The popish massacre as it was discovered to the honorable House of Commons, sitting in a grand committee for the suppression of popery, in the month of June 1678 at the time of the Parliaments prorogation / by Richard Greene ; or, the IV part of the present Popish Plot, farther discovered and demonstrated ; being part of Dr. Tonges collections on that subject, published for his vindication ; whereby it may appear, who were the inventers, and contrivers of this plot, and who the movers of the first discoveries of it, in which he is still a great sufferer and no plotter.
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             The popish massacre as it was discovered to the honorable House of Commons, sitting in a grand committee for the suppression of popery, in the month of June 1678 at the time of the Parliaments prorogation / by Richard Greene ; or, the IV part of the present Popish Plot, farther discovered and demonstrated ; being part of Dr. Tonges collections on that subject, published for his vindication ; whereby it may appear, who were the inventers, and contrivers of this plot, and who the movers of the first discoveries of it, in which he is still a great sufferer and no plotter.
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           The
           POPISH
           MASSACRE
           ,
           As
           it
           was
           Discovered
           to
           the
           Honorable
           House
           of
           Commons
           :
           Sitting
           in
           a
           Grand
           COMMITTEE
           for
           the
           Suppression
           of
           Popery
           :
           In
           the
           Month
           of
           June
           1678.
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Parliaments
           Prorogation
           .
        
         
           By
           
             Richard
             Greene
          
           ,
        
         
           OR
           ,
           The
           IV
           Part
           of
           the
           present
           Popish
           Plot
           ,
           farther
           Discovered
           and
           Demonstrated
           .
        
         
           Being
           part
           of
           
             Dr.
             Tonges
          
           Collections
           on
           that
           Subject
           ,
           Published
           for
           his
           Vindication
           .
        
         
           Whereby
           it
           may
           appear
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           Inventers
           ,
           and
           Contrivers
           of
           this
           Plot
           ,
           and
           who
           the
           Movers
           of
           the
           first
           Discoveries
           of
           it
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           is
           still
           a
           great
           Sufferer
           and
           no
           Plotter
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             T.
             D.
          
           for
           
             John
             Smith
          
           ,
           Bookseller
           ,
           in
           
             Great
             Queen-street
          
           .
           1679.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Publisher
           to
           the
           READER
           .
        
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           WHilst
           Dr.
           Tonge
           finds
           many
           Lets
           and
           Discouragements
           to
           go
           through
           with
           the
           solid
           History
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           he
           hath
           been
           importuned
           by
           nothing
           more
           then
           his
           Charity
           towards
           this
           poor
           Witness
           to
           part
           with
           and
           permit
           ,
           and
           assist
           him
           to
           publish
           in
           Print
           these
           his
           Papers
           ,
           the
           Originals
           whereof
           received
           from
           him
           at
           several
           times
           are
           still
           in
           the
           Doctors
           Custody
           ,
           Written
           in
           his
           own
           Hand
           .
        
         
           The
           Collections
           the
           Doctor
           prepared
           for
           the
           other
           3
           parts
           ,
           namely
           ,
           his
           Discoveries
           and
           Demonstrations
           of
           the
           Jesuites
           acting
           in
           this
           Plot
           ,
           as
           Assassines
           ,
           Regicides
           and
           Incendiaries
           are
           already
           in
           the
           Press
           ,
           on
           designs
           of
           like
           Charity
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           shall
           be
           still
           disenabled
           or
           disappointed
           in
           his
           publication
           of
           his
           intended
           History
           ,
           Posterity
           may
           have
           sufficient
           ground
           ,
           to
           believe
           ,
           publish
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           relate
           to
           all
           Ages
           ,
           the
           Bloody
           ,
           Treacherous
           ,
           and
           Ungrateful
           practices
           of
           these
           restless
           beautefewes
           ,
           against
           the
           most
           Gracious
           Princes
           ,
           King
           James
           ,
           King
           Charles
           the
           Martyr
           ,
           and
           his
           Majesty
           that
           now
           lives
           ,
           (
           an
           unparallell'd
           Miracle
           of
           Gods
           wonderful
           and
           merciful
           Providence
           ,
           )
           and
           against
           the
           Churches
           and
           Kingdoms
           ,
           wherein
           they
           did
           or
           might
           have
           lived
           ,
           with
           as
           much
           liberty
           and
           less
           suspicion
           at
           least
           ,
           as
           some
           dissenting
           Protestants
           ,
           had
           they
           known
           any
           moderation
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           find
           these
           have
           favourable
           entertainment
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           encouraged
           to
           proceed
           to
           other
           parts
           ,
           which
           the
           Doctor
           hath
           provided
           as
           materials
           for
           his
           History
           ,
           and
           may
           with
           better
           satisfaction
           ,
           as
           we
           hope
           ,
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           be
           dispersed
           into
           many
           hands
           by
           the
           Press
           ,
           then
           concealed
           for
           his
           own
           use
           only
           in
           his
           private
           Papers
           .
        
         
           And
           it
           is
           hoped
           ,
           that
           whilst
           the
           Doctor
           thus
           waves
           both
           his
           Credit
           and
           Profit
           ,
           with
           a
           greater
           respect
           to
           Charity
           and
           Publick
           Good
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           expected
           that
           these
           things
           should
           appear
           in
           any
           other
           dress
           ,
           than
           that
           of
           their
           native
           simplicity
           .
        
         
           
             Da
             veniam
             subitis
             ,
             non
             displicuisse
             meretur
             ,
          
           
             Festinat
             Patriae
             qui
             placuisse
             suae
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pardon
             kind
             Readers
             ,
             what
             you
             can't
             commend
             ,
          
           
             This
             hast
             to
             please
             deserves
             not
             to
             offend
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Honourable
           ,
           the
           Committee
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           appointed
           for
           the
           Examinations
           of
           the
           Popish
           Conspiracies
           .
        
         
           I
           Commend
           unto
           you
           this
           plain
           Relation
           of
           the
           first
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Popish
           plotted
           Conspiracy
           for
           subverting
           the
           Government
           and
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Massacring
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           other
           his
           Majesties
           Dominions
           ,
           and
           the
           assassinating
           his
           Royal
           Person
           :
           as
           I
           drew
           it
           up
           (
           for
           my
           own
           satisfaction
           )
           out
           of
           several
           pieces
           at
           several
           times
           ;
           and
           of
           the
           first
           Discoverers
           thereof
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           notices
           I
           have
           been
           able
           to
           procure
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           far
           as
           they
           are
           willing
           to
           be
           known
           .
        
         
           You
           will
           be
           pleased
           to
           excuse
           the
           rudeness
           and
           imperfection
           thereof
           :
           it
           is
           one
           part
           of
           a
           large
           rough
           draught
           of
           the
           general
           Narrative
           which
           I
           have
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           wherein
           I
           propose
           to
           my self
           to
           omit
           nothing
           that
           I
           conceive
           may
           by
           your
           Wisdom
           and
           diligence
           improved
           ,
           conduce
           to
           the
           clearing
           the
           simplicity
           ,
           sincerity
           ,
           integrity
           ,
           ingenuity
           ,
           candor
           or
           truth
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           produced
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           produced
           in
           this
           affair
           ,
           or
           for
           the
           discovery
           of
           any
           matter
           of
           fact
           or
           circumstance
           that
           may
           tend
           to
           the
           disclosing
           of
           this
           Conspiracy
           ,
           or
           any
           ,
           the
           Conspirators
           therein
           ,
           or
           any
           further
           evidence
           against
           them
           ,
           or
           refuting
           the
           Scandals
           ,
           Lyes
           ,
           Aequivocations
           ,
           Forgeries
           ,
           Briberies
           ,
           Subornations
           and
           Perjuries
           ,
           wherewith
           they
           so
           mightily
           impose
           upon
           Multitudes
           of
           People
           ,
           darken
           the
           clearest
           Evidences
           ,
           and
           contradict
           most
           manifestly
           the
           truest
           Narratives
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           some
           minute
           Circumstances
           and
           passages
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           relate
           to
           some
           accidental
           occurrences
           by
           which
           these
           things
           were
           brought
           to
           Light
           (
           which
           I
           have
           purposely
           inserted
           to
           refute
           some
           studied
           Cavils
           ,
           representing
           them
           as
           politick
           contrivances
           )
           are
           lyable
           to
           exceptions
           ,
           and
           sinister
           interpretations
           of
           some
           concerned
           persons
           ,
           but
           those
           who
           are
           candid
           ,
           will
           find
           therein
           cause
           to
           give
           God
           all
           the
           Glory
           :
           Who
           by
           the
           accidental
           Circumstances
           of
           undesigned
           ,
           uncontrived
           events
           discovers
           ,
           disciphers
           ,
           displays
           suddenly
           the
           long
           projected
           ,
           most
           craftily
           contrived
           ,
           deeply
           hid
           ,
           and
           vigorously
           prosecuted
           unjust
           machinations
           of
           wicked
           Politicians
           and
           Conspirators
           against
           his
           secret
           purposes
           .
           By
           these
           ▪
           next
           to
           nothing
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           meerly
           imaginary
           appearances
           ,
           jealousies
           and
           panick
           fears
           ,
           he
           rejoyceth
           to
           expose
           to
           contempt
           ,
           and
           render
           altogether
           ridiculous
           and
           ineffectual
           what
           in
           all
           humane
           appearance
           was
           wisely
           designed
           and
           strongly
           built
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           first
           made
           all
           things
           out
           of
           ,
           so
           he
           often
           shakes
           Heaven
           and
           Earth
           with
           things
           that
           do
           not
           appear
           ;
           whilst
           he
           chuseth
           not
           the
           mighty
           and
           wise
           of
           the
           World
           to
           confound
           such
           as
           themselves
           ,
           and
           frequently
           catcheth
           most
           subtle
           Machiavellian
           Politicians
           in
           the
           crafty
           Snares
           they
           have
           laid
           ,
           and
           the
           deadly
           Pits
           they
           have
           digg'd
           for
           others
           ,
           
             &c.
             
             Not
             unto
             us
             ,
             not
             unto
             us
             ,
             but
             to
             thy
             Name
             be
             the
             Praise
             .
             So
             let
             all
             thy
             Enimies
             Perish
             ,
             O
             God.
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           The
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           Herbert
           ,
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           had
           long
           since
           some
           notice
           of
           this
           Plot
           ,
           either
           from
           the
           Information
           or
           Depositions
           of
           
             Mr.
             Robert
             Woodhouse
             ,
             Richard
             Green
             ,
          
           and
           several
           others
           (
           made
           about
           
             Whitsuntide
             1676.
          
           at
           Hereford
           ,
           before
           
             Sir
             James
             Bridges
          
           (
           now
           
             Lord
             Shandoes
          
           )
           and
           other
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           County
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           by
           Order
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           upon
           a
           report
           spread
           in
           those
           parts
           of
           change
           of
           Government
           and
           insurrections
           of
           Papists
           :
           which
           Examinations
           and
           Depositions
           were
           by
           the
           said
           Justices
           sent
           up
           to
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           and
           
             Captain
             Thomas
             Bowyer
          
           was
           committen
           to
           Prison
           upon
           them
           )
           or
           else
           from
           other
           persons
           ,
           or
           by
           other
           means
           ,
           as
           his
           words
           following
           will
           shew
           ,
           taken
           out
           of
           his
           Epistle
           prefixed
           to
           his
           Legacy
           ,
           Printed
           
             Anno
             Domini
             1678
          
           ,
           and
           Dedicated
           or
           directed
           to
           his
           Diocess
           .
        
