THE HORRID SIN OF Man-Catching.  
The SECOND PART.  
Or Further Discoveries and Arguments to prove, That there is no PROTESTANT-PLOT; And that the Design of Casting a Plot upon them, by the Suborned Man-Catchers, was Antecedent to the first Discovery of the POPISH-PLOT.  
Together with some further Discoveries concerning M. BOOTH.  
Humbly Dedicated to the Right Honourable, the EARL of SHAFTSBURY.  
LONDON: Printed for H. Jones, 1681.   

To the Right Honourable, ANTHONY, EARL of SHAFTSBURY.  
My Lord,  
SO Ancient is the Custom of Dedicating Books to Persons of the greatest Worth and Eminence, whose shining Virtues display themselves with so much Illustrions' Beauty, that like the radiant Beams of the Sun, they forceably Attract the Admiring Eyes of all Men, and create in them a Desire of having their Names found in the Frontisepiece of their Books; that we find it practised even by some of the Inspired Penmen of the Sacred Scriptures; for St. Luke Dedicates his History of the Life and Actions of our Blessed Saviour, and that of the Acts of the Apostles, to the most Excellent Theophilus.  
Your Lordship being one of those few that have adventured to stem the Stream, and presumed to be Virtuous, when to be Wicked and Debauched is in Fashion; And that dare to be Loyal, when to be so, is the way to be accounted Disloyal, and that dare Oppose the Ambitious Designs of a Malicious and Bloody Party; Together with your Lordship's having Suffered so deeply by these sham's, is all the Apology I shall make for presuming to lay these Lines at your Lordship's Feet.  
The Malice of your Enemies shall serve as a File to set off the Glory and Lustre of your Lordship's Loyalty, and your Name shall Live when theirs is Dead, and shine in Splendour, when theirs, like a Blaze, is gone out in a Snuff, the remembrance of your Name shall be as the smell of a pleasant Field, or the delightful fragrancy which comes from a Garden of Flowers, when the remembrance of theirs shall be nauseous and offensive.  
As the mighty Artaxerxes accepted a Cup of Water from the hand of a Peasant, so your Lordship will show how great a Master you are in the Art of Condescension, by Accepting these poor Endeavours of, my Lord,  
Your Lordship's most Humble and Devoted Servant, T. S.   

THE HORRID SIN OF Man-Catching. The SECOND PART.  
IN such a shamming Age as this is, wherein shamming is become a Trade or Science, and the Workmen so Ingenious, that no sooner is one Shame discovered but a new one is contrived to shame that, so that for these last three years there hath been nothing but shame upon shame, or rather one continued shame in several disguises; it will not be amiss to Collect and gather together all those several sham's which have been carried on by the Papists since the Plot, wherein they have had a double aim; the first, to stifle the Noise of their own Plot; the second, to shame one upon the Protestants; thereby hoping to destroy a considerable number of those by their second, which they miss the destroying by their first Plot.  
The first Shame we find took air, was immediately upon the first discovery of the Plot, by Mr. Everard, whereby they so ordered the matter, that his discovery was rewarded with the Tower, whither the Shame follows him, and he is solicited to lay a Plot upon the Protestants; even so early was the Design laid to carry a Plot upon the Protestants. Sir John Robinson told him, those stories he had discovered, concerning the Plot, were but trifles, and startingholes from the only point he had to urge against him. That unless he would confess other Matters against the Duke of Monmouth, he would Rack him the next day, and afterwards hang him.  
The next Shame wherein they endeavoured to lay not only a Plot to Destroy the King; but (that which I cannot Write without horror) the real Murder of the best of Kings, our present Sovereign, whom God long preserve, upon the Presbyterians, was their procuring some to swear against one Clapool, that he should say, he would Kill the King; whereby they got him secured in the Tower, that so if God had permitted that which he hath graciously prevented, viz. the Murder of our dread Sovereign, they had presently laid it on the Presbyterians; for say they, there is one in the Tower that threatened it.  
The third Shame was as they would have the rest, if they could, a bloody one, viz. The Murder of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey, which was done immediately upon the discovery of the Plot, by Dr. Oates, and then a cursed Report spread abroad by those Murderers, that he had Murdered himself, wherein they had a double Design; first to stifle the further Prosecution and Discovery of the Hellish Popish Plot, first by taking out of his Pocket, when they Murdered him, the Depositions of Dr. Oates. Secondly, By an infallible preventing his being a Witness against Coleman, at his Trial; who, had as some say, discovered such things to him, which they found means to prevent his discovering to any other, by promising to procure him a Pardon. Thirdly, By discouraging all Justices of the Peace and other Magistrates from daring to meddle with it any more, for fear of undergoing the like fate. Their second Design in this Murder, was, by the cunning contrivance of it, to insinuate, that Sir Edmondbury Godfrey had been an Ill man, and had Conspired, with other Protestants, to Forge a Plot against the Papists, and hired Dr. Oats, to Swear it, thereby the better to bring about some cursed Contrivance of their own; but being dogged and haunted by the horror of a guilty Conscience, for unjustly laying such Horrid Crimes to the Charge of the poor innocent Roman Catholics, was forced to become his own Executioner.  
The fourth Shame was their endeavour to prevail with Captain Bury and Alderman Brook, to Swear the Plot upon the Protestants, for which purpose, they were to draw up in Writing what they would have them Swear, and promised 500 l. for their Reward. Now although these great Offers were not embraced by these men, yet since they efcaped so well without Punishment, they resolved to offer them to all with whom they had the least hopes to prevail, until some or other would adventure to purchase this Gold at the price of Blood.  
The fifth Shame, was my Lord Treasurer's taking Bedloe into his Closet, and by great Offers, tempting him to withdraw his Evidence concerning the Popish Plot.  
The sixth Shame, was that great Attempt of Reading to Corrupt Mr. Bedloe, by the offer of an Estate, to relinquish his Testimony as to the Lords in the Tower.  
The seventh Shame, was that Traitorous Libel, called the Compendium, contrived by the Jesuits, to shame the Plot, by relating the Circumstances of the Trials with so much brevity and partiality, that they leave out the most material things upon which the strength of the Evidence lay.  
The eighth Shame, was a Libel, called, The History of the Plot, by Roger L'Estrange, together with his further Discovery, wherein he labours hard at it, to shuffle in something in proof of the pretended Presbyterian Plot, and to stifle the Popish Plot, by pretending to a further Discovery of it.  
