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           NOTES
           UPON
           Stephen
           College
           .
        
         
           Grounded
           Principally
           upon
           his
           own
           Declarations
           and
           Confessions
           ,
           And
           freely
           submitted
           to
           PUBLIQUE
           CENSURE
           .
        
         
           By
           Roger
           L'Estrange
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Ioanna
             Brome
          
           ;
           at
           the
           Gun
           at
           the
           West-end
           of
           St.
           Pauls
           Church-yard
           ,
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           the
           part
           of
           a
           Christian
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           to
           Insult
           upon
           the
           Miserable
           ,
           either
           in
           their
           Memories
           ,
           or
           in
           their
           Persons
           :
           Beside
           that
           the
           Criminal
           here
           in
           question
           has
           already
           satisfied
           Publique
           Iustice
           ,
           and
           is
           gone
           to
           his
           Place
           to
           receive
           according
           to
           his
           Works
           .
           This
           does
           not
           hinder
           yet
           ,
           but
           that
           a
           man
           may
           honestly
           endeavour
           the
           putting
           of
           a
           Check
           to
           those
           Clamorous
           Out-crys
           that
           are
           daily
           sent
           forth
           against
           the
           Government
           upon
           this
           occasion
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           whole
           business
           of
           College
           were
           only
           a
           
             Perjurious
             Combination
          
           of
           Papists
           against
           Protestants
           ,
           in
           the
           Person
           of
           that
           Wretched
           Malefactor
           ;
           and
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           to
           stand
           or
           fall
           with
           the
           
             Protestant
             Joyner
          
           ,
           It
           is
           the
           Intent
           now
           of
           these
           Papers
           ,
           to
           lay
           open
           the
           Malice
           ,
           and
           the
           Falshood
           of
           these
           Calumnies
           :
           Not
           so
           much
           for
           the
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Proceeding
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           Disabusing
           of
           the
           
             Common
             People
          
           ;
           for
           the
           
             Best
             Argument
             for
             Authority
             is
             the
             Reason
             of
             the
             Laws
             ;
             and
             in
             these
             Cases
             the
             Vigorous
             Execution
             of
             them
             upon
             the
          
           Seditious
           ,
           
             is
             the
             only
             effectual
             Remedy
          
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           not
           that
           I
           pretend
           to
           Illustrate
           the
           Iustice
           of
           the
           
           Court
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Verdict
           ,
           by
           any
           Additional
           Remarques
           of
           my
           own
           ,
           but
           effectually
           (
           upon
           other
           Grounds
           and
           Evidences
           )
           to
           bring
           the
           Offender
           to
           a
           new
           hearing
           ;
           wherein
           I
           shall
           remit
           my self
           to
           the
           Iudgment
           and
           Conscience
           of
           any
           Indifferent
           Reader
           ,
           whether
           there
           be
           not
           Matter
           sufficient
           ,
           from
           whence
           fairly
           to
           Infer
           ,
           and
           to
           Presume
           him
           Guilty
           of
           the
           most
           material
           Parts
           of
           his
           Accusation
           ,
           even
           without
           the
           aid
           of
           anything
           that
           was
           produc'd
           against
           him
           at
           his
           Tryal
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           those
           that
           are
           curious
           to
           be
           more
           particularly
           inform'd
           ,
           I
           must
           refer
           them
           to
           the
           Printed
           Tryal
           it self
           ;
           and
           so
           I
           shall
           close
           up
           my
           Preface
           with
           my
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justices
             Opinion
             upon
             the
             Verdict
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Iustice
             (
             to
             the
             Pris'ner
             .
             )
          
           These
           things
           when
           I
           look
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           consider
           the
           complexion
           of
           your
           defence
           ,
           it
           makes
           an
           easie
           Proof
           have
           Credit
           .
           But
           I
           think
           there
           was
           a
           full
           Proof
           in
           your
           Case
           ;
           yet
           I
           say
           ,
           if
           there
           had
           been
           a
           great
           deal
           less
           Proof
           ,
           the
           Jury
           might
           with
           Justice
           have
           found
           you
           Guilty
           .
           And
           because
           you
           now
           declare
           your self
           Innocent
           of
           all
           you
           are
           charged
           with
           ,
           I
           think
           my self
           bound
           to
           declare
           here
           in
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           in
           Vindication
           of
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           a
           Verdict
           well
           given
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           Court
           ,
           and
           I
           did
           not
           find
           my
           Brothers
           did
           dislike
           it
           .
           This
           I
           say
           to
           you
           out
           of
           Charity
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           incline
           your
           mind
           to
           a
           submission
           to
           the
           Justice
           that
           hath
           overtaken
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           may
           enter
           into
           Charity
           with
           all
           men
           ,
           and
           prepare
           your self
           for
           another
           life
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           NOTES
           UPON
           Stephen
           College
           .
        
         
           
             §.
             1.
             
             The
             Proceeding
             against
             College
             Represented
             as
             a
             Design
             against
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             .
          
           
             
               THE
               main
               stress
               of
               the
               Cause
               here
               in
               Controversie
               ,
               lies
               upon
               a
               Pretended
               Zeal
               for
            
             Religion
             ,
             
               and
               in
               such
               a
               manner
               too
               ,
               as
               if
               the
               very
            
             Name
             
               of
               a
            
             Protestant
             
               were
               a
            
             Supersed
             as
             
               for
               a
            
             Traytor
             ,
             
               and
               an
               Exemption
               from
               the
               Ordinary
               Methods
               of
            
             Law
             and
             Iustice.
             [
             This
             Design
             
               (
               says
            
             College
             )
             is
             not
             only
             against
             Me
             ,
             but
             against
             
               all
               the
               Protestants
            
             .
             Trayal
             ,
             p.
             5.
             ]
             
               And
               again
            
             [
             This
             is
             a
             most
             Horrid
             Conspiracy
             to
             take
             away
             my
             life
             ;
             
               and
               it
               will
               not
               stop
               here
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               against
               all
               the
               Protestants
               in
               England
               .
            
             Ibid.
             p.
             6.
             ]
             [
             'T
             is
             time
             to
             have
             a
             Care
             
               (
               says
            
             Aaron
             Smith
             )
             when
             our
             Lives
             and
             Estates
             and
             Al
             are
             beset
             here
             .
             
               Ibid.
               p.
               13.
            
             ]
             [
             My
             Lord
             
               (
               says
            
             College
             again
             )
             I
             do
             not
             question
             but
             to
             prove
             this
             one
             of
             the
             Hellishest
             Conspiracies
             that
             ever
             was
             upon
             the
             face
             of
             the
             Earth
             :
             And
             
             these
             the
             most
             Notorious
             Wicked
             Men
             ;
             an
             absolute
             design
             
               to
               destroy
               all
               the
               Protestants
               in
            
             England
             ,
             that
             have
             had
             the
             Courage
             to
             oppose
             the
             Popish
             Plot.
             Ibid.
             
               p.
               36.
               ]
               And
               then
               in
               his
               last
               Speech
               ,
            
             [
             I
             am
             as
             certainly
             Murder'd
             by
             
               the
               hands
            
             of
             the
             Papists
             as
             Sr.
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             himself
             was
             ,
             though
             the
             thing
             is
             not
             seen
             .
             ]
             
               And
               once
               again
               in
               his
               other
               Speech
               ,
               Printed
               for
            
             Edith
             College
             ,
             [
             I
             dye
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             Enemies
             of
             the
             Great
             God
             ,
             his
             Christ
             ,
             his
             Servants
             ,
             his
             Gospel
             ,
             and
             my
             Country
             ,
             to
             which
             I
             willingly
             submit
             ,
             and
             earnestly
             pray
             mine
             may
             be
             the
             last
             
               Protestants
               Blood
            
             that
             Murdering
             Church
             of
             Rome
             may
             shed
             in
             
               Christendom
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             It
             is
             no
             wonder
             if
             the
             Ringing
             of
             this
             Emphatical
             Reflection
             
               [
               the
               Blood
               of
               Protestants
               ;
               a
               Design
               upon
               all
               the
               Protestants
            
             of
             England
             ,
             &c.
             over
             and
             over
             in
             the
             Ears
             of
             the
             Multitude
             ,
             create
             Unquiet
             Thoughts
             ,
             and
             work
             some
             extraordinary
             Effects
             upon
             the
             minds
             of
             the
             common
             People
             .
             It
             will
             be
             well
             therefore
             to
             ask
             
               Stephen
               College
            
             what
             he
             means
             by
             that
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             that
             is
             so
             much
             Endanger'd
             ;
             and
             who
             and
             where
             those
             Papists
             are
             ,
             upon
             whom
             he
             Charges
             this
             
               Hellish
               Conspiracy
            
             :
             for
             we
             have
             none
             as
             yet
             in
             sight
             that
             can
             fall
             within
             the
             compass
             of
             his
             Challenge
             ;
             but
             
               his
               Majesty
               himself
            
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Ordinary
               Ministers
               of
               Iustice
            
             acting
             according
             to
             the
             
               Known
               Laws
            
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             
               Regular
               Methods
               of
               Iudicial
               Proceedings
            
             .
             Now
             upon
             a
             due
             Examination
             of
             this
             matter
             ,
             there
             will
             be
             found
             a
             great
             difference
             betwixt
             
               Colleges
               Protestants
            
             ,
             and
             Ours
             ;
             and
             betwixt
             
               Our
               Papists
            
             and
             His
             :
             So
             that
             the
             Snare
             lies
             in
             the
             double
             acceptation
             of
             the
             Word
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             labour
             to
             Impose
             upon
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             the
             Schismatiques
             are
             the
             
               only
               True-Protestants
            
             ,
             and
             those
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             a
             Confederacy
             against
             them
             with
             the
             Papists
             :
             But
             we
             shall
             take
             
               Colleges
               Religion
            
             as
             he
             has
             deliver'd
             it
             with
             his
             own
             lips
             ;
             and
             gather
             from
             thence
             
             what
             may
             be
             the
             Cause
             ,
             and
             the
             Profession
             that
             he
             contends
             for
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             2.
             
             The
             meaning
             of
             Colleges
             Protestants
             .
          
           
             I
             Was
             ever
             a
             Protestant
             ;
             (
             says
             College
             )
             I
             was
             born
             a
             
               Protestant
               ;
               I
               have
            
             liv'd
             
               so
               ,
               and
               so
               ,
               by
               the
               Grace
               of
               God
               ,
               I
               'le
            
             dye
             :
             Of
             
               the
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             
               Best
               Reformation
            
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             from
             all
             Idolatry
             ,
             from
             all
             Superstition
             ,
             or
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             contrary
             to
             the
             Gospel
             of
             our
             Blessed
             Lord
             and
             Saviour
             .
             
               Colleges
               last
               Speech
            
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Clause
             he
             Declares
             himself
             upon
             his
             Death
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             
               Protestant
               of
               the
               Church
               of
               England
               ,
            
             according
             to
             the
             
               Best
               Reformation
            
             ,
             &c.
             
             Now
             there
             is
             
               No
               Church
               of
               England
            
             but
             that
             which
             is
             Established
             by
             Law
             ,
             both
             in
             Doctrine
             and
             Discipline
             ;
             unless
             you
             will
             make
             the
             
               Dissenting
               Protestants
            
             ,
             to
             be
             Assenters
             ,
             and
             Consenters
             ;
             and
             
             Feake's
             ,
             
             Owen's
             ,
             
             Ralphson's
             ,
             
             Baxter's
             ,
             
             Meade's
             ,
             
             Ienkins's
             
               Separate
               Congregations
            
             to
             be
             
               severally
               the
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ;
             which
             no
             man
             certainly
             in
             his
             Right
             Wits
             will
             pretend
             to
             do
             .
             So
             that
             either
             he
             dy'd
             a
             True
             Son
             of
             the
             
               Established
               Church
               of
               England
            
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Genuine
             Import
             of
             the
             Expression
             ;
             (
             and
             as
             most
             manifestly
             he
             would
             have
             it
             thought
             ,
             he
             did
             )
             or
             else
             his
             Design
             was
             to
             go
             off
             with
             a
             
               Desperate
               Equivocation
            
             betwixt
             his
             Teeth
             ,
             if
             he
             was
             any
             other
             than
             what
             he
             Pretended
             to
             be
             :
             and
             it
             comes
             all
             to
             a
             Case
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Truth
             of
             his
             Profession
             ,
             whether
             ye
             take
             him
             the
             One
             way
             ,
             or
             the
             Other
             .
             There
             may
             be
             Another
             Note
             upon
             it
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             give
             to
             understand
             by
             This
             Profession
             that
             he
             had
             always
             Liv'd
             ,
             and
             that
             
             now
             he
             Dy'd
             ,
             the
             
               same
               sort
               of
               Protestant
            
             ;
             which
             is
             a
             Point-Blank-Contradiction
             to
             that
             which
             now
             follows
             .
          
           
             
               Upon
               the
               Sheriffs
               Desiring
               him
               ,
               for
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               to
               declare
               what
               Church
               he
               meant
               ;
               whether
            
             Presbyterian
             ,
             or
             Independent
             ,
             
               or
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             ;
             or
             what
             ?
             
               His
               answer
               was
            
             [
             Good
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             ,
             for
             your
             satisfaction
             ,
             for
             Twenty
             years
             and
             above
             ,
             I
             was
             under
             the
             
               Presbyterian
               Ministry
            
             ,
             till
             His
             Majesties
             Restauration
             .
             Then
             ,
             I
             was
             Conformable
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             when
             that
             was
             Restor'd
             ;
             and
             so
             continu'd
             ,
             till
             such
             time
             as
             I
             saw
             Persecution
             upon
             the
             
               Dissenting
               People
            
             ,
             and
             undue
             things
             done
             in
             their
             Meeting-Places
             .
             Then
             I
             went
             among
             them
             ,
             to
             know
             what
             kind
             of
             People
             those
             were
             ;
             and
             I
             take
             God
             to
             Witness
             ,
             since
             that
             time
             I
             have
             used
             their
             Meetings
             ,
             viz.
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               ;
               others
            
             very
             seldom
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             Last
             Speech
             .
          
           
             By
             this
             it
             appears
             that
             College
             was
             a
             
               Presbyterian
               before
            
             the
             Late
             Rebellion
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             quite
             thorough
             it
             .
             He
             saies
             nothing
             ,
             what
             brought
             him
             over
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             at
             last
             ;
             but
             that
             it
             was
             the
             Persecution
             of
             the
             Dissenters
             that
             carried
             him
             off
             again
             :
             And
             yet
             he
             told
             us
             but
             just
             before
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             of
             
               That
               Reformation
            
             which
             was
             Freest
             from
             Superstition
             and
             Idolatry
             ;
             though
             there
             was
             nothing
             of
             that
             we
             see
             in
             this
             
               Pretended
               Cause
            
             of
             his
             Relapse
             .
             The
             Remainder
             of
             this
             Paragraph
             is
             Mysterious
             ,
             and
             Perplext
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             too
             much
             Reason
             to
             fear
             that
             it
             was
             Intricated
             on
             purpose
             that
             he
             might
             be
             
               Vnderstood
               one
               way
            
             ,
             and
             
               Mean
               another
            
             .
             But
             however
             ,
             if
             there
             be
             any
             thing
             to
             be
             made
             out
             of
             it
             at
             all
             ,
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             dy'd
             of
             the
             Presbyterian
             Persuasion
             .
             I
             would
             not
             force
             any
             thing
             ,
             to
             Discredit
             the
             words
             of
             a
             Dying
             man
             ;
             but
             if
             any
             man
             can
             reconcile
             this
             Passage
             ,
             either
             to
             it self
             ,
             or
             with
             several
             other
             Expressions
             of
             his
             in
             Prison
             ,
             some
             two
             or
             three
             days
             before
             his
             death
             ,
             they
             will
             do
             him
             a
             
             Kind
             ,
             and
             a
             Charitable
             Office
             ;
             for
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             I
             cannot
             bring
             them
             to
             any
             sort
             of
             Consistence
             .
          
           
             A
             matter
             of
             two
             or
             three
             days
             before
             his
             Execution
             ,
             two
             Divines
             of
             eminent
             Piety
             and
             Worth
             ,
             gave
             the
             Prisoner
             a
             Visit
             ,
             and
             among
             other
             Discourses
             suitable
             to
             his
             Condition
             ,
             and
             the
             occasion
             ,
             It
             was
             ask'd
             him
             ,
             Q.
             
               What
               Church
               are
               ye
               of
               ?
               A.
            
             Of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             .
             Q.
             
               As
               by
               Law
               Establish'd
               ?
               A.
            
             No
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             .
             Q.
             
               How
               d'
               ye
               mean
               the
               Church
               of
            
             England
             
               then
               ?
               A
               Presbyterian
               ?
               A.
            
             No.
             Q.
             
               An
               Independent
               ?
               A.
            
             No.
             Q.
             
               An
               Anabaptist
               ?
               A.
            
             No.
             Q.
             
               A
               Quaker
               ?
               A.
            
             No.
             Q.
             
               Where
               's
               that
               Church
               in
            
             Christendom
             
               then
               ,
               that
               you
               will
               own
               your self
               a
               Member
               of
               ?
               A.
            
             That
             's
             to
             my self
             ;
             I
             will
             not
             tell
             ye
             .
             And
             he
             gave
             at
             another
             time
             his
             Reason
             for
             't
             .
             
               If
               it
               were
               known
            
             (
             saith
             he
             )
             
               what
               Church
               I
               am
               of
               ,
               my
               faults
               would
               be
               laid
               upon
               my
               whole
               Church
               .
            
             How
             does
             this
             agree
             now
             with
             his
             Profession
             at
             the
             Place
             of
             Execution
             ?
             Or
             where
             shall
             we
             find
             that
             
               Individuum
               Vagum
            
             of
             
               Colleges
               Protestant
            
             ?
          
           
             There
             were
             some
             Circumstances
             concerning
             my
             Lady
             Rochester
             ,
             of
             which
             hereafter
             ;
             and
             others
             grounded
             upon
             the
             Information
             of
             a
             Somerset-shire
             Gentleman
             ,
             that
             have
             prevail'd
             upon
             many
             People
             to
             take
             him
             for
             a
             Papist
             ,
             which
             Information
             runs
             thus
             .
          
           
             
               That
               the
            
             Informant
             
               Lodging
               at
               the
               House
            
             of
             one
             P.
             a
             Victualler
             in
             Wich-street
             ,
             in
             Michaelmas
             Term
             ,
             1677.
             there
             came
             into
             the
             Room
             where
             he
             was
             (
             upon
             a
             Sunday
             in
             the
             Evening
             )
             a
             certain
             Person
             who
             was
             called
             by
             the
             name
             of
             College
             ;
             and
             sitting
             down
             there
             ,
             enter'd
             into
             a
             discourse
             concerning
             the
             Lord
             of
             Rochester
             ,
             whereupon
             the
             Informant
             told
             College
             that
             he
             heard
             the
             Lady
             Rochester
             was
             turn'd
             Papist
             ;
             who
             thereupon
             demanded
             ,
             
               what
               he
               meant
               by
               a
               Papist
               ?
            
             to
             which
             he
             answer'd
             ,
             One
             that
             maintain'd
             the
             Tenents
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ,
             mentioning
             some
             of
             them
             ;
             as
             
               Purgatory
               ,
               
               Prayers
               to
               Saints
               ,
            
             &c.
             whereupon
             the
             other
             undertook
             to
             defend
             the
             said
             Tenents
             ,
             and
             with
             great
             Vehemence
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             bring
             him
             Books
             the
             next
             day
             that
             should
             overthrow
             all
             Arguments
             to
             the
             contrary
             :
             And
             told
             him
             farther
             ,
             that
             his
             name
             was
             Gollege
             ,
             and
             not
             College
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             had
             wrought
             for
             my
             Lord
             of
             Rochester
             at
             Eumore
             :
             But
             the
             Informant
             never
             saw
             him
             before
             ,
             nor
             since
             ,
             only
             his
             Landlord
             told
             him
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Joyner
             ,
             and
             liv'd
             at
             the
             back-side
             of
             his
             House
             .
          
           
             Colleges
             Answer
             to
             this
             Point
             was
             ,
             that
             he
             believ'd
             this
             might
             be
             his
             Brother
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             Ioyner
             by
             Trade
             ,
             and
             dy'd
             a
             Papist
             ,
             in
             October
             ,
             1678.
             
