New court-contrivances, or, More sham-plots still, against true-hearted Englishmen
         Grascome, Samuel, 1641-1708?
      
       
         
           1693
        
      
       Approx. 30 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images.
       
         Text Creation Partnership,
         Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) :
         2009-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1).
         A41814
         Wing G1575
         ESTC R19894
         12561584
         ocm 12561584
         63237
         
           
            This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of
             Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal
            . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.
          
        
      
       
         Early English books online.
      
       
         (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A41814)
         Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 63237)
         Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 961:4)
      
       
         
           
             New court-contrivances, or, More sham-plots still, against true-hearted Englishmen
             Grascome, Samuel, 1641-1708?
          
           8 p.
           
             [s.n.],
             London :
             1693.
          
           
             Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.
             Attributed to Samuel Grascome by Wing.
             Caption title.
             Imprint taken from colophon.
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford.
         Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors.
      
       
         EEBO-TCP is a partnership between the Universities of Michigan and Oxford and the publisher ProQuest to create accurately transcribed and encoded texts based on the image sets published by ProQuest via their Early English Books Online (EEBO) database (http://eebo.chadwyck.com). The general aim of EEBO-TCP is to encode one copy (usually the first edition) of every monographic English-language title published between 1473 and 1700 available in EEBO.
         EEBO-TCP aimed to produce large quantities of textual data within the usual project restraints of time and funding, and therefore chose to create diplomatic transcriptions (as opposed to critical editions) with light-touch, mainly structural encoding based on the Text Encoding Initiative (http://www.tei-c.org).
         The EEBO-TCP project was divided into two phases. The 25,363 texts created during Phase 1 of the project have been released into the public domain as of 1 January 2015. Anyone can now take and use these texts for their own purposes, but we respectfully request that due credit and attribution is given to their original source.
         Users should be aware of the process of creating the TCP texts, and therefore of any assumptions that can be made about the data.
         Text selection was based on the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (NCBEL). If an author (or for an anonymous work, the title) appears in NCBEL, then their works are eligible for inclusion. Selection was intended to range over a wide variety of subject areas, to reflect the true nature of the print record of the period. In general, first editions of a works in English were prioritized, although there are a number of works in other languages, notably Latin and Welsh, included and sometimes a second or later edition of a work was chosen if there was a compelling reason to do so.
         Image sets were sent to external keying companies for transcription and basic encoding. Quality assurance was then carried out by editorial teams in Oxford and Michigan. 5% (or 5 pages, whichever is the greater) of each text was proofread for accuracy and those which did not meet QA standards were returned to the keyers to be redone. After proofreading, the encoding was enhanced and/or corrected and characters marked as illegible were corrected where possible up to a limit of 100 instances per text. Any remaining illegibles were encoded as <gap>s. Understanding these processes should make clear that, while the overall quality of TCP data is very good, some errors will remain and some readable characters will be marked as illegible. Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor.
         The texts were encoded and linked to page images in accordance with level 4 of the TEI in Libraries guidelines.
         Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements).
         
          Keying and markup guidelines are available at the
           Text Creation Partnership web site
          .
        
      
       
         
         
      
    
     
       
         eng
      
       
         
           Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1689-1702.
        
      
    
     
        2007-11 TCP
        Assigned for keying and markup
      
        2007-11 Apex CoVantage
        Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images
      
        2008-03 Robyn Anspach
        Sampled and proofread
      
        2008-03 Robyn Anspach
        Text and markup reviewed and edited
      
        2008-09 pfs
        Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
      
    
  
   
     
       
         
         
         
           NEW
           COURT-CONTRIVANCES
           ;
           
             or
             ,
             More
             Sham-Plots
             still
             ,
             against
             true-hearted
          
           Englishmen
           .
        
         
           POlicy
           ,
           truly
           so
           call'd
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             The
             Art
             of
             governing
             a
             Multitude
             wisely
             ,
          
           which
           is
           best
           done
           by
           ruling
           
             according
             to
             their
             own
             Inclinations
          
           ,
           for
           then
           they
           will
           obey
           without
           Reluctancy
           ;
           and
           their
           Inclinations
           being
           bent
           to
           their
           own
           Good
           ,
           which
           consists
           in
           Plenty
           of
           all
           Temporal
           Commodities
           ,
           (
           and
           especially
           of
           Money
           ,
           which
           purchases
           all
           the
           rest
           ;
           )
           and
           in
           Peace
           ,
           which
           secures
           to
           them
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           what
           they
           already
           possess
           ,
           (
           which
           Two
           make
           up
           that
           which
           we
           call
           the
           
             Common
             Good
          
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           effects
           make
           the
           People
           see
           they
           do
           so
           ,
           )
           is
           the
           
             only
             true
             Government
          
           ,
           and
           only
           likely
           to
           be
           durable
           ;
           and
           they
           who
           govern
           thus
           are
           the
           
             only
             wise
          
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           only
           
             true
             Politicians
          
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           abuse
           of
           any
           thing
           is
           altering
           the
           meaning
           of
           the
           Word
           to
           a
           sinister
           Sense
           ;
           hence
           those
           Men
           who
           neglect
           this
           natural
           method
           of
           governing
           ,
           and
           do
           really
           overburthen
           ,
           impoverish
           ,
           and
           harass
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           easing
           ,
           and
           enriching
           them
           ,
           make
           use
           of
           Quirks
           ,
           and
           Tricks
           to
           bubble
           them
           ,
           that
           either
           they
           may
           not
           see
           it
           ,
           or
           not
           lay
           it
           to
           Heart
           ,
           have
           gain'd
           also
           the
           Name
           of
           Politicians
           ;
           tho'
           they
           have
           no
           more
           right
           to
           it
           than
           a
           Mountebank
           ,
           who
           neglects
           Nature
           ,
           and
           makes
           use
           of
           Quacking
           Language
           ,
           odd
           Gestures
           ,
           and
           Tricks
           ,
           (
           not
           to
           benefit
           his
           Patients
           but
           to
           get
           their
           Money
           ,
           )
           deserves
           to
           be
           reputed
           a
           good
           Physician
           .
           The
           People
           should
           be
           made
           sensible
           by
           real
           effects
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Plenty
           ,
           the
           Governours
           have
           blest
           them
           with
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           fool'd
           with
           
             airy
             Words
          
           ,
           or
           lull'd
           with
           pleasing
           Dreams
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           happy
           and
           rich
           God
           knows
           when
           or
           how
           ;
           not
           reflecting
           that
           while
           they
           thus
           loll
           on
           sluggishly
           in
           the
           Contemplation
           of
           this
           Visionary
           Felicity
           ,
           the
           Robber
           is
           actually
           in
           their
           Houses
           plundering
           them
           of
           all
           their
           real
           Possessions
           .
           Such
           a
           Government
           then
           being
           
             against
             Nature
          
           ,
           it
           's
           the
           greatest
           Miracle
           in
           Nature
           if
           it
           lasts
           long
           ,
           or
           indeed
           any
           longer
           than
           till
           their
           Feeling
           and
           Experience
           open
           the
           Peoples
           Eyes
           ,
           to
           see
           through
           the
           blinding
           Mist
           that
           was
           cast
           before
           them
           .
        
