ,
                 Lands
                 and
                 Tenements
                 they
                 or
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 
                 had
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 committing
                 the
                 said
                 Treasons
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 sithence
                 :
                 If
                 you
                 finde
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 guilty
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 enquire
                 whether
                 they
                 or
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 did
                 flee
                 for
                 it
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 finde
                 that
                 they
                 fled
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 enquire
                 of
                 their
                 Goods
                 and
                 Chattels
                 ,
                 &c.
                 as
                 if
                 you
                 had
                 found
                 them
                 guilty
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 finde
                 that
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 guilty
                 ,
                 nor
                 that
                 they
                 did
                 flee
                 ;
                 Say
                 so
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 more
                 ,
                 and
                 hear
                 your
                 Evidence
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Edward
                   Turner
                
                 .
              
               
                 MAy
                 it
                 please
                 your
                 Lordships
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 Gentlemen
                 that
                 are
                 sworn
                 of
                 this
                 Jury
                 ,
                 The
                 5.
                 
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 
                   T.
                   Tonge
                   ,
                   G.
                   Phillips
                   ,
                   F.
                   Stubbs
                   ,
                   I.
                   Sallers
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   N.
                   Gibbs
                
                 ,
                 do
                 stand
                 indicted
                 for
                 that
                 they
                 as
                 false
                 Traitors
                 ,
                 together
                 with
                 several
                 other
                 persons
                 mentioned
                 in
                 the
                 Indictment
                 ,
                 the
                 31.
                 of
                 October
                 last
                 ,
                 did
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Parish
                 of
                 
                   St.
                   Michaels
                
                 in
                 the
                 Ward
                 of
                 
                   Cornhill
                   London
                
                 ,
                 assemble
                 and
                 meet
                 together
                 ,
                 consult
                 ,
                 contrive
                 ,
                 and
                 design
                 to
                 levy
                 War
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 to
                 subvert
                 and
                 change
                 the
                 Government
                 as
                 it
                 is
                 now
                 established
                 ,
                 to
                 depose
                 and
                 kill
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 and
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 effect
                 this
                 ,
                 they
                 did
                 likewise
                 then
                 and
                 there
                 agree
                 and
                 design
                 to
                 seize
                 and
                 take
                 in
                 their
                 hands
                 the
                 Kings
                 royal
                 Palace
                 called
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 where
                 the
                 King
                 resides
                 ,
                 for
                 this
                 they
                 have
                 bee
                 indicted
                 ,
                 arraigned
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 these
                 five
                 have
                 severally
                 pleaded
                 Not
                 guilty
                 :
                 if
                 we
                 prove
                 them
                 guilty
                 you
                 must
                 finde
                 them
                 so
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Serjeant
                 Maynard
                 .
              
               
                 GEntlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 the
                 Indictment
                 read
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 the
                 substance
                 of
                 it
                 opened
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 short
                 in
                 words
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 as
                 high
                 consequence
                 as
                 any
                 thing
                 can
                 be
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 open
                 the
                 particulars
                 of
                 that
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 conceive
                 will
                 be
                 made
                 good
                 by
                 the
                 Oaths
                 of
                 Witnesses
                 to
                 be
                 produced
                 to
                 you
                 :
                 You
                 see
                 here
                 what
                 the
                 Indictment
                 is
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 insist
                 upon
                 these
                 particulars
                 ,
                 which
                 I
                 shall
                 open
                 and
                 make
                 good
                 to
                 you
                 ;
                 first
                 ,
                 what
                 was
                 their
                 Design
                 ,
                 next
                 what
                 
                 was
                 their
                 means
                 of
                 accomplishment
                 ,
                 what
                 encouragements
                 they
                 used
                 one
                 to
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 colours
                 they
                 put
                 upon
                 this
                 wicked
                 action
                 ;
                 For
                 the
                 first
                 ,
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 begin
                 at
                 the
                 highest
                 ,
                 higher
                 no
                 man
                 can
                 go
                 in
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 to
                 design
                 and
                 compass
                 ,
                 to
                 contrive
                 to
                 put
                 the
                 King
                 himself
                 to
                 death
                 ,
                 to
                 seize
                 his
                 person
                 ;
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 called
                 it
                 Securing
                 ,
                 you
                 know
                 the
                 English
                 of
                 that
                 ,
                 A
                 King
                 secured
                 ;
                 We
                 will
                 go
                 further
                 ,
                 for
                 we
                 shall
                 prove
                 to
                 you
                 the
                 person
                 that
                 with
                 his
                 own
                 wicked
                 Hand
                 undertook
                 the
                 Slaughter
                 and
                 Murder
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 he
                 did
                 contrive
                 how
                 he
                 might
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 when
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 performing
                 an
                 office
                 of
                 piety
                 to
                 visit
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 other
                 times
                 when
                 he
                 should
                 recreate
                 himself
                 by
                 Hunting
                 ;
                 higher
                 than
                 this
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 go
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 they
                 coloured
                 over
                 with
                 Religion
                 ;
                 this
                 merciful
                 King
                 that
                 had
                 pardoned
                 his
                 People
                 beyond
                 their
                 own
                 desires
                 ,
                 and
                 contended
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 ;
                 this
                 King
                 they
                 would
                 murder
                 .
                 Had
                 there
                 been
                 no
                 more
                 ,
                 it
                 had
                 been
                 exceeding
                 hainous
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 went
                 further
                 ,
                 their
                 malice
                 rested
                 not
                 upon
                 His
                 person
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Family
                 ,
                 the
                 noble
                 and
                 excellent
                 Duke
                 of
                 York
                 is
                 designed
                 to
                 be
                 secured
                 likewise
                 ,
                 and
                 used
                 like
                 his
                 Brother
                 ;
                 not
                 they
                 onely
                 ,
                 they
                 went
                 further
                 ,
                 the
                 whole
                 Nobility
                 was
                 in
                 design
                 ;
                 not
                 (
                 Gentlemen
                 )
                 that
                 every
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 before
                 you
                 used
                 these
                 Expressions
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 and
                 their
                 Complices
                 ,
                 some
                 one
                 and
                 some
                 another
                 Expression
                 ;
                 but
                 all
                 joyned
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 to
                 destroy
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 his
                 Family
                 root
                 and
                 branch
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 their
                 Expression
                 :
                 King
                 ,
                 his
                 Family
                 ,
                 Nobility
                 ,
                 nay
                 ,
                 go
                 down
                 to
                 the
                 Gentry
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 ceased
                 not
                 there
                 ,
                 they
                 go
                 to
                 the
                 Clergy
                 ,
                 as
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 (
                 as
                 you
                 will
                 hear
                 )
                 did
                 express
                 himself
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 it
                 was
                 Stubbs
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 never
                 a
                 Lawn-Sleeve
                 ,
                 never
                 a
                 Sursingler
                 should
                 have
                 a
                 hole
                 to
                 hide
                 his
                 head
                 in
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 never
                 opened
                 my
                 mouth
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Serj.
                 Maynard
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 will
                 be
                 left
                 to
                 proof
                 ,
                 I
                 undertake
                 not
                 of
                 my self
                 to
                 prove
                 this
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 open
                 it
                 ,
                 let
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 speak
                 .
                 In
                 discourse
                 some
                 went
                 further
                 than
                 that
                 ,
                 whosoever
                 would
                 not
                 joyn
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 Design
                 (
                 it
                 was
                 one
                 Strange
                 )
                 was
                 an
                 Enemy
                 ;
                 and
                 thereupon
                 one
                 Cole
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 gone
                 ,
                 deserted
                 them
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 was
                 contented
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 King
                 murdered
                 ,
                 the
                 Nation
                 ruined
                 ,
                 yet
                 would
                 not
                 agree
                 in
                 that
                 Principle
                 .
                 To
                 accomplish
                 this
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 prove
                 to
                 you
                 they
                 did
                 treat
                 of
                 levying
                 a
                 War
                 ,
                 that
                 among
                 themselves
                 it
                 was
                 given
                 out
                 that
                 Arms
                 were
                 provided
                 ,
                 some
                 delivered
                 ;
                 and
                 their
                 Designs
                 to
                 raise
                 Money
                 ,
                 seizing
                 all
                 the
                 Treasury
                 at
                 
                   Whitehall
                   ,
                   Worcester-house
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Chamber
                 of
                 London
                 ;
                 to
                 seize
                 the
                 person
                 of
                 the
                 noble
                 Duke
                 of
                 Albemarle
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 about
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 Quarter
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 to
                 none
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 their
                 Expression
                 .
                 They
                 did
                 give
                 out
                 among
                 themselves
                 (
                 for
                 a
                 while
                 there
                 was
                 some
                 difference
                 among
                 these
                 Foxes
                 ,
                 whose
                 Tails
                 were
                 tied
                 together
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 fire
                 in
                 them
                 )
                 and
                 Tonge
                 told
                 them
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 shall
                 prove
                 )
                 that
                 all
                 parties
                 were
                 now
                 agreed
                 and
                 would
                 joyn
                 ;
                 they
                 had
                 framed
                 Declarations
                 to
                 justifie
                 their
                 proceedings
                 ,
                 framed
                 Papers
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 Mutiny
                 among
                 the
                 Marriners
                 ,
                 and
                 encouraged
                 them
                 to
                 joyn
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 this
                 will
                 be
                 proved
                 :
                 for
                 their
                 means
                 ,
                 Phillips
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 undertakes
                 to
                 procure
                 the
                 Word
                 that
                 the
                 Guard
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 had
                 ,
                 so
                 to
                 betray
                 them
                 .
                 There
                 was
                 a
                 Design
                 made
                 for
                 seizing
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 several
                 men
                 appointed
                 for
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 they
                 and
                 their
                 Complices
                 were
                 to
                 come
                 there
                 with
                 Papers
                 in
                 their
                 hands
                 as
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 Mariners
                 and
                 had
                 Accompts
                 to
                 make
                 up
                 ,
                 these
                 were
                 to
                 go
                 up
                 to
                 those
                 that
                 sate
                 there
                 to
                 finish
                 Accompts
                 .
                 To
                 encourage
                 themselves
                 they
                 gave
                 out
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 dealt
                 with
                 the
                 Souldiers
                 at
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 and
                 secured
                 that
                 Castle
                 ;
                 if
                 this
                 be
                 proved
                 to
                 you
                 there
                 can
                 nothing
                 be
                 higher
                 ;
                 There
                 was
                 this
                 one
                 pretence
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 given
                 out
                 (
                 and
                 perchance
                 the
                 rumours
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 are
                 come
                 to
                 your
                 ears
                 )
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 designed
                 a
                 Day
                 for
                 the
                 Execution
                 
                 of
                 this
                 Mischief
                 ;
                 several
                 dayes
                 were
                 appointed
                 ;
                 one
                 on
                 the
                 Lord
                 Maiors
                 Day
                 ,
                 another
                 on
                 Alhallows
                 Eve
                 :
                 They
                 gave
                 out
                 by
                 a
                 feigned
                 Letter
                 that
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 Massacre
                 by
                 the
                 French
                 ,
                 and
                 Papists
                 of
                 the
                 Protestants
                 ;
                 this
                 was
                 to
                 raise
                 a
                 fear
                 and
                 discontent
                 among
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 to
                 induce
                 them
                 to
                 joyn
                 when
                 this
                 Design
                 should
                 be
                 attempted
                 .
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 had
                 they
                 gone
                 on
                 in
                 this
                 wicked
                 purpose
                 ,
                 having
                 possessed
                 the
                 people
                 with
                 these
                 fears
                 ,
                 who
                 could
                 have
                 told
                 how
                 to
                 behave
                 himself
                 ?
                 And
                 it
                 seems
                 strange
                 and
                 wonderfull
                 ,
                 especially
                 looking
                 upon
                 the
                 persons
                 ,
                 men
                 of
                 little
                 consideration
                 ,
                 despicable
                 men
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 live
                 under
                 the
                 Mercies
                 of
                 so
                 good
                 a
                 Soveraign
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 take
                 such
                 a
                 Design
                 in
                 their
                 hearts
                 ,
                 and
                 undertake
                 the
                 performance
                 :
                 Though
                 the
                 Spear
                 hath
                 not
                 entred
                 into
                 the
                 Sides
                 of
                 our
                 Soveraign
                 ,
                 yet
                 it
                 must
                 needs
                 crown
                 his
                 Head
                 with
                 abundance
                 of
                 Thorns
                 ,
                 that
                 such
                 people
                 should
                 be
                 desperately
                 wicked
                 .
                 But
                 we
                 shall
                 call
                 our
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 this
                 proved
                 ,
                 we
                 cannot
                 be
                 so
                 uncharitable
                 to
                 think
                 you
                 shall
                 need
                 any
                 further
                 Aggravation
                 ,
                 or
                 doubt
                 of
                 your
                 giving
                 a
                 Verdict
                 against
                 such
                 Miscreants
                 as
                 these
                 are
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Ieoffry
                   Palmer
                
                 .
              
               
                 THese
                 few
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 were
                 not
                 all
                 in
                 this
                 Contrivance
                 ,
                 though
                 we
                 have
                 not
                 all
                 their
                 names
                 ;
                 but
                 in
                 the
                 Evidence
                 you
                 will
                 hear
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 40.
                 and
                 then
                 of
                 6.
                 but
                 none
                 discovered
                 .
                 These
                 6.
                 acted
                 and
                 infused
                 into
                 these
                 and
                 divers
                 others
                 what
                 they
                 intended
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 broke
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 out
                 all
                 was
                 ready
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 be
                 done
                 on
                 such
                 a
                 day
                 .
                 We
                 shall
                 not
                 trouble
                 the
                 Jury
                 with
                 giving
                 evidence
                 particularly
                 against
                 these
                 men
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 joyned
                 and
                 knit
                 together
                 in
                 one
                 Cause
                 .
                 But
                 hear
                 the
                 Evidence
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 William
                 Hill
                 ,
                 Edward
                 Riggs
              
               ,
               and
               one
               Bradley
               ,
               were
               Sworne
               .
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 Speak
                 your
                 knowledge
                 in
                 this
                 business
                 ,
                 to
                 my
                 Lords
                 and
                 the
                 Jury
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 May
                 it
                 please
                 your
                 Lordships
                 ,
                 about
                 the
                 middle
                 of
                 October
                 last
                 ,
                 I
                 met
                 
                   Iohn
                   Baker
                
                 ,
                 one
                 that
                 is
                 now
                 indicted
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Captain
                 formerly
                 called
                 ;
                 I
                 met
                 him
                 in
                 Cheapside
                 ;
                 he
                 meeting
                 me
                 (
                 after
                 a
                 Salutation
                 )
                 invites
                 me
                 to
                 drink
                 with
                 him
                 ;
                 I
                 went
                 into
                 a
                 house
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 When
                 I
                 was
                 with
                 him
                 he
                 began
                 to
                 aske
                 me
                 what
                 News
                 there
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 I
                 had
                 little
                 to
                 informe
                 him
                 .
                 He
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 would
                 stay
                 a
                 while
                 he
                 would
                 tell
                 me
                 some
                 .
                 I
                 asked
                 him
                 of
                 what
                 nature
                 ;
                 saies
                 he
                 ,
                 Not
                 long
                 agoe
                 the
                 King
                 went
                 a
                 Hunting
                 ,
                 sent
                 some
                 Stags
                 to
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Robinson
                
                 ,
                 now
                 the
                 Lord
                 Major
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 but
                 with
                 a
                 small
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 could
                 have
                 been
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 twenty
                 that
                 would
                 have
                 slain
                 that
                 Outlandish
                 Dog
                 :
                 then
                 said
                 I
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Baker
                 ,
                 that
                 's
                 nothing
                 to
                 me
                 ;
                 but
                 what
                 other
                 news
                 have
                 you
                 ?
                 saies
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 thou
                 art
                 right
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 know
                 your
                 Father
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 something
                 on
                 foot
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 wilt
                 meet
                 to
                 morrow
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 bring
                 some
                 persons
                 to
                 you
                 that
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 information
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 said
                 I
                 ,
                 understanding
                 it
                 of
                 dangerous
                 consequence
                 ,
                 and
                 willing
                 to
                 get
                 it
                 out
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 meet
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 agreed
                 to
                 meet
                 the
                 next
                 morning
                 ;
                 that
                 morning
                 3
                 Persons
                 came
                 early
                 to
                 my
                 quarters
                 ,
                 Hill
                 the
                 Cloth-drawer
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Bradley
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 Mr
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 he
                 appointed
                 them
                 to
                 meet
                 him
                 there
                 ,
                 but
                 failing
                 himself
                 ,
                 they
                 being
                 strangers
                 said
                 nothing
                 to
                 me
                 then
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 I
                 departed
                 and
                 left
                 them
                 a
                 drinking
                 ;
                 the
                 morrow
                 after
                 he
                 himself
                 came
                 to
                 my
                 Lodgings
                 ,
                 fetches
                 me
                 out
                 of
                 my
                 Bed
                 ,
                 and
                 tells
                 me
                 he
                 had
                 appointed
                 some
                 persons
                 on
                 the
                 Exchange
                 to
                 give
                 me
                 an
                 account
                 ;
                 I
                 went
                 with
                 him
                 thither
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 we
                 met
                 with
                 some
                 persons
                 that
                 were
                 his
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 we
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 Ship
                 in
                 Leadenhall-street
                 ;
                 and
                 among
                 us
                 was
                 Hind
                 ,
                 that
                 confessed
                 himself
                 Guilty
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 the
                 business
                 was
                 fully
                 discoursed
                 of
                 ,
                 what
                 their
                 intention
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 all
                 interests
                 were
                 agreed
                 ,
                 
                   Fifth
                   Monarchy-men
                   ,
                   Anabaptists
                   ,
                   Independents
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   Fighting
                   Quakers
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Congregational
                 Churches
                 were
                 consenting
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 resolved
                 to
                 indeavour
                 their
                 deliverance
                 from
                 adversaries
                 at
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 Many
                 passages
                 more
                 ;
                 On
                 the
                 morrow
                 after
                 we
                 met
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 
                 met
                 with
                 us
                 Hind
                 and
                 Brown
                 and
                 Baker
                 ;
                 there
                 we
                 were
                 acquainted
                 of
                 their
                 Magazine
                 and
                 Armes
                 provided
                 ,
                 and
                 about
                 their
                 correspondence
                 in
                 the
                 several
                 Gounties
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 sure
                 of
                 
                   Windsoor
                   Castle
                
                 ,
                 th●t
                 the
                 head-Gunner
                 and
                 Sergeant
                 there
                 were
                 privy
                 ;
                 we
                 had
                 information
                 concerning
                 this
                 Tonge
                 ;
                 as
                 an
                 active
                 person
                 in
                 this
                 designe
                 ,
                 I
                 studied
                 to
                 know
                 this
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 was
                 brought
                 to
                 him
                 at
                 his
                 house
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 I
                 met
                 one
                 
                   Ward
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Hind
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 others
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 we
                 had
                 discourse
                 concerning
                 the
                 business
                 ,
                 Tonge
                 told
                 us
                 something
                 of
                 the
                 business
                 of
                 
                   Windsor
                   Castle
                
                 ,
                 and
                 proposed
                 something
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 what
                 Armes
                 and
                 men
                 they
                 had
                 for
                 this
                 designe
                 ;
                 We
                 met
                 many
                 times
                 at
                 the
                 Ship
                 ,
                 that
                 Gibbs
                 we
                 met
                 at
                 Bridewell-Dock
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 Stubbs
                 and
                 one
                 Bearley
                 ,
                 with
                 me
                 ;
                 there
                 we
                 waited
                 for
                 a
                 Brother
                 of
                 this
                 Gibbs's
                 to
                 give
                 us
                 intelligence
                 when
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 Insurrection
                 would
                 be
                 ,
                 we
                 waited
                 not
                 long
                 but
                 in
                 came
                 his
                 Brother
                 and
                 two
                 persons
                 more
                 ,
                 one
                 Thomas
                 a
                 Bridler
                 or
                 Bit-maker
                 in
                 Shoo-lane
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 person
                 in
                 a
                 handsome
                 Garbe
                 came
                 along
                 with
                 him
                 ;
                 his
                 Brother
                 was
                 somewhat
                 shy
                 (
                 because
                 I
                 was
                 a
                 stranger
                 )
                 to
                 speak
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 but
                 calls
                 for
                 this
                 Gibbs
                 and
                 Stubbs
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 some
                 private
                 discourse
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 away
                 departed
                 ;
                 after
                 they
                 were
                 gone
                 ,
                 we
                 desired
                 to
                 know
                 the
                 Intelligence
                 ,
                 they
                 told
                 us
                 that
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 6.
                 was
                 broken
                 up
                 ,
                 all
                 business
                 was
                 setled
                 ,
                 Ludlow
                 was
                 commander
                 in
                 chief
                 ,
                 and
                 Alhallows
                 Eve
                 was
                 the
                 time
                 ,
                 that
                 Horse
                 and
                 Armes
                 were
                 provided
                 .
                 For
                 Phillips
                 ;
                 that
                 day
                 that
                 the
                 meetings
                 were
                 intercepted
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Trained
                 bands
                 did
                 surprize
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 day
                 this
                 Gentleman
                 and
                 I
                 (
                 pointing
                 to
                 Riggs
                 )
                 came
                 to
                 the
                 Main
                 Guard
                 at
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ;
                 where
                 Sergeant
                 Phillips
                 was
                 with
                 a
                 Buff
                 Coat
                 and
                 a
                 Halbert
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 Gentleman
                 (
                 meaning
                 Riggs
                 )
                 saluted
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 thanked
                 him
                 for
                 his
                 service
                 in
                 sending
                 down
                 notice
                 to
                 the
                 Meeting
                 to
                 be
                 gone
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 was
                 coming
                 with
                 the
                 Trained
                 bands
                 to
                 surprize
                 them
                 ;
                 he
                 asked
                 him
                 what
                 was
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 the
                 Bustle
                 ,
                 saies
                 he
                 ,
                 they
                 say
                 —
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Robert
                   Foster
                
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 is
                 that
                 he
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 Phillips
                 said
                 ,
                 they
                 say
                 they
                 were
                 up
                 in
                 the
                 West
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 they
                 were
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 they
                 were
                 ,
                 and
                 here
                 too
                 ,
                 for
                 a
                 few
                 would
                 do
                 the
                 work
                 ;
                 upon
                 the
                 Munday
                 after
                 ,
                 we
                 met
                 him
                 near
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 likewise
                 Riggs
                 thanked
                 him
                 for
                 his
                 service
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 he
                 (
                 Phillips
                 )
                 promised
                 his
                 further
                 service
                 when
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Insurrection
                 would
                 be
                 .
              
               
               
                 For
                 Sallers
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 by
                 agreement
                 to
                 have
                 30
                 Armes
                 delivered
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 was
                 very
                 pressing
                 to
                 have
                 the
                 Armes
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Magazine
                 ;
                 Sallers
                 met
                 with
                 this
                 Gentleman
                 (
                 Riggs
                 )
                 and
                 he
                 urging
                 Sallers
                 about
                 the
                 Armes
                 ,
                 Sallers
                 told
                 him
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 all
                 delivered
                 out
                 the
                 night
                 before
                 ,
                 about
                 5
                 or
                 600
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 40
                 of
                 their
                 friends
                 went
                 away
                 without
                 Armes
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 within
                 2
                 or
                 3
                 dayes
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 more
                 laid
                 in
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Heneage
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 ask
                 you
                 one
                 question
                 (
                 with
                 my
                 Lords
                 favour
                 ;
                 )
                 as
                 you
                 have
                 given
                 a
                 general
                 Account
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 keep
                 you
                 to
                 one
                 particular
                 person
                 ,
                 Tonge
                 :
                 Did
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 in
                 any
                 discourse
                 with
                 you
                 ,
                 tell
                 you
                 of
                 one
                 Strange
                 that
                 was
                 gone
                 into
                 the
                 Countrey
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 One
                 night
                 he
                 told
                 us
                 he
                 had
                 spoke
                 with
                 Strange
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 gone
                 into
                 the
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 come
                 back
                 the
                 morrow
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 we
                 should
                 have
                 more
                 intelligence
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Heneage
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 concerning
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 and
                 Windsor
                 Castle
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 He
                 talked
                 of
                 the
                 good
                 service
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 done
                 in
                 being
                 at
                 Windsor
                 Castle
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 Serjeant
                 and
                 Gunner
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 securing
                 of
                 that
                 Castle
                 ;
                 That
                 near
                 five
                 hundred
                 of
                 their
                 Friends
                 were
                 in
                 and
                 about
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 ready
                 to
                 assist
                 for
                 surprising
                 that
                 Castle
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Who
                 told
                 you
                 this
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hil.
                 
              
               
                 Tonge
                 told
                 me
                 himself
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 was
                 instrumental
                 in
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Finch
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 he
                 tell
                 you
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 the
                 Tower
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hil.
                 
              
               
                 Onely
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 fit
                 some
                 care
                 should
                 be
                 taken
                 to
                 surprise
                 the
                 Tower
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Finch
                 .
              
               
                 Any
                 thing
                 of
                 Alhallows-Eve
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hil.
                 
              
               
                 He
                 did
                 not
                 fix
                 the
                 very
                 instant
                 time
                 ,
                 but
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 looked
                 for
                 intelligence
                 from
                 Strange
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Ieoffery
                   Palmer
                
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 moneth
                 was
                 that
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hil.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 cannot
                 remember
                 the
                 very
                 day
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Serjeant
                 Maynard
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 did
                 he
                 say
                 concerning
                 Declarations
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hil.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Declaration
                 was
                 ready
                 ,
                 Stubbs
                 acquainted
                 us
                 ,
                 against
                 Popery
                 ,
                 and
                 Monopolies
                 ,
                 for
                 Liberty
                 of
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Free
                 Common-wealth
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Finch
                 ,
              
               
                 Any
                 thing
                 of
                 the
                 Popish
                 Massacre
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hil.
                 
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 this
                 Paper
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 a
                 Copy
                 of
                 a
                 Letter
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   R.
                   Foster
                
                 ,
              
               
                 How
                 many
                 Copies
                 of
                 that
                 Letter
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 dispersed
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hil.
                 
              
               
                 About
                 Five
                 thousand
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Ieoffry
                   Palmer
                
                 .
              
               
                 These
                 things
                 were
                 to
                 be
                 dispersed
                 to
                 possess
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Papists
                 about
                 that
                 time
                 would
                 Massacre
                 the
                 Protestants
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 they
                 might
                 draw
                 all
                 against
                 that
                 Party
                 to
                 joyn
                 with
                 them
                 ;
                 a
                 brave
                 colour
                 ,
                 when
                 in
                 truth
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 such
                 thing
                 ,
                 but
                 onely
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 their
                 design
                 of
                 killing
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 altering
                 the
                 Government
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Letter
               was
               read
               by
               the
               Clerk
               ,
               and
               follows
               ,
               
                 in
                 his
                 verbis
              
               .
            
             
               
                 
                   
                     
                       
                         SIR
                         ,
                      
                    
                     
                       OUt
                       of
                       the
                       respect
                       which
                       I
                       bear
                       to
                       you
                       in
                       particular
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       the
                       Protestant
                       Party
                       in
                       General
                       ,
                       I
                       give
                       you
                       notice
                       of
                       this
                       Passage
                       ;
                       About
                       a
                       fortnight
                       since
                       ,
                       a
                       woman
                       ,
                       which
                       you
                       must
                       be
                       ignorant
                       where
                       ,
                       who
                       had
                       it
                       from
                       a
                       Correspondent
                       of
                       the
                       Papists
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       intend
                       to
                       make
                       use
                       of
                       their
                       Army
                       (
                       which
                       all
                       the
                       World
                       sees
                       they
                       have
                       provided
                       )
                       against
                       Al-hallows
                       Eve
                       next
                       ;
                       It
                       was
                       thought
                       good
                       therefore
                       ,
                       in
                       as
                       prudent
                       
                       way
                       as
                       may
                       be
                       ,
                       to
                       give
                       notice
                       to
                       our
                       Friends
                       in
                       remote
                       Parts
                       ,
                       that
                       they
                       may
                       do
                       what
                       piety
                       to
                       God
                       ,
                       Loyalty
                       to
                       their
                       Prince
                       ,
                       Love
                       to
                       their
                       Country
                       ,
                       and
                       self-preservation
                       should
                       direct
                       them
                       :
                       Sir
                       ,
                       I
                       call
                       the
                       Eternal
                       God
                       to
                       witness
                       ,
                       that
                       this
                       is
                       not
                       to
                       Trepan
                       ,
                       to
                       put
                       a
                       Trick
                       upon
                       you
                       ,
                       but
                       a
                       sober
                       Truth
                       ;
                       And
                       also
                       Communicated
                       to
                       a
                       Justice
                       of
                       the
                       Peace
                       ,
                       and
                       by
                       him
                       to
                       the
                       Privy
                       Council
                       ;
                       and
                       what
                       the
                       issue
                       of
                       it
                       is
                       I
                       have
                       not
                       heard
                       ,
                       I
                       hope
                       you
                       will
                       inquire
                       ,
                       and
                       tell
                       us
                       .
                    
                     
                       
                         From
                         Yexford
                         in
                         Suffolk
                         ,
                         
                           Octob.
                           31.
                           1662.
                           
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               
                 Serj.
                 Keeling
                 .
              
               
                 Do
                 you
                 (
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 )
                 remember
                 any
                 discourse
                 of
                 the
                 way
                 of
                 taking
                 Whitehall
                 ?
                 Name
                 who
                 were
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 spoke
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 There
                 was
                 Hind
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Captain
                 Browne
                 a
                 Shooe-maker
                 in
                 the
                 Strand
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 other
                 persons
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Counc
                 .
              
               
                 Was
                 Stubbs
                 there
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Not
                 at
                 this
                 discourse
                 ;
                 but
                 we
                 talked
                 of
                 taking
                 Whitehall
                 at
                 Stubbs's
                 house
                 ,
                 when
                 a
                 Sea-Captain
                 was
                 there
                 that
                 was
                 to
                 go
                 to
                 Saranam
                 ,
                 and
                 Stubbs
                 invited
                 him
                 to
                 stay
                 at
                 home
                 to
                 assist
                 them
                 ;
                 who
                 was
                 to
                 come
                 down
                 with
                 a
                 Party
                 by
                 Charing-Cross
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 .
                 