             He
             wrote
             his
             name
             Gollege
             ;
             Lodg'd
             near
             
               Wich
               street
            
             ,
             and
             (
             as
             he
             conceiv'd
             )
             had
             done
             work
             for
             my
             Lord
             Rochester
             at
             Eumore
             ;
             which
             seems
             to
             have
             been
             the
             ground
             of
             that
             mistake
             .
             Beside
             that
             ,
             College
             had
             several
             times
             Confess'd
             that
             he
             had
             
               strong
               and
               frequent
               Impulses
               on
               his
               spirit
               against
               Popery
               :
            
             Insomuch
             that
             if
             he
             did
             but
             see
             any
             book
             in
             defence
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             would
             prefently
             set
             all
             his
             work
             aside
             to
             get
             it
             answer'd
             ;
             declaring
             himself
             also
             against
             it
             at
             the
             place
             of
             Execution
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             ,
             
               [
               I
               do
               with
               all
               my
               soul
               ,
               and
               did
               ever
               since
               I
               knew
               what
               Religion
               was
               ,
               Abhor
               and
               Detest
               the
               Church
               of
            
             Rome
             ,
             
               as
               Pernicious
               and
               Destructive
               of
               Humane
               Society
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             I
             shall
             leave
             it
             now
             to
             the
             Readers
             choice
             whether
             a
             Papist
             ,
             or
             not
             ?
             Although
             for
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             am
             strongly
             persuaded
             of
             the
             Negative
             ;
             but
             what
             kind
             of
             Protestant
             to
             make
             of
             him
             ,
             we
             are
             yet
             to
             seek
             .
             We
             shall
             see
             next
             how
             he
             stood
             affected
             to
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ;
             but
             so
             as
             to
             separate
             his
             Opinions
             from
             his
             Practices
             ,
             which
             are
             reserv'd
             for
             another
             place
             .
          
           
             He
             received
             his
             
               Sentence
               ,
               Aug.
            
             18.
             and
             Suffer'd
             upon
             the
             31.
             
             In
             this
             Interim
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Oxford
             provided
             all
             that
             was
             possible
             for
             his
             Relief
             and
             Consolation
             ,
             with
             
             infinite
             Compassion
             and
             Honour
             ;
             appointing
             several
             eminent
             Pious
             and
             Learned
             Divines
             to
             Administer
             unto
             him
             in
             his
             Distress
             .
             The
             Reverend
             Dr.
             Marshal
             went
             to
             him
             first
             ,
             who
             being
             call'd
             away
             by
             bus'ness
             ,
             Dr.
             Hall
             supply'd
             his
             place
             ,
             from
             whose
             hand
             he
             receiv'd
             the
             Blessed
             Sacrament
             soon
             after
             his
             Sentence
             ;
             but
             his
             Devotion-duties
             were
             still
             distracted
             with
             some
             interjected
             Excursions
             of
             his
             own
             ;
             and
             he
             was
             heard
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             
               as
               he
               did
               not
               disdain
               the
               Prayers
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               so
               he
               did
               not
               delight
               in
               such
               Prayers
               ,
               neither
               could
               he
               joyn
               heartily
               with
               those
               that
               did
               not
               pray
               by
               the
            
             Spirit
             .
             It
             was
             observed
             by
             one
             of
             these
             Reverend
             Gentlemen
             that
             assisted
             him
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             came
             to
             the
             Prayers
             for
             the
             
               King
               ,
               Queen
            
             ,
             and
             the
             Bishops
             ,
             instead
             of
             Amen
             ,
             he
             said
             
               Lord
               have
               mercy
               upon
               them
            
             ,
             though
             he
             joyn'd
             in
             an
             Amen
             to
             all
             the
             rest
             .
             Two
             days
             before
             his
             Execution
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             desir'd
             him
             to
             prepare
             himself
             for
             the
             Holy
             Eucharist
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             return'd
             this
             Answer
             .
             
               It
               is
               no
               more
               than
               a
               Shell
               and
               Form
               of
               your
               own
               making
               ;
               as
               if
               I
               eat
               a
               piece
               of
               Bread
               ,
               and
               drank
               a
               glass
               of
               Wine
               ,
               and
               at
               the
               same
               time
               remember'd
               my
               Saviour
               .
            
             In
             this
             manner
             he
             refus'd
             it
             :
             Nor
             would
             he
             suffer
             this
             Gentleman
             to
             pray
             with
             him
             at
             all
             upon
             the
             day
             of
             his
             Execution
             ;
             declaring
             that
             nothing
             gave
             him
             satisfaction
             but
             
               Extemporary
               Prayer
            
             .
             The
             Doctor
             Administer'd
             to
             him
             by
             the
             Liturgy
             ,
             and
             so
             did
             Dr.
             Marshal
             pray
             with
             him
             likewise
             ;
             but
             still
             he
             would
             have
             sallies
             also
             of
             his
             own
             .
             Little
             
               Schismatical
               Ianeway
            
             tells
             a
             long
             story
             ,
             (
             and
             against
             himself
             too
             )
             
               (
               Num.
               42.
            
             )
             where
             he
             says
             that
             
               College
               was
               urg'd
               with
               divers
               Arguments
               to
               make
               a
               Publique
               Confession
            
             ;
             whereas
             it
             was
             only
             propounded
             to
             to
             him
             to
             Confess
             ,
             Conditionally
             ,
             and
             not
             Absolutely
             ,
             as
             he
             maliciously
             represents
             it
             .
             True
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             gave
             hopes
             at
             first
             of
             some
             tractable
             inclinations
             toward
             the
             Entertainment
             of
             the
             Liturgy
             ;
             but
             upon
             
               Munday
               morning
            
             
             there
             was
             found
             with
             him
             a
             certain
             unknown
             Quaker
             ;
             and
             from
             that
             time
             till
             the
             
               next
               Wednesday
            
             (
             the
             day
             of
             his
             Execution
             )
             he
             was
             harden'd
             against
             all
             Attempts
             ;
             and
             this
             Obstinacy
             of
             his
             was
             said
             to
             arise
             from
             a
             suggestion
             of
             the
             Quakers
             ,
             that
             without
             dashing
             the
             Credit
             of
             those
             Witnesses
             ,
             the
             Protestant
             Cause
             would
             be
             in
             danger
             to
             be
             lost
             .
             He
             press'd
             very
             earnestly
             that
             
               Titmarsh
               ,
               the
               Preaching-Anabaptist-Tanner
            
             ,
             might
             come
             and
             Pray
             with
             him
             ;
             and
             he
             was
             privately
             sent
             for
             ,
             but
             not
             suffer'd
             to
             come
             at
             him
             .
          
           
             You
             have
             here
             an
             account
             of
             the
             
               Protestant-Ioyners
               Religion
            
             from
             his
             own
             lips
             ,
             which
             is
             Resolv'd
             at
             last
             into
             a
             meer
             
               Enthusiastical
               Whimsie
            
             .
             The
             Quaker
             pleases
             him
             ;
             the
             Anabaptist
             pleases
             him
             ;
             and
             yet
             he
             is
             neither
             the
             one
             nor
             the
             other
             ,
             nor
             a
             Presbyterian
             ;
             nor
             an
             Independent
             ;
             nor
             a
             Church-of-England-man
             ,
             and
             yet
             a
             Friend
             to
             all
             but
             the
             Right
             ;
             and
             Conciliable
             even
             to
             those
             Opinions
             that
             are
             yet
             at
             an
             Inconciliable
             Variance
             one
             with
             another
             .
             Let
             the
             Reader
             now
             determine
             under
             these
             Circumstances
             ,
             whether
             
               that
               Protestant
               Persuasion
            
             that
             makes
             such
             a
             noise
             in
             this
             Controversie
             ,
             be
             a
             Religion
             or
             a
             Faction
             ;
             or
             how
             it
             is
             possible
             either
             to
             Destroy
             or
             to
             
               Defend
               that
               Religion
            
             which
             is
             no
             where
             to
             be
             found
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             3.
             
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             the
             Papists
             in
             Conspiracy
             against
             
               Colleges
               Protestants
            
             .
          
           
             THE
             
               Protestant
               Ioyner
            
             has
             left
             us
             at
             a
             great
             loss
             in
             the
             fore-going
             Section
             ,
             about
             the
             meaning
             of
             his
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             :
             But
             then
             he
             makes
             some
             amends
             for
             't
             in
             telling
             us
             very
             plainly
             what
             he
             means
             by
             the
             
             Papists
             .
             It
             is
             a
             part
             of
             his
             Charge
             ,
             That
             he
             reckon'd
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             
               all
               his
               Adherents
            
             for
             Papists
             ;
             and
             we
             have
             his
             own
             Words
             and
             Papers
             to
             prove
             every
             jot
             as
             much
             as
             that
             amounts
             to
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             minutest
             Circumstances
             of
             the
             Accusation
             .
          
           
             
               [
               This
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               is
               not
               the
               first
               time
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               the
               Papists
               have
               design'd
               to
               take
               away
               my
               life
               ;
               though
               it
               be
               the
               first
               time
               they
               went
               about
               to
               take
               it
            
             away
             by
             a
             Law.
             Tryal
             .
             p.
             39.
             
             What
             is
             this
             now
             to
             say
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             Ordinary
             Ministers
             of
             Justice
             ,
             in
             the
             Orderly
             Execution
             of
             their
             Duties
             ,
             are
             Murtherers
             and
             Papists
             ?
             And
             it
             is
             yet
             more
             explicitly
             set
             forth
             in
             the
             
               first
               Section
            
             ,
             as
             we
             have
             seen
             already
             .
             How
             often
             has
             he
             been
             heard
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             Mr.
             Harleton
             of
             St.
             
               Pauls
               Church-yard
            
             ,
             to
             whom
             he
             appeals
             from
             Mr.
             
               Masters's
               Evidence
            
             ,
             that
             
               old
               Rowly
            
             (
             his
             Cypher
             for
             the
             
               King
               )
               was
               a
               Papist
            
             ?
             and
             it
             was
             his
             common
             discourse
             in
             Coffee-Houses
             at
             a
             venture
             ,
             as
             numbers
             of
             Persons
             are
             able
             and
             ready
             to
             justifie
             ,
             if
             need
             should
             require
             it
             .
             What
             's
             the
             meaning
             of
             his
             drawing
             the
             King
             with
             
               Two
               Faces
            
             in
             his
             
               Raree
               Show
               ,
               one
            
             towards
             Popery
             ,
             the
             other
             towards
             Protestantism
             ?
             And
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             at
             his
             Majesties
             
               Back
               ,
               in
               a
               Chest
               of
               Rome
            
             (
             as
             he
             calls
             it
             )
             in
             the
             Ballad
             ?
             What
             's
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             
               English
               Clergy
            
             Riding
             Tantivy
             after
             a
             Iesuite
             in
             another
             of
             his
             Prints
             ?
             With
             these
             words
             of
             Explanation
             ,
             
               Room
               for
               the
               Church
               ?
               For
               Rome
               Boys
               :
            
             with
             this
             Conceit
             at
             the
             
               Church-door
               ,
               Out
               Phanatiques
               ;
               In
               ,
               Popery
               :
            
             And
             the
             
               Bishop
               of
               Bath
               and
               Wells
            
             Personated
             in
             it
             ,
             with
             a
             Patch
             on
             his
             check
             ,
             and
             the
             mark
             upon
             him
             of
             a
             Church-Papist
             ?
             Or
             what
             say
             ye
             of
             the
             
               same
               Bishop
               again
               ,
               kissing
               the
               Popes
               Toe
            
             in
             another
             of
             his
             Pieces
             ,
             Entitled
             
               Hats
               for
               Caps
            
             ;
             with
             the
             whole
             Hierarchy
             in
             't
             ,
             making
             Court
             to
             
               his
               Holiness
            
             for
             Preferment
             ?
             And
             then
             there
             's
             the
             Learned
             device
             of
             a
             Scale
             to
             the
             
               Papacy
               ,
               1.
               
               Servitor
               .
               2.
               
               Pupil
               .
               
               3.
               
               Batchelors
               .
               4
               Master
               .
               5.
               
               Priest.
               6.
               
               Doctor
               .
               7.
               
               Dean
               .
               8.
               
               Bishop
               .
               9.
               
               Cardinal
               .
               10.
               
               Pope
               .
            
             With
             these
             words
             to
             't
             .
             
               [
               The
               Gradual
               way
               to
               make
               a
               Pope
               Infallibly
               :
               All
               done
               by
               the
               Sign
               of
               the
               Cross
               ,
               and
               a
               little
               School
               Conjuring
               .
            
             Here
             's
             abundantly
             enough
             to
             shew
             What
             ,
             and
             Who
             they
             are
             that
             he
             calls
             Papists
             ,
             without
             need
             of
             any
             other
             Evidence
             or
             Explication
             .
             But
             it
             will
             be
             said
             perhaps
             that
             these
             Pictures
             ,
             and
             especially
             the
             
               Raree
               Show
            
             are
             not
             yet
             prov'd
             to
             be
             Colleges
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             4.
             
             The
             Libellous
             Pictures
             ,
             and
             Particularly
             the
             
               Raree
               Show
            
             prov'd
             to
             be
             Colleges
             .
          
           
             MY
             Lord
             ,
             
               (
               says
               College
            
             )
             as
             to
             the
             Papers
             Charg'd
             upon
             me
             to
             be
             mine
             ,
             I
             declare
             I
             know
             not
             of
             them
             .
             
               Tryal
               .
               pag.
            
             74.
             
             I
             cannot
             deny
             but
             that
             they
             were
             in
             my
             House
             ;
             but
             that
             I
             was
             the
             Author
             ,
             or
             did
             take
             them
             in
             ,
             is
             as
             great
             a
             Mistake
             as
             ever
             was
             made
             .
             Ibid.
             I
             know
             nothing
             of
             the
             Printing
             of
             them
             ,
             nor
             was
             I
             the
             Author
             of
             them
             .
             Ibid.
             I
             do
             declare
             I
             know
             nothing
             of
             the
             Original
             ,
             the
             Printer
             ,
             nor
             the
             Author
             .
             p.
             75.
             
             
               There
               's
               a
               great
               deal
               more
               of
               this
               stuff
               in
               the
            
             Tryal
             ,
             
               to
               the
               same
               purpose
               ;
               but
               I
               shall
               lay
               no
               hold
               of
               any
               thing
               he
               says
               in
               his
            
             Defence
             ,
             
               save
               where
               he
            
             Confesses
             :
             
               But
               it
               will
               be
               allow'd
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               that
               some
               weight
               might
               be
               laid
               upon
               what
               he
               delivers
               in
               that
               which
               is
               publish'd
               under
               the
               Title
               of
            
             A
             True
             Copy
             of
             the
             Dying
             Words
             of
             Mr.
             
               Stephen
               College
            
             ,
             left
             in
             Writing
             under
             his
             own
             hand
             ,
             and
             confirmed
             by
             him
             at
             the
             time
             of
             Execution
             ,
             Aug.
             31.
             1681.
             at
             Oxford
             ,
             Publish'd
             by
             his
             own
             Relations
             ,
             and
             Printed
             for
             
               Edith
               College
            
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Printed
             Papers
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             which
             Dugdaie
             produced
             in
             the
             Court
             ,
             I
             do
             declare
             ,
             I
             never
             saw
             them
             ,
             call'd
             
             the
             
               Raree
               Show
            
             ,
             and
             
               Intercepted
               Letter
               [
               in
               his
               hand
               ]
            
             before
             that
             time
             ,
             
               (
               the
               meaning
               of
               these
               words
            
             [
             in
             his
             hand
             ]
             
               I
               do
               not
               understand
            
             )
             and
             therefore
             could
             not
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             decypher
             any
             of
             the
             Pictures
             to
             him
             .
             It
             's
             utterly
             false
             .
             I
             was
             not
             the
             Author
             of
             those
             Verses
             call'd
             the
             
               Raree
               Show
            
             ,
             neither
             do
             I
             know
             who
             was
             ,
             or
             the
             Printer
             ,
             or
             ever
             own'd
             my self
             the
             Author
             of
             either
             of
             them
             Papers
             to
             him
             in
             my
             life
             .
          
           
             Now
             by
             this
             train
             of
             wild
             Circumlocutions
             ,
             a
             body
             would
             think
             that
             College
             had
             been
             wholly
             Innocent
             of
             any
             hand
             in
             the
             Promoting
             of
             that
             Scurrilous
             and
             Malicious
             Libel
             ,
             especially
             considering
             some
             passages
             of
             his
             in
             the
             other
             Speech
             that
             was
             Printed
             for
             
               T.
               Basset
               .
               I
               take
               God
               to
               witness
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               and
               do
               freely
               acknowledge
               ,
               I
               have
               sought
               my
               God
               with
               tears
               several
               times
               ,
               to
               inform
               me
               if
               so
               be
               I
               had
               with
               any
               Word
               transgressed
               at
               any
               time
               .
               ]
            
             He
             does
             not
             find
             himself
             Guilty
             it
             seems
             ,
             of
             so
             much
             as
             one
             Word
             amiss
             ,
             but
             appears
             to
             purge
             himself
             upon
             his
             Death
             ,
             as
             to
             that
             particular
             ,
             which
             naturally
             resolves
             into
             this
             Conclusion
             ;
             that
             either
             he
             had
             nothing
             to
             do
             with
             that
             Paper
             ,
             or
             otherwise
             that
             he
             approv'd
             the
             Design
             and
             Contents
             of
             it
             ,
             though
             one
             of
             the
             most
             Insolent
             Pieces
             of
             Seditious
             Ribaldry
             that
             ever
             saw
             the
             light
             .
             
               [
               Monstrous
               foul
               Beast
               ,
               Thief
               ,
               Child
               of
               Heathen
            
             Hobbs
             .
             ]
             This
             is
             the
             Language
             of
             the
             
               Protestant
               Ioyner
            
             to
             his
             Sovereign
             .
             Let
             the
             world
             judge
             by
             this
             of
             
               his
               Religion
            
             ,
             and
             of
             theirs
             too
             that
             side
             with
             him
             ;
             and
             in
             so
             doing
             ,
             become
             Abettors
             and
             Partakers
             of
             his
             Crimes
             .
             But
             we
             shall
             now
             make
             it
             as
             clear
             as
             the
             light
             it self
             ,
             that
             he
             went
             off
             the
             Stage
             with
             a
             sad
             account
             to
             answer
             for
             upon
             this
             very
             Point
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             He
             own'd
             to
             Mr.
             
               Atterbury
               ▪
            
             the
             Messenger
             ,
             
               all
               the
               Papers
               that
               were
               found
               in
               his
               House
            
             to
             be
             his
             own
             ,
             whereof
             the
             
               Raree
               Show
            
             was
             one
             ;
             telling
             him
             moreover
             ,
             that
             
               If
               there
               was
               any
               Treason
               in
               those
               Papers
               ,
               the
               Wisest
               
               man
               in
            
             England
             
               was
               mistaken
            
             .
             And
             so
             says
             
               Aaron
               Smith
            
             in
             his
             Paper
             of
             Instructions
             to
             him
             at
             
               Oxford
               .
               [
               The
            
             Raree
             Show
             ,
             
               &c.
               and
               the
            
             Pictures
             
               are
               not
               Treason
               .
            
             ]
             Taking
             for
             granted
             that
             the
             Raree-Show
             ,
             &c.
             would
             infallibly
             be
             made
             out
             against
             him
             .
          