The ninth Shame, was the sending abroad whole Regiments of Pamphlets (for you must know a great part of their shamming Talon lies in Pamphleting) of divers natures, some seeming to clash one against another, and some to rail against the Papists and Popish Plotters, but yet all ingeniously fixed by the subtle contrivers to serve the great Design of shamming the Popish, and insinuating a Presbyterian Plot.  
The tenth was that of Knox, Lane, and Osborn, being a subtle Contrivance, managed by the joint consent of the Lords in the Tower, as appears by Mr. Dangerfeild's Narrative, wherein they were to prove, 1. A Contrivance between Mr. Bedloe and Dr. Oates, to Charge the Earl of Danby with Treason; 2. To Charge Dr. Oates with Sodomy; in both which they endeavoured to stifle the Plot; first by charging both Oats and Bedloe with Perjury in swearing falsely against the Lord Treasurer; and so, by consequence, all they had Sworn against others was false too. 2. If they failed in this, yet if they could prove the Sodomy, they would thereby render him such a profligate Wretch, that his Testimony was not to be credited.  
The eleventh Shame, was that commonly called the Meal-Tub Plot, which because it seems to be the very same Shame with that which is now on foot, and is so hugged by some, only the persons who Act this Tragicomedy, some of them are changed, but the Master Contrivers and the Design of the Play is the same; therefore I shall be the longer upon it.  
About the later end of March, 1679. One Mrs. White, a Prisoner in Newgate, and one who had been Convicted, was released out of Prison, by Mrs. Cellier, after which she came several times to visit Mr. Dangerfield, then likewise a Prisoner there, whereby she learned, that he was a Roman Catholic; and Mrs. Cellier enquiring of her about the Prisoners in Newgate, if it were not possible to find out a man of Courage amongst them, and one who would reform? upon which she gave such a high Character of Mr. Dangerfield, that she immediately, supposing him a man fit for their purpose, gives him a visit, and after some short discourse of Newgate-Affairs, acquainted him, that she had a Business of great Concern for him to do, which if he would undertake, she would procure his Liberty, and a great Reward; in a word, she would make his Fortune; which he undertaking, she got him discharged. The first thing they employ him about, was to find out some way to Invalidate the Testimony of Mr. Bedloe, by the means of one Stroude, a Prisoner in the Kings-Bench (as he was likewise, for he was no sooner out of Newgate, but he was Arrested and carried to the Counter for Debt, whence he was removed to the King's Bench;) but this not succeeding, to their wish, they got him out, however he was in the Gallery at Powis-house, by the Lady Powis, thanked and praised for his diligence about Stroud's business; promising upon her Honour, that she would for his faithfulness make his Fortune, provided he would undertake the Management of other Business she had to do; he promising he would, she gave him a long and strict Charge; first, to be steadfast in the Principles of his Religion: secondly, to go once a Week to Mr. Monson, to Confession, which he promised to do; this was about the 6th. of June, 1679. and because all things were not ready, and they were loath to lose time, they employed him for the present in getting out five or six Priests, that lay in the Gatehouse; two or three whereof he got out: then he carried a Letter from the Countess of Powis to the Earl of Castlemain; upon the receiving and perusing this Letter, my Lord received him very kindly, promising to make his Fortune, if he would use his endeavours to support the Catholic Cause, as he should be directed. Then his Lordship writ a Letter to the Countess, in Answer to that which he brought from her, which he sent by him, and he delivered it to the Countess, who calling Mrs. Cellier to her, opened it, and read it in Mr. Dangerfeild's presence; the Contents whereof was to this purpose:  
Madam, Just now I received yours, and will meet you at the Tower, to Morrow, at Ten a Clock: but this Fellow I like well, and though he be no Scholar, yet he may serve to Instruct the Youths, according as he shall be directed; and in so doing, I shall be eased of much suspicion, etc.  
By the Youths, you must understand the St. Omer's Witnesses, who were lodged at Mrs. Cellier's House, and were Instructed once in two days by Castlemain, all the time of their being in Town; yet some of them wanted their Lessons at the time of the Trial of the five Jesuits at the Old Bailie, and therefore were again Instructed; yet blockheads that they were, they did not acquit themselves so well as was hoped they would. Then the Countess advised Mr. Dangerfield to burn all Papers whatsoever, after he had perused them; which he did, even to the very last, otherwise he had been able to have proved all he charges them with, by their own hand-writing. Shortly after this, Mr. Dangerfield suspecting that Mrs. Cellier's Maid took more notice of Affairs than was necessary, he told the Countess, he did not like her; so the Countess advised Mrs. Cellier, to turn her away, and take a Boy in her room, who would be more convevenient for carrying Letters; which was presently done. Then the Countess of Powis sent him with a Letter, to one Mrs. Jane, (as she called him) at one Mr. Webs, at Peterley in Buckinghamshire, and confer with her about some weighty Business; this Mr. Web was himself present when the Countess put him upon going, and advised him, lest the cause of his going should be discovered, to bring his Son-in-law with him when he came back; saying, he had designed to send him to France long since, and that this would not only be a good Excuse for him, but very convenient for his Journey also: then the Countess did order one of the Grooms, to hire a Horse for him, not that her Ladyship wanted Horses, but lest it should be known that she sent him, and so he should be discovered; then Mr. Web advised him to put the Packet he was to carry into the Saddle-skirts, that so if he were taken, the Horse being a Hackney, he might come off, by denying the thing. When he came to Peterley, he delivered the Letter to Mrs. Web from her husband; which as soon as she had read, she desired him to follow her, which he did through divers Rooms, and up and down several pair of Stairs, till she brought him into a Chamber, where she bid him sit down, saying, she would presently send the Lady to him, but instead of a Woman, she sent in a Man, (a Popish Priest) who after greeting, acquainted him, that for the security of his person these dangerous times, he was forced to retire there, and use the Name of Mrs. Jane: then he told him, he must presently Confess, and receive the Sacrament, to be true to the Cause. He told him he had been drinking on the Road, and was not in a condition, and prayed it might be deferred till the Morrow: but, he told him, that must not be; he was well enough, and must do it then, for he was to be gone early in the Morning, which when he had done, he took his leave, till the Morrow. When being ready to come away, Mrs. Web carried him to Mrs. Jane's Chamber, and left them together. Then he told Mr. Dangerfield, he had sat up all Night to Answer those Letters; and that he would now consider by what Method to proceed in the Plot against the Presbyterians, and that the groundwork of the whole thing was among those Papers, which he was to bring to London. When