         
           
             IT
             is
             now
             a
             year
             and
             half
             since
          
           (
           viz.
           in
           the
           year
           
             1676.
             )
             I
             told
             you
             of
             my
             sad
             apprehensions
             of
             Popish
             Design
             ,
             to
             destroy
             both
             us
             and
             our
             Religion
             ,
             for
             though
             no
             particular
             discovery
             could
             then
             be
             made
             ,
             yet
             the
             discourse
             and
             actings
             of
             several
             Papists
             in
             these
             parts
             did
             plainly
             shew
             they
             were
             then
             preparing
             that
             which
             is
             now
             discover'd
             ,
             for
             they
             were
             then
             providing
             Horses
             and
             Arms
             ,
             they
             posted
             about
             Day
             and
             Night
             ,
             they
             threatned
             many
             ,
             That
             they
             must
             ere
             long
             Turn
             or
             Burn
             ;
             and
             some
             told
             their
             Friends
             ,
             That
             if
             it
             came
             to
             Cutting
             of
             Throats
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             saved
             ;
             which
             made
             it
             evident
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             they
             had
             some
             bloody
             design
             ,
             but
             also
             thought
             themselves
             sure
             to
             effect
             it
             :
             Whereupon
             I
             besought
             you
             to
             Arm
             your selves
             against
             the
             day
             of
             Tryal
             :
             and
             Preached
             a
             Sermon
             to
             that
             effect
             .
             And
             not
             knowing
             what
             kind
             of
             Pastor
             you
             might
             have
             after
             my
             Death
             ,
             whether
             a
             Protestant
             Pastor
             not
             well
             verst
             in
             such
             matters
             ,
             or
             a
             Popish
             Pastor
             wholly
             Devoted
             to
             them
             ;
             I
             resolved
             at
             my
             Decease
             ,
             to
             leave
             you
             these
             Sermons
             as
             a
             Legacy
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           1.
           
           Dr.
           Tonges
           Relation
           of
           the
           General
           Massacre
           ,
           Intended
           and
           Plotted
           by
           the
           Papists
           :
           2.
           
           Brought
           into
           Parliament
           by
           his
           Direction
           and
           Assistance
           :
           3.
           
           Near
           the
           time
           of
           their
           Prorogation
           ,
           about
           the
           22th
           .
           of
           June
           ,
           1678.
           by
           
             Richard
             Greene
          
           of
           Dilwin
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           who
           first
           informed
           the
           Doctor
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Greenes
             
               Relation
               ,
               delivered
               to
            
             Dr.
             Tonge
             ,
             
               about
               the
            
             20th
             .
             of
             June
             ,
             1678.
             
               as
               he
               had
               Written
               it
               long
               before
               with
               his
               own
               hand
               ,
               for
               his
               own
               better
               remembrance
               :
               the
               Original
               whereof
               ,
               the
               Doctor
               keeps
               for
               his
               own
               Justification
               ,
               and
               will
               produce
               when
               he
               shall
               be
               required
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Sunday
             the
             23.
             of
             January
             1674
             /
             5.
             
          
           
             1.
             
             I
             Greene
             coming
             from
             Dilwins
             Church
             on
             the
             Lords
             Day
             ,
             being
             the
             23d
             .
             of
             Ian.
             last
             ,
             with
             
               Thomas
               Boyer
            
             ,
             Servant
             (
             and
             Kinsman
             )
             to
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Boyer
            
             ,
             of
             Luntlow
             ,
             in
             the
             Parish
             of
             Dilwin
             ,
             had
             a
             Discourse
             as
             followeth
             :
             said
             
               Thomas
               Boyer
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Iohnson
             doth
             take
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             pains
             to
             Preach
             against
             the
             Papists
             ,
             but
             they
             care
             little
             for
             it
             .
             Said
             Green
             ,
             because
             they
             come
             not
             to
             hear
             him
             :
             and
             said
             Boyer
             ,
             No
             ,
             nor
             never
             will
             come
             now
             ,
             Green
             ,
             I
             wish
             that
             the
             Lord
             would
             be
             pleased
             to
             open
             their
             Ears
             and
             Hearts
             ,
             to
             hear
             and
             know
             the
             Truth
             .
             Boyer
             ,
             I
             could
             wish
             so
             too
             ,
             (
             said
             he
             )
             but
             it
             is
             to
             no
             purpose
             now
             ,
             for
             they
             be
             further
             off
             now
             than
             ever
             they
             were
             .
             Then
             Green
             said
             ,
             you
             have
             been
             amongst
             them
             lately
             ,
             what
             did
             you
             hear
             from
             them
             ?
             Bowyer
             said
             they
             be
             Devilish
             high
             ,
             higher
             than
             ever
             they
             were
             ,
             I
             pray
             God
             grant
             ,
             they
             may
             never
             have
             their
             Wills
             ,
             they
             make
             account
             it
             will
             All
             be
             their
             own
             .
          
           
             Note
             ,
             he
             was
             lately
             returned
             from
             Staffordshire
             ,
             with
             his
             Master
             ,
             
               Captain
               Boyer
            
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Thomas
               Boyer
            
             of
             Luntlow
             ,
             in
             the
             Parish
             of
             Dilwin
             ,
             Gentleman
             ,
             Papist
             Convict
             ,
             lately
             returned
             from
             a
             Journey
             into
             Staffordshire
             ,
             meeting
             him
             ,
             the
             said
             
               Richard
               Greene
            
             accidentally
             in
             the
             Fields
             ,
             asked
             him
             ,
             What
             Newes
             ?
             to
             which
             he
             replyed
             :
             that
             he
             had
             heard
             of
             an
             Earthquake
             ,
             
             and
             that
             at
             London
             ,
             the
             Foundations
             of
             several
             Houses
             were
             sunk
             by
             it
             ,
             and
             worse
             news
             then
             all
             that
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             was
             dead
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             a
             Week
             before
             the
             News
             of
             the
             King
             was
             contradicted
             :
             to
             which
             the
             said
             Boyer
             replyed
             ,
             That
             the
             said
             Earthquake
             was
             generally
             all
             over
             England
             ,
             but
             no
             Houses
             sunk
             at
             London
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             News
             was
             there
             where
             he
             Travelled
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             was
             dead
             ,
             but
             it
             continued
             not
             above
             24
             hours
             ,
             that
             if
             it
             had
             continued
             48
             uncontradicted
             ,
             the
             News
             of
             his
             recovery
             had
             come
             too
             late
             ,
             for
             had
             it
             (
             the
             News
             of
             his
             Death
             )
             continued
             ,
             it
             would
             have
             been
             an
             Earthquake
             
             indeed
             ,
             such
             an
             Earthquake
             as
             had
             not
             been
             in
             England
             this
             Hundred
             years
             ,
             it
             had
             not
             only
             shaken
             ,
             but
             overturned
             the
             very
             Foundations
             .
          
           
           
             Whereupon
             Green
             said
             ,
             you
             have
             good
             Intelligence
             ,
             to
             hear
             that
             News
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             it
             contradicted
             in
             24
             hours
             :
             Boyer
             answered
             ,
             the
             best
             Intelligence
             in
             England
             *
             He
             the
             said
             Boyer
             also
             said
             ,
             that
             this
             was
             the
             third
             Fit
             of
             an
             Apoplexy
             or
             Trance
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             had
             had
             .
             To
             which
             ,
             when
             Green
             replyed
             ,
             that
             God
             be
             praised
             ,
             the
             Proverb
             was
             not
             fulfilled
             on
             hic
             Majesty
             ;
             which
             is
             ,
             
               If
               a
               man
               have
               two
               shrewd
               Turns
               ,
               let
               him
               beware
               of
               the
               Third
               .
               Boyer
            
             said
             ,
             its
             true
             ,
             he
             hath
             escaped
             the
             third
             ,
             but
             let
             England
             beware
             of
             the
             next
             ,
             said
             Boyer
             .
             See
             some
             particulars
             here
             omitted
             ,
             below
             Numb
             .
             5.
             and
             Marginal
             Notes
             there
             inserted
             of
             their
             Design
             upon
             the
             Kings
             Death
             ,
             set
             out
             by
             Dugdale
             .
          
           
             Memorandum
             ,
             This
             was
             the
             effect
             of
             Greens
             Depositions
             ,
             put
             in
             with
             his
             Petition
             into
             the
             grand
             Committee
             of
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             Iune
             78.
             then
             assembled
             for
             suppressing
             Popery
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Green
             says
             ,
             In
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             same
             Week
             ,
             the
             said
             
               Thomas
               Bowyer
            
             (
             Servant
             and
             Kinsman
             to
             
               Captain
               Boyer
            
             )
             cometh
             into
             my
             Shop
             ,
             it
             being
             after
             I
             had
             discoursed
             with
             his
             Master
             ,
             and
             then
             after
             some
             Friendly
             greeting
             had
             passed
             between
             us
             ;
             I
             the
             said
             Green
             ,
             said
             ,
             Cousin
             Thomas
             (
             for
             Green
             was
             his
             Kinsman
             )
             what
             were
             the
             Papists
             (
             whilst
             you
             were
             amongst
             them
             ,
             )
             ready
             to
             get
             up
             on
             Horse
             back
             ,
             to
             cut
             our
             Throats
             ?
             said
             
             Boyer
             ,
             I
             ,
             sure
             enough
             ;
             it
             seems
             so
             said
             Green
             ,
             for
             had
             not
             their
             News
             been
             quickly
             contradicted
             of
             his
             Majesties
             being
             dead
             ,
             they
             were
             ready
             to
             mount
             ,
             said
             Boyer
             ,
             Who
             told
             you
             ,
             said
             Green
             ;
             you
             are
             very
             close
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             had
             some
             Discourse
             with
             your
             Master
             ,
             since
             you
             came
             home
             ;
             said
             Boyer
             ,
             did
             he
             tell
             you
             so
             ?
             I
             'le
             tell
             you
             nothing
             ,
             they
             be
             a
             Bloody
             sort
             of
             People
             .
             God
             bless
             us
             out
             of
             their
             hands
             ,
             and
             so
             Boyer
             ,
             departed
             with
             that
             Prayer
             in
             his
             mouth
             .
             