           
             The
             Design
             of
             this
             Raree-Show
             ,
             drawn
             with
             a
             Pencil
             upon
             
               Dutch
               Paper
            
             in
             Black-lead
             ,
             was
             found
             ,
             it
             seems
             ,
             lying
             upon
             his
             Table
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             mis-lay'd
             .
             So
             that
             College
             dodg'd
             them
             upon
             that
             point
             ,
             at
             the
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             disown'd
             it
             in
             these
             words
             
               [
               I
               am
               sure
               you
               could
               never
               find
               the
            
             Original
             
               of
               any
               such
               thing
               in
               my
               House
               .
               ]
            
             But
             though
             this
             was
             a
             
               point-blank
               denial
            
             of
             a
             Truth
             ;
             there
             is
             this
             to
             be
             said
             yet
             in
             Extenuation
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             his
             Life
             was
             at
             stake
             ,
             and
             he
             made
             the
             best
             of
             his
             Plea.
             But
             this
             is
             no
             Excuse
             yet
             for
             his
             Double-dealing
             after
             his
             Sentence
             ,
             and
             upon
             the
             place
             of
             Execution
             .
             He
             was
             Interrogated
             in
             the
             Castle
             some
             few
             days
             before
             he
             suffer'd
             ,
             whether
             he
             did
             not
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             draw
             the
             design
             for
             the
             Ballad
             of
             
               A
               Raree-Show
            
             ?
             and
             whether
             
               that
               very
               Draught
            
             was
             not
             taken
             with
             the
             other
             Prints
             ,
             in
             his
             House
             ?
             His
             Answer
             was
             ,
             that
             
               he
               was
               neither
               the
            
             Author
             
               of
               the
               Verses
               or
               Ballad
               ,
               nor
               did
               he
            
             know
             
               either
               the
            
             Author
             ,
             
               or
               the
            
             Printer
             .
             And
             then
             for
             the
             Design
             ,
             he
             bad
             them
             
               shew
               it
            
             (
             knowing
             it
             to
             be
             lost
             )
             
               and
               he
               would
               own
               it
               ,
               if
               it
               were
               his
               .
            
          
           
             Now
             to
             expound
             this
             Riddle
             ,
             't
             is
             probable
             he
             did
             not
             know
             the
             Author
             ,
             nor
             the
             Printer
             ;
             and
             yet
             it
             is
             clear
             that
             the
             
               first
               design
            
             was
             of
             his
             drawing
             ;
             and
             by
             him
             accommodated
             to
             the
             Verses
             ,
             without
             so
             much
             as
             knowing
             who
             was
             the
             Poet.
             He
             might
             possibly
             deliver
             that
             Draught
             also
             to
             have
             it
             Cut
             ,
             without
             knowing
             the
             Graver
             ;
             as
             it
             is
             certain
             that
             he
             did
             deliver
             the
             Verses
             to
             be
             Printed
             ,
             though
             perhaps
             without
             knowing
             the
             Printer
             :
             And
             this
             does
             evidently
             appear
             from
             the
             Testimony
             of
             the
             
               Printer
               himself
            
             .
          
           
           
             The
             Printer
             confesses
             and
             declares
             upon
             the
             sight
             of
             one
             of
             the
             Papers
             found
             at
             Colleges
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             wrought
             at
             
               his
               Press
            
             ;
             that
             he
             did
             it
             for
             
               Franck
               Smith
            
             ,
             who
             told
             him
             that
             it
             was
             a
             
               Merry
               ▪
               Ioking
               thing
            
             ,
             but
             a
             
               Truth
               ▪
            
             which
             Corresponds
             with
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             College
             said
             it
             was
             
               [
               as
               true
               as
               that
               Gods
               in
               Heaven
               .
            
             The
             Printer
             Informs
             likewise
             ,
             that
             
               Francis
               Smith
            
             ,
             upon
             the
             reading
             of
             the
             Staves
             to
             him
             Expounded
             them
             ;
             (
             but
             without
             the
             Picture
             )
             and
             told
             him
             that
             there
             was
             a
             Captain
             with
             a
             
               Pack
               at
               his
               back
            
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             that
             He
             in
             the
             Mire
             was
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             that
             He
             with
             the
             
               Two
               Faces
            
             was
             the
             
               King
               again
               ▪
            
             and
             that
             it
             was
             
               a
               Merry
               Iocose
               thing
               ,
               and
               had
               been
               sung
               before
               several
               Lords
               at
            
             Oxford
             :
             Which
             Particularities
             do
             punctually
             agree
             with
             the
             Evidence
             against
             College
             ,
             from
             whom
             undoubtedly
             
               Franck
               Smith
            
             receiv'd
             the
             Manuscript
             ;
             and
             College
             ,
             it
             seems
             ,
             told
             Smith
             no
             more
             upon
             this
             occasion
             ,
             than
             what
             he
             had
             told
             before
             to
             other
             People
             .
             The
             Book-seller
             ,
             I
             find
             ,
             knew
             well
             enough
             what
             he
             did
             too
             ,
             being
             very
             earnest
             with
             the
             Printer
             not
             to
             discover
             his
             Name
             ,
             but
             to
             say
             that
             
               he
               had
               the
               Copy
               from
               a
               Gentleman
               ,
               to
               him
               unknown
            
             ;
             adding
             moreover
             these
             words
             
               [
               A
               body
               may
               be
               Troubled
               about
               it
               ,
               but
               there
               's
               no
            
             Treason
             
               in
               it
               ▪
            
             ]
          
           
             Now
             after
             all
             that
             is
             said
             ,
             lest
             it
             should
             be
             suggested
             that
             there
             's
             no
             positive
             Proof
             yet
             against
             College
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             any
             thing
             to
             do
             with
             this
             Libel
             ,
             we
             shall
             now
             put
             that
             Question
             out
             of
             all
             dispute
             .
             There
             was
             a
             Paper
             of
             
               Colleges
               Intercepted
            
             ,
             which
             upon
             Examination
             he
             utterly
             deny'd
             at
             first
             ;
             but
             finding
             himself
             Discover'd
             ,
             he
             Confess'd
             it
             .
             This
             was
             some
             few
             days
             before
             his
             Execution
             .
             The
             Paper
             here
             intended
             ,
             was
             the
             Speech
             ,
             word
             for
             word
             ,
             that
             was
             Printed
             for
             
               Edith
               College
            
             ;
             which
             being
             〈◊〉
             to
             the
             Joynor
             ,
             he
             acknowledg'd
             it
             to
             be
             of
             
               his
               own
               Hand-writing
            
             ;
             and
             
               so
               is
            
             the
             Manuscript
             also
             of
             the
             Raree-Show
             
             
             
             
             
             from
             whence
             that
             Ballad
             was
             Printed
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             the
             Original
             at
             this
             Instant
             by
             me
             ,
             to
             satisfie
             any
             man
             that
             shall
             make
             a
             doubt
             whether
             or
             no
             it
             was
             of
             
               Colleges
               Writing
            
             .
             Besides
             that
             ,
             he
             sung
             the
             Ballad
             in
             several
             places
             ,
             and
             particularly
             at
             Sir
             Philip
             Matthews's
             ,
             at
             Southcot
             ,
             as
             divers
             Persons
             of
             Credit
             are
             ready
             to
             attest
             :
             And
             by
             the
             token
             that
             Sir
             Philip
             charg'd
             him
             to
             
               forbear
               ,
               for
               he
               would
               not
               suffer
               any
               such
               thing
               in
               his
               House
            
             ;
             or
             to
             this
             effect
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             but
             deplore
             the
             Infatuated
             blindness
             of
             this
             Unhappy
             Creature
             ,
             that
             should
             now
             at
             his
             last
             Extremity
             ,
             instead
             of
             discharging
             his
             soul
             by
             a
             publique
             and
             sincere
             Repentance
             ,
             be
             troubling
             of
             his
             head
             with
             Shifts
             and
             Reservations
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             were
             contriving
             how
             to
             cast
             a
             mist
             before
             the
             Eyes
             of
             God
             and
             Man
             ;
             and
             in
             a
             case
             so
             open
             too
             ,
             that
             half
             an
             eye
             sees
             thorow
             it
             .
             And
             yet
             I
             cannot
             but
             have
             more
             Charity
             for
             his
             endeavour
             to
             shuffle
             it
             off
             in
             the
             one
             Speech
             ,
             than
             for
             his
             saying
             just
             nothing
             at
             all
             of
             it
             in
             the
             other
             :
             Unless
             as
             he
             has
             wrapt
             up
             the
             particular
             Crimes
             for
             which
             he
             suffer'd
             ,
             in
             his
             last
             general
             Act
             of
             Charity
             and
             Confession
             .
             
               [
               Whomever
               I
               have
               of
               fended
               in
               word
               or
               deed
               ,
               I
               ask
               every
               man's
               pardon
               ;
               and
               I
               forgive
               the
               World
               with
               all
               my
               soul
               all
               the
               Injuries
               I
               have
               received
               ]
            
             This
             is
             the
             best
             that
             can
             be
             made
             on
             't
             :
             And
             without
             large
             allowances
             for
             distraction
             of
             thought
             ,
             and
             want
             of
             consideration
             ,
             't
             is
             more
             than
             a
             man
             can
             justifie
             .
             In
             
             Basset's
             Speech
             ,
             he
             cannot
             so
             much
             as
             charge
             himself
             with
             any
             offensive
             Word
             ,
             though
             upon
             the
             Scrutiny
             ,
             
               he
               had
               sought
               the
               Lord
               with
               Tears
               for
               Information
               .
               [
               I
               as
               little
               thought
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               to
               come
               to
               this
               as
               any
               man
               that
               hears
               me
               this
               day
               ;
               and
               I
               bless
               God
               ,
               I
               have
               no
               more
               deserved
               it
               from
               the
               hands
               of
               men
               ,
               than
               the
               Child
               that
               sucks
               at
               his
               Mothers
               breast
               ,
               I
               bless
               God
               for
               it
               .
               ]
            
             Now
             in
             the
             Speech
             Printed
             for
             
               Edith
               College
            
             ,
             he
             seems
             to
             contradict
             this
             ,
             but
             
             it
             is
             in
             terms
             so
             entangled
             and
             dubious
             ,
             that
             I
             must
             leave
             the
             Reader
             to
             make
             his
             own
             ghess
             upon
             it
             ,
             only
             recommending
             this
             to
             his
             observation
             ;
             that
             he
             speaks
             Intelligibly
             enough
             in
             all
             other
             cases
             ,
             but
             where
             either
             his
             Religion
             ,
             or
             his
             Crime
             is
             the
             Question
             :
             As
             for
             example
             ,
          
           
             There
             be
             some
             other
             Scandalous
             and
             Malicious
             Reports
             thrown
             upon
             me
             ,
             as
             that
             I
             should
             own
             all
             that
             was
             Sworn
             against
             me
             ,
             except
             
             Hains's
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             :
             To
             all
             which
             I
             have
             been
             examined
             by
             Dr.
             Marshal
             ,
             whom
             the
             Bishop
             of
             Oxon
             did
             voluntarily
             send
             to
             me
             the
             day
             after
             I
             was
             Condemned
             ;
             and
             that
             Worthy
             and
             Pious
             Dr.
             Hall
             ,
             who
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             from
             whom
             I
             received
             the
             Blessed
             Sacrament
             on
             
               Sunday
               last
            
             ,
             to
             whom
             I
             did
             make
             the
             same
             Confession
             and
             Acknowledgment
             as
             I
             have
             here
             Inserted
             ;
             particularly
             the
             which
             I
             do
             again
             affirm
             is
             Truth
             ,
             as
             I
             shall
             answer
             it
             to
             God
             Almighty
             :
             Only
             I
             did
             acknowledge
             as
             my
             fault
             ,
             I
             did
             believe
             I
             might
             have
             been
             Guilty
             on
             some
             Occasions
             ,
             and
             in
             heat
             of
             talk
             ,
             to
             have
             uttered
             some
             words
             of
             Indecency
             ,
             not
             becoming
             my
             Duty
             ,
             concerning
             the
             King
             or
             his
             Council
             ;
             
               and
               if
               so
               ,
               I
               do
               beg
               their
               Pardon
               .
               ]
               Now
               the
               Reader
               is
               left
               to
               his
               choice
               ,
               whether
               to
               understand
               [
               ONLY
               ]
               as
               an
               Exception
               to
               the
               Truth
               of
               his
               Confession
               ,
               as
               who
               should
               say
            
             'T
             is
             all
             True
             but
             that
             ;
             
               or
               to
               take
               it
               for
               an
            
             acknowledgment
             ,
             
               of
               having
               been
               Intemperate
               that
               way
               :
               Or
               otherwise
               ,
               as
               a
               bare
               supposition
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               had
               said
               ,
            
             I
             do
             rather
             incline
             to
             think
             I
             might
             sometimes
             lash
             out
             that
             way
             ;
             but
             if
             I
             did
             ,
             it
             was
             in
             a
             Passion
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             ever
             did
             any
             such
             thing
             ,
             I
             ask
             their
             Pardon
             .
             
               So
               that
               here
               's
               nothing
               clear
               and
               open
               ,
               to
               answer
               ,
               either
               the
               expectation
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               or
               the
               duty
               of
               a
               Person
               in
               his
               Condition
               ;
               but
               only
               a
               wandring
               vein
               of
               Ambiguity
               ,
               and
               Incoherence
               ,
               to
               amuse
               the
               Reader
               ,
               and
               to
               perplex
               the
               Period
               .
               Or
               if
               it
               means
               any
               thing
               else
               ,
               it
               bears
               only
               the
               Countenance
               of
               a
               faint
               acknowledgment
               of
               a
               Mildemeanor
               ,
               in
               a
               direct
               Contradiction
               to
               
               what
               he
               delivered
               by
               word
               of
               mouth
               at
               his
               death
               ;
               Confirming
               the
               Truth
               of
               what
               he
            
             Confesses
             
               in
               the
            
             One
             
               Paper
               ,
               and
            
             denys
             
               in
               the
            
             other
             (
             
               in
               his
               own
               words
            
             )
             with
             his
             last
             b●eath
             ,
             and
             sealing
             it
             with
             his
             dearest
             .
             Blood.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             with
             great
             unwillingness
             that
             I
             have
             enter'd
             upon
             this
             office
             ;
             but
             since
             the
             Faction
             has
             taken
             the
             freedom
             to
             arraign
             the
             Justice
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             on
             the
             behalf
             of
             this
             Pretended
             Innocent
             ,
             I
             reckon'd
             it
             my
             duty
             on
             the
             other
             hand
             ,
             to
             expose
             in
             some
             measure
             the
             Fraudulent
             Practices
             of
             the
             Pris'ner
             ;
             and
             I
             make
             no
             doubt
             but
             to
             Evince
             unto
             any
             man
             whatsoever
             ,
             that
             will
             but
             hear
             and
             attend
             Common
             Reason
             ,
             that
             over
             and
             above
             the
             Proofs
             and
             Circumstances
             that
             appear'd
             at
             his
             Tryal
             ,
             there
             is
             in
             these
             Sheets
             sufficient
             to
             make
             out
             the
             Credibility
             of
             his
             Accusation
             .
             But
             in
             my
             way
             to
             the
             main
             bus'ness
             ,
             I
             shall
             give
             ye
             in
             the
             next
             Section
             some
             short
             touches
             of
             his
             disingenuous
             proceedings
             in
             other
             cases
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             5.
             
             
               Colleges
               Doublings
            
             and
             Mistakes
             about
             the
             Bus'ness
             of
             the
             
               Lady
               Rochester
            
             ,
             and
             Father
             Thompson
             ,
             and
             his
             Entertainment
             of
             Mr.
             Sergeant
             .
             Some
             Notes
             upon
             the
             Evidence
             of
             Sir
             
               William
               Jennings
            
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Masters
             ,
             and
             his
             Complaints
             of
             Ill
             Usage
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             charge
             my self
             with
             a
             Critical
             Dissection
             of
             all
             Colleges
             Disguises
             and
             Mistakes
             ,
             but
             make
             my
             Observations
             upon
             such
             ,
             and
             so
             many
             of
             them
             as
             may
             serve
             for
             a
             Foundation
             to
             the
             Reader
             ,
             for
             some
             competent
             judgment
             upon
             the
             rest
             .
             And
             first
             to
             the
             Report
             concerning
             the
             Lady
             Rochester
             .
          
           
           
             It
             pass'd
             for
             current
             here
             in
             the
             Town
             ,
             that
             the
             Lady
             Rochester
             ,
             upon
             her
             Death-bed
             declar'd
             that
             College
             was
             the
             man
             who
             first
             brought
             the
             Priest
             to
             her
             ,
             that
             Perverted
             her
             to
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Rome
             ;
             which
             being
             a
             thing
             true
             in
             it self
             ,
             is
             not
             unlikely
             to
             have
             been
             in
             such
             manner
             declar'd
             by
             the
             said
             Lady
             ;
             but
             whether
             it
             was
             or
             was
             not
             so
             ,
             it
             matters
             not
             .
             But
             this
             Rumour
             however
             open'd
             all
             Peoples
             mouths
             about
             the
             Town
             ,
             that
             College
             was
             a
             Papist
             .
             Upon
             his
             Report
             ,
             College
             ,
             pretended
             to
             purge
             himself
             of
             that
             Calumny
             ,
             in
             both
             the
             Speeches
             afore
             said
             formerly
             cited
             ,
             and
             first
             in
             that
             of
             
               Edith
               Colleges
            
             ,
             in
             these
             words
             ,
          
           
             'T
             is
             Reported
             I
             should
             be
             the
             occasion
             of
             Perverting
             the
             Lady
             Rochester
             ,
             and
             brought
             a
             Priest
             to
             her
             ;
             one
             Tomson
             ,
             alias
             Conyers
             :
             I
             deny
             it
             ,
             
               all
               I
               did
            
             was
             at
             the
             Request
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
             Rochester
             ,
             who
             gave
             me
             a
             Letter
             to
             deliver
             to
             him
             ;
             which
             I
             did
             ,
             but
             knew
             not
             the
             Contents
             ;
             neither
             did
             that
             Lady
             report
             any
             such
             thing
             of
             me
             at
             her
             death
             .
          
           
             There
             be
             a
             great
             many
             other
             strange
             Reports
             that
             I
             have
             heard
             since
             I
             have
             been
             a
             Pris'ner
             ;
             That
             I
             should
             be
             a
             means
             to
             Convert
             the
             Countess
             of
             Rochester
             ,
             by
             bringing
             one
             Thompson
             a
             Priest
             to
             her
             .
             Truly
             
               all
               that
               I
               was
               concern'd
               in
               ,
            
             was
             some
             fifteen
             or
             sixteen
             years
             ago
             ,
             I
             Lodged
             at
             Col.
             Vernors
             ,
             that
             Married
             the
             Lady
             Brooks
             :
             The
             Family
             were
             Papists
             ,
             the
             Brooks's
             were
             Papists
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             this
             Thompson
             ;
             and
             I
             did
             suppose
             him
             a
             Priest
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             though
             I
             never
             saw
             him
             at
             Popish
             Service
             ,
             or
             Worship
             ,
             though
             I
             was
             there
             half
             a
             year
             ;
             but
             comeing
             afterwards
             to
             my
             Lord
             
             Rochester's
             ,
             about
             some
             business
             I
             had
             to
             do
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             ,
             he
             sent
             for
             me
             one
             Afternoon
             from
             the
             Parsonage
             in
             Adderbury
             ,
             to
             his
             House
             ,
             and
             his
             Lady
             and
             he
             stood
             together
             :
             He
             sent
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             asked
             me
             if
             my
             Horse
             were
             at
             home
             ?
             
               said
               he
            
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             you
             carry
             
             this
             Letter
             to
             Mr.
             Thompson
             ,
             if
             you
             are
             at
             leisure
             this
             Afternoon
             :
             
               My
               Lord
               I
               am
               at
               leisure
               to
               serve
               you
               .
            
             So
             I
             took
             a
             Letter
             from
             his
             hand
             ,
             and
             his
             
             Lady
             's
             too
             ,
             as
             I
             remember
             ,
             (
             he
             made
             an
             offer
             that
             way
             )
             Sealed
             with
             his
             own
             Seal
             ,
             and
             carried
             it
             to
             Thompson
             ,
             and
             deliver'd
             it
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             told
             me
             that
             he
             would
             wait
             upon
             my
             Lord
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             for
             some
             Lands
             my
             Lord
             did
             offer
             to
             raise
             money
             for
             some
             occasions
             .
             
               This
               is
               the
               truth
               of
               that
               Scandal
               .
            
          
           
             Note
             that
             in
             the
             former
             Speech
             he
             says
             ,
             
               all
               I
               did
            
             ,
             was
             ,
             &c.
             and
             in
             the
             other
             
               All
               that
               I
               was
               concern'd
               in
               ,
            
             was
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             at
             the
             bottom
             
               [
               This
               is
               the
               Truth
               of
               that
               Scandal
               .
               ]
            
             Giving
             the
             Reader
             to
             understand
             by
             this
             way
             of
             delivering
             himself
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             spoken
             the
             Truth
             ,
             the
             
               whole
               Truth
            
             ,
             and
             
               nothing
               but
               the
               Truth
               ;
               so
               help
               him
               God.
               