he came to London, the Countess, and Mrs. Cellier, told him, they were under great fear, lest the Papers should have been discovered, and when he had delivered the Papers to the Countess, she opened and overlooked them all, but took one, and read it to him, which was to this effect: (viz.) Good store of Pamphlets must be writ, and spread about the Town against the Presbyterians; persons must be employed to go to Coffeehouses, and rail against the Presbyterians, and if they meet with any that offer to contend, matter of Treason, or some such thing may easily be laid to their charge, to have them secured; but there must be many persons employed in this work, and it will be great prudence, not to let them know one another, and to let none of them know more than his own part: he blamed them likewise, for letting Mr. Dangerfield know so much as he did: but, said he, I have bound him fast enough; and besides that, I have a better opinion of him than I had of the other (meaning Gifford the Priest.) These are the People that must do the work, and you let them lie in Prisons and starve; which makes me wonder at your great negligence in so considerable an Affair, etc. The rest were concealed from him, and presently sent to the Lords in the Tower, and afterwards to Mr. Nevel, to peruse and alter, as he thought fit; for he was the chief Penman, and did all that sort of drudgery for a long time, till Mr. Dangerfield relieved him; first, by Transcribing divers Papers after him: secondly, by setting up for himself, in scribbling of Pamphlets, to further the Cause. By this time the Trial of the five Jesuits came on, and Mr. Dangerfield not having time, as was designed, to Instruct the Witnesses, the Lord Castlemain continued in that employment himself, and gave to some, who had short Memories, Breviates, or Lessons; others he advised with, sometimes at his own Lodgings, other times at Powis-house, and sometimes at Mrs. Cellier's; this was as common among the Youth's, as going to School, and sometimes when they had been scanning over their Parts, and mistook, they would presently cry, Oh, I am out, I must go to my Lord Castlemain, to be Instructed again. Then was Mr. Dangerfield ordered to Attend on the Lord Castlemain at the Sessions held at the Old-Bayly, the 13th. and 14th. of June; and the said Lord desired him to take care of the Youths, and keep them together, lest the Rabble, out of inveterate hatred should offer them any Injury. Then he was ordered to get into Court, and take Notes of the Trials; and when the Trials were over, the Lady Powis read them, and then sent him to her Lord, to the Tower, to whom he shown the little imperfect Remarks he had taken: his Lordship seemed to like them well; and, to encourage him to be Industrious in other Business, commended him highly for this, and gave him far better encouragement than ever he had from his Lady, or any body else, and promised, upon his Honour, to make his Fortune, if he would be ruled. Then the Lord Powis sent him to the Lord Bellasis, and the other three Lords, to show them his Notes, or rather himself; he shown them to all those Lords; and they all desired, they might be Printed, and gave Money towards it; one a Guinea, another Fifty Shillings, one half a Guinea, another Fifteen or Sixteen Shillings: when he returned to my Lord Powis, he told him what the other Lords had done, than he also contributed to it, and told him, the Lord Castlemain should do the like; at the same time he told him, that some had been employed by them, to take the whole Trials, which was to be Printed by one Turner, a Popish Bookseller in Holborn, and ordered him, to carry his Notes to be compared with his, and one entire Relation to be composed of the whole, which was the Compendium. The Lord Arundel, laying his hand upon his head, promised he should be well rewarded for all his diligence; and the Lord Powis asked, Whether he had a faculty of writing abusively, and like a Satirist; and was Master of such a Style as would look well in Print? for, says he, he, that Sot Nevel, is so very delatory, it is not to be endured; therefore if you dare undertake the Writing some sound Pamphlets, it might be of great use. To which he answered, He would do his best. Then the Lord Powis told him, Mrs. Cellier should be allowed Ten Shillings per Week, to diet him, and his Lordship would allow him Three Pound per Week for his Expenses in Business; and whatever more should happen, he should put it in a Bill, and send it to his Lordship, and it should be forthwith paid; all which was done as long as he served them. About the 18th. of June, the Countess sent him with a Letter to the Lady Tukes Lodgings, in Scotland-yard; who was pleased to say, She liked him very well, and gave him two Guinea's; and demanded, If he durst undertake a desperate Enterprise? he said, Yes. Then she Wrote a Letter to the Countess, and gave it him, to carry to her. Then they employed him to get Knox and Lane out of Prison; which he found hard to do, but in the mean time he got Pen, Ink, and Paper, to be conveyed to them, upon which Lane writ a Letter to this purpose:  
I will die before I will Comply with that Villain Oats; and if any good People will work my liberty, I will do the Catholics the greatest Service imaginable, by Discovering what I know of Oats. This is from the bottom of my heart, and what I will die with. So help me God.  
When the Countess read this Letter, she was transported with Joy, saying, Has God given us this unexpected help? well, we will use it to the best Advantage. And the pious Countess was the greater part of that day on her knees, to render Thanks to God for this new strength she supposed God had been pleased to bless their Cause with. (Oh horrid Profaneness, to make God the Author of Perjury!) About the 14th. of July he was sent for by their Lordships to the Tower, where he received Orders to send Lane out of the way. Soon after this the Lords ordered him, by Mrs. Cellier to go to a Coffee-house; accordingly he went every Night to Farr's Coffee-house, to insinuate, that the Earl of Danby was privy to the Murder of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey; that he took part with the Presbyterians, and was confederate with them, to ruin the Roman Catholics; and such like stuff. Then the Lady Powis sent him a great number of Pamphlets; among which was the Danby Reflections; and ordered he should disperse them into all parts; which he did; some into the Country, to the Gentry there; others to little petty Coffeehouses about Town, and some he dropped in the Streets, and in all Houses, where he could, so that he had like to have dropped into Newgate again, for doing such a Trick in an Eminent Citizen's house, which made him more cautious. Then the Lord Powis ordered him to attend on Dormer, a reputed Priest, and one that Writ Pamphlets, and frequented Coffeehouses, to insinuate a Presbyterian Plot. His Lordship also ordered him to Converse with one Turner, his Lordship's Priest, Mr. Munson, Mr. Kemesh, and Nevel, and to follow their Directions in all things; then Nevel sent him divers Papers, Pamphlets, and Letters, to Transcribe; among which were 40 Lists of Names, each List containing about 800 Names; at another time he received from Nevel 27 Letters, most of them written with Nevel's own hand, to Transcribe with all speed, and at the same time Nevel sent as many more to the Tower, by Mrs. Airy. Some of them Mr. Dangerfield had to Transcribe were as follows:  
Letter I.  