         
           Many
           are
           the
           Stratagems
           and
           Tricks
           our
           Quack-Politicians
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           but
           none
           of
           such
           universal
           usefulness
           as
           the
           Mysterious
           Art
           of
           Plot-Forging
           :
           For
           the
           horrid
           Noise
           of
           a
           Plot
           entertains
           the
           Peoples
           present
           Thoughts
           with
           its
           Novelty
           ,
           and
           their
           future
           ones
           with
           the
           expectation
           of
           its
           Discovery
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           have
           not
           the
           leisure
           to
           mind
           their
           own
           Concern
           ,
           or
           to
           reflect
           how
           the
           
             Common
             Good
          
           goes
           to
           wreck
           .
           It
           frights
           the
           Vulgar
           with
           the
           hideous
           Idea
           of
           an
           Enemy
           lying
           in
           Ambush
           ,
           which
           ,
           they
           having
           the
           Dress
           in
           their
           Hands
           ,
           and
           power
           to
           make
           any
           Fiction
           pass
           uncontroll'd
           ;
           is
           easily
           improved
           into
           a
           Conspiracy
           to
           cut
           all
           their
           Throats
           ;
           and
           so
           set
           all
           the
           People
           a
           madding
           .
           It
           enhances
           the
           Credit
           and
           Awfulness
           of
           the
           Governours
           as
           
             wondrous
             wise
             Men
          
           ,
           in
           that
           the
           most
           secret
           Practises
           lie
           open
           to
           their
           searching
           Eye
           ,
           and
           exact
           Intelligence
           .
           It
           fifts
           the
           Honest
           Party
           ,
           who
           love
           Truth
           more
           than
           Tricks
           ,
           from
           those
           of
           their
           own
           Faction
           ,
           and
           either
           exposes
           them
           to
           certain
           Obloquy
           and
           Ruine
           ,
           
           if
           they
           offer
           to
           contradict
           the
           manifest
           Forgery
           ;
           or
           if
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           then
           it
           makes
           the
           Plot-Fiction
           authentick
           ,
           because
           it
           passes
           uncontroll'd
           .
           It
           breeds
           a
           horrible
           Cry
           against
           those
           at
           whose
           Doors
           the
           Plot
           Framers
           think
           fit
           to
           lay
           their
           own
           Brat
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           an
           excellent
           Gin
           to
           entrap
           those
           who
           are
           obnoxious
           to
           the
           Courtiers
           ,
           either
           for
           their
           Honesty
           ,
           or
           the
           rich
           Prey
           of
           their
           Money
           .
           It
           fixes
           their
           unthinking
           credulous
           and
           affrighted
           Bigots
           more
           firmly
           to
           their
           Devotion
           .
           It
           countenances
           ,
           by
           a
           pretended
           Necessity
           ,
           the
           bold
           licentionsness
           of
           clapping
           up
           causelesly
           ,
           and
           lawlesly
           ,
           whomsoever
           they
           please
           in
           Prison
           ;
           and
           how
           slight
           a
           pretence
           will
           serve
           ,
           their
           Carriage
           towards
           divers
           Peers
           ,
           and
           others
           last
           Year
           has
           shown
           us
           .
           It
           makes
           the
           Commons
           more
           pliable
           to
           be
           let
           Blood
           in
           the
           Silver-Vein
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           last
           Ounce
           ,
           to
           be
           secured
           (
           forsooth
           )
           against
           such
           formidable
           or
           rather
           fantastical
           Contrivances
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           'T
           is
           the
           most
           direct
           method
           for
           a
           Governour
           ,
           whose
           Ambition
           transports
           him
           to
           make
           himself
           absolute
           ,
           by
           setting
           up
           a
           Title
           of
           Conquest
           ,
           or
           what
           other
           he
           pleases
           to
           carry
           through
           his
           haughty
           Designs
           ;
           for
           it
           gives
           him
           both
           an
           occasion
           ,
           and
           a
           colour
           to
           strengthen
           his
           own
           interested
           Party
           to
           that
           Predominancy
           of
           Power
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Nation
           must
           be
           forced
           to
           truckle
           whenever
           he
           sees
           sit
           to
           attempt
           it
           ,
           or
           pleases
           to
           lift
           up
           his
           Foot
           to
           tread
           upon
           their
           Necks
           .
        
         
           Our
           Government
           ,
           while
           the
           Revolution
           was
           a
           Novelty
           ,
           and
           the
           Kingdom
           in
           an
           ill-humour
           ,
           did
           not
           indeed
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           any
           
             new
             Plots
          
           ,
           it self
           being
           every
           bit
           a
           meer
           continued
           Plot
           ,
           carried
           on
           by
           Forgeries
           ,
           and
           shamming
           Delusions
           of
           the
           People
           ;
           but
           now
           that
           the
           Nation
           is
           sensible
           of
           their
           Folly
           ,
           and
           sees
           that
           all
           those
           gay
           ,
           and
           hollow
           Pretences
           end
           in
           a
           flat
           Cheat
           of
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           and
           other
           Confederates
           ,
           to
           gull
           silly
           England
           ,
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           their
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           to
           maintain
           
             their
             War
          
           ;
           that
           better
           half
           of
           the
           Nation
           (
           if
           they
           dare
           speak
           out
           )
           do
           hate
           the
           Proceedings
           of
           the
           Court-Party
           ;
           nay
           ,
           that
           the
           whole
           Nation
           repines
           at
           the
           dearness
           of
           Commodities
           ,
           scarcity
           of
           Money
           ,
           damp
           of
           Trade
           ,
           and
           insupportable
           Taxes
           :
           Our
           new
           Government
           is
           put
           to
           its
           Shifts
           ,
           and
           Plots
           are
           now
           become
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           and
           an
           essential
           part
           of
           our
           Mountebank-Policy
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           out
           steps
           Fuller
           ,
           patronized
           by
           my
           good
           Lord
           of
           Canterbury
           ,
           with
           Plots
           in
           his
           Budget
           to
           sell
           by
           Whole-sale
           ;
           nay
           ,
           he
           flew
           so
           high
           ,
           that
           he
           threatned
           to
           impeach
           divers
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           should
           tell
           them
           ,
           
             Look
             to
             your selves
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ;
             for
             whoever
             opposes
             the
             voting
             Money
             enough
             ,
             I
             'll
             all-to-be-Traytor
             him
             .
          