          
           
             Upon
             chance
             within
             the
             space
             of
             one
             year
             since
             ,
             I
             met
             with
             Mr.
             Boyer
             ,
             walking
             along
             his
             Grounds
             ,
             and
             after
             we
             had
             greeted
             each
             other
             according
             to
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Day
             ,
             Boyer
             ,
             asked
             me
             ,
             What
             News
             ?
             Green
             ,
             told
             him
             ,
             I
             heard
             not
             any
             ,
             I
             pray
             ,
             what
             have
             you
             heard
             ▪
             Boyer
             answered
             ,
             I
             have
             heard
             none
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Parliament
             is
             adjourned
             :
             Green
             asked
             him
             ,
             What
             they
             had
             done
             ,
             Boyer
             ,
             told
             me
             nothing
             at
             all
             ;
             but
             they
             were
             about
             to
             make
             a
             most
             unreasonable
             Act
             :
             Green
             ,
             asked
             him
             what
             it
             was
             ;
             Boyer
             told
             him
             ,
             it
             was
             that
             which
             he
             had
             told
             me
             of
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             settle
             the
             Inheritance
             of
             the
             Crown
             upon
             a
             Protestant
             Successor
             :
             Green
             asked
             him
             ,
             if
             the
             Parliament
             would
             have
             made
             such
             an
             Act
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             what
             did
             hinder
             them
             ,
             and
             Boyer
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Parliament
             were
             not
             so
             enclined
             ,
             but
             only
             a
             factious
             party
             of
             them
             ,
             in
             hatred
             towards
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             a
             Papist
             ;
             Green
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             I
             wished
             the
             Succession
             of
             the
             Crown
             might
             be
             settled
             whilst
             his
             Majesty
             doth
             live
             ,
             to
             prevent
             a
             Bloody
             Dispute
             ,
             which
             is
             very
             much
             feared
             by
             many
             will
             be
             ,
             except
             the
             Succession
             of
             the
             Crown
             be
             settled
             :
             after
             which
             Boyer
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             the
             Crown
             after
             the
             Death
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             doth
             absolutely
             belong
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             
               York
               .
               Green
            
             asked
             him
             ,
             How
             could
             that
             be
             ,
             being
             that
             the
             King
             hath
             a
             Son
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monmouth
             ,
             whom
             all
             the
             Protestants
             which
             I
             have
             heard
             speak
             thereof
             ,
             do
             declare
             to
             be
             his
             Fathers
             lawful
             Heir
             .
             Boyer
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             is
             not
             ,
             nor
             cannot
             be
             :
             Green
             ,
             wished
             him
             to
             take
             heed
             what
             he
             said
             ,
             for
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monmouth
             is
             Legitimate
             ,
             for
             Mr.
             Benge
             of
             Pembridge
             ,
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             a
             very
             honest
             Gentleman
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             a
             Bishop
             told
             him
             ,
             he
             married
             his
             Majesty
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monmouths
             Mother
             ;
             Boyer
             said
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             say
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monmouth
             is
             a
             Bastard
             ,
             but
             the
             Objection
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             was
             not
             married
             to
             his
             Mother
             with
             the
             Consent
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             Green
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             their
             Objection
             I
             supposed
             ,
             would
             signify
             little
             or
             nothing
             :
             for
             if
             there
             be
             a
             difference
             between
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             and
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monmouth
             ,
             and
             the
             Parliament
             do
             not
             settle
             it
             ,
             I
             believe
             that
             all
             the
             Protestants
             in
             England
             will
             adventure
             their
             Blood
             ,
             before
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monmouth
             shall
             lose
             his
             Birthright
             ,
             and
             we
             lose
             the
             liberty
             of
             our
             Religion
             too
             :
             and
             Boyer
             answered
             ,
             And
             we
             will
             adventure
             all
             our
             Lives
             and
             Fortunes
             in
             the
             behalf
             of
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             Interest
             of
             our
             Religion
             :
             Green
             asked
             him
             ,
             what
             can
             you
             do
             ,
             for
             you
             be
             nothing
             to
             us
             ,
             said
             Boyer
             ,
             Do
             not
             you
             think
             so
             ,
             for
             although
             we
             be
             but
             thin
             here
             ,
             yet
             there
             be
             many
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             and
             powerful
             persons
             too
             :
             I
             will
             raise
             a
             Company
             ;
             said
             Green
             of
             what
             ?
             Boyer
             said
             of
             Horse
             :
             Green
             ,
             asked
             him
             how
             many
             his
             Company
             should
             be
             ?
             Boyer
             said
             ,
             an
             Hundred
             :
             Green
             ,
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             by
             that
             time
             you
             have
             bought
             an
             Hundred
             Horses
             ,
             and
             armed
             an
             Hundred
             men
             ,
             I
             suppose
             you
             will
             make
             a
             great
             breach
             in
             your
             Estate
             :
             then
             Boyer
             turned
             himself
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             I
             believe
             I
             can
             Raise
             and
             Arm
             Threescore
             well
             ,
             and
             do
             my self
             no
             harm
             ,
             what
             think
             you
             ?
             but
             said
             Green
             ,
             where
             is
             your
             Commission
             :
             said
             Boyer
             ,
             I
             am
             now
             gotten
             into
             the
             acquaintance
             of
             them
             ,
             by
             whose
             assistance
             I
             can
             obtain
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             assoon
             as
             another
             can
             :
             and
             this
             Discourse
             was
             ended
             in
             a
             Meadow
             ,
             called
             the
             Mill
             Meadow
             ,
             with
             his
             Face
             towards
             a
             Style
             ,
             between
             that
             and
             a
             piece
             of
             Ground
             ,
             called
             the
             
               Low
               Furlong
            
             ,
             at
             the
             West
             end
             of
             Luntlows
             Mill
             Garden
             ,
             presently
             after
             the
             long
             Prorogation
             of
             Parliament
             for
             15
             months
             or
             more
             .
          
           
             
               N.
               B.
            
             This
             agrees
             well
             with
             Mr.
             Ienisons
             Relation
             of
             a
             Commission
             promised
             him
             .
             And
             shews
             by
             the
             Proportion
             ,
             this
             Captain
             out
             of
             a
             small
             Estate
             ,
             proposed
             to
             raise
             what
             Numbers
             they
             would
             have
             had
             to
             Cut
             our
             Throats
             ,
             had
             not
             God
             prevented
             their
             Design
             of
             Assassinating
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             the
             Signal
             of
             this
             Massacre
             .
             And
             here
             it
             may
             be
             noted
             by
             what
             false
             ,
             sly
             ,
             and
             pernicious
             Suggestions
             and
             Insinuations
             ,
             the
             Jesuits
             sow
             the
             Seeds
             of
             Sedition
             and
             Rebellion
             in
             the
             Minds
             of
             simple
             and
             well
             meaning
             Persons
             of
             all
             Degrees
             ;
             as
             here
             in
             the
             present
             Case
             ,
             pretending
             and
             raising
             false
             Titles
             to
             the
             
             Crown
             ,
             and
             thereby
             dividing
             the
             Loyal
             Subjects
             thereof
             into
             bloody
             feuds
             and
             resolutions
             :
             which
             practices
             are
             dangerous
             to
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             England
             above
             all
             others
             ,
             whose
             People
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             seen
             in
             the
             Example
             of
             this
             Informant
             ,
             a
             poor
             Weaver
             from
             the
             Yeoman
             to
             the
             meanest
             Mechanick
             ,
             are
             all
             sensible
             of
             ,
             and
             concerned
             for
             the
             publick
             Affairs
             ;
             and
             therefore
             are
             (
             as
             a
             Wise
             Gentleman
             long
             since
             observe
             )
             the
             only
             Kingdom
             of
             Gentry
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             without
             mixture
             of
             Slaves
             ,
             all
             Intelligent
             of
             ,
             and
             touched
             as
             Gentlemen
             in
             other
             Countries
             with
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             assist
             with
             their
             Persons
             and
             Estates
             in
             all
             publick
             Extremities
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Rowland
               Stanly
            
             about
             two
             years
             since
             about
             
               Lady
               day
            
             ,
             1677.
             held
             a
             like
             Discourse
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             and
             Monmouth
             ,
             with
             Mr.
             Becket
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             appears
             ,
             this
             pretence
             of
             their
             Massacre
             was
             universally
             laid
             ,
             how
             little
             soever
             it
             may
             be
             believed
             or
             considered
             by
             some
             concerned
             ,
             to
             lull
             us
             asleep
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Some
               Particulars
               omitted
               in
               the
               foregoing
               Relation
               of
            
             Greens
             
               Discourse
               with
            
             Boyer
             ,
             Numb
             .
             II.
             
          
           
             BOYER
             told
             Greene
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             next
             Summer
             ,
             before
             they
             should
             effect
             their
             Design
             .
             Then
             Green
             asked
             Boyer
             ,
             why
             it
             should
             be
             delayed
             so
             long
             ,
             seeing
             you
             were
             ready
             to
             execute
             the
             same
             immediately
             upon
             the
             receipt
             of
             your
             Intelligence
             ?
             to
             which
             he
             answered
             ,
             That
             if
             that
             Advantage
             or
             Opportunity
             had
             fell
             or
             happened
             into
             our
             hands
             ,
             we
             would
             have
             made
             the
             best
             Advantage
             we
             could
             have
             done
             of
             the
             Kings
             Death
             ,
             but
             by
             that
             time
             we
             shall
             be
             in
             a
             sufficient
             Order
             to
             effect
             our
             Design
             ;
             *
             and
             told
             me
             also
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Papists
             Universally
             ,
             were
             engaged
             in
             the
             carrying
             on
             of
             their
             Design
             ,
             and
             not
             only
             in
             England
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             places
             ,
             and
             especially
             the
             French
             Papists
             .
             Boyer
             also
             affirmed
             that
             this
             Plotted
             *
             Massacre
             was
             to
             be
             truly
             Catholick
             ,
             and
             to
             
             be
             executed
             not
             only
             in
             all
             parts
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             but
             against
             all
             Protestants
             of
             whatever
             Sect
             or
             
             Perswasion
             ,
             Presbyterians
             ,
             Independents
             or
             others
             ,
             Quakers
             themselves
             not
             wholly
             exempted
             ,
             though
             by
             him
             weakly
             pretended
             to
             be
             favoured
             :
             and
             that
             in
             case
             they
             could
             not
             execute
             this
             designed
             Massacre
             that
             Summer
             ,
             yet
             before
             the
             next
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             at
             farthest
             they
             would
             do
             it
             .
             
          
           
             By
             which
             it
             appears
             ,
             that
             if
             they
             did
             not
             procure
             that
             long
             illegal
             Prorogation
             purposely
             ,
             the
             more
             securely
             to
             execute
             their
             Plot
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             yet
             at
             least
             they
             feared
             to
             be
             discovered
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             thought
             their
             recefs
             the
             securest
             season
             for
             them
             to
             carry
             on
             their
             bloody
             Design
             against
             Him
             and
             His
             People
             .
          
        
         
           
             Greenes
             Memorandum
          
           
             OMitted
             in
             my
             first
             Discourse
             with
             Mr.
             Boyer
             ,
             which
             was
             presently
             after
             the
             Prorogation
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             in
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             year
             74
             /
             5.
             in
             which
             ,
             as
             in
             all
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             Discourse
             ,
             the
             said
             
               Thomas
               Boyer
            
             said
             ,
             What
             saith
             Mr.
             Rawnel
             (
             which
             was
             their
             Priest
             ,
             as
             he
             himself
             declared
             him
             so
             to
             be
             )
             the
             King
             did
             but
             jeer
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             when
             at
             his
             Prorogation
             of
             them
             ,
             He
             gave
             them
             Thanks
             for
             their
             care
             of
             Him
             and
             of
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             that
             that
             Prorogation
             was
             in
             favour
             to
             the
             Papists
             ,
             whom
             the
             King
             looked
             upon
             to
             be
             his
             best
             Friends
             .
          