                 Party
                 to
                 come
                 up
                 by
                 the
                 Cock-pit
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 kill
                 my
                 Lord
                 Duke
                 of
                 Albemarle
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 slay
                 ●ir
                 
                   Richard
                   Brown
                
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Party
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 to
                 keep
                 a
                 Drum
                 beating
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 And
                 Tonge
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 their
                 main
                 care
                 must
                 be
                 to
                 keep
                 down
                 Sir
                 
                   Richard
                   Brown
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Trained
                 Bands
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 they
                 should
                 never
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 stand
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 concerning
                 the
                 Privy
                 Garden
                 way
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 They
                 discoursed
                 concerning
                 the
                 getting
                 down
                 the
                 Door
                 and
                 the
                 Wall
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 get
                 the
                 sooner
                 to
                 Whitehall
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 was
                 Stubbs's
                 opinion
                 at
                 that
                 communication
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 His
                 was
                 at
                 Black-friars
                 ,
                 the
                 last
                 Tuesday
                 night
                 before
                 they
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 this
                 
                   Stubbs
                   ,
                   Thomas
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Which
                 Gibbs
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 This
                 black
                 Gibbs
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 they
                 discoursed
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 be
                 sure
                 to
                 make
                 an
                 end
                 of
                 Kings
                 ,
                 Princes
                 and
                 Dukes
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 have
                 a
                 Free
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 troubled
                 no
                 more
                 with
                 any
                 such
                 kinde
                 of
                 persons
                 ,
                 neither
                 Lawn
                 Sleeves
                 ,
                 nor
                 Circinglers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Do
                 you
                 remember
                 that
                 Stubbs
                 proposed
                 any
                 other
                 way
                 to
                 Whitehall
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 No
                 ,
                 Sir.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Maynard
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 they
                 say
                 what
                 Number
                 was
                 provided
                 ,
                 ten
                 ,
                 or
                 twenty
                 thousand
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Stubbs
                 assured
                 us
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 great
                 party
                 in
                 East-smithfield
                 right
                 for
                 the
                 work
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 their
                 Arms.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Couucil
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 imployment
                 had
                 Sallers
                 about
                 delivering
                 the
                 Arms
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 He
                 said
                 ,
                 the
                 Arms
                 were
                 delivered
                 out
                 at
                 Cruched-friers
                 ,
                 about
                 six
                 hundred
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 forty
                 of
                 their
                 Friends
                 went
                 away
                 last
                 night
                 for
                 lack
                 of
                 Arms
                 ,
                 that
                 within
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 more
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 he
                 name
                 a
                 Magazine
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 the
                 Magazine
                 in
                 Crutched-friers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 you
                 know
                 any
                 thing
                 touching
                 the
                 discovery
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 whom
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 No
                 ,
                 Sir
                 :
                 but
                 I
                 understood
                 that
                 Tonge
                 was
                 assured
                 by
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 that
                 Phillips
                 would
                 get
                 him
                 the
                 Word
                 that
                 very
                 night
                 that
                 they
                 intended
                 the
                 Insurrection
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 was
                 propounded
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 taken
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 what
                 would
                 they
                 do
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 He
                 should
                 have
                 the
                 same
                 Quarter
                 as
                 Ludlow
                 was
                 to
                 have
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Who
                 said
                 that
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Stubbs
                 ,
                 and
                 Gibbs
                 ,
                 and
                 Tonge
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 's
                 three
                 of
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 Lord
                 have
                 mercy
                 upon
                 us
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Were
                 you
                 not
                 acquainted
                 of
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 Six
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 they
                 named
                 some
                 at
                 a
                 venture
                 ,
                 but
                 they
                 believed
                 some
                 of
                 them
                 were
                 of
                 the
                 Six
                 .
                 That
                 they
                 met
                 not
                 twice
                 in
                 a
                 place
                 ,
                 sometimes
                 here
                 ,
                 and
                 sometimes
                 in
                 another
                 place
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 did
                 they
                 name
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Colonel
                 
                   Danvers
                   ,
                   Phillips
                   ,
                   Nye
                
                 the
                 Minister
                 ,
                 Lockyer
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Cole
                 of
                 Southhampton
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 Four
                 were
                 part
                 of
                 the
                 Six
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 discourse
                 touching
                 the
                 distance
                 of
                 place
                 where
                 they
                 engaged
                 any
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Forty
                 miles
                 about
                 the
                 Town
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 Tonge
                 tell
                 you
                 that
                 Strange
                 had
                 lodg'd
                 any
                 Horse
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 He
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 taken
                 out
                 the
                 Horse
                 that
                 were
                 provided
                 for
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 but
                 Gibbs
                 and
                 Stubbs
                 at
                 Black-friers
                 assured
                 us
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 coming
                 into
                 the
                 Town
                 the
                 night
                 before
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 Tonge
                 tell
                 you
                 of
                 any
                 Back
                 ,
                 Breasts
                 ,
                 Blunderbusses
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Not
                 he
                 ,
                 Sir.
                 It
                 was
                 talked
                 of
                 that
                 night
                 at
                 the
                 Black-friers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 did
                 you
                 hear
                 concerning
                 sending
                 into
                 Dorsetshire
                 ,
                 to
                 spread
                 Rumours
                 there
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 they
                 had
                 four
                 hundred
                 of
                 their
                 Friends
                 there
                 that
                 they
                 were
                 sure
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 Cases
                 of
                 Pistols
                 sent
                 down
                 by
                 the
                 Carrier
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Who
                 said
                 that
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 particular
                 person
                 ,
                 but
                 at
                 that
                 Meeting
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 that
                 company
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 was
                 present
                 ?
              
            
             
               
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Gibbs
                 and
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 None
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 Was
                 Tonge
                 or
                 Phillips
                 there
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 No
                 ,
                 Sir.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 you
                 hear
                 of
                 any
                 other
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 either
                 Kent
                 ,
                 or
                 Worcestershire
                 ,
                 or
                 Derby
                 ,
                 or
                 Leicestershire
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Tonge
                 informed
                 us
                 of
                 the
                 faithfulness
                 of
                 Col.
                 Kendrick
                 in
                 Kent
                 ,
                 to
                 bring
                 him
                 some
                 Arms.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 If
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 will
                 ask
                 him
                 any
                 Questions
                 ,
                 they
                 may
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 Friends
                 ,
                 all
                 that
                 here
                 are
                 present
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 ever
                 abhor
                 such
                 an
                 action
                 :
                 Ask
                 him
                 whether
                 he
                 did
                 hear
                 me
                 speak
                 those
                 words
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 Arms
                 delivered
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 forty
                 went
                 away
                 lacking
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 one
                 or
                 two
                 days
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 more
                 ;
                 which
                 words
                 I
                 never
                 did
                 speak
                 in
                 my
                 life
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 ,
                 onely
                 what
                 I
                 heard
                 from
                 Wapshot
                 ,
                 as
                 Wapshot
                 declared
                 to
                 my
                 Lord
                 Mayor
                 ,
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 appeal
                 :
                 It
                 's
                 true
                 ,
                 meeting
                 with
                 that
                 Wapshot
                 ,
                 says
                 he
                 ,
                 we
                 hear
                 there
                 will
                 be
                 a
                 Rising
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 are
                 some
                 Arms
                 delivered
                 out
                 ;
                 said
                 I
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 advise
                 you
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 care
                 of
                 such
                 a
                 business
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Orl.
                   Bridgeman
                
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 interrupt
                 you
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 be
                 admitted
                 to
                 make
                 your
                 defence
                 afterwards
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 ,
                 ask
                 him
                 any
                 Question
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 come
                 to
                 that
                 ,
                 Wapshot
                 told
                 me
                 there
                 were
                 Arms
                 delivered
                 ,
                 but
                 further
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 he
                 knew
                 not
                 of
                 the
                 certainty
                 of
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 night
                 he
                 should
                 go
                 to
                 a
                 house
                 where
                 he
                 should
                 know
                 ,
                 I
                 bid
                 him
                 have
                 a
                 care
                 ;
                 At
                 night
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 was
                 passing
                 along
                 ,
                 I
                 met
                 Riggs
                 at
                 Stubbs
                 door
                 ,
                 he
                 asked
                 me
                 what
                 news
                 at
                 London
                 ?
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 told
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 Rising
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Arms
                 were
                 delivered
                 .
                 Is
                 there
                 ,
                 says
                 he
                 ?
                 said
                 I
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 believe
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 shall
                 know
                 certainly
                 to
                 morrow
                 .
                 I
                 did
                 call
                 the
                 next
                 morning
                 ,
                 and
                 asked
                 ,
                 Is
                 the
                 story
                 true
                 ?
                 No
                 ,
                 says
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 Arms
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 all
                 that
                 I
                 know
                 of
                 the
                 business
                 .
                 Friend
                 ,
                 did
                 I
                 tell
                 you
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Tell
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 what
                 occasion
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Upon
                 occasion
                 of
                 Riggs
                 asking
                 him
                 for
                 thirty
                 Arms
                 for
                 me
                 (
                 this
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 )
                 Sallers
                 took
                 him
                 a
                 little
                 aside
                 and
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 They
                 were
                 all
                 delivered
                 out
                 ,
                 that
                 forty
                 went
                 away
                 lacking
                 ,
                 that
                 more
                 would
                 be
                 there
                 within
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 which
                 I
                 said
                 to
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 was
                 the
                 Message
                 I
                 received
                 from
                 Wapshot
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 I
                 inquired
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 Arms
                 there
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 but
                 a
                 fallacy
                 :
                 For
                 I
                 advised
                 him
                 not
                 to
                 meddle
                 with
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 never
                 saw
                 my
                 face
                 ,
                 till
                 I
                 was
                 apprehended
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 and
                 brought
                 before
                 Sir
                 
                   Richard
                   Brown.
                
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 saw
                 him
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 with
                 this
                 man
                 (
                 Riggs
                 )
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 he
                 say
                 that
                 any
                 Arms
                 were
                 delivered
                 before
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 number
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 About
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 hundred
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 never
                 heard
                 me
                 speak
                 a
                 word
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 How
                 long
                 before
                 he
                 was
                 apprehended
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Never
                 but
                 that
                 time
                 with
                 Riggs
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 about
                 nine
                 days
                 before
                 his
                 apprehension
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 confessed
                 upon
                 his
                 examination
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 did
                 see
                 me
                 with
                 Riggs
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Have
                 you
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 other
                 the
                 prisoners
                 any
                 questions
                 more
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 more
                 ;
                 Whether
                 he
                 will
                 positively
                 affirm
                 that
                 he
                 spake
                 with
                 me
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 No
                 Sir
                 ,
                 you
                 answered
                 the
                 question
                 to
                 Riggs
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 heard
                 the
                 answer
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Yes
                 Sir.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 May
                 be
                 at
                 the
                 second
                 hand
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 you
                 hear
                 the
                 prisoner
                 answer
                 it
                 ,
                 or
                 had
                 you
                 it
                 at
                 the
                 second
                 hand
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 heard
                 it
                 from
                 Sallers
                 himself
                 ,
                 answering
                 Riggs
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 you
                 hear
                 me
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Hen.
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 swears
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 wonder
                 at
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 we
                 do
                 all
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 was
                 there
                 then
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 was
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 when
                 almost
                 full
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 day
                 of
                 the
                 moneth
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 cannot
                 remember
                 the
                 day
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 do
                 declare
                 before
                 this
                 Honorable
                 Bench
                 ,
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 great
                 Auditory
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 never
                 saw
                 this
                 mans
                 face
                 till
                 I
                 was
                 apprehended
                 :
                 That
                 which
                 I
                 told
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 was
                 ,
                 what
                 I
                 heard
                 Wapshot
                 say
                 .
                 I
                 never
                 till
                 then
                 saw
                 this
                 mans
                 face
                 ,
                 nor
                 exchanged
                 one
                 word
                 with
                 him
                 ;
                 whereas
                 he
                 sayes
                 ,
                 he
                 heard
                 me
                 .
                 
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 believe
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 saw
                 him
                 near
                 me
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 gave
                 him
                 the
                 answer
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Seeing
                 he
                 doth
                 invalidate
                 my
                 Testimony
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Adjutant
                 Carent
                 took
                 him
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 I
                 shewed
                 him
                 the
                 person
                 ;
                 and
                 therefore
                 ,
                 certainly
                 I
                 must
                 see
                 him
                 before
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 It
                 was
                 not
                 he
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 other
                 in
                 the
                 white
                 cloaths
                 ,
                 that
                 came
                 and
                 took
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 knew
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Will
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 rest
                 ask
                 him
                 any
                 question
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 Here
                 is
                 that
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 accused
                 of
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 delivered
                 Arms
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 altogether
                 false
                 ;
                 my
                 Lord
                 Major
                 can
                 bear
                 witness
                 ,
                 Wapshot
                 confessed
                 ,
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 such
                 a
                 thing
                 .
                 I
                 did
                 ever
                 abhor
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 ;
                 I
                 was
                 always
                 serviceable
                 to
                 His
                 Majesty
                 upon
                 all
                 occasions
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 times
                 :
                 my
                 neighbors
                 can
                 witness
                 my
                 civil
                 conversation
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Have
                 you
                 any
                 thing
                 more
                 to
                 ask
                 him
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 would
                 fain
                 know
                 ,
                 whether
                 the
                 Bench
                 and
                 Jury
                 are
                 satisfied
                 with
                 this
                 Evidence
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 That
                 you
                 will
                 hear
                 anon
                 :
                 What
                 else
                 will
                 you
                 ask
                 him
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 he
                 accuses
                 me
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 all
                 heard
                 :
                 I
                 do
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 Honorable
                 Bench
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 deny
                 it
                 ;
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 very
                 false
                 ,
                 and
                 believe
                 none
                 will
                 verifie
                 the
                 same
                 upon
                 Oath
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Have
                 you
                 any
                 questions
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 We
                 all
                 stand
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 am
                 very
                 conscientious
                 of
                 what
                 I
                 say
                 and
                 do
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 give
                 account
                 of
                 all
                 things
                 before
                 the
                 Lord.
                 This
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 has
                 asserted
                 concerning
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 should
                 deliver
                 divers
                 Cases
                 of
                 Pistols
                 ,
                 or
                 knowing
                 the
                 delivery
                 of
                 them
                 :
                 if
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 who
                 stands
                 likewise
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 can
                 produce
                 any
                 man
                 to
                 prove
                 ,
                 That
                 I
                 delivered
                 to
                 any
                 man
                 any
                 Pistols
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 any
                 were
                 so
                 delivered
                 by
                 my
                 order
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 I
                 conveyed
                 or
                 sent
                 them
                 away
                 into
                 the
                 Countrey
                 :
                 Do
                 this
                 in
                 the
                 sight
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 and
                 his
                 own
                 conscience
                 ,
                 I
                 expect
                 not
                 mercy
                 .
                 But
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 him
                 speak
                 no
                 more
                 of
                 me
                 ,
                 but
                 what
                 he
                 knows
                 of
                 me
                 ,
                 or
                 by
                 me
                 ;
                 whether
                 he
                 knows
                 ,
                 I
                 ever
                 received
                 any
                 Pistols
                 ,
                 or
                 delivered
                 any
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 ,
                 for
                 such
                 an
                 end
                 as
                 he
                 is
                 pleased
                 to
                 speak
                 ,
                 Which
                 my
                 Soul
                 abhors
                 ,
                 and
                 God
                 can
                 witness
                 !
              
            
             
               
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 was
                 the
                 man
                 that
                 mentioned
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 four
                 Horses
                 and
                 Arm●
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 Two
                 hundred
                 
                 pound
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 it
                 .
                 I
                 was
                 never
                 any
                 plotter
                 ,
                 nor
                 contrived
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 but
                 am
                 as
                 innocent
                 as
                 the
                 childe
                 unborn
                 ,
                 but
                 being
                 by
                 an
                 accident
                 at
                 Tonges
                 house
                 ,
                 a
                 Strong-water-man
                 ;
                 ask
                 the
                 other
                 witnesses
                 ,
                 whether
                 he
                 speaks
                 truth
                 —
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   O.
                   Bridgman
                
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 would
                 put
                 you
                 in
                 a
                 right
                 way
                 ,
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 all
                 heard
                 at
                 large
                 ,
                 when
                 you
                 make
                 your
                 defence
                 :
                 But
                 will
                 you
                 ask
                 him
                 any
                 questions
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 propounded
                 one
                 ,
                 I
                 desire
                 an
                 answer
                 :
                 Whether
                 I
                 received
                 or
                 delivered
                 any
                 Pistols
                 to
                 such
                 a
                 use
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 say
                 he
                 did
                 ;
                 but
                 at
                 that
                 meeting
                 at
                 Black-Fryers
                 it
                 was
                 discoursed
                 among
                 them
                 ,
                 That
                 several
                 Arms
                 were
                 sent
                 to
                 Dorsetshire
                 to
                 several
                 friends
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 there
                 then
                 ;
                 I
                 believe
                 he
                 cannot
                 deny
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 was
                 Arms
                 spoken
                 of
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 man
                 (
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 )
                 spoke
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 upon
                 this
                 consideration
                 ,
                 That
                 there
                 were
                 Arms
                 delivered
                 to
                 every
                 Hall
                 ,
                 Ammunition
                 and
                 Powder
                 ;
                 Riggs
                 knows
                 he
                 spoke
                 it
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 spoken
                 after
                 the
                 question
                 was
                 put
                 ,
                 What
                 was
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 sending
                 the
                 Powder
                 and
                 Ammunition
                 to
                 the
                 Halls
                 ?
                 These
                 Arms
                 were
                 spoken
                 of
                 ,
                 in
                 reference
                 to
                 the
                 design
                 .
                 I
                 do
                 acknowledge
                 ,
                 I
                 told
                 them
                 I
                 had
                 some
                 Arms
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 Two
                 hundred
                 pound
                 for
                 carrying
                 it
                 on
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 know
                 the
                 grounds
                 of
                 my
                 speaking
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 do
                 some
                 of
                 this
                 Honorable
                 Bench.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
               
                 Hill
                 advised
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 fall
                 upon
                 Sir
                 
                   Richard
                   Brown
                
                 as
                 an
                 enemy
                 to
                 all
                 honest-men
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Hill
                 says
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 say
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 There
                 was
                 more
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 ears
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 he
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 speak
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 There
                 was
                 
                   Riggs
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 my self
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 the
                 other
                 names
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 Hill
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 whose
                 face
                 I
                 never
                 saw
                 ,
                 came
                 to
                 my
                 neighbors-house
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 was
                 alone
                 ,
                 found
                 me
                 plotting
                 with
                 no
                 man.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 We
                 were
                 brought
                 into
                 his
                 company
                 by
                 one
                 Beazley
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 at
                 Tower-hill
                 about
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 a
                 clock
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 some
                 intelligence
                 to
                 some
                 persons
                 there
                 ,
                 about
                 the
                 design
                 .
                 Riggs
                 and
                 I
                 took
                 a
                 Coach
                 and
                 went
                 after
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 Stubbs
                 told
                 us
                 we
                 might
                 meet
                 him
                 at
                 a
                 Bakers
                 house
                 near
                 the
                 Tower.
                 We
                 found
                 Beazley
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 said
                 he
                 could
                 not
                 signifie
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 would
                 carry
                 
                 us
                 to
                 Black-Fryers
                 ,
                 to
                 one
                 Gibbs
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 he
                 brought
                 us
                 to
                 this
                 very
                 man
                 ,
                 first
                 enquiring
                 at
                 a
                 house
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 Beazley
                 was
                 told
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 at
                 a
                 Tavern
                 at
                 Bridewel-stairs
                 :
                 We
                 went
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 found
                 him
                 ;
                 he
                 told
                 us
                 ,
                 he
                 could
                 tell
                 us
                 little
                 himself
                 ,
                 till
                 his
                 Brother
                 came
                 ;
                 and
                 accordingly
                 he
                 presently
                 after
                 came
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 the
                 occasion
                 that
                 I
                 came
                 into
                 his
                 company
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 sayes
                 that
                 I
                 spoke
                 of
                 Pistols
                 delivered
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 number
                 ,
                 but
                 now
                 many
                 he
                 knows
                 not
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 talk
                 of
                 the
                 death
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 which
                 is
                 as
                 false
                 as
                 God
                 is
                 true
                 .
                 Again
                 ,
                 I
                 knew
                 not
                 of
                 his
                 coming
                 ▪
                 never
                 appointed
                 him
                 ,
                 never
                 was
                 privy
                 to
                 any
                 such
                 Plot
                 ,
                 I
                 abhor
                 it
                 in
                 my
                 Soul
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 engaged
                 in
                 any
                 such
                 design
                 with
                 any
                 man
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 —
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 You
                 do
                 your self
                 much
                 wrong
                 ,
                 and
                 take
                 away
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 which
                 you
                 may
                 happily
                 spend
                 better
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 know
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 present
                 at
                 that
                 meeting
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 say
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 have
                 such
                 quarter
                 as
                 Ludlow
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 was
                 spoken
                 at
                 that
                 meeting
                 at
                 Black-Friers
                 ,
                 after
                 his
                 brother
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 persons
                 were
                 gone
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 there
                 spoken
                 ,
                 That
                 the
                 Councel
                 was
                 brook
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 ready
                 ;
                 Alhallows
                 Eve
                 the
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 the
                 same
                 quarter
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 as
                 Ludlow
                 should
                 have
                 if
                 taken
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 do
                 not
                 answer
                 the
                 Question
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 there
                 besides
                 your self
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 There
                 was
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Gibbs
                 there
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 have
                 onely
                 his
                 evidence
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Tonge
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 was
                 in
                 company
                 when
                 I
                 talked
                 of
                 300.
                 men
                 at
                 Windsor
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 was
                 at
                 your
                 own
                 house
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 
                   Ward
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                   ,
                   Riggs
                   ,
                   Hind
                   ,
                
                 and
                 my self
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phillips
                 .
              
               
                 Whether
                 did
                 he
                 ever
                 see
                 my
                 face
                 at
                 any
                 meeting
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 never
                 saw
                 you
                 before
                 that
                 time
                 in
                 Cornhill
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phillips
                 .
              
               
                 Upon
                 what
                 account
                 did
                 I
                 speak
                 to
                 Riggs
                 then
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 When
                 you
                 came
                 off
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 you
                 told
                 him
                 you
                 could
                 not
                 stay
                 ,
                 your
                 Captain
                 was
                 coming
                 ;
                 Riggs
                 thanked
                 you
                 for
                 your
                 favour
                 in
                 sending
                 word
                 to
                 the
                 Meeting
                 to
                 be
                 gone
                 ,
                 to
                 a
                 certain
                 Quaker
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Phillips
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 never
                 sent
                 to
                 any
                 Quaker
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ;
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 see
                 this
                 man
                 upon
                 the
                 Sabbath
                 day
                 :
                 But
                 Riggs
                 came
                 down
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 thought
                 I
                 had
                 sent
                 notice
                 to
                 Anchor-Alley
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 affirmed
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 several
                 meetings
                 of
                 40.
                 and
                 then
                 of
                 six
                 ,
                 ask
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 whether
                 I
                 was
                 in
                 either
                 of
                 those
                 numbers
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 ,
              
            
             
               
                 Councill
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 did
                 not
                 charge
                 you
                 with
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 of
                 being
                 in
                 that
                 number
                 :
                 he
                 askes
                 a
                 question
                 about
                 things
                 not
                 laid
                 to
                 his
                 charge
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Let
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 speak
                 ▪
              
            
             
               
                 Edward
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 About
                 23.
                 weeks
                 since
                 I
                 came
                 acquainted
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Tonge
                 upon
                 this
                 occasion
                 ,
                 Captain
                 Baker
                 did
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 man
                 of
                 Intelligence
                 ;
                 but
                 Mr.
                 Tonge
                 did
                 not
                 care
                 for
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 might
                 be
                 acquainted
                 with
                 him
                 ;
                 a
                 while
                 after
                 I
                 came
                 acquainted
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 accidentally
                 ,
                 when
                 I
                 came
                 to
                 his
                 House
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Whose
                 House
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Tonges
                 house
                 ;
                 Mr.
                 Stubbs
                 was
                 there
                 ;
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 at
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 spoken
                 with
                 the
                 Gunner
                 and
                 Sergeant
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 promised
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 ready
                 upon
                 some
                 certain
                 notice
                 given
                 ;
                 that
                 night
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 a
                 Letter
                 of
                 some
                 business
                 concerning
                 a
                 suit
                 at
                 Law
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 mystical
                 meaning
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 tell
                 me
                 of
                 ;
                 but
                 this
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 made
                 sure
                 of
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Gunner
                 and
                 Sergeants
                 promises
                 :
                 This
                 is
                 that
                 I
                 know
                 of
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Is
                 this
                 all
                 of
                 Tonge
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 likewise
                 he
                 has
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 sometimes
                 met
                 with
                 a
                 certain
                 company
                 :
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 say
                 thirty
                 or
                 forty
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 pretty
                 many
                 there
                 was
                 :
                 he
                 named
                 Mr.
                 Cole
                 ,
                 Captain
                 Elton
                 ,
                 Captain
                 Leigh
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 often
                 met
                 ,
                 but
                 could
                 not
                 well
                 agree
                 ;
                 but
                 at
                 last
                 Mr.
                 Strange
                 did
                 meet
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 give
                 them
                 one
                 meeting
                 ,
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 agree
                 neither
                 ;
                 they
                 went
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 these
                 words
                 to
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 my
                 remembrance
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Strange
                 did
                 refuse
                 to
                 joyn
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 but
                 when
                 God
                 did
                 bid
                 him
                 go
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 go
                 ;
                 whether
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 or
                 next
                 week
                 ,
                 or
                 next
                 year
                 ,
                 matters
                 not
                 ;
                 but
                 when
                 God
                 bids
                 him
                 go
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 go
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Cole
                 was
                 somewhat
                 troubled
                 to
                 hear
                 it
                 ;
                 but
                 sayes
                 Mr.
                 Cole
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 go
                 ,
                 give
                 me
                 but
                 notice
                 ,
                 If
                 I
                 cannot
                 go
                 so
                 fast
                 as
                 you
                 ride
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 hold
                 by
                 your
                 
                 Horse-tail
                 :
                 A
                 little
                 while
                 after
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 not
                 met
                 again
                 ;
                 that
                 Mr.
                 Cole
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 agree
                 about
                 this
                 business
                 ,
                 was
                 gone
                 beyond
                 Sea
                 ;
                 but
                 before
                 he
                 was
                 gone
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 tell
                 me
                 of
                 some
                 Considerations
                 that
                 were
                 drawn
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 judged
                 about
                 a
                 Government
                 by
                 Master
                 Cole
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 me
                 in
                 a
                 Paper
                 some
                 certain
                 Propositions
                 ,
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 concerning
                 Sea-men
                 ;
                 the
                 substance
                 was
                 this
                 ,
                 what
                 great
                 benefits
                 they
                 had
                 by
                 a
                 Common-wealth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Who
                 gave
                 you
                 them
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 but
                 it
                 came
                 from
                 M.
                 Cole
                 ,
                 as
                 he
                 said
                 ;
                 In
                 general
                 they
                 were
                 to
                 declare
                 against
                 the
                 misgovernment
                 of
                 Church
                 and
                 State
                 ,
                 in
                 particular
                 to
                 Sea-men
                 ,
                 what
                 great
                 advantages
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 to
                 them
                 ;
                 and
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 things
                 propounded
                 in
                 order
                 to
                 them
                 .
                 1.
                 
                 That
                 no
                 Sea-men
                 should
                 pay
                 custom
                 for
                 any
                 commodity
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 bring
                 under
                 the
                 value
                 of
                 Ten
                 pounds
                 ,
                 upwards
                 they
                 must
                 :
                 And
                 likewise
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 care
                 taken
                 upon
                 our
                 own
                 Coasts
                 ,
                 and
                 beyond
                 Sea
                 ,
                 That
                 where
                 any
                 of
                 our
                 English
                 Ships
                 should
                 be
                 cast
                 away
                 ,
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 care
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Customes
                 ,
                 that
                 might
                 keep
                 them
                 in
                 their
                 travelling
                 homewards
                 ,
                 either
                 from
                 begging
                 or
                 starving
                 :
                 Put
                 Mr.
                 Cole
                 when
                 they
                 met
                 as
                 Tonge
                 said
                 ,
                 would
                 not
                 agree
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 went
                 beyond
                 Sea
                 ;
                 after
                 he
                 was
                 gone
                 ,
                 within
                 a
                 week
                 or
                 fortnight
                 they
                 had
                 another
                 meeting
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 They
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 ,
                 name
                 them
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 hear
                 him
                 name
                 many
                 ,
                 unless
                 Leigh
                 and
                 Captain
                 Elton
                 ,
                 I
                 remember
                 no
                 more
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 they
                 had
                 under
                 consideration
                 ,
                 the
                 Government
                 of
                 a
                 Commonwealth
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 declare
                 against
                 the
                 misgovernment
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 and
                 State
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 meeting
                 at
                 London-Wall
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 little
                 time
                 after
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 there
                 :
                 He
                 afterwards
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 he
                 mist
                 that
                 meeting
                 ,
                 but
                 had
                 intelligence
                 brought
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 time
                 that
                 he
                 missed
                 ,
                 thirty
                 or
                 forty
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 the
                 certain
                 number
                 ,
                 had
                 referred
                 it
                 to
                 six
                 men
                 ;
                 they
                 called
                 it
                 ,
                 
                   The
                   Council
                   of
                   Six
                
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 names
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 heard
                 from
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 indeed
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 he
                 knew
                 them
                 not
                 ,
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 his
                 absence
                 from
                 that
                 meeting
                 :
                 But
                 what
                 I
                 gathered
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 was
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 judged
                 Captain
                 Elton
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 told
                 you
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 six
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 heard
                 there
                 was
                 ,
                 but
                 knew
                 them
                 not
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Hen.
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 make
                 things
                 short
                 ;
                 were
                 you
                 ever
                 at
                 any
                 meeting
                 where
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 discourse
                 touching
                 surprizing
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 altering
                 the
                 Government
                 ;
                 and
                 who
                 was
                 there
                 upon
                 your
                 oath
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 That
                 Friday
                 immediately
                 before
                 we
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 ,
                 October
                 24.
                 there
                 was
                 some
                 discourse
                 ,
                 in
                 general
                 ,
                 concerning
                 Whitehal
                 ;
                 what
                 might
                 be
                 done
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 procuring
                 of
                 that
                 ,
                 and
                 likewise
                 concerning
                 the
                 Tower.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 was
                 present
                 that
                 Friday
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 My self
                 ,
                 
                   Hill
                   ,
                   Tonge
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                   ,
                   Ward
                   ,
                   Hind
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   Iohn
                   Baker
                
                 ;
                 and
                 then
                 to
                 the
                 best
                 of
                 my
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 this
                 discourse
                 in
                 general
                 .
                 Concerning
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 some
                 Propositions
                 on
                 all
                 hands
                 concerning
                 the
                 taking
                 of
                 that
                 ;
                 Mr.
                 Hind
                 ,
                 he
                 onely
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 but
                 did
                 not
                 say
                 he
                 would
                 undertake
                 it
                 ,
                 the
                 righting
                 of
                 Gunners
                 Accompts
                 .
                 Mr.
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 way
                 that
                 he
                 thought
                 convenient
                 ,
                 might
                 be
                 this
                 ,
                 When
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Robinson
                
                 ,
                 now
                 Lord
                 Major
                 ,
                 did
                 late
                 in
                 the
                 evening
                 go
                 into
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 a
                 party
                 following
                 his
                 Coach
                 in
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 might
                 do
                 it
                 .
                 And
                 
                   Iohn
                   Baker
                
                 at
                 that
                 present
                 instant
                 of
                 time
                 did
                 say
                 ,
                 That
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 the
                 King
                 should
                 be
                 surprized
                 ;
                 and
                 likewise
                 said
                 then
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 no
                 quarter
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 give
                 ,
                 nor
                 take
                 none
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 was
                 present
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 my self
                 ,
                 
                   Bradley
                   ,
                   Hind
                
                 ,
                 Captain
                 Brown
                 ,
                 and
                 Baker
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 Hill
                 ,
                 the
                 Drawer
                 I
                 think
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Was
                 not
                 Tonge
                 and
                 Stubbs
                 there
                 then
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 there
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Hen.
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 ask
                 you
                 this
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 desire
                 large
                 stories
                 ,
                 but
                 firm
                 and
                 close
                 answers
                 ;
                 Were
                 you
                 present
                 at
                 any
                 meeting
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 securing
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 Tower
                 ,
                 or
                 Whitehal
                 ,
                 was
                 discoursed
                 of
                 ,
                 or
                 no
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Sir
                 ,
                 that
                 Friday
                 October
                 24.
                 immediately
                 before
                 we
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 this
                 discourse
                 ,
                 Tonge
                 did
                 propound
                 such
                 a
                 way
                 for
                 surprizing
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 by
                 following
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Robinsons
                
                 Coach
                 in
                 at
                 night
                 ;
                 and
                 Baker
                 did
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 to
                 
                 undertake
                 the
                 securing
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 person
                 ,
                 and
                 assaulting
                 of
                 Whitehal
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 if
                 there
                 were
                 Five
                 hundred
                 horse
                 and
                 foot
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 undertake
                 it
                 by
                 going
                 into
                 the
                 Privy-Garden
                 and
                 Back-stairs
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Were
                 you
                 present
                 when
                 Stubbs
                 did
                 advise
                 the
                 assaulting
                 of
                 Whitehal
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Privy-Garden
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 No
                 ;
                 but
                 Baker
                 did
                 say
                 he
                 would
                 undertake
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 was
                 present
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 
                   Hill
                   ,
                   Bradley
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Hind
                 was
                 there
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 Stubbs
                 undertook
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 say
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 there
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Hen.
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 Tonge
                 ever
                 tell
                 you
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 hopes
                 of
                 the
                 Word
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 came
                 acquainted
                 with
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 presently
                 after
                 I
                 was
                 acquainted
                 with
                 Mr.
                 