           Money
           ,
           like
           a
           true
           Chymist
           ,
           he
           got
           before-hand
           ,
           which
           he
           spent
           prosusely
           in
           Drunkenness
           and
           Bawdry
           :
           But
           that
           was
           no
           Rub
           in
           the
           Case
           ,
           the
           more
           Rogue
           he
           was
           ,
           the
           better
           he
           was
           qualified
           for
           a
           Plot-Witness
           .
           The
           true
           Patriots
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           not
           knowing
           on
           which
           of
           them
           the
           Plot
           might
           light
           ,
           and
           resenting
           to
           be
           over-aw'd
           by
           Court
           Tricks
           ,
           got
           the
           Cognizance
           of
           it
           to
           be
           brought
           before
           them
           ;
           but
           Fuller
           directed
           them
           to
           a
           wrong
           Lodging
           ,
           and
           himself
           disapp●ared
           :
           Whereupon
           he
           was
           ●tigmatized
           by
           their
           Votes
           for
           an
           
             unpardonable
             Cheat
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           ordered
           to
           be
           prosecuted
           ,
           though
           he
           came
           off
           with
           a
           slight
           Punishment
           for
           so
           great
           a
           Crime
           .
           And
           so
           this
           Archiepiscopal-Plot
           fell
           to
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           ,
           like
           that
           of
           the
           noble
           
             Salamanca
             Doctor
          
           ,
           went
           out
           in
           a
           stink
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           next
           Plot
           was
           more
           hopeful
           ,
           being
           to
           be
           performed
           by
           a
           greater
           Master
           in
           the
           Cheating-Trade
           ,
           the
           Infamous
           Villain
           Young
           ;
           for
           his
           counterfeiting
           Hands
           so
           dextrously
           was
           alone
           as
           good
           as
           half
           a
           Testimony
           ;
           we
           cannot
           doubt
           but
           that
           
           (
           Money
           being
           his
           only
           aim
           )
           he
           was
           to
           be
           well
           paid
           by
           the
           
             Old
             Plot-Forger
          
           :
           But
           the
           Plot
           was
           by
           Providence
           detected
           ,
           and
           the
           Falshood
           of
           it
           so
           industriously
           discovered
           by
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rochester
           ,
           it
           prov'd
           Abortive
           ;
           which
           had
           it
           taken
           had
           cost
           the
           Life
           of
           many
           an
           Honest
           Man.
           Our
           Court
           hop'd
           that
           if
           discovered
           it
           would
           pass
           sor
           one
           of
           
           Young's
           Knavi●h
           Pranks
           ;
           but
           the
           World
           is
           not
           so
           stupid
           as
           they
           imagine
           :
           For
           Young
           ,
           and
           his
           Comrade
           Blackhead
           ,
           lying
           in
           Newgate
           sor
           Debt
           ,
           and
           living
           on
           others
           Scraps
           ,
           without
           a
           Penny
           or
           a
           Friend
           to
           help
           them
           ,
           Who
           were
           those
           that
           came
           in
           a
           Coach
           to
           a
           Tavern
           near
           hand
           ,
           and
           sent
           for
           them
           out
           divers
           times
           ?
           Who
           was
           it
           paid
           their
           Debts
           ,
           and
           Fees
           ,
           and
           fetch'd
           them
           out
           ,
           put
           good
           store
           of
           Money
           in
           their
           Pockets
           ,
           and
           good
           Cloaths
           on
           their
           Backs
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           they
           began
           their
           Plotting-Trade
           ?
           And
           why
           was
           the
           enquiry
           into
           those
           particulars
           ,
           though
           so
           much
           prest
           by
           divers
           worthy
           Persons
           ,
           so
           industriously
           waved
           even
           to
           this
           time
           ?
           This
           was
           too
           tender
           a
           point
           for
           the
           Bishop
           to
           meddle
           with
           ,
           who
           in
           all
           likelyhood
           suspected
           the
           matter
           ,
           and
           is
           a
           great
           flaw
           in
           his
           Book
           :
           So
           that
           no
           Man
           of
           Sense
           ,
           when
           things
           are
           thus
           carried
           ,
           but
           smells
           an
           old
           Fox
           ,
           though
           they
           dare
           not
           put
           him
           up
           and
           hunt
           him
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           indicted
           for
           spoiling
           the
           King's
           Game
           ,
           and
           a
           greater
           Wheel
           moving
           the
           lesser
           ones
           .
        
         
           So
           fond
           they
           are
           of
           Plots
           ,
           that
           my
           L.
           Nottingham
           himself
           ,
           whose
           Nose
           ,
           as
           it
           seems
           ,
           was
           more
           sagacious
           and
           reach'd
           farther
           than
           his
           Understanding
           ,
           smelt
           out
           a
           Plot
           the
           last
           Summer
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           (
           which
           was
           one
           of
           his
           bold
           strokes
           to
           dash
           out
           the
           Laws
           )
           he
           gave
           out
           Warrants
           to
           seize
           ,
           and
           imprison
           divers
           Peers
           ,
           and
           other
           Persons
           of
           Quality
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           Evidence
           against
           them
           then
           ,
           or
           since
           :
           Some
           of
           them
           ,
           to
           avoid
           Vexation
           and
           Charge
           ,
           had
           kept
           themselves
           private
           ;
           whereupon
           a
           very
           pleasant
           Female-Proclamation
           was
           issued
           to
           apprehend
           them
           ,
           branding
           them
           publickly
           to
           the
           whole
           Nation
           as
           guilty
           Persons
           who
           had
           
             fled
             from
             Justice
          
           ;
           whereas
           't
           is
           now
           evident
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           Court
           had
           the
           least
           colour
           of
           Justice
           against
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           utmost
           Severity
           of
           it
           had
           been
           inflicted
           on
           them
           without
           Mercy
           .
           However
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           this
           