Sir, London.  
Our Business goes on very well, and I hope yours does the same in the Country: I am Informed that Commissions will speedily be Issued out: and it is said, there is some alteration among our people.  
The second Letter;  
Gentlemen,  
My heart is good, but the body is not of strength enough to do you service; but I doubt not but my Prayers, for your good success, may be as serviceable and prevalent as my person, were it again in its prime, etc.  
To such like purposes were the rest.  
Mr. Dowdwel and Mrs. Airy used to carry such Papers and Letters as concerned the Design, to the Gatehouse, and other Prisons about Town, to have the Advice of, and Consent of the Priests and Roman Catholics there; the Lord Powis (as Mrs. Cellier told Mr. Dangerfield) refused to meddle in the thing, unless it were generally approved of, as it was soon after; for all that either saw or heard of it, agreed in opinion, that it was a very sound Contrivance. And persons were to be employed to carry these Letters and other Papers into all parts of England, and some way or other found to lodge them in the houses of such as were the most eminent of the Presbyterian Party: Then others were to obtain Warrants upon other pretences, to search their Houses, and get the Persons committed, in whose Houses they were found: this they hoped would occasion so much confusion throughout the Nation, that at least every one would be glad to save himself, and the Papists come off upon the same terms, as others did. The next time Mr. Dangerfield went to the Tower, my Lord Powis told him that one Mr. Doyley had seen or heard of him the last time he was with his Lordship, and had said, in the hearing of one of his Lordship's Servants, That if ever he should see him there again, he would have him secured; wherefore his Lordship advised him to come no more there, but return to Powis-house, and be careful of his business. Then he commanded him to go to Mr. Turner, his Lordship's Priest, and take Directions how to Write to Mr. Holder at Brussels, he being his R. H. Auditor: the Letters contained, an Account of the whole Design, and were Writ by the Countesses own hand, most earnestly desiring his good advice, as being unwilling to do any thing without it, therefore prayed his speedy Answer. This Packet was made up by Mr. Turner, and Superscribed by Mr. Dangerfield, by Turner's directions; For Mr. Tho. Holder, at Monsieur Keneydays, Secretary to the English Resident in Brussels. In one of which Letters, they desired Mr. Holder, to employ some ingenious person there, to Cut and Ingrave the Impressions of divers Coats of Arms; the Patterns whereof had been taken in Wax, and were sent over enclosed in the same Letters, being fastened with other Wax to the Margin of it. Some time after, the Countess having received an Answer to this Packet, shown Mr. Dangerfield a Letter to this purpose:  
If you had taken this course sooner, much Innocent Blood might have been saved; but I doubt 'tis now too late; I fear the St. Omer 's Witnesses being so baffled, as I hear they were, has much blasted our Design; but yet, to my power, I will assist, and do advise you to go on.  
Letters to the same purpose came at the same time to Mrs. Cellier, which she shown to Mr. Dangerfield, highly applauding this Gentleman, for his great Wit and Courage, saying, If it had not been for him the Lords in the Tower had not been now alive. Then my Lord Powis, notwithstanding his advising Mr. Dangerfield to come there no more, sent for him, to come thither to him forthwith, but disguised; and when he came there, he found my Lord Arundel with my Lord Powis; and after much other Discourse, my Lord Arundel demanded of him, If he would do any thing to make his Fortune? he answered, Yes; (although he thought he had done enough to do that already) well then, Will you venture to Kill the King, for a good Reward? At that Mr. Dangerfield being amazed, his Countenance changing, he replied, My Lord, I suppose your Lordship is but in jest. No, said he, I am in earnest; and repeated his Question: he answered, That to serve them, he was willing to be the death of any man whatsoever, but the King and his Royal Highness: but still he pressed it the third time; then Mr. Dangerfield apprehending his Life in danger, if he should absolutely refuse it, desired time to consider of it. Then my Lord Powis, who was present all the time, said, No, no, my Lord Arundel does this only to try you:— And pray, my Lord Arundel, said he, What is it worth, what would you give him for doing it? 'Tis worth, said the Lord Arundel, 2000 l. No more, said my Lord Powis? Pish, away; If he will kill my Lord Shaftsbury, he shall have 500 l. Mr. Dangerfield inquired, Why they desired my Lord Shaftsbury's life, and how it might be obtained? they both replied, it was easy to be done; for, said the Lord Powis, my Man Wood was there two nights since, upon pretence of an Errand; but his business was, to view the House, and observe what convenience there was for making an Escape, after the Fact done; that Wood found the thing so feasible, that after he came back, he said, he was very sorry he was not provided to have done it then; and the reason, said he, why we would be glad to have him out of the way, is, because we take for granted, if we were rid of him, (as they were of Sir Edmondbury Godfrey,) we should find it no hard matter, to bear down all the rest of our Opposers; with much persuasion he promised to undertake the Murder of the Earl of Shaftsbury; upon which my Lord Powis gave him Ten Guinea's in earnest. The next day Mr. Dangerfield went to wait on my Lord Castlemain, who being Writing the Compendium, risen up in a hasty posture, and casting an angry look upon Mr. Dangerfield, said, Why were you so unwilling to do that which you were taken out of Prison for; my Lord being in this passion, he presently went down stairs, and returned to Mrs. Cellier, who advised him to go to Mr. Sharp, the Priest at Wild-house; (for then his Kettle had more need of scouring than ever) the next Morning he went, and Confessed, and received the Sacrament; which when he had done, he offered to come away, but Sharp, who it seems had been informed of his refusing to kill the King, would not suffer him to departed so, but told him he ought to do Penance, for refusing to serve God in what the Scripture taught him was his Duty: he desired to know, whether the Scriptures taught him any such thing, as to kill the King? he answered (like a Jesuit) Yes, if he were first Excommunicated and Condemned by the Church, and that if he hoped to escape Damnation for his refusal, he must undergo the Penance he then enjoined him. After this he was sent to wait on Gadbury, who with an angry Countenance said, I admire at your Ingratitude, that when you could not propose to yourself any possible way of getting out of Prison, had not the Charity of good People relieved you, that you should refuse to kill the King; nay when you might have done it too without any manner of danger, as I find by Calculating your Nativity. After this Mr. Dangerfield made two Attempts on my Lord Shaftsbury's life, but was disappointed in both. His next Employment was to lodge those Treasonable Papers he had to get Transcribed, in Col. Mansel's Chamber. Now I