            
          
           
             Now
             to
             Confront
             these
             Peremptory
             Assertions
             of
             his
             ,
             It
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
             the
             day
             before
             the
             Lady
             Rochester
             fell
             sick
             ,
             she
             said
             that
             College
             was
             a
             Papist
             ,
             in
             the
             hearing
             of
             several
             Persons
             ;
             having
             said
             the
             same
             thing
             also
             before
             ,
             publiquely
             at
             the
             Table
             of
             a
             Lady
             in
             that
             Neighbourhood
             ,
             as
             will
             be
             sufficiently
             attested
             by
             many
             People
             of
             unexceptionable
             Credit
             ,
             living
             near
             the
             place
             ;
             if
             the
             matter
             shall
             be
             in
             such
             sort
             question'd
             ,
             as
             that
             it
             may
             be
             worth
             the
             while
             to
             prove
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             persons
             concern'd
             in
             the
             Enquiry
             shall
             think
             fit
             to
             own
             their
             Names
             .
             The
             ground
             of
             this
             Honourable
             Ladies
             mistake
             ,
             is
             supposed
             to
             have
             been
             the
             Zeal
             of
             Colleges
             Interessing
             himself
             in
             the
             good
             Offices
             of
             bringing
             the
             said
             Priest
             unto
             the
             Lady
             .
          
           
             That
             which
             he
             says
             of
             carrying
             a
             Letter
             to
             Thompson
             ,
             upon
             such
             considerations
             ,
             and
             in
             such
             manner
             as
             he
             represents
             it
             ,
             is
             probably
             a
             Truth
             :
             But
             it
             is
             not
             as
             he
             renders
             it
             ,
             
               [
               All
               that
               he
               did
            
             ,
             or
             
               [
               All
               that
               he
               was
               concern'd
               in
            
             upon
             that
             affair
             ;
             for
             he
             has
             several
             times
             told
             a
             worthy
             Gentleman
             ,
             a
             Trustee
             to
             the
             Lord
             Rochester
             ,
             and
             divers
             others
             ,
             That
             
             he
             the
             said
             College
             being
             about
             Fourteen
             years
             since
             a
             Trooper
             under
             the
             Earl
             of
             Rochester
             ,
             my
             Lord
             imploy'd
             him
             to
             bring
             one
             Thompson
             a
             Priest
             to
             his
             Lady
             ,
             to
             draw
             her
             to
             the
             
               Romish
               Faith
            
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             brought
             him
             to
             my
             Lady
             several
             times
             ;
             and
             that
             by
             this
             Thompsons
             means
             she
             was
             perverted
             .
             This
             will
             be
             prov'd
             (
             if
             Insisted
             upon
             )
             by
             several
             Persons
             of
             Worth
             and
             Credit
             in
             and
             about
             Bridgwater
             .
             The
             Inducement
             to
             the
             employing
             of
             College
             upon
             this
             Errand
             ,
             was
             his
             being
             in
             League
             at
             that
             time
             with
             a
             Maid-Servant
             of
             my
             Ladies
             ,
             who
             was
             afterward
             his
             Second
             Wife
             ,
             and
             made
             use
             of
             as
             a
             Proper
             Instrument
             for
             the
             Obliging
             of
             College
             to
             a
             Service
             of
             that
             kind
             .
             Nor
             was
             this
             the
             only
             Letter
             ,
             as
             may
             be
             undeniably
             prov'd
             ,
             that
             College
             carried
             upon
             that
             subject
             .
             We
             'l
             see
             now
             what
             he
             says
             to
             the
             bus'ness
             of
             Mr.
             Sergeant
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             said
             I
             Harbour'd
             Priests
             and
             Iesuits
             ;
             and
             they
             instance
             in
             one
             Sergeant
             ,
             who
             lay
             at
             my
             House
             in
             Carter-Lane
             ,
             Nine
             years
             since
             ,
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Dr.
             Smith
             ,
             a
             Doctor
             of
             Physick
             ;
             brought
             to
             me
             by
             one
             Monless
             an
             Apothecary
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Baily
            
             ;
             and
             one
             Mr.
             Field
             a
             Wollen-Draper
             within
             Ludgate
             ;
             and
             was
             there
             as
             a
             Dr.
             of
             Physick
             ,
             and
             
               I
               knew
               for
               no
               other
            
             ,
             (
             Speech
             by
             Edith
             College
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             said
             that
             I
             had
             a
             Priest
             several
             years
             in
             my
             House
             ,
             viz.
             Sergeant
             that
             came
             over
             from
             Holland
             to
             Discover
             .
             About
             some
             ten
             years
             ago
             ,
             that
             very
             same
             man
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             but
             
               was
               a
               Stranger
               to
               me
            
             ;
             and
             he
             came
             to
             me
             by
             the
             name
             of
             Dr.
             Smith
             ,
             a
             Physitian
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             an
             Apothecary
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Bailey
            
             ,
             and
             a
             Linnen-Draper
             within
             Ludgate
             that
             came
             with
             him
             .
             They
             brought
             him
             thither
             ,
             and
             took
             a
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             lay
             about
             half
             or
             three
             quarters
             of
             a
             year
             ,
             at
             times
             ,
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Dr.
             Smith
             ,
             and
             as
             a
             Physitian
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Truth
             of
             that
             ,
             and
             no
             otherwise
             .
             This
             is
             the
             Entertainment
             of
             
               Sergeant
               .
               (
               Bassets
               Speech
               .
               )
            
          
           
           
             Upon
             the
             comparing
             of
             these
             two
             passages
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             that
             he
             denys
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             Sergeant
             ,
             any
             further
             than
             as
             a
             Dr.
             of
             Physick
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             latter
             ,
             slips
             it
             over
             with
             saying
             only
             that
             he
             was
             a
             Stranger
             when
             he
             came
             to
             him
             .
             Now
             it
             is
             a
             certain
             Truth
             ,
             (
             and
             proveable
             beyond
             dispute
             ,
             so
             to
             be
             )
             that
             College
             knew
             this
             Dr.
             of
             Physick
             to
             be
             Mr.
             Sergeant
             ,
             even
             while
             he
             Lodg'd
             in
             his
             House
             .
             And
             then
             for
             the
             Draper
             (
             whom
             he
             makes
             to
             be
             a
             Linnen-Draper
             in
             the
             one
             Speech
             ,
             and
             a
             Woollen
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             It
             is
             absolutely
             averr'd
             (
             as
             I
             have
             it
             from
             a
             sure
             hand
             )
             that
             this
             Draper
             never
             knew
             where
             Mr.
             Sergeant
             Lodg'd
             ,
             till
             he
             himself
             told
             him
             his
             Lodging
             .
          
           
             Next
             to
             the
             bus'ness
             of
             Sir
             
               William
               Iennings
            
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Masters
             ,
             it
             is
             remarkable
             ,
             that
             though
             he
             fenc'd
             and
             shifted
             upon
             his
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             takes
             express
             notice
             of
             them
             in
             his
             Speech
             Printed
             for
             
               Edith
               College
            
             ,
             yet
             he
             makes
             no
             particular
             mention
             of
             them
             at
             his
             last
             Speech
             by
             word
             of
             mouth
             ,
             notwithstanding
             the
             weight
             and
             effect
             which
             those
             Witnesses
             had
             with
             the
             Jury
             :
             But
             in
             his
             
               Written
               Speech
            
             ,
             which
             was
             Published
             by
             his
             Relations
             ,
             you
             have
             these
             words
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             what
             Mr.
             Masters
             Swore
             ,
             he
             was
             Vnjust
             to
             me
             in
             omitting
             that
             part
             of
             our
             discourse
             concerning
             the
             Parliament
             in
             Forty
             ;
             For
             when
             he
             Curs'd
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             Last
             Parliament
             at
             Westminster
             also
             ;
             and
             said
             
               they
               were
               alike
            
             ;
             and
             charged
             them
             in
             Forty
             with
             beginning
             the
             War
             ,
             and
             cutting
             off
             the
             
               Kings
               Head
            
             :
             I
             denied
             both
             ,
             and
             said
             it
             was
             the
             Papists
             that
             began
             that
             War
             ,
             and
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             was
             the
             Fatal
             Consequence
             of
             it
             ,
             which
             Mr.
             Charleton
             the
             Draper
             in
             Pouls
             Church-yard
             countessisse
             ;
             the
             discourse
             being
             at
             the
             further
             end
             of
             his
             Shop
             ,
             and
             he
             present
             ;
             into
             which
             ,
             Masters
             seeing
             me
             go
             ,
             came
             apace
             from
             towards
             his
             
             own
             Shop
             ,
             and
             as
             I
             believe
             ,
             on
             purpose
             to
             Quarrel
             with
             me
             ,
             for
             which
             God
             forgive
             him
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             have
             occasion
             by
             and
             by
             to
             handle
             this
             Point
             more
             at
             large
             .
             So
             that
             no
             more
             needs
             to
             be
             said
             at
             present
             ,
             but
             that
             College
             has
             several
             times
             in
             Mr.
             Charletons
             Company
             ,
             
               Iustifi'd
               the
               Proceedings
            
             of
             1641.
             and
             pronounced
             the
             King
             to
             be
             a
             Papist
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             Charleton
             I
             presume
             will
             easily
             call
             to
             mind
             ,
             if
             there
             should
             be
             any
             occasion
             to
             refresh
             his
             memory
             upon
             that
             subject
             .
             [
             And
             that
             which
             he
             says
             to
             Sir
             
               William
               Iennings
            
             likewise
             ,
             is
             no
             more
             than
             an
             
               Empty
               Cavil
            
             ,
             without
             any
             colour
             of
             a
             
               Defence
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             
               To
               come
               now
               to
               the
               Ill
               Usage
               that
               he
               Complains
               of
            
             [
             I
             was
             
               (
               says
               he
               in
               his
               last
               Speech
               )
            
             under
             most
             strange
             Circumstances
             as
             ever
             any
             man
             was
             .
             I
             was
             kept
             Pris'ner
             so
             close
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             have
             no
             Conversation
             with
             any
             ,
             though
             I
             was
             certain
             the
             Popish
             Lords
             had
             it
             every
             day
             there
             ,
             though
             I
             could
             have
             none
             .
             I
             could
             not
             tell
             the
             Witnesses
             that
             were
             to
             Swear
             against
             me
             ;
             I
             could
             not
             tell
             what
             it
             was
             they
             Swore
             against
             me
             ;
             for
             I
             could
             have
             no
             Copy
             of
             the
             Indictment
             ,
             nor
             no
             way
             possible
             to
             make
             any
             preparation
             to
             make
             my
             defence
             ,
             as
             I
             ought
             to
             have
             done
             ,
             and
             might
             have
             done
             by
             Law.
             I
             had
             no
             liberty
             to
             do
             any
             thing
             ,
             
               as
               I
               am
               a
               dying
               man.
               ]
            
          
           
             Now
             for
             the
             Truth
             of
             this
             ,
             I
             shall
             refer
             the
             Reader
             to
             his
             
               Two
               Petitions
            
             to
             his
             Majesty
             ;
             the
             one
             of
             Iuly
             28.
             and
             the
             other
             of
             August
             11.
             prefix'd
             to
             his
             Tryal
             ,
             and
             two
             
               Orders
               of
               Council
            
             thereupon
             .
             In
             the
             Former
             ,
             he
             prays
             
               that
               leave
               may
               be
               given
               to
               Mr.
            
             Thomas
             Smith
             ,
             
               and
               Mr.
            
             Robert
             West
             ,
             
               to
               come
               to
               him
               ;
               and
               also
               to
               have
               the
               use
               of
               Pen
               ,
               Ink
               ,
               and
               Paper
               ,
               in
               order
               only
               to
               make
               his
               Legal
               and
               Iust
               Defence
               ;
               and
               also
               to
               have
               the
               Comfort
               of
               seeing
               his
               two
               Children
            
             ;
             which
             was
             all
             granted
             him
             as
             he
             desired
             .
             In
             his
             
               Second
               Petition
            
             of
             August
             11.
             he
             makes
             a
             Preambular
             Acknowledgment
             in
             these
             following
             words
             .
          
           
           
             In
             full
             assurance
             therefore
             of
             the
             great
             Iustice
             and
             Clemency
             of
             your
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             this
             Honourable
             Board
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             lately
             had
             some
             Experience
             of
             ,
             and
             doth
             with
             all
             Humility
             and
             Thankfulness
             acknowledge
             ,
             
               &c.
               
               And
               then
               he
               further
               prays
               ,
            
          
           
             Your
             Petitioner
             doth
             humbly
             beseech
             your
             Majesty
             and
             this
             Honourable
             Board
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             have
             a
             Copy
             of
             the
             Indictment
             against
             him
             ,
             or
             the
             particular
             Charges
             of
             it
             :
             That
             his
             Council
             and
             Solicitor
             may
             have
             free
             Access
             to
             ,
             and
             private
             Conference
             with
             him
             ;
             and
             because
             their
             own
             private
             affairs
             ,
             or
             other
             accidents
             may
             call
             away
             some
             of
             his
             Council
             from
             his
             Assistance
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Wallop
             ,
             Mr.
             Smith
             ,
             Mr.
             Thompson
             ,
             Mr.
             Datnel
             ,
             Mr.
             West
             of
             the
             Middle-Temple
             ,
             Mr.
             Holles
             of
             Lincolns-Inn
             Mr.
             Rotherham
             ,
             Mr.
             Lovel
             ,
             Mr.
             Rowny
             of
             Creys-Iun
             ,
             Mr.
             Pollexsin
             ,
             Mr.
             Ward
             of
             the
             Inner-Temple
             ,
             may
             be
             assign'd
             him
             for
             Council
             ;
             and
             
               Aaron
               Smith
            
             for
             his
             Sollicitor
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             may
             have
             a
             Copy
             of
             the
             Jurors
             to
             be
             return'd
             upon
             his
             Tryal
             some
             days
             before
             his
             Tryal
             .
             
               Hereupon
               it
               was
               Order'd
               by
               his
               Majesty
               in
               Council
               ,
               That
               the
               Friends
               and
               Relations
               of
               Stephen
               College
               ,
               a
               Pris'ner
               in
               the
               Tower
               ,
               shall
               have
               liberty
               of
               Visiting
               ,
               and
               freely
               Conversing
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               the
               Lieutenant
               of
               the
               Tower
               ,
               (
               having
               first
               caused
               their
               Names
               to
               be
               taken
               in
               Writing
               )
               is
               to
               suffer
               such
               Friends
               and
               Relations
               to
               have
               Access
               to
               the
               said
               Stephen
               College
               without
               any
               Interruption
               from
               time
               to
               time
               accordingly
               .
            
          
           
             Here
             's
             a
             Clamour
             ,
             ye
             see
             ,
             upon
             a
             False
             and
             Groundless
             Suggestion
             ,
             deliver'd
             upon
             the
             Credit
             of
             a
             Dying
             Man
             ,
             as
             the
             true
             state
             of
             his
             Condition
             ,
             when
             yet
             it
             was
             no
             other
             in
             effect
             ,
             then
             the
             saying
             over
             of
             his
             Lesson
             from
             the
             dictate
             of
             his
             Sollicitor
             .
          
           
             Before
             ye
             Plead
             
               (
               says
            
             Aaron
             Smith
             
               in
               his
               Paper
               of
            
             Instructions
             )
             speak
             to
             this
             purpose
             .
          
           
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             used
             not
             only
             unlike
             an
             Innocent
             ,
             or
             an
             English-man
             ,
             but
             I
             believe
             more
             barbarously
             than
             any
             Convicted
             Villain
             under
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             Turky
             ,
             or
             France
             :
             When
             I
             was
             first
             Apprehended
             ,
             I
             was
             ,
             contrary
             to
             the
             Privileges
             of
             a
             Citizen
             of
             London
             ,
             hurried
             out
             from
             thence
             before
             a
             Secretary
             of
             State.
             
               Here
               's
               the
               King
               and
               his
               Government
               Charg'd
               with
            
             Tyranny
             ,
             
               and
               his
               Majesties
               Authority
               subjected
               ,
               even
               in
               a
               case
               of
            
             Treason
             ,
             
               to
               the
               jurisdiction
               of
               my
            
             Lord
             Mayor
             .
             [
             I
             might
             with
             as
             much
             Iustice
             have
             been
             hang'd
             at
             Tyburn
             by
             the
             way
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             brought
             hither
             to
             be
             Murder'd
             ,
             with
             a
             little
             more
             
               Formality
               .
               And
               then
               a
               little
               lower
               :
            
             [
             I
             will
             not
             be
             Murder'd
             in
             Hugger
             mugger
             .
             ]
             Answer
             thus
             
               (
               says
            
             Aaron
             Smiths
             Paper
             )
             if
             the
             Attorney
             General
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             of
             the
             Kings
             Councel
             Interrupt
             ye
             ;
             or
             when
             you
             have
             done
             ,
             tell
             ye
             ,
             you
             Arraign
             the
             Iustice
             of
             the
             Nation
             .
          
           
             When
             you
             come
             to
             open
             your
             own
             Evidence
             
               (
               says
            
             Smith's
             Paper
             again
             )
             speak
             to
             this
             purpose
             :
             [
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             not
             bring
             so
             much
             Scandal
             upon
             your selves
             
               [
               My
               Lords
               and
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Jury
               ]
            
             as
             to
             be
             the
             
               Popes
               Drudges
            
             ;
             and
             give
             the
             first
             blow
             to
             the
             
               Protestant
               Cause
            
             ,
             by
             Convicting
             me
             upon
             such
             Infamous
             Evidence
             .
             
               And
               lastly
            
             ,
             Give
             an
             Account
             of
             your
             going
             down
             to
             Oxford
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             went
             ,
             because
             Haines
             had
             Sworn
             the
             Papists
             design'd
             to
             destroy
             the
             Parliament
             there
             .
             ]
             
               So
               that
            
             College
             ,
             
               ye
               see
               ,
               was
               Instructed
               ,
               not
               only
               in
               a
               Scandalous
               method
               of
               Reviling
               the
               Court
               ,
               but
               he
               was
               also
               told
               what
               Cause
               he
               should
               Assign
               for
               his
               going
               to
            
             Oxford
             ,
             
               and
               directed
               to
               cast
               it
               upon
            
             Haines
             '
             s
             Oath
             ,
             
               as
               a
               colour
               rather
               of
               his
            
             Sollicitors
             Invention
             ,
             
               than
               the
            
             true
             and
             real
             Motive
             
               that
               carry'd
               him
            
             thither
             .
          
           
             Before
             I
             go
             any
             further
             ,
             it
             will
             become
             me
             to
             distinguish
             betwixt
             
               Colleges
               Two
               Speeches
            
             .
             The
             one
             was
             deliver'd
             by
             
               word
               of
               mouth
            
             ,
             upon
             the
             Cart
             ,
             at
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Execution
             .
             The
             other
             was
             convey'd
             from
             him
             out
             of
             the
             Castle
             ,
             to
             some
             of
             his
             Relations
             in
             Writing
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             the
             
             Paper
             ,
             which
             at
             the
             first
             he
             deny'd
             the
             sending
             of
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             confess'd
             .
          
           
             Having
             now
             laid
             open
             what
             it
             is
             ,
             or
             rather
             what
             it
             is
             not
             ,
             which
             in
             Colleges
             case
             is
             call'd
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ;
             the
             meaning
             of
             
               Colleges
               Protestants
            
             and
             Papists
             :
             Having
             prov'd
             the
             
               Libellous
               Pictures
            
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             given
             the
             Reader
             a
             tast
             of
             his
             
               Vnfaithful
               dealing
            
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             last
             :
             We
             shall
             here
             proceed
             to
             a
             fair
             and
             impartial
             Deliberation
             upon
             the
             subject
             matter
             of
             his
             Charge
             ,
             and
             leave
             the
             Reader
             to
             his
             own
             thoughts
             ,
             whether
             
               Guilty
               or
               not
               Guilty
            
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             .
          
        
         
           
             §.
             6.
             
             Notes
             upon
             Colleges
             ordinary
             way
             of
             Discourse
             and
             Conversation
             .
          
