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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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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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. - •
FltflS.