shall first prove, that this was really a Plot of the Papists, and not a contrivance of Dangerfeild's. Secondly, I shall prove it to be the very same with that wherewith my Lord Shaftsbury, my Lord Howard and others are now Charged, only some Circumstances of time, place and persons changed; and this I shall do by comparing one with tother. First, That it was a Popish Contrivance is plain, if you consider Mrs. Cellier's getting him first out of Newgate, then turned over from the Counter to the Kings-bench, then Compounding his Debts of 700 l. and getting him out thence, all which came to a large sum of Money, and therefore was not parted with for nothing; all this she acknowledges herself in that scurrilous Pamphlet of here's, called, Malice defeated. Secondly, It appears from the whole Contrivance of it, being found in her house, hid in her Meal-Tub, which she acknowledged before the Council. Thirdly, It appears by their getting his Nativity Calculated by Gadbury, which Celliers and Gadbury both acknowledged. Fourthly, It appears by the great familiarity between my Lady Powis and him, she acknowledging she had seen him several times, and that once he told her of some Treasonable Papers hid at Westminster, and that the Secretary refused to grant him a Warrant to search for them, unless he would make Affidavit; and that he was then advised to make use of the Custom-house Officers to search for them. Fifthly, It appears by his frequent visiting the Lords in the Tower, as appears by Mr. Dayly's taking notice of it, together with several other Circumstances to confirm it. Sixthly, It appears by Mr. Matthew Hopkinson's acknowledging he Subscribed a List of Names, and a Letter, for Mr. Dangerfield. Seventhly. It appears by the Deposition of William Woodman, that he had known Mr. Dangerfield at Powis-house about two Months, and that he had seen him and Mrs. Cellier Writ together very often; That he carried a Packet of Letters from Mr. Dangerfield, and Mrs. Cellier, to the Lady Powis, and that her Ladyship opened the Packet, and read some of them, and gave some of them to him the said Woodman, to carry to Nevil in the Kings-bench; and that he carried Letters divers times between Mrs. Cellier, Mr. Dangerfield, and Nevil. Eighthly, It appears by Mr. Dangerfeild's being introduced to the Lord Peterborough, by Mrs. Cellier, in order to the making a discovery of this pretended Plot, and by him to the Duke of York, and by the Duke to the King. Ninthly, It appears by the Lord Peterborough's acknowledging, that Mrs. Cellier desired him to get a Warrant to search for these Papers, saying, That if he would do so, all would be discovered, and that she desired this Warrant might be obtained without the King's knowledge. Tenthly, It appears by the Examination of Anne Blake, Servant to Cellier, who Deposed upon Oath, before the Council, That her Mistress gave her two Parcels of Papers, desiring her to lay them up where they might not be discovered, and that accordingly she laid one Parcel behind the Pewter in the Kitchen, and hid the other in the Tub of Meal. Lastly, It appears as plain as the Sun, by Mrs. Celliers sending to him, after his being sent to Newgate, 20 Shillings in Silver and a Guinea, and two Books of Account, telling him, by her Maid, That her Life was in his hands, and therefore desired him to follow her Directions in a little Note she sent him, which was this: I have said, you were taken into my House, to get in bad Debts. They'll bring me to L. S. They will ask me, Who encouraged me to go to him? I will say, You did: It cannot worst you. And in another little Paper thus: I never change.  
And yet behold their Impudence, she, before the Council, denied all this; but when the Notes were shown her, she acknowledged it. Now, if they will be so impudent, as to deny that which they knew could be proved against them by their own hand-writing, much more obstinately may they deny those things which they very well knew, the Papers that concerned them, were burned by Mr. Dangerfield, according to their Directions. Secondly, I shall prove, That the Meal-Tub Plot is the very same with this wherewith my Lord Shaftsbury, Howard, and others are now charged with, which will appear, if you compare one with the other. First, The forerunner or Forlorn-hope of that, was a numerous company of scurrilous Pamphlets, to prepare the way, by insinuating, That there were some great Designs among the Presbyterians, to disturb the Government, which was in a little time discovered to be a Popish Brat, and by the good Providence of God was delivered before its time. Just so it was in this Plot, a numerous company of Pamphlets were dispersed about, to insinuate some great Designs among the Presbyterians, to overthrow the Government, such as Heraclitus, the Observator, Thompson's Intelligence, Ashinton's blasphemous Pamphlet, called The Presbyterian Creed and Paternoster, with abundance more. Secondly, It appears by their employing the same persons to disperse these Pamphlets, as were employed to disperse the former, viz. Thompson, Hindmarsh, etc. Thirdly, It appears to be the same Plot, because the same persons are charged to be in the one as were charged to be in the other, as you will find, if you look into the List in Dangerfeild's Narrative. Fourthly, It's the same Plot, as will appear by the Nature and frame of it, which is exactly like the other, for they were then charged with a Design, to raise an Army to overthrow the Government, and reduce it to a Commonwealth; so they are charged now with the same thing, only that pretended Plot was said to be upon His Majesty's being sick at Windsor, and this upon the occasion of his Majesty's going to Oxford to Meet the Parliament. Fifthly It appears to be forged in the same Shop, because it was generally reported among the Papists, a Week before my Lord Shaftsbury was apprehended, that he would be taken up; nay, they had the impudence to Boast of it to some Protestants; For one Mr. Pulford, a Merchant, being at the House of a Papist, a Week before my Lord was taken up, and having some Discourse about the Plot, they said, It would shortly appear to be a Presbyterian Plot, and my Lord Shaftsbury would speedily be taken up for it. And one Mrs. Care, in the Strand, said a Week before he was taken up, That my Lord Shaftsbury would shortly be taken up.  
The next Sham-Plot is that of Price, and Tasborough; first to take off the Evidence of Mr. Dugdale, by promising him great Rewards and to procure him a Pardon for those pretended Crimes wherewith he was falsely to accuse himself, in swearing falsely against the Papists. Secondly, When they found he delayed them, and feared it was like to far with them, as it did with Redding, they thought to be beforehand with him, and complain, that it was unjust, that the poor innocent Roman Catholics should suffer so hardly, by the Evidence of such Wretches, as would turn like a Door upon its Hinges, forward and backward, and for a Sum of Money, would deny what they had sworn, and run away when they had done: but Mr. Dugdale foreseeing this, acquainted several sufficient persons, from time to time, with the whole Intrigue, who attesting it before the Council, the Shame came to nothing, and they were justly rewarded for their contrivance.  