           
             I
             omitted
             this
             on
             purpose
             ,
             because
             I
             looked
             upon
             it
             to
             be
             one
             of
             their
             Jesuitical
             Forgeries
             ,
             whereby
             they
             thought
             to
             encourage
             Protestants
             that
             were
             but
             weak
             Principled
             ,
             to
             become
             their
             Proselytes
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             animate
             and
             provoke
             to
             Rebellion
             against
             the
             Kings
             Sacred
             Person
             ,
             and
             Established
             Government
             all
             these
             Phanatical
             partyes
             ,
             which
             they
             by
             their
             Busy
             ,
             Subtle
             ,
             and
             Devilish
             Policies
             ,
             have
             torn
             ,
             rent
             and
             divided
             from
             our
             Communion
             .
             A
             very
             sad
             effect
             thereof
             appears
             in
             Scotland
             ,
             I
             pray
             God
             grant
             that
             it
             may
             not
             be
             as
             a
             shower
             of
             Rain
             ,
             to
             cause
             their
             Seeds
             of
             Rebellion
             to
             spring
             or
             grow
             up
             here
             in
             England
             .
          
           
             In
             my
             second
             Discourse
             ,
             I
             left
             not
             out
             any
             thing
             material
             ,
             but
             his
             boasting
             of
             the
             power
             of
             their
             Wealth
             ,
             which
             Boyer
             expressed
             in
             these
             Words
             .
             Money
             is
             the
             Sinew
             and
             Strength
             of
             War
             ,
             by
             that
             time
             we
             make
             our
             Attempt
             ,
             we
             shall
             be
             well
             Furnished
             with
             That
             ;
             and
             having
             Money
             ,
             we
             shall
             not
             want
             Men
             :
             for
             there
             be
             many
             of
             the
             Common
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             that
             will
             Fight
             for
             him
             that
             will
             give
             them
             the
             most
             Mony
             ,
             and
             besure
             we
             will
             not
             starve
             our
             Cause
             .
          
           
             Also
             in
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             Ian.
             74
             /
             5.
             
             
               Mary
               Boyer
            
             ,
             Sister
             to
             the
             said
             
               Thomas
               Boyer
            
             Papist
             ,
             being
             at
             my
             House
             ,
             with
             other
             Discourses
             told
             me
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             was
             very
             Sickly
             ,
             and
             would
             not
             live
             long
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             will
             be
             King
             ,
             and
             will
             set
             up
             our
             Religion
             .
          
           
             The
             said
             
               Mary
               Boyer
            
             had
             before
             that
             time
             Contracted
             her self
             with
             a
             Protestant
             Gentleman
             ,
             but
             after
             her
             Brothers
             coming
             out
             of
             Staffordshire
             ,
             and
             when
             she
             did
             understand
             the
             Protestants
             were
             all
             to
             be
             destroyed
             ,
             she
             broke
             off
             with
             her
             Protestant
             Lover
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             15
             l.
             and
             after
             she
             did
             Marry
             with
             a
             Papist
             ,
             whom
             before
             she
             did
             very
             much
             despise
             .
          
           
             
               Iohn
               Marshall
            
             ,
             Captain
             Boyers
             Sunday
             Fidler
             ,
             for
             that
             service
             only
             ,
             hath
             Meat
             ,
             Drink
             ,
             Washing
             and
             Lodging
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             Week
             time
             to
             himself
             ,
             to
             employ
             in
             Playing
             ,
             Fishing
             ,
             Fowling
             ,
             &c.
             all
             for
             his
             own
             advantage
             .
             This
             was
             the
             man
             who
             disarmed
             his
             Master
             Boyer
             ,
             he
             was
             Baily
             ,
             and
             both
             Treated
             and
             Threatned
             Greene
             ,
             as
             is
             elsewhere
             said
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             forsworn
             the
             Fray
             between
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Woodhouse
            
             ,
             and
             his
             Master
             ,
             &c.
             
             Thus
             Greene.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               An
               Account
               or
               Narration
               of
               what
            
             Mr.
             Thomas
             Boyer
             
               Papist
               Convict
               ,
               declared
               to
            
             Mr.
             Robert
             Woodhouse
             ,
             
               of
               the
               Parish
               of
            
             Stanton
             upon
             Arrow
             ,
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Hereford
             ,
             
               in
               the
               Evening
               of
               that
               day
               ,
            
             January
             74
             /
             5.
             
               being
               Pot-valiant
               ,
               on
               which
               he
               had
               fresh
               and
               fasting
               ,
               more
               at
               large
               declared
               himself
               in
               the
               morning
               to
               me
            
             Richard
             Greene
             ,
             
               as
               the
               aforesaid
            
             Mr.
             Woodhouse
             
               declared
               with
               his
               own
               mouth
               unto
               me
               .
            
          
           
             MR.
             Boyer
             said
             Robin
             ,
             I
             will
             tell
             thee
             some
             News
             :
             Woodhouse
             ,
             what
             is
             that
             :
             Boyer
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             a
             great
             many
             Bloody
             Noses
             in
             England
             this
             Summer
             :
             Woodhouse
             ,
             what
             will
             become
             of
             mine
             then
             :
             Boyer
             ,
             thou
             art
             an
             honest
             Fellow
             ,
             there
             shall
             not
             one
             Hair
             of
             thy
             Head
             perish
             ,
             I
             will
             stand
             between
             thee
             and
             all
             harm
             :
             Woodhouse
             ,
             what
             must
             I
             be
             under
             thy
             Protection
             ;
             art
             thou
             to
             be
             so
             much
             concerned
             in
             it
             :
             Boyer
             ,
             I
             will
             raise
             a
             Troop
             of
             Horse
             for
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             :
             Mr.
             Woodhouse
             not
             complying
             with
             him
             ,
             nor
             yet
             giving
             him
             any
             Thanks
             for
             his
             proffer'd
             Protecting
             of
             him
             ,
             the
             said
             Boyer
             being
             riding
             along
             with
             ,
             and
             being
             something
             behind
             the
             said
             
               Woodhouse
               ,
               Boyer
            
             said
             ,
             God
             Damn
             me
             ,
             Robin
             ,
             look
             to
             thy self
             ,
             for
             I
             will
             run
             thee
             through
             the
             Back
             :
             the
             said
             Woodhouse
             although
             he
             slighted
             his
             proffer'd
             Protection
             ,
             yet
             took
             notice
             of
             his
             danger
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             spurred
             his
             Mare
             which
             he
             did
             ride
             upon
             ,
             which
             received
             all
             the
             Wounds
             that
             was
             given
             in
             the
             Combatt
             ,
             upon
             the
             receipt
             of
             which
             ,
             she
             started
             with
             her
             Master
             out
             of
             danger
             ,
             and
             being
             out
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             he
             drew
             his
             Sword
             to
             defend
             himself
             ,
             and
             with
             as
             fair
             warning
             to
             his
             Old
             Friend
             and
             new
             Enemy
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             Now
             Boyer
             
               look
               to
               thy self
               ,
               my
               Sword
               is
               drawn
               as
               well
               as
               thine
               :
            
             which
             Words
             sounded
             so
             shrill
             in
             Mr.
             Boyers
             mans
             
               (
               Iohn
               Marshal
            
             aforesaid
             )
             ears
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             ride
             in
             between
             them
             ,
             to
             part
             the
             Fray
             ,
             which
             he
             did
             by
             disarming
             his
             Master
             ,
             and
             by
             giving
             Mr.
             Woodhouse
             good
             Words
             ,
             who
             Woodhouse
             did
             afterwards
             entertain
             them
             both
             at
             his
             House
             that
             Night
             ;
             but
             all
             the
             Words
             that
             passed
             between
             them
             before
             ,
             Mr.
             Boyers
             man
             would
             not
             acknowledge
             upon
             his
             examination
             ,
             that
             he
             heard
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             would
             
             have
             denyed
             that
             (
             the
             fray
             )
             too
             ,
             but
             that
             his
             Master
             let
             fall
             the
             Scabbard
             of
             his
             Sword
             in
             the
             〈◊〉
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Woodhouse
             in
             kindness
             did
             send
             one
             or
             more
             of
             his
             Servants
             with
             himself
             ,
             with
             a
             Lanthern
             and
             Candle
             to
             find
             the
             same
             ,
             for
             at
             the
             present
             the
             Barrel
             ended
             all
             the
             Quarrel
             ,
             they
             drunk
             the
             other
             bout
             ,
             and
             the
             Drunken
             Fit
             being
             over
             ,
             it
             was
             no
             more
             thought
             upon
             for
             a
             while
             :
             but
             afterwards
             the
             aforesaid
             Boyer
             did
             desire
             one
             
               Edward
               Price
            
             a
             Saddler
             by
             Trade
             ,
             to
             make
             for
             him
             some
             Holsters
             for
             Pistols
             ,
             but
             how
             many
             I
             know
             not
             :
             the
             said
             
               Edward
               Price
            
             ,
             having
             neer
             the
             same
             time
             more
             Papist
             Customers
             for
             such
             tackle
             ,
             was
             jealous
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             he
             informed
             a
             Justice
             of
             the
             Peace
             therewith
             :
             upon
             which
             information
             several
             Justices
             met
             in
             order
             to
             examine
             the
             said
             Price
             .
             And
             it
             happened
             so
             ,
             that
             the
             said
             Woodhouse
             being
             in
             a
             Market
             Town
             called
             Presteyn
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             House
             where
             the
             Justices
             met
             upon
             the
             aforesaid
             business
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Company
             of
             
               Iohn
               Adams
            
             and
             
               Richard
               Hill
            
             of
             the
             same
             ,
             he
             asked
             them
             what
             was
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             Justices
             meeting
             there
             (
             which
             was
             but
             lately
             before
             ,
             )
             who
             told
             him
             that
             Price
             the
             Saddler
             had
             informed
             that
             one
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Boyer
            
             ,
             a
             Papist
             ,
             had
             bespoke
             of
             him
             ten
             pair
             of
             Holsters
             for
             Pistols
             ,
             to
             which
             the
             said
             Woodhouse
             replyed
             ,
             surely
             then
             he
             is
             going
             to
             raise
             the
             Troop
             of
             Horse
             for
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             which
             he
             told
             me
             he
             would
             raise
             ,
             and
             therewith
             declared
             the
             aforesaid
             Discourse
             between
             Mr.
             Boyer
             and
             himself
             to
             them
             ,
             who
             informed
             a
             Justice
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             or
             Lord
             Bishop
             of
             Hereford
             therewith
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             said
             Woodhouse
             was
             forced
             to
             Witness
             the
             same
             ;
             and
             then
             afterwards
             (
             as
             it
             is
             before
             declared
             )
             in
             the
             Whitsun
             week
             ,
             1676.
             