                   Tonge
                   ▪
                   Phillips
                
                 once
                 met
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 carried
                 him
                 to
                 Tonges
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 Phillips
                 freely
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 there
                 was
                 three
                 hundred
                 Arms
                 at
                 the
                 
                   Artillery
                   Garden
                
                 ,
                 he
                 being
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Artillery
                 ,
                 knew
                 where
                 they
                 lay
                 ,
                 and
                 could
                 tell
                 them
                 how
                 they
                 might
                 come
                 by
                 those
                 Arms
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 for
                 the
                 Word
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 necessary
                 to
                 be
                 got
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 in
                 case
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 so
                 fell
                 out
                 that
                 the
                 White
                 Regiment
                 was
                 then
                 out
                 ,
                 or
                 he
                 then
                 in
                 office
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 endeavor
                 to
                 procure
                 it
                 :
                 But
                 afterwards
                 meeting
                 him
                 several
                 times
                 ,
                 he
                 declared
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 meddle
                 any
                 more
                 with
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   H.
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 Were
                 you
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 with
                 Sallers
                 ,
                 when
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 discourse
                 about
                 delivering
                 out
                 of
                 Arms
                 ;
                 and
                 what
                 did
                 Sallers
                 say
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 saying
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 Two
                 hundred
                 pound
                 to
                 buy
                 Horses
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 four
                 already
                 ,
                 and
                 wanted
                 Swords
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 friends
                 in
                 Town
                 wanted
                 Arms
                 ;
                 asked
                 me
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 knew
                 if
                 any
                 were
                 given
                 out
                 .
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Sallers
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 had
                 heard
                 some
                 Arms
                 were
                 given
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 out
                 that
                 day
                 .
                 Upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 and
                 Bradley
                 and
                 I
                 being
                 together
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 said
                 ,
                 I
                 there
                 is
                 the
                 person
                 that
                 told
                 me
                 of
                 the
                 Arms
                 ;
                 I
                 will
                 go
                 and
                 ask
                 him
                 ,
                 if
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 such
                 thing
                 .
                 Whether
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 heard
                 the
                 discourse
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 tell
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 says
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 enquired
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 Arms
                 are
                 delivered
                 ,
                 and
                 forty
                 went
                 without
                 ;
                 but
                 within
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 ,
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 more
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Hen.
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 Hill
                 see
                 Sallers
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Yes
                 ,
                 but
                 whether
                 he
                 heard
                 him
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 tell
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   R.
                   Foster
                
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 induces
                 you
                 to
                 believe
                 he
                 did
                 see
                 him
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 We
                 were
                 close
                 together
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Foster
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 about
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Gibbs
                
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 For
                 Gibbs
                 ,
                 I
                 brought
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 acquainted
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Stubbs
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 said
                 he
                 knew
                 one
                 at
                 Fleet-bridg
                 that
                 sells
                 Plums
                 ,
                 and
                 such
                 things
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 we
                 would
                 go
                 along
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 tell
                 us
                 news
                 :
                 
                   Hill
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 ,
                 that
                 day
                 I
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 went
                 to
                 
                   Beazley
                   ;
                   Stubbs
                
                 asked
                 him
                 what
                 news
                 ;
                 sayes
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 hear
                 the
                 business
                 goes
                 on
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 go
                 to
                 one
                 Gibbs
                 ,
                 meaning
                 him
                 that
                 is
                 fled
                 ,
                 he
                 has
                 intelligence
                 ;
                 so
                 we
                 went
                 to
                 an
                 Ale-house
                 neer
                 him
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 at
                 home
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 were
                 told
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 would
                 go
                 to
                 Bridewell
                 ,
                 they
                 said
                 they
                 would
                 send
                 for
                 his
                 Brother
                 ,
                 meaning
                 him
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 should
                 have
                 an
                 account
                 :
                 Gibbs
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 being
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 he
                 told
                 us
                 he
                 knew
                 little
                 himself
                 ,
                 but
                 when
                 his
                 Brother
                 came
                 ,
                 we
                 should
                 hear
                 .
                 Three
                 quarters
                 of
                 an
                 hour
                 after
                 came
                 Gibbs
                 that
                 is
                 gone
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 man
                 ,
                 I
                 knew
                 him
                 not
                 ,
                 and
                 Gibbs
                 called
                 this
                 Brother
                 ;
                 
                   Beazley
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Hill
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 ,
                 set
                 still
                 :
                 when
                 this
                 Gibbs
                 came
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 his
                 brother
                 knew
                 little
                 ,
                 hoped
                 we
                 were
                 honest
                 men
                 .
                 The
                 news
                 was
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 heard
                 that
                 Ludlow
                 was
                 in
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 now
                 the
                 Council
                 was
                 broken
                 up
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 Council
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Council
                 of
                 six
                 was
                 broken
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 had
                 sent
                 Messengers
                 into
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 to
                 give
                 notice
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 make
                 their
                 interests
                 good
                 abroad
                 :
                 this
                 is
                 that
                 he
                 said
                 there
                 ,
                 or
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 I
                 remember
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Finch
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 I
                 will
                 ask
                 you
                 in
                 general
                 ;
                 Did
                 you
                 ever
                 hear
                 of
                 any
                 discourse
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 of
                 these
                 Meetings
                 ,
                 touching
                 a
                 Rising
                 by
                 the
                 Papists
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Massacre
                 of
                 the
                 Protestants
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Being
                 upon
                 the
                 
                   Exchange
                   ,
                   Hill
                   ,
                   Bradley
                
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Lieutenant
                 came
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 asked
                 me
                 whether
                 I
                 heard
                 of
                 the
                 Massacre
                 to
                 be
                 ;
                 I
                 said
                 no
                 :
                 saies
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 can
                 let
                 you
                 see
                 a
                 Copy
                 of
                 a
                 Letter
                 to
                 that
                 purpose
                 ,
                 and
                 gave
                 it
                 me
                 :
                 Hill
                 going
                 to
                 the
                 Ship
                 ,
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 was
                 desirous
                 of
                 having
                 a
                 Copy
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 was
                 the
                 Copy
                 that
                 was
                 this
                 day
                 read
                 in
                 Court.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Ieff.
                   Palmer
                
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 did
                 you
                 hear
                 concerning
                 the
                 surprizing
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 at
                 Camberwell
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 cam●
                 from
                 his
                 Mother
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 did
                 Phillips
                 say
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Phillips
                   ,
                   Tonge
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 and
                 my self
                 ,
                 being
                 together
                 ,
                 they
                 were
                 discoursing
                 concerning
                 the
                 Kings
                 going
                 abroad
                 ;
                 and
                 at
                 that
                 Phillips
                 said
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 Hampton-Court
                 ,
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 Queen-Mother
                 at
                 Greenwich
                 ,
                 and
                 hinted
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 be
                 supprized
                 ;
                 Tonge
                 said
                 ,
                 it
                 need
                 not
                 ,
                 there
                 might
                 be
                 such
                 an
                 opportunity
                 twice
                 every
                 week
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 will
                 you
                 ask
                 the
                 witnesses
                 any
                 Question
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Phillips
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 you
                 not
                 meet
                 me
                 on
                 a
                 Sabbath
                 day
                 ?
                 you
                 may
                 remember
                 I
                 met
                 you
                 in
                 Cheapside
                 ,
                 we
                 walked
                 to
                 Birchin-lane
                 end
                 ;
                 you
                 asked
                 me
                 of
                 a
                 rising
                 that
                 should
                 be
                 ?
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 what
                 rising
                 ?
                 says
                 you
                 ,
                 to
                 surprize
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 coming
                 from
                 Hampton-Court
                 to
                 Greenwich
                 :
                 and
                 I
                 came
                 and
                 spoke
                 it
                 openly
                 in
                 my
                 Family
                 ,
                 as
                 newes
                 that
                 I
                 heard
                 .
                 This
                 Gentleman
                 had
                 me
                 to
                 Tonges
                 house
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 grew
                 the
                 discourse
                 :
                 Riggs
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 Tonge
                 could
                 tell
                 further
                 ;
                 and
                 Riggs
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 reason
                 why
                 the
                 time
                 for
                 it
                 was
                 not
                 appointed
                 ,
                 was
                 because
                 the
                 Fift-Monarchy
                 men
                 and
                 Anabaptists
                 were
                 not
                 agreed
                 :
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 I
                 disclaim
                 this
                 business
                 ,
                 and
                 declared
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 nothing
                 to
                 do
                 with
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 is
                 certain
                 ,
                 that
                 afterwards
                 he
                 did
                 say
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 any
                 thing
                 to
                 do
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 see
                 him
                 a
                 great
                 while
                 after
                 that
                 :
                 Concerning
                 Bakers
                 surprising
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 say
                 before
                 Hill
                 and
                 I
                 ,
                 and
                 Bradley
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 a
                 hunting
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 through
                 the
                 City
                 ;
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 been
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Fifty
                 that
                 would
                 have
                 surprized
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 pulled
                 him
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 Coach.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Who
                 said
                 that
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Baker
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Who
                 present
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Bradley
                 ,
                 M.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 other
                 
                   Hill
                   ,
                   Brown
                
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Finch
                 .
              
               
                 Do
                 you
                 remember
                 no
                 discourse
                 concerning
                 the
                 coming
                 in
                 at
                 the
                 Privy-Garden
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 under
                 my
                 hand
                 to
                 the
                 Grand-Jury
                 declared
                 ,
                 that
                 Baker
                 said
                 he
                 knew
                 the
                 way
                 to
                 the
                 Back-stairs
                 through
                 the
                 Privy-garden
                 ,
                 better
                 than
                 any
                 ;
                 and
                 Bradley
                 did
                 once
                 ,
                 and
                 but
                 once
                 ,
                 say
                 ,
                 
                 That
                 he
                 knew
                 it
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 any
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 undertake
                 to
                 do
                 the
                 same
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 
                   Stubbs
                   ,
                   Tonge
                   ,
                   Hill
                
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 were
                 there
                 that
                 Friday
                 night
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Who
                 were
                 the
                 rest
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Hill
                 ,
                 my self
                 ,
                 
                   Ward
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                   ,
                   Hind
                
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Iohn
                   Baker
                
                 ,
                 at
                 Tonges
                 house
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Maynard
                
                 .
              
               
                 We
                 do
                 conceive
                 ,
                 that
                 these
                 two
                 witnesses
                 have
                 given
                 evidence
                 against
                 all
                 of
                 them
                 ;
                 if
                 any
                 thing
                 stick
                 with
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 let
                 them
                 speak
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Hear
                 Bradley
                 ;
                 this
                 witness
                 that
                 we
                 call
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 no
                 Conspirator
                 ;
                 but
                 when
                 there
                 was
                 notice
                 of
                 the
                 design
                 ,
                 he
                 was
                 imployed
                 to
                 finde
                 it
                 out
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 give
                 us
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 it
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Heneage
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Bradley
                 ,
                 were
                 you
                 present
                 at
                 any
                 debate
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 Whether
                 did
                 Riggs
                 hear
                 me
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 Ludlow
                 was
                 in
                 Town
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 the
                 Council
                 was
                 broke
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 business
                 went
                 forward
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 This
                 I
                 said
                 ,
                 That
                 
                   Hill
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Beazley
                 ,
                 were
                 present
                 ;
                 and
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 knew
                 nothing
                 himself
                 ,
                 but
                 from
                 his
                 Brother
                 ,
                 this
                 was
                 the
                 news
                 ,
                 That
                 he
                 heard
                 that
                 Ludlow
                 was
                 in
                 Town
                 ,
                 Council
                 broke
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 sent
                 out
                 Messengers
                 to
                 give
                 notice
                 to
                 prepare
                 for
                 the
                 business
                 ;
                 that
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 on
                 Alhallows-Eve
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 latter
                 end
                 of
                 the
                 week
                 ,
                 being
                 Saturday
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 never
                 spake
                 these
                 words
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 desire
                 that
                 the
                 Honorable
                 Bench
                 will
                 enquire
                 of
                 the
                 persons
                 ,
                 then
                 present
                 ,
                 Whether
                 they
                 will
                 avouch
                 the
                 same
                 ;
                 whether
                 I
                 said
                 it
                 from
                 my
                 Brother
                 ?
                 These
                 words
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 speak
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 being
                 present
                 ,
                 had
                 ears
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 he
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tonge
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 told
                 me
                 Ludlow
                 was
                 in
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 me
                 he
                 would
                 enquire
                 after
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 confess
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 so
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tonge
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 like
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 in
                 Cheapside
                 ;
                 he
                 was
                 continually
                 at
                 my
                 shop
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 not
                 let
                 me
                 alone
                 ,
                 prompting
                 and
                 inducing
                 me
                 to
                 these
                 things
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Bradley
                 were
                 you
                 at
                 any
                 meeting
                 ,
                 touching
                 discourse
                 of
                 surprizing
                 Whitehal
                 ?
              
            
             
               
               
                 Bradley
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 was
                 one
                 Friday
                 night
                 at
                 Tonges
                 house
                 ,
                 a
                 Strong-water
                 man
                 on
                 Tower
                 Ditch
                 ,
                 where
                 there
                 was
                 these
                 two
                 Gentlemen
                 with
                 me
                 (
                 pointing
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 )
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 Mr.
                 Stubbs
                 ,
                 and
                 
                   Iohn
                   Baker
                
                 ,
                 and
                 another
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 one
                 Ward
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 had
                 some
                 discourse
                 about
                 surprizing
                 of
                 Whitehal
                 ,
                 which
                 way
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 done
                 .
                 Some
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 a
                 party
                 might
                 go
                 through
                 the
                 Guard
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 surprize
                 General
                 Monks
                 Guard
                 :
                 Others
                 said
                 ,
                 they
                 might
                 come
                 down
                 by
                 Charing-Cross
                 ;
                 but
                 Tonge
                 said
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 coming
                 down
                 by
                 Charing-Cross
                 ,
                 because
                 there
                 was
                 two
                 great
                 Guns
                 planted
                 at
                 the
                 bottom
                 ,
                 and
                 commanded
                 all
                 that
                 way
                 ;
                 but
                 said
                 ,
                 the
                 onely
                 way
                 he
                 conceived
                 ,
                 was
                 to
                 bring
                 a
                 party
                 through
                 Kings-street
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 possible
                 to
                 get
                 into
                 the
                 Privy-Garden
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 into
                 the
                 Lodgings
                 that
                 way
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 all
                 that
                 I
                 remember
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Serjeant
                 Keeling
                 .
              
               
                 Do
                 you
                 know
                 any
                 thing
                 about
                 the
                 Ship
                 at
                 the
                 East-India
                 house
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Bradley
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 this
                 Ship
                 sometimes
                 ;
                 and
                 with
                 
                   Riggs
                   ,
                   Hill
                   ,
                   Brown
                   ,
                   Hind
                   ,
                
                 and
                 one
                 Hill
                 a
                 Cloth-Drawer
                 ,
                 we
                 had
                 divers
                 discourses
                 concerning
                 the
                 design
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 news
                 on
                 foot
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 What
                 design
                 ,
                 express
                 it
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Bradley
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 alter
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 the
                 surprizing
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 Duke
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 many
                 more
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 they
                 could
                 lay
                 hands
                 on
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 about
                 the
                 Guards
                 ,
                 surprizing
                 Whitehal
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Bradley
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 another
                 meeting
                 ,
                 they
                 discoursed
                 about
                 the
                 bringing
                 down
                 forces
                 to
                 Whitehal
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 were
                 present
                 then
                 ;
                 which
                 of
                 the
                 prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Bradley
                 .
              
               
                 None
                 ,
                 unless
                 Hind
                 be
                 there
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 At
                 what
                 other
                 meetings
                 were
                 you
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Bradley
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 was
                 never
                 at
                 any
                 other
                 ,
                 but
                 twice
                 at
                 Tonges
                 house
                 .
                 The
                 Friday
                 night
                 we
                 had
                 a
                 discourse
                 about
                 taking
                 Whitehal
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 day
                 before
                 we
                 were
                 taken
                 ,
                 I
                 met
                 this
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ;
                 he
                 asked
                 me
                 to
                 go
                 home
                 and
                 dine
                 with
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 intended
                 to
                 go
                 and
                 see
                 a
                 Ship
                 :
                 His
                 Dinner
                 being
                 not
                 ready
                 ,
                 we
                 went
                 over
                 to
                 Tonges
                 shop
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 a
                 quartern
                 of
                 Strong-waters
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 took
                 a
                 Pipe
                 of
                 Tobacco
                 .
                 Riggs
                 went
                 away
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 he
                 would
                 not
                 stay
                 ;
                 Hind
                 staid
                 with
                 me
                 the
                 
                 whilst
                 .
                 After
                 we
                 had
                 taken
                 a
                 Pipe
                 of
                 Tobacco
                 ,
                 he
                 came
                 again
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 he
                 heard
                 the
                 business
                 was
                 near
                 at
                 hand
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 speedy
                 action
                 .
                 Hill
                 was
                 at
                 the
                 shop
                 ,
                 and
                 after
                 dinner
                 ,
                 Riggs
                 and
                 I
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 and
                 Hind
                 ,
                 went
                 all
                 out
                 together
                 to
                 Stubbs
                 his
                 house
                 .
                 Riggs
                 and
                 Hill
                 went
                 in
                 ,
                 Hind
                 and
                 I
                 staid
                 .
                 Standing
                 there
                 a
                 little
                 ,
                 said
                 I
                 to
                 Hind
                 ,
                 What
                 mean
                 these
                 Gentlemen
                 to
                 stay
                 so
                 long
                 ?
                 Riggs
                 said
                 he
                 staid
                 for
                 a
                 friend
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 will
                 go
                 and
                 meet
                 him
                 :
                 Said
                 I
                 ,
                 will
                 you
                 not
                 go
                 on
                 board
                 a
                 Ship
                 with
                 Master
                 Hind
                 and
                 I
                 ;
                 says
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 no
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 go
                 to
                 meet
                 my
                 friend
                 .
                 Do
                 you
                 go
                 on
                 board
                 the
                 Ship
                 ,
                 and
                 come
                 to
                 my
                 house
                 ;
                 if
                 I
                 am
                 not
                 there
                 pray
                 stay
                 a
                 little
                 .
                 We
                 asked
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 if
                 he
                 would
                 go
                 with
                 us
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 went
                 with
                 Riggs
                 ;
                 and
                 they
                 told
                 me
                 coming
                 back
                 ,
                 that
                 Gibbs
                 had
                 informed
                 them
                 ,
                 the
                 design
                 was
                 ready
                 ,
                 Council
                 broke
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 Messengers
                 sent
                 to
                 give
                 notice
                 ,
                 and
                 Ludlow
                 in
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 General
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Who
                 told
                 you
                 this
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Bradley
                 .
              
               
                 Riggs
                 did
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 returned
                 from
                 Bridewel
                 .
              
            
             
               Tyler
               Sworn
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   H
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Tyler
                 ,
                 do
                 you
                 know
                 Tonge
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 know
                 him
                 very
                 well
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   H.
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 Have
                 you
                 ever
                 been
                 in
                 his
                 company
                 ,
                 and
                 spake
                 of
                 any
                 design
                 about
                 securing
                 the
                 King.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 Often
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Tell
                 what
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 met
                 Mr.
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 ,
                 in
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 several
                 places
                 ;
                 at
                 the
                 Wheat-sheaf
                 at
                 Lions
                 ,
                 once
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 twice
                 ;
                 at
                 the
                 Half-Moon
                 ,
                 Widow
                 Iordans
                 within
                 Bishopsgate
                 ,
                 twice
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 ;
                 near
                 Dukes
                 place
                 at
                 the
                 Shears
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 several
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 noted
                 it
                 down
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 sure
                 to
                 deliver
                 the
                 truth
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 them
                 speak
                 about
                 Whitehal
                 ,
                 and
                 securing
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 two
                 Guns
                 there
                 .
                 Elton
                 and
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 might
                 come
                 with
                 a
                 party
                 backwards
                 breaking
                 through
                 a
                 Barbers
                 shop
                 in
                 Kings-street
                 ,
                 and
                 dismount
                 the
                 two
                 Guns
                 .
                 But
                 as
                 touching
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 the
                 Duke
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Noble
                 Duke
                 of
                 Albemarle
                 :
                 They
                 proposed
                 ,
                 what
                 excellent
                 service
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 ,
                 to
                 secure
                 these
                 persons
                 ;
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 it
                 
                 was
                 not
                 a
                 thing
                 that
                 would
                 admit
                 of
                 much
                 debate
                 ,
                 inasmuch
                 as
                 he
                 had
                 a
                 friend
                 a
                 Courtier
                 ,
                 (
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 his
                 title
                 )
                 that
                 would
                 give
                 him
                 notice
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 when
                 the
                 King
                 was
                 gone
                 a
                 Hunting
                 ,
                 or
                 His
                 Progress
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 easie
                 to
                 take
                 it
                 .
                 Tonge
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 served
                 the
                 Tower-Sutlers
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 acquainted
                 there
                 ;
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 way
                 to
                 surprize
                 that
                 ,
                 but
                 this
                 ,
                 either
                 about
                 ten
                 or
                 eleven
                 a
                 clock
                 :
                 I
                 will
                 undertake
                 we
                 may
                 do
                 it
                 with
                 forty
                 persons
                 ,
                 thus
                 ,
                 says
                 he
                 ,
                 Some
                 to
                 go
                 in
                 dropping
                 ,
                 one
                 by
                 one
                 ,
                 or
                 two
                 together
                 ;
                 and
                 others
                 to
                 be
                 at
                 several
                 Alehouses
                 near
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 ready
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 within
                 seizing
                 on
                 the
                 Guard
                 by
                 a
                 private
                 sign
                 ,
                 we
                 would
                 secure
                 those
                 without
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Soldiers
                 being
                 of
                 the
                 old
                 Army
                 ,
                 will
                 readily
                 comply
                 :
                 And
                 said
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 person
                 that
                 lived
                 nigh
                 him
                 ,
                 wears
                 Ropes
                 about
                 him
                 ,
                 is
                 a
                 Porter
                 ,
                 when
                 off
                 the
                 Guard
                 ;
                 and
                 believes
                 he
                 can
                 command
                 the
                 whole
                 Company
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 undertake
                 it
                 .
                 For
                 Windsor
                 Castle
                 ,
                 There
                 was
                 an
                 old
                 Gunner
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 kept
                 a
                 correspondence
                 withal
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 served
                 the
                 Sutlers
                 of
                 that
                 Castle
                 also
                 with
                 Tobacco
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 he
                 named
                 Strong-water
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 the
                 Soldiers
                 were
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 his
                 acquaintance
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 received
                 Letters
                 from
                 this
                 Gunner
                 ,
                 under
                 some
                 strange
                 title
                 ;
                 and
                 said
                 it
                 was
                 easie
                 ,
                 and
                 knew
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 ,
                 when
                 the
                 Word
                 was
                 given
                 ,
                 let
                 him
                 go
                 or
                 send
                 by
                 such
                 a
                 token
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 place
                 were
                 our
                 own
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court
                 
              
               
                 Who
                 said
                 this
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Tonge
                 .
                 As
                 to
                 the
                 other
                 person
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 I
                 can
                 onely
                 say
                 this
                 of
                 him
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 one
                 Lievetenant
                 Chapman
                 ,
                 so
                 formerly
                 ,
                 now
                 a
                 Prisoner
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 :
                 This
                 Lieutenant
                 was
                 a
                 Carrier
                 of
                 Norwich
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 his
                 Inne
                 the
                 George
                 in
                 Lumbard-street
                 ,
                 and
                 asked
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 told
                 he
                 was
                 at
                 Captain
                 Fosters
                 House
                 in
                 Leaden-Hall-street
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 I
                 might
                 find
                 him
                 ;
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 Captain
                 Fosters
                 ,
                 and
                 Captain
                 Foster
                 told
                 me
                 he
                 was
                 at
                 Supper
                 there
                 with
                 his
                 Master
                 ;
                 I
                 went
                 up
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 this
                 Lieutenant
                 Chapman
                 ,
                 and
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 the
                 first
                 time
                 I
                 laid
                 my
                 eyes
                 on
                 Phillips
                 :
                 My
                 business
                 was
                 to
                 speak
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Chapman
                 the
                 Carrier
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 perceived
                 by
                 some
                 discourse
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 something
                 driving
                 on
                 ;
                 but
                 I
                 must
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 Caprain
                 Foster
                 walked
                 about
                 the
                 Room
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 he
                 minded
                 not
                 the
                 discourse
                 ;
                 there
                 was
                 
                   Chapman
                   ,
                   Phillips
                   ,
                   Elton
                