           
             IN
             my
             way
             to
             the
             Capital
             Branch
             of
             his
             Charge
             
               (
               i.
               e.
            
             the
             Design
             of
             
               Seizing
               the
               King
            
             ,
             and
             
               Subverting
               the
               Government
            
             )
             it
             will
             not
             be
             amiss
             to
             take
             some
             notice
             of
             the
             humor
             of
             the
             man
             in
             the
             ordinary
             way
             of
             his
             Behaviour
             and
             Conversation
             :
             The
             Biass
             of
             his
             Inclinations
             and
             Opinions
             ,
             and
             other
             circumstantial
             Discoveries
             of
             his
             Imaginations
             and
             Purposes
             ,
             with
             a
             respect
             to
             those
             Seditious
             ends
             .
             And
             yet
             it
             may
             be
             looked
             upon
             ,
             perhaps
             as
             an
             Idle
             and
             a
             Superfluous
             undertaking
             ,
             to
             put
             my self
             to
             the
             trouble
             of
             proving
             that
             by
             Particular
             Instances
             ,
             which
             might
             be
             as
             well
             done
             by
             a
             General
             Appeal
             to
             all
             the
             Clubs
             and
             Coffee-houses
             about
             this
             Town
             wheresoever
             he
             haunted
             :
             for
             they
             can
             every
             one
             of
             them
             bear
             witness
             to
             his
             Intemperances
             against
             the
             Government
             ;
             and
             that
             when
             he
             was
             not
             making
             himself
             and
             the
             Company
             sport
             in
             his
             way
             of
             Ridiculing
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Duke
             of
             York
             ,
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             Court
             ,
             the
             man
             was
             as
             good
             as
             out
             of
             his
             Element
             .
          
           
           
             They
             told
             me
             
               (
               says
               he
               ,
               speaking
               of
               some
               of
               the
               Lords
               of
               the
               Council
               )
               there
               was
               Treason
            
             Sworn
             against
             me
             ;
             truly
             they
             surprized
             me
             when
             they
             said
             so
             ;
             for
             of
             all
             things
             in
             the
             world
             I
             thought
             my self
             as
             free
             from
             that
             ,
             as
             any
             man.
             I
             asked
             them
             if
             any
             man
             living
             had
             the
             confidence
             to
             Swear
             Treason
             against
             me
             ?
             They
             said
             
               Several
               ,
               Three
               or
               Four
            
             ,
             as
             I
             remember
             .
             
               Last
               Speech
            
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             what
             
               Dugdale
               ,
               Smith
               ,
               Turberville
            
             ,
             and
             Hains
             Swore
             against
             me
             ,
             they
             did
             Swear
             such
             Treason
             that
             nothing
             but
             a
             Mad-man
             would
             have
             Trusted
             any
             body
             with
             .
             Ibid.
             
          
           
             
               And
               again
            
             [
             It
             is
             a
             very
             unlikely
             thing
             that
             I
             should
             speak
             Treason
             to
             
               Dugdale
               .
            
             ]
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             things
             now
             worthy
             of
             Consideration
             in
             this
             Point
             (
             even
             setting
             aside
             the
             positive
             Proofs
             of
             the
             Treason
             spoken
             .
             )
             First
             ,
             Did
             he
             speak
             the
             Treason
             whereof
             he
             stands
             Accused
             ot
             not
             ?
             Secondly
             ,
             It
             may
             be
             a
             Question
             ,
             What
             it
             is
             that
             he
             calls
             Treason
             ?
             It
             is
             notoriously
             known
             to
             most
             that
             ever
             knew
             the
             man
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             his
             common
             Guise
             to
             talk
             of
             his
             Majesty
             at
             such
             a
             Desperate
             Rate
             ,
             that
             People
             were
             afraid
             to
             give
             him
             the
             Hearing
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             has
             been
             caution'd
             hundreds
             of
             times
             to
             keep
             his
             Tongue
             in
             's
             Head
             ;
             or
             ,
             if
             he
             did
             not
             ,
             
               he
               would
               talk
               himself
               at
               last
               to
               the
               Gallows
               .
            
             Why
             should
             it
             be
             such
             a
             Surprize
             ,
             now
             ,
             to
             this
             Rash
             and
             Violent
             Man
             ,
             to
             hear
             that
             there
             was
             Treason
             Sworn
             against
             him
             ;
             when
             every
             man
             (
             almost
             )
             that
             kept
             him
             Company
             ,
             warn'd
             him
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             foretold
             him
             what
             it
             would
             come
             to
             at
             last
             ?
             And
             then
             ,
             how
             frivolous
             again
             is
             the
             Manner
             of
             his
             Discharging
             himself
             from
             the
             Treasons
             Sworn
             against
             him
             by
             the
             Witnesses
             ?
             None
             but
             a
             Mad-man
             (
             he
             says
             )
             would
             have
             Trusted
             any
             body
             in
             such
             a
             case
             .
             And
             yet
             it
             appears
             from
             the
             Tenor
             of
             his
             whole
             Conversation
             ,
             and
             the
             frequent
             Advices
             of
             his
             Friends
             ,
             that
             he
             Trusted
             any
             man
             that
             came
             next
             ,
             with
             as
             much
             as
             that
             amounts
             to
             .
             And
             now
             once
             more
             ,
             to
             the
             
             unlikelihood
             of
             his
             speaking
             such
             things
             to
             Dugdale
             :
             Let
             the
             Reader
             ask
             and
             answer
             himself
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Probability
             of
             his
             being
             as
             free
             with
             Dugdale
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             with
             other
             people
             .
             Let
             not
             any
             man
             take
             this
             for
             a
             Rambling
             Story
             upon
             a
             bare
             Hear-say
             ;
             for
             I
             am
             ready
             to
             prove
             and
             justifie
             the
             truth
             of
             every
             particular
             :
             Not
             as
             the
             Author
             of
             the
             
               No
               Protestant
               Plot
            
             takes
             upon
             him
             ,
             with
             an
             
               [
               I
               do
               assure
               all
               the
               world
               ,
            
             &c
             (
             Page
             19.
             )
             
               My self
               and
               divers
               others
               have
               seen
               the
               Original
               ,
            
             &c.
             
             (
             Page
             18.
             )
             And
             this
             same
             I
             ,
             and
             My Self
             ,
             a
             Quidam
             all
             this
             time
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             does
             not
             know
             where
             to
             find
             :
             But
             for
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             any
             man
             that
             doubts
             ,
             I
             have
             here
             expos'd
             the
             Authors
             name
             with
             this
             Pamphlet
             .
          
           
             They
             told
             me
             
               (
               says
            
             College
             again
             )
             it
             was
             Sworn
             against
             me
             that
             I
             had
             a
             design
             to
             pull
             the
             King
             out
             of
             Whitehal
             ,
             and
             to
             serve
             him
             as
             his
             Father
             was
             serv'd
             ,
             or
             to
             that
             purpose
             :
             The
             
               Loggerhead
               ,
               his
               Father
            
             ,
             or
             that
             kind
             of
             Language
             .
             I
             
               did
               deny
               it
               then
            
             ,
             and
             
               do
               now
               deny
               it
            
             ,
             upon
             my
             
               Death
               .
               Last
               Speech
            
             .
          
           
             This
             Denial
             I
             suppose
             ,
             speaks
             to
             both
             the
             Members
             of
             this
             Period
             :
             The
             Design
             upon
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             the
             Villany
             of
             the
             
               Foul
               Language
            
             upon
             his
             Late
             ,
             Blessed
             Father
             .
             To
             the
             Former
             we
             have
             allotted
             a
             Section
             by
             it self
             ,
             and
             the
             Latter
             may
             be
             fairly
             concluded
             (
             I
             think
             )
             out
             of
             his
             own
             mouth
             .
             First
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               I
               thought
               that
               the
               Parliament
               that
               sate
               last
               at
            
             Westminster
             ,
             
               did
               stand
               up
               for
               the
               Peoples
               Rights
               after
               the
               same
               manner
               that
               the
               Parliament
               in
               Forty
               did
               ,
            
             (
             Tryal
             ,
             Page
             83.
             )
             So
             that
             after
             a
             most
             abominable
             Scandal
             upon
             the
             
               last
               Parliament
            
             at
             Westminster
             in
             the
             Comparison
             ,
             he
             justifies
             the
             Rebellion
             in
             the
             Application
             .
             And
             then
             again
             ,
             
               I
               did
               maintain
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               that
               they
            
             (
             the
             Parliament
             of
             Forty
             )
             
               were
               an
               Honest
               Good
               Parliament
               ,
               and
               much
               of
               opinion
               with
               the
               Parliament
               that
               sate
               last
               at
            
             Westminster
             ,
             
               which
               was
               for
               the
               true
               Interest
               of
               the
               Nation
               ,
            
             Page
             81.
             
             
             Now
             if
             I
             understand
             this
             matter
             aright
             ,
             It
             is
             Tacitly
             to
             call
             the
             King
             all
             the
             Tyrants
             and
             Murderers
             which
             that
             Traiterous
             Faction
             call'd
             him
             .
             And
             besides
             ,
             What
             's
             the
             meaning
             of
             
               [
               Like
               Father
               Like
               Son
            
             ]
             in
             his
             
               Raree
               Show
            
             ?
             But
             First
             ,
             as
             appears
             by
             the
             Context
             to
             Involve
             them
             both
             in
             
               the
               same
               Fate
            
             :
             And
             Secondly
             to
             represent
             them
             both
             under
             
               the
               same
               Character
            
             .
             That
             is
             to
             say
             (
             in
             short
             )
             to
             apply
             all
             those
             Brutalities
             of
             Language
             which
             he
             has
             in
             that
             Libel
             and
             elsewhere
             ,
             bestow'd
             upon
             the
             Son
             ,
             to
             the
             Reproach
             and
             Dishonour
             of
             his
             Martyr'd
             Father
             .
             To
             finish
             this
             point
             ,
             He
             had
             a
             kind
             of
             Idiome
             by
             himself
             ,
             and
             seldom
             Discours'd
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             his
             
               Royal
               Highness
            
             ,
             the
             Hierarchy
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Privy
               Council
            
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Style
             of
             
               Old
               Rowley
               ,
               Mack
               ,
               Tantivies
            
             and
             Tories
             .
             [
             Old
             Rowley
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               is
               as
               errant
               a
               Papist
               as
               his
               Brother
               .
               ]
            
             And
             this
             was
             his
             note
             at
             every
             turn
             .
             [
             Old
             Rowley
             (
             says
             he
             again
             )
             
               cares
               not
               a
               half-penny
               what
               becomes
               of
               the
               Crown
               ,
               or
               how
               he
               leaves
               it
               in
               Debt
               ,
               or
               what
               becomes
               of
               his
               People
               as
               to
               matter
               of
               Religion
               ,
            
             &c.
             ]
             At
             an
             other
             time
             
               [
               They
               are
               come
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             to
             change
             
               Candles
               at
               Court
            
             already
             ;
             
               but
               we
               'l
               make
               them
            
             eat
             
               'em
               too
               ,
               before
               we
               have
               done
               .
               [
               When
               we
               have
               done
               with
               the
            
             Papists
             (
             says
             he
             in
             another
             Company
             )
             
               We
               'l
               do
               well
               enough
               with
               the
            
             Bishops
             .
             ]
          
           
             Now
             here
             's
             another
             Passage
             to
             a
             very
             honest
             man
             of
             his
             own
             Trade
             ,
             and
             a
             Loyal
             Subject
             .
             This
             person
             being
             out
             of
             Town
             about
             a
             week
             before
             the
             opening
             of
             the
             Oxford-Parliament
             ,
             fell
             into
             Company
             with
             College
             ;
             well
             Mounted
             and
             a
             Case
             of
             Pistols
             before
             him
             ,
             not
             far
             from
             
               Enfield
               .
               Mr.
            
             College
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               what
               will
               the
               Parliament
               do
               at
            
             Oxford
             ?
             By
             God
             (
             says
             College
             )
             I
             know
             what
             they
             'l
             do
             .
             They
             'l
             begin
             with
             the
             Bill
             of
             Exclusion
             .
             The
             King
             has
             no
             money
             ,
             and
             he
             gets
             not
             a
             penny
             without
             it
             .
             Well
             (
             says
             the
             other
             )
             
               but
               what
               if
               his
               Majesty
               will
               not
               pass
               it
               ?
               We
               shall
               see
               then
            
             (
             says
             
               College
               )
               who
               are
               the
            
             Papists
             .
             
               We
               'l
               run
            
             them
             down
             first
             ,
             
               and
               then
               we
               shall
               do
               well
               enough
               with
               the
            
             
             Clergy
             .
             
               We
               'l
               level
               them
               with
               the
               Ground
               .
               We
               are
               Ten
               to
               One.
            
             Is
             not
             this
             a
             Broad
             sign
             made
             at
             the
             King
             ?
             And
             does
             it
             not
             precisely
             answer
             the
             very
             Pinch
             of
             the
             Evidence
             ?
             And
             methinks
             he
             spake
             home
             to
             
               another
               Ioyner
            
             too
             ,
             that
             charg'd
             him
             with
             the
             neglect
             of
             his
             Trade
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             reply
             he
             made
             ,
             was
             the
             laying
             his
             hand
             upon
             his
             Sword
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             said
             ,
             
               This
               is
               it
               that
               I
               intend
               to
               trust
               to
               .
            
          
           
             There
             are
             so
             many
             instances
             of
             his
             Pragmatical
             medling
             Humor
             ,
             that
             the
             recital
             of
             them
             would
             cost
             more
             Time
             and
             Paper
             than
             the
             thing
             is
             worth
             .
             A
             Gentleman
             in
             discourse
             with
             College
             in
             the
             Castle
             at
             Oxford
             ,
             was
             telling
             him
             (
             after
             many
             professions
             of
             his
             Innocency
             )
             Mr.
             College
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               you
               know
               I
               have
               my self
               at
            
             Cornbury
             
               heard
               you
               many
               times
               talk
               undutifully
               of
               the
               Government
               .
               Now
               methinks
               ,
               you
               that
               are
               but
               a
               Mechanick
               should
               not
               presume
               to
               meddle
               with
               things
               so
               much
               above
               ye
               .
            
             Was
             it
             any
             harm
             (
             says
             he
             )
             for
             
               Amos
               to
               leave
               his
               Cows
            
             ?
             Nay
             he
             was
             so
             Bold
             and
             Inconsiderate
             when
             things
             went
             otherwise
             than
             he
             would
             have
             them
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             Dissolution
             of
             the
             
               Last
               Westminster
               Parliament
            
             ,
             he
             went
             presently
             away
             to
             
               Dick's
               Coffee-House
            
             in
             a
             Hufl
             .
             Well
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               I
               perceive
               here
               's
               no
               good
               to
               be
               done
               .
               We
               must
               e'en
               draw
               our
               Swords
               and
               Fight
               it
               over
               again
               .
            
             These
             were
             the
             words
             ,
             or
             to
             this
             effect
             .
          
           
             The
             Turbulence
             of
             his
             Spirit
             was
             seen
             upon
             all
             occasions
             ,
             where
             there
             was
             but
             the
             least
             colour
             for
             the
             fastening
             of
             a
             Scandal
             upon
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             his
             Majesties
             Ministers
             of
             State
             and
             Justice
             .
             His
             Vein
             lay
             much
             toward
             Doggerel
             and
             Designing
             ,
             as
             he
             has
             plentifully
             given
             the
             world
             to
             understand
             in
             his
             Learned
             Drawings
             ,
             which
             are
             still
             charged
             with
             the
             utmost
             Rudeness
             ,
             Malice
             ,
             and
             Scurrility
             imaginable
             :
             Insomuch
             that
             the
             Treason
             of
             his
             Heart
             is
             laid
             as
             open
             in
             those
             Cuts
             ,
             as
             that
             of
             his
             Tongue
             was
             at
             his
             Trial
             ;
             with
             this
             single
             Difference
             ,
             that
             the
             one
             was
             only
             a
             wish
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             an
             
               Overt
               Act
            
             ,
             and
             a
             declared
             Resolution
             .
          
           
           
             This
             device
             call'd
             the
             
               Catholique
               Gamesters
            
             ,
             is
             a
             venemous
             Libel
             upon
             all
             the
             Orders
             of
             the
             Government
             ;
             and
             first
             upon
             the
             
               King
               himself
            
             ,
             charging
             all
             the
             Pretended
             Miscarriages
             of
             State
             ,
             in
             Shew
             ,
             upon
             the
             Papists
             ,
             but
             in
             Truth
             ,
             and
             Effect
             ,
             upon
             his
             Majesty
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             a
             Libel
             upon
             the
             
               House
               of
               Peers
            
             ,
             by
             the
             Culling
             out
             of
             so
             many
             Lords
             by
             Name
             ,
             under
             the
             Title
             of
             Protestants
             ,
             and
             Representing
             in
             that
             number
             only
             
               Two
               Bishops
            
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             Hereford
             and
             Lincoln
             ,
             implying
             all
             the
             rest
             to
             be
             Papists
             .
             In
             the
             House
             of
             Commons
             ,
             he
             tells
             us
             of
             
               Pensioners
               who
               Voted
               by
               Contents
               ,
               got
               Bills
               to
               Pass
               against
               the
               Common
               Good
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             then
             he
             descends
             to
             the
             Bench
             ,
             and
             the
             Iury
             ,
             where
             he
             brings
             in
             the
             Pope
             ,
             speaking
             of
             the
             Priests
             and
             Jesuites
             in
             these
             words
             :
             
               
                 Hell
                 keep
                 the
                 rest
                 from
                 Justice
                 (
                 we
                 call
                 
                   Fury
                   ,
                
                 )
              
               
                 And
                 send
                 them
                 Wakeman's
                 or
                 a
                 
                   Gascoign
                   Jury
                
                 :
              
               
                 Pick'd
                 ,
                 Brib'd
                 ,
                 Instructed
                 how
                 to
                 murther
                 Truth
                 ,
              
               
                 From
                 Grand
                 St.
                 Martins
                 Bull
                 ,
                 and
                 Cits
                 Wide
                 Mouth
                 .
              
            
             And
             take
             them
             quite
             through
             ,
             they
             are
             all
             of
             the
             same
             Style
             and
             Design
             :
             And
             I
             would
             have
             any
             man
             tell
             me
             now
             ,
             if
             a
             body
             may
             not
             charitably
             enough
             conclude
             ,
             that
             whosoever
             Defames
             the
             Government
             at
             This
             rate
             ,
             wishes
             it
             Overturn'd
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             had
             but
             Power
             and
             Opportunity
             ,
             would
             do
             his
             part
             toward
             it
             .
             I
             should
             be
             ungrateful
             ,
             now
             I
             am
             upon
             this
             subject
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             not
             acknowledge
             the
             Honor
             he
             has
             done
             me
             in
             divers
             of
             his
             Emblematical
             Pieces
             .
             He
             has
             presented
             the
             world
             with
             
               Six
               Towzers
            
             ,
             and
             L'Estrange
             with
             
               Four
               Fair
               pair
               of
               Gallows
            
             .
          
           
             Here
             's
             nothing
             hitherto
             ,
             but
             what
             may
             very
             well
             pass
             for
             the
             Preamble
             to
             a
             Conspiracy
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             considers
             his
             Haunts
             ,
             the
             Company
             he
             kept
             ,
             the
             Access
             he
             had
             to
             
             the
             Private
             Cabals
             and
             Consultations
             of
             the
             Faction
             ;
             together
             with
             his
             forwardness
             to
             thrust
             himself
             into
             all
             Popular
             Brawls
             and
             Contests
             ,
             and
             that
             Stubborn
             Obstinacy
             which
             was
             natural
             to
             him
             ,
             will
             undoubtedly
             look
             upon
             him
             as
             an
             instrument
             every
             way
             qualified
             for
             such
             a
             purpose
             .
             As
             they
             were
             carrying
             away
             
               Sam.
               Harris
            
             about
             the
             Treasonous
             Libel
             that
             cost
             Mr.
             Fitz-Harris
             his
             Life
             ,
             and
             a
             Crowd
             of
             People
             about
             him
             ,
             a
             very
             honest
             Gentleman
             ,
             a
             friend
             of
             mine
             ,
             saw
             College
             whispering
             with
             a
             Person
             then
             in
             Power
             ,
             from
             whom
             he
             went
             immediately
             to
             make
             his
             way
             to
             Harris
             ;
             but
             the
             press
             was
             so
             great
             that
             he
             was
             forc'd
             to
             deliver
             his
             Message
             to
             him
             over
             Three
             or
             Four
             Heads
             ,
             and
             so
             call'd
             to
             him
             just
             over
             the
             shoulder
             of
             the
             Gentleman
             ,
             my
             friend
             .
             Come
             Sam.
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               take
               a
               good
               heart
               ,
               Mr.
            
