A TRUE NARRATIVE, OF THE ARRAIGNMENT Trial and Conviction, OF Thomas Dangerfield FOR High-Misdemeanors Against His Present Majesty JAMES the Second, at the King's-Bench-Barr at Westminster, On Saturday May the 30th. 1685.  
THis day being the 30th. of May, 1685. The Villainies, Impostures and Perjuries of Thomas Dangerfield, alias Willoughby, one of the Evangelists of the late pretended Popish Plot, (one, Second to none except Oats, in the most flagitious Rogueries) were brought to light by unquestionable Evidences; the Proceedings are as follow.  
About Eight of the Clock in the Forenoon, my Lord Chief Justice Jefferies with two more of his Brethren being on the Bench, the Jury was called, being all persons of considerable Estates and Quality, against whom Dangerfield brought no exceptions, and so it was quickly Impanelled: Then the Indictment was read, the Sum of which was that he had given into the House of Lords a most Dangerous, Seditious and False Accusation against his Royal Highness James D. of York, (now our present King) and used all endeavours to bring hatred and contempt upon him, and set him and his Brother at variance by falsely Swearing that our present King gave him Twenty Guineas to Kill his Dear Brother of Blessed Memory, and that he the said Dangerfield was Hired by several persons of Quality to stifle the then Rampant Popish Plot, and to throw it upon the Presbiterians; the Falsity of all which, was proved by undeniable Evidence. The Indictment was in few words opened by Mr. Phips, and then Mr. Attorney General began to manage the Evidence for the King. First, Mr. Samuel Clark and Mr. Martin proved that, that Information was Dangerfields', and that he was the Author of the forementioned Libellious Narrative: After this was proved, they began to make direct Proofs. First, was called the Earl of Peterborough, who gave a large and pertinent Evidence; the substance of which was, that Dangerfield was recommended to him as a person that could discover great matters, concerning the disaffected disloyal Party of England, commonly called Presbiterians; after he not then knowing his Roguery, he was introduced by him to his Royal Highness, pretending to make a full discovery of a horrid Plot against the Government, and particularly his Royal Highness, then pretending great poverty, and that he had pawned his clothes for the service of the Government, the DUKE out of Charity gave him some Ten Pounds (which after the Rogue said was for killing the KING) and afterwards he got Audience of the K●NG, and told the KING the same Flame and got some Forty Pounds, but the KING would not hear him privately alone by the DUKE's advice, lest he might prove a Rogue, as it after appeared he was so, that he never had Audience of the KING or DUKE alone, as was proved by several Witnesses. My Lord Peterborrough said that after he had come to Court twice or thrice he began to smell a Rat; he likewise Swore in the presence of the Great God, that whereas Dangerfield had charged him with contriving a Book that contained the substance of the after pretended Shame Meal-Tub Plot, that all was false.  
The next Evidence for the KING was Coll. Halsal, who backed my Lord Peterborroughs Evidence by several Circumstances, and told the Court how that being asked by the KING his Opinion of Dangerfield, he replied, That he looked up on him to be a Pickpocket Rogue; and that he looked upon all that he Swore to be Roguery, because he could not produce the Commission he pretended he should have had from Sir William Waller.  
The next Evidence for the KING was Mr. Cellier; who gave Evidence that one time Dangerfield came to his house Cursing and Swearing, and said that in Case he was not better furnished with Money, he would tack about and go from the Evidence he had given against the disaffected Party and become an Evidence for them, saying, He was sure they would furnish him with Money enough, and endeavour to prefer him, and procure him a Commission.  
Then my Lady Powis attested that she never heard of Dangerfield, till he had Accused her before the Council, and whereas he had formerly swore that he had several Papers from her, all was False, and that he was not able to produce one.  
My Lord Powis attested that he never saw Dangerfield so as to know him from another man, and that all was False that he had spoke of Treason concerning his Lordship, and that he never came to him with any such Treasonable Message as he pretended; much what the same Evidence was given by one Sr.— Harvey and Mrs. Hill: After this the King's Council to show how great a Rogue he was, and how little credit he deserved, produced in Court several Records of former Convictions in several Courts in England: First a Record was produced, for breaking a House here in or about Lond●n, and that he was found Guilty of the Felony, but not of the Burglary: Then another Record was produced for his breaking a House in Essex: Then three or four Convictions for putting off False Guineas, for which he had several times stood in the Pillory at New Sarum in Wiltshire.  
After this Evidence for the King had done, Dangerfield began to make his Defence, which was just such another Cant, as his Brother Oats made in his Trial, viz. That their Evidence was the Prop of the Protestant Religion (which made great laughter in the Court) that the King was Judge and Plaintiff, and began to make Saucy reflections upon several honest men, but was sharply reproved by my Lord Chief Justice and kept within his bounds, which was observed to put him a little out of his Newgate Rhetoric, which was nothing but some flourishes upon general matters of the late deceased Popish Plot; then he was desired to make a particular defence, and he called several Witnesses which all concluded with something against himself, as the Salamanca Doctor's did.  
First, One Mr. Cooper the Clerk of Newgate being asked by Dangerfield what Evidence he could give, replied, He never saw him, and Mrs. Cellier together, as Dangerfield said more That he believed him to be a Rogue, for he had been three times in their Custody in Newgate. Capt. Richardson attested the same, and that he knew nothing of an intrigue betwixt Mrs. Cellier and Dangerfield. Sir Thomas Doleman said he remembered little, for he had been since struck with a Palsy. Sir John Nicols was called but a peared not; then Dangerfield called Thomas Williams, William Scarlet, and Henry Sherbourn, but none of them appeared, than one Mr. Blasdel an Apothecary, but he proved him to be a great Rogue; then he called one William Tilbury, but he knew nothing of the Matter, only that he Lodged sometimes at his House, and Dangerfield pretended Acquaintance with my Lord Powis' Family, than were called several more but did not appear. Mr. Chiffinch attested the same that my Lord Peterborrough and Coll. Hallsal, and nothing to the Prisoner's advantage. Last of all, was called one Mr. Stretch by Dangerfield, who instead of doing him service, proved that while he said Mr. Stretch was searching Coll. Mansels Chamber, that Dangerfield pinned the Seditious Paper upon the Wall. The Prisoner having made what pitiful defence he could, which as you have heard was nothing to the purpose, but to prove himself the greater Rogue.  
My Lord Chief Justice most Elegantly and Succinctly Sumed up the Evidence, telling the Jury what a Monster of Wickedness the Prisoner was, and how the Honour of the Nation was concerned. and in seeing such profligated Rogues brought to Condign Punishment and how that the Evidence was beyond all exceptions; so that without going from the Bar the Jury found him Guilty of the Indictment: Here's an end of the Evidence of the once admired Dangerfield, who was abetted by the whigs to endeavour to Tarnish the Lustre of the Glory of the best and greatest of Princes.   

LONDON; Printed by E. Mallet, in Black-horse-Alley near Fleet-Bridge, 1685.