The next Shame was Cellier's Pamphlet, called Malice defeated; whereby she endeavoured (after she got her Discharge, contrary to her own expectation, when she said her Life was in Mr. Dangerfeild's hand, and this by an Ignoramus which we never heard of in Heraclitus, the Observator, or Thompson's Intelligence) endeavoured to persuade the World, that there was nothing but Malice in her Charge, or in the Popish Plot, but a mere Contrivance.  
Another of their sham's was their sending several persons to the Houses of several Nonconformists in this City, to beg their Charitable Contribution, towards the Maintenance of Dr. Oates, and Mr. Bedloe, pretending the King's Allowance was too little, but they were every where rejected; and it's well they were, for otherwise, it's not to be doubted, but the Presbyterians Good Works would have been brought to prove them Evil Doers.  
Their next Shame was, their perverting Mr. Blood, and prevailing with him to send a Treasonable Letter to Dr. Oates, and then ordering some to Search and Rummage the Doctor's Papers, hoping to find it there, and so to have proved him a Confederate with the Presbyterians: but the wary Doctor, considering how many Trepans and Tricks the Papists used to ruin him, wisely dispatched it away immediately to Sir Joseph Williamson, than Secretary of State and a Member of the long Parliament then sitting; which Letter Sir Joseph Williamson afterwards produced in Council. And when all this failed, than their next Shame was to send one Lewis to the Earl of Shaftsbury, to desire his Lordship would please to send by him to Dr. Oates some Directions of his own hand-writing, how to manage himself; but my Lord wisely sent this Decoy away with a flat Denial, well knowing, that malicious men may rack and stretch innocent words, till they make them speak a quite contrary thing.  
Their next Shame was the prevailing with Simson Tongue, to Swear that his Father, Dr. Oates, and Mr. Bedloe, with some persons of quality, contrived the Popish Plot; for young Tongue frequenting the House of Mrs. Lane, about June, 1680. a Woman, that owed Dr. Oates a good turn for the Justice done upon her Son, John Lane, upon the Doctor's account: She, with a Popish Woman that lay in her house, by many Entreaties, and great Promises, persuaded him to Swear, that his Father, Oates, and Bedloe, with some others, contrived the Plot, and finding those great Offers had wrought some good Inclinations in him, they send for one Captain Ely, who came and conferred with him about it, and the next day they had a second Meeting about it, and then Simson shows him a Paper, the purport whereof was, to invalidate the Evidence of Dr. Oates, and that he and his Father had contrived the Popish Plot. This Writing being under Tongue's own hand, was deposited in Ely's hands, who assured Tongue, he would carry it to his Majesty. But this being but a single Cord, was not strong enough, wherefore they resolve to twist it, by finding out a second Witness. To this purpose they make an Essay upon one Mrs. Fitz-Gerald, a person at that time very low, both in Body and Purse, and therefore, as they thought, the more likely to be Suborned, wherefore Ely sent her a very loving Letter, Forty Shillings in Money, and great Promises of an able Physician, and other Kindnesses for the future, but without the least intimation of what Design he had upon her. But presently after Simson is sent to treat with her, and he promises her God knows what, if she would but Swear. In a short time he gives her a second Visit, and brings with him Captain Ely, and one Choqueux, a Chirurgeon, and a French Papist, who was her Doctor, and very careful of her in her sickness. They would have her Swear, there was no Plot, but what Dr. Tongue, Oates, and Bedloe, had made out of their own heads; she told them, she knew nothing of that matter: Yes, quoth Simson, you do, and I have told the King of it at Windsor, and he is very desirous to see you; and since you are so weak, that you cannot go to him, he will come to you somewhere hereabout, in a disguise. But she answered, 'Tis a folly to bring the King to me, for I know him not, and for that reason, if I had any thing to say, I would not be Trepan'd to discover it. When all this would not do, they endeavoured to Suborn one Isaac Cooper, to Swear it, who if they could have gotten him to Swear, would have been the more credited, because he was Dr. Tongue's Clerk, but he was so honest, that notwithstanding their large Promises, and noble Treats, he told them he had nothing to declare. This put them to a stand, but plucking up their Spirits, they resolve that young Tongue shall reveal the whole business to the King: but now he gins to boggle, for fear his Father should be hanged, but Ely assured him, they would procure a Pardon for him. He being easily satisfied with this, the  Paper was dispatched to his Majesty, enclosed in a Letter, wherein he promises to make great Discoveries, and earnestly solicits for his Majesty's Protection. And in another Letter to his Majesty, dated Aug. 8. 1680. He says, That his Father and Dr. Oates corresponded with my Lord Wharton and the Earls of Essex and Shaftsbury, and my Lord of Essex, was very forward in the Irish Plot, and sent several Letters from London concerning it; That these Lords, the two Doctors conversed with, and had assistance from, while they were forging the Plot. But unluckily it came at last to the ears of his Uncle, Captain John Tongue, who sends for his hopeful Kinsman, and laying before him the wickedness of his Project, Simson falls on his knees, begs his pardon, and gave him a Recantation under his own hand, wherein was contained an account of the whole Roguery. And now one would think here should be an end of the Comedy, and that the Man and his Cause were stranded for ever, so that no Engine could bring him off those Flats: for if he should be so impudent to prosecute it any more, his own hand wherewith he had Subscribed his Recantation, would confront his Evidence. But so desperately hardened are these wretches, that they will storm all Difficulties, nay Impossibilities, and in spite of Fate pursue their cursed Resolutions. This Recantation had, it seems, taken air, and flown to his Majesty's ears, which Simson understanding, Addresses his Majesty with two Letters, wherein, besides other scandalous Lies against his Uncle, he tells his Majesty, that his Uncle was very earnest with him, to recant what he had given in concerning the Plot, and say he was hired to do it by the Papists, but yet he stood firm to his Tackle, and did not give his Uncle a Recantation, tho' his Uncle pretended he had. Simson after this, willing to get the Reward promised, applied himself first to Mrs. Cellier, then to trusty Hodge, who mainly applauded him, saying, he was upon a good Design, praying it might prosper. But being all brought before, and examined by the Council, so much of the Roguery was discovered, that Simson was sent to Newgate. And Roger L'Estrange being willing to discover this Plot to the Nation, and to make the most of it, Printed a further Discovery of it, in a Dialogue, wherein he very elaborately proves it to be a Shame of the plaguy Presbyterians, and that it came out of their bottomless Belly to ensnare poor harmless Hodge, and the innocent Roman Catholics.  
