to THE NARRATIVES \ O F |§>tr Robert Malfl), k« and b* Being by the falfe Inftigations of * Edmond Everard, An Irifh-man, Seized upon. h j > . / This fmall one is to (hew to the WORLD i ' • • * F 1 what Sir Robert Subfcribes in relation to his 3\[AR1{AT1V E, Defiring all Loyal Subje&s to admit of a juft Cenfure therein , He being ready to affirrh what he hath writ, not by any private Information; but to maintain the fame before any Court of Justice, either in the Civil, Com¬ mon or Marfhal Law; or unto any parti¬ cular Man's face who fhall contradift it. N the Month of July i6yp. I publifhed a Narrative relating to the late Trou¬ bles, as well in my own Vindication, as for publick Satisfaction » In which, nothing was contain'd but what I always offer'd to make good) and juAifie before any Magiftrate, or in any Court of ju ft ice whatfoever. Neverthelefs, fo it fell out, that one Edmond Everard, who was fo long kept Prifoner in the "lower, for his intent to have Poifon'd his Grace the Duke of Monmouth, (as is at large fet forth in the faid Narrative,) finding no other way to obtain his Liber¬ ty, pretended to become an Evidence for the King, in difcovering great Ploti and V A Confplr / V / CO Confpiracies of many years ftanding : And by this Pretence, as alfo giving His Bond for 50 /. (of which he never paid a Penny, though the Work was done,) tcr Mrs. Betty Mackyel, for prevailing with fome near the Duke of Monmouth, to take off his former Difpleafure againft him> at laft he obtain'd his Liberty, entitling himfelf one of His Majefties Evidences. Now this Everard underftanding that my Narrative confuted feveral parages of his Depofitions, and fully difcover'd the true caufe of his Iroprifonment in the 'lower -, He apply'd himfelf to Sir John Ere- 4'eric]^.and Sir Robert Hanfon, jufticesof the Peace in the City of falfly fuggeiiing that mf faid Narrative was a Libel; and thereupon obtain'd their War¬ rant to feize my Books in the Binders Houfe, (about 2000 in number,) which to this day continue in the Gonftables hands one Grey And though the faid Jaflices declar'd to the. Conftable, that he fhould return rhem to tne> and the Conftable often promifing me the Delivery of them» Yet by the faid Everard't meatus, he hill detains them, contrary to all Law and Equity i and fas I am credibly inform'd,) hath fold feveral of them for 3 /. apiece, without my privity, confent, or order. But I am glad that my Books are not of that Seditious Difloyal ftrain, as thofe raoft Malignant and Inve&ive, Falfe and Traiterous Li. bels lately produced by this Everard, for which he nowabfeonds, (if not already taken,) Warrants being thereupon iffued out againft him. In my Narrative, I declar'd, that being in France from the year 1669, till 1675. I came to underftand of a Plot defign'd to be put in Execution by fome of my Kings Subje&Si towards the fubverfion of his Majefties Fundamental Laws and Government, now eftablifhed ; they prefuming to be upheld and born out by Fo¬ reign afiiftance, as it is more amply fet forth in my Narrative. Thefe Plotters and Abettors I was always willing fully to difcover, were I interrogated thereupon > For no pretence of Religion, Proteftant, Papift or other, fhall ever blind me fbfar as to conceal any Treacher ous Defign againft my Sovereign : No, on the Word ofa Chriftian, 1 hold Honefty and Loyalty the bell Religion npon Earth. As for his Royal Highnefs, I declare, and am ready to prove that he was alto, gether a ftrangcr to thefe pradices; nay, I am fare he would be the firft in his Royal Perfon, that would hazard his life to quell and oppofe fuch Traiterous Attempts. What Dangers has he ever declined, to give a Teftimony of his Zeal and Care for His Majefties Service, and the Preservation of his Laws and Loyal i>ub}e yet this (hall never alienate or leffen my Royalty to my