             Such
             a
             one
             —
             (
             naming
             the
             person
             )
             
               makes
               no
               doubt
               but
               to
               bring
               ye
               off
               .
            
          
           
             And
             to
             shew
             ye
             now
             what
             Credit
             College
             had
             with
             his
             Party
             ,
             (
             but
             to
             what
             purpose
             in
             this
             particular
             I
             cannot
             say
             )
             He
             took
             his
             Hat
             which
             was
             very
             broad
             Brim'd
             ,
             and
             holding
             it
             in
             his
             hands
             with
             the
             inside
             upward
             ,
             
               I
               have
               given
               away
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               twice
               as
               much
               money
               as
               this
               Hat
               would
               hold
               ,
               Brims
               and
               all
               .
            
             Now
             I
             suppose
             this
             money
             was
             not
             thrown
             away
             to
             make
             Ducks
             and
             Drakes
             ;
             so
             that
             I
             cannot
             reconcile
             this
             Declaration
             of
             his
             to
             a
             certain
             Passage
             in
             his
             Last
             Speech
             ,
             
               viz.
               [
               I
               take
               God
               to
               witness
               ,
               I
               never
               had
               one
               Six-pence
               ,
               or
               any
               thing
               else
               ,
               to
               carry
               on
               any
               Design
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               were
               to
               save
               my
               life
               now
               ,
               I
               cann't
               Charge
               any
               man
               in
               the
               world
               with
               any
               design
               against
               the
               Government
               (
               as
               God
               is
               my
               Witness
               )
               or
               against
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               Person
               .
               ]
            
          
           
             The
             Explication
             of
             this
             Clause
             depends
             upon
             the
             knowledge
             of
             what
             is
             meant
             by
             these
             words
             ,
             [
             ANY
             DESIGN
             :
             ]
             for
             the
             Expression
             is
             too
             large
             to
             be
             True
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             taken
             in
             the
             Latitude
             :
             and
             if
             it
             be
             understood
             with
             a
             
               Restriction
               ,
               i.e.
            
             that
             he
             knew
             of
             no
             Design
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             or
             the
             
             Government
             ,
             the
             Principle
             of
             Forty
             one
             (
             by
             him
             asserted
             in
             his
             Tryal
             )
             brings
             him
             off
             ,
             when
             the
             Rebellion
             it self
             was
             declared
             to
             be
             FOR
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Government
             ;
             so
             that
             't
             is
             but
             his
             placing
             the
             Government
             in
             the
             People
             ,
             or
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             ,
             to
             Countenance
             the
             Equivocation
             :
             And
             finally
             ,
             The
             disclaiming
             of
             a
             Design
             against
             any
             other
             person
             goes
             a
             little
             too
             far
             methinks
             ;
             for
             by
             his
             own
             Confession
             there
             was
             a
             Design
             carried
             on
             against
             the
             Papists
             .
          
           
             It
             would
             be
             proper
             enough
             in
             this
             place
             to
             render
             some
             Account
             of
             his
             Deportment
             at
             Oxford
             in
             the
             Prison
             .
             He
             was
             ,
             at
             first
             coming
             ,
             Stubborn
             and
             Captious
             ,
             Insisting
             upon
             the
             Rights
             of
             an
             English-man
             ,
             and
             Menacing
             his
             Keeper
             till
             he
             was
             brought
             to
             better
             Terms
             ,
             by
             telling
             him
             plainly
             what
             he
             was
             to
             trust
             to
             .
             Nothing
             put
             him
             more
             out
             of
             Patience
             ,
             then
             telling
             him
             of
             his
             Pictures
             .
             In
             his
             behaviour
             in
             Company
             he
             seem'd
             always
             to
             be
             very
             little
             concern'd
             ;
             but
             his
             Keeper
             says
             he
             had
             terrible
             Agonies
             when
             he
             was
             by
             himself
             that
             kept
             him
             waking
             sometimes
             whole
             nights
             .
             A
             little
             before
             he
             dy'd
             ,
             Mr.
             Gregory
             the
             Sheriff
             came
             into
             his
             Room
             with
             an
             Order
             to
             have
             his
             Body
             deliver'd
             whole
             to
             his
             Friends
             .
             Upon
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             Seal
             ,
             he
             leapt
             from
             his
             Bed
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Joy
             ;
             expecting
             it
             might
             have
             been
             a
             Pardon
             ;
             but
             upon
             finding
             the
             mistake
             ,
             he
             threw
             himself
             down
             again
             in
             a
             deep
             Disquiet
             .
             He
             says
             in
             his
             
               Dying
               words
               (
               Printed
               for
               E.
            
             College
             )
             That
             the
             Messenger
             who
             brought
             him
             the
             Message
             of
             his
             Death
             ,
             told
             him
             he
             might
             save
             his
             Life
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             confess
             who
             was
             the
             cause
             of
             his
             coming
             to
             Oxford
             ,
             and
             upon
             what
             Account
             ,
             which
             was
             ill
             done
             of
             the
             Messenger
             ;
             for
             it
             was
             not
             only
             without
             ,
             but
             contrary
             to
             Orders
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             in
             the
             main
             very
             ignorant
             of
             any
             thing
             of
             Religion
             ;
             and
             he
             would
             say
             that
             he
             found
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             guided
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             his
             perpetual
             Refuge
             .
             What
             Principles
             he
             had
             were
             Enthusiastical
             .
             As
             for
             Instance
             ,
             
             He
             said
             that
             Eating
             and
             Drinking
             in
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             and
             so
             washing
             in
             Baptism
             was
             to
             be
             understood
             in
             a
             Spiritual
             Sense
             ,
             aud
             declar'd
             that
             he
             receiv'd
             no
             benefit
             by
             the
             Prayers
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             He
             spake
             of
             the
             Quakers
             as
             
               the
               People
               of
               God
            
             ,
             and
             particularly
             of
             one
             that
             had
             been
             with
             him
             as
             
               the
               honestest
               man
               that
               ever
               he
               knew
               .
            
             It
             was
             reply'd
             to
             him
             by
             a
             Reverend
             Divine
             ,
             that
             the
             Quakers
             deny'd
             in
             effect
             ,
             
               Christianity
               it self
            
             :
             As
             the
             
               Two
               Sacraments
            
             ,
             and
             a
             
               Succession
               of
               Ministers
            
             .
             And
             next
             they
             deny'd
             both
             the
             Divinity
             ,
             and
             
               Satisfaction
               of
               our
               Saviour
            
             ;
             naming
             Pen
             ,
             whom
             College
             said
             he
             very
             well
             knew
             ,
             but
             did
             not
             own
             him
             in
             that
             Principle
             .
             His
             Favourite
             was
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             whom
             he
             heard
             more
             than
             Dr.
             Owen
             ;
             and
             his
             Opinion
             was
             ,
             that
             God
             had
             a
             Church
             in
             all
             the
             Sects
             in
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             §
             7.
             
             College
             Iustifies
             the
             Grounds
             and
             the
             Proceedings
             of
             the
             late
             Rebellion
             .
          
           
             AFter
             these
             Pregnant
             and
             Undeniable
             Proofs
             of
             so
             many
             Virulent
             and
             Audacious
             Outrages
             upon
             the
             Person
             ,
             and
             Dignity
             of
             his
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             Form
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Administration
             of
             the
             Government
             .
             It
             remains
             now
             only
             to
             be
             considered
             how
             far
             the
             Malefactor
             was
             Principled
             toward
             the
             Actuating
             of
             that
             Malice
             ,
             and
             by
             what
             Methods
             he
             proponnded
             the
             putting
             of
             those
             Disloyal
             Inclinations
             into
             Execution
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             As
             to
             his
             Opinion
             of
             the
             Sovereignty
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Constitution
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             we
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             look
             any
             further
             for
             't
             ,
             than
             into
             his
             own
             words
             ,
             and
             the
             inevitable
             Conclusion
             which
             naturally
             arises
             from
             them
             .
             He
             appeals
             from
             Mr.
             Masters
             to
             Mr.
             Charlton
             in
             St.
             
               Paul's
               Church-yard
            
             ,
             about
             his
             Justifying
             the
             Parliament
             of
             Forty
             ,
             
             and
             yet
             it
             is
             a
             known
             Truth
             ,
             that
             he
             has
             several
             times
             justify'd
             that
             Parliament
             in
             the
             hearing
             of
             Mr.
             Charleton
             .
             He
             does
             acknowledge
             in
             his
             Tryal
             (
             Page
             82.
             )
             That
             he
             said
             ,
             
               That
               Parliament
               did
               nothing
               but
               what
               they
               had
            
             Just
             Cause
             
               for
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Parliament
               that
               last
               sate
               at
            
             Westminster
             ,
             
               was
               of
               the
               same
               opinion
            
             .
             Now
             in
             saying
             this
             ,
             he
             takes
             upon
             himself
             the
             Owning
             of
             all
             the
             Principles
             ,
             whereupon
             they
             proceeded
             in
             that
             Controversie
             betwixt
             the
             King
             and
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             :
             And
             in
             so
             doing
             ,
             strips
             the
             King
             of
             all
             his
             Regalities
             ,
             and
             Lodges
             the
             Supremacy
             in
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             .
             
               [
               The
            
             Papists
             
               began
               the
               War
            
             (
             he
             says
             )
             The
             Papists
             
               broke
               off
               the
               Treaty
               at
            
             Uxbridge
             ;
             
               and
               the
            
             Papists
             
               cut
               off
               the
               Kings
               Head
            
             ,
             Page
             81.
             ]
             And
             in
             that
             case
             ,
             He
             Justifies
             the
             Old
             Parliament
             .
             What
             can
             be
             clearer
             now
             ,
             than
             that
             if
             this
             King
             should
             have
             been
             press'd
             upon
             the
             same
             Terms
             with
             his
             Royal
             Father
             ,
             After
             the
             same
             manner
             as
             the
             
               Papists
               Began
            
             ,
             and
             Pursu'd
             the
             Former
             War
             ,
             and
             brought
             his
             
               Late
               Majesty
            
             to
             the
             Block
             ,
             Just
             so
             it
             should
             have
             been
             call'd
             
               another
               Popish
               Exploit
            
             ,
             the
             Reducing
             of
             this
             King
             to
             the
             
               same
               Extremities
            
             :
             And
             as
             they
             made
             the
             
               Late
               King
            
             ,
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Royal
               Party
               ,
               Papists
            
             in
             the
             
               One
               Rebellion
            
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             treated
             
               this
               King
               ,
               Church
            
             ,
             and
             all
             his
             
               Faithful
               Subjects
            
             too
             ,
             as
             Papists
             too
             in
             
               another
               Rebellion
            
             .
             These
             are
             the
             
               Oxford
               Papists
            
             fairly
             Expounded
             .
             And
             under
             this
             Ambiguity
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             Covers
             and
             Disguises
             his
             pretext
             of
             Faith
             and
             Affection
             to
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Government
             :
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             as
             he
             intends
             the
             Kings
             Authority
             to
             be
             Virtually
             Resolv'd
             into
             the
             Two
             Houses
             :
             And
             this
             Seditious
             Maxim
             is
             a
             little
             more
             expresly
             set
             forth
             in
             his
             
               Raree
               Show
            
             .
             In
             which
             Libel
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             Figure
             of
             a
             Man
             with
             a
             Chests
             at
             's
             Back
             ,
             which
             he
             Explains
             to
             bemeant
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             with
             the
             Lords
             and
             Commons
             in
             a
             Box
             ,
             and
             Pluck'd
             down
             in
             the
             Mire
             by
             Three
             Fellows
             ,
             with
             these
             words
             to
             illustrate
             that
             Passage
             ,
             
               
               
                 So
                 ,
                 so
                 ,
                 the
                 Gyant
                 's
                 down
                 ,
              
               
                 Let
                 's
                 MASTERS
                 out
                 of
                 Pound
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             In
             which
             two
             Verses
             is
             laid
             open
             ,
             both
             the
             Design
             of
             Dethroning
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             word
             MASTERS
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Supremacy
             of
             the
             Two
             Houses
             .
          
           
             Now
             for
             a
             further
             Confirmation
             of
             his
             Opinion
             ,
             He
             declar'd
             to
             Mr.
             Crosthwait
             in
             the
             Castle
             at
             Oxford
             ,
             That
             he
             believ'd
             it
             lawful
             to
             Resist
             the
             King
             ,
             in
             case
             he
             should
             invade
             his
             Property
             ;
             and
             he
             endeavour'd
             to
             defend
             it
             by
             several
             Arguments
             ,
             till
             at
             length
             he
             was
             (
             at
             least
             )
             seemingly
             Convinc'd
             of
             his
             Mistake
             .
             This
             makes
             it
             abundantly
             Evident
             what
             he
             thought
             of
             the
             Lawfulness
             of
             such
             Resistance
             ,
             if
             the
             Case
             of
             Property
             should
             come
             to
             be
             the
             Question
             ;
             And
             it
             rests
             only
             now
             to
             make
             it
             out
             that
             he
             did
             take
             Property
             to
             be
             the
             Question
             ;
             and
             then
             all
             his
             Pretensions
             of
             Respect
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Government
             fall
             to
             the
             Ground
             :
             As
             what
             's
             the
             meaning
             of
             that
             Passage
             in
             his
             
               Raree
               Show
            
             ,
             where
             he
             charges
             the
             King
             with
             
               
                 Fleecing
                 Englands
                 Flocks
                 ,
              
               
                 Long
                 Fed
                 with
                 Bits
                 and
                 Knocks
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
             but
             to
             denote
             the
             King
             to
             be
             a
             Tyrant
             and
             an
             Oppressor
             ?
          
           
             Now
             to
             sum
             up
             briefly
             what
             is
             already
             delivered
             ;
             Here
             are
             all
             the
             Fore-runners
             of
             ,
             and
             Dispositions
             to
             a
             Rebellion
             ,
             as
             clear
             as
             the
             Noon-day
             ,
             and
             College
             deeply
             engag'd
             in
             every
             Point
             .
             First
             the
             General
             Pretence
             of
             a
             Design
             upon
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ,
             as
             the
             Foundation
             of
             a
             
               Popular
               Discontent
            
             .
             2dly
             .
             
               That
               General
               Religion
            
             ,
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             as
             it
             is
             represented
             ,
             is
             not
             any
             where
             to
             be
             found
             .
             3dly
             .
             Under
             the
             Notion
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             to
             Invade
             this
             Religion
             ,
             the
             
               Church
               Establish'd
            
             ,
             the
             King
             and
             his
             Party
             are
             
             most
             apparently
             struck
             at
             .
             4thly
             .
             All
             manner
             of
             
               Defamatory
               Libels
            
             are
             
               Contriv'd
               ,
               Publish'd
            
             ,
             and
             Promoted
             by
             
               College
               himself
            
             toward
             the
             Enflaming
             of
             a
             Sedition
             .
             5thly
             .
             It
             is
             Remarkable
             ,
             
               Colleges
               Shuffling
            
             and
             Equivocating
             ,
             to
             Evade
             the
             Charge
             ,
             which
             is
             ,
             nevertheless
             made
             out
             against
             him
             at
             last
             .
             6thly
             .
             There
             is
             an
             Undeniable
             Discovery
             of
             his
             Disaffection
             ,
             even
             to
             the
             Degree
             of
             a
             
               Mortal
               Hatred
            
             ,
             both
             to
             Church
             and
             State.
             And
             7thly
             .
             Considering
             the
             Method
             of
             Colleges
             Proceedings
             ,
             with
             the
             Tendency
             of
             his
             
               Practices
               ,
               Principles
            
             ,
             and
             Persuasions
             ,
             what
             could
             any
             man
             believe
             less
             (
             even
             without
             any
             further
             Evidence
             )
             than
             that
             
               College
               Meditated
            
             ,
             and
             Designed
             the
             Improvement
             of
             all
             Occasions
             to
             the
             Subverting
             of
             the
             Government
             ;
             and
             ,
             in
             such
             manner
             too
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             imputed
             to
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             §.
             8.
             
             There
             was
             a
             Design
             upon
             the
             King
             at
             Oxford
             ,
             and
             College
             manifestly
             Engag'd
             in
             the
             Conspiracy
             .
          
           
             THat
             there
             was
             a
             Plot
             to
             be
             Executed
             at
             Oxon
             ,
             will
             be
             granted
             ,
             I
             presume
             ,
             by
             any
             man
             that
             has
             but
             eyes
             in
             's
             head
             ,
             and
             looks
             that
             way
             :
             And
             this
             a
             
               Republican
               Plot
            
             too
             ,
             carried
             on
             under
             the
             pretended
             Apprehension
             of
             a
             Popish
             one
             .
             But
             the
             Multitude
             were
             to
             be
             mov'd
             and
             prepar'd
             for
             't
             :
             And
             see
             the
             course
             now
             that
             they
             took
             to
             work
             upon
             the
             Passions
             of
             the
             Common
             People
             .
             The
             first
             thing
             to
             be
             done
             was
             throughly
             to
             possess
             them
             that
             the
             
               Papists
               had
               a
               Design
               upon
               the
               Parliament
               at
            
             Oxford
             ;
             and
             consequently
             upon
             the
             
               Protestant
               Religion
            
             ;
             the
             Liberties
             and
             Properties
             of
             the
             
               English
               Nation
            
             .
             To
             this
             purpose
             ,
             How
             many
             Impudent
             and
             Ridiculous
             Shams
             ,
             by
             Counterfeit
             Tickets
             ,
             and
             Letters
             were
             Expos'd
             in
             the
             daily
             Papers
             
             of
             Intelligence
             ,
             which
             at
             that
             time
             were
             swallowed
             whole
             ,
             as
             the
             very
             Oracles
             of
             the
             
               Vulgar
               ?
               [
               Several
               Papers
            
             (
             says
             the
             
               Protestant
               Mercury
            
             ,
             Numb
             .
             24.
             )
             
               have
               been
               dropt
               about
               the
               City
               ,
               that
               there
               would
               be
               a
            
             Massacre
             at
             Oxford
             
               on
               the
               25th
               .
               instant
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               5th
               .
               of
            
             November
             
               will
               be
               turned
               into
               the
               25th
               .
               of
            
             March
             ,
             (
             1681.
             )
             
               and
               one
               of
               these
               was
               thrown
               into
               a
               Shop
               in
            
             Grace-Church-street
             .
             But
             you
             shall
             now
             have
             the
             Letter
             it self
             at
             large
             ,
             with
             all
             its
             appertinences
             .
          
           
             
               London
               ,
               March
            
             16.
             
             This
             very
             morning
             ,
             Letters
             were
             found
             in
             several
             places
             in
             this
             City
             ,
             unseal'd
             ;
             purporting
             a
             warning
             of
             a
             Dangerous
             Design
             to
             Destroy
             the
             Parliament
             ;
             particularly
             one
             Letter
             was
             found
             in
             Mr.
             Brett's
             Shop
             ,
             a
             Linnen-Draper
             in
             Grace-Church-street
             ,
             which
             was
             supposed
             to
             be
             put
             in
             at
             a
             Cleft
             in
             the
             Window
             :
             His
             man
             finding
             it
             when
             he
             open'd
             the
             Shop
             ,
             Communicated
             the
             same
             to
             his
             Master
             ,
             who
             caused
             him
             to
             subscribe
             the
             Paper
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             be
             able
             to
             testifie
             it
             was
             the
             same
             that
             he
             found
             ;
             and
             then
             Presented
             it
             to
             one
             of
             our
             
               City
               Magistrates
            
             ,
             who
             we
             suppose
             by
             this
             time
             has
             made
             his
             Majesty
             acquainted
             with
             the
             Contents
             ,
             which
             were
             as
             followeth
             :
          
           
             
               
                 To
                 all
                 the
                 Noble
                 Members
                 of
                 this
                 most
                 Honorable
                 ensuing
                 Parliament
                 in
                 General
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Noble
                   Lords
                   and
                   Gentlemen
                   ,
                
              
               
                 Though
                 I
                 dare
                 not
                 ,
                 nor
                 am
                 I
                 in
                 a
                 condition
                 to
                 discover
                 the
                 whole
                 substance
                 of
                 some
                 Hellish
                 Designs
                 now
                 on
                 foot
                 against
                 his
                 Majesties
                 Royal
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 against
                 you
                 all
                 at
                 Oxford
                 ;
                 yet
                 though
                 I
                 was
                 sure
                 to
                 be
                 Racked
                 for
                 it
                 ,
                 I
                 must
                 and
                 will
                 give
                 you
                 a
                 Hint
                 of
                 them
                 as
                 followeth
                 .
              