             I
             went
             in
             with
             my
             Information
             ,
             and
             then
             after
             that
             ,
             the
             Justices
             had
             many
             times
             met
             together
             upon
             the
             same
             Concern
             ,
             the
             said
             Boyer
             was
             committed
             to
             Prison
             ,
             there
             to
             remain
             until
             the
             next
             great
             Assize
             :
             and
             We
             the
             Witnesses
             ,
             
               Edward
               Price
               ,
               Robert
               Woodhouse
            
             ,
             Gent.
             and
             
               Richard
               Greene
            
             were
             bound
             over
             to
             the
             same
             ,
             to
             justify
             our
             Evidence
             in
             his
             Majesties
             behalf
             against
             Mr.
             Boyer
             ,
             before
             the
             Judge
             of
             the
             Assize
             ,
             to
             which
             accordingly
             we
             all
             very
             diligently
             gave
             our
             Attendance
             .
             But
             Judge
             Wilde
             who
             rode
             that
             Circuit
             ,
             called
             the
             said
             Boyer
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             trouble
             himself
             (
             as
             was
             expected
             in
             a
             business
             of
             that
             weight
             )
             to
             examine
             either
             the
             Prisoner
             or
             the
             Witnesses
             ,
             but
             told
             him
             that
             he
             had
             read
             the
             Depositions
             against
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             therein
             he
             did
             find
             that
             he
             had
             spoke
             very
             dangerous
             Words
             ,
             and
             did
             very
             sharply
             chide
             him
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             it
             did
             not
             become
             such
             a
             one
             as
             him
             to
             talk
             of
             the
             overturning
             of
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             carrying
             on
             of
             the
             changing
             of
             Governments
             ,
             &c.
             and
             that
             he
             might
             by
             the
             Law
             take
             a
             severer
             Course
             with
             him
             ;
             but
             because
             he
             was
             a
             young
             man
             ,
             he
             would
             only
             bind
             him
             to
             his
             good
             Behaviour
             ,
             and
             therefore
             bid
             him
             produce
             his
             surety
             quickly
             ;
             and
             he
             the
             said
             Boyer
             ,
             as
             before
             knowing
             the
             issue
             thereof
             ,
             produced
             two
             Papists
             for
             his
             Suretyes
             standing
             by
             him
             ready
             for
             the
             same
             purpose
             .
             Which
             binding
             of
             him
             ,
             was
             but
             a
             letting
             of
             him
             loose
             ,
             (
             as
             it
             did
             afterwards
             appear
             )
             to
             spit
             his
             Popish
             Venom
             at
             poor
             
               Richard
               Greene
            
             ,
             which
             he
             and
             his
             accomplices
             did
             to
             the
             purpose
             ;
             for
             they
             Prosecuted
             me
             with
             four
             malitious
             Law
             Suits
             ,
             and
             Threatned
             me
             with
             many
             more
             ,
             and
             at
             last
             ,
             wrongfully
             Imprisoned
             me
             :
             and
             both
             before
             I
             went
             to
             Prison
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Prison
             ,
             he
             demanded
             nothing
             of
             me
             ,
             but
             Submission
             and
             Recantation
             ;
             and
             to
             declare
             those
             Truths
             which
             I
             before
             upon
             Oath
             had
             Witnessed
             against
             him
             ,
             were
             False
             ,
             and
             to
             Acknowledg
             that
             I
             had
             done
             him
             Wrong
             thereby
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             doing
             so
             ,
             I
             may
             expect
             his
             love
             and
             favour
             as
             formerly
             :
             and
             in
             not
             doing
             so
             ,
             I
             should
             never
             come
             out
             of
             Prison
             ,
             which
             though
             I
             never
             did
             ;
             yet
             I
             am
             out
             of
             Prison
             ,
             Thanks
             be
             to
             God
             ;
             but
             when
             I
             came
             out
             I
             was
             so
             much
             impoverished
             ,
             so
             much
             Threatned
             ,
             so
             much
             Slandered
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             forsaken
             of
             Friends
             (
             for
             many
             sought
             to
             merit
             the
             favour
             of
             my
             Adversaries
             by
             doing
             me
             Injuries
             )
             by
             which
             I
             was
             forced
             to
             sell
             my
             Goods
             and
             Cattle
             ;
             and
             ,
             my
             Wife
             my
             fellow
             Sufferer
             with
             me
             in
             all
             this
             ,
             took
             our
             flight
             together
             from
             our
             Native
             Country
             .
          
           
             These
             are
             the
             poor
             mans
             own
             Words
             ,
             Written
             down
             in
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             who
             in
             another
             proceeds
             thus
             in
             his
             Relation
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               Anno
               Domini
            
             1676.
             
          
           
             ABout
             Whitsuntide
             ,
             one
             
               Thomas
               Woodhouse
            
             of
             Standbeach
             in
             Herefordshire
             ,
             Hatter
             ,
             bringing
             
               Richard
               Greene
            
             a
             Hat
             ,
             said
             ,
             My
             Brother
             
               Robort
               Woodhouse
            
             was
             in
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             trouble
             about
             Mr.
             Boyer
             (
             aforesaid
             )
             and
             very
             sorry
             he
             had
             occasioned
             him
             to
             be
             questioned
             for
             Words
             spoken
             to
             him
             .
             Greene
             questioned
             
               Thomas
               Woodhouse
            
             about
             what
             time
             the
             Words
             were
             spoken
             by
             Mr.
             Boyer
             to
             Mr.
             
               Robert
               Woodhouse
            
             ,
             the
             said
             Hatters
             Brother
             ,
             and
             he
             found
             by
             him
             that
             it
             was
             the
             same
             time
             that
             he
             the
             said
             Greene
             had
             the
             same
             conference
             with
             Captain
             
               Thomas
               Boyer
            
             ,
             viz.
             Ianuary
             75
             /
             6.
             which
             confirmed
             him
             more
             in
             his
             fear
             of
             a
             Massacre
             .
             
               Thomas
               Woodhouse
            
             related
             this
             Discourse
             with
             Greene
             to
             his
             Brother
             Robert
             ,
             who
             sent
             for
             him
             to
             speak
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             
               R.
               W.
            
             related
             that
             Boyer
             had
             told
             him
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             many
             Bloody
             Noses
             that
             Summer
             ,
             but
             a
             hair
             of
             his
             Head
             should
             not
             be
             touched
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             said
             Boyer
             would
             raise
             a
             Troop
             of
             Horse
             for
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             and
             enquired
             what
             Boyer
             had
             spoken
             to
             him
             ;
             Greene
             replyed
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             excused
             ;
             Then
             Woodhouse
             said
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             him
             Summoned
             to
             Hereford
             ,
             where
             he
             was
             himself
             to
             appear
             the
             next
             day
             ;
             to
             this
             he
             replyed
             ,
             he
             scorned
             to
             be
             forced
             to
             Witness
             for
             his
             King
             and
             Country
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             lend
             him
             a
             Horse
             ,
             he
             would
             go
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             he
             did
             ,
             and
             testifyed
             his
             knowledge
             in
             the
             Particulars
             aforesaid
             ,
             before
             the
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             then
             and
             there
             assembled
             as
             hath
             been
             related
             above
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             it
             was
             
               (
               viz.
            
             about
             Whitsuntide
             1676.
             )
             that
             the
             said
             
               Robert
               Woodhouse
               ,
               Richard
               Greene
            
             ,
             and
             several
             others
             were
             examined
             before
             Sir
             
               Iames
               Bridges
            
             now
             Lord
             Shandoes
             ,
             and
             other
             Justices
             of
             the
             Peace
             of
             the
             County
             of
             Hereford
             ,
             as
             aforesaid
             ;
             upon
             whose
             examinations
             the
             said
             Captain
             
               Tho.
               Boyer
            
             was
             committed
             to
             Prison
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             That
             against
             the
             said
             Assizes
             following
             when
             the
             said
             
               Richard
               Greene
            
             attended
             to
             give
             Evidence
             against
             Captain
             
               Thomas
               Boyer
            
             ,
             he
             had
             reserved
             many
             considerable
             particulars
             of
             his
             
             evidence
             against
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Tryal
             ,
             to
             which
             he
             expected
             that
             Captain
             Boyer
             would
             have
             been
             then
             brought
             in
             the
             face
             of
             the
             whole
             County
             .
             So
             that
             the
             Depositions
             taken
             before
             the
             said
             Justices
             are
             not
             so
             full
             as
             these
             Informations
             in
             several
             particulars
             ,
          
           
             Judge
             Wilde
             who
             went
             that
             Circuit
             at
             that
             Assizes
             ,
             never
             suffered
             any
             Witnesses
             to
             be
             produced
             or
             examined
             against
             Captain
             Boyer
             (
             as
             is
             said
             )
             but
             only
             said
             he
             had
             read
             the
             Affidavits
             ,
             and
             ordered
             him
             to
             be
             bound
             to
             his
             Good
             Behaviour
             .
             Let
             it
             be
             examined
             by
             whose
             Order
             or
             Advice
             he
             suppressed
             the
             evidence
             of
             so
             horrid
             a
             Massacre
             ,
             its
             probable
             some
             of
             them
             in
             question
             did
             contrive
             thus
             to
             Suppress
             this
             Discovery
             ,
             their
             Names
             also
             who
             bespoke
             the
             other
             Cases
             of
             Holsters
             should
             be
             inquired
             ,
             as
             probably
             Conscious
             and
             agents
             in
             this
             Suppression
             .
          
           
             That
             by
             this
             means
             Greenes
             Evidence
             being
             Suppressed
             ,
             the
             Discovery
             which
             he
             designed
             upon
             his
             Oath
             to
             make
             in
             the
             face
             of
             the
             County
             of
             a
             general
             Massacre
             of
             all
             Protestants
             ,
             of
             what
             Profession
             soever
             ,
             and
             that
             universally
             over
             all
             the
             Kingdom
             to
             be
             made
             by
             the
             Papists
             Armed
             and
             Conspired
             together
             in
             that
             Plot
             ,
             was
             Concealed
             in
             a
             great
             part
             ,
             and
             the
             Papists
             thereby
             encouraged
             to
             go
             on
             ever
             since
             more
             confidently
             and
             fiercely
             in
             their
             Plot
             both
             against
             the
             Kings
             Life
             ,
             whose
             Death
             was
             their
             Signal
             ,
             and
             against
             all
             his
             Protestant
             Subjects
             that
             were
             to
             be
             Massacred
             thereupon
             ,
             as
             far
             as
             the
             Papists
             Swords
             could
             reach
             ,
             and
             those
             whom
             the
             Massacre
             reach
             't
             not
             weakned
             thereby
             ,
             were
             to
             be
             pursued
             and
             cut
             off
             by
             War
             and
             Foreign
             Assistance
             ,
             under
             the
             Duke
             of
             Yorks
             Authority
             .
          
           
             In
             Iune
             1678.
             about
             the
             20th
             .
             day
             ,
             a
             little
             before
             the
             Parliament
             was
             Prorogued
             Dr.
             Tonge
             attending
             on
             the
             Parliament
             with
             some
             Propositions
             for
             suppressing
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             relief
             of
             the
             Poor
             ,
             happened
             accidentally
             into
             the
             Company
             of
             
               Richard
               Greene
            
             ,
             with
             whom
             he
             entred
             some
             Discourse
             about
             promoting
             the
             Linnen
             Manufacture
             ,
             and
             his
             ,
             the
             Doctors
             employing
             so
             many
             poor
             Women
             to
             Spin
             ,
             as
             might
             find
             the
             said
             Greene
             constant
             Work
             ,
             but
             found
             he
             had
             sold
             his
             Loomes
             ,
             and
             fled
             his
             Country
             for
             fear
             of
             the
             Papists
             .
          