But by the way observe, that my Lord Shaftsbury was in this, as well as in all other of their sham's; And therefore I do Challenge those that have any thing to say against the Legality of the Grand Juries Proceeding, to produce something that looks like reason, why the Jury should believe my Lord Shaftsbury to be more Guilty of this Plot, than he was of those which were to have been Sworn against him by Mr. Dangerfield, Simson Tongue, and others, since the only difference that appears between them is, that they had the hap to be discovered before they were come to maturity, and this was not.  
The next Shame we shall take notice of shall be that of Booth and Bains, as you find it in Wilkinson's Information. Captain Henry Wilkinson, being by his good Service and bad Fortune, reduced to a low condition, and being now a Prisoner in the Kings-bench Prison, one Mr. Bains, upon Octob. 8. 1681. came to him, and after many Expressions of kindness, told him, That he must needs know much of the Earl of Sbaftsbury's Designs against the King, and would do well to discover it to him; and he would help him to a Pardon, and a considerable Reward. But the Captain told him, he knew nothing against my Lord: Bains leaves him. But on the 11th of October, comes one Mr. Booth, who told him, if he would discover what he knew of the Earl of Shaftsbury's Designs to set up a Commonwealth, he should have 500 l. per Annum settled on him and his Heirs, or (if he liked that better) 1000 l. in ready Money; but the Captain refused that great Bribe, and returned the same Answer as he had done to Bains. But when they had broke the Ice, they would not be so put off, but the next day they set upon him again, and to great Promises, add great Treats; and when this failed, like the first Seducer, they set upon his Wife, entreating her to persuade her Husband; but when this and many other Contrivances would not bring him to their Bow, they had him up to the King and Council, where Booth Swore High Treason against him, That he was to be Captain of a Troop of Horse of Fifty, in this new Service against his Majesty, and he the said Booth was Listed under him.  
This John Booth is one that hath been Condemned for Clipping and Coining, besides Murder; and about this time that he pretends he was Listed under Captain Wilkinson, it is very plain, that he was busying himself about things of a different nature, not much for his credit; for being about that time to go with Captain Wilkinson to Carolina, and being unwilling to go empty, he comes to one Mr. Halford, a Mercer, with a pretended Letter from the Lady Ogle, to Buy her several Rich flowered Silks, and other Rich Things, to the value of between Two and Three Hundred Pounds, and to sweeten him the more, brings Mr. Halford's Brother with him, and tells him, that for his Brother's sake he had a great kindness for him, and had rather he should take his Money than another man, and told him, that he expected shortly to be Steward to the Duke of Norfolk, and that then he would do him great Kindnesses. Mr. Halford replied, Sir, I have not all these Goods you speak of, but if you please, I will get them for you. Pray do, says Booth; accordingly the Goods were gotten: and at the time appointed, he came to look on them, and liked them well: But, Sir, said Mr. Halford, these Goods comes to a great deal of Money, and I am but a young Beginner, and therefore cannot Trust so much at once; but if you will have them, and Pay me ready Money for them, you shall have them Cheaper than you will Buy them any where else. Sir, said he, I will come and Pay you ready Money for them, but never came near him again.  
After the same manner he went to Mr. John Ridgies, an Upholster, for several Rich Goods, but he also refusing to Trust him, he heard no more of his Chapman. Now it's more than probable, that the missing this Booty, he thought to get of Mr. Halford, and Mr. Ridgies, and it's like of some others, was the occasion that he went not aboard according to his promise, to Captain Wilkinson, for he thought it a vain thing, to go to Carolina, being thus unhappily disappointed of his Cargo.  
After this, being in great distress for a New Suit, he goes to a Tailor in Field-lane, and desired him to make him a Suit, which he did, and carried it home to his Lodging, he lodging then at Bains', the Suit was tried on, and it pleased him wonderful well, Ay and 'twas mighty Cheap; But, said Booth, I am very sorry that I am disappointed of Money I was to have received yesterday, so that I cannot Pay you; but, pray Sir, be pleased to call within a day or two, and your Money shall be ready for you: but when he called for his Money, there was no such Man, as Booth, Lodged there: and the poor man was really disappointed of his Money; but at last he is informed, that he might speak with his Son, at a Chamber in the Temple, whither he goes, and with some difficulty, gets to the speech of young Booth, who told him, That truly he was ashamed to see him, because his Father had been disappointed of Money, so that he could not Pay him; but, to tell you the truth, continued he, my Father is in the Country (although he was at that time a Prisoner in Mr. Weaver's House in the Rules) and since he went down, he did send up 5 l. for you, but a Friend of mine, being in great distress for Money, I lent it him, but you shall be sure to have your Money very speedily, which was all the satisfaction he could get.  
But those great Attempts, since the discovery of the Plot, to cast a Plot on the Presbyterians, were not the first, but it begun much sooner, viz. in the Year 1661. as we have an Account of it by Captain Yarranton: It was after this manner. There were several Letters forged, and delivered by Sir John P— to one Richard N— his Neighbour, to carry to one Coal of Martly, about four Miles from Worcester, who according to Directions, delivered a Packet of Letters to one Churn of Witchinford; which Packet of Letters was carried by Cole and Churn unto Sir John P— (from whom it first came.) And before him Churn makes Affidavit, That going early in the Morning to his Labour, he struck his Bill upon a Hedge, to cut a Thorn, and by and by, on the other side of the Hedge, he espied a Scotch-Pedlar, putting up Letters hastily into his Pack, and being affrighted (as he supposed) he left that Packet behind in the Ditch, and went down a Lane leading to Col. John Birch his House.  