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 man
                 looking
                 a
                 squint
                 ,
                 I
                 heard
                 Phillips
                 call
                 
                 him
                 Muster-Master
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 the
                 man
                 ;
                 I
                 heard
                 them
                 discourse
                 very
                 promiscuously
                 about
                 ships
                 ,
                 and
                 something
                 wildly
                 ;
                 I
                 tarried
                 while
                 I
                 spent
                 my
                 two
                 pence
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 away
                 with
                 M.
                 Chapman
                 ,
                 and
                 asked
                 him
                 what
                 that
                 young
                 Blade
                 was
                 that
                 talked
                 so
                 promiscuously
                 ?
                 Chapman
                 told
                 me
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 Sergeant
                 belonging
                 to
                 the
                 Trained-Bands
                 :
                 Tell
                 me
                 his
                 Name
                 ,
                 his
                 Name
                 is
                 Phillips
                 :
                 Do
                 you
                 know
                 his
                 Trade
                 or
                 Dwelling
                 ?
                 He
                 is
                 a
                 Gilder
                 I
                 think
                 :
                 Then
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 same
                 person
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 of
                 at
                 a
                 Coffee-house
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 thus
                 ;
                 A
                 Perfumer
                 in
                 Southwark
                 ,
                 he
                 heard
                 of
                 great
                 rumours
                 about
                 a
                 new
                 Common-wealth
                 ;
                 and
                 pressing
                 this
                 Perfumer
                 how
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 be
                 thus
                 informed
                 ,
                 sayes
                 he
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 one
                 Phillips
                 that
                 lives
                 in
                 Abchurch-lane
                 ,
                 this
                 man
                 knows
                 of
                 it
                 :
                 for
                 sayes
                 he
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 said
                 himself
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 has
                 gone
                 from
                 Committee
                 to
                 Committee
                 ,
                 where
                 Officers
                 met
                 about
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 named
                 Captain
                 Foster
                 for
                 one
                 that
                 was
                 engaged
                 in
                 the
                 business
                 :
                 said
                 I
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 strange
                 ;
                 I
                 hastened
                 back
                 again
                 in
                 the
                 morning
                 to
                 Captain
                 Fosters
                 ;
                 Sir
                 ,
                 said
                 I
                 ,
                 Do
                 you
                 know
                 that
                 Phillips
                 that
                 was
                 here
                 last
                 night
                 ?
                 Yes
                 ,
                 sayes
                 he
                 :
                 What
                 is
                 he
                 ,
                 said
                 I
                 ;
                 he
                 answered
                 ,
                 a
                 Sergeant
                 .
                 The
                 thing
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 this
                 man
                 does
                 talk
                 abroad
                 ,
                 That
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 meeting
                 of
                 the
                 old
                 Officers
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 you
                 are
                 engaged
                 .
                 At
                 which
                 ,
                 Captain
                 Foster
                 seeming
                 to
                 be
                 troubled
                 that
                 he
                 should
                 be
                 so
                 aspersed
                 ;
                 answered
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 nothing
                 ,
                 not
                 one
                 word
                 of
                 this
                 .
                 I
                 do
                 declare
                 an
                 abhorrence
                 thereto
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 any
                 action
                 against
                 His
                 Majesty
                 ;
                 and
                 thereupon
                 presently
                 went
                 to
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 and
                 charged
                 him
                 wi●h
                 this
                 Report
                 ;
                 and
                 soon
                 after
                 ,
                 this
                 Perfumer
                 comes
                 to
                 my
                 house
                 ,
                 and
                 desired
                 me
                 to
                 go
                 over
                 to
                 the
                 Cross-Keys
                 ,
                 where
                 Phillips
                 was
                 .
                 When
                 I
                 came
                 there
                 ,
                 says
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 saw
                 you
                 the
                 last
                 night
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 were
                 talking
                 of
                 Ships
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 do
                 not
                 minde
                 the
                 report
                 about
                 Captain
                 Foster
                 ,
                 for
                 I
                 am
                 troubled
                 such
                 a
                 thing
                 is
                 mentioned
                 :
                 For
                 my
                 part
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 that
                 I
                 said
                 so
                 ;
                 I
                 am
                 sure
                 ,
                 I
                 knew
                 no
                 such
                 thing
                 .
                 This
                 was
                 all
                 as
                 to
                 Phillips
                 ;
                 But
                 for
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 needs
                 say
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 the
                 meetings
                 where
                 I
                 was
                 ,
                 the
                 several
                 places
                 that
                 I
                 formerly
                 named
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Whalebone
                 behind
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 he
                 still
                 discoursed
                 of
                 this
                 business
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 was
                 done
                 there
                 concerning
                 chusing
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 Six
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 was
                 spoke
                 to
                 be
                 at
                 the
                 Shears
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 sent
                 a
                 note
                 sealed
                 and
                 directed
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 was
                 inclosed
                 either
                 nine
                 or
                 eleven
                 
                 of
                 the
                 Rump
                 Parliament
                 names
                 of
                 persons
                 :
                 And
                 says
                 he
                 ,
                 see
                 my
                 part
                 I
                 cannot
                 come
                 this
                 day
                 ,
                 because
                 the
                 Hamlets
                 are
                 to
                 go
                 out
                 into
                 the
                 Field
                 ;
                 it
                 was
                 when
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Robinson
                
                 marched
                 with
                 his
                 Regiment
                 ;
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 avoid
                 suspicion
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 go
                 with
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 were
                 those
                 names
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 cannot
                 tell
                 ;
                 but
                 they
                 were
                 nine
                 or
                 eleven
                 of
                 those
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 :
                 And
                 he
                 promised
                 he
                 would
                 get
                 a
                 note
                 of
                 those
                 mens
                 names
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 ;
                 for
                 he
                 was
                 confident
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 would
                 sit
                 as
                 Members
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 good
                 service
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 a
                 Commonwealth
                 :
                 And
                 said
                 there
                 were
                 some
                 that
                 had
                 a
                 correspondence
                 with
                 them
                 in
                 the
                 Tower.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 correspondence
                 had
                 they
                 in
                 the
                 Countrey
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 Tonge
                 told
                 me
                 at
                 the
                 Wheat-sheaf
                 ,
                 That
                 if
                 a
                 rising
                 should
                 be
                 ,
                 it
                 were
                 necessary
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 old
                 Commanders
                 up
                 and
                 down
                 the
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 should
                 head
                 them
                 :
                 And
                 therefore
                 says
                 he
                 ,
                 What
                 forces
                 can
                 be
                 raised
                 ,
                 should
                 go
                 under
                 that
                 Conduct
                 ;
                 or
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 ,
                 he
                 and
                 Elkin
                 did
                 propose
                 several
                 Colonels
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 most
                 that
                 are
                 now
                 living
                 ,
                 both
                 in
                 England
                 and
                 beyond
                 the
                 Seas
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Can
                 you
                 tell
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 the
                 rumors
                 abroad
                 ,
                 expecting
                 this
                 design
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 Tonge
                 told
                 me
                 this
                 ,
                 That
                 there
                 was
                 one
                 that
                 they
                 called
                 the
                 Lord
                 Lockhart
                 ,
                 he
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 was
                 Governor
                 of
                 Dunkirk
                 ;
                 that
                 he
                 had
                 thirty
                 or
                 forty
                 servants
                 about
                 him
                 ;
                 that
                 these
                 persons
                 expected
                 a
                 rising
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 and
                 himself
                 ,
                 would
                 engage
                 .
                 We
                 heard
                 that
                 Col.
                 Rossiter
                 ,
                 not
                 particularly
                 from
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 but
                 there
                 in
                 company
                 ,
                 was
                 expected
                 to
                 be
                 at
                 Sturbridge-Fair
                 ,
                 to
                 head
                 Fifteen
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 at
                 London
                 :
                 Also
                 he
                 asked
                 me
                 this
                 question
                 at
                 his
                 house
                 ,
                 Whether
                 I
                 was
                 acquainted
                 with
                 Cap.
                 Leigh
                 ,
                 a
                 man
                 with
                 one
                 arm
                 ,
                 a
                 stout
                 honest
                 fellow
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 active
                 fellow
                 of
                 his
                 acquaintance
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 Speak
                 your
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 both
                 of
                 persons
                 and
                 things
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 was
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Cole
                 of
                 
                   Southampton
                   ,
                   Swetnam
                   ,
                   Gibbs
                
                 a
                 Hat
                 maker
                 ,
                 not
                 he
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 
                   Tonge
                   ,
                   Thomas
                   Elton
                   ,
                   Elkin
                   ,
                   Pryor
                   ,
                
                 and
                 one
                 Cox
                 a
                 Gardner
                 ,
                 and
                 Ward
                 ,
                 now
                 prisoner
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Ward
                 a
                 Southwark
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 D●er
                 a
                 young
                 Schollar
                 ;
                 there
                 was
                 one
                 Rose
                 of
                 Chesterfield
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Perfumer
                 I
                 
                 spoke
                 of
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 his
                 name
                 ,
                 he
                 lives
                 in
                 Southwark
                 ;
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Quaker
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 his
                 name
                 ;
                 the
                 great
                 business
                 was
                 to
                 unite
                 all
                 interests
                 ;
                 Elkin
                 said
                 ,
                 there
                 were
                 several
                 Meetings
                 in
                 St.
                 Martins
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 places
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tonge
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 there
                 be
                 any
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 six
                 in
                 London
                 ,
                 I
                 believe
                 this
                 Mr.
                 Tyler
                 is
                 one
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 To
                 clear
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 none
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 name
                 those
                 whom
                 I
                 said
                 were
                 the
                 six
                 ,
                 Thomas
                 of
                 Shoo-lane
                 the
                 Copper-smith
                 ,
                 one
                 Elton
                 in
                 White-chappel
                 ,
                 one
                 Raddon
                 ,
                 Captain
                 Spurway
                 of
                 Tiverton
                 ,
                 a
                 West-countrey
                 Gentleman
                 ,
                 Dr.
                 Ward
                 in
                 Southwark
                 ,
                 and
                 Iones
                 a
                 Minister
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Hen.
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 Tonge
                 tell
                 you
                 that
                 the
                 time
                 was
                 appointed
                 when
                 the
                 Rising
                 should
                 be
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 know
                 nothing
                 of
                 that
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Maynard
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 about
                 Leicester
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Hill
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 dwelt
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 came
                 from
                 some
                 that
                 dwelt
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 in
                 Glocestershire
                 ;
                 but
                 there
                 was
                 another
                 person
                 with
                 Stubbs
                 and
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Report
                 in
                 the
                 Countrey
                 that
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 some
                 Rising
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 Town
                 to
                 bring
                 his
                 childe
                 to
                 put
                 him
                 Apprentice
                 with
                 his
                 Brother
                 ,
                 and
                 would
                 go
                 down
                 again
                 and
                 carry
                 the
                 certainty
                 of
                 the
                 News
                 :
                 he
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 Lambert's
                 Souldiers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phillips
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Tyler
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 you
                 come
                 in
                 with
                 the
                 Carrier
                 of
                 Norwich
                 to
                 Captain
                 Fosters
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 No
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phillips
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 am
                 sure
                 I
                 came
                 accidentally
                 to
                 Captain
                 Fosters
                 ,
                 and
                 going
                 I
                 saw
                 you
                 there
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 Did
                 I
                 tell
                 you
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 that
                 my
                 Brother
                 said
                 Ludlow
                 was
                 in
                 Town
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 Rising
                 shortly
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 
                   Hill
                   ,
                   Beasly
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 and
                 you
                 were
                 together
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Thomas
                 and
                 your
                 Brother
                 came
                 in
                 ,
                 your
                 Brother
                 
                   Beasley
                   ,
                   Stubbs
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Thomas
                 were
                 private
                 in
                 discourse
                 ;
                 when
                 you
                 came
                 again
                 to
                 us
                 we
                 asked
                 you
                 what
                 news
                 ;
                 you
                 said
                 ,
                 before
                 we
                 came
                 you
                 knew
                 not
                 much
                 ,
                 but
                 your
                 Brother
                 could
                 tell
                 ,
                 but
                 then
                 you
                 said
                 ,
                 Ludlow
                 was
                 in
                 Town
                 ,
                 the
                 Council
                 was
                 broke
                 up
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Messengers
                 were
                 sent
                 to
                 give
                 notice
                 to
                 the
                 countrey
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 deny
                 that
                 I
                 or
                 my
                 Brother
                 said
                 so
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Maynard
                 .
              
               
                 Know
                 you
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 surprizing
                 the
                 Kings
                 Council
                 ,
                 or
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 or
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 that
                 ,
                 or
                 altering
                 the
                 Government
                 ?
              
            
             
               
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 for
                 altering
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 that
                 must
                 needs
                 be
                 designed
                 ;
                 for
                 Tonge
                 said
                 it
                 was
                 debated
                 ,
                 and
                 thought
                 convenient
                 ,
                 as
                 being
                 the
                 desire
                 of
                 several
                 in
                 the
                 countrey
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 old
                 Parliament
                 should
                 be
                 chosen
                 again
                 ,
                 that
                 was
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 so
                 many
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 had
                 approved
                 themselves
                 faithful
                 from
                 first
                 to
                 last
                 to
                 a
                 Common-wealths
                 interest
                 ,
                 especially
                 in
                 the
                 times
                 of
                 Declension
                 .
                 Secondly
                 ,
                 that
                 none
                 should
                 have
                 power
                 to
                 elect
                 or
                 be
                 elected
                 but
                 such
                 also
                 as
                 have
                 approved
                 themselves
                 faithful
                 ,
                 as
                 aforesaid
                 .
                 Thirdly
                 ,
                 this
                 House
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 filled
                 up
                 within
                 a
                 Moneth
                 .
                 Fourthly
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 should
                 continue
                 one
                 Year
                 ,
                 and
                 no
                 more
                 .
                 Fifthly
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 not
                 have
                 power
                 in
                 things
                 of
                 an
                 Ecclesiastical
                 nature
                 ,
                 to
                 impose
                 any
                 thing
                 upon
                 the
                 consciences
                 of
                 the
                 People
                 .
                 Sixthly
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 high
                 Treason
                 amongst
                 them
                 to
                 assert
                 the
                 interest
                 of
                 a
                 King
                 ,
                 House
                 of
                 Lords
                 ,
                 or
                 single
                 person
                 .
                 Seventhly
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 should
                 not
                 appoint
                 any
                 salary
                 Officers
                 .
                 Eighthly
                 ,
                 that
                 while
                 they
                 keep
                 to
                 this
                 ,
                 it
                 should
                 be
                 high
                 Treason
                 to
                 disturb
                 them
                 ;
                 as
                 touching
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 things
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 ,
                 the
                 truth
                 is
                 ,
                 the
                 business
                 which
                 was
                 very
                 much
                 urged
                 is
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 an
                 uniting
                 of
                 all
                 interests
                 together
                 ,
                 Quaker
                 ,
                 Fifth-monarchy
                 men
                 ,
                 Anabaptist
                 ,
                 Independent
                 ,
                 Presbyterian
                 ,
                 and
                 Leveller
                 ;
                 to
                 which
                 purpose
                 every
                 one
                 was
                 obliged
                 at
                 the
                 Meeting
                 ,
                 to
                 see
                 what
                 interest
                 they
                 could
                 make
                 among
                 the
                 Presbyters
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 looked
                 upon
                 them
                 as
                 persons
                 that
                 had
                 most
                 money
                 and
                 strength
                 :
                 I
                 think
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 Presbyterian
                 spoken
                 of
                 except
                 one
                 ,
                 who
                 is
                 lately
                 secured
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 ;
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 so
                 be
                 that
                 Col.
                 Beanes
                 was
                 at
                 liberty
                 he
                 believed
                 he
                 could
                 engage
                 him
                 .
                 There
                 was
                 one
                 man
                 that
                 was
                 there
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 one
                 Prior
                 ,
                 I
                 suppose
                 Tonge
                 knew
                 him
                 ,
                 he
                 said
                 ,
                 he
                 had
                 very
                 much
                 acquaintance
                 with
                 the
                 Presbyters
                 ,
                 knew
                 many
                 in
                 the
                 countrey
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 there
                 they
                 did
                 not
                 meet
                 with
                 any
                 difficulties
                 ,
                 as
                 here
                 ;
                 for
                 all
                 interests
                 ,
                 Quakers
                 ,
                 and
                 Presbyterians
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 ,
                 are
                 all
                 agreed
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Hen.
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 Very
                 well
                 ,
                 you
                 see
                 Tonge
                 was
                 at
                 all
                 these
                 Meetings
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Wheat-sheaf
                 and
                 Shears
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 were
                 the
                 Colonels
                 proposed
                 .
                 Did
                 you
                 hear
                 of
                 any
                 Orders
                 given
                 out
                 ,
                 in
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 consultations
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 the
                 Rising
                 in
                 the
                 countrey
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 time
                 as
                 in
                 London
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tyler
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Gibbs's
                 Brother
                 told
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 kept
                 a
                 correspondence
                 in
                 the
                 countrey
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 Essex
                 he
                 knew
                 there
                 were
                 divers
                 Horse
                 ready
                 there
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 my self
                 spoke
                 with
                 one
                 who
                 is
                 lately
                 secured
                 ,
                 who
                 said
                 ,
                 
                 there
                 were
                 divers
                 Horse
                 ready
                 thereabouts
                 .
                 I
                 remember
                 there
                 were
                 several
                 at
                 the
                 Half-moon
                 at
                 Bishops-gate
                 ,
                 one
                 Smith
                 a
                 Northamptonshire
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 El●se
                 of
                 Chesterfield
                 ,
                 and
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 and
                 we
                 heard
                 ,
                 that
                 at
                 Mansfield
                 and
                 Nottingham
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Rising
                 intended
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 was
                 assured
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 countrey
                 was
                 very
                 ripe
                 and
                 forward
                 for
                 action
                 .
                 We
                 were
                 informed
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 were
                 two
                 hundred
                 Horse
                 at
                 Bristow
                 ;
                 one
                 person
                 ,
                 not
                 yet
                 secured
                 ,
                 did
                 affirm
                 to
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 one
                 Colonel
                 Templar
                 in
                 Essex
                 had
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 thousand
                 men
                 ready
                 ,
                 his
                 name
                 was
                 Thomas
                 ;
                 that
                 Templar
                 was
                 now
                 in
                 Town
                 ,
                 if
                 we
                 would
                 we
                 might
                 go
                 and
                 speak
                 with
                 him
                 .
                 Said
                 I
                 ,
                 Surely
                 he
                 doth
                 but
                 tell
                 you
                 this
                 ;
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 His
                 Lieutenant
                 Colonel
                 gave
                 me
                 this
                 information
                 ,
                 and
                 assures
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 his
                 Colonel
                 had
                 converted
                 his
                 Estate
                 into
                 Money
                 to
                 pay
                 his
                 Souldiers
                 .
                 Upon
                 this
                 having
                 occasion
                 to
                 go
                 down
                 into
                 Essex
                 ,
                 I
                 promised
                 Tonge
                 I
                 would
                 inquire
                 further
                 there
                 ;
                 and
                 understanding
                 that
                 one
                 Thornback
                 a
                 Glover
                 was
                 one
                 of
                 these
                 Templar's
                 men
                 formerly
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 to
                 his
                 house
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 not
                 at
                 home
                 ,
                 I
                 rode
                 to
                 Holsted
                 Fair
                 ,
                 and
                 riding
                 there
                 the
                 man
                 pulled
                 me
                 by
                 the
                 coat
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 knew
                 me
                 ;
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Tyler
                 ,
                 my
                 servant
                 said
                 you
                 were
                 at
                 my
                 house
                 to
                 speak
                 with
                 me
                 .
                 Yes
                 ,
                 said
                 I
                 ,
                 I
                 understand
                 your
                 name
                 is
                 Thornback
                 ▪
                 That
                 you
                 can
                 give
                 me
                 some
                 account
                 concerning
                 Colonel
                 Templar
                 ,
                 we
                 hear
                 in
                 London
                 that
                 he
                 hath
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 thousand
                 men
                 in
                 readiness
                 ,
                 I
                 pray
                 inform
                 me
                 :
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 believe
                 any
                 such
                 matter
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 served
                 him
                 long
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 occasion
                 were
                 he
                 would
                 be
                 for
                 you
                 .
                 I
                 asked
                 him
                 the
                 news
                 ;
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 We
                 all
                 dread
                 a
                 Massacre
                 ,
                 we
                 understand
                 by
                 a
                 Letter
                 from
                 Ipswi●h
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Papists
                 intend
                 a
                 Massacre
                 of
                 all
                 Protestants
                 about
                 All-hallontide
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 that
                 countrey
                 was
                 in
                 great
                 fear
                 about
                 it
                 .
                 This
                 Thomas
                 the
                 Copper-smith
                 told
                 us
                 another
                 story
                 about
                 some
                 Roman
                 Catholicks
                 in
                 Southwark
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 a
                 purpose
                 to
                 rise
                 ,
                 and
                 take
                 off
                 all
                 Phanaticks
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 this
                 the
                 Court
                 directed
                 that
                 Phillips
                 Examination
                 should
                 be
                 shewed
                 him
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 acknowledged
                 his
                 Hand
                 thereto
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 read
                 as
                 followeth
                 ,
                 
                   
                   
                     
                       
                         
                           The
                           Examination
                           of
                           
                             George
                             Phillips
                          
                           ,
                           Serjeant
                           and
                           Bringer
                           up
                           to
                           Colonel
                           Sir
                           Wales's
                           Company
                           of
                           Trayned
                           Bands
                           in
                           the
                           City
                           of
                           London
                           ,
                           taken
                           this
                           29th
                           of
                           
                             October
                             ,
                             1662.
                          
                           before
                           me
                           ,
                           
                             Richard
                             Brown.
                          
                           
                        
                         
                           
                             Who
                             sayeth
                          
                           ,
                        
                         
                           THat
                           he
                           knoweth
                           one
                           Parson
                           Riggs
                           ,
                           late
                           Chaplain
                           to
                           Blake
                           ,
                           who
                           is
                           now
                           Clerk
                           to
                           one
                           Friend
                           ,
                           a
                           Brewer
                           in
                           
                             Catts
                             Hole
                          
                           ,
                           near
                           the
                           Iron-gate
                           in
                           St
                           Katherines
                           ;
                           which
                           said
                           Riggs
                           told
                           him
                           ,
                           this
                           Examinant
                           ,
                           That
                           there
                           would
                           be
                           a
                           Rising
                           of
                           divers
                           Godly
                           People
                           in
                           Arms
                           ,
                           for
                           preservation
                           of
                           Religion
                           ,
                           about
                           the
                           time
                           the
                           Queen
                           came
                           to
                           Town
                           ;
                           and
                           that
                           they
                           intended
                           to
                           seise
                           the
                           Kings
                           Person
                           about
                           Camberwel
                           ,
                           in
                           his
                           passage
                           to
                           see
                           the
                           Queen
                           Mother
                           at
                           Greenwich
                           ;
                           but
                           after
                           the
                           Queen
                           was
                           come
                           to
                           Town
                           ,
                           this
                           Examinant
                           asked
                           the
                           said
                           Riggs
                           ,
                           why
                           it
                           was
                           not
                           done
                           according
                           to
                           their
                           intendment
                           ,
                           who
                           replyed
                           ,
                           they
                           were
                           not
                           then
                           ready
                           ;
                           because
                           the
                           Congregational
                           Churches
                           and
                           they
                           were
                           not
                           
                           fully
                           agreed
                           ;
                           but
                           now
                           they
                           were
                           come
                           all
                           to
                           an
                           Agreement
                           ,
                           and
                           the
                           work
                           would
                           be
                           done
                           in
                           a
                           short
                           time
                           ;
                           that
                           all
                           things
                           were
                           now
                           near
                           ready
                           both
                           in
                           Country
                           and
                           City
                           ;
                           and
                           that
                           a
                           Frigat
                           or
                           more
                           would
                           revolt
                           from
                           the
                           King
                           to
                           them
                           .
                           Not
                           long
                           after
                           the
                           said
                           Riggs
                           carried
                           him
                           ,
                           the
                           said
                           Phillips
                           ,
                           to
                           the
                           house
                           of
                           one
                           Tonge
                           ,
                           an
                           old
                           Army
                           Captain
                           ,
                           but
                           now
                           a
                           Seller
                           of
                           Tobacco
                           and
                           Strong-water
                           in
                           Tower-Ditch
                           ,
                           where
                           he
                           heard
                           Tonge
                           say
                           unto
                           Riggs
                           ,
                           that
                           he
                           had
                           been
                           at
                           Windsor-Castle
                           ,
                           and
                           had
                           made
                           a
                           Captain
                           ,
                           two
                           Serjeants
                           ,
                           and
                           a
                           Gunner
                           to
                           be
                           of
                           their
                           Party
                           ;
                           and
                           that
                           they
                           had
                           undertaken
                           to
                           deliver
                           up
                           the
                           said
                           Castle
                           to
                           that
                           Party
                           which
                           were
                           now
                           to
                           Rise
                           ;
                           to
                           which
                           Riggs
                           replyed
                           ,
                           you
                           have
                           done
                           well
                           ;
                           and
                           further
                           said
                           ,
                           I
                           am
                           now
                           going
                           to
                           surprise
                           two
                           Castles
                           in
                           Kent
                           ;
                           one
                           of
                           them
                           ,
                           as
                           this
                           Deponent
                           remembreth
                           ,
                           was
                           to
                           be
                           Deale
                           Castle
                           ;
                           and
                           this
                           he
                           would
                           and
                           could
                           do
                           ,
                           for
                           that
                           he
                           had
                           some
                           correspondence
                           therein
                           ,
                           and
                           much
                           acquaintance
                           near
                           ,
                           where
                           he
                           formerly
                           used
                           to
                           Preach
                           :
                           And
                           further
                           saith
                           ,
                           That
                           Tonge
                           asked
                           Riggs
                           ,
                           who
                           should
                           lead
                           the
                           men
                           that
                           were
                           to
                           Rise
                           ,
                           and
                           who
                           Commanded
                           in
                           chief
                           ;
                           to
                           which
                           Riggs
                           replyed
                           ,
                           that
                           Ludlow
                           was
                           appointed
                           for
                           that
                           work
                           .
                        
                         
                         
                           He
                           further
                           saith
                           ,
                           That
                           he
                           asked
                           Riggs
                           and
                           Tonge
                           ,
                           how
                           this
                           business
                           might
                           be
                           carried
                           on
                           with
                           safety
                           and
                           secrecy
                           ;
                           Riggs
                           told
                           him
                           ,
                           that
                           there
                           was
                           a
                           Council
                           of
                           Six
                           which
                           managed
                           the
                           Design
                           ,
                           who
                           sat
                           but
                           one
                           day
                           in
                           a
                           place
                           ,
                           and
                           would
                           not
                           be
                           spoken
                           with
                           ,
                           but
                           by
                           the
                           Agitators
                           of
                           each
                           County
                           ,
                           who
                           were
                           imployed
                           by
                           them
                           to
                           and
                           fro
                           in
                           this
                           work
                           ,
                           to
                           prepare
                           and
                           make
                           ready
                           all
                           Parties
                           in
                           the
                           several
                           Counties
                           ;
                           and
                           that
                           these
                           Six
                           were
                           of
                           several
                           Congregations
                           ,
                           and
                           Opinions
                           ;
                           to
                           the
                           end
                           that
                           all
                           Parties
                           might
                           unite
                           :
                           And
                           further
                           saith
                           ,
                           That
                           one
                           Wade
                           ,
                           or
                           some
                           such
                           name
                           ,
                           whom
                           he
                           heard
                           Riggs
                           and
                           Tonge
                           say
                           was
                           a
                           Ship-Chandler
                           in
                           East-Smithfield
                           ,
                           did
                           furnish
                           powder
                           to
                           carry
                           on
                           this
                           Design
                           ;
                           in
                           whose
                           Company
                           he
                           once
                           was
                           ,
                           and
                           heard
                           himself
                           say
                           as
                           much
                           ;
                           which
                           said
                           person
                           he
                           believes
                           he
                           knows
                           when
                           he
                           seeth
                           him
                           again
                           .
                           He
                           also
                           saith
                           ,
                           That
                           Riggs
                           told
                           him
                           all
                           the
                           Congregational
                           Churches
                           were
                           now
                           agreed
                           to
                           joyn
                           in
                           this
                           Design
                           ;
                           And
                           that
                           Riggs
                           and
                           Tonge
                           desired
                           this
                           Examinant
                           to
                           furnish
                           what
                           Men
                           &
                           Arms
                           he
                           could
                           ;
                           which
                           he
                           saith
                           he
                           never
                           intended
                           to
                           do
                           it
                           ,
                           though
                           they
                           earnestly
                           requested
                           it
                           of
                           him
                           ;
                           onely
                           he
                           saith
                           ,
                           in
                           some
                           things
                           he
                           was
                           too
                           faulty
                           ,
                           which
                           he
                           prayeth
                           pardon
                           for
                           ;
                           
                           which
                           was
                           ,
                           in
                           sending
                           word
                           to
                           the
                           several
                           Meetings
                           on
                           Sunday
                           last
                           ,
                           that
                           the
                           Trained-Bands
                           were
                           coming
                           to
                           seise
                           them
                           ;
                           upon
                           which
                           the
                           chiefest
                           of
                           them
                           made
                           their
                           escape
                           before
                           the
                           Souldiers
                           arrival
                           ;
                           and
                           that
                           he
                           being
                           deluded
                           by
                           their
                           fair
                           Speeches
                           ,
                           did
                           promise
                           to
                           give
                           them
                           the
                           Word
                           when
                           the
                           general
                           Rising
                           was
                           to
                           be
                           :
                           In
                           which
                           Rising
                           all
                           the
                           Churches
                           aforesaid
                           promised
                           to
                           joyn
                           ,
                           and
                           the
                           
                             Fifth
                             Monarchy-Men
                          
                           to
                           lead
                           the
                           Van
                           :
                           And
                           further
                           saith
                           ,
                           That
                           Riggs
                           told
                           him
                           ,
                           they
                           had
                           a
                           Declaration
                           ready
                           to
                           fling
                           among
                           the
                           People
                           ,
                           against
                           Bishops
                           and
                           Common-Prayer
                           ;
                           and
                           that
                           
                             Liberty
                             of
                             Conscience
                          
                           was
                           held
                           forth
                           therein
                           :
                           But
                           first
                           before
                           this
                           Declaration
                           ,
                           they
                           would
                           Seise
                           on
                           the
                           Kings
                           Person
                           ;
                           and
                           that
                           then
                           their
                           Declaration
                           would
                           take
                           with
                           the
                           People
                           ;
                           And
                           also
                           saith
                           ,
                           That
                           one
                           Capt.
                           Baker
                           ,
                           one
                           Bradley
                           and
                           Tonge
                           were
                           privy
                           to
                           all
                           these
                           Transactions
                           which
                           were
                           debated
                           by
                           them
                           in
                           his
                           presence
                           ;
                           and
                           that
                           the
                           said
                           Baker
                           came
                           afterwards
                           to
                           this
                           Examinant
                           ,
                           and
                           discoursed
                           all
                           the
                           aforesaid
                           particulars
                           ,
                           and
                           incited
                           him
                           to
                           help
                           on
                           with
                           the
                           work
                           ;
                           and
                           told
                           him
                           ,
                           their
                           Arms
                           and
                           Powder
                           was
                           distributed
                           ,
                           and
                           that
                           a
                           Porter
                           ,
                           which
                           was
                           formerly
                           a
                           Souldier
                           ,
                           carried
                           the
                           Powder
                           to
                           several
                           
                           Places
                           in
                           a
                           Sack.
                           And
                           further
                           saith
                           ,
                           That
                           Riggs
                           told
                           him
                           ,
                           they
                           had
                           divers
                           Friends
                           both
                           in
                           London
                           &
                           the
                           Country
                           ,
                           who
                           had
                           ,
                           and
                           would
                           help
                           them
                           to
                           Money
                           ;
                           and
                           that
                           all
                           their
                           Friends
                           were
                           now
                           ready
                           in
                           all
                           Countries
                           ,
                           waiting
                           onely
                           for
                           the
                           day
                           when
                           they
                           were
                           to
                           Act
                           ;
                           and
                           that
                           the
                           Treasure
                           in
                           the
                           Guild-Hall
                           was
                           likewise
                           to
                           be
                           seised
                           .
                        
                         
                           And
                           that
                           the
                           said
                           Riggs
                           also
                           told
                           him
                           ,
                           That
                           they
                           intended
                           to
                           Surprize
                           the
                           Tower
                           ,
                           which
                           they
                           could
                           easily
                           do
                           ,
                           having
                           some
                           therein
                           that
                           would
                           assist
                           ;
                           and
                           this
                           was
                           to
                           be
                           put
                           in
                           Execution
                           in
                           some
                           Evening
                           ,
                           when
                           Sir
                           
                             Iohn
                             Robinson
                          
                           came
                           home
                           late
                           ,
                           by
                           following
                           close
                           after
                           his
                           Coach
                           with
                           a
                           Party
                           of
                           men
                           ,
                           which
                           should
                           lie
                           ready
                           for
                           that
                           purpose
                           .
                        
                         
                           George
                           Phillips
                           .
                        
                      
                    
                  
                
              
            
             
               Sir
               William
               Morice
               ,
               
                 and
                 Sir
              
               Henry
               Bennet
               ,
               
                 Principal
                 Secretaries
                 of
                 State
                 sworn
              
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Morice
                
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 had
                 intelligence
                 ,
                 and
                 several
                 advertisements
                 from
                 several
                 parts
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Design
                 of
                 Rising
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 Insurrection
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 was
                 the
                 general
                 expectation
                 and
                 common
                 discourse
                 of
                 the
                 discontented
                 and
                 disaffected
                 party
                 ;
                 nay
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 likewise
                 preached
                 about
                 that
                 the
                 Papists
                 had
                 a
                 Design
                 to
                 rise
                 and
                 cut
                 the
                 throats
                 of
                 the
                 Protestants
                 .
                 I
                 had
                 four
                 or
                 five
                 Letters
                 to
                 that
                 effect
                 sent
                 and
                 brought
                 me
                 ;
                 and
                 these
                 Rumours
                 were
                 spread
                 to
                 excite
                 others
                 to
                 joyn
                 with
                 these
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Henry
                   Bennet
                
                 .
              