King, or my Duty to his Royal Highnefs: And were it not/wholly againft my Inclinations to prove difloyal, I am fure I have met with as .much provocation as ever Subject did > and all this proceeding from the Malice of fabulous ifak-jeljors, and Lying Informers* U: ' { T. . , . ■ . .. -k }. C m) A / And though it came out of his Royal Highnefs mouth ; The Calumniating me with the Title of Informer, it was he who inculcated the fame into his Highneffes head, who durft not to my Face, fay or lay any thing to my Charge difadvantagi- ousi'This I fay and will maintain in any ground in Chriftendom: that whoever he was that buzz'd that ill Character ot me, into his Royal Highnefs ear, he could be no other than atnoft Villanous Lying Rafcal in that particular; This he perhaps may read, and will fwallow : If he durft have owned to my face what he laid, I would bid him kifs, (or make him,^ my * « « I will no longer exfpatiat upon my unjuft fufferances, which my Narratives gives a full Account, and in what is perfectly true. Now I will beg your Patience, in giving you a relation of what Barbarous ufage Ireceived butthis year laft paft, In the month of 1679, intending to avoid the Darts of Malice, I obtained his Majefties Gracious Protection, and-Pafs in this and in all Kingdoms in Amity with his Majefty ; whereupon having fent my Equi¬ page to be Embatk'd at Graves-end, I went my felf to take Boat at Strand-bridge, and follow it; but palling by the New-Exchange,my Coach wasftopt, andlfeiz'd upon by half a dozen ; I askt at whofe Suit I was fo feized upon? they anfwered,at the Kings; I replyed, I was ready and willing to obey, yet was Ipull'd and hall'd out of my Coach; lask'dwhere I wastobecarry'd ? they anfwered, before Sir am Waller and Mr. E verardiI ask'd where were they ? they anfwered, at the Half- ' Mean lavern ; Thither was I hall'd, and hundreds of People about me; There fate in State Sir William Waller, and this Edmund Everard on his left hand; I asked Sir William why I was fo pulTd and hailed out of my Coach? He anfwered, That I had got a Narrative Printed, which I could not juftirie, and was then Arretted for it» I asked, what did my Narrative contain contrary to the Laws of the Land ? He Anfwer'd, That I Printed what I could not maintain of his Royal Highnefs rights, and it did refleCt on Mr .Everard, who was an Evidence for,the King; I repiyed, that I got indeed a Narrative Printed in my own Vindication, againft the malicious Calumnies publifhed by that Everard who fate by him, whofe Narrative did (can- daloufly refleQ: on me without the Icaft appearance of Truth: and fince I fubferibed my name, neither Everard, nor any body elfe could term my Narrative a Libel, neither did I rcfieCi on Everard, as he was the Kings Evidence, whether real or counterfeit, but as he malicioufly traduced me in his Narrative, and abufed my name; I farther reprefented, it was not fecmly nor handfom in any man, that up<* on the fcore of being an Evidence for the King, he (hould arrogate to himfelf the li¬ berty not only to (lander and calumniate whom he pleafed, but alfo favour and fe- cure others more probably Criminal, by giving them a formal Protection under his hand, as this Everard did with good fucceis, prevailing with feveral that were Evi¬ dences for the King to countenance this his Prcfumptioti, and $rofecute none fo ProteCted by him: Thus one Mr. Kearney having this Everards Protection, had the opportunity to fhift himfelf out of the Kingdom, he being at the lame time charged and Proclaimed to bave been one of the four Ruffians engaged to Murther his Sacred Majefty; and though I may prefume, and am fully perfwaded, he could not be con¬ cerned in fo bafe a Defign, (I knowing the perlon well, and partly his Education^ yet is not Everard excufable, he then underftanding that Mr. Kearny was nomina¬ ted in