             slanderous
             Proclamation
          
           had
           cryed
           Hoo-loo
           ,
           the
           State-Hounds
           ,
           led
           by
           my
           L.
           Lucas
           ,
           who
           thought
           it
           a
           great
           Honour
           to
           become
           a
           Catch-Pole
           in
           such
           a
           Legal
           Employ
           ,
           hunted
           them
           dry-foot
           ,
           and
           took
           divers
           of
           them
           ,
           not
           dangerously
           Plotting
           ,
           but
           very
           quietly
           Napping
           :
           But
           when
           they
           had
           them
           ,
           they
           had
           nothing
           in
           the
           World
           to
           say
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           only
           that
           they
           were
           resolved
           ,
           in
           despight
           of
           Justice
           and
           
             the
             Laws
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Priviledge
           of
           Parliament
           to
           boot
           ,
           to
           put
           them
           to
           as
           much
           Trouble
           and
           Vexation
           as
           they
           could
           .
           These
           unwarrantable
           Warrants
           were
           highly
           resented
           in
           the
           House
           of
           Lords
           ,
           and
           Satisfaction
           demanded
           from
           my
           L.
           Nottingham
           ,
           and
           his
           Lawyers
           ,
           for
           violating
           so
           notoriously
           the
           
             Liberty
             of
             the
             Subject
          
           :
           But
           the
           Court-Party
           (
           a
           Fault
           which
           no
           doubt
           they
           will
           amend
           for
           the
           future
           )
           being
           ,
           by
           ill-hap
           ,
           unsurnished
           of
           King's-Evidences
           to
           swear
           Plots
           falsly
           against
           them
           ,
           stick'd
           hard
           to
           get
           them
           indemnified
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           Plot
           light
           to
           be
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           viz.
           to
           enure
           the
           Nation
           to
           Slavery
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           to
           endure
           the
           breach
           of
           our
           most
           
             Fundamental
             Laws
          
           that
           concern
           the
           Subject's
           Liberty
           ;
           that
           so
           it
           may
           be
           no
           wonder
           hereafter
           if
           the
           Court
           play
           them
           the
           same
           foul
           play
           
             in
             the
             like
          
           or
           other
           Cases
           ,
           in
           regard
           there
           was
           such
           a
           signal
           Precedent
           for
           it
           so
           powerfully
           abetted
           ,
           and
           protected
           .
           And
           thus
           our
           Noble
           
             Law
             breakers
          
           came
           off
           with
           Impunity
           ,
           and
           Honour
           too
           ;
           for
           what
           is
           damnable
           in
           the
           Eye
           of
           the
           Law
           is
           meritorious
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Court.
           How
           can
           the
           
           State
           with
           Justice
           hang
           Robbers
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           Malefactors
           ,
           when
           those
           Men
           escape
           Scotfree
           who
           rob
           free-born
           Englishmen
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           valuable
           than
           their
           Money
           ,
           unless
           our
           Laws
           be
           made
           of
           Cobwebs
           ,
           which
           catch
           only
           the
           lesser
           Flies
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           great
           ones
           break
           through
           and
           escape
           .
        
         
           Another
           Plot
           begins
           already
           to
           bud
           forth
           in
           our
           two
           late
           
             Proclamations
             :
             Blank
             Warrants
          
           ,
           Sign'd
           in
           likelyhood
           by
           themselves
           ,
           must
           be
           laid
           up
           foolishly
           ,
           and
           found
           miraculously
           ,
           and
           then
           comes
           out
           a
           Proclamation
           ,
           complaining
           sadly
           and
           seriously
           that
           my
           L.
           
           Not●ingham's
           Hand
           and
           Seal
           were
           forged
           by
           the
           disaffected
           ,
           forbidding
           all
           Warrants
           with
           the
           Old
           Seal
           to
           be
           of
           any
           effect
           ,
           and
           promising
           a
           
             New
             Seal
          
           ,
           and
           Jastly
           offering
           
             five
             hundred
             Pounds
          
           to
           the
           Discoverers
           ;
           and
           then
           (
           to
           make
           it
           more
           credible
           ,
           and
           fill
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           Nation
           with
           Proclamations
           ,
           )
           a
           
             Second
             Thought
             Proclamation
          
           follows
           upon
           the
           Neck
           of
           the
           former
           ,
           offering
           
             five
             hundred
             Pounds
          
           ,
           and
           Indemnity
           besides
           to
           any
           even
           of
           the
           Contrivers
           ,
           if
           they
           will
           but
           discover
           their
           Accomplices
           .
           Now
           the
           Devil
           must
           be
           an
           arrant
           Ass
           ,
           if
           he
           have
           not
           one
           Rogue
           of
           his
           in
           all
           England
           ,
           who
           (
           as
           Bedlow
           upon
           the
           self-same
           account
           found
           himself
           Guilty
           of
           the
           Murder
           of
           Sir
           
             —
             Godfry
             ,
          
           )
           will
           not
           take
           the
           Money
           when
           he
           may
           come
           in
           so
           safely
           ,
           and
           accuse
           some-body
           or
           other
           falsly
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           my
           Lord's
           Credit
           will
           be
           cleared
           ,
           and
           a
           new
           Plot
           made
           ;
           and
           doubtless
           it
           's
           now
           hammering
           upon
           the
           Anvil
           .
           Yet
           for
           all
           the
           Art
           and
           Wit
           this
           Stratagem
           makes
           a
           shew
           of
           ,
           any
           Man
           with
           half
           an
           Eye
           may
           see
           't
           is
           but
           a
           very
           botching
           and
           bungling
           piece
           of
           Policy
           :
           For
           why
           could
           not
           the
           Forgers
           of
           the
           
             Old
             Seal
          
           ,
           (
           had
           there
           been
           any
           such
           ,
           )
           as
           well
           counterfeit
           the
           
             New
             Seal
          
           too
           ,
           when
           it
           came
           out
           ,
           and
           so
           frustrate
           all
           the
           Ends
           pretended
           to
           by
           the
           Proclamation
           .
           However
           ,
           't
           is
           some
           happiness
           that
           we
           are
           safe
           from
           being
           Gaol-Birds
           till
           the
           
             New
             Seal
          
           be
           made
           ;
           which
           is
           to
           inherit
           the
           illegal
           power
           of
           the
           
             Old
             One
          
           ,
           only
           we
           shall
           have
           the
           comfort
           to
           be
           imprisoned
           with
           a
           better
           Grace
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           Warrants
           of
           a
           later
           Edition
           ,
           with
           the
           noble
           Formality
           of
           a
           New
           Seal
           .
           Certainly
           the
           Nation
           had
           been
           better
           satisfied
           ,
           had
           a
           Proclamation
           told
           us
           such
           unlawful
           Practices
           should
           be
           used
           no
           more
           ;
           whereas
           this
           accuses
           every
           Body
           ,
           and
           satisfies
           no
           Body
           .
        