               
                 Divers
                 Letters
                 of
                 mine
                 were
                 to
                 the
                 same
                 effect
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 an
                 Insurrection
                 intended
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 calling
                 upon
                 one
                 another
                 to
                 be
                 ready
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 .
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Iohn
                 Talbot
              
               Sworn
               .
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Talbot
                
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 suppose
                 that
                 the
                 Evidence
                 that
                 I
                 can
                 give
                 in
                 relation
                 to
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 ,
                 is
                 onely
                 the
                 consequences
                 of
                 this
                 report
                 ,
                 which
                 they
                 had
                 rumoured
                 about
                 the
                 Papists
                 Massacring
                 the
                 Protestants
                 ;
                 the
                 consequence
                 was
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 made
                 a
                 very
                 great
                 disturbance
                 in
                 Worcester-shire
                 and
                 Warwick-shire
                 ,
                 insomuch
                 that
                 many
                 Gentlemen
                 that
                 lived
                 in
                 the
                 Country
                 in
                 very
                 good
                 repute
                 ,
                 came
                 under
                 a
                 very
                 great
                 suspicion
                 of
                 all
                 their
                 Neighbours
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Lieutenants
                 wrote
                 to
                 one
                 another
                 to
                 secure
                 many
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 Guards
                 set
                 to
                 satisfie
                 the
                 fears
                 of
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 Fryday
                 night
                 which
                 the
                 rising
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 on
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 not
                 intrust
                 the
                 Catholicks
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 Arms
                 but
                 other
                 Voluntiers
                 .
              
            
             
               Mr.
               Hodges
               Sworn
               .
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Hodges
                 .
              
               
                 In
                 Dorset-shire
                 the
                 23.
                 of
                 October
                 last
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 discovery
                 made
                 by
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 ,
                 of
                 an
                 intention
                 of
                 a
                 general
                 rising
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 were
                 engaged
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 one
                 Mr.
                 Harvey
                 a
                 Justice
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 examined
                 divers
                 Persons
                 ,
                 four
                 that
                 were
                 privy
                 to
                 it
                 were
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Goal
                 ,
                 and
                 an
                 express
                 sent
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Secretary
                 Morrice
                 .
                 Sir
                 
                   Iohn
                   Weld
                
                 the
                 younger
                 gave
                 such
                 an
                 account
                 of
                 Shrewsbury
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 the
                 occasion
                 of
                 my
                 going
                 that
                 Fryday
                 night
                 was
                 by
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 suggesting
                 Papists
                 rising
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 never
                 known
                 to
                 be
                 a
                 Plotter
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 gone
                 forth
                 that
                 night
                 ,
                 but
                 only
                 by
                 their
                 perswasions
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 heard
                 of
                 any
                 Arms
                 but
                 only
                 the
                 rumours
                 of
                 the
                 people
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 would
                 fain
                 know
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 what
                 number
                 of
                 Arms
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 was
                 delivered
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 know
                 not
                 the
                 number
                 .
              
            
             
               Major
               
                 Thomas
                 Bonfoy
              
               (
               at
               his
               desire
               )
               was
               Sworn
               .
            
             
               
                 Major
                 Bonfoy
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 remember
                 that
                 I
                 ever
                 saw
                 Phillips
                 face
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 did
                 understand
                 it
                 was
                 his
                 custom
                 to
                 come
                 to
                 the
                 Exchange
                 to
                 insinuate
                 himself
                 into
                 my
                 Officers
                 ,
                 making
                 merry
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 endeavouring
                 to
                 get
                 the
                 word
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 believe
                 it
                 was
                 his
                 common
                 practise
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phillips
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 may
                 remember
                 I
                 came
                 on
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 and
                 spoke
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 looking
                 for
                 one
                 of
                 his
                 Sergeants
                 ,
                 I
                 asked
                 no
                 man
                 the
                 word
                 ,
                 but
                 presently
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 Black
                 Lyon
                 in
                 the
                 new
                 Alley
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 I
                 went
                 home
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 ask
                 the
                 word
                 of
                 any
                 one
                 ;
                 I
                 have
                 confessed
                 before
                 the
                 Councel
                 that
                 at
                 the
                 begining
                 of
                 August
                 ,
                 I
                 met
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 in
                 Cheapside
                 ,
                 he
                 then
                 came
                 and
                 closed
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 walking
                 along
                 ,
                 said
                 he
                 ,
                 Do
                 not
                 you
                 hear
                 of
                 a
                 rising
                 which
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 on
                 Fryday
                 ?
                 no
                 said
                 I
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 I
                 asked
                 him
                 where
                 ?
                 he
                 said
                 at
                 Camberwel
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 thinking
                 nothing
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 came
                 home
                 and
                 spoke
                 of
                 it
                 in
                 my
                 Family
                 ,
                 as
                 news
                 from
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 ;
                 on
                 Tuesday
                 I
                 met
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 on
                 Tower-hill
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 brought
                 me
                 to
                 the
                 house
                 of
                 Mr.
                 
                   Tong
                   ;
                   Tong
                
                 told
                 Riggs
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 at
                 Windsor
                 ,
                 and
                 made
                 some
                 party
                 to
                 secure
                 the
                 Castle
                 ;
                 Riggs
                 said
                 he
                 could
                 go
                 down
                 to
                 Kent
                 ,
                 and
                 secure
                 Deal
                 and
                 another
                 Castle
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 had
                 been
                 a
                 Preacher
                 there
                 ;
                 As
                 for
                 Mr.
                 Tyler
                 ,
                 one
                 night
                 coming
                 near
                 Captain
                 Fosters
                 door
                 ,
                 and
                 having
                 not
                 seen
                 him
                 in
                 three
                 years
                 before
                 ,
                 he
                 asked
                 me
                 if
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 drink
                 ,
                 I
                 said
                 yes
                 ,
                 then
                 came
                 in
                 the
                 Carryer
                 of
                 Norwich
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 saw
                 this
                 Carryer
                 till
                 then
                 ;
                 then
                 came
                 Mr.
                 Tyler
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 was
                 talking
                 of
                 a
                 Friggot
                 &
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 lanching
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 and
                 how
                 it
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 man'd
                 ;
                 but
                 a
                 little
                 after
                 Captain
                 Foster
                 came
                 and
                 charged
                 me
                 with
                 a
                 report
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 say
                 he
                 was
                 engaged
                 ;
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 I
                 knew
                 it
                 not
                 ,
                 nor
                 said
                 it
                 not
                 ;
                 I
                 have
                 often
                 declared
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 nothing
                 to
                 do
                 in
                 it
                 ,
                 It
                 's
                 true
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 came
                 and
                 thanked
                 mee
                 
                 that
                 I
                 sent
                 notice
                 to
                 the
                 meeting
                 to
                 be
                 gone
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 I
                 would
                 do
                 the
                 people
                 any
                 good
                 I
                 could
                 ,
                 but
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 knows
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 dangerous
                 business
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 would
                 not
                 meddle
                 with
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 sure
                 in
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 the
                 Fifth
                 monarchy
                 Insurrection
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 faithful
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 ventured
                 my
                 life
                 as
                 farr
                 as
                 any
                 man
                 ,
                 Sir
                 
                   William
                   Wale
                
                 put
                 trust
                 in
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 did
                 that
                 service
                 there
                 that
                 the
                 Colonel
                 himself
                 did
                 not
                 venture
                 to
                 do
                 ;
                 but
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 engaged
                 in
                 this
                 business
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 trouble
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 hope
                 the
                 King
                 will
                 be
                 merciful
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 think
                 that
                 such
                 a
                 thing
                 would
                 be
                 disclosed
                 in
                 so
                 short
                 a
                 time
                 ,
                 for
                 my
                 part
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 mind
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 knew
                 nothing
                 the
                 night
                 I
                 was
                 taken
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 in
                 bed
                 and
                 did
                 not
                 offer
                 to
                 escape
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 the
                 King
                 will
                 look
                 upon
                 me
                 as
                 one
                 drawn
                 in
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Stubs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 never
                 had
                 any
                 meeting
                 with
                 any
                 of
                 the
                 Councel
                 ,
                 most
                 of
                 the
                 things
                 I
                 heard
                 at
                 Mr.
                 Tongs
                 house
                 ,
                 meeting
                 with
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 by
                 chance
                 ;
                 For
                 those
                 Gentlemen
                 Mr.
                 Tyler
                 speaks
                 of
                 ,
                 the
                 Councel
                 of
                 40
                 and
                 of
                 6
                 I
                 never
                 knew
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 sorry
                 I
                 should
                 be
                 concerned
                 in
                 such
                 discourse
                 ,
                 and
                 hope
                 his
                 Majesty
                 will
                 have
                 mercy
                 on
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 at
                 a
                 Neighbours
                 house
                 at
                 that
                 time
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 to
                 Drink
                 a
                 Cup
                 of
                 beer
                 alone
                 in
                 their
                 kitchin
                 ,
                 not
                 kinowing
                 of
                 
                   Hill
                   ,
                   Riggs
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Stubbs
                 coming
                 there
                 ,
                 I
                 never
                 appointed
                 them
                 any
                 meeting
                 ,
                 they
                 came
                 in
                 and
                 when
                 they
                 came
                 in
                 ,
                 they
                 asked
                 if
                 there
                 was
                 not
                 one
                 Gibbs
                 there
                 ,
                 so
                 the
                 People
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 told
                 them
                 there
                 was
                 ,
                 they
                 came
                 and
                 told
                 me
                 there
                 was
                 some
                 Gentlemen
                 would
                 speak
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 whereupon
                 they
                 being
                 strange
                 faces
                 ,
                 I
                 stood
                 up
                 and
                 said
                 ,
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 what
                 is
                 your
                 business
                 with
                 me
                 ?
                 said
                 they
                 ,
                 we
                 would
                 Drink
                 a
                 cup
                 of
                 beer
                 with
                 you
                 ,
                 then
                 said
                 I
                 sit
                 down
                 ;
                 they
                 had
                 a
                 desire
                 to
                 be
                 private
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 go
                 up
                 ,
                 whereupon
                 not
                 knowing
                 their
                 business
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 up
                 suppossing
                 they
                 meant
                 some
                 matters
                 of
                 my
                 trade
                 ,
                 but
                 we
                 sitting
                 down
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 said
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Gibbs
                 ,
                 what
                 is
                 the
                 best
                 news
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 also
                 did
                 urge
                 and
                 ask
                 for
                 news
                 ,
                 said
                 I
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 no
                 news
                 ,
                 nor
                 none
                 I
                 can
                 tell
                 you
                 :
                 so
                 they
                 made
                 inquiry
                 then
                 for
                 my
                 Brother
                 ,
                 said
                 I
                 ,
                 I
                 cannot
                 tell
                 where
                 my
                 brother
                 is
                 ,
                 may
                 be
                 your
                 business
                 is
                 
                 most
                 with
                 him
                 ;
                 I
                 will
                 send
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 sent
                 the
                 Maid
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 directed
                 her
                 ,
                 that
                 if
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 at
                 home
                 ,
                 she
                 should
                 leave
                 word
                 for
                 him
                 to
                 come
                 ;
                 Again
                 ,
                 they
                 urged
                 for
                 news
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 told
                 them
                 I
                 knew
                 none
                 but
                 only
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 meeting
                 was
                 seized
                 upon
                 the
                 last
                 Sunday
                 by
                 armed
                 Soldiers
                 ;
                 but
                 to
                 tell
                 them
                 ,
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 any
                 rising
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 any
                 armes
                 delivered
                 ,
                 or
                 Pistols
                 ,
                 as
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 has
                 related
                 it
                 ,
                 was
                 a
                 thing
                 I
                 was
                 wholly
                 ignorant
                 of
                 ,
                 I
                 speak
                 as
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 know
                 I
                 must
                 one
                 day
                 give
                 an
                 account
                 before
                 the
                 great
                 assizes
                 of
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 fear
                 that
                 which
                 they
                 have
                 said
                 ,
                 is
                 out
                 of
                 some
                 fear
                 lying
                 upon
                 them
                 ,
                 being
                 guilty
                 of
                 some
                 fact
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 to
                 shrowd
                 themselves
                 under
                 false
                 lyes
                 .
                 They
                 ,
                 nor
                 no
                 other
                 can
                 prove
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 received
                 ,
                 or
                 delivered
                 any
                 arms
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 any
                 were
                 delivered
                 by
                 my
                 order
                 ,
                 these
                 men
                 speak
                 falsly
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   O.
                   Bridgman
                
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 mistake
                 your self
                 ,
                 they
                 do
                 not
                 charge
                 you
                 with
                 receiving
                 or
                 delivering
                 Arms
                 ,
                 but
                 you
                 related
                 it
                 ,
                 your
                 brother
                 speaks
                 such
                 things
                 had
                 been
                 done
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 know
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 consent
                 and
                 conceal
                 it
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 equally
                 guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 After
                 they
                 had
                 asked
                 me
                 the
                 Newes
                 ,
                 in
                 a
                 short
                 time
                 my
                 Brother
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 Room
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 rose
                 from
                 the
                 Table
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 towards
                 my
                 Brother
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 my
                 Brother
                 asked
                 me
                 what
                 those
                 Gentlemen
                 were
                 ?
                 I
                 said
                 they
                 were
                 strangers
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 knew
                 not
                 what
                 they
                 came
                 for
                 ;
                 saies
                 he
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 strangers
                 to
                 me
                 also
                 ,
                 immediately
                 we
                 arose
                 ,
                 paid
                 our
                 reckoning
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 away
                 :
                 but
                 that
                 ever
                 I
                 said
                 my
                 Brother
                 told
                 me
                 ,
                 The
                 Councel
                 of
                 6
                 was
                 broke
                 up
                 ,
                 all
                 is
                 ready
                 ,
                 Ludlow
                 to
                 be
                 General
                 ,
                 and
                 Alhallow-Eve
                 the
                 time
                 ,
                 or
                 that
                 things
                 went
                 on
                 well
                 :
                 I
                 deny
                 it
                 ,
                 my
                 Brother
                 said
                 no
                 such
                 thing
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 nor
                 I
                 to
                 any
                 man
                 ;
                 when
                 there
                 was
                 an
                 Insurrection
                 by
                 the
                 Fifth-monarchy
                 men
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 then
                 presently
                 ready
                 at
                 beat
                 of
                 Drum
                 ,
                 went
                 out
                 in
                 my
                 own
                 Person
                 to
                 serve
                 his
                 Majestie
                 at
                 twelve
                 a
                 clock
                 at
                 night
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 had
                 Servants
                 of
                 my
                 own
                 .
                 My
                 affections
                 were
                 such
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 alwaies
                 ever
                 since
                 his
                 Majesties
                 Restauration
                 been
                 an
                 obedient
                 Subject
                 to
                 all
                 his
                 lawful
                 Commands
                 .
                 I
                 belonged
                 then
                 to
                 Major
                 Kilby's
                 Company
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 continue
                 
                 marching
                 in
                 the
                 Company
                 till
                 the
                 whole
                 businesse
                 was
                 over
                 ,
                 and
                 ventured
                 my
                 Life
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 did
                 contrive
                 any
                 Plot
                 ,
                 or
                 knew
                 of
                 any
                 Plot
                 ,
                 received
                 or
                 delivered
                 any
                 Arms
                 :
                 As
                 to
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 among
                 whom
                 I
                 have
                 lived
                 many
                 years
                 ,
                 they
                 have
                 known
                 my
                 Conversation
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 been
                 a
                 peaceable
                 Neighbour
                 ,
                 subjecting
                 my self
                 under
                 the
                 Government
                 that
                 now
                 is
                 ,
                 whom
                 God
                 continue
                 .
                 I
                 desire
                 this
                 Certificate
                 may
                 be
                 read
                 concerning
                 my
                 Neighbors
                 testimony
                 of
                 my
                 conversation
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   O.
                   Bridgeman
                
                 .
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 have
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 here
                 they
                 may
                 speak
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Certificate
                 cannot
                 be
                 read
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Porters
                 man
                 of
                 Bridewel
                 said
                 he
                 knew
                 nothing
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 he
                 lived
                 very
                 quietly
                 among
                 his
                 Neighbors
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   R.
                   Foster
                
                 .
              
               
                 Nor
                 I
                 neither
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Tong
                 what
                 have
                 you
                 to
                 say
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tong.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 nothing
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 the
                 first
                 man
                 that
                 brought
                 me
                 into
                 this
                 businesse
                 was
                 Tyler
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 All
                 that
                 I
                 am
                 charged
                 with
                 is
                 a
                 report
                 of
                 the
                 delivery
                 of
                 some
                 Arms
                 ;
                 seeing
                 that
                 a
                 number
                 of
                 Arms
                 are
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 ask
                 what
                 was
                 the
                 number
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 cannot
                 well
                 tell
                 the
                 number
                 ,
                 but
                 you
                 said
                 there
                 were
                 some
                 Arms
                 given
                 ,
                 and
                 some
                 to
                 be
                 given
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 several
                 had
                 come
                 to
                 that
                 place
                 ,
                 and
                 went
                 away
                 without
                 Arms
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 within
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 days
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 more
                 given
                 ,
                 but
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 number
                 I
                 cannot
                 remember
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 Now
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 Mr.
                 Hills
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 asserted
                 that
                 there
                 were
                 five
                 or
                 six
                 hundred
                 ,
                 how
                 do
                 these
                 agree
                 ?
                 I
                 can
                 have
                 sufficient
                 testimony
                 of
                 my
                 life
                 and
                 conversation
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 If
                 you
                 have
                 any
                 thing
                 more
                 to
                 say
                 in
                 this
                 business
                 ,
                 speak
                 in
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 no
                 body
                 hinders
                 you
                 ,
                 but
                 keep
                 to
                 the
                 business
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 intreat
                 the
                 Bench
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 what
                 I
                 am
                 charged
                 withall
                 ,
                 it
                 's
                 onely
                 a
                 report
                 I
                 received
                 from
                 one
                 man
                 ,
                 and
                 told
                 to
                 another
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 very
                 Original
                 was
                 a
                 Lye
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 such
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 here
                 is
                 audacious
                 Evidence
                 ;
                 he
                 saies
                 I
                 named
                 5
                 or
                 600.
                 and
                 yet
                 Riggs
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 spoke
                 heard
                 me
                 name
                 no
                 number
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 One
                 speaks
                 to
                 the
                 Arms
                 ,
                 but
                 does
                 not
                 remember
                 the
                 number
                 ;
                 they
                 both
                 speak
                 to
                 the
                 thing
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 How
                 can
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 be
                 a
                 competent
                 Witness
                 against
                 me
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 never
                 saw
                 my
                 face
                 before
                 ,
                 but
                 saies
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 told
                 him
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Hill.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 said
                 not
                 so
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 I
                 heard
                 it
                 from
                 your
                 own
                 mouth
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Solicitor
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 why
                 did
                 you
                 go
                 to
                 Mr.
                 Sallers
                 to
                 help
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 to
                 Arms
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 Mr.
                 Sallers
                 told
                 me
                 the
                 day
                 before
                 that
                 he
                 heard
                 there
                 was
                 some
                 delivered
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 would
                 be
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 we
                 went
                 to
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 this
                 story
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 cannot
                 hear
                 him
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   O.
                   Bridgman
                
                 .
              
               
                 He
                 saies
                 you
                 told
                 him
                 the
                 day
                 before
                 there
                 was
                 Arms
                 delivered
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 would
                 be
                 delivered
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 he
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 came
                 on
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 and
                 then
                 you
                 spoke
                 those
                 words
                 which
                 they
                 both
                 witnesse
                 against
                 you
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 never
                 spoke
                 such
                 a
                 word
                 ;
                 It
                 's
                 true
                 ,
                 what
                 Wapshot
                 told
                 me
                 I
                 told
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 were
                 Arms
                 ,
                 delivered
                 ;
                 but
                 it
                 seems
                 there
                 was
                 none
                 :
                 and
                 I
                 told
                 him
                 would
                 tell
                 him
                 the
                 truth
                 the
                 next
                 day
                 on
                 the
                 Exchange
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 in
                 the
                 mean
                 time
                 ,
                 speaking
                 with
                 Wapshot
                 ,
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 there
                 was
                 no
                 such
                 thing
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 told
                 Mr.
                 
                   Riggs
                   Wapshot
                
                 said
                 there
                 was
                 none
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 Pray
                 what
                 made
                 you
                 so
                 busily
                 enquire
                 after
                 Arms
                 if
                 you
                 were
                 not
                 concerned
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 enquire
                 after
                 it
                 ,
                 but
                 accidentally
                 meeting
                 him
                 in
                 Mark-lane
                 ,
                 he
                 told
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Mr.
                 Tonge
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 Lord
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 are
                 my
                 Judge
                 ,
                 so
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 will
                 be
                 my
                 Councellor
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 pray
                 your
                 advice
                 whether
                 Mr.
                 Tyler
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 be
                 competent
                 witnesses
                 against
                 me
                 ;
                 they
                 being
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 case
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   O.
                   Bridgeman
                
                 .
              
               
                 Where
                 is
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 your
                 exception
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tonge
                 .
              
               
                 Because
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 case
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Sir
                 
                   O.
                   Bridgeman
                
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 are
                 four
                 witnesses
                 all
                 against
                 you
                 ,
                 your
                 own
                 confession
                 and
                 examination
                 against
                 you
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 whole
                 business
                 you
                 are
                 a
                 principal
                 person
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tong.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 confess
                 I
                 did
                 confess
                 it
                 in
                 the
                 Tower
                 being
                 threatned
                 with
                 the
                 wrack
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   O.
                   Bridgeman
                
                 .
              
               
                 There
                 is
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Riggs
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Bradley
                 ,
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Tyler
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 Hill
                 and
                 Bradly
                 without
                 exception
                 ;
                 Bradley
                 he
                 was
                 not
                 at
                 all
                 concerned
                 ,
                 he
                 went
                 along
                 with
                 you
                 to
                 know
                 what
                 you
                 said
                 ;
                 and
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 was
                 not
                 a
                 person
                 in
                 the
                 design
                 ,
                 but
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 only
                 to
                 find
                 out
                 the
                 Plot
                 ,
                 they
                 did
                 nothing
                 unjustifiable
                 ,
                 so
                 they
                 are
                 witnesses
                 without
                 exception
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Serjeant
                 Glynn
                 .
              
               
                 We
                 desire
                 your
                 Lordship
                 to
                 declare
                 whether
                 Riggs
                 and
                 Tyler
                 be
                 lawful
                 witnesses
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   O.
                   Bridgeman
                
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 you
                 know
                 this
                 ,
                 whereas
                 you
                 make
                 exception
                 against
                 those
                 persons
                 that
                 are
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 same
                 crime
                 ,
                 that
                 's
                 a
                 mistake
                 to
                 say
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 witnesses
                 ;
                 in
                 cases
                 of
                 Treason
                 ,
                 where
                 there
                 are
                 works
                 of
                 darkness
                 ,
                 these
                 are
                 things
                 men
                 will
                 not
                 do
                 by
                 daylight
                 but
                 in
                 darkness
                 ,
                 and
                 who
                 can
                 discover
                 these
                 works
                 of
                 darkness
                 better
                 than
                 they
                 that
                 have
                 to
                 do
                 with
                 them
                 ,
                 if
                 God
                 turn
                 their
                 hearts
                 :
                 It
                 's
                 true
                 ,
                 such
                 persons
                 as
                 these
                 are
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 convicted
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 but
                 though
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 fault
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 frequent
                 they
                 are
                 allowed
                 ,
                 besides
                 they
                 are
                 not
                 witnesses
                 alone
                 ,
                 there
                 are
                 divers
                 circumstances
                 ,
                 1
                 Edward
                 6.
                 5
                 
                 Edward
                 6.
                 both
                 statutes
                 say
                 ,
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 2
                 lawful
                 witnesses
                 in
                 cases
                 of
                 high
                 treason
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 such
                 witnesses
                 as
                 the
                 Law
                 would
                 allow
                 ,
                 before
                 those
                 statutes
                 ,
                 the
                 meaning
                 of
                 the
                 statutes
                 was
                 ,
                 that
                 men
                 might
                 not
                 be
                 taken
                 upon
                 a
                 bare
                 surmize
                 ;
                 therefore
                 the
                 Law
                 saies
                 ,
                 there
                 shall
                 be
                 two
                 witnesses
                 ,
                 when
                 one
                 is
                 accused
                 of
                 Treason
                 ,
                 another
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 offence
                 unconvicted
                 &
                 untainted
                 his
                 Evidence
                 is
                 made
                 use
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 though
                 it
                 is
                 not
                 so
                 upright
                 a
                 witnesse
                 as
                 others
                 ,
                 yet
                 he
                 is
                 such
                 a
                 witness
                 as
                 the
                 Jury
                 is
                 to
                 take
                 notice
                 of
                 :
                 it
                 is
                 plain
                 by
                 several
                 circumstances
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 been
                 a
                 principal
                 person
                 a
                 Leader
                 on
                 of
                 the
                 business
                 ;
                 though
                 a
                 man
                 be
                 but
                 present
                 when
                 Treason
                 is
                 spoken
                 or
                 designed
                 and
                 acted
                 ,
                 if
                 this
                 man
                 be
                 present
                 ,
                 and
                 shew
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 approbation
                 ,
                 his
                 concealing
                 
                 of
                 it
                 is
                 as
                 much
                 Treason
                 as
                 he
                 that
                 did
                 it
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 all
                 principals
                 in
                 Treason
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Heneage
                   Finch
                
                 .
              
               
                 May
                 it
                 please
                 your
                 Lordships
                 and
                 you
                 Gentlemen
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 the
                 Evidence
                 of
                 the
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 bar
                 ,
                 five
                 of
                 them
                 have
                 stood
                 out
                 their
                 Tryal
                 ,
                 a
                 sixth
                 hath
                 confessed
                 the
                 Fact
                 against
                 those
                 persons
                 that
                 now
                 stand
                 at
                 the
                 barr
                 ;
                 under
                 good
                 favour
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 clear
                 &
                 unquestionable
                 proof
                 of
                 the
                 Crime
                 charged
                 against
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 have
                 not
                 said
                 any
                 thing
                 that
                 hath
                 either
                 taken
                 away
                 the
                 credit
                 of
                 the
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 or
                 excused
                 the
                 matter
                 if
                 you
                 consider
                 first
                 Tong
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 against
                 him
                 four
                 Witnesses
                 and
                 those
                 unquestionable
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 heard
                 the
                 direction
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 knew
                 of
                 the
                 design
                 ,
                 approved
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 contrived
                 how
                 to
                 surprize
                 Windsor
                 Castle
                 ,
                 had
                 corrupted
                 the
                 head
                 Gunner
                 and
                 Sergeant
                 there
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 contrive
                 to
                 seize
                 Whitehall
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 believe
                 Bradley
                 ,
                 advised
                 as
                 the
                 fittest
                 way
                 ,
                 to
                 break
                 into
                 the
                 Privy
                 Garden
                 ,
                 all
                 this
                 against
                 Tong
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 world
                 of
                 other
                 Evidence
                 how
                 active
                 he
                 has
                 been
                 ,
                 his
                 house
                 was
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 consultation
                 ,
                 he
                 imparts
                 the
                 design
                 to
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 and
                 Phillips
                 undertakes
                 to
                 get
                 the
                 Word
                 of
                 the
                 Trained
                 Bands
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 none
                 can
                 prove
                 more
                 than
                 is
                 proved
                 against
                 him
                 :
                 when
                 you
                 come
                 to
                 hear
                 the
                 proof
                 against
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 proved
                 that
                 he
                 offered
                 to
                 betray
                 300
                 Arms
                 in
                 the
                 Artilery
                 where
                 he
                 had
                 some
                 kind
                 of
                 Trust
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 ready
                 to
                 end●avour
                 the
                 Word
                 when
                 the
                 Insurrection
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 ,
                 and
                 but
                 a
                 very
                 litle
                 before
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 the
                 man
                 that
                 discovers
                 to
                 the
                 Congregational
                 meetings
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Trained
                 Bands
                 were
                 coming
                 to
                 surprize
                 them
                 ,
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 confession
                 ,
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 the
                 willingness
                 in
                 him
                 to
                 discover
                 the
                 Word
                 ;
                 It
                 is
                 proved
                 that
                 Tong
                 and
                 Stubbs
                 were
                 present
                 at
                 those
                 discourses
                 touching
                 surprising
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 securing
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 proved
                 expresly
                 against
                 them
                 ;
                 Stubbs
                 he
                 thinks
                 he
                 has
                 said
                 fairly
                 for
                 himself
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 doth
                 ask
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 whether
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 say
                 he
                 had
                 horses
                 and
                 200
                 l.
                 to
                 carry
                 on
                 the
                 work
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 saies
                 he
                 did
                 say
                 so
                 ,
                 then
                 it
                 seems
                 Stubbs
                 was
                 inquisitive
                 what
                 helps
                 there
                 were
                 to
                 carry
                 it
                 on
                 ;
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 goes
                 further
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 Stubbs
                 ,
                 it
                 was
                 said
                 there
                 should
                 be
                 
                 no
                 quarter
                 given
                 but
                 such
                 as
                 Ludlow
                 should
                 have
                 if
                 he
                 were
                 taken
                 .
                 When
                 you
                 come
                 to
                 Gibbs
                 ,
                 he
                 does
                 deny
                 all
                 the
                 whole
                 matter
                 ,
                 and
                 indeed
                 so
                 they
                 would
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 have
                 nothing
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 but
                 to
                 cry
                 the
                 witnesses
                 have
                 sworn
                 falsely
                 ,
                 and
                 God
                 is
                 a
                 righteous
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 will
                 require
                 their
                 bloud
                 one
                 day
                 ;
                 but
                 remember
                 what
                 a
                 horrid
                 protestation
                 was
                 in
                 that
                 Letter
                 that
                 was
                 sent
                 abroad
                 ,
                 to
                 Alarm
                 the
                 whole
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 as
                 if
                 a
                 Massacre
                 was
                 intended
                 by
                 the
                 Papists
                 ,
                 a●d
                 the
                 watch-word
                 they
                 should
                 all
                 rise
                 by
                 ,
                 that
                 Letter
                 saies
                 ,
                 
                   I
                   call
                   the
                   Eternall
                   God
                   to
                   witness
                   ,
                   this
                   is
                   no
                   Trepan
                   ,
                   but
                   a
                   sober
                   Truth
                   :
                