theConfpiracy, and yet prefum'd to favour and proteCfc him. And here I cannot but ohferve how prepofterous a World is this, that Everardi Protection (hould I [4] fhould fecare Mr. Kearny, who was fworn Guilty ofHigh Treafon i and yet the Kings Prote&ion could not fecure me, though neither Treafon, Difloyalty or Fe¬ lony could be laid to my Charge. Aftermythus declaring to Everards face before Sir iViUiam.WaUtr, yet Sir Wtliam tells me I mud put in fecurityto appear at the Kings-Bench in Wejlminjier,other wife the Conftable fhould take me into his Charge, and keep me Prifoner in his ownHoufe, I told Sir William I had no fecurity, un- lefs he would take the bed: in the Kingdom ^ and that I was then to take Oars im¬ mediately for Graves-end, to leave the Kingdom i whereupon I produced my Pals and Prote&ion, with my Kings hand and Seal > which Sir William and read, yet took no notice of it,but laughed and fcoffed at it:Sir William gives the Conftable charge to take me into his Cuftody bat theConilable feeing His Majcfties Pafs, tells Sir William he had no room for me in his Houfe. Whereupon Sir William cries, Sir Robert Walfh, Tou are a Perfon of Honour, and if you will oblige yonr felf to appear on the6th. of this Month at theSefJtons in Wcftminfter, where Mr. Everard, and I rpiU be to make Party againfl you, you Jhall have your liberty. To this I consented, and did accordingly give my attendance, and did appear upon the Bench at Weflminjler, where fate the Honourable the Lord Craven,and divers Noble Gentlemen that knew me, I attending there from Nine of the C lock till Twelve, did reprefent my Suf¬ ferings and hard ufage to the Bench,and this for Publifhing a Narrative, to which I did fubferibe my Name, and was ready to Juftifie, Sir Wtlliam Wtiler, and Edmund Everard were called toprofecute their pretended Aftion againfl me, but neither of themappearingallthatday,I was difcharged by that Honourable Bench. Yet by this contrivance I fuftained a greater lofs than either Waller or Everard is able to repair ; for the Ship in which I was to Embark, went away with my Goods and Equipage ' from Graves^end, and to this day I could never hear thereof; fb that I loft my Paf- fage and Goods, to my great damage, leaving me to feek for remedy againfl Sir Wil¬ liam Waller, and the Wotfhipful (abfeonded) Edmund Everard, who now lurks in holes, while I am ready to appear in difcharge of my Loyalty and Duty to my King and Country, and to juftify what I have declared at large in my former Narrative > and fo would my Manifefto's,(;were they at Liberty,) do let forth. Sir Robert Walfh his Narratives which lye feized upon, may let the. World fee, his Loyalty and his Honour, where and how gained and attained, which the Golden Medal at his Brcaft doth Witnefs, carrying the Effigies of HisMajefty ofBleffed Memory, and that of His now Glorious Majefty on the one-fide, and infculped on theotherfide the fotmof his Royal Banner, ufedat the Battel o(EdgeihHl,whcte Sir Robert received the Dignity of his Knighthood, and hath his Majefties mod Royal Hand to wear and carry the faid Medal; Yet fome will be dafhing and carping at the faid Medal, I wifh they may go fo far fairly to gain the like.I (hould not envy them. Sir Robert Walfh, hath fiet forth in his Narrative, his Imprifonments for above fe- ven years. The firft he was by theUfurper made Prifoner in the Tower,for which he had reafon. The next was Piifoner in thcBaftile,not without reafon, he having fervedthc Prince of Coude againfl the French King. The third Imprifonment, he was kept Prifoner 33 months in Brujfels, through the ungrounded Inftigation of fome, as the beft of men doth know, whofe Pardon or Grace Sir Robert ever did difown, and doth,if any Crime of Difloyalty ever was,is, or cpuld be laid to his Charge. Witnefs my hand, Sir Upbert Wdfh K' and B"- FINIS.