               
                 Remember
                 the
                 Fifth
                 of
                 November
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 now
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 25th
                 .
                 of
                 March
                 ;
                 which
                 ,
                 if
                 not
                 prevented
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 the
                 utter
                 destruction
                 of
                 both
                 King
                 and
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 
                   True
                   Protestants
                
                 in
                 his
                 Majesties
                 Dominions
                 .
              
               
               
                 And
                 if
                 that
                 fail
                 ,
                 beware
                 of
                 many
                 thousands
                 that
                 lie
                 in
                 wait
                 for
                 your
                 Lives
                 ,
                 whose
                 Design
                 is
                 so
                 closely
                 carried
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 will
                 ,
                 I
                 doubt
                 ,
                 be
                 a
                 hard
                 matter
                 to
                 discover
                 it
                 ,
                 until
                 it
                 be
                 too
                 late
                 .
              
               
                 Mark
                 well
                 what
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 and
                 make
                 not
                 slight
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 ye
                 tender
                 your
                 Lives
                 and
                 Fortunes
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Kingdoms
                 safety
                 .
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 make
                 not
                 slight
                 of
                 it
                 ,
                 as
                 you
                 tender
                 your
                 Lives
                 and
                 Fortunes
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Kingdoms
                 safety
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 am
                 in
                 a
                 mean
                 condition
                 ,
                 and
                 under
                 many
                 Afflictions
                 ,
                 but
                 cannot
                 discover
                 my self
                 as
                 yet
                 .
                 Thus
                 wishing
                 you
                 all
                 happy
                 success
                 ,
                 I
                 take
                 leave
                 .
              
               
               
                 
                   This
                   Letter
                   was
                   Superscribed
                   as
                   followeth
                   .
                
                 
                   To
                   all
                   
                     True
                     Protestants
                  
                   ,
                   who
                   love
                   the
                   King
                   and
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   whosoever
                   finds
                   this
                   Note
                   ,
                   let
                   him
                   with
                   all
                   speed
                   repair
                   to
                   some
                   Elected
                   Members
                   of
                   the
                   
                     Parliament
                     ,
                     and
                     present
                     it
                     to
                     them
                     .
                  
                   (
                   Ben.
                   Harris
                   '
                   
                     s
                     Protestant
                     Domestique
                     ,
                     Numb
                     .
                     107.
                     )
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               You
               shall
               see
               now
               how
               the
               humor
               is
               followed
               ,
            
             Numb
             .
             110.
             
          
           
             
               
                 A
                 Letter
                 importing
                 some
                 Cursed
                 and
                 Treasonable
                 Designs
                 still
                 Carrying
                 on
                 (
                 by
                 the
                 Ever
                 Plotting
                 Papists
                 )
                 against
                 his
                 Majesties
                 Royal
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Protestant
                 Religion
                 ,
                 being
                 lately
                 found
                 in
                 the
                 Wood
                 of
                 Bally-Holly
                 in
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Cork
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 of
                 Ireland
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 Gentleman
                 of
                 the
                 County
                 of
                 Lymrick
                 as
                 he
                 Travelled
                 through
                 that
                 Wood
                 :
                 He
                 thought
                 it
                 of
                 that
                 Concern
                 to
                 the
                 Publique
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 immediately
                 gave
                 it
                 to
                 the
                 Earl
                 of
                 Barrimore
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 by
                 him
                 transmitted
                 to
                 his
                 Grace
                 the
                 Duke
                 of
                 Ormond
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Lieutenant
                 of
                 that
                 Kingdom
                 ,
                 which
                 was
                 done
                 (
                 as
                 we
                 are
                 inform'd
                 )
                 by
                 the
                 said
                 Earl
                 accordingly
                 .
                 A
                 True
                 Copy
                 of
                 which
                 Letter
                 followeth
                 ,
                 viz.
                 
              
               
                 
                   Brother
                   David
                   ,
                
              
               
                 I
                 received
                 a
                 Letter
                 lately
                 ,
                 wherein
                 I
                 understand
                 that
                 we
                 shall
                 go
                 on
                 with
                 our
                 Design
                 before
                 Easter-day
                 .
                 We
                 shall
                 
                 have
                 Encouragements
                 to
                 destroy
                 Heretiques
                 ,
                 Lord
                 Br.
                 will
                 be
                 one
                 of
                 the
                 Persons
                 to
                 destroy
                 the
                 
                   Heretical
                   King
                
                 ,
                 and
                 Monmouth
                 .
                 Encourage
                 all
                 our
                 Friends
                 to
                 keep
                 their
                 Arm
                 private
                 .
                 I
                 am
              
               
                 
                   Yours
                   till
                   death
                   ,
                   
                     Allen
                     Condon
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Jan.
                     8.
                     
                  
                
              
            
          
           
             
               Superscribed
               to
            
             David
             Raach
             ,
             Parish-Priest
             of
             Bally-Holly
             .
             
               This
               was
               Publish'd
            
             April
             1.
             1681.
             
          
           
             There
             would
             be
             no
             end
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             go
             through
             with
             all
             the
             Cheats
             upon
             that
             Juncture
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             stamp
             .
             One
             more
             only
             and
             I
             have
             done
             .
          
           
             Letters
             from
             Ireland
             say
             that
             there
             was
             a
             Great
             Leading
             Priest
             ,
             a
             man
             of
             great
             Request
             among
             the
             
               Popish
               Party
            
             ,
             having
             been
             very
             Active
             in
             carrying
             on
             their
             Designs
             ,
             was
             somewhat
             troubled
             in
             Conscience
             (
             being
             upon
             his
             Death-bed
             )
             at
             some
             things
             which
             he
             had
             kept
             secret
             ,
             sent
             for
             some
             Protestants
             of
             the
             Neighborhood
             ,
             unknown
             to
             the
             Papists
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             formerly
             been
             obliged
             to
             ,
             to
             come
             and
             see
             him
             e're
             he
             departed
             ;
             who
             coming
             according
             to
             his
             request
             ,
             the
             Priest
             Expressed
             himself
             to
             this
             Effect
             .
          
           
             
               
                 God
                 hath
                 put
                 it
                 in
                 my
                 heart
                 to
                 warn
                 ye
                 to
                 have
                 a
                 care
                 of
                 your selves
                 ;
                 for
                 you
                 ,
                 and
                 all
                 the
                 rest
                 of
                 the
                 Protestants
                 are
                 design'd
                 to
                 be
                 Massacred
                 ;
                 It
                 was
                 to
                 have
                 been
                 done
                 some
                 time
                 since
                 ,
                 but
                 an
                 accident
                 obstructed
                 it
                 ;
                 so
                 that
                 the
                 day
                 is
                 not
                 certainly
                 appointed
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 thing
                 is
                 fully
                 concluded
                 on
                 :
                 therefore
                 defend
                 your selves
                 as
                 well
                 as
                 you
                 can
                 .
                 The
                 same
                 thing
                 is
                 designed
                 in
                 England
                 .
                 Ib.
                 Numb
                 .
                 112.
                 
              
            
          
           
             Now
             as
             all
             these
             Stories
             were
             only
             Forgeries
             and
             Contrivances
             to
             put
             the
             Hot-headed
             and
             credulous
             Fools
             of
             the
             Faction
             into
             a
             Ferment
             ,
             and
             prepare
             them
             for
             any
             violent
             Attempt
             ;
             the
             Project
             did
             so
             far
             also
             take
             effect
             ,
             as
             to
             draw
             together
             armed
             multitudes
             into
             a
             Resolution
             and
             
             Confederacy
             ,
             to
             oppose
             whatsoever
             should
             be
             presented
             unto
             them
             under
             the
             colour
             of
             a
             
               Popish
               Design
            
             :
             And
             they
             that
             had
             so
             little
             Wit
             or
             Honesty
             ,
             as
             to
             run
             to
             Oxford
             ,
             and
             so
             Accoutred
             ,
             upon
             such
             an
             April-Errand
             ,
             would
             undoubtedly
             have
             gone
             through
             with
             their
             work
             upon
             a
             good
             occasion
             ,
             when
             they
             were
             so
             far
             onward
             in
             their
             way
             .
             Here
             was
             a
             very
             extraordinary
             Concurrence
             of
             Palpable
             Impostures
             ,
             accommodated
             to
             the
             same
             End
             ,
             and
             meeting
             upon
             the
             same
             nick
             of
             time
             too
             .
             And
             this
             is
             not
             all
             neither
             ;
             for
             there
             were
             several
             Printed
             Papers
             ,
             of
             Clamor
             ,
             and
             Complaint
             ,
             against
             the
             Kings
             taking
             his
             Guards
             with
             him
             ,
             under
             a
             Pretext
             that
             they
             would
             hinder
             the
             Liberty
             of
             Debates
             ,
             and
             over-awe
             the
             Parliament
             .
             This
             Circumstance
             does
             very
             much
             favour
             the
             Presumption
             of
             a
             Plot
             upon
             the
             Government
             ;
             far
             if
             they
             were
             afraid
             of
             a
             
               Popish
               Attempt
            
             ,
             his
             Majesties
             Guards
             would
             have
             been
             a
             good
             Security
             against
             it
             ,
             and
             no
             inconvenience
             to
             them
             at
             all
             ,
             unless
             in
             case
             of
             a
             
               Phanatical
               Conspiracy
            
             :
             so
             that
             their
             apprehension
             of
             the
             Guards
             is
             a
             very
             fair
             Interpretation
             of
             what
             they
             meant
             by
             the
             Papists
             .
          
           
             If
             there
             was
             not
             a
             Plot
             ,
             what
             meant
             the
             Distinguishing
             Marks
             of
             the
             
               same-Colour'd-Ribbon
               in
               their
               Hats
            
             ,
             with
             
               No
               Popery
               No
               Slavery
            
             in
             them
             ,
             for
             their
             Motto
             :
             and
             such
             quantities
             of
             them
             distributed
             for
             the
             discrimination
             of
             the
             Party
             ?
             And
             why
             that
             Motto
             either
             ?
             but
             first
             to
             intimate
             a
             notorious
             Scandal
             upon
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             if
             his
             Majesty
             were
             Popishly
             ,
             and
             
               Tyrannically
               Inclin'd
            
             .
             And
             2dly
             .
             As
             an
             Ostentation
             of
             their
             Force
             and
             Resolution
             to
             Oppose
             any
             Power
             whatsoever
             ,
             even
             under
             the
             colour
             of
             that
             Bare
             Pretence
             .
          
           
             From
             this
             Probability
             of
             a
             
               Seditious
               Design
            
             ,
             we
             shall
             come
             closer
             now
             to
             a
             Proof
             of
             the
             
               thing
               it self
            
             ;
             and
             see
             how
             far
             College
             was
             concern'd
             in
             't
             ,
             both
             from
             his
             own
             Words
             and
             Actions
             ;
             and
             from
             the
             Agreement
             of
             other
             
             Evidences
             with
             the
             Points
             of
             his
             Accusation
             :
             Not
             medling
             at
             all
             with
             the
             merits
             of
             his
             Cause
             ,
             as
             they
             appeared
             upon
             his
             Tryal
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             what
             Arms
             I
             had
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             and
             what
             Arms
             others
             had
             ,
             they
             were
             for
             our
             own
             Defence
             ,
             in
             case
             the
             Papists
             should
             make
             any
             Attempt
             upon
             us
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Massacre
             ,
             or
             any
             Invasion
             or
             Rebellion
             ,
             that
             we
             should
             be
             ready
             to
             defend
             our selves
             .
             God
             is
             my
             Witness
             ,
             this
             is
             all
             I
             know
             :
             If
             this
             be
             a
             Plot
             ,
             This
             I
             was
             in
             ;
             but
             in
             no
             other
             .
             But
             never
             knew
             of
             any
             Numbers
             or
             Times
             appointed
             for
             Meeting
             ;
             but
             we
             said
             one
             to
             another
             ,
             that
             
               the
               Papists
               had
               a
               Design
               against
               the
               Protestants
            
             when
             we
             did
             meet
             ,
             as
             I
             was
             a
             man
             of
             General
             Conversation
             ;
             and
             in
             case
             they
             should
             rise
             ,
             we
             were
             ready
             :
             But
             then
             they
             should
             begin
             the
             Attempt
             upon
             us
             .
             
               Last
               Speech
            
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             first
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             all
             Armed
             .
             2dly
             .
             That
             they
             Communicated
             among
             themselves
             ,
             and
             enter'd
             into
             a
             kind
             of
             League
             of
             Conjunction
             .
             3dly
             .
             That
             they
             Reputed
             themselves
             strong
             enough
             to
             Encounter
             such
             a
             Body
             of
             men
             ,
             as
             (
             if
             we
             may
             believe
             them
             )
             threatned
             Destruction
             to
             the
             Government
             .
             And
             4thly
             .
             That
             they
             were
             resolv'd
             to
             put
             it
             to
             the
             hazard
             ,
             if
             the
             Papists
             should
             attempt
             any
             thing
             :
             So
             that
             here
             's
             a
             
               Form'd
               Conspiracy
            
             acknowledg'd
             ;
             and
             so
             many
             men
             as
             good
             as
             listed
             ,
             but
             however
             link'd
             in
             a
             common
             Design
             ,
             without
             any
             Authority
             or
             Commission
             :
             And
             we
             know
             very
             well
             what
             the
             Law
             says
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             let
             the
             intent
             of
             it
             be
             what
             it
             will.
             We
             said
             to
             one
             another
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             that
             
               the
               Papists
               had
               a
               design
               against
               the
               Protestants
            
             ;
             and
             then
             that
             
               we
               were
               Ready
               ,
               but
               They
               should
               begin
               the
               Attempt
            
             ;
             which
             may
             seem
             to
             qualifie
             the
             matter
             by
             making
             it
             only
             a
             
               Defensive
               War.
            
             But
             still
             ,
             even
             that
             War
             it self
             ,
             without
             the
             Kings
             Commission
             ,
             is
             a
             plain
             Rebellion
             .
             And
             this
             is
             not
             yet
             the
             worst
             on
             't
             ;
             for
             in
             Vindicating
             the
             War
             of
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             in
             1640.
             &c.
             and
             their
             Proceedings
             under
             the
             same
             disguise
             of
             calling
             the
             
             
               Kings
               Friends
               Papists
            
             ;
             and
             pretending
             that
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Person
             made
             War
             against
             his
             Authority
             in
             the
             
               Lords
               and
               Commons
            
             ;
             and
             under
             that
             colour
             ,
             representing
             themselves
             to
             be
             only
             upon
             the
             Defensive
             :
             In
             Vindicating
             that
             War
             (
             I
             say
             )
             which
             was
             a
             
               Hellish
               Rebellion
            
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             Consonant
             to
             their
             Principles
             ,
             to
             justifie
             the
             same
             Proceedings
             over
             again
             ,
             under
             the
             same
             Pretensions
             .
          
           
             
               He
               says
               further
               in
               his
               other
               Speech
               ,
            
             [
             I
             never
             was
             engag'd
             in
             any
             manner
             of
             Plot
             or
             Conspiracy
             whatsoever
             in
             my
             life
             ,
             against
             the
             Kings
             Person
             ,
             Laws
             or
             Government
             ,
             or
             know
             of
             any
             that
             is
             or
             was
             ,
             the
             Papists
             only
             excepted
             —
             It
             is
             utterly
             false
             that
             I
             was
             to
             have
             seiz'd
             the
             King
             ,
             either
             at
             White-Hall
             ,
             or
             at
             Oxon
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             here
             solemnly
             declare
             I
             knew
             not
             of
             so
             much
             as
             one
             single
             Person
             on
             Gods
             Earth
             that
             was
             ,
             or
             would
             have
             stood
             by
             me
             in
             that
             Attempt
             .
             ]
             
               And
               to
               the
               same
               effect
               he
               says
               over
               again
               in
               his
            
             last
             Speech
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             not
             force
             these
             words
             of
             his
             beyond
             a
             fair
             Congruity
             with
             the
             tenour
             of
             what
             he
             says
             in
             other
             places
             upon
             this
             subject
             ;
             though
             the
             liberty
             he
             has
             taken
             throughout
             ,
             of
             speaking
             more
             or
             less
             than
             the
             just
             and
             naked
             Truth
             ,
             and
             wrapping
             himself
             up
             in
             Disguises
             and
             Reserves
             ,
             so
             as
             best
             to
             serve
             his
             purpose
             ,
             might
             justifie
             me
             in
             the
             freedom
             of
             taking
             him
             at
             the
             worst
             ,
             where
             there
             is
             any
             place
             for
             a
             
               double
               meaning
               .
               [
               He
               never
               engag'd
               against
               the
               Kings
               Person
            
             (
             he
             says
             ,
             &c.
             )
             Did
             not
             that
             Parliament
             ,
             whose
             Cause
             ,
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             Proceedings
             ,
             College
             has
             so
             highly
             approved
             ,
             say
             the
             same
             thing
             ?
             And
             not
             only
             Disclaim
             their
             being
             AGAINST
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             
               late
               King
            
             ;
             but
             declare
             openly
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Tenderness
             and
             Veneration
             for
             him
             that
             was
             possible
             ?
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             then
             of
             him
             that
             speaks
             
               their
               very
               Words
            
             ,
             upon
             the
             
               same
               Grounds
            
             ,
             and
             under
             the
             
               same
               Circumstances
            
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             has
             the
             
               same
               Thoughts
            
             also
             (
             which
             he
             in
             truth
             Confesses
             too
             )
             with
             those
             ,
             who
             under
             that
             pretence
             advanc'd
             a
             Rebellion
             against
             their
             Sovereign
             ?
             
             What
             does
             he
             mean
             again
             by
             saying
             that
             
               [
               HE
               was
               not
               to
               have
               Seiz'd
               the
               King
               ,
            
             &c.
             ]
             Is
             it
             that
             
               He
               himself
            
             was
             not
             to
             do
             it
             with
             his
             
               own
               hands
            
             ?
             Or
             that
             the
             Sovereignty
             being
             lodg'd
             in
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             ,
             his
             PERSON
             might
             be
             Seiz'd
             ,
             and
             the
             KING
             remain
             untouch'd
             ?
             There
             is
             another
             Sentence
             in
             the
             same
             Speech
             ,
             that
             speaks
             a
             little
             plainer
             yet
             .
             
               [
               I
               did
               not
               understand
            
             (
             says
             he
             )
             
               but
               when
               I
               serv'd
               the
            
             Parliament
             ,
             
               I
               serv'd
               the
            
             King
             
               too
               .
            
             ]
             Which
             in
             the
             Acceptation
             of
             Forty
             and
             Forty-One
             ,
             sounds
             as
             much
             as
             
               King
               and
               Parliament
            
             on
             the
             one
             side
             ,
             in
             opposition
             to
             
               Charles
               Stuart
            
             on
             the
             other
             .
          
           
             Now
             as
             to
             the
             Plot
             of
             Seizing
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             if
             the
             Witnesses
             had
             not
             made
             it
             out
             accordingly
             to
             the
             very
             Letter
             ,
             I
             should
             rather
             have
             suspected
             a
             design
             under
             the
             countenance
             of
             
               Loyal
               Service
            
             ,
             to
             interpose
             a
             Force
             betwixt
             his
             Majesty
             and
             
               some
               Pretended
               Danger
            
             .
             And
             this
             officious
             zeal
             to
             be
             follow'd
             with
             seizing
             half
             a
             dozen
             (
             perhaps
             )
             of
             his
             Majesties
             most
             necessary
             Ministers
             and
             Friends
             .
             And
             then
             a
             Proclamation
             immediately
             of
             some
             damned
             Hellish
             Plot
             ;
             a
             parcel
             of
             good
             Statutable
             
               Knights
               of
               the
               Post
            
             to
             make
             it
             good
             ,
             and
             there
             had
             been
             the
             work
             done
             .
             This
             would
             have
             been
             no
             Ridiculous
             thing
             to
             imagine
             ,
             if
             his
             Majesty
             had
             not
             had
             over
             and
             above
             his
             Guards
             ,
             the
             Honour
             and
             Fidelity
             of
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             of
             his
             Security
             .
          