                 Do
                 you
                 think
                 ,
                 that
                 men
                 who
                 are
                 not
                 ashamed
                 to
                 call
                 the
                 Eternal
                 God
                 to
                 witness
                 to
                 a
                 Lye
                 ,
                 when
                 't
                 is
                 to
                 raise
                 Sedition
                 ,
                 will
                 make
                 any
                 scruple
                 of
                 such
                 protestations
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 when
                 't
                 is
                 to
                 save
                 their
                 lives
                 ?
                 and
                 if
                 a
                 man
                 may
                 scape
                 by
                 his
                 own
                 protestation
                 ,
                 who
                 shall
                 ever
                 be
                 found
                 guilty
                 ?
                 But
                 Gibbs
                 thinks
                 he
                 saies
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 for
                 himself
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 sayes
                 his
                 Neighbors
                 can
                 give
                 great
                 testimony
                 of
                 his
                 good
                 conversation
                 .
                 Alas
                 who
                 will
                 deny
                 to
                 give
                 a
                 good
                 report
                 of
                 any
                 man
                 til
                 he
                 hear
                 evil
                 proved
                 against
                 him
                 ?
                 But
                 do
                 you
                 think
                 a
                 little
                 demure
                 and
                 sober
                 carriage
                 amongst
                 a
                 mans
                 Neighbours
                 will
                 serve
                 to
                 ballance
                 an
                 Evidence
                 of
                 high
                 Treason
                 ?
                 Is
                 not
                 the
                 proof
                 clear
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 did
                 both
                 know
                 the
                 Design
                 and
                 approve
                 it
                 ?
                 Mark
                 what
                 Gibbs
                 tels
                 the
                 company
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 brother
                 ,
                 saith
                 he
                 ,
                 for
                 his
                 part
                 he
                 will
                 not
                 speak
                 before
                 you
                 ;
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 be
                 honest
                 men
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 News
                 that
                 was
                 spoke
                 ,
                 like
                 one
                 that
                 was
                 not
                 consenting
                 to
                 it
                 ;
                 well
                 then
                 ,
                 what
                 is
                 the
                 News
                 ?
                 he
                 tels
                 them
                 why
                 ,
                 the
                 Council
                 of
                 6
                 are
                 broke
                 up
                 ,
                 Friday
                 is
                 the
                 day
                 of
                 Action
                 ,
                 Ludlow
                 is
                 to
                 be
                 General
                 .
                 Can
                 any
                 man
                 be
                 privy
                 to
                 these
                 things
                 ,
                 and
                 relate
                 them
                 so
                 cheerfully
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 not
                 be
                 consenting
                 ?
                 believe
                 it
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 hard
                 matter
                 to
                 find
                 greater
                 evidence
                 of
                 a
                 knowledge
                 and
                 consent
                 against
                 any
                 Conspirator
                 ,
                 until
                 he
                 break
                 out
                 into
                 open
                 action
                 .
                 Sallers
                 ,
                 he
                 says
                 that
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 do
                 not
                 agree
                 ;
                 for
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 speaks
                 that
                 he
                 said
                 there
                 was
                 500
                 Arms
                 delivered
                 ,
                 and
                 40
                 men
                 went
                 without
                 Arms
                 ,
                 but
                 within
                 two
                 or
                 three
                 dayes
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 more
                 :
                 and
                 when
                 Riggs
                 comes
                 to
                 speak
                 ,
                 he
                 saies
                 ,
                 he
                 did
                 say
                 Arms
                 were
                 delivered
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 more
                 would
                 be
                 ,
                 but
                 he
                 did
                 not
                 remember
                 what
                 number
                 ;
                 and
                 because
                 they
                 agree
                 in
                 the
                 thing
                 ,
                 but
                 not
                 in
                 the
                 number
                 ,
                 therefore
                 he
                 thinks
                 they
                 disagree
                 in
                 the
                 matter
                 .
                 Observe
                 what
                 reason
                 was
                 there
                 that
                 Riggs
                 comes
                 to
                 enquire
                 of
                 Sallers
                 for
                 Arms
                 ,
                 because
                 Sallers
                 told
                 him
                 the
                 day
                 before
                 Arms
                 were
                 delivered
                 ,
                 and
                 more
                 would
                 be
                 ,
                 he
                 thought
                 ,
                 therefore
                 he
                 came
                 to
                 a
                 very
                 proper
                 Person
                 to
                 tell
                 him
                 :
                 If
                 you
                 mark
                 ,
                 Sallers
                 does
                 deny
                 openly
                 in
                 the
                 Court
                 that
                 ever
                 he
                 saw
                 the
                 face
                 of
                 Hill
                 till
                 he
                 was
                 apprehended
                 ,
                 although
                 Hill
                 was
                 with
                 Riggs
                 when
                 the
                 Arms
                 were
                 spoken
                 of
                 upon
                 the
                 Exchange
                 :
                 And
                 then
                 he
                 saies
                 again
                 ,
                 that
                 Hill
                 speaks
                 by
                 hear-say
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 out
                 in
                 that
                 too
                 ;
                 for
                 Mr.
                 Hill
                 swears
                 expresly
                 ,
                 he
                 heard
                 the
                 words
                 themselves
                 from
                 Sallers
                 ;
                 Then
                 here
                 are
                 these
                 before
                 you
                 ,
                 four
                 witnesses
                 against
                 Tong
                 ,
                 two
                 against
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 own
                 confession
                 ;
                 here
                 is
                 two
                 against
                 Gibbs
                 ,
                 with
                 these
                 circumstances
                 ,
                 if
                 you
                 be
                 honest
                 men
                 this
                 is
                 the
                 news
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 Here
                 are
                 two
                 witnesses
                 likewise
                 against
                 Stubbs
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 likewise
                 present
                 at
                 all
                 their
                 debates
                 ,
                 even
                 when
                 the
                 King
                 himself
                 was
                 to
                 have
                 had
                 the
                 same
                 quarter
                 with
                 Ludlow
                 .
                 Now
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Conspiracy
                 ,
                 I
                 think
                 you
                 have
                 a
                 clear
                 Evidence
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 thank
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 care
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 his
                 Ministers
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 went
                 no
                 further
                 ,
                 but
                 't
                 is
                 no
                 thanks
                 to
                 these
                 men
                 ,
                 they
                 would
                 have
                 carried
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 extremity
                 ,
                 had
                 they
                 had
                 power
                 ,
                 and
                 without
                 question
                 this
                 was
                 formed
                 by
                 other
                 kind
                 of
                 wits
                 than
                 these
                 poor
                 contemptible
                 Agitators
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 now
                 tryed
                 for
                 it
                 ;
                 you
                 see
                 there
                 was
                 a
                 Council
                 of
                 40
                 ,
                 &
                 an
                 under
                 Council
                 of
                 6
                 ,
                 a
                 Declaration
                 framed
                 to
                 scatter
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 action
                 ,
                 &
                 that
                 action
                 directed
                 to
                 be
                 both
                 in
                 the
                 City
                 and
                 Country
                 ,
                 just
                 in
                 effect
                 at
                 the
                 same
                 pitch
                 of
                 time
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 so
                 a
                 wicked
                 and
                 an
                 impudent
                 Letter
                 is
                 contrived
                 ,
                 and
                 many
                 thousand
                 Copies
                 dispersed
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 wrought
                 so
                 far
                 that
                 the
                 Couutries
                 ,
                 much
                 about
                 the
                 time
                 appointed
                 ,
                 were
                 in
                 great
                 disorder
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 have
                 heard
                 it
                 proved
                 :
                 Is
                 it
                 not
                 plain
                 that
                 an
                 evil
                 spirit
                 went
                 throughout
                 the
                 whole
                 Nation
                 ,
                 and
                 animated
                 the
                 whole
                 party
                 of
                 Male-contents
                 ,
                 most
                 evidently
                 it
                 was
                 a
                 terrible
                 conspiracy
                 ;
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 question
                 of
                 bloud
                 ,
                 but
                 't
                 is
                 royal
                 
                 bloud
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 the
                 bloud
                 of
                 Princes
                 and
                 Nobles
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 concerns
                 the
                 peace
                 and
                 security
                 of
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 and
                 every
                 mans
                 propriety
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 Religion
                 ,
                 for
                 they
                 had
                 left
                 no
                 man
                 of
                 conscience
                 or
                 reputation
                 behind
                 ,
                 if
                 they
                 had
                 prevailed
                 .
                 Consider
                 the
                 Massacre
                 these
                 men
                 would
                 have
                 committed
                 ,
                 had
                 they
                 prospered
                 ,
                 and
                 oppose
                 that
                 to
                 the
                 pretended
                 Massacre
                 which
                 they
                 gave
                 out
                 by
                 their
                 Letter
                 the
                 Papists
                 would
                 have
                 committed
                 .
                 Consider
                 that
                 you
                 have
                 the
                 life
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 your
                 hands
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 doubt
                 not
                 but
                 he
                 and
                 the
                 whole
                 Kingdom
                 shall
                 alwaies
                 be
                 safe
                 in
                 the
                 verdicts
                 of
                 honest
                 men
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Robert
                   Foster
                
                 .
              
               
                 My
                 Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 I
                 cannot
                 speak
                 long
                 to
                 you
                 ,
                 you
                 understand
                 the
                 nature
                 of
                 this
                 business
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 I
                 think
                 you
                 have
                 not
                 had
                 the
                 like
                 president
                 in
                 your
                 time
                 .
                 My
                 speech
                 will
                 not
                 give
                 me
                 leave
                 to
                 discourse
                 of
                 it
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 Witnesses
                 ,
                 they
                 are
                 none
                 but
                 such
                 as
                 may
                 satisfie
                 all
                 honest
                 men
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 clear
                 they
                 all
                 agreed
                 to
                 subvert
                 the
                 Government
                 ,
                 to
                 destroy
                 his
                 Majesty
                 :
                 what
                 can
                 you
                 have
                 more
                 ?
                 two
                 of
                 the
                 witnesses
                 are
                 without
                 exception
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 see
                 any
                 way
                 but
                 their
                 testimony
                 is
                 good
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 parties
                 ,
                 they
                 in
                 themselves
                 are
                 very
                 inconsiderable
                 ;
                 these
                 are
                 but
                 the
                 out-boughs
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 such
                 fellowes
                 are
                 not
                 met
                 withal
                 ,
                 these
                 kind
                 of
                 People
                 are
                 the
                 fittest
                 instrument
                 to
                 set
                 up
                 a
                 Iack-Straw
                 and
                 a
                 Wat-Tyler
                 ,
                 therefore
                 you
                 must
                 lop
                 off
                 these
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 they
                 will
                 encourage
                 others
                 .
                 You
                 see
                 one
                 of
                 their
                 own
                 company
                 hath
                 confessed
                 the
                 Fact
                 out
                 of
                 remorse
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 conscience
                 :
                 But
                 I
                 leave
                 the
                 Evidence
                 to
                 you
                 .
                 Go
                 together
                 .
              
            
             
               Officer
               was
               Sworn
               to
               keep
               the
               Jury
               .
            
             
               The
               Jury
               withdrawed
               ,
               and
               after
               an
               hours
               Consultation
               ,
               the
               Jury
               returned
               .
            
             
               Silence
               was
               commanded
               ,
               and
               
                 Iames
                 Hind
              
               fetcht
               from
               the
               Goal
               to
               the
               Bar.
               
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 Gentlemen
                 ,
                 answer
                 to
                 your
                 names
                 ,
                 
                   Edmund
                   Butler
                   ,
                   Clement
                   Pung
                
                 and
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Jury
                 before
                 mentioned
                 ,
                 are
                 you
                 all
                 agreed
                 of
                 your
                 Verdict
                 ?
              
            
             
               
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 Yes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 Who
                 shall
                 say
                 for
                 you
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Foreman
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 Set
                 up
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tong
                
                 to
                 the
                 Barr
                 ,
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tong
                
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ,
                 look
                 upon
                 him
                 Masters
                 ,
                 How
                 say
                 you
                 ?
                 is
                 he
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 Treason
                 whereof
                 he
                 stands
                 indicted
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Look
                 to
                 him
                 Keeper
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 Goods
                 and
                 Chattels
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 None
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Phillips
                
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 How
                 say
                 you
                 ?
                 is
                 he
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 high
                 Treason
                 whereof
                 he
                 stands
                 indicted
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Look
                 to
                 him
                 Keeper
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 Goods
                 and
                 Chattels
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 None
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Francis
                   Stubbs
                
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 How
                 say
                 you
                 ?
                 is
                 he
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 high
                 Treason
                 whereof
                 he
                 stands
                 indicted
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Look
                 to
                 him
                 Keeper
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 Goods
                 and
                 Chattels
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 None
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sallers
                
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 How
                 say
                 you
                 ?
                 is
                 he
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 high
                 Treason
                 whereof
                 he
                 stands
                 indicted
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Look
                 to
                 him
                 Keeper
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 Goods
                 and
                 Chattels
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 None
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Gibbs
                
                 to
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 How
                 say
                 you
                 ?
                 is
                 he
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 high
                 Treason
                 whereof
                 he
                 stands
                 indicted
                 ,
                 or
                 not
                 Guilty
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 Guilty
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Look
                 to
                 him
                 Keeper
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 What
                 Goods
                 and
                 Chattels
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 None
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 Hearken
                 to
                 your
                 Verdict
                 as
                 the
                 Court
                 hath
                 recorded
                 it
                 .
                 You
                 say
                 that
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tong
                
                 is
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 Treason
                 whereof
                 he
                 stands
                 indicted
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 .
                 And
                 you
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 ,
                 nor
                 any
                 of
                 them
                 had
                 any
                 Goods
                 or
                 Chattels
                 ,
                 Lands
                 or
                 Tenements
                 at
                 the
                 time
                 of
                 committing
                 the
                 said
                 Treason
                 ,
                 or
                 at
                 any
                 time
                 sithence
                 to
                 your
                 knowledge
                 ,
                 and
                 this
                 you
                 say
                 all
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Jury
                 .
              
               
                 Yes
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tong
                
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ,
                 thou
                 hast
                 been
                 indicted
                 of
                 high
                 Treason
                 ,
                 thou
                 has
                 thereunto
                 pleaded
                 not
                 guilty
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 thy
                 Tryal
                 hast
                 put
                 thy self
                 upon
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Country
                 hath
                 found
                 thee
                 guilty
                 ;
                 what
                 hast
                 thou
                 to
                 say
                 for
                 thy self
                 ,
                 why
                 the
                 Court
                 should
                 not
                 proceed
                 to
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 and
                 thereupon
                 award
                 execution
                 of
                 thee
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Law
                 ?
              
            
             
               
                 Tong.
                 
              
               
                 I
                 pray
                 mercy
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 I
                 cry
                 for
                 mercy
                 from
                 the
                 King.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Tye
                 him
                 up
                 Executioner
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   George
                   Phillips
                
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ,
                 thou
                 art
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 case
                 that
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tong
                
                 is
                 ,
                 what
                 canst
                 thou
                 say
                 ?
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               Phillips
               kneeled
               down
               and
               said
               ,
               I
               pray
               the
               mercy
               of
               the
               King
               and
               the
               Honourable
               Bench.
               
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Tye
                 him
                 up
                 Executioner
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Francis
                   Stubs
                
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ,
                 thou
                 art
                 in
                 the
                 same
                 case
                 ,
                 the
                 two
                 last
                 Prisoners
                 before
                 thee
                 are
                 ,
                 what
                 canst
                 thou
                 say
                 ?
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Stubbs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 begg
                 mercy
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 meerly
                 drawn
                 in
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Tye
                 him
                 up
                 Executioner
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Iohn
                   Sallers
                
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ,
                 Thou
                 art
                 ,
                 &c.
                 what
                 canst
                 thou
                 say
                 ?
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Sallers
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 would
                 intreat
                 this
                 Honourable
                 Bench
                 to
                 consider
                 my
                 condition
                 ,
                 and
                 what
                 my
                 charge
                 is
                 ;
                 I
                 delivered
                 no
                 arms
                 ,
                 if
                 I
                 had
                 known
                 where
                 they
                 had
                 been
                 ,
                 I
                 would
                 have
                 discovered
                 them
                 ,
                 I
                 begg
                 mercy
                 from
                 the
                 King
                 and
                 this
                 honourable
                 Bench.
                 
              
            
             
               
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Tye
                 him
                 up
                 Executioner
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Gibbs
                
                 ,
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ,
                 Thou
                 art
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
                 What
                 canst
                 thou
                 say
                 ?
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 please
                 this
                 honourable
                 Bench
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 something
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 innocent
                 as
                 to
                 my
                 Conscience
                 of
                 acting
                 any
                 thing
                 treasonable
                 against
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 forgive
                 the
                 witnesses
                 ,
                 I
                 beg
                 the
                 mercy
                 of
                 the
                 King.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Tye
                 him
                 up
                 Executioner
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 the
                 Peace
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Iames
                   Hind
                
                 hold
                 up
                 thy
                 hand
                 ,
                 Thou
                 art
                 guilty
                 of
                 the
                 Treason
                 whereof
                 thou
                 standest
                 indicted
                 by
                 thy
                 own
                 Confession
                 ,
                 what
                 canst
                 thou
                 say
                 ?
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Hind
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 nothing
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 but
                 humbly
                 beg
                 the
                 mercy
                 of
                 the
                 King.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Clerk
                 of
                 Newgate
                 .
              
               
                 Tye
                 him
                 up
                 Executioner
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Cryer
                 .
              
               
                 O
                 yes
                 ,
                 my
                 Lords
                 ,
                 the
                 Kings
                 Justices
                 command
                 all
                 manner
                 of
                 persons
                 to
                 keep
                 silence
                 while
                 judgment
                 is
                 in
                 giving
                 upon
                 pain
                 of
                 imprisonment
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Sir
                 
                   Robert
                   Foster
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Thomas
                   Tong
                   ,
                   George
                   Phillips
                   ,
                   Francis
                   Stubbs
                   ,
                   Iames
                   Hind
                   ,
                   Iohn
                   Saller
                   ,
                
                 and
                 
                   Nathaniel
                   Gibbs
                
                 ,
                 you
                 six
                 Prisoners
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 been
                 here
                 indicted
                 for
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 greatest
                 crimes
                 that
                 can
                 be
                 committed
                 upon
                 earth
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 against
                 God
                 ,
                 our
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 against
                 every
                 good
                 body
                 that
                 is
                 in
                 this
                 land
                 for
                 that
                 capital
                 sin
                 of
                 high
                 Treason
                 which
                 is
                 a
                 sin
                 inexpiable
                 ,
                 and
                 indeed
                 hath
                 no
                 equal
                 sin
                 as
                 to
                 this
                 world
                 ,
                 upon
                 this
                 you
                 have
                 severally
                 been
                 arraigned
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 severally
                 (
                 except
                 one
                 )
                 pleaded
                 not
                 guilty
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 your selves
                 upon
                 God
                 and
                 the
                 Country
                 for
                 your
                 tryals
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 Country
                 have
                 found
                 you
                 guilty
                 ;
                 for
                 the
                 five
                 that
                 are
                 found
                 guilty
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 in
                 you
                 I
                 find
                 little
                 remorse
                 ,
                 little
                 sense
                 of
                 your
                 sin
                 ,
                 for
                 the
                 little
                 man
                 there
                 ,
                 Hind
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 much
                 shewed
                 his
                 penitency
                 ;
                 The
                 manner
                 and
                 circumstances
                 of
                 this
                 ,
                 most
                 men
                 here
                 believe
                 ,
                 this
                 did
                 not
                 originally
                 arise
                 from
                 your
                 particular
                 selves
                 ,
                 it
                 must
                 be
                 put
                 into
                 you
                 by
                 some
                 others
                 ;
                 you
                 speak
                 as
                 if
                 you
                 desired
                 mercy
                 ,
                 where
                 was
                 your
                 mercy
                 ,
                 that
                 would
                 have
                 destroyed
                 King
                 and
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 massacred
                 many
                 millions
                 of
                 souls
                 ,
                 no
                 respect
                 of
                 any
                 person
                 ,
                 but
                 your
                 own
                 Fellows
                 ?
                 I
                 speak
                 this
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 be
                 
                 the
                 more
                 sensible
                 of
                 your
                 own
                 Crime
                 ,
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 truly
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 remorse
                 of
                 conscience
                 ,
                 be
                 sorry
                 for
                 your
                 sin
                 ;
                 you
                 know
                 very
                 well
                 the
                 old
                 councel
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 good
                 one
                 ,
                 
                   Fear
                   God
                   ,
                   and
                   honour
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   and
                   meddle
                   not
                   with
                   them
                   that
                   are
                   given
                   to
                   change
                   .
                
                 Medling
                 with
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 given
                 to
                 change
                 ,
                 has
                 brought
                 too
                 much
                 mischief
                 already
                 to
                 this
                 Nation
                 ;
                 and
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 commit
                 the
                 same
                 sin
                 ,
                 you
                 must
                 receive
                 the
                 same
                 punishment
                 ,
                 for
                 happy
                 is
                 he
                 that
                 by
                 other
                 mens
                 harms
                 takes
                 heed
                 :
                 I
                 shall
                 not
                 spend
                 long
                 time
                 with
                 you
                 ,
                 but
                 if
                 you
                 will
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 ,
                 discover
                 the
                 Actors
                 herein
                 ,
                 you
                 will
                 do
                 God
                 ,
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 Country
                 good
                 service
                 ;
                 It
                 remains
                 that
                 the
                 Court
                 proceed
                 to
                 Judgment
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 you
                 six
                 ,
                 the
                 one
                 by
                 his
                 own
                 confession
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 five
                 by
                 conviction
                 of
                 Law
                 :
                 the
                 Judgement
                 of
                 this
                 Court
                 is
                 ,
                 That
                 you
                 be
                 conveyed
                 back
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 from
                 whence
                 you
                 came
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 thence
                 to
                 be
                 drawn
                 upon
                 an
                 Hurdle
                 to
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 Execution
                 ,
                 and
                 there
                 you
                 shall
                 be
                 hanged
                 by
                 the
                 neck
                 ,
                 and
                 being
                 alive
                 shall
                 be
                 cut
                 down
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 privy
                 Members
                 to
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
                 your
                 Entralls
                 to
                 be
                 taken
                 out
                 of
                 your
                 Body
                 ,
                 and
                 (
                 you
                 living
                 )
                 the
                 same
                 to
                 be
                 burnt
                 before
                 your
                 eies
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 head
                 to
                 be
                 cut
                 off
                 ,
                 your
                 body
                 to
                 be
                 divided
                 into
                 four
                 quarters
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 head
                 and
                 quarters
                 to
                 be
                 disposed
                 of
                 at
                 the
                 pleasure
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 And
                 God
                 have
                 mercy
                 upon
                 your
                 Souls
                 .
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               CONFESSIONS
               ,
               Speeches
               ,
               AND
               PRAYERS
               OF
               George
               Phillips
               ,
               Thomas
               Tonge
               ,
               Nathaniel
               Gibbs
               ,
               Francis
               Stubbs
               .
            
             
               At
               the
               Place
               of
               Execution
               ,
               on
               Monday
               ,
               Decemb.
               22.
               1662.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               The
               Manner
               of
               Conveying
               the
               Prisoners
               to
               the
               Place
               of
               Execution
               ;
               and
               their
               Behavior
               there
               before
               they
               began
               to
               Speak
               .
            
             
               THe
               22.
               
               
                 Decemb.
                 Thomas
                 Tonge
                 ,
                 George
                 Phillips
                 ,
                 Francis
                 Stubbs
              
               and
               
                 Nathaniel
                 Gibbs
              
               were
               ,
               according
               to
               a
               late
               Sentence
               ,
               drawn
               on
               two
               Hurdles
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 Tonge
              
               and
               Phillips
               in
               one
               ,
               and
               Stubbs
               and
               Gibbs
               in
               the
               other
               ,
               to
               the
               common
               place
               of
               Execution
               at
               Tyborn
               :
               Where
               being
               come
               ,
               they
               were
               received
               into
               a
               Cart
               under
               the
               Gallows
               ;
               and
               the
               Executioner
               desiring
               them
               severally
               to
               forgive
               him
               ,
               they
               all
               declared
               they
               did
               freely
               forgive
               him
               and
               all
               their
               enemies
               ,
               and
               did
               severally
               salute
               each
               other
               with
               this
               Phrase
               ,
               
                 Welcome
                 ,
                 Brother
              
               ;
               and
               to
               one
               another
               said
               ,
               We
               are
               now
               lanching
               into
               the
               deep
               .
               They
               being
               all
               tied
               up
               ,
               Phillips
               gave
               the
               Executioner
               a
               small
               sum
               of
               money
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               directed
               the
               Executioner
               to
               take
               out
               of
               their
               pockets
               a
               small
               parcel
               of
               money
               ,
               as
               their
               gift
               to
               him
               ;
               and
               Phillips
               afterwards
               bended
               a
               Six-pence
               ,
               and
               presented
               it
               to
               a
               friend
               of
               his
               ,
               Mr.
               Stroud
               ;
               and
               a
               Shilling
               likewise
               bended
               to
               one
               Mr.
               Clark.
               Then
               the
               Under-Sheriff
               of
               Middlesex
               acquainted
               them
               ,
               they
               had
               all
               free
               liberty
               to
               speak
               ,
               provided
               they
               did
               not
               reflect
               upon
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               or
               the
               present
               Government
               ;
               which
               they
               all
               promised
               not
               to
               do
               ,
               and
               thanked
               him
               for
               his
               civility
               ;
               and
               then
               Phillips
               began
               in
               manner
               following
               .
            
             
               
               
                 
                   Friends
                   and
                   Countrey-men
                
                 ,
              
               
                 I
                 Am
                 come
                 this
                 day
                 to
                 pay
                 that
                 great
                 debt
                 that
                 I
                 owe
                 to
                 Nature
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 a
                 work
                 that
                 had
                 need
                 be
                 well
                 done
                 ,
                 for
                 it
                 is
                 but
                 once
                 to
                 be
                 done
                 .
                 My
                 hope
                 is
                 now
                 above
                 :
                 and
                 for
                 what
                 I
                 now
                 come
                 to
                 suffer
                 ,
                 for
                 my
                 own
                 part
                 ,
                 I
                 bless
                 God
                 ,
                 in
                 whose
                 presence
                 I
                 now
                 speak
                 as
                 a
                 dying
                 man
                 ,
                 I
                 had
                 not
                 any
                 murderous
                 thought
                 against
                 the
                 King
                 ▪
                 but
                 I
                 have
                 prayed
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 wished
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 Live
                 and
                 Reign
                 ,
                 and
                 long
                 Reign
                 in
                 Righteousness
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 God
                 would
                 make
                 his
                 Crown
                 ,
                 a
                 Crown
                 of
                 Righteousness
                 upon
                 his
                 Head
                 ,
                 and
                 bless
                 him
                 in
                 his
                 Government
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 not
                 know
                 any
                 of
                 these
                 occasions
                 more
                 :
                 For
                 my
                 part
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 ventured
                 my
                 life
                 ,
                 for
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ;
                 it
                 was
                 far
                 from
                 my
                 heart
                 to
                 do
                 any
                 thing
                 of
                 that
                 nature
                 ;
                 The
                 Lord
                 receive
                 my
                 soul.
                 I
                 freely
                 forgive
                 all
                 men
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 hope
                 to
                 be
                 forgiven
                 of
                 God
                 :
                 I
                 never
                 did
                 act
                 any
                 thing
                 ,
                 but
                 onely
                 this
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 my
                 ignorance
                 of
                 the
                 Laws
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 did
                 not
                 discover
                 it
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 was
                 justly
                 found
                 Guilty
                 ,
                 for
                 not
                 discovering
                 .
                 I
                 have
                 done
                 ,
                 Mr.
                 Sheriff
                 ;
                 but
                 hope
                 ,
                 after
                 my
                 Brethren
                 have
                 spoken
                 ,
                 we
                 may
                 have
                 liberty
                 to
                 call
                 upon
                 the
                 Lord.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 Vnd.
                 Sher.
                 
              
               
                 It
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 denied
                 you
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Then
                 Mr.
                 Tonge
                 began
                 in
                 this
                 manner
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Friends
                   and
                   Countrey-men
                
                 ,
              
               
                 YOu
                 see
                 me
                 here
                 a
                 dying
                 man
                 :
                 I
                 have
                 sometimes
                 been
                 in
                 some
                 mens
                 company
                 ,
                 where
                 I
                 have
                 heard
                 them
                 contriving
                 the
                 business
                 for
                 which
                 I
                 am
                 condemned
                 to
                 die
                 ▪
                 and
                 that
                 which
                 led
                 me
                 to
                 joyn
                 with
                 them
                 was
                 this
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 ,
                 and
                 had
                 been
                 sometimes
                 in
                 the
                 Army
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 have
                 looked
                 upon
                 this
                 Cause
                 to
                 be
                 good
                 ,
                 As
                 for
                 his
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 the
                 Lord
                 bless
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 prosper
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 put
                 it
                 into
                 his
                 heart
                 ,
                 that
                 He
                 may
                 be
                 a
                 Nursing-Father
                 indeed
                 to
                 this
                 Countrey
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Vnd.
                 Sher.
                 