           
             That
             upon
             this
             occasion
             Greene
             related
             the
             whole
             Plot
             unto
             Dr.
             Tonge
             ,
             and
             his
             Sufferings
             occasioned
             by
             the
             discovery
             thereof
             ,
             and
             the
             accidental
             manner
             of
             his
             being
             brought
             for
             an
             Evidence
             against
             his
             kind
             Kinsman
             and
             Landlord
             ,
             and
             great
             confident
             by
             Mr.
             Woodhouse
             .
             Then
             out
             of
             Compassion
             to
             the
             said
             Greene
             ,
             and
             for
             encouragement
             of
             the
             like
             Discoverers
             and
             Discoveries
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             Dr.
             Tonge
             advised
             the
             said
             Greene
             to
             complain
             to
             the
             Parliament
             then
             sitting
             in
             a
             grand
             Committee
             for
             suppressing
             of
             Popery
             ,
             drew
             him
             a
             Petition
             and
             Articles
             out
             of
             his
             ,
             the
             said
             Greenes
             own
             information
             ,
             and
             directed
             him
             how
             to
             deliver
             it
             ,
             and
             least
             by
             any
             accident
             he
             might
             miscarry
             ,
             wrote
             a
             note
             for
             him
             to
             the
             Door
             keeper
             ,
             to
             call
             out
             some
             worthy
             member
             to
             receive
             his
             Petition
             ,
             and
             followed
             him
             himself
             to
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             saw
             his
             Papers
             delivered
             into
             Sir
             
               Trevor
               Williams
            
             hand
             ,
             and
             heard
             they
             were
             read
             in
             the
             Grand
             Committee
             .
          
        
         
           
             Richard
             Greenes
             
               Petition
               To
               the
               Honourable
               the
               Committe
               for
               suppressing
               of
               POPERY
               .
            
          
           
             
               
                 The
                 Humble
                 Petition
                 of
              
               Richard
               Greene
               ,
               
                 late
                 of
              
               Biton
               
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
              
               Hereford
               
                 his
                 Native
                 Country
                 ,
                 and
                 thence
                 terrifyed
                 and
                 forced
                 by
                 Malicious
                 Suits
                 and
                 Terrours
                 by
              
               Thomas
               Boyer
               
                 Gent.
                 Papist
                 Convict
                 ,
                 and
                 his
                 Accomplices
                 .
              
            
             
               Most
               Humbly
               Sheweth
               ,
            
             
               THAT
               your
               Petitioner
               being
               a
               poor
               Weaver
               ,
               held
               a
               House
               and
               Land
               of
               
                 Thomas
                 Boyer
              
               of
               Dilwins
               in
               the
               County
               aforesaid
               ,
               Papist
               Convict
               ,
               for
               several
               years
               paid
               him
               his
               Rent
               constantly
               ,
               had
               never
               any
               difference
               with
               him
               till
               about
               Whitsuntide
               1676.
               at
               which
               time
               your
               Petitioner
               with
               several
               others
               ,
               was
               examined
               upon
               Reports
               spread
               in
               those
               parts
               of
               Change
               of
               Government
               expected
               ,
               and
               Insurrections
               to
               be
               made
               thereupon
               by
               the
               Papists
               .
            
             
               That
               after
               such
               time
               as
               your
               Petitioner
               had
               made
               Oath
               of
               the
               particulars
               upon
               which
               he
               was
               examined
               for
               his
               Majestie
               ,
               contained
               in
               a
               Paper
               hereunto
               annexed
               ,
               whereupon
               the
               said
               Boyer
               was
               committed
               to
               Prison
               ,
               and
               was
               discharged
               ;
               he
               the
               said
               Boyer
               after
               caused
               your
               said
               Petitioner
               to
               be
               causelessly
               Arrested
               at
               the
               Suit
               of
               him
               the
               said
               Boyer
               ,
               demanding
               only
               by
               persons
               sent
               to
               him
               during
               his
               Imprisonment
               ,
               Submission
               and
               Acknowledgement
               that
               your
               Petitioner
               had
               done
               him
               wrong
               in
               his
               said
               Deposition
               ,
               without
               which
               he
               should
               be
               kept
               in
               Prison
               and
               have
               no
               discharge
               ,
               notwithstanding
               your
               Petitioner
               did
               tender
               common
               Bayle
               ,
               which
               as
               your
               Petitioner
               was
               advised
               ,
               was
               all
               the
               Law
               did
               require
               ;
               and
               your
               Petitioner
               was
               accordingly
               detained
               in
               Prison
               about
               a
               fortnight
               ,
               till
               he
               could
               procure
               a
               Supersedeas
               from
               the
               Sheriff
               ,
               (
               who
               was
               then
               in
               London
               )
               to
               his
               great
               expence
               and
               loss
               of
               his
               whole
               subsistence
               for
               himself
               and
               Family
               ,
               depending
               on
               his
               Labour
               and
               Trade
               .
            
             
               That
               the
               said
               Boyer
               having
               given
               out
               that
               he
               would
               Arrest
               your
               Petitioner
               again
               ,
               as
               he
               was
               credibly
               informed
               ,
               which
               would
               have
               been
               his
               utter
               Ruine
               ,
               and
               refused
               16
               shillings
               Rent
               ,
               tendred
               as
               soon
               as
               Due
               ,
               he
               was
               forced
               to
               sell
               off
               the
               necessary
               Looms
               ,
               and
               other
               Tooles
               and
               Instruments
               of
               his
               Trade
               to
               discharge
               his
               Debts
               ,
               contracted
               by
               his
               Imprisonment
               ,
               and
               to
               fly
               his
               Native
               Country
               ,
               to
               which
               he
               still
               is
               in
               fear
               to
               return
               ,
               for
               Reasons
               hereunto
               annexed
               .
               Humply
               Prayes
            
             
               That
               your
               Honours
               would
               according
               to
               your
               Wisdom
               provide
               and
               apply
               such
               relief
               for
               your
               oppressed
               
               Petitioner
               ,
               and
               Satisfastion
               for
               his
               unjust
               Imprisonment
               and
               Ruine
               of
               his
               Family
               ,
               as
               may
               stand
               with
               Iustice
               and
               Honour
               of
               Parliament
               ;
               that
               your
               Petitioner
               ,
               and
               other
               his
               Majesties
               faithful
               Subjects
               may
               not
               be
               deterred
               from
               Testifying
               their
               Knowledge
               on
               behalf
               of
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               thereunto
               required
               ,
               nor
               to
               bayl
               ,
               assist
               and
               relieve
               one
               another
               when
               Malitiously
               prosecuted
               by
               Papists
               ,
               as
               in
               your
               Petitoners
               Case
               .
               
                 And
                 your
                 Petitioner
                 shall
                 Pray
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 effect
                 of
              
               Richard
               Greenes
               
                 Depositions
                 against
              
               Thomas
               Boyer
               
                 may
                 be
                 seen
                 above
                 in
                 the
                 second
                 Paragraph
                 of
                 this
                 Relation
                 ,
                 which
                 he
                 put
                 into
                 the
                 Committee
                 with
                 his
                 Petition
                 and
                 these
                 Articles
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               The
               means
               by
               which
               
                 Richard
                 Greene
              
               hath
               been
               forced
               and
               terrifyed
               out
               of
               his
               Country
               by
               
                 Thomas
                 Boyer
              
               ,
               Papist
               Convict
               ,
               and
               his
               accomplices
               ,
               annexed
               to
               and
               put
               into
               Parliament
               with
               his
               Petition
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               
                 HE
                 arrested
                 the
                 said
              
               Greene
               
                 without
                 Cause
                 ,
                 and
                 detained
                 him
                 in
                 Prison
                 ,
                 (
                 refusing
                 Legal
                 Bayl
                 ,
                 )
                 till
                 he
                 had
                 got
                 a
                 Supersedeas
                 .
              
            
             
               2.
               
               
                 He
                 terrified
                 the
                 special
                 Bayl
                 he
                 had
                 procured
                 ,
                 by
                 his
                 Agents
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 shrunk
                 from
                 him
                 ,
                 though
                 he
                 knew
                 him
                 Innocent
                 .
              
            
             
               3.
               
               
                 He
                 terrifyed
                 all
                 his
                 Neighbours
                 ,
                 so
                 that
                 when
                 he
                 was
                 to
                 pay
              
               16
               s.
               
                 his
                 last
                 Rent
                 due
                 to
              
               Boyer
               ,
               
                 for
                 a
                 Tenement
                 and
                 Land
                 he
                 held
                 of
                 him
                 ,
                 none
                 durst
                 tender
                 it
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 nor
                 Witness
                 it
                 ,
                 and
              
               Boyer
               
                 himself
                 refused
                 to
                 take
                 it
                 ,
                 when
                 he
                 tender'd
                 it
                 before
                 Witness
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 might
                 terrify
                 him
                 with
                 pretence
                 of
                 a
                 Suit.
                 
              
            
             
               4.
               
               
                 He
                 had
                 so
                 frighted
                 the
                 Neighbours
                 that
                 none
                 would
                 help
                 him
                 Reap
                 his
                 Crop
                 of
                 Rye
                 ,
                 nor
                 carry
                 it
                 for
                 him
                 ,
                 and
                 was
                 forced
                 to
                 get
                 Strangers
                 to
                 do
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 when
                 he
                 had
                 brought
                 a
                 Team
                 to
                 carry
                 his
                 Grain
                 ,
                 a
                 Threatning
                 Message
                 was
                 sent
                 to
                 him
                 that
                 carryed
                 it
                 ,
                 that
                 by
                 those
                 means
                 being
                 in
                 a
                 very
                 destitute
                 condition
                 ,
                 and
                 in
                 fear
                 of
                 his
                 life
                 ,
                 or
                 some
                 other
                 mischief
                 to
                 befal
                 him
                 ;
                 he
                 hath
                 been
                 compelled
                 ever
                 since
                 to
                 Wander
                 from
                 Place
                 to
                 Place
                 like
                 a
                 Banished
                 man
                 ,
                 to
                 seek
                 employment
                 for
                 Himself
                 and
                 Wife
                 amongst
                 Strangers
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               fear
               of
               this
               Massacre
               ,
               and
               his
               hard
               usage
               by
               his
               Landlord
               Boyer
               terrifyed
               Greene
               so
               ,
               that
               he
               advised
               with
               his
               Wife
               to
               go
               out
               of
               England
               to
               Virginy
               or
               elsewhere
               ,
               but
               his
               Wife
               not
               consenting
               ,
               he
               removed
               himself
               (
               assoon
               as
               he
               could
               )
               further
               from
               the
               said
               Boyer
               ,
               as
               distrusting
               his
               pretended
               kindness
               *
               if
               any
               rising
               should
               be
               ,
               and
               with
               an
               intent
               also
               to
               be
               more
               free
               and
               at
               liberty
               to
               testify
               what
               he
               knew
               of
               this
               Plotted
               Massacre
               ,
               when
               further
               off
               from
               him
               .
            
             
               
                 This
                 was
                 in
              
               February
               and
               March.
               1676.
               
            
             
               Dr.
               Tonge
               having
               laid
               this
               Foundation
               of
               a
               Discovery
               of
               this
               Plot
               ,
               and
               brought
               it
               thus
               into
               Parliament
               with
               one
               Witness
               present
               to
               attest
               it
               ;
               he
               hoped
               that
               by
               the
               Wisdom
               ,
               Industry
               and
               Intelligence
               of
               that
               Honorable
               House
               ,
               upon
               examination
               of
               Greene
               and
               other
               two
               Witnesses
               formerly
               sworn
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               two
               
                 Thomas
                 Boyers
              
               ,
               Master
               and
               Servant
               forementioned
               ,
               some
               effectual
               course
               might
               have
               been
               taken
               to
               prevent
               such
               Bloody
               Designs
               of
               the
               Papists
               ,
               as
               were
               then
               on
               foot
               ,
               and
               suppress
               the
               growth
               of
               Popery
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               and
               so
               thereby
               to
               avoid
               the
               danger
               of
               such
               Plots
               ,
               Tumults
               and
               Massacres
               for
               the
               Ages
               to
               come
               ,
               from
               which
               otherwise
               these
               Kingdoms
               can
               never
               be
               secured
               ,
               as
               is
               now
               most
               manifest
               .
            