           
             
               There
               are
               a
               great
               many
               slippery
               Passages
               in
            
             Colleges
             two
             Speeches
             [
             Had
             the
             Papists
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             or
             
               their
               Party
            
             offer'd
             to
             destroy
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             as
             was
             sworn
             ,
             and
             fear'd
             they
             would
             ,
             I
             was
             there
             to
             have
             liv'd
             and
             dy'd
             with
             '
             em
             .
             ]
          
           
             Here
             's
             a
             Disjunction
             of
             the
             Papists
             ,
             OR
             
               their
               Party
            
             ;
             which
             I
             cannot
             tell
             what
             to
             make
             of
             ,
             unless
             he
             ranges
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Church
             in
             a
             Confederate
             subserviency
             to
             the
             Papists
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             consonant
             to
             what
             he
             has
             said
             elsewhere
             .
             There
             is
             a
             doubtful
             Clause
             too
             in
             
             his
             
               last
               Speech
               [
               Men
            
             (
             says
             he
             ,
             speaking
             of
             the
             
               Presbyterians
               )
               without
               any
               manner
               of
               design
               ;
               but
               to
               serve
               God
               ,
               serve
               his
               Majesty
               ,
               and
            
             keep
             their
             Liberties
             and
             Properties
             .
             ]
             Now
             Colleges
             way
             of
             
               keeping
               his
               Property
            
             ,
             is
             to
             Fight
             for
             't
             ,
             in
             case
             the
             King
             should
             Invade
             it
             ,
             as
             he
             profess'd
             to
             a
             Divine
             a
             little
             before
             his
             Execution
             :
             Beside
             that
             the
             word
             
               [
               KEEP
            
             ]
             seems
             to
             lean
             a
             little
             that
             way
             ,
             especially
             from
             a
             man
             that
             
               first
               supposes
            
             his
             Property
             to
             be
             Invaded
             ;
             and
             
               then
               declares
            
             his
             resolution
             to
             
               resist
               the
               King
            
             ,
             in
             case
             of
             such
             Invasion
             .
          
           
             We
             shall
             now
             as
             briefly
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             apply
             matter
             of
             Fact
             to
             the
             Capital
             parts
             of
             his
             Charge
             .
             The
             Designing
             of
             the
             Sculpture
             to
             his
             Raree-Show
             is
             prov'd
             upon
             him
             so
             point
             blank
             ,
             that
             he
             himself
             had
             not
             the
             face
             to
             deny
             it
             :
             And
             
               that
               Draught
            
             made
             him
             as
             
               Guilty
               of
            
             ,
             and
             as
             
               Answerable
               for
               the
               Malicious
               intent
               of
               it
               ,
            
             as
             if
             the
             Ballad
             had
             been
             originally
             his
             own
             :
             His
             Publishing
             of
             it
             was
             a
             further
             Aggravation
             of
             the
             Crime
             ;
             and
             the
             Pleasure
             he
             took
             in
             Singing
             it
             up
             and
             down
             (
             as
             he
             did
             to
             several
             eminent
             Persons
             of
             quality
             )
             and
             in
             Exposing
             it
             ,
             made
             all
             that
             was
             in
             it
             his
             own
             too
             .
             In
             that
             
               Doggrel
               Copy
            
             there
             is
             Chalk'd
             out
             the
             very
             Train
             of
             the
             whole
             Conspiracy
             ;
             and
             so
             plainly
             too
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             not
             bear
             any
             other
             Construction
             :
             As
             for
             example
             .
             
               
                 Help
                 
                   Cooper
                   ,
                   Hughs
                
                 and
                 Snow
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Hey
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Hey
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 pull
                 down
                 Raree-Show
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Ho.
              
               
                 So
                 ,
                 so
                 ,
                 the
                 
                   Gyant
                   's
                   down
                
                 ,
              
               
                 Let
                 's
                 Masters
                 out
                 of
                 Pound
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 a
                 Hey
                 Tronny
                 Nony
                 Nony
                 No.
                 
              
            
          
           
             Here
             's
             first
             the
             King
             to
             be
             
               pull'd
               down
            
             (
             under
             the
             Rarce-Show
             )
             and
             
               Cooper
               ,
               Hughs
            
             ,
             and
             Snow
             (
             being
             Officers
             belonging
             to
             both
             Houses
             )
             are
             to
             represent
             the
             
               Lords
               and
               Com●●●●s
            
             in
             the
             doing
             of
             it
             ;
             which
             reflects
             as
             odious
             a
             scandal
             
             upon
             the
             
               Two
               Houses
            
             as
             upon
             his
             Majesty
             .
             In
             the
             next
             place
             he
             supposes
             the
             King
             to
             be
             down
             ;
             and
             to
             answer
             that
             phansie
             ,
             there
             are
             three
             Fellows
             in
             the
             Plate
             ,
             lugging
             of
             him
             in
             the
             Dirt
             :
             And
             then
             follows
             
               [
               Let
               's
            
             Masters
             
               out
               of
               Pound
               :
            
             ]
             which
             is
             only
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             now
             the
             King
             is
             down
             ,
             the
             
               Lords
               and
               Commons
            
             are
             to
             take
             upon
             them
             the
             Administration
             of
             the
             Government
             .
             But
             let
             us
             see
             how
             he
             goes
             on
             .
             
               
                 And
                 now
                 y
                 'ave
                 freed
                 the
                 Nation
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Hey
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Cram
                 in
                 the
                 Convocation
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Ho
                 ;
              
               
                 With
                 Pensioners
                 ,
                 All
                 and
                 some
              
               
                 Into
                 this
                 Chest
                 of
                 Rome
                 ,
              
               
                 With
                 a
                 Hey
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
             The
             
               first
               line
            
             here
             makes
             the
             Freedom
             of
             the
             Nation
             to
             ensue
             upon
             the
             Deposing
             of
             the
             King.
             The
             second
             sends
             the
             Convocation
             after
             him
             .
             The
             third
             ,
             all
             those
             whom
             he
             is
             pleas'd
             to
             call
             Pensioners
             :
             And
             the
             fourth
             makes
             them
             all
             to
             be
             Papists
             .
             Here
             's
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Convocation
             ,
             and
             the
             Pensioners
             gone
             already
             .
             Now
             see
             what
             's
             next
             .
             
               
                 And
                 thrust
                 in
                 
                   Six
                   and
                   twenty
                
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Hey
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 With
                 
                   Not
                   Guilty
                
                 ,
                 good
                 plenty
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Ho
                 :
              
               
                 And
                 Hoot
                 them
                 hence
                 away
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 Cullen
                 or
                 Breda
                 :
              
            
          
           
             We
             have
             here
             the
             very
             Track
             of
             the
             Conspiracy
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             prov'd
             at
             his
             Tryal
             .
             The
             Bishop's
             are
             to
             be
             dispatch'd
             away
             too
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Not
               Guilty-Lords
            
             ,
             in
             the
             Vote
             upon
             my
             Lord
             Stafford
             .
             And
             at
             best
             ,
             to
             be
             all
             of
             them
             driven
             out
             of
             the
             Nation
             ,
             as
             the
             
               Late
               King
            
             was
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             part
             of
             his
             Adherents
             .
             We
             shall
             now
             conclude
             this
             point
             with
             the
             two
             last
             lines
             :
             
               
                 Halloe
                 ,
                 the
                 Hunts
                 begun
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Hey
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 Like
                 Father
                 ,
                 like
                 Son
                 ,
                 with
                 a
                 Ho
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
            
          
           
           
             I
             have
             in
             my
             hand
             the
             Manuscript
             of
             
               Colleges
               own
               writing
            
             ,
             from
             whence
             this
             Ballad
             was
             Printed
             ;
             where
             it
             is
             to
             be
             noted
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             Halloe
             ,
             it
             was
             in
             the
             Original
             ,
             
               Stand
               to
               't
            
             ;
             but
             
               that
               struck
               out
            
             ,
             and
             
               Halloe
               interlin'd
            
             in
             the
             place
             of
             it
             ;
             the
             other
             being
             too
             broad
             a
             discovery
             of
             the
             Violence
             they
             intended
             .
             Let
             me
             further
             observe
             ,
             that
             this
             Song
             was
             Calculated
             for
             Oxford
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             both
             for
             the
             Time
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Place
               ,
               When
            
             ,
             and
             Where
             this
             Exploit
             was
             to
             have
             been
             executed
             .
             And
             now
             for
             a
             close
             ;
             What
             can
             be
             the
             meaning
             of
             
               Like
               Father
               ,
               like
               Son
            
             ;
             but
             a
             design
             and
             encouragement
             (
             as
             appears
             from
             the
             Connexion
             )
             to
             serve
             them
             
               both
               alike
            
             ;
             and
             to
             conclude
             both
             Father
             and
             Son
             ,
             under
             
               one
               and
               the
               same
               Condemnation
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Faction
             did
             ,
             without
             dispute
             ,
             flatter
             themselves
             that
             they
             should
             find
             Friends
             ,
             even
             in
             the
             Parliament
             it self
             ,
             to
             Authorize
             them
             in
             their
             Enterprize
             ;
             (
             but
             they
             were
             egregiously
             mistaken
             it
             seems
             in
             their
             measures
             .
             )
             And
             they
             grounded
             their
             Hopes
             upon
             the
             Interest
             they
             had
             made
             in
             most
             places
             of
             the
             Kingdom
             to
             secure
             an
             Election
             for
             their
             turn
             .
             This
             Prospect
             and
             Confidence
             does
             most
             notoriously
             appear
             in
             the
             contrivance
             of
             the
             Raree-Show
             ,
             which
             in
             truth
             looks
             liker
             a
             Song
             of
             Triumph
             ,
             as
             for
             a
             thing
             already
             done
             ,
             then
             a
             bare
             Project
             and
             Exhortation
             toward
             the
             doing
             of
             it
             :
             Insomuch
             that
             they
             have
             in
             this
             Ballad
             delineated
             the
             very
             Scheme
             of
             their
             Intentions
             .
             It
             is
             a
             thing
             very
             remarkable
             too
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             Pulse
             beats
             still
             in
             all
             their
             Pamphlets
             of
             Appeal
             to
             the
             Multitude
             ;
             which
             speaks
             them
             clearly
             to
             be
             animated
             with
             the
             same
             souls
             ,
             and
             directed
             to
             the
             same
             end
             .
             As
             
               Vox
               Patriae
            
             for
             the
             purpose
             ,
             (
             among
             forty
             others
             .
             )
             What
             is
             it
             ,
             but
             under
             the
             Notion
             of
             Petitions
             and
             Addresses
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             People
             of
             England
             ,
             a
             certain
             Compendium
             of
             Instructions
             toward
             the
             Forming
             and
             carrying
             on
             of
             a
             Conspiracy
             ?
             This
             Libel
             lays
             out
             the
             very
             Model
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             for
             which
             College
             was
             
             
               Try'd
               ,
               Condemn'd
            
             ,
             and
             Executed
             .
             It
             prescribes
             the
             Removal
             of
             Councellors
             and
             Officers
             ,
             the
             ordering
             of
             the
             Militia
             ,
             the
             Retrenching
             the
             Power
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Dissolving
             the
             Order
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             setting
             all
             sorts
             of
             Heretiques
             at
             liberty
             ,
             the
             Calling
             and
             Continuing
             of
             Parliaments
             at
             the
             Peoples
             pleasure
             .
             And
             all
             this
             Address'd
             to
             the
             Commons
             in
             Parliament
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ;
             as
             if
             his
             Majesty
             were
             scarce
             worth
             Consulting
             upon
             the
             matter
             ;
             only
             instead
             of
             
               Seizing
               the
               King
            
             ,
             and
             Governing
             without
             him
             ,
             they
             have
             found
             out
             a
             way
             of
             giving
             their
             Representatives
             some
             blind
             and
             general
             hints
             of
             what
             they
             would
             be
             at
             ;
             and
             then
             honestly
             tell
             them
             ,
             that
             
               they
               'l
               stand
               by
               them
               with
               their
               Lives
               and
               Fortunes
               ,
               let
               them
               do
               what
               they
               please
               .
            
          
           
             It
             is
             also
             a
             further
             Confirmation
             of
             this
             Plot
             ,
             the
             Correspondence
             betwixt
             Mr.
             
             Fitz-Harris's
             Declaration
             ,
             and
             the
             several
             Points
             given
             in
             Evidence
             against
             College
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Fitz-Harris
             declar'd
             that
             there
             was
             a
             design
             to
             Seize
             the
             King.
             Of
             this
             he
             spake
             often
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             when
             the
             Party
             had
             Seiz'd
             the
             King
             ,
             they
             would
             have
             oblig'd
             him
             to
             call
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             should
             sit
             until
             the
             Bill
             of
             Exclusion
             against
             the
             Duke
             were
             pass'd
             ;
             all
             evil
             Councellors
             remov'd
             ,
             and
             men
             of
             their
             Chusing
             put
             into
             places
             of
             Trust
             ;
             the
             Militia
             settled
             ,
             and
             the
             Navy
             put
             into
             Good
             hands
             ;
             all
             Grievances
             Redress'd
             ;
             and
             all
             things
             order'd
             to
             their
             own
             liking
             .
             And
             had
             this
             Design
             succeeded
             ,
             he
             said
             the
             Bishops
             and
             others
             of
             the
             Clergy
             would
             have
             suffer'd
             severely
             .
             (
             Dr.
             
               Hawkins's
               Narrative
            
             ,
             Pag.
             4
             )
          
           
             This
             Account
             of
             a
             Combination
             does
             not
             only
             Nick
             the
             several
             parts
             of
             the
             Evidence
             against
             College
             ,
             but
             it
             does
             most
             exactly
             answer
             the
             Method
             of
             
               One
               and
               forty
            
             ,
             which
             College
             justifies
             ;
             and
             consequently
             approves
             of
             the
             same
             thing
             over
             again
             in
             so
             doing
             .
          
           
             Now
             Mr.
             Fitz-Harris
             being
             demanded
             as
             a
             Dying
             man
             ,
             whether
             this
             that
             he
             had
             declared
             concerning
             the
             Design
             to
             
             seize
             the
             King
             were
             true
             ;
             He
             call'd
             God
             to
             witness
             that
             it
             was
             every
             word
             true
             .
          
           
             And
             does
             not
             the
             Information
             against
             
               George
               Wetheridge
            
             ,
             taken
             September
             21.
             1681.
             speak
             as
             home
             to
             the
             same
             effect
             ?
          
           
             Is
             not
             the
             tyde
             strangely
             turn'd
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             Were
             not
             the
             
               Parliament
               men
            
             at
             Oxford
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             were
             with
             'em
             ,
             (
             being
             to
             the
             number
             of
             40000
             men
             Arm'd
             )
             great
             Fools
             that
             they
             did
             not
             seize
             the
             King
             there
             ?
             And
             if
             that
             they
             had
             wanted
             strength
             
               (
               says
               he
            
             )
             I
             would
             have
             been
             one
             to
             have
             assisted
             them
             :
             And
             that
             they
             should
             have
             brought
             the
             King
             to
             London
             ,
             to
             Guild-Hall
             ;
             and
             there
             the
             Parliament
             should
             have
             sat
             ,
             and
             have
             kept
             his
             Majesty
             there
             till
             they
             had
             made
             their
             own
             Terms
             with
             him
             .
             And
             the
             same
             Information
             adds
             further
             ,
             that
             Wetheridge
             said
             
               the
               King
               was
               a
               Papist
               ;
               and
               had
               a
               design
               to
               bring
               in
               Popery
               and
               Arbitrary
               Power
               ,
            
             and
             Reign
             as
             the
             King
             of
             France
             ,
             &c
             ]
             
               To
               m●ltiply
               Instances
               would
               be
               to
               over-do
               the
               thing
               that
               I
               pretend
               ,
               wherefore
               this
               shall
               suffice
               .
            
          
           
             If
             I
             were
             bent
             upon
             unnecessary
             Cavils
             ,
             I
             might
             enlarge
             my self
             abundantly
             in
             farther
             Observations
             upon
             the
             Insincerity
             both
             of
             College
             himself
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             his
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             prove
             that
             one
             of
             his
             prime
             Compurgators
             (
             how
             honest
             a
             man
             soever
             he
             reputed
             him
             in
             the
             Court
             )
             has
             more
             than
             once
             declar'd
             what
             warnings
             he
             had
             given
             him
             to
             have
             a
             care
             of
             his
             tongue
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             talk'd
             at
             such
             a
             desperate
             rate
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             safe
             for
             any
             man
             to
             keep
             him
             company
             .
             Colleges
             
               dying
               words
               are
               ,
               that
               he
               rode
               his
               own
               Horse
               ,
               spent
               his
               own
               Money
               ,
               and
               neither
               was
               invited
               ,
               or
               had
               dependency
               on
               any
               person
               whatsoever
               :
            
             When
             yet
             the
             People
             of
             the
             
               Red
               Lyon
            
             in
             Henly
             do
             affirm
             ,
             that
             he
             and
             a
             Companion
             of
             his
             drank
             
               one
               quart
               of
               raw
               Sack
               ,
               one
               of
               Mull'd
               ,
               one
               of
               Butter'd
               ,
            
             and
             then
             a
             Pint
             more
             of
             the
             last
             ;
             beside
             one
             Quart
             of
             
               Butter'd
               Sack
            
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             which
             was
             all
             plac'd
             to
             the
             
             Account
             of
             another
             Person
             .
             It
             will
             not
             become
             me
             to
             descant
             upon
             any
             Inconsistencies
             among
             
               Colleges
               Evidence's
            
             at
             his
             Tryal
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             Respect
             and
             Veneration
             that
             I
             both
             owe
             ,
             and
             bear
             to
             the
             Honour
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Methods
             of
             Publique
             Justice
             :
             I
             could
             otherwise
             in
             the
             case
             of
             Lun
             ,
             and
             even
             of
             Dr.
             
               Oats
               himself
            
             ,
             find
             Mr.
             Colleges
             Advocates
             picking-work
             .
             Nay
             they
             were
             so
             hard
             put
             to
             't
             ,
             that
             they
             brake
             in
             upon
             Justice
             Warcup
             himself
             ;
             a
             Person
             that
             has
             been
             ,
             even
             by
             themselves
             celebrated
             all
             along
             for
             his
             zeal
             in
             the
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Horrid
             Plot
             ;
             a
             Person
             particularly
             Interessed
             by
             the
             Lords
             ,
             in
             several
             Examinations
             ;
             and
             by
             their
             Lordships
             particularly
             recommended
             to
             the
             King
             for
             his
             Faith
             and
             Sedulity
             in
             that
             great
             affair
             .
             But
             these
             People
             understand
             no
             other
             measures
             of
             Honesty
             ,
             then
             as
             it
             squares
             with
             their
             designs
             .
             As
             to
             Turbervile
             and
             Dugdale
             (
             the
             two
             Principal
             Evidences
             )
             College
             himself
             had
             very
             little
             to
             say
             against
             them
             .
          
           
             In
             one
             word
             ,
             the
             matter
             is
             here
             plainly
             and
             nakedly
             set
             forth
             .
             The
             
               Protestant
               Ioyner
            
             has
             left
             the
             World
             wholly
             at
             a
             loss
             for
             his
             Religion
             :
             He
             has
             both
             in
             his
             Words
             and
             Practices
             declar'd
             himself
             a
             deadly
             Enemy
             to
             the
             Government
             .
             His
             last
             Speech
             is
             a
             Compound
             of
             Equivocations
             and
             Disguise
             :
             He
             Justifies
             those
             that
             destroy'd
             the
             
               late
               King
            
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             same
             reason
             he
             may
             justifie
             the
             same
             design
             upon
             This.
             To
             conclude
             ,
             let
             the
             Reader
             judge
             upon
             what
             is
             here
             deliver'd
             ,
             whether
             or
             no
             there
             was
             a
             Design
             against
             the
             King
             at
             Oxford
             ;
             and
             how
             far
             College
             was
             engag'd
             in
             the
             Conspiracy
             .
          
           
             THE
             END
             .