Octob. 30. 1693.  
WHEREAS it was witnessed against Shadrach Cook on Tuesday the 17 th'. of this present Month, at the Old Bailey, That he did forge a Passport to France in my Lord Nottingham's Name.  
I Shadrach Cook, Priest of the Church of ENGLAND, having utterly disowned the Fact at the Time and Place aforesaid, do here Again, upon the Receiving the Blessed Sacrament of Christ's Body and Blood, and as I hope for any Benefits by my Saviour's Death and Sufferings, solemnly declare that I am altogether lgnorant and Innocent of this Matter, and that I know nothing directly or indirectly relating thereunto, either as to myself, or any other; and that I am not conscious of any thing in any sort or kind, nor ever was concerning the Counterfeiting my Lord Nottingham's Hand or Seal. This I declare upon the sincere Faith of a Christian, without any reserve, in the full and due Sense of these Words, or any other, that can express or signify an undisguised entire Innocence in this Case.  
I do here also declare, That I do from the very bottom of my Heart, as becometh a Christian in this most holy Duty, forgive such that raised this great Scandal of me, or that occasioned my Suffering upon it.  
SHA. COOK. Declared in the presence of us who did Communicate with him. 

Ralph Taylor, D. D.  
Simon Lowth, D. D.  
William Carr.  
Rich. Hughes.     
MAny having been led into a Mistake by, and some still cavilling and disputing upon, these Words, [Mr. Cook said that what he did was out of a Principle of Conscience] published in a Paper entitled, The Proceed, etc. printed for Ric. Baldwin near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-lane, As if Mr. Cook had really owned, and justified the Fact charged upon him by pleading Conscience for it.  
I Ralph Taylor, D. D. out of a due regard to Truth and Peace, and out of a sincere desire to satisfy all unprejudiced Enquirers after the same in this particular, do declare, That being present at the Old Bailey on the 17 th'. of this Month, when Mr. Cook was called to answer what was laid to his Charge, I did then observe the said Mr. Cook most vehemently to deny, 
* May all the Judgements and Punishments, that God has in Store for Sinners, light upon my head, if I am not altogether Ignorant of what I am charged with, in Thought, Word and Deed.  even with an Imprecation, 
The Imprecation.  what was testified against him concerning his Counterfeiting my Lord Nottingham's Hand and Seal; and did hear him very Solemnly and Zealously assert his Innocence, as near as I can remember, in these Words; Upon my Salvation I did not do it: As I hope for Mercy in Heaven I sealed no such Paper: Upon the Word of a Priest I did no such thing. And what he said of Conscience was before he spoke to the Fact wherewithal he was charged, and had reference not to what was testified or done concerning that particular Fact, but to what he himself had omitted, and not done, during the long time of his being in Custody, as the means of procuring his Liberty: Nor was there any thing then said, that I could perceive by Mr. Cook, that might give the least colour or occasion, to any there present, who heard and observed him, to apprehend that he owned the Counterfeiting of my Lord Nottingham's Hand and Seal, or that he should say, That he did it out of a Principle of Conscience.  
Ralph Taylor. Octob. 25. 1693.