             
               
                 N.
                 B.
              
               This
               Captain
               
                 Thomas
                 Boyer
              
               hath
               since
               taken
               the
               Oath
               of
               Allegiance
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Albeit
               the
               Prorogation
               of
               the
               Parliament
               ,
               which
               followed
               shortly
               after
               ,
               did
               render
               this
               first
               Attempt
               of
               the
               Doctors
               producing
               this
               Plot
               into
               that
               High
               Court
               ,
               and
               Propositions
               for
               Suppressing
               Popery
               ineffectual
               at
               that
               time
               ;
               yet
               it
               much
               encouraged
               him
               in
               his
               Proceedings
               in
               the
               next
               Discovery
               ,
               which
               he
               made
               shortly
               after
               ,
               in
               the
               latter
               end
               of
               Iuly
               1678.
               by
               Mr
               ,
               
               Oats's
               Papers
               ,
               and
               relation
               of
               the
               same
               Universal
               Massacre
               ,
               in
               that
               he
               had
               given
               some
               Light
               of
               it
               to
               the
               House
               of
               Commons
               before
               ,
               and
               had
               some
               Evidence
               of
               the
               general
               Design
               ,
               by
               the
               Testimony
               of
               Greene
               and
               others
               ,
               whom
               he
               hoped
               to
               produce
               in
               Parliament
               ,
               if
               he
               could
               by
               any
               means
               bring
               Mr.
               
               Oats's
               Papers
               into
               that
               High
               Court
               ,
               and
               caused
               his
               Oath
               to
               be
               taken
               by
               Sir
               
                 Edmund
                 bury
                 Godfrey
              
               for
               that
               purpose
               ,
               in
               three
               several
               Depositions
               ,
               one
               of
               73
               Articles
               ,
               
                 September
                 6th
              
               .
               and
               two
               of
               81
               Articles
               ,
               September
               28.
               
               16●8
               .
               that
               in
               Case
               he
               had
               failed
               of
               Success
               in
               the
               Privy
               Council
               ,
               he
               might
               have
               one
               Copy
               at
               least
               ,
               to
               produce
               in
               Parliament
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               latter
               eny
               of
               December
               1678.
               
               
                 Richard
                 Greene
              
               after
               he
               had
               been
               examined
               before
               the
               Secret
               Committee
               of
               the
               House
               of
               Commons
               ,
               was
               ordered
               to
               go
               before
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Scroggs
              
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Chief
               Justice
               and
               make
               Affidavit
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               his
               Information
               ,
               the
               Tuesday
               following
               ,
               that
               the
               Persons
               Concerned
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               Witnesses
               might
               be
               sent
               for
               ,
               but
               the
               Parliament
               was
               Prorogued
               on
               the
               Munday
               ,
               the
               day
               before
               that
               Tuesday
               appointed
               for
               his
               appearing
               before
               the
               Lord
               Chief
               Justice
               ,
               so
               that
               this
               purpose
               was
               defeated
               ,
               and
               he
               remains
               yet
               either
               not
               fully
               examined
               ,
               or
               not
               sworn
               to
               his
               information
               ,
               and
               particularly
               not
               to
               the
               point
               of
               the
               Universal
               Massacre
               intended
               by
               the
               Papists
               in
               the
               long
               recess
               of
               Parliament
               in
               the
               Summer
               1676.
               
            
             
               That
               Dr.
               Tonge
               hath
               not
               beenable
               as
               yet
               ,
               to
               procure
               a
               Copy
               of
               the
               Affidavits
               or
               Examinations
               of
               
                 Richard
                 Greene
                 ,
                 Robert
                 Woodhouse
              
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               Witnesses
               taken
               in
               Herefordshire
               before
               the
               Lord
               Shandoes
               ,
               nor
               the
               Transcript
               of
               them
               sent
               up
               to
               the
               Privy
               Council
               as
               he
               desired
               ,
               and
               intreated
               the
               assistance
               of
               the
               Committe
               therein
               ,
               for
               the
               greater
               certainty
               of
               his
               Narrative
               of
               this
               Discovery
               ,
               and
               the
               Confirmation
               of
               the
               Evidence
               ,
               and
               the
               refutation
               of
               the
               Scandals
               raised
               against
               both
               him
               and
               it
               .
               Against
               him
               as
               a
               Contriver
               or
               Inventer
               of
               this
               Plot
               and
               its
               Discovery
               to
               King
               and
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               the
               Plot
               as
               his
               Malitious
               Invention
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Richard
             Greenes
             Depositions
             .
             
               Put
               into
               the
               Secret
               Committee
               of
               the
               Honorable
               ,
               the
               House
               of
               Commons
               ,
               by
               Dr.
            
             Tonge
             
               in
               May
               1679.
            
             
          
           
             RIchard
             Greene
             ,
             
               late
               of
            
             Dilwin
             
               in
               the
               County
               of
            
             Hereford
             ,
             
               Weaver
               ;
               maketh
               Oath
               ,
               that
               he
               received
               the
               relation
               of
               the
               following
               Particulars
               of
               the
               several
               Massacres
               designed
               by
               the
               Papists
               against
               his
               Majesties
               Protestant
               Subjects
               ,
               from
               the
               mouth
               of
               Captain
            
             Thomas
             Boyer
             of
             Luntlow
             
               in
               the
               Parish
               aforesaid
               ,
               and
               he
               verily
               believes
               the
               said
               Relation
               to
               be
               True.
               
            
          
           
             I.
             That
             in
             Case
             his
             Majesty
             had
             dyed
             of
             the
             Swooning
             Fit
             he
             had
             in
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             year
             1675.
             the
             Papists
             had
             then
             risen
             in
             Arms
             ,
             and
             overturned
             all
             the
             Foundations
             of
             the
             Government
             with
             such
             an
             Earthquake
             as
             hath
             not
             been
             in
             England
             this
             Hundred
             Years
             .
          
           
             II.
             That
             albeit
             the
             King
             recovered
             of
             that
             which
             was
             his
             Third
             Fit
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Proverb
             ,
             yet
             they
             hoped
             to
             be
             ready
             by
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             Summer
             1676.
             for
             their
             Design
             .
          
           
             III.
             That
             if
             they
             could
             not
             then
             fully
             accomplish
             their
             Design
             ,
             yet
             at
             farthest
             before
             the
             next
             Session
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             then
             Prorogued
             for
             16
             or
             17
             Months
             ,
             they
             hoped
             to
             effect
             it
             .
          
           
             IV.
             That
             in
             this
             Design
             all
             the
             Papists
             at
             Home
             and
             Abroad
             were
             engaged
             ,
             and
             especially
             the
             French
             ,
             and
             expected
             no
             assistance
             from
             any
             other
             Separate
             Party
             .
          
           
             V.
             That
             no
             Protestants
             ,
             Presbyters
             ,
             Independants
             ,
             &c.
             were
             to
             be
             spared
             .
          
           
             VI.
             That
             
               Thomas
               Boyer
            
             aforesaid
             ,
             was
             to
             raise
             a
             Troop
             of
             Horse
             for
             this
             Design
             .
          
           
             VII
             .
             That
             this
             Deponent
             was
             to
             be
             at
             first
             examined
             at
             Hereford
             Assizes
             with
             other
             Witnesses
             ,
             where
             Iustice
             Wild
             put
             off
             the
             Tryal
             ;
             And
             only
             bound
             the
             Person
             aforementioned
             ,
             (
             viz.
             
               Boyer
               ,
            
             )
             to
             his
             Good
             Behaviour
             1676.
             and
             secondly
             ,
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             in
             
               June
               1678.
            
             who
             ,
             shortly
             after
             his
             Petition
             delivered
             into
             the
             Grand
             Committee
             of
             the
             House
             
               For
               Suppressing
               Popery
            
             ,
             was
             Prorogued
             :
             Thirdly
             ,
             before
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Iustice
             Scroggs
             ,
             by
             Order
             of
             the
             Secret
             Committee
             ,
             the
             last
             Sessions
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             who
             immediately
             thereupon
             ,
             was
             first
             Prorogued
             ,
             and
             then
             Dissolved
             .
          
           
             VIII
             .
             That
             he
             was
             never
             yet
             examined
             upon
             Oath
             since
             ,
             though
             he
             attended
             the
             Secret
             Committee
             several
             times
             .
          
           
             
               Richard
               Greene.
               
            
             
               
                 Juravit
                 coram
                 me
              
               ,
               Iohn
               Hoskyns
               ,
               Master
               of
               Chancery
               .
               
                 May
                 the
              
               12th
               .
               1679.
               
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Advertisements
        
         
           DOctor
           Tonge
           
             doth
             hereby
             disown
             whatever
             Books
             or
             Papers
             have
             hitherto
             been
             Printed
             or
             Published
             in
             his
             Name
             ,
             as
             Composed
             by
             him
             ;
             or
             seen
             and
             allowed
             by
             him
             to
             be
             Printed
             or
             Published
             ,
             or
             shall
             hereafter
             ;
             unless
             attested
             under
             his
             Hand
             ;
             as
             revised
             by
             him
             from
             the
             Press
             ,
             exept
             some
             Translations
             out
             of
          
           French.
           
        
      
       
         
           
             Courteous
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           There
           are
           in
           the
           Press
           ,
           and
           will
           shortly
           be
           published
           ,
           
             An
             Abridgment
             of
             Controversies
          
           ,
           being
           a
           brief
           and
           solid
           Confutation
           of
           Popish
           Errors
           ,
           by
           express
           Texts
           out
           of
           the
           Bible
           of
           their
           own
           Translation
           .
        
         
           Also
           ,
           the
           History
           of
           the
           
             Turkish
             Asfassins
          
           ;
           and
           a
           Parallel
           of
           the
           them
           with
           the
           Popish
           ;
           and
           other
           Papers
           of
           that
           Subject
           ,
           the
           former
           long
           since
           translated
           ,
           and
           both
           now
           published
           by
           Dr.
           Tonge
           .
        
         
           Be
           pleased
           to
           take
           notice
           also
           of
           that
           excellent
           Treatise
           ,
           intituled
           
             The
             Hearts
             Sovereign
          
           ,
           long
           since
           published
           at
           the
           Charge
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Tho.
             Jones
          
           ,
           late
           Houshold
           Chaplain
           to
           his
           Highness
           the
           D.
           of
           York
           :
           in
           which
           Family
           he
           so
           vigorously
           opposed
           the
           Favorers
           and
           Connivers
           at
           the
           
             Growth
             of
             POPERY
          
           :
           of
           which
           he
           is
           able
           ,
           if
           called
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           good
           Account
           ,
           That
           ,
           for
           that
           cause
           he
           was
           removed
           from
           that
           Place
           ,
           to
           make
           way
           for
           them
           to
           pervert
           his
           Highness's
           family
           :
           and
           since
           ,
           hath
           been
           by
           their
           Contrivance
           ,
           ruined
           in
           his
           Estate
           and
           Reputation
           ,
           as
           he
           hopes
           to
           make
           appear
           if
           admitted
           to
           Audience
           .
        