         
           These
           Plunges
           the
           Court-Party
           are
           put
           to
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           tyrannize
           over
           the
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           yet
           give
           their
           Actions
           a
           Face
           of
           Legality
           ;
           which
           ,
           together
           with
           their
           defeat
           in
           Fuller
           and
           Young
           ,
           make
           every
           Man
           see
           clearly
           that
           they
           stand
           in
           huge
           need
           of
           a
           Plot
           ,
           and
           of
           King's-Evidences
           to
           countenance
           and
           justifie
           their
           Proceeding
           .
           But
           where
           must
           such
           Fellows
           be
           found
           ?
           The
           arrantest
           Rogues
           ,
           whom
           their
           Crimes
           have
           coop'd
           up
           in
           Gaols
           ,
           are
           fittest
           for
           Perjury
           ,
           and
           especially
           if
           they
           might
           escape
           Hanging
           by
           it
           ,
           then
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           they
           would
           swear
           heartily
           and
           lustily
           to
           whatever
           the
           great
           Ones
           should
           inspire
           them
           with
           ,
           upon
           pretence
           of
           Reprieve
           ,
           or
           Pardon
           .
           Now
           it
           light
           very
           Providentially
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           imagined
           ,
           )
           that
           the
           Arch-Robber
           Whitney
           happ'd
           to
           be
           in
           
           Young's
           Nest
           ,
           who
           was
           flown
           ,
           
             i.
             e.
          
           in
           Newgate
           ;
           and
           withal
           condemned
           to
           be
           hanged
           :
           To
           him
           they
           apply
           ,
           being
           well
           allured
           that
           they
           neeeded
           not
           lay
           long
           Siege
           to
           his
           Honesty
           ,
           if
           he
           might
           but
           hope
           for
           a
           Pardon
           .
           The
           Method
           they
           took
           was
           this
           :
           First
           ,
           Capt.
           Richardson
           tells
           him
           he
           must
           certainly
           dye
           without
           any
           hopes
           of
           Mercy
           ;
           then
           ,
           to
           relieve
           his
           Despair
           ,
           come
           some
           honest
           Williamites
           to
           him
           ,
           as
           Sir
           
             John
             Austin
             ,
             Dutton
             Colt
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Ralph
             Dutton
          
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Pope
             Blount
          
           ,
           some
           of
           whom
           treated
           with
           him
           about
           making
           a
           Plot
           ;
           and
           it
           so
           concerted
           ,
           that
           he
           
           should
           say
           ,
           (
           and
           by
           consequence
           swear
           if
           need
           be
           ,
           )
           that
           the
           Lords
           
             Litchfield
             ,
             Aylesbury
             ,
             Salisbury
          
           ,
           and
           Worcester
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           whose
           Names
           I
           have
           not
           ,
           had
           treated
           with
           him
           ,
           by
           their
           Agents
           ,
           to
           assemble
           his
           Gang
           of
           Robbers
           ,
           and
           kill
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           he
           was
           hunting
           in
           Epping
           ,
           or
           Windsor
           Forrest
           ,
           promising
           him
           vast
           Rewards
           when
           his
           work
           was
           done
           .
           But
           whom
           should
           he
           name
           for
           those
           Agents
           ?
           
           Whitney's
           House
           was
           at
           Cheston
           in
           Hartfordshire
           ,
           where
           lived
           on
           Dr.
           Thorowgood
           ,
           his
           Countreyman
           ,
           and
           Neighbour
           ,
           who
           meeting
           him
           sometimes
           in
           London
           ,
           they
           went
           to
           drink
           at
           the
           House
           of
           one
           Mr.
           Burchil
           ,
           at
           the
           Queens
           head
           in
           White-Swan-yard
           ,
           over
           against
           Somerset-house
           ,
           having
           in
           their
           Company
           one
           Mr.
           Pike
           ,
           Thorowgood's
           Friend
           ,
           and
           constant
           Associate
           .
           They
           had
           done
           this
           twice
           or
           thrice
           ,
           and
           so
           Whitney
           judg'd
           those
           the
           fittest
           Persons
           that
           could
           be
           pretended
           to
           have
           treated
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           Burchil
           the
           properest
           Man
           to
           witness
           that
           Treaty
           .
           This
           Project
           amounting
           to
           a
           rough-draught
           of
           the
           Plot
           thus
           cunningly
           laid
           ,
           so
           that
           now
           nothing
           but
           dextrous
           managing
           the
           Persons
           was
           wanting
           ;
           a
           Paper
           was
           carried
           to
           my
           L.
           Nottingham
           with
           the
           Names
           of
           the
           Lords
           ,
           as
           principal
           Movers
           ,
           and
           of
           Thorowgood
           and
           Pike
           ,
           as
           the
           immediate
           Treaters
           and
           Interveners
           :
           This
           got
           Whitney
           his
           Reprieve
           ;
           and
           Warrants
           were
           sent
           to
           take
           up
           Thorowgood
           and
           Pike
           ,
           who
           getting
           Light
           of
           the
           Design
           ,
           and
           not
           willing
           either
           to
           be
           Knaves
           voluntary
           ,
           nor
           tortured
           ,
           (
           by
           the
           usual
           merciless
           Severities
           exercised
           in
           Prisons
           since
           the
           erection
           of
           this
           New
           Government
           ,
           )
           or
           perhaps
           hanged
           because
           they
           would
           not
           be
           so
           ,
           kept
           out
           of
           the
           way
           .
           The
           first
           thing
           to
           be
           done
           was
           to
           work
           upon
           Mr.
           Burchil
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           this
           about
           ,
           a
           Dragooner
           ,
           by
           Name
           Bowes
           ,
           comes
           to
           his
           House
           ,
           and
           tells
           him
           he
           was
           going
           to
           Whitney
           in
           Newgate
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           do
           a
           Friendly
           Office
           to
           go
           along
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           a
           Visit
           :
           The
           honest
           Man
           ,
           little
           dreaming
           what
           a
           Trap
           was
           laid
           for
           him
           ,
           went
           with
           him
           very
           civilly
           .
           Whitney
           seemed
           very
           glad
           to
           see
           him
           ,
           and
           after
           a
           while
           began
           to
           put
           it
           upon
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           and
           heard
           Dr.
           Thorowgood
           and
           Mr.
           Pike
           treat
           with
           him
           about
           killing
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           that
           if
           he
           would
           but
           witness
           it
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           a
           means
           to
           save
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           also
           be
           highly
           advantageous
           to
           himself
           .
           Burchil
           replyed
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           never
           in
           his
           Life
           know
           or
           hear
           any
           such
           thing
           ,
           and
           so
           could
           not
           in
           Conscience
           assert
           it
           .
           After
           Whitney
           had
           plyed
           him
           with
           all
           the
           most
           pressing
           Intreaties
           ,
           and
           high-promising
           Motives
           usual
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ,
           and
           saw
           there
           was
           no
           hope
           of
           making
           him
           a
           Villain
           by
           Fair-means
           ,
           then
           (
           as
           the
           method
           of
           Plot-Forging
           required
           ,
           )
           he
           was
           to
           try
           what
           might
           be
           done
           by
           Foul
           ;
           wherefore
           he
           began
           to
           speak
           very
           loud
           ,
           to
           threaten
           him
           highly
           ,
           and
           to
           abuse
           him
           with
           opprobrious
           Language
           for
           refusing
           to
           witness
           so
           important
           a
           Truth
           .
           This
           loudness
           of
           his
           was
           the
           Watch-word
           for
           Tucker
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           who
           had
           placed
           himself
           on
           purpose
           at
           a
           convenient
           distance
           ,
           and
           knew
           his
           Cue
           when
           he
           was
           to
           act
           in
           this
           intended
           