This Oath being made, and the Packet delivered, and opened, it presently appeared, that there was a Conspiracy on foot to stir up a Rebellion in the Kingdom, and to raise an Army for that purpose; and that Captain Andrew Yarranton was to Command a Party in those Parts; for which purpose there were several Letters directed to him from some Ministers, and others, particularly one from Mr. Baxter, intimating, that he had provided a considerable body of Men well Armed, which would be in readiness against the time appointed. Another from Mr. Sparry, the than Minister of Martly, intimating that he had ordered him 500 l. which was lodged in a Friend's hand, and should be ready for him whenever he sent for it, (but yet the person in whose hands it was, is not named.) Several other Letters and Treasonable Papers were pretended to be in that Packet; upon which the Militia of that County was raised, and the City of Worcester was that Night filled with Horse and Foot, and the next Morning, by Two of the Clock, a Officer with a Troop were sent to apprehend Mr. Yarranton, and bring him to Worcester, and the same day some Scores more were apprehended and sent to several places of confinement; but after Ten days the Shame began to appear, so that the Trained Bands would continue no longer: And upon their departure the Deputy-Lieutenants discharged all the Prisoners, except Dr. Jackson, Mr. Sparry, the two Oslands, Capt. Wells, and Yarranton, who were ordered to be kept close Prisoners in several Chambers of the George Inn, and the Trained Bands being gone home, the Clergy provided about 60 Foot-soldiers, which they Armed and Paid, to Guard the Criminals that remained in Custody; this was commonly called the Clergy Band, and whilst they continued in Guard, one Roger Waldern, a poor Old Man, came to Worcester, to inquire after the Welfare of Mr. Henry Osland, his Minister, and speaking with one of those Soldiers, the Soldier liberally charged Mr. Osland with being a Traitor, a Rebel, and a Plotter against the Government: He replied, Mr. Osland was an honest and peaceable man, and he could never believe him to be guilty of Plotting against the Government. Upon this the Church-militant-man laid hold of him in great wrath, and carried him to the Court of Guard, where he was tied Neck and Heels together, and Charged with having a hand in this pretended Presbyterian Plot, threatened with severe Usage, unless he would make a Confession: all this the Old Man bore with patience, answering never a word, which so enraged this man in Authority, who Commanded the Guard, that he commanded lighted Matches to be put between his Fingers, and burned them to the very Bone, thereby to force from him a Confession of a Presbyterian Plot. And at the same time this Shame was carried on in several other Counties. For there came one Evening to the House of Mr Martin, Town-Clark of Oxford, a Stranger with a Letter, who had no sooner delivered it, but he withdrew, and went his way; when Mr. Martin had opened and read the Letter, he prudently carried it immediately to the Mayor, for had he delayed it a day or two, it might have been found upon him, and then Oxford might have been as full of Plotters and Prisoners as Worcester was. The Copy of this Memorable Letter is here inserted, word for word.  
Mr. Martin,  
I Pray you warn all these Men, to be all in their Arms, upon Wednesday next, in the Night; you know already where they must meet. There will come into Oxford Two Hundred Men, all in their Arms: you know who doth Command them. Dr. Greenwood has sent to Mr. Combs the Barber, to get his Party of Scholars ready that Night; and I have sent to Mr. Hickman, to get his Men ready at the same time; and Dr. Owen has sent to Mr. Fog, to get his Men ready at the same time; and Dr. Gawen has sent to Mr. Duke, the Barber, to get his Men ready at the same time; and I have sent to Mr. Cornish, to get his Men ready at the same time; and I have sent to Mr. Connaught, to get his Men ready; and all the Scholars are to meet in Dr. Roger's Garden: And I pray send the Blunderbusses thither, for I intent to be there myself. And I pray give the Bearer hereof Five Pound out of the Stock: And I pray you remember me to the Six Men unnam'd. Five Counties are to rise that Night, without fail: I need Writ no more to you. The Word is, God is the Word; and I pray tell them all so.  
In this Letter there was enclosed a List of the men's Names he was to warn, which were an Hundred and Ten in all. But by his prudent carrying this Letter and List of Names to the Mayor, he spoilt the well laid Design, and it came to nothing in that County. And so it did at Worcester, for the person who was employed to carry the Packet of Sham-Letters from Sir J. P. to one Coal of Martly, acquaints his Brother, how he came by the said Packet: His Brother, immediately upon this Discovery, repairs to Mrs. Yarranton and informs her of it. She goes to Worcester, and, with some difficulty, got a Letter delivered to her Husband, wherein she related the whole Matter. Mr. Yarranton being thus let into the knowledge of this malicious Design, ordered Six Actions, to be immediately entered against some of those persons that brought him to Prison. At last he was brought before the Lord Lieutenant, and six of his Deputies; Mr. Yarranton desired the doors might be set open, for his Witnesses to come in. He prayed also, that he might have Pen, Ink, and Paper, and he would Write down the whole Matter, for Words might be wrested to other Intents than they are spoken. This was a while debated, but being so reasonable, it could not be denied. But no sooner did Mr. Yarranton begin to Write, but the Lord Lieutenant, and Sir J. P. lest the Room, and went down the back stairs, and after them followed all the Deputy Lieutenants, except Esq Holt, who told Mr. Yarranton, That he was sorry with all his heart, to see such things practised to the disturbance of honest Men, and the dishonour of the Government. Then Mr. Yarranton demanded, of the Marshal what he had now to say to him further? He answered, All he had to say, was, to request, That he would not trouble him, for holding him so long in restraint, for as much as he was a Poor Man, and had many Children, and did only follow the Orders of his Superiors: Mr. Yarranton told him, he did freely forgive him. Now although this Shame did not answer the desire and expectation of the Contrivers in reference to the particular persons that were accused, yet it did in general. For by this means they possess the King and Parliament, that it was absolutely necessary to make some severe Law against this restless sort of men, who not contented with the King's gracious Pardon, were always Plotting to disturb the Government. And therefore when the Parliament met on the 20th. of November, 1661. the King makes a Speech wherein are these words:  
My Lords and Gentlemen,  
I Am sorry to find that the general Temper and Affections of the Nation are not so well composed, as I hoped they would have been, after so signal Blessings of God Almighty upon us all, and after so great Indulgence and Condescensions from me towards all Interests, there are many wicked Instruments still as active as ever, who labour night and day to disturb the Public Peace, and to make all people Jealous of each other. It will be worthy of your Care and Vigilance, to provide proper Remedies for Diseases of that kind; and if you find new Diseases, you must study new Remedies. Let us not be discouraged; if we help one another, we shall, with God's blessing, master all our Dissiculties. (And a little further,) You will find, whoever doth not love me, doth not you; and they who have no reverence for you, have little kindness for me.  
From which last passage, we may conclude, That they are none of the King's Friends; nor are they of his mind, who in Word or Writing, do cast Contempt on Parliaments.  
I shall conclude this brief Discourse, with my hearty Desire and Prayer to God, That he would please to Bless the King, and preserve him from all his real Enemies, let them be called by what Name, or go under what Disguises soever, and grant him a long, happy, and a quiet Reign. And in order hereunto, blast, and confound the Pope and all his Adherents in England, as well Masqueraded, as open and professed Papists. Amen.  
FINIS.