DISCOVERY
To the prayfe of God,and joy of all
true hearted Brotefiants, of a late
intended plot by the 'Papists
to lubdue the
'Being a true Copieofbe¬
tween William O Conner a Briefly
and J^nne Hujjey an lrijb Gentlewoman:
as it was brought and confirmed
by oath in the Parliament
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A Difcourfe betwixt William 0
Conner a. Prief^and Servant to the
Queen-mother, and Anne Hujfeyan Irtjb Gen¬
tlewoman of the Houfe of Galtrum , ufiially
working at Miftris Pinoks Houfe a School-
miftris on the backfide of Lions Inne in the
Strandy atfe'Verall meetings of theirs ftnce
Eafter 1640. inthefeirords}or
to this ejfett.
JnneHujJey comming to Good-
wife walker , a flocking mender
in the Strand, who faid to mee5I
would your Countryman were
.as hone "ft as you , that lyes at
my houfe, then 1 asked her,
1 who hee was ? Goodwife Wal¬
ker anfwered mee , and faid
hee is a Prieft , and a> fervant to the Queen-
mother, and if any had .witto fearchitout , they
would find out a great deal of Treafon in him, then
I faid to Goodwife walker , if you will be true to
me, andnotdifcoverme to be a Proteftant, I will
fetch it out of him if I can, and Goodwife Walker
promifed,that fliee would not difcover mee,fa the
next day'early in the morning , I went up tS his
chamber at the faid GoodwifcWalkers houle , and
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wasdireftedtoitby her Husband, and when the
Pricft had opened his door, and I in his chamber,he
asked me, it' I knew him ? I anfwered no, but I in¬
quired for an Irilhman, that came with the Queen-
mother, and hearing that he was one, I was bold to
come up to him, toentreate him to enquire for an
Uncle of mine, one Matter Hu[fey(a Pricft)
at the Spanifli Ambaffadours, whether he was alive,
or come over into England, William anfwe¬
red me, why doe you not go and enquire your felf i
I anfwered, I being a woman, was loath to goe a-
mohgftTo many men.
Pritfl. Are you a Catholike f
Uujjey. I was born, and bred one.
P. Whathoufeof Ireland are you oft
II. Ofthehoufeof Galtru
P.They are Royall Catholikes , andajsrorthy
people, then he asked mee what my name/I
told him Anne H"IJeh fo hee brought mee to Mjftris
pinocks houfe,and fo departed for that tipie. " V
At a fecond meeting on Saturday, after,
O Connor the Prieft came iagaind to Miftris Pinocks
houfetoaskefor mee, and defiredmee goedrinkc
with him at a Tavern, which I refufed , but went
with him to one Mafter W/ian Alehoufe,and there
we fell into this following difcourfe.
H. I told him I was troubled in minde about
ene thing that I defired to know.
P. You mutt relate it to a Prieft.
H. If I knew an IrifbPrieft, that would tell mee
faithfully, I would.
P. I am one my felfe,and immediatly he crofled
me over the forehead..
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H. 1 asked him, whether the number of the pro-
teftants, or the papifts in England were the greateft ?
P. He faid the papifts were.
H. Then they will conquer our Country (mean ¬
ing Ireland.)
P, Firft, we muft begin with England.
H. How,or in what manner will they begin with
England iand when will it be i
P. W hen the King goes to Scotland.
H. There is no hope of the Kings going to Scot¬
land. .j
P. lie warrant you he doth".
//.Can not you procure me Letters from beyond
Sea, to help me to be a Nun.
P. It is a hard taske for you to performe, to be a
Nun.
H. Why,I can live chaft,I never mean to marry.
P. Although you do not marry,you may ly with
a man.
H. X but that is a fin.
P. But the Prieft can forgive it«
H. I know he can. ,
jp. Yes you may ly with a man, fteale, kill a man,
or any man may kill a King, for the advancement of
the Church of Rome,and the Prieft can forgive him.