             real
             Tragedy
          
           ,
           fell
           upon
           Burchil
           with
           bitter
           Invectives
           ,
           hunching
           him
           rudely
           with
           his
           Elbowes
           ,
           and
           telling
           him
           he
           would
           be
           hanged
           ,
           and
           all
           he
           had
           seized
           on
           for
           the
           King
           ,
           if
           he
           refused
           to
           witness
           what
           Whitney
           had
           desired
           ;
           and
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           like
           a
           true
           Servant
           and
           Imitator
           of
           my
           L.
           Nottingham
           ,
           without
           Law
           ,
           and
           in
           dispite
           of
           it
           ,
           clapp'd
           him
           up
           and
           made
           him
           Prisoner
           .
           The
           poor
           Man
           lay
           there
           about
           three
           Hours
           with
           an
           aking
           Heart
           ,
           fearing
           he
           should
           be
           made
           pass
           through
           
           Prance's
           Purgatory
           ,
           and
           be
           tortured
           for
           not
           yeilding
           to
           attest
           a
           Falshood
           .
           By
           that
           time
           they
           hop'd
           that
           the
           Fright
           for
           what
           he
           had
           suffered
           at
           present
           ,
           and
           his
           apprehension
           of
           worse
           ,
           would
           have
           daunted
           and
           warp'd
           his
           Honesty
           ▪
           
           Tucker
           and
           Bowes
           came
           to
           him
           with
           a
           
             Paper
             Signed
          
           by
           Whitney
           ,
           containing
           all
           the
           Particulars
           he
           would
           have
           him
           swear
           ,
           which
           they
           shewed
           him
           ,
           promising
           that
           if
           he
           would
           subscribe
           it
           ,
           he
           should
           immediately
           be
           set
           free
           ,
           and
           richly
           gratified
           in
           to
           the
           Bargain
           .
           What
           should
           he
           do
           ?
           No
           Friend
           could
           come
           at
           him
           that
           he
           might
           acquaint
           them
           with
           his
           Condition
           ;
           and
           he
           feared
           that
           should
           he
           refuse
           ,
           Torture
           would
           come
           next
           ,
           and
           pehaps
           that
           Tucker
           and
           Bowes
           ,
           who
           he
           saw
           were
           Confederates
           ,
           might
           swear
           false
           against
           him
           if
           he
           persisted
           in
           his
           Resolution
           :
           Wherefore
           to
           get
           free
           from
           the
           Clutches
           of
           these
           Harpies
           ,
           (
           never
           intending
           to
           stand
           to
           it
           ,
           )
           he
           Signs
           the
           Paper
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           capitulated
           with
           Whitney
           to
           give
           it
           him
           under
           his
           Hand
           to
           indemnifie
           him
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           ,
           and
           
             (
             Bowes
          
           and
           Tucker
           present
           )
           fubscribed
           a
           Paper
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           which
           Burchil
           has
           yet
           by
           him
           .
           And
           now
           the
           Plot
           went
           merrily
           on
           ,
           and
           began
           to
           look
           very
           Towardly
           .
           They
           assured
           themselves
           now
           of
           Burchil
           ,
           who
           was
           freed
           and
           complemented
           .
           The
           Paper
           was
           sent
           to
           the
           over-joyed
           Secretary
           ;
           some
           say
           that
           Whitney
           was
           examined
           by
           him
           too
           ,
           or
           by
           some
           from
           him
           ;
           but
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           Orders
           were
           given
           to
           my
           Lord
           
             Chief
             Justice
             Holt
          
           ,
           to
           examine
           Burchil
           ,
           who
           sent
           a
           Tip-staff
           ,
           accompanied
           by
           Bowes
           ,
           at
           ten
           a
           Clock
           at
           Night
           the
           same
           Day
           to
           bring
           Burchil
           before
           him
           ;
           who
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           going
           ,
           spent
           many
           Exhortations
           and
           Encouragements
           upon
           him
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           stand
           stiff
           to
           his
           Subscription
           .
           Being
           come
           before
           my
           Lord
           ,
           Bowes
           took
           his
           Oath
           he
           saw
           him
           sign
           it
           ;
           and
           upon
           my
           Lord
           's
           asking
           him
           ,
           Burchil
           frankly
           acknowledged
           it
           was
           his
           Hand
           .
           Then
           ,
           says
           my
           Lord
           ,
           you
           can
           swear
           to
           the
           Contents
           of
           the
           Paper
           .
           No
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           replyed
           Mr.
           