              
               
                 Have
                 you
                 any
                 more
                 to
                 say
                 ?
                 you
                 may
                 speak
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Tonge
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 have
                 nothing
                 more
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 
                 And
                 then
                 Gibbs
                 proceeded
                 ,
                 and
                 said
                 :
              
               
                 COuntreymen
                 and
                 Friends
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 hope
                 Christians
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 last
                 consideration
                 is
                 that
                 that
                 makes
                 me
                 the
                 more
                 free
                 to
                 speak
                 to
                 you
                 :
                 we
                 all
                 profess
                 to
                 own
                 God
                 and
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 to
                 be
                 our
                 Saviour
                 ,
                 our
                 Redeemer
                 ,
                 our
                 Sanctifier
                 ,
                 and
                 giver
                 of
                 ,
                 and
                 bestower
                 upon
                 us
                 Eternal
                 Life
                 ;
                 this
                 should
                 excite
                 our
                 Souls
                 to
                 love
                 one
                 another
                 ;
                 and
                 upon
                 the
                 account
                 of
                 Gods
                 love
                 ,
                 that
                 God
                 has
                 so
                 loved
                 us
                 as
                 to
                 give
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 to
                 reconcile
                 us
                 sinners
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 we
                 ought
                 to
                 love
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 his
                 great
                 command
                 .
                 Truly
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 Cause
                 for
                 which
                 I
                 am
                 brought
                 here
                 ,
                 God
                 the
                 great
                 Judge
                 of
                 Heaven
                 and
                 Earth
                 ,
                 before
                 whom
                 I
                 stand
                 ,
                 knows
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 place
                 where
                 I
                 have
                 lived
                 ,
                 I
                 behaved
                 my self
                 as
                 an
                 obedient
                 Subject
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 there
                 was
                 an
                 Insurrection
                 by
                 the
                 Fifth-Monarchy
                 men
                 ,
                 I
                 went
                 out
                 in
                 my
                 own
                 person
                 ,
                 though
                 I
                 had
                 Servants
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 others
                 ,
                 purely
                 out
                 of
                 affection
                 to
                 His
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 knowing
                 that
                 in
                 the
                 peace
                 of
                 His
                 Government
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 peace
                 ,
                 and
                 so
                 I
                 went
                 out
                 hazarded
                 my
                 Life
                 ,
                 and
                 continued
                 out
                 till
                 all
                 was
                 quiet
                 .
                 I
                 was
                 at
                 a
                 neighbors
                 house
                 drinking
                 of
                 a
                 cup
                 of
                 Beer
                 on
                 Tuesday
                 night
                 in
                 the
                 Kitching
                 alone
                 ,
                 save
                 onely
                 the
                 man
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 and
                 the
                 maid
                 ;
                 these
                 men
                 came
                 in
                 ,
                 one
                 Hill
                 and
                 Riggs
                 that
                 ▪
                 are
                 the
                 witnesses
                 against
                 me
                 ,
                 there
                 was
                 Riggs
                 and
                 Hills
                 and
                 this
                 Stubbs
                 ,
                 and
                 on
                 Beazeley
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 being
                 alone
                 in
                 the
                 Kitchin
                 ,
                 they
                 asked
                 for
                 one
                 Gibbs
                 ;
                 the
                 people
                 of
                 the
                 house
                 told
                 me
                 there
                 were
                 some
                 Gentlemen
                 would
                 speak
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 wished
                 them
                 to
                 direct
                 them
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 they
                 came
                 to
                 me
                 ;
                 and
                 through
                 the
                 ignorance
                 of
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 which
                 it
                 seems
                 runs
                 thus
                 ,
                 If
                 any
                 words
                 treasonable
                 against
                 his
                 Majesty
                 is
                 spoken
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 Treason
                 to
                 conceal
                 it
                 ,
                 so
                 thus
                 I
                 have
                 given
                 you
                 in
                 part
                 the
                 cause
                 of
                 my
                 being
                 here
              
               
                 Hereupon
                 information
                 was
                 given
                 to
                 the
                 Kings
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 should
                 say
                 there
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 Rising
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Al-hollows
                 Eve
                 was
                 the
                 time
                 ;
                 that
                 there
                 were
                 arms
                 sent
                 into
                 the
                 Countrey
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Ludlow
                 was
                 to
                 be
                 General
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 was
                 charged
                 upon
                 me
                 by
                 the
                 Kings
                 Majesty
                 when
                 I
                 came
                 before
                 him
                 to
                 be
                 examined
                 :
                 and
                 upon
                 Hills
                 ,
                 and
                 Rigg's
                 Oath
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Tower
                 ,
                 and
                 kept
                 a
                 long
                 time
                 a
                 Prisoner
                 ,
                 examined
                 three
                 or
                 four
                 times
                 over
                 by
                 the
                 Lords
                 
                 of
                 his
                 Majesties
                 Council
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 one
                 word
                 more
                 ;
                 As
                 touching
                 my
                 Judgement
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 reputed
                 in
                 the
                 world
                 to
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 is
                 called
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Anabaptist
                 ,
                 a
                 name
                 of
                 dirision
                 and
                 scorn
                 ,
                 One
                 is
                 an
                 Anabaptist
                 ,
                 one
                 an
                 Independent
                 ,
                 one
                 a
                 Presbyterian
                 ,
                 one
                 this
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 that
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 the
                 other
                 ,
                 who
                 gave
                 these
                 nick-names
                 to
                 Christians
                 ?
                 There
                 is
                 but
                 one
                 God
                 ,
                 one
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 one
                 Baptism
                 ,
                 one
                 Hope
                 of
                 Glory
                 :
                 How
                 comes
                 the
                 Body
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Members
                 of
                 Christ
                 to
                 be
                 called
                 these
                 nick-names
                 ?
                 But
                 now
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 am
                 one
                 that
                 do
                 profess
                 Faith
                 in
                 God
                 through
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 do
                 stand
                 before
                 you
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 before
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 no
                 other
                 God
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 Eternal
                 and
                 Living
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 hath
                 made
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 Rules
                 and
                 Raigns
                 ,
                 and
                 disposes
                 all
                 his
                 Creatures
                 ;
                 I
                 do
                 believe
                 in
                 this
                 God
                 ,
                 he
                 has
                 been
                 gracious
                 to
                 me
                 a
                 poor
                 sinner
                 ,
                 &
                 to
                 all
                 poor
                 sinners
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 we
                 by
                 reason
                 of
                 sin
                 had
                 forfeited
                 all
                 our
                 mercies
                 ,
                 and
                 were
                 under
                 wrath
                 and
                 everlasting
                 destruction
                 ,
                 and
                 must
                 perish
                 for
                 ever
                 ;
                 that
                 God
                 did
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 rich
                 grace
                 and
                 tender
                 mercies
                 give
                 his
                 onely
                 begotten
                 Son
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 his
                 promise
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 blessing
                 of
                 God
                 to
                 the
                 poor
                 Gentiles
                 according
                 as
                 the
                 Scripture
                 did
                 declare
                 ;
                 the
                 Scriprure
                 foreseeing
                 that
                 God
                 would
                 justifie
                 the
                 heathens
                 through
                 faith
                 ,
                 preached
                 before
                 the
                 Gospel
                 to
                 Abraham
                 ,
                 saying
                 ,
                 In
                 thee
                 shall
                 all
                 the
                 Nations
                 of
                 the
                 earth
                 be
                 blessed
                 :
                 he
                 spe●ks
                 not
                 of
                 the
                 natural
                 seed
                 of
                 Abraham
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 all
                 the
                 blessings
                 that
                 God
                 did
                 convey
                 to
                 the
                 sinful
                 world
                 is
                 by
                 the
                 means
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 whom
                 God
                 in
                 the
                 fulness
                 of
                 time
                 did
                 send
                 his
                 Son
                 born
                 of
                 a
                 woman
                 ,
                 to
                 redeem
                 poor
                 sinners
                 under
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 and
                 herein
                 was
                 the
                 great
                 grace
                 and
                 mercy
                 of
                 God
                 to
                 wards
                 all
                 sinners
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 was
                 so
                 gracious
                 to
                 send
                 his
                 beloved
                 Son
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 own
                 bosome
                 to
                 take
                 our
                 natures
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 who
                 was
                 defiled
                 ,
                 and
                 cursed
                 ,
                 and
                 condemned
                 ,
                 and
                 separated
                 from
                 God.
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 took
                 our
                 natures
                 upon
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 this
                 very
                 end
                 to
                 do
                 the
                 will
                 of
                 his
                 heavenly
                 Father
                 ,
                 
                   Lo
                   it
                   is
                   written
                   in
                   the
                   volume
                   of
                   thy
                   b●ok
                   ,
                
                 I
                 come
                 to
                 do
                 thy
                 will
                 ,
                 O
                 God
                 ;
                 and
                 it
                 w●s
                 his
                 meat
                 and
                 drink
                 to
                 do
                 his
                 will
                 ;
                 and
                 what
                 was
                 that
                 ,
                 but
                 that
                 we
                 might
                 be
                 sanctified
                 through
                 the
                 offering
                 up
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 for
                 our
                 sins
                 ,
                 to
                 tread
                 the
                 winepress
                 of
                 his
                 Fathers
                 wrath
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 endure
                 the
                 cross
                 ,
                 and
                 bear
                 all
                 our
                 sins
                 in
                 his
                 own
                 body
                 ,
                 that
                 made
                 his
                 soul
                 heavy
                 unto
                 death
                 :
                 he
                 was
                 a
                 surety
                 for
                 us
                 and
                 our
                 sins
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 our
                 s●kes
                 the
                 Lord
                 
                 laid
                 on
                 him
                 the
                 iniquity
                 of
                 us
                 all
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 hath
                 born
                 our
                 grief
                 and
                 endured
                 our
                 punishment
                 ,
                 it
                 made
                 his
                 soul
                 cry
                 out
                 ,
                 My
                 God
                 ,
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 why
                 hast
                 thou
                 forsaken
                 me
                 ,
                 or
                 else
                 we
                 must
                 for
                 ever
                 be
                 banished
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 have
                 any
                 hopes
                 of
                 glory
                 ,
                 of
                 faith
                 ,
                 or
                 of
                 salvation
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 God
                 become
                 our
                 Mediatour
                 and
                 Surety
                 ,
                 so
                 there
                 is
                 one
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 one
                 Mediatour
                 ,
                 the
                 Man
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 .
                 He
                 gave
                 himself
                 a
                 ransom
                 for
                 all
                 our
                 sins
                 ,
                 to
                 free
                 us
                 from
                 the
                 wrath
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 everlasting
                 destruction
                 ,
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 worm
                 that
                 never
                 dies
                 .
                 O
                 that
                 we
                 could
                 ever
                 be
                 thankful
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 live
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 hath
                 so
                 loved
                 us
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 send
                 his
                 Son
                 to
                 die
                 for
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 is
                 by
                 the
                 almighty
                 power
                 of
                 God
                 raised
                 from
                 the
                 dead
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 sits
                 at
                 the
                 right
                 hand
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 ever
                 lives
                 to
                 make
                 intercession
                 .
              
               
                 Truly
                 friends
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 man
                 ,
                 but
                 the
                 love
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 eternal
                 love
                 .
                 God
                 so
                 loved
                 the
                 world
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 Gods
                 love
                 ,
                 he
                 loved
                 sinners
                 ,
                 ungodly
                 ones
                 ;
                 he
                 did
                 so
                 love
                 them
                 as
                 to
                 give
                 his
                 onely
                 begotten
                 Son
                 to
                 save
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 reconcile
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 uphold
                 them
                 ,
                 to
                 redeem
                 them
                 from
                 wrath
                 to
                 come
                 :
                 it
                 was
                 to
                 seek
                 and
                 save
                 them
                 that
                 were
                 lost
                 .
                 This
                 is
                 a
                 faithful
                 saying
                 ,
                 and
                 worthy
                 of
                 all
                 acceptation
                 ,
                 that
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 came
                 into
                 the
                 world
                 to
                 save
                 sinners
                 .
                 We
                 all
                 like
                 sheep
                 had
                 gone
                 astray
                 ,
                 and
                 must
                 perish
                 in
                 our
                 sins
                 ,
                 had
                 not
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 been
                 sent
                 of
                 his
                 Father
                 ,
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 bosome
                 to
                 declare
                 the
                 good
                 will
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 did
                 it
                 ,
                 by
                 which
                 we
                 are
                 sanctified
                 through
                 the
                 offering
                 up
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ;
                 and
                 this
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 the
                 eternal
                 Son
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 he
                 is
                 the
                 Mediatour
                 between
                 God
                 and
                 poor
                 sinners
                 .
                 Come
                 unto
                 me
                 all
                 ye
                 that
                 are
                 weary
                 and
                 heavy
                 laden
                 ,
                 says
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 rest
                 ;
                 now
                 this
                 grace
                 is
                 from
                 God
                 ,
                 we
                 are
                 saved
                 by
                 grace
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 not
                 of
                 our selves
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 through
                 faith
                 in
                 Christ
                 we
                 are
                 saved
                 ;
                 and
                 all
                 things
                 that
                 do
                 pertain
                 to
                 life
                 and
                 godliness
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 gift
                 of
                 God
                 ;
                 now
                 all
                 things
                 are
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 who
                 hath
                 reconciled
                 us
                 to
                 himself
                 by
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 to
                 wit
                 ,
                 that
                 God
                 was
                 in
                 Christ
                 reconciling
                 the
                 world
                 to
                 himself
                 ,
                 not
                 imputing
                 their
                 trespasses
                 unto
                 him
                 .
                 Would
                 you
                 know
                 the
                 forgiveness
                 of
                 your
                 sins
                 ,
                 your
                 peace
                 with
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 that
                 God
                 is
                 well
                 pleased
                 with
                 you
                 ?
                 God
                 is
                 reconciled
                 by
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 does
                 not
                 impute
                 your
                 sins
                 unto
                 you
                 ,
                 but
                 looks
                 on
                 the
                 righteousness
                 of
                 Christ
                 as
                 satisfaction
                 ,
                 that
                 thereby
                 you
                 might
                 have
                 the
                 remission
                 
                 of
                 your
                 sins
                 through
                 the
                 bloud
                 of
                 Christ.
                 Be
                 it
                 known
                 unto
                 all
                 men
                 ,
                 that
                 through
                 this
                 mans
                 preaching
                 ,
                 the
                 forgiveness
                 of
                 sins
                 ,
                 Acts
                 13.38
                 ,
                 39.
                 and
                 by
                 him
                 all
                 that
                 do
                 believe
                 are
                 justified
                 from
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 from
                 which
                 they
                 could
                 not
                 be
                 by
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 Moses
                 ;
                 now
                 justification
                 from
                 sin
                 ,
                 and
                 redemption
                 from
                 iniquity
                 ,
                 is
                 through
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 Christs
                 death
                 for
                 your
                 sins
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 resurrection
                 ,
                 and
                 now
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 other
                 name
                 given
                 under
                 heaven
                 whereby
                 we
                 can
                 be
                 saved
                 but
                 by
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 and
                 whosoever
                 believeth
                 in
                 his
                 name
                 shall
                 not
                 perish
                 ,
                 but
                 have
                 everlasting
                 life
                 ,
                 Ioh.
                 ●
                 .
                 24
                 .
                 It
                 is
                 the
                 doctrine
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 his
                 word
                 ,
                 and
                 hope
                 you
                 will
                 search
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 ,
                 and
                 look
                 into
                 those
                 things
                 for
                 your
                 souls
                 good
                 ,
                 when
                 Christ
                 says
                 Verily
                 ,
                 verily
                 ,
                 I
                 say
                 unto
                 you
                 ;
                 He
                 that
                 heareth
                 my
                 words
                 and
                 believeth
                 them
                 ,
                 he
                 hath
                 everlasting
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 shall
                 not
                 come
                 into
                 condemnation
                 ,
                 but
                 is
                 passed
                 from
                 death
                 to
                 life
                 .
                 The
                 reason
                 why
                 God
                 does
                 assure
                 poor
                 sinners
                 they
                 shall
                 not
                 pass
                 into
                 everlasting
                 condemnation
                 and
                 perish
                 ,
                 is
                 through
                 his
                 rich
                 grace
                 ;
                 through
                 his
                 promise
                 ,
                 for
                 he
                 hath
                 promised
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 be
                 merciful
                 to
                 our
                 iniquities
                 ,
                 and
                 our
                 sins
                 will
                 remember
                 no
                 more
                 ;
                 and
                 these
                 his
                 promises
                 of
                 grace
                 which
                 are
                 all
                 Yea
                 and
                 Amen
                 in
                 Christ
                 ,
                 are
                 ratified
                 by
                 the
                 bloud
                 of
                 Christ
                 ;
                 the
                 bloud
                 of
                 Christ
                 is
                 this
                 bloud
                 of
                 the
                 New
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 and
                 it
                 is
                 that
                 by
                 which
                 we
                 have
                 the
                 forgiveness
                 ,
                 remission
                 and
                 cleansing
                 of
                 all
                 our
                 sins
                 ,
              
            
             
               
               
                 Vndersheriff
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Gibbs
                 ,
                 let
                 me
                 interrupt
                 you
                 ,
                 this
                 is
                 very
                 good
                 and
                 pertinent
                 ,
                 but
                 you
                 have
                 said
                 these
                 things
                 over
                 and
                 over
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 another
                 of
                 your
                 friends
                 is
                 to
                 speak
                 and
                 the
                 time
                 grows
                 short
                 ,
                 pray
                 go
                 on
                 to
                 the
                 matter
                 ,
                 or
                 conclude
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 shall
                 speak
                 a
                 word
                 or
                 two
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 forgiveness
                 of
                 sins
                 ,
                 by
                 and
                 through
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ;
                 and
                 so
                 the
                 knowledge
                 of
                 the
                 Resurrection
                 of
                 the
                 dead
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 fruit
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ;
                 for
                 by
                 the
                 first
                 man
                 came
                 death
                 ,
                 and
                 by
                 the
                 second
                 man
                 Christ
                 came
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 God
                 that
                 has
                 by
                 his
                 exceeding
                 great
                 and
                 mighty
                 power
                 ,
                 raised
                 up
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 from
                 the
                 grave
                 and
                 power
                 of
                 sin
                 ,
                 he
                 also
                 shall
                 raise
                 us
                 up
                 by
                 the
                 same
                 power
                 ,
                 and
                 when
                 he
                 comes
                 again
                 the
                 second
                 time
                 ,
                 at
                 his
                 appearing
                 and
                 coming
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 see
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 be
                 made
                 like
                 to
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 will
                 receive
                 us
                 to
                 himself
                 ;
                 he
                 is
                 gone
                 to
                 prepare
                 a
                 place
                 for
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 his
                 Fathers
                 house
                 are
                 many
                 mansions
                 ,
                 and
                 if
                 it
                 were
                 not
                 so
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 have
                 told
                 us
                 :
                 and
                 now
                 God
                 that
                 hath
                 given
                 eternal
                 life
                 ,
                 and
                 forgiveness
                 of
                 sins
                 unto
                 his
                 poor
                 servants
                 ,
                 he
                 will
                 also
                 ,
                 when
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 shall
                 come
                 to
                 judge
                 the
                 world
                 ,
                 receive
                 him
                 into
                 his
                 everlasting
                 glory
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 my
                 faith
                 ,
                 expectation
                 and
                 hope
                 ,
                 in
                 God
                 through
                 Jesus
                 Christ.
                 A
                 man
                 may
                 bear
                 his
                 infirmities
                 ,
                 but
                 a
                 wounded
                 conscience
                 who
                 can
                 bear
                 ?
                 when
                 God
                 smites
                 ,
                 who
                 can
                 bear
                 ?
                 and
                 therefore
                 I
                 desire
                 ,
                 as
                 I
                 believe
                 the
                 forgiveness
                 of
                 all
                 my
                 sins
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 rich
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 through
                 the
                 bloudshed
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 his
                 Son
                 ;
                 every
                 one
                 must
                 give
                 account
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 as
                 their
                 Works
                 are
                 ,
                 so
                 will
                 their
                 Reward
                 be
                 ,
                 either
                 accepted
                 by
                 God
                 ,
                 as
                 workers
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 or
                 condemned
                 ,
                 as
                 workers
                 of
                 iniquity
                 .
                 Last
                 of
                 all
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 the
                 separated
                 Congregations
                 to
                 whom
                 I
                 belong
                 ;
                 I
                 have
                 observed
                 in
                 those
                 few
                 daies
                 that
                 I
                 have
                 lived
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 great
                 deal
                 of
                 animosity
                 ,
                 evil
                 will
                 ,
                 hard
                 censuring
                 ,
                 and
                 abusing
                 the
                 pretious
                 Saints
                 of
                 Jesus
                 Christ.
                 If
                 they
                 are
                 in
                 an
                 error
                 ,
                 you
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 truth
                 instruct
                 them
                 ,
                 and
                 you
                 may
                 recover
                 them
                 out
                 of
                 the
                 claws
                 of
                 the
                 Divel
                 :
                 Are
                 you
                 Christians
                 ,
                 and
                 have
                 the
                 light
                 of
                 God
                 in
                 your
                 souls
                 ?
                 O
                 then
                 strengthen
                 your
                 brethren
                 ,
                 do
                 not
                 give
                 them
                 nick-names
                 ,
                 
                 and
                 abuse
                 them
                 ;
                 that
                 's
                 not
                 the
                 way
                 ,
                 Christ
                 teaches
                 another
                 lesson
                 ,
                 
                   That
                   if
                   thine
                   enemy
                   hunger
                   you
                   should
                   feed
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   if
                   he
                   be
                   a
                   thirsty
                   give
                   him
                   drink
                
                 ;
                 we
                 should
                 pray
                 to
                 the
                 Lord
                 that
                 he
                 would
                 turn
                 those
                 that
                 be
                 out
                 of
                 his
                 way
                 ,
                 into
                 the
                 right
                 way
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Vndersheriff
                 .
              
               
                 You
                 know
                 we
                 must
                 be
                 all
                 subject
                 to
                 Government
                 ,
                 every
                 Congregation
                 must
                 not
                 have
                 a
                 Ruler
                 ,
                 their
                 meetings
                 are
                 prohibited
                 by
                 good
                 Authority
                 ,
                 and
                 because
                 they
                 will
                 not
                 be
                 obedient
                 to
                 good
                 Government
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 do
                 not
                 say
                 ,
                 that
                 every
                 Congregation
                 must
                 have
                 a
                 Ruler
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 hope
                 I
                 speak
                 the
                 words
                 of
                 sobriety
                 ,
                 I
                 hope
                 you
                 will
                 put
                 a
                 charitable
                 construction
                 upon
                 what
                 I
                 say
                 .
                 As
                 to
                 the
                 Magistrates
                 I
                 have
                 a
                 word
                 or
                 two
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Vndersheriff
                 .
              
               
                 Speak
                 well
                 of
                 them
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Gibbs
                 .
              
               
                 Be
                 not
                 afraid
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 not
                 speak
                 any
                 evil
                 of
                 them
                 ,
                 Magistracy
                 is
                 an
                 ordinance
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 end
                 of
                 Magistracy
                 ,
                 is
                 for
                 the
                 punishment
                 of
                 evil-doers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 praise
                 of
                 them
                 that
                 do
                 well
                 ,
                 and
                 for
                 this
                 purpose
                 ,
                 I
                 do
                 desire
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 would
                 give
                 to
                 the
                 supreme
                 Magistate
                 here
                 on
                 earth
                 ,
                 wisdom
                 and
                 understanding
                 ,
                 a
                 wise
                 Council
                 ,
                 a
                 Council
                 fearing
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 hating
                 covetousness
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 study
                 to
                 exalt
                 the
                 Throne
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 in
                 righteousness
                 and
                 truth
                 ;
                 O
                 that
                 we
                 may
                 all
                 praise
                 the
                 Lord
                 for
                 deliverance
                 out
                 of
                 condemnation
                 ;
                 and
                 I
                 say
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 duty
                 of
                 all
                 the
                 subjects
                 of
                 the
                 Kings
                 Majesty
                 ,
                 in
                 all
                 his
                 Kingdoms
                 and
                 Dominions
                 to
                 live
                 peaceably
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 pray
                 for
                 the
                 Kings
                 Majesty
                 :
                 Prayers
                 and
                 intercessions
                 ought
                 to
                 be
                 made
                 for
                 all
                 men
                 ,
                 especially
                 for
                 Kings
                 and
                 Governours
                 ,
                 for
                 this
                 very
                 end
                 and
                 purpose
                 ,
                 that
                 thereby
                 we
                 may
                 live
                 in
                 all
                 quietness
                 ,
                 godliness
                 ,
                 honesty
                 and
                 Justice
                 ;
                 and
                 to
                 this
                 very
                 end
                 the
                 Lord
                 bless
                 our
                 Magistracy
                 ,
                 give
                 them
                 council
                 and
                 wisdom
                 ,
                 that
                 they
                 may
                 love
                 them
                 that
                 love
                 the
                 Lord
                 ,
                 and
                 hate
                 them
                 that
                 hate
                 the
                 Lord.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 After
                 Gibbs
                 had
                 done
                 speaking
                 ,
                 then
                 Stubs
                 began
                 ,
                 who
                 went
                 over
                 all
                 the
                 particulars
                 of
                 his
                 Trial
                 at
                 large
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 for
                 brevities
                 sake
                 we
                 refer
                 you
                 ,
                 only
                 saith
                 he
                 as
                 followeth
                 ,
              
            
             
               
               
                 Friends
                 and
                 Country-men
                 ,
              
               
                 IT
                 is
                 true
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 must
                 confess
                 my
                 sin
                 in
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 (
                 and
                 did
                 ask
                 mercy
                 of
                 the
                 King
                 )
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 in
                 the
                 company
                 when
                 I
                 did
                 hear
                 wicked
                 and
                 treasonable
                 words
                 spoken
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 being
                 ignorant
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 knowing
                 the
                 Law
                 ,
                 did
                 not
                 discover
                 what
                 I
                 did
                 hear
                 .
              
               
                 As
                 to
                 my
                 judgement
                 ,
                 truly
                 I
                 desire
                 to
                 own
                 that
                 the
                 Scriptures
                 own
                 ;
                 I
                 shall
                 speak
                 of
                 that
                 place
                 in
                 the
                 Hebrews
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 command
                 of
                 Christ
                 ;
                 I
                 desire
                 the
                 Churches
                 and
                 the
                 people
                 ,
                 every
                 one
                 to
                 live
                 the
                 life
                 of
                 faith
                 and
                 love
                 one
                 another
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 confident
                 it
                 would
                 be
                 a
                 means
                 of
                 abundance
                 of
                 comfort
                 here
                 in
                 the
                 Nation
                 ;
                 there
                 is
                 a
                 kind
                 of
                 heart-burning
                 and
                 rising
                 one
                 against
                 another
                 ,
                 you
                 are
                 so
                 and
                 so
                 ,
                 throw
                 dirt
                 one
                 against
                 the
                 other
                 ;
                 it
                 is
                 our
                 and
                 your
                 duty
                 ,
                 still
                 to
                 be
                 studying
                 to
                 live
                 in
                 love
                 and
                 bear
                 one
                 with
                 another
                 ,
                 not
                 be
                 angry
                 ,
                 destroy
                 ,
                 and
                 fight
                 one
                 with
                 another
                 :
                 O
                 that
                 we
                 might
                 live
                 that
                 life
                 of
                 love
                 that
                 God
                 had
                 commanded
                 ,
                 then
                 we
                 may
                 expect
                 the
                 presence
                 of
                 God
                 to
                 be
                 with
                 us
                 ;
                 surely
                 God
                 hath
                 a
                 great
                 judgment
                 against
                 his
                 own
                 people
                 for
                 not
                 loving
                 one
                 another
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Phillips
                 .
              
               
                 Mr.
                 Sheriff
                 ,
                 I
                 have
                 only
                 one
                 word
                 to
                 speak
                 before
                 I
                 go
                 to
                 my
                 Prayers
                 ;
                 that
                 is
                 ,
                 Here
                 I
                 see
                 some
                 Gentlemen
                 present
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 the
                 capacity
                 that
                 I
                 was
                 in
                 as
                 a
                 Soldier
                 ;
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 be
                 faithful
                 to
                 your
                 trust
                 ,
                 and
                 beg
                 of
                 God
                 that
                 you
                 may
                 stand
                 fast
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 dishonour
                 God
                 nor
                 be
                 disobedient
                 to
                 the
                 King
                 ;
                 when
                 the
                 Fifth-monarchy
                 men
                 were
                 up
                 ,
                 I
                 was
                 free
                 and
                 willing
                 to
                 lay
                 down
                 my
                 life
                 for
                 the
                 interest
                 of
                 the
                 Nation
                 :
                 and
                 did
                 venture
                 it
                 as
                 much
                 as
                 any
                 young
                 man
                 in
                 London
                 ;
                 Therefore
                 good
                 friends
                 ,
                 have
                 a
                 care
                 ,
                 I
                 am
                 now
                 brought
                 to
                 suffer
                 ,
                 it
                 is
                 true
                 I
                 was
                 guilty
                 of
                 concealing
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 desire
                 your
                 Prayers
                 ,
                 that
                 now
                 as
                 we
                 are
                 going
                 to
                 the
                 state
                 of
                 eternity
                 ,
                 from
                 whence
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 redemption
                 ,
                 I
                 humbly
                 beseech
                 you
                 ,
                 as
                 Christians
                 &
                 friends
                 ,
                 That
                 you
                 would
                 seek
                 earnestly
                 to
                 God
                 that
                 now
                 he
                 may
                 receive
                 our
                 souls
                 into
                 everlasting
                 rest
                 and
                 happiness
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 has
                 been
                 pleased
                 to
                 bestow
                 on
                 them
                 that
                 love
                 him
                 and
                 
                 fear
                 him
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Lord
                 knows
                 my
                 heart
                 ,
                 I
                 speak
                 it
                 in
                 his
                 presence
                 ,
                 that
                 had
                 the
                 King
                 been
                 pleased
                 to
                 shew
                 mercy
                 to
                 me
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 have
                 been
                 a
                 faithful
                 and
                 true
                 subject
                 to
                 him
                 all
                 my
                 daies
                 ,
                 but
                 seeing
                 it
                 is
                 the
                 righteous
                 hand
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 now
                 I
                 am
                 come
                 to
                 this
                 untimely
                 death
                 ,
                 I
                 desire
                 you
                 to
                 lift
                 up
                 your
                 hearts
                 and
                 souls
                 to
                 God
                 with
                 me
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 my
                 soul
                 shall
                 leave
                 this
                 body
                 ,
                 that
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 may
                 with
                 his
                 everlasting
                 arms
                 receive
                 me
                 to
                 glory
                 :
                 There
                 is
                 no
                 redemption
                 after
                 death
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 either
                 go
                 to
                 eternal
                 woe
                 or
                 eternal
                 happiness
                 ,
                 therefore
                 good
                 friends
                 ,
                 I
                 desire
                 you
                 to
                 look
                 up
                 to
                 God
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 my
                 soul
                 departs
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 received
                 to
                 glory
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
             
               Mr.
               Phillips
               his
               Prayer
               .
            