H. I have heard there is a proteftant book called
a Bible,and by their report it faith,that
mans blond, by man (had his bloudbejhed,and we muft
feare God , and honour the King, and pray for the
King, that wee may live a peaceable, a quiet, and a
holy life.
P. For your life read not that book,for I wil not
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read it for a thoufand worlds,and further ftid,whe¬
ther doe you goe to Mafie?
H. To a private houfc I doe go?.
P. I praife God there is many of them, and bid
me come next day (being Sabbath day) to Saint
JamefcS)and I fhould heare him fay Mafic before the
Queene- mother.
H. I havebufinefife to morrow, that J cannot go
thither to Mafic, nor to any other place, but will
Ibme other time.
So ended our difcourfe at that time.
At an other meeting, &c.
H, At his requeft I went to his Chamber at
Miftris Scarletts houfe in Coven Garden, in Black-
moore ftreete, at the figneof the Sedan (about a
fortnight after) one day in the after noone, where I
found him upon his Bed, and hee gave meetjyge
fiiirts of fine holland of about fixteene fiiil/iagscpn
ell (as they were judged) to mark for him upon the
breft or bofome, in this manner following.
Iefus Maria.
William 0 Conner.
At which time hee (liewed mee his beads, and o-
ther knacks,and clothes made of black plu(h,fcarlet,
and as I think a hairecolour fatten, after this I left
him and carried away the (hirts to bee marked, but
inftead of marking them as heedire&ed, [marked
them onely with a Crucifix anci his name, and the
fame night about nine of the clock, hee came to mee
for his Shirts, and brought an Irifli man with him in
a long gray coate,with a fword girt clofe to his fide,
under
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unde r bis arme, I asked the prieft who he was
P. He is one of the number ofycoo, that is in
private pay, and in readinefle to aide the Catho-
likes, & to cut the proteftants throats that fhould
refift them.
H. What office hath this man with them
P. Hee is one that blows the Pipe, with the
Drum.
H. Letmeefeeit, and immediatly hee drew it
out and would have played on it, but I defired
him to forbeare,left hee was difcovered, which
advife they liked well,and praifed me highly,and
offered me the lives of any, that I would defire
so be faved.
And fo they departed.
About the latter end of 1640, he came to
me at Miftris Pinock's houfe aforefaid,and fald he
came upon great occafion, and in great haft, and
he muft immediatly return back.
I asked him the occafion t
P. I have three Letters from the Queen-mo¬
ther, to be delivered to three Ambafladors , the
Spani[h, the Venetian, the French.
H. Wherefore ?
P. To fend to the Pope.
H. Can you doe nothing without the Popes
leave ?
P. Either by himfelf,or his Legate, wee muft
know when to begin.
H. To begin what?
P. The fubduing of the Proteftants.
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H. I doe not like their fury, if they once draw
the fwordjthey arelike Lions.
P. What arc they, if their King be eut off ?
H. You can never overcome the King by the
Sword.
P. If we cannot that way, we can another.
H. How ?
P.Do you think my Lady and Queen is a fool?
H. I do not think fhe is a fool.
P. If no hand will do it,this hand Ihall.
H. Do what?
P. Kill him.
H. Who?
P. The King.
H. What, you kill the King ?
P. Aye,kill an Heretike at any time for the ad¬
vancement of the Mother-church of , and
fwore by Saint Francis, and Saint Dominick, that
he would doe it, and promifed to come again,on
Munday after,to pay me for marking of his Ihirts,
and to beftow fome Bracelets upon mce, but hee
never camera ine afterwards.
This William O Conner, the Prieft, would not
fufter me to fpeak a word in all this difcourfe, but
in Injh, and confefled he hath bin long employed
by the Qjccn-mother in her bufineffe with all the
Princes in Chriftendome, and with the great
Turke, and hee profefled further to Good wife
Walker, (as (hee told me on Munday laft) much of
his care in the keeping of the Quecns-lecrets, and
that he would be burnt in a fire before hee would
reveal them. - •
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