             Burchil
             ,
             I
             cannot
             swear
             it
             ,
          
           for
           
             there
             is
             never
             a
             word
             of
             Truth
             in
             it
          
           ;
           laying
           open
           in
           order
           how
           he
           had
           been
           treated
           with
           Caresses
           ,
           and
           rough
           Usage
           to
           induce
           him
           to
           swear
           a
           Falshood
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           only
           Signed
           it
           out
           of
           Fear
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           might
           free
           himself
           out
           of
           their
           Claws
           ,
           dreading
           he
           should
           have
           been
           worse
           used
           ,
           had
           he
           continued
           there
           ,
           and
           refused
           it
           .
           Upon
           which
           ,
           my
           Lord
           ,
           (
           who
           I
           hear
           has
           had
           a
           little
           Taste
           of
           
             Arbitrary
             Court-Tricks
             ,
          
           )
           did
           very
           worthily
           free
           Burchil
           ,
           and
           gave
           order
           immediately
           to
           hang
           VVhitney
           .
           And
           so
           
             this
             horrid
             Damnable
             Hellish
             VVilliamite
             Plot
             ,
          
           through
           the
           Prudence
           and
           Sincerity
           of
           this
           one
           Honest
           Man
           ,
           very
           luckily
           came
           to
           nothing
           ,
           and
           the
           growing
           Noise
           of
           it
           spread
           by
           the
           Court-Party
           was
           quash'd
           ,
           and
           suddenly
           hush'd
           ;
           which
           ,
           had
           it
           taken
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           a
           blessed
           time
           for
           Hangmen
           ,
           and
           Gaolors
           ,
           and
           Executioners
           ,
           for
           we
           should
           have
           seen
           e're
           long
           the
           Heads
           of
           those
           Honourable
           ,
           and
           Innocent
           Personages
           fly
           off
           at
           Tower-Hill
           ,
           and
           Multitudes
           of
           others
           imprisoned
           ,
           ruined
           in
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           put
           to
           Death
           :
           It
           being
           much
           easier
           to
           improve
           a
           Plot
           ,
           when
           Statists
           think
           they
           have
           got
           Ground
           enough
           ,
           with
           Safety
           to
           their
           Credits
           ,
           to
           own
           it
           ,
           than
           it
           is
           to
           make
           it
           take
           at
           first
           ,
           the
           Foundation
           of
           all
           such
           fictitious
           Contrivances
           being
           so
           unsteady
           ,
           and
           rotten
           .
        
         
           Our
           Courtiers
           ,
           having
           lost
           the
           advantage
           of
           carrying
           their
           Plot
           on
           ,
           resolved
           now
           to
           make
           their
           advantage
           of
           its
           Miscarriage
           ,
           by
           crying
           up
           their
           own
           Integrity
           and
           Honesty
           in
           freeing
           Burchil
           ,
           and
           hanging
           VVhitney
           ,
           (
           though
           neither
           of
           them
           was
           more
           than
           what
           the
           Law
           required
           ;
           )
           that
           so
           ,
           by
           preserving
           their
           Credit
           ,
           as
           to
           
             this
             Plot
          
           ,
           which
           they
           saw
           
             would
             not
             take
          
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           the
           better
           believed
           in
           future
           Ones
           ,
           which
           they
           hoped
           
             would
             take
          
           ;
           but
           we
           may
           thank
           the
           
             Ill
             Success
          
           ,
           and
           not
           some
           Men's
           
             Good
             VVill
          
           :
           For
           't
           is
           manifest
           from
           every
           Circumstance
           ,
           that
           while
           they
           had
           hopes
           it
           would
           come
           to
           something
           they
           abetted
           it
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           ever
           they
           could
           ,
           without
           
           telling
           the
           World
           openly
           they
           were
           the
           Original
           Contrivers
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           being
           such
           a
           deep
           ,
           and
           so
           sacred
           a
           Mystery
           of
           State
           ,
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           revealed
           to
           the
           profane
           Eyes
           of
           the
           Vulgar
           ,
           or
           searched
           into
           too
           narrowly
           :
           For
           ,
           who
           was
           it
           that
           sent
           
           VVhitney's
           first
           Paper
           to
           my
           Lord
           Nottingham
           ?
           And
           why
           were
           Warrants
           immediately
           issued
           to
           take
           Thorowgood
           and
           Pike
           ,
           since
           the
           Information
           ,
           coming
           only
           from
           a
           Condemned
           Man
           ,
           who
           was
           never
           in
           his
           Life
           of
           any
           Credit
           ,
           and
           would
           say
           any
           thing
           to
           save
           his
           Life
           ,
           could
           signifie
           nothing
           ?
           Who
           was
           it
           that
           got
           him
           a
           Reprieve
           ?
           Who
           sent
           Bowes
           so
           seasonably
           to
           Mr.
           Burchil
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           only
           Man
           that
           could
           assist
           his
           Pretence
           in
           witnessing
           against
           Thorowgood
           and
           Pike
           ?
           How
           came
           it
           to
           be
           believed
           that
           a
           Plot
           was
           Forging
           by
           all
           the
           Persons
           who
           were
           in
           the
           nearest
           Circumstances
           while
           it
           was
           contriving
           ?
           Who
           hired
           Tucker
           to
           join
           with
           VVhitney
           in
           reviling
           and
           threatning
           him
           ,
           because
           he
           would
           not
           be
           perjured
           ,
           and
           to
           clap
           him
           up
           so
           rudely
           and
           illegally
           ?
           Would
           such
           a
           Fellow
           do
           such
           an
           action
           ,
           which
           might
           lose
           him
           his
           Place
           ,
           and
           make
           him
           to
           be
           soundly
           punished
           besides
           ,
           unless
           he
           had
           been
           bribed
           ,
           or
           powerfully
           sollicited
           to
           it
           ?
           Or
           durst
           he
           have
           done
           it
           ,
           unless
           some
           Great
           Persons
           had
           assured
           him
           besore-hand
           of
           Impunity
           ?
           And
           if
           not
           ,
           Why
           is
           he
           not
           severely
           punished
           for
           it
           since
           ,
           but
           still
           continued
           in
           his
           Employment
           ;
           since
           it
           will
           not
           be
           safe
           for
           any
           Man
           to
           visit
           his
           Friend
           in
           Prison
           ,
           if
           such
           villainous
           Tricks
           be
           permitted
           ?
           Indeed
           my
           Lord
           
             Chief
             Justice
          
           was
           angry
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           said
           he
           deserved
           to
           lose
           it
           ;
           but
           he
           thought
           it
           not
           fit
           to
           procced
           farther
           ,
           least
           it
           might
           offend
           some
           to
           whom
           he
           was
           to
           be
           upon
           occasion
           a
           very
           useful
           Instrument
           .
           Who
           was
           to
           have
           got
           
           VVhitney's
           Pardon
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           sure
           of
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Prospect
           of
           which
           he
           began
           this
           Jigg
           ?
           Why
           did
           the
           Honestest
           of
           them
           fall
           off
           ,
           and
           protest
           
             he
             would
             have
             no
             Hand
             in
             Plots
             ?
          
