A True and Perfect NARRATIVE OF THE Manner and Circumstance of Apprehending that Notorious Irish Priest, Daniel Mac-Carte, And the Contents of some Paper● found about him: By which is apparently Discovered, how Indefatigable and courageous those Hellish Blood-Hounds are in their Endeavours and Practices ▪ in Contriving and Executing of all manner of Wickedness, though to the hazard of their Lives and Fortunes, to bring to Perfection their most Horrid Machinations, and worse than Matchivilian Designs. But not to tyre the Readers Patience with a Prolix Preamble, take the Relation as followeth. ON Sunday Morning last, one Stiff, a Constable of the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields, and Sebastian Jones a Bailiff, apprehended Daniel Mac-Carte, an Irish Priest, near the Square in St. James's Fields, in the instant that he was preparing to Exercise his Function to a Lady, who being at the point of Death, had sent for him to give her extreme Unction; they surprised him by her Bed-side, and his Priestly Habiliments under the Bed; 'tis thought if they had been but a little later, they had taken him dressed in all his Pontificalibus. When they had seized him, not knowing who to apply themselves to, they carried him to his Royal Highness's Coffee-house at Charing-Cross, who sent to Doctor oats and Mr. Bedloe. Mr. Bedloe was not to be found, but Doctor oats came immediately; and so soon as he saw Mac cart, he called him by his name, and said, that to his knowledge he was a Priest, and had taken Orders from the Church of Rome, and advised the Constable to have him before Sir William Waller; who after he had caused him to be preached, Committed him to the Gatehouse, upon which he seemed to be very much dismayed, being very Pale and Trembling. They found about him a standing Crucifix, only proper for Itinerant Priests, and a Writing, containing Instructions how the Papists should behave themselves upon their trials, how they should pled in such and such Cases; and to what sense they should express themselves at the place of Execution, as also Directions by what Means, Arts and Insinuations they might best Invalidate the Testimony of Mr. oats, Bedloe, Dugdale, and the rest of the Evidence. Mr. oats took a Copy of that part of the Instructions which particularly related to the Invalidating of his Testimony. The Constable and Bailiff unadvisedly omitting to secure the Vestments which were under the Bed, when they came back, by Order of Sir William Waller to search for, and secure whatsoever they should suspect appertained to the Priest, not only the aforesaid Vestments, but some Writings also which they had observed in the Room when they apprehended him, were removed, and( as it is verily believed) to the Portugal Ambassadors House. This Mac cart aforesaid, about three quarters of a year since, was taken and Committed to Yarmouth Gaol, from whence he was Bailed, and leaving his Bail at hazard made his Escape to St. Omers, from whence he lately returned with fresh Instructions as aforesaid. Such Circumstances as these induce us to believe, that the Papists are so far from being discouraged in their hopes of perpetrating their late Horrid Conspiracy, that they still proceed in it and pursue it, with fresh vigour. FINIS.