      
       
         
           Errata
           ,
           
             For
             1674
             /
             5
             read
             1675
             /
             6.
             
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A70144-e550
           
             Note
             ,
             
               It
               appears
               though
            
             Green
             ,
             
               hath
               not
               named
               the
               particular
               day
               ,
               wherein
               he
               had
               his
               conference
               with
               this
            
             Boyer
             ,
             
               that
               it
               was
               betwixt
               Sunday
               ,
               the
            
             23d
             .
             
               and
               Saturday
               ,
               the
            
             29th
             .
             of
             January
             ,
             1674
             /
             5.
             
               and
               that
            
             Captain
             Boyer
             ;
             
               made
               the
               like
               Discourse
               (
               whereof
               his
               mind
               was
               very
               full
               )
               the
               very
               same
               day
               to
            
             Mr.
             Robert
             Woodhouse
             ,
             
               another
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               ,
               mentioned
               in
               the
               following
               Relation
               ;
               as
               they
               rode
               together
               to
            
             Mr.
             Woodhouses
             House
             :
             vide
             infra
             .
          
           
             
               Note
               ,
               That
            
             Mr.
             Dugdale
             ,
             
               in
               the
               Tryal
               of
            
             Whitebread
             ,
             Harcourt
             ,
             Gavan
             
               and
               the
               rest
               ,
               saith
               ,
               that
               if
               the
               Kings
               Death
               should
               happen
               ,
               they
               should
               have
               been
               ready
               to
               give
               the
               first
               allarm
               in
               the
               Country
               :
               and
               that
               a
               Letter
               was
               sent
               into
               the
               Country
               to
               shew
               it
               was
               the
               Opinion
               of
               them
               at
            
             Paris
             and
             St.
             Omers
             ,
             
               to
               give
               out
               that
               it
               was
               (
               in
               Case
               the
               King
               had
               been
               kill'd
               )
               still
               those
               King
               killing
               Presbyterians
               that
               had
               done
               the
               Fact
               ,
               thereby
               to
               bring
               the
               Protestants
               over
               to
               their
               side
               ,
               to
               revenge
               themselves
               of
               the
               Prefbyterians
               ,
               and
               cut
               them
               off
               ;
               that
               they
               might
               more
               easily
               deal
               with
               the
               Protestants
               themselves
               ,
               and
               cut
               them
               off
               likewise
               afterwards
               :
               and
               this
               shews
               both
               what
               overturning
               Earthquake
               ,
            
             Boyer
             
               spoke
               of
            
             .
          
           
             *
             This
             agrees
             with
             Dugdales
             Deposition
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             three
             times
             a
             Week
             constantly
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             by
             Expresses
             ,
             Letters
             from
             London
             .
          
           
             Viz.
             
               about
               the
            
             29
             of
             January
             1674
             /
             5.
             
          
           
             Note
             ,
             
               That
               by
               these
               Words
               compared
               with
               other
               passages
               in
               this
               Relation
               ,
            
             Richard
             Greene
             
               wrote
               this
               Paper
               within
               a
               twelve
               month
               after
               his
               aforesaid
               talk
               with
               Captain
            
             Boyer
             (
             viz.
             )
             before
             February
             1675
             /
             6.
             
          
           
             *
             
               Which
               was
               the
               Kings
               being
               dispatched
               or
               killed
               by
               the
               Papists
               ;
               for
            
             Mr.
             Dugdale
             
               saith
               ,
               in
               the
               Tryal
               of
            
             Whitebread
             ,
             Harcourt
             
               and
               the
               rest
               ,
               that
               two
               years
               before
               the
               said
               Tryal
               ,
               which
               was
               about
               the
               time
               of
               these
               Discourses
               of
            
             Green
             and
             Boyer
             )
             
               he
               heard
               it
               Discoursed
               for
               the
               first
               time
               in
               the
               little
               Parlour
               at
               my
               Lord
            
             Astons
             
               House
               ,
               and
               at
            
             Mr.
             Ewers
             
               Chamber
               by
            
             Mr.
             Ewers
             and
             Mr.
             Gavan
             
               (
               who
               were
               the
               first
               that
               broke
               the
               matter
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               the
               King
               was
               to
               be
               kill'd
               :
               that
               he
               saw
               a
               Letter
               under
            
             Whitebreads
             
               own
               Hand
               ,
               enclosed
               in
               one
               from
            
             Groves
             to
             Mr.
             Ewers
             ,
             
               wherein
               he
               gave
            
             Mr.
             Ewers
             
               a
               Caution
               ,
               to
               be
               sure
               to
               chuse
               those
               who
               were
               Trusty
               ,
               Hardy
               and
               Desperate
               ,
            
             &c.
             
               to
               kill
               the
               King.
               That
               there
               were
               several
               Consultations
               at
            
             Mr.
             Ewers
             
               Chamber
               at
            
             Boscobell
             ,
             
               and
               several
               other
               places
               ,
               for
               Conspiring
               the
               Kings
               Death
               :
               That
               at
               one
               of
               these
               Consultations
               held
               at
            
             Tixall
             ,
             
               about
               the
            
             21
             of
             September
             1678
             ,
             
               were
               present
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Gavan
             ,
             Mr.
             Ewers
             ,
             Mr
             ,
             Peters
             ,
             Mr.
             Lewson
             ,
             my
             Lord
             Stafford
             
               and
               others
               ,
               That
               he
               was
               chosen
               as
               a
               sit
               Person
               to
               kill
               the
               King
               ,
               entertained
               by
               my
            
             Lord
             Stafford
             and
             Mr.
             Ewers
             
               for
               this
               purpose
               ;
               and
               to
               be
               sent
               for
               this
               purpose
               to
            
             London
             ,
             
               to
               be
               under
               the
               tuition
               of
            
             Mr.
             Parsons
             :
             
               that
               he
               saw
            
             Mr.
             Turner
             ,
             
               when
               he
               was
               going
               to
               his
               Brother
            
             Turner
             in
             Nottinghamshire
             ,
             with
             Mr.
             Ewers
             ,
             Mr.
             Lewson
             
               and
               others
               ,
               and
               they
               did
               consult
               and
               agree
               there
               in
               his
               hearing
               ,
               about
               Conspiring
               the
               Death
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               Introducing
               Popery
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             
               That
               he
               saw
               and
               received
               several
               Packets
               of
               Letters
               from
               several
               Persons
               beyond
               Seas
               ,
               which
               were
               by
            
             Mr.
             Harcourts
             
               Instruction
               ,
               and
               communicated
               by
            
             Grove
             to
             Mr.
             Ewers
             ,
             
               which
               Letters
               did
               contain
               matters
               in
               them
               ,
               for
               the
               Introducing
               of
               Popery
               ,
               and
               Killing
               and
               Destroying
               the
               King.
               He
               likewise
               intercepted
               and
               read
               a
               Hundred
               Letters
               ,
               given
               under
            
             Mr.
             Harcourts
             
               own
               Hand
               to
               the
               same
               purpose
               .
               That
            
             Mr.
             Gavan
             
               used
               several
               Arguments
               to
               prove
               the
               Lawfulness
               of
               ,
               and
               shewed
               him
               several
               Examples
               for
               King-killing
               .
               Nay
               ,
               for
               the
               killing
               of
               any
               to
               Introduce
               their
               own
               Religion
               :
               he
               endeavoured
               to
               prove
               it
               by
               Scripture
               ,
               the
               Text
            
             Mr.
             Dugdale
             
               could
               not
               call
               to
               mind
               ,
               but
               it
               was
               to
               shew
               ,
               how
               it
               was
               lawful
               and
               good
               to
               destroy
               any
               ,
               for
               the
               advantage
               of
               their
               Religion
               :
               shewing
               the
               Example
               of
            
             Father
             Garnet
             ,
             
               how
               ,
               by
               several
               of
               his
               Relicks
               beyond
               Sea
               ,
               great
               Miracles
               had
               been
               done
               .
               And
               in
               the
               Tryal
               of
            
             Langhorne
             ,
             
               he
               saith
               ,
               he
               was
               in
               most
               of
               their
               Consultations
               for
               the
               Murder
               of
               the
               King
               ,
               that
               he
               heard
               the
               very
               words
               used
               ,
               was
               hired
               to
               be
               an
               Actor
               in
               it
               ,
               was
               to
               have
               a
               summ
               of
               Money
               ,
               and
               a
               place
               appointed
               him
               to
               do
               it
               :
               and
               that
               the
               Persons
               who
               put
               him
               upon
               it
               ,
               was
            
             Mr.
             Ewers
             ,
             Gavan
             ,
             Lewson
             ,
             Vavasser
             ;
             
               who
               were
               all
               Iesuits
               .
               The
               Sum
               promised
               by
            
             Lord
             Stafford
             ,
             
               and
               confessed
               by
            
             Lord
             Aston
             ,
             was
             500
             l.
             
               advance
               mony
               ,
               and
               farther
               Reward
               ,
               Preferment
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             Note
             ,
             That
             Mr.
             Dugdale
             
               saith
               ,
               in
            
             Whitebreads
             
               Tryal
               ,
               that
               at
               some
               Consultations
               he
               heard
               speak
               of
               a
               Massacre
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               a
               Massacre
               intended
               ,
               and
               an
               Army
               to
               be
               raised
               ,
               that
               if
               any
               did
               escape
               the
               Massacre
               whom
               they
               could
               not
               be
               sure
               to
               be
               Papists
               ,
               they
               might
               be
               cut
               off
               by
               the
               said
               Army
               ;
               and
               in
            
             Langhorns
             
               Tryal
               ,
               he
               saith
               ,
               that
            
             Ewers
             ,
             Gavan
             ,
             Lewson
             and
             Vavasser
             ,
             
               did
               always
               speak
               of
               an
               Army
               that
               was
               to
               be
               raised
               ,
               but
               not
               actually
               till
               the
               King
               was
               kill'd
               .
               That
               it
               was
               first
               concluded
               to
               raise
               an
               Army
               ,
               but
               the
               last
               resolutton
               was
               ,
               that
               no
               Armies
               should
               appear
               till
               the
               King
               was
               kill'd
               ;
               upon
               whose
               Death
               was
               to
               be
               the
               Massacre
               ,
               and
               then
               a
               pretty
               considerable
               Army
               to
               be
               raised
               ,
               which
               was
               to
               cut
               of
               those
               who
               escaped
               the
               Massacre
               .
            
          
           
             Note
             ,
             That
             the
             Summer
             1675.
             in
             which
             this
             Plot
             was
             designed
             to
             be
             executed
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             the
             King
             to
             be
             killed
             ,
             was
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             15
             months
             Prorogation
             of
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             Boyer
             said
             ,
             that
             was
             to
             be
             begun
             so
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             be
             fully
             executed
             before
             the
             time
             that
             the
             Parliament
             was
             to
             meet
             again
             .
          
           
             *
             For
             Greene
             was
             Boyers
             
               Kinsman
               and
               had
               been
               very
               intimate
               with
               him
               till
               called
               to
               Witness
               against
               bim
               .