           Why
           did
           the
           two
           Plot-makers
           (
           one
           of
           them
           especially
           )
           go
           above
           a
           dozen
           times
           to
           VVhitney
           in
           Newgate
           ,
           with
           whom
           they
           had
           no
           Acquaintance
           ?
           Let
           any
           sincere
           honest
           Gentleman
           ask
           them
           to
           what
           end
           they
           made
           such
           frequent
           Visits
           to
           a
           Villain
           ?
           and
           (
           for
           I
           know
           what
           they
           have
           said
           ,
           and
           will
           say
           .
           )
           he
           shall
           see
           that
           they
           give
           such
           a
           ●leeveless
           account
           of
           their
           Errand
           ,
           that
           would
           make
           any
           Man
           of
           Sense
           spew
           to
           hear
           ●hem
           .
           Do
           they
           think
           us
           such
           Fools
           as
           to
           believe
           that
           all
           the
           fore-mentioned
           Poppets
           did
           manage
           themselves
           so
           dextroufly
           and
           regularly
           ,
           without
           some
           unseen
           Hand
           be●ind
           the
           Curtain
           which
           moved
           all
           the
           rest
           ?
           Or
           would
           even
           any
           of
           those
           Gentlemen
           ●ave
           gone
           about
           a
           Plot
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           were
           either
           set
           on
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           knew
           it
           would
           ●e
           grateful
           and
           welcome
           to
           the
           State
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Court
           would
           abett
           it
           ,
           if
           they
           ●ould
           first
           bring
           it
           to
           f●dge
           ?
           Lastly
           ,
           Why
           was
           the
           Bill
           ,
           making
           Perjury
           in
           
             Capital
             Crimes
             Fellony
          
           ,
           without
           
             Benefit
             of
             the
             Clergy
          
           ,
           thrown
           out
           by
           the
           Court-Party
           ,
           but
           ●hat
           they
           might
           not
           discourage
           False
           Witnesses
           ,
           when
           they
           should
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           ●hem
           ,
           to
           swear
           to
           their
           Plots
           ?
        
         
           Yet
           I
           will
           not
           charge
           all
           those
           Gentlemen
           who
           visited
           VVhitney
           ,
           with
           knowing
           ●he
           Drift
           of
           the
           Plot-men
           ;
           one
           or
           two
           of
           them
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           were
           for
           another
           end
           ,
           or
           ●ere
           carried
           thither
           for
           a
           Blind
           :
           One
           of
           them
           has
           cleared
           his
           own
           Credit
           ,
           by
           falling
           ●ff
           ,
           when
           he
           perceived
           them
           making
           Plots
           ;
           another
           of
           them
           I
           have
           great
           reason
           ●o
           think
           of
           too
           quiet
           a
           Genias
           to
           meddle
           in
           such
           Matters
           .
           It
           will
           be
           expected
           that
           ●nce
           I
           name
           them
           all
           ,
           I
           should
           likewise
           by
           name
           distinguish
           the
           Guilty
           from
           the
           ●uiltless
           :
           But
           I
           conceive
           't
           is
           more
           proper
           to
           leave
           to
           those
           two
           latter
           an
           occasion
           ●f
           clearing
           themselves
           ,
           by
           laying
           the
           enormous
           Crime
           at
           the
           Doors
           of
           those
           who
           
           did
           really
           deserve
           that
           Imputation
           .
           And
           it
           being
           more
           their
           Concern
           than
           mine
           ,
           if
           they
           refuse
           that
           Duty
           to
           Truth
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           Honour
           ,
           they
           must
           blame
           themselves
           for
           the
           Shame
           and
           Infamy
           they
           may
           incurr
           :
           For
           certainly
           the
           Memory
           of
           those
           who
           were
           the
           Contrivers
           and
           Abettors
           of
           this
           
             Damnable
             Hellish
             VVilliamite-Plot
          
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           whom
           they
           will
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           as
           they
           will
           ,
           will
           so
           stink
           before
           God
           and
           every
           good
           Christian
           ,
           that
           no
           Man
           of
           any
           Honour
           or
           Reputation
           but
           will
           avoid
           their
           Conversation
           ,
           and
           abhor
           them
           as
           
             Atheistical
             Reprobates
             ,
             Suborners
             of
             Perjury
             ,
             the
             worst
             of
             Murtherers
             ,
          
           and
           
             the
             most
             profligate
             of
             Villains
          
           .
        
         
           These
           Particulars
           ,
           which
           happ'd
           to
           come
           to
           my
           certain
           Knowledg
           ,
           by
           conversing
           casually
           with
           those
           who
           knew
           the
           bottom
           of
           that
           Mystery
           of
           Iniquity
           ,
           (
           and
           many
           more
           we
           might
           have
           known
           ,
           had
           not
           Burchil
           out
           of
           Fear
           been
           so
           reserved
           ;
           )
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           communicate
           to
           my
           Dear
           Countreymen
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           use
           their
           best
           Prudence
           to
           avoid
           the
           Snares
           which
           the
           Interested
           Court-Party
           will
           lay
           for
           them
           :
           Hoping
           too
           ,
           that
           these
           short
           but
           clear
           Hints
           will
           keep
           the
           People
           from
           being
           allarmed
           with
           the
           hollow
           Pretences
           ,
           and
           loud
           Noise
           of
           imaginary
           Plots
           ;
           and
           that
           instead
           of
           hating
           ,
           they
           will
           pity
           those
           who
           shall
           fall
           into
           such
           State-Traps
           .
           And
           lastly
           ,
           that
           ,
           plucking
           up
           the
           Hearts
           of
           true
           Englishmen
           ,
           they
           may
           stand
           up
           for
           our
           
             Laws
             ,
             Liberty
          
           ,
           and
           Property
           ,
           against
           Lawless
           Orders
           and
           Warrants
           ,
           
             base
             Slavery
          
           ,
           and
           
             unpitied
             Beggary
          
           ,
           under
           which
           we
           groan
           already
           ;
           and
           since
           the
           Nation
           subsists
           by
           preserving
           
             those
             Common
             Goods
          
           ,
           if
           we
           supinely
           neglect
           the
           Preservation
           of
           them
           ,
           we
           must
           expect
           that
           our
           
             Dear
             Native
             Country
          
           will
           e're
           long
           be
           overwhelmed
           ,
           and
           buried
           in
           its
           own
           Ruines
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCXCIII
           .