             
               O
               Eternal
               Lord
               God
               ,
               thou
               that
               art
               the
               great
               Creator
               of
               Man-kind
               ,
               and
               thou
               that
               formedst
               him
               in
               the
               womb
               ,
               hear
               thy
               poor
               and
               sinful
               creature
               now
               he
               is
               coming
               to
               make
               his
               last
               approaches
               to
               thy
               throne
               .
               O
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               be
               pleased
               to
               look
               down
               in
               mercy
               upon
               my
               Soul
               :
               O
               Lord
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               be
               pleased
               now
               to
               take
               my
               soul
               and
               wash
               it
               ,
               and
               bathe
               it
               in
               the
               blood
               of
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               who
               hath
               died
               and
               risen
               again
               for
               me
               :
               O
               that
               now
               I
               could
               see
               the
               heavens
               opened
               ,
               and
               Iesus
               Christ
               ready
               to
               receive
               my
               soul
               ;
               Be
               pleased
               O
               Lord
               to
               look
               upon
               me
               in
               thy
               ten●er
               mercie
               and
               compassion
               :
               and
               as
               thou
               hast
               said
               ,
               thou
               dost
               not
               delight
               in
               the
               death
               of
               a
               sinner
               ,
               therefore
               good
               Lord
               look
               down
               upon
               my
               poor
               soul
               ,
               and
               receive
               me
               into
               the
               everlasting
               mansions
               which
               Iesus
               Christ
               is
               gone
               before
               to
               prepare
               for
               all
               them
               that
               love
               thee
               .
               O
               Lord
               ,
               we
               are
               now
               going
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               to
               an
               estate
               of
               happiness
               ,
               where
               we
               shall
               sin
               and
               sorrow
               no
               more
               ,
               but
               where
               we
               shall
               ever
               reign
               with
               Iesus
               Christ.
               O
               Lord
               had
               we
               not
               some
               hopes
               ,
               had
               we
               not
               some
               sight
               of
               the
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               made
               known
               to
               our
               souls
               ,
               we
               durst
               not
               appear
               before
               thee
               this
               day
               ,
               we
               durst
               not
               stand
               before
               thee
               in
               thy
               presence
               :
               O
               that
               thou
               wouldest
               
               more
               and
               more
               manifest
               thy
               gracious
               presence
               with
               me
               ;
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               uphold
               me
               to
               take
               this
               bitter
               cup
               &
               drink
               it
               freely
               .
               O
               Lord
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               come
               unto
               thee
               ;
               I
               have
               been
               a
               great
               sinner
               before
               thee
               ,
               but
               Iesus
               Christ
               has
               died
               ,
               is
               risen
               ,
               and
               is
               now
               at
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               his
               Father
               ,
               making
               intercession
               for
               us
               .
               And
               good
               Lord
               ,
               as
               thou
               hast
               commanded
               us
               to
               come
               unto
               thee
               ,
               and
               to
               believe
               in
               thee
               ,
               and
               hast
               said
               ,
               thou
               wilt
               in
               no
               wise
               cast
               off
               the
               soul
               that
               comes
               unto
               thee
               ,
               in
               confidence
               of
               that
               hope
               ,
               I
               desire
               to
               fix
               my
               soul
               upon
               thee
               before
               I
               go
               hence
               ,
               and
               be
               no
               more
               .
               Bow
               down
               the
               heavens
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               and
               hear
               the
               requests
               of
               the
               poor
               soul
               before
               thee
               ,
               and
               I
               beseech
               thee
               for
               Christ
               his
               sake
               ,
               as
               thou
               wouldst
               forgive
               me
               ,
               so
               freely
               forgive
               all
               men
               that
               have
               done
               evil
               against
               me
               .
               Be
               pleased
               to
               let
               the
               Kings
               Majestie
               reign
               in
               righteousness
               and
               holiness
               ;
               put
               a
               spirit
               of
               power
               and
               might
               in
               his
               soul
               ,
               and
               let
               him
               see
               wherein
               the
               stability
               of
               his
               Crown
               lies
               ,
               in
               following
               Righteousness
               &
               Iustice
               and
               Iudgement
               ,
               and
               preserving
               of
               that
               Truth
               that
               is
               made
               known
               to
               him
               out
               of
               the
               book
               of
               the
               Lord.
               Come
               down
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               to
               his
               Soul
               ,
               and
               let
               him
               see
               wherein
               is
               his
               hope
               ,
               and
               O
               that
               he
               may
               at
               last
               live
               and
               reign
               with
               Iesus
               Christ
               for
               evermore
               .
               Good
               Lord
               look
               upon
               me
               ,
               I
               am
               coming
               unto
               thee
               ,
               these
               are
               my
               last
               words
               .
               O
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               be
               pleased
               to
               receive
               us
               this
               day
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               dine
               with
               thee
               in
               Paradise
               ;
               make
               known
               thy
               everlasting
               kindness
               to
               my
               soul
               before
               I
               go
               hence
               and
               be
               no
               more
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               receive
               that
               comfort
               and
               satisfaction
               which
               I
               have
               longed
               and
               looked
               for
               .
               Lord
               my
               hope
               is
               in
               thee
               ,
               thou
               wilt
               not
               fail
               them
               that
               put
               their
               trust
               in
               thee
               ,
               in
               thee
               is
               my
               trust
               and
               confidence
               ;
               if
               I
               perish
               ,
               I
               will
               perish
               at
               
               the
               feet
               of
               Iesus
               Christ.
               O
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               humble
               me
               ,
               and
               seal
               up
               the
               pardon
               of
               my
               sins
               before
               I
               go
               hence
               ,
               and
               let
               thy
               Son
               Iesus
               Christ
               manifest
               his
               gracious
               presence
               with
               me
               ,
               and
               cloath
               me
               with
               that
               wedding
               garment
               of
               his
               righteousness
               ,
               and
               then
               take
               me
               into
               his
               arms
               ,
               and
               present
               me
               to
               his
               Father
               .
               O
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               be
               pleased
               to
               strengthen
               and
               uphold
               me
               under
               this
               great
               stroke
               which
               thou
               hast
               been
               pleased
               to
               inflict
               upon
               me
               ;
               I
               kiss
               the
               rod
               ,
               &
               receive
               it
               thankefully
               from
               thy
               hand
               .
               I
               had
               been
               undone
               to
               all
               eternity
               ,
               hadst
               thou
               not
               afflicted
               me
               ,
               blessed
               be
               thy
               Name
               ,
               that
               thou
               hast
               been
               pleased
               to
               send
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               upon
               him
               I
               depend
               ,
               upon
               him
               I
               cast
               my
               confidence
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               rock
               of
               ages
               ,
               and
               never
               failed
               any
               that
               came
               to
               him
               .
               Hear
               me
               and
               answer
               me
               ,
               and
               do
               for
               me
               and
               all
               thy
               Churches
               &
               people
               abundantly
               above
               what
               I
               can
               ask
               or
               think
               ,
               and
               all
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               the
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               to
               whom
               with
               thy self
               and
               thy
               holy
               Spirit
               be
               all
               honour
               ,
               power
               and
               praise
               henceforth
               and
               for
               evermore
               .
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Mr.
               Tong
               his
               Prayer
               .
            
             
               O
               Most
               glorious
               ,
               and
               eternal
               Lord
               God
               ,
               thou
               that
               hast
               created
               the
               heavens
               and
               the
               earth
               ,
               and
               formedst
               of
               dust
               us
               thy
               poor
               creatures
               ,
               to
               which
               we
               are
               now
               returning
               .
               Lord
               I
               beseech
               thee
               speak
               peace
               to
               my
               poor
               soul
               ,
               lift
               up
               the
               light
               of
               thy
               countenance
               upon
               me
               ,
               and
               let
               me
               see
               in
               thee
               ,
               and
               through
               faith
               in
               thy
               dear
               Son
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               in
               covenant
               with
               thee
               ,
               and
               reconciled
               to
               thee
               .
               Holy
               Lord
               ,
               I
               beseech
               thee
               let
               me
               see
               thy
               dear
               Son
               Iesus
               Christ
               sitting
               at
               thy
               right
               hand
               reconciling
               of
               me
               to
               thy self
               .
               Let
               me
               finde
               my
               soul
               washed
               in
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Covenant
               of
               thy
               dear
               Son
               Iesus
               Christ.
               Seal
               a
               pardon
               to
               me
               thy
               poor
               creature
               ;
               O
               Lord
               ,
               one
               smile
               of
               thy
               countenance
               is
               worth
               all
               the
               world
               ;
               blessed
               be
               thy
               name
               that
               thou
               hast
               supported
               me
               hitherto
               .
               Lord
               God
               I
               beseech
               thee
               finish
               thy
               good
               work
               thou
               hast
               begun
               in
               me
               ,
               and
               go
               along
               with
               me
               ,
               and
               strengthen
               and
               uphold
               me
               to
               drink
               of
               this
               bitter
               cup.
               Be
               with
               me
               to
               the
               end
               .
               Remember
               the
               Governours
               of
               this
               Nation
               .
               O
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               showr
               down
               upon
               the
               King
               and
               Council
               thy
               mercies
               as
               thou
               showrest
               down
               rain
               on
               the
               ground
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               rule
               for
               thee
               ,
               and
               those
               that
               fear
               thy
               name
               may
               live
               in
               happiness
               and
               peace
               under
               thee
               ,
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               thy
               dear
               Son
               Iesus
               Christ.
               O
               Lord
               we
               pray
               thee
               remember
               all
               thy
               People
               ,
               and
               be
               good
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               deliver
               them
               out
               of
               all
               their
               troubles
               ,
               and
               speak
               peace
               to
               them
               ,
               and
               let
               them
               know
               thou
               wilt
               deliver
               them
               .
               Keep
               me
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               and
               uphold
               me
               by
               thy
               right
               hand
               ,
               and
               so
               receive
               me
               with
               joy
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               thy
               dear
               Son
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               to
               whom
               be
               all
               honour
               and
               power
               henceforward
               and
               for
               evermore
               .
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Mr.
               Gibbs
               his
               Prayer
               .
            
             
               O
               Eternal
               ,
               everliving
               and
               everloving
               God
               ,
               who
               art
               a
               reconciled
               and
               loving
               Father
               ,
               unto
               thy
               poor
               unworthy
               Creatures
               before
               thee
               ;
               and
               unto
               all
               the
               children
               ,
               whom
               thou
               hast
               called
               to
               believe
               in
               thee
               .
               O
               Lord
               ,
               this
               is
               no
               small
               priviledge
               that
               sinful
               dust
               and
               ashes
               ,
               mortal
               worms
               ,
               should
               have
               to
               do
               and
               to
               deal
               with
               so
               holy
               and
               infinite
               a
               God
               ,
               as
               thou
               art
               ,
               to
               make
               requests
               unto
               thee
               ,
               considering
               the
               vast
               disproportion
               that
               there
               is
               between
               thee
               ,
               and
               poor
               sinners
               :
               Thou
               art
               of
               purer
               eyes
               ,
               then
               to
               behold
               any
               unclean
               thing
               in
               thy
               presence
               ,
               O
               Lord.
               We
               our selves
               are
               nothing
               but
               polluted
               rags
               and
               fountains
               of
               uncleanness
               ,
               from
               the
               crown
               of
               the
               head
               ,
               to
               the
               sole
               of
               the
               foot
               ;
               all
               the
               faculties
               of
               the
               soul
               and
               members
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               are
               all
               members
               of
               unrighteousness
               .
               Were
               it
               not
               therefore
               ,
               that
               thou
               hast
               been
               pleased
               to
               give
               us
               good
               hopes
               ,
               and
               found
               out
               a
               way
               to
               hold
               communion
               with
               us
               ,
               which
               is
               through
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ;
               in
               whom
               thou
               art
               well
               pleased
               ,
               in
               whom
               thou
               hast
               spoke
               forgiveness
               of
               sins
               to
               our
               souls
               ,
               we
               durst
               not
               now
               stand
               before
               thee
               ;
               but
               thou
               hast
               promised
               ,
               that
               though
               our
               sins
               are
               as
               scarlet
               ,
               thou
               wilt
               make
               them
               as
               white
               as
               snow
               ;
               and
               though
               they
               be
               as
               crimson
               ,
               thou
               wilt
               make
               them
               as
               wool
               .
               Thou
               hast
               opened
               a
               fountain
               of
               free-grace
               ,
               and
               eternal
               mercy
               for
               poor
               sinners
               ;
               that
               through
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               ,
               they
               may
               receive
               remission
               ,
               forgiveness
               ,
               cleansing
               and
               purging
               from
               all
               their
               sins
               .
               Thou
               hast
               laid
               an
               all-sufficient
               help
               upon
               him
               ,
               who
               is
               able
               to
               save
               to
               the
               uttermost
               ,
               all
               that
               come
               to
               God
               by
               him
               .
               We
               have
               nothing
               of
               our selves
               to
               bring
               unto
               God
               ,
               but
               sins
               to
               pardon
               ,
               and
               unclean
               souls
               to
               purge
               :
               Thou
               hast
               been
               pleased
               to
               give
               thy
               Son
               ,
               and
               together
               with
               him
               ,
               freely
               to
               give
               us
               all
               things
               :
               Thou
               hast
               given
               thy
               poor
               servant
               before
               thee
               ,
               
               faith
               that
               has
               brought
               salvation
               to
               his
               soul
               :
               Thou
               hast
               saved
               him
               by
               thy
               free-grace
               ;
               not
               of
               works
               ,
               but
               through
               the
               mercies
               and
               blood
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
               and
               hast
               sprinkled
               the
               vertue
               of
               the
               blood
               of
               Christ
               in
               his
               conscience
               ,
               in
               the
               belief
               of
               the
               truth
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               in
               Jesus
               .
               O
               blessed
               be
               thy
               Name
               ,
               that
               sent
               him
               to
               seek
               ,
               and
               to
               save
               us
               from
               condemnation
               ;
               who
               is
               risen
               with
               healing
               in
               his
               wings
               ,
               and
               hast
               set
               Christ
               before
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               should
               behold
               him
               ,
               that
               our
               sins
               have
               pierced
               .
               Certainly
               ,
               great
               was
               that
               disease
               that
               needed
               such
               a
               medicine
               ;
               that
               nothing
               could
               expiate
               and
               take
               away
               our
               sins
               ,
               and
               blot
               out
               the
               hand-writing
               that
               was
               against
               us
               ,
               but
               the
               precious
               blood
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               as
               of
               a
               Lamb
               without
               spot
               ;
               he
               is
               now
               become
               our
               peace
               ,
               who
               has
               made
               peace
               for
               us
               ,
               through
               the
               blood
               of
               that
               his
               Cross
               ,
               and
               has
               made
               twain
               ,
               one
               in
               himself
               ,
               Jew
               and
               Gentile
               .
               He
               was
               delivered
               up
               for
               our
               offences
               ,
               and
               rose
               again
               for
               our
               justification
               :
               We
               in
               the
               knowledge
               of
               him
               ,
               being
               justified
               by
               faith
               ,
               we
               have
               peace
               with
               God
               ,
               through
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ.
               And
               blessed
               be
               thy
               Name
               ,
               O
               merciful
               God
               ,
               that
               has
               made
               such
               a
               Covenant
               of
               everlasting
               grace
               to
               poor
               sinners
               ,
               and
               the
               children
               that
               do
               believe
               in
               thee
               ,
               through
               Jesus
               Christ.
               Thou
               hast
               said
               ,
               thou
               wilt
               be
               merciful
               to
               all
               our
               iniquities
               and
               sins
               ,
               and
               wilt
               remember
               them
               no
               more
               :
               These
               are
               thy
               promises
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               all
               Yea
               and
               Amen
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               .
               Thou
               hast
               made
               thy
               servant
               to
               hear
               thy
               voice
               in
               thy
               Son
               :
               Thou
               hast
               been
               a
               merciful
               God
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               forgiven
               him
               all
               his
               sins
               ,
               and
               justified
               him
               freely
               through
               the
               resurrection
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ.
               Who
               shall
               condemn
               us
               ,
               or
               lay
               any
               thing
               to
               our
               charge
               ?
               It
               is
               God
               that
               justifies
               ,
               who
               gave
               himself
               a
               ransom
               for
               our
               sins
               ,
               died
               for
               our
               sins
               ,
               is
               risen
               again
               ,
               and
               now
               sits
               at
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               God
               ,
               ever
               living
               and
               making
               intercession
               for
               us
               ;
               whose
               blood
               speaks
               better
               things
               ,
               then
               the
               blood
               of
               Abel
               :
               His
               blood
               cryed
               for
               vengeance
               ,
               but
               the
               blood
               of
               Christ
               cries
               for
               peace
               and
               forgiveness
               .
               God
               is
               in
               Christ
               reconciling
               himself
               unto
               the
               world
               ,
               not
               imputing
               their
               trespasses
               :
               He
               hath
               made
               him
               to
               be
               sin
               for
               us
               ,
               who
               knew
               no
               sin
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               be
               made
               the
               righteousness
               of
               God
               in
               him
               .
               Blessed
               be
               thy
               Name
               ,
               that
               thou
               hast
               sent
               thy
               holy
               Childe
               Jesus
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               propitiation
               ,
               not
               onely
               for
               our
               sins
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               whole
               world
               .
               He
               hath
               suffered
               the
               just
               for
               the
               unjust
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               bring
               us
               unto
               God.
               O
               do
               thou
               therefore
               help
               thy
               poor
               servants
               before
               thee
               ,
               and
               all
               thy
               children
               :
               Give
               us
               to
               see
               the
               removal
               
               of
               eternal
               death
               ,
               by
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               .
               Let
               us
               see
               thee
               at
               peace
               with
               us
               ,
               and
               justifying
               of
               us
               ,
               through
               thy
               grace
               .
               All
               have
               sinned
               ,
               and
               come
               short
               of
               thy
               glory
               ;
               but
               being
               justified
               through
               the
               redemption
               of
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               whom
               God
               hath
               let
               form
               to
               be
               a
               propitiation
               for
               the
               sins
               of
               the
               whole
               world
               .
               Thou
               hast
               promised
               ,
               that
               whosoever
               believeth
               in
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               thy
               grace
               ,
               thy
               mercy
               ,
               thy
               love
               shall
               not
               perish
               ,
               but
               have
               everlasting
               life
               ;
               and
               thou
               hast
               given
               to
               thy
               poor
               servant
               exceeding
               great
               and
               precious
               promises
               ,
               and
               by
               thy
               own
               Spirit
               ,
               bringing
               home
               these
               premises
               ,
               given
               him
               to
               believe
               the
               Records
               thou
               hast
               given
               of
               thy
               Son
               ;
               which
               beareth
               witness
               ,
               That
               God
               is
               reconciled
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               well
               pleased
               with
               him
               in
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               and
               given
               him
               eternal
               life
               .
               And
               seeing
               thou
               hast
               hid
               his
               soul
               in
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               when
               he
               shall
               appear
               ,
               then
               shall
               we
               appear
               with
               him
               in
               glory
               ,
               and
               be
               made
               like
               to
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               :
               By
               the
               same
               power
               that
               thou
               raisest
               up
               Jesus
               Christ
               from
               the
               dead
               ,
               by
               the
               same
               power
               thou
               art
               able
               to
               subdue
               all
               things
               .
               There
               is
               nothing
               impossible
               with
               God
               ;
               what
               ever
               thou
               hast
               promised
               ,
               shall
               be
               performed
               ;
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               shall
               pass
               away
               ,
               but
               one
               title
               of
               thy
               word
               shall
               not
               fail
               :
               And
               therefore
               blessed
               be
               thy
               Name
               ,
               that
               thou
               hast
               revealed
               these
               things
               to
               thy
               poor
               and
               unworthy
               Creature
               ;
               that
               thou
               art
               his
               God
               and
               Father
               ;
               that
               thou
               wilt
               never
               leave
               him
               ,
               nor
               forsake
               him
               ;
               and
               thou
               hast
               hid
               his
               life
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               wrote
               his
               name
               in
               the
               Book
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
               and
               he
               rejoyceth
               that
               he
               knows
               he
               is
               his
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               onely
               true
               God
               :
               Knows
               thou
               art
               well
               pleased
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               justified
               him
               freely
               from
               all
               his
               sins
               ,
               accepted
               him
               ,
               in
               and
               through
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ.
               O
               therefore
               ,
               dear
               Father
               ,
               do
               thou
               receive
               his
               soul
               according
               to
               thy
               promise
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               be
               thine
               ,
               and
               thou
               his
               God.
               O
               blessed
               Father
               ,
               do
               thou
               be
               pleased
               to
               do
               good
               to
               all
               thy
               people
               :
               And
               now
               ,
               dear
               Father
               ,
               take
               care
               of
               our
               families
               ,
               be
               thou
               a
               Husband
               to
               our
               yoke-fellows
               ,
               a
               Father
               to
               the
               fatherless
               :
               Do
               them
               good
               abundantly
               above
               what
               we
               are
               able
               to
               ask
               or
               think
               ;
               and
               what
               is
               wanting
               ,
               and
               lost
               by
               our
               removal
               ,
               do
               thou
               hand
               out
               to
               them
               ,
               thy
               mercy
               and
               grace
               ,
               and
               move
               the
               hearts
               of
               the
               children
               of
               men
               ,
               to
               do
               them
               good
               :
               Be
               thou
               their
               God
               ,
               help
               them
               ,
               and
               provide
               for
               them
               :
               Seal
               up
               thy
               loving
               kindness
               to
               them
               ,
               not
               onely
               for
               this
               life
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               life
               to
               come
               .
               Do
               good
               to
               our
               Magistrates
               ;
               thou
               who
               hast
               the
               hearts
               of
               all
               men
               ,
               
               make
               such
               as
               are
               about
               them
               ,
               men
               fearing
               God
               ,
               and
               hating
               covetousness
               ,
               that
               may
               judge
               for
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               have
               glory
               .
               O
               be
               pleased
               to
               let
               His
               Majesty
               rule
               and
               reign
               in
               righteousness
               ;
               let
               His
               Throne
               be
               established
               in
               righteousness
               ,
               and
               reveal
               the
               choicest
               of
               thy
               blessings
               to
               His
               poor
               soul
               :
               Manifest
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               and
               him
               crucified
               to
               Him
               ;
               and
               give
               Him
               to
               see
               the
               most
               precious
               blood
               of
               Christ
               ,
               cleansing
               Him
               from
               all
               sins
               .
               Binde
               up
               His
               soul
               in
               the
               bundle
               of
               everlasting
               life
               ;
               crown
               Him
               with
               a
               crown
               of
               righteousness
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               with
               an
               earthly
               Crown
               :
               Let
               Him
               be
               a
               Nursing
               Father
               ,
               and
               Nursing
               Mother
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               to
               this
               Nation
               ;
               that
               He
               may
               hate
               the
               evil
               doer
               ,
               and
               be
               a
               praise
               to
               them
               that
               do
               well
               .
               Do
               good
               to
               every
               one
               of
               us
               ;
               O
               help
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               first
               seek
               the
               Kingdom
               of
               God.
               First
               ,
               believe
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               then
               honor
               our
               King
               :
               First
               ,
               fear
               God
               and
               serve
               him
               ,
               and
               then
               give
               to
               Cesar
               ,
               that
               which
               is
               Cesars
               .
               Give
               unto
               the
               King
               ,
               that
               which
               is
               the
               Kings
               ;
               give
               Him
               all
               obedience
               to
               live
               quietly
               in
               all
               godliness
               and
               honesty
               .
               And
               now
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               do
               thou
               take
               away
               that
               spirit
               of
               emulation
               ,
               and
               strife
               ,
               and
               malice
               ;
               From
               whence
               comes
               wars
               ?
               come
               they
               not
               from
               our
               lusts
               ?
               The
               Lord
               remove
               pride
               ,
               prejudice
               ,
               and
               malice
               from
               us
               ,
               and
               cause
               us
               to
               love
               one
               another
               :
               The
               Lord
               teach
               every
               one
               in
               their
               places
               ,
               to
               walk
               continually
               ,
               to
               the
               glory
               and
               praise
               of
               God
               ;
               that
               we
               professing
               the
               name
               of
               Christians
               ,
               may
               be
               enabled
               to
               walk
               humbly
               and
               meekly
               ;
               to
               do
               good
               ,
               to
               walk
               uprightly
               ,
               and
               to
               love
               mercy
               ,
               and
               then
               certainly
               we
               may
               expect
               that
               blessing
               that
               God
               hath
               promised
               to
               them
               that
               believe
               in
               him
               ,
               which
               is
               eternal
               life
               ,
               through
               Jesus
               Christ
               our
               Lord.
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               Mr.
               Stubb's
               Prayer
               .
            
             
               PRecious
               and
               Eternal
               Lord
               God
               ,
               in
               thy
               presence
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               are
               we
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               thy
               Son
               ,
               and
               of
               thy
               Holy
               Angels
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               this
               great
               multitude
               that
               now
               is
               beholding
               us
               poor
               abjects
               ,
               poor
               worms
               ,
               poor
               dust
               and
               ashes
               ;
               and
               truly
               Lord
               ,
               we
               were
               not
               able
               to
               lift
               up
               our
               heads
               this
               day
               ,
               except
               thou
               didst
               come
               in
               by
               thy
               mighty
               Power
               .
               O
               Lord
               ,
               help
               us
               to
               see
               the
               Heavens
               opened
               this
               day
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               armes
               of
               our
               Christ
               may
               be
               opened
               to
               receive
               our
               poor
               Souls
               .
               O
               Lord
               ,
               we
               are
               bidding
               farewel
               to
               the
               world
               ,
               farewel
               to
               the
               creature
               enjoyments
               ;
               farewell
               to
               every
               thing
               :
               and
               now
               Lord
               we
               are
               going
               home
               unto
               thy
               deer
               and
               precious
               self
               ;
               draw
               forth
               our
               Souls
               ,
               and
               enlarge
               our
               hearts
               after
               thee
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               be
               in
               the
               pursuit
               of
               our
               God
               ;
               our
               Souls
               long
               for
               the
               Lord
               ,
               as
               the
               Hart
               longs
               or
               pants
               after
               the
               water
               brooks
               .
               Lord
               appear
               in
               this
               hour
               ;
               this
               is
               a
               great
               Trial
               ,
               that
               thy
               poor
               creatures
               are
               brought
               to
               .
               Now
               come
               and
               smile
               upon
               thy
               poor
               worm
               :
               O
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               communicate
               thy self
               unto
               us
               ;
               the
               Lord
               lift
               up
               the
               light
               of
               his
               countenance
               upon
               our
               precious
               souls
               ,
               be
               a
               precious
               God
               to
               us
               ,
               and
               a
               dear
               ,
               and
               loving
               Father
               ;
               thou
               hast
               not
               left
               poor
               souls
               in
               the
               dark
               ,
               in
               such
               an
               hour
               as
               this
               ;
               O
               that
               thou
               wouldest
               communicate
               thy self
               unto
               us
               ;
               we
               are
               now
               departing
               and
               dying
               ,
               good
               Father
               ,
               we
               pray
               thee
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               have
               the
               spiritual
               life
               communicated
               to
               our
               souls
               .
               Look
               in
               mercy
               upon
               every
               heart
               here
               in
               thy
               presence
               ;
               O
               that
               their
               Souls
               may
               be
               saved
               in
               the
               day
               of
               
               our
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               :
               thou
               hast
               given
               Christ
               ,
               to
               die
               for
               us
               ,
               whilst
               creatures
               here
               ;
               thy
               blood
               is
               able
               to
               wash
               and
               make
               me
               clean
               ;
               O
               there
               is
               no
               spot
               ,
               no
               dye
               ,
               but
               the
               blood
               of
               Jesus
               is
               able
               to
               take
               it
               away
               .
               O
               Lord
               help
               us
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               die
               in
               the
               love
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               :
               And
               good
               Lord
               ,
               we
               desire
               that
               thou
               would
               look
               in
               mercy
               upon
               him
               that
               is
               the
               Officer
               and
               Executioner
               of
               these
               poor
               worms
               ;
               and
               as
               he
               is
               to
               wash
               his
               hands
               in
               our
               blood
               ,
               O
               Lord
               wash
               his
               soul
               in
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               Lamb
               of
               God.
               Father
               ,
               thou
               knowest
               we
               desire
               the
               good
               of
               his
               soul
               ;
               we
               forgive
               him
               ;
               and
               we
               desire
               to
               forgive
               every
               one
               .
               And
               dear
               Lord
               ,
               we
               desire
               thee
               to
               look
               upon
               the
               King
               ,
               communicate
               the
               riches
               of
               thy
               mercy
               unto
               his
               Majesty
               ;
               we
               desire
               his
               soul
               may
               be
               saved
               ;
               thou
               hast
               the
               hearts
               of
               all
               Kings
               in
               thy
               hand
               ,
               draw
               forth
               his
               heart
               ,
               that
               he
               may
               love
               those
               things
               that
               pleaseth
               thee
               ,
               and
               love
               them
               which
               thou
               lovest
               ;
               Let
               him
               be
               established
               in
               righteousness
               ,
               and
               let
               Justice
               and
               Judgment
               run
               down
               the
               streets
               of
               England
               as
               a
               mighty
               stream
               .
               We
               pray
               thee
               to
               carry
               forth
               our
               souls
               to
               pray
               for
               every
               Relation
               ;
               beget
               Love
               in
               all
               sorts
               of
               people
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               live
               the
               life
               of
               Love
               ,
               that
               when
               they
               depart
               this
               life
               ,
               they
               may
               enjoy
               the
               blessed
               Comforter
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ.
               And
               ,
               dear
               Lord
               ,
               thou
               art
               pleased
               to
               give
               us
               a
               taste
               of
               thy
               love
               this
               day
               ;
               Lord
               thou
               hast
               given
               us
               a
               pardon
               blessed
               be
               thy
               Majesty
               for
               it
               ;
               thou
               hast
               given
               us
               a
               reprieve
               for
               our
               souls
               ,
               we
               are
               delivered
               from
               death
               to
               life
               ,
               we
               hope
               when
               we
               depart
               this
               world
               ,
               we
               shall
               meet
               them
               with
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               we
               shall
               enjoy
               those
               blessed
               Mansions
               to
               all
               eternity
               .
               And
               gracious
               Father
               ,
               we
               desire
               to
               bless
               thee
               ,
               for
               that
               civility
               we
               have
               had
               from
               those
               that
               have
               been
               Officers
               here
               ;
               Lord
               make
               it
               up
               to
               them
               ;
               And
               we
               desire
               to
               bless
               thee
               for
               it
               .
               O
               the
               riches
               ,
               and
               the
               heigth
               of
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               love
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               to
               poor
               sinners
               !
               We
               may
               see
               ,
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               be
               pleased
               to
               look
               in
               mercy
               upon
               this
               poor
               Nation
               ,
               O
               that
               thou
               wouldst
               unite
               their
               hearts
               in
               love
               together
               ,
               O
               that
               there
               might
               not
               be
               any
               more
               differences
               or
               hatred
               ;
               Unite
               their
               hearts
               in
               love
               and
               obedience
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               fear
               God
               ,
               honour
               the
               King
               ,
               that
               they
               may
               desire
               in
               all
               righteousness
               and
               holiness
               ,
               to
               do
               those
               things
               that
               are
               according
               to
               thy
               mind
               and
               will
               :
               And
               gracious
               Father
               ,
               thou
               canst
               not
               abide
               Hypocrites
               ,
               the
               Lord
               cause
               souls
               to
               love
               holiness
               ,
               and
               the
               power
               of
               godliness
               that
               they
               may
               not
               shrowd
               themselves
               under
               the
               profession
               ,
               when
               there
               is
               reality
               .
               Look
               in
               mercy
               upon
               all
               the
               
               Churches
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ;
               communicate
               thy
               mercy
               and
               love
               to
               them
               :
               be
               pleased
               to
               be
               with
               us
               this
               day
               ,
               and
               go
               along
               with
               us
               .
               O
               that
               we
               may
               bless
               thee
               with
               our
               souls
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               is
               within
               us
               .
               Be
               with
               us
               ,
               and
               do
               for
               us
               ,
               more
               then
               we
               are
               able
               to
               ask
               ,
               or
               think
               ,
               upon
               the
               account
               of
               Jesus
               Christ
               ,
               in
               whom
               thou
               art
               well
               pleased
               ,
               to
               whom
               be
               all
               praise
               and
               glory
               now
               and
               for
               ever
               ,
               Amen
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               AFterwhich
               ,
               their
               Caps
               being
               severally
               pulled
               over
               their
               Faces
               ,
               and
               after
               some
               private
               ejaculations
               ,
               the
               Executioner
               caused
               the
               Cart
               to
               be
               drawn
               away
               ;
               and
               after
               they
               had
               hanged
               a
               while
               ,
               they
               were
               severally
               headed
               and
               quartered
               according
               to
               their
               Sentence
               ,
               and
               their
               heads
               and
               quarters
               conveyed
               in
               a
               Basket
               to
               Newgate
               ,
               to
               be
               disposed
               of
               at
               the
               Kings
               pleasure
               .
            
             
               
                 Which
                 he
                 was
                 graciously
                 pleased
                 thus
                 to
                 dispose
                 of
              
               ;
            
             
               Their
               several
               Quarters
               to
               be
               buried
               ,
               which
               was
               accordingly
               done
               on
               Saturday-night
               ,
               December
               27.
               
            
             
               Their
               heads
               to
               be
               set
               up
               on
               several
               Poles
               ,
               Two
               on
               the
               one
               Tower-hill
               ,
               and
               two
               on
               the
               other
               ,
               as
               neer
               the
               Tower
               as
               may
               be
               .
            
             
               FINIS
               .