A narrative of the popish plot in Ireland for the murdering the Protestants there, and the introducing of popery : and the assistance they depended upon from England / discovered by me James Carrol, in the year 1672 ; with an account of my sufferings for discovering the same.
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             A narrative of the popish plot in Ireland for the murdering the Protestants there, and the introducing of popery : and the assistance they depended upon from England / discovered by me James Carrol, in the year 1672 ; with an account of my sufferings for discovering the same.
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           A
           NARRATIVE
           OF
           THE
           Popish
           PLOT
           IN
           IRELAND
           ,
           FOR
           THE
           Murdering
           the
           PROTESTANTS
           There
           ,
           AND
           THE
           Introducing
           of
           POPERY
           ,
           and
           the
           Assistance
           they
           depended
           upon
           from
           ENGLAND
           .
        
         
           Discovered
           by
           me
           
             James
             Carrol
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1672.
           
        
         
           WITH
           An
           Account
           of
           my
           Sufferings
           for
           discovering
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Janeway
          
           ,
           in
           Queens-Head-Ally
           ,
           in
           Pater-noster-Row
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
           
             MARCH
             25.
             1681.
             
          
        
         
           ORDERED
           ,
           By
           Vote
           of
           the
           House
           of
           Commons
           ,
           That
           the
           Examination
           of
           Fitz-Harris
           and
           others
           ,
           taken
           by
           Sir
           
             George
             Treby
          
           ,
           be
           Printed
           :
           Which
           accordingly
           this
           Informants
           Examination
           was
           taken
           before
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             George
             Treby
          
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Title
           Page
           appears
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           ,
           Arthur
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           ,
           Viscount
           Malden
           ,
           and
           Baron
           Capel
           ,
           of
           ●●dham
           ,
           sometime
           since
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           lately
           one
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Privy-Council
           .
        
         
           
             May
             it
             please
             you
             Lordship
             !
          
        
         
           THAT
           zeal
           and
           unwearied
           diligence
           which
           your
           Honour
           has
           on
           all
           occasions
           demonstrated
           to
           preserve
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           prevent
           the
           still
           advancing
           Plots
           of
           
             bloody
             Papists
          
           ,
           has
           most
           justly
           rendred
           all
           English
           Protestants
           your
           Debtors
           ,
           and
           fill'd
           them
           with
           veneration
           for
           your
           name
           and
           person
           .
           Were
           
             all
             Noble-men
          
           endued
           with
           a
           like
           prudence
           ,
           and
           integrity
           ,
           the
           popish
           plot
           had
           long
           since
           lost
           
             its
             Head
          
           ,
           and
           England
           been
           secured
           (
           as
           with
           a
           Brazen
           Wall
           )
           against
           all
           the
           malicious
           effects
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           The
           Trojans
           of
           old
           had
           not
           been
           destroyed
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           trusted
           to
           
           Sinon's
           flatteries
           ,
           and
           admitted
           the
           
             fatal
             Horse
          
           ,
           cramb'd
           with
           
             treacherous
             Greeks
          
           ,
           within
           their
           Walls
           .
           Nor
           can
           England
           and
           Ireland
           become
           enslaved
           to
           the
           Pope
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           Forrein
           power
           ,
           unless
           some
           of
           our
           own
           (
           intrusted
           subordinately
           with
           the
           Administration
           of
           affairs
           )
           clandestinely
           joyn
           with
           our
           open
           enemies
           .
           But
           where
           Thieves
           keep
           the
           keys
           ,
           well
           may
           the
           house
           be
           rifled
           ;
           and
           if
           Wolves
           ,
           though
           in
           Sheeps-cloathing
           ,
           be
           once
           made
           Shepherds
           ,
           't
           is
           not
           difficult
           to
           imagine
           what
           will
           become
           of
           the
           flock
           .
           Nor
           can
           that
           Nation
           but
           be
           esteem'd
           in
           a
           condition
           deplorable
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           very
           precipice
           to
           wilful
           ruin
           ,
           where
           't
           is
           a
           matter
           of
           
             greater
             hazard
             to
             discover
          
           Treasons
           ,
           than
           to
           contrive
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           following
           Narrative
           will
           partly
           shew
           the
           figure
           which
           potent
           Papists
           have
           made
           for
           some
           years
           past
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           what
           influence
           they
           have
           had
           (
           like
           malevolent
           Planets
           )
           to
           blast
           and
           crush
           all
           that
           durst
           go
           about
           to
           detect
           their
           disloyal
           Hellish
           designs
           .
           It
           will
           here
           appear
           ,
           that
           
           there
           hath
           been
           for
           many
           years
           a
           Treasonable
           Conspiracy
           carrying
           on
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Popish
           Irish
           were
           in
           an
           expecting
           readiness
           to
           give
           the
           blow
           ,
           and
           act
           over
           their
           Butcheries
           of
           41
           ,
           but
           with
           greater
           barbarity
           :
           Only
           one
           thing
           there
           was
           that
           hindred
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Dutch
           (
           a
           powerful
           Protestant
           State
           ,
           
             very
             powerful
          
           till
           some
           late
           Jesuitical
           designs
           weakned
           them
           )
           must
           first
           be
           ruined
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           it
           seems
           the
           project
           was
           general
           to
           root
           out
           and
           destroy
           all
           the
           Protestants
           throughout
           Europe
           ;
           for
           this
           declaration
           to
           me
           was
           made
           in
           the
           year
           1672
           ,
           a
           time
           when
           England
           and
           France
           were
           so
           hopefully
           united
           ,
           and
           vigorously
           engaged
           in
           a
           War
           with
           Holland
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           juncture
           when
           the
           never
           tobe
           forgotten
           Camp
           at
           Blackheath
           was
           on
           foot
           .
        
         
           What
           Intervening
           accidents
           might
           make
           the
           Conspirators
           defer
           their
           rising
           in
           Arms
           ,
           or
           whether
           my
           making
           this
           discovery
           might
           not
           cause
           them
           to
           be
           more
           wary
           ,
           though
           through
           some
           peoples
           kind
           connivance
           ,
           it
           rendred
           them
           never
           the
           more
           disabled
           to
           have
           gone
           on
           ,
           I
           determine
           not
           :
           't
           is
           enough
           that
           as
           I
           knew
           it
           my
           duty
           to
           divulge
           it
           :
           so
           ,
           although
           meerly
           for
           the
           same
           I
           have
           now
           past
           through
           a
           
             Nine-years
             .
             Purgatory
          
           ,
           and
           am
           thereby
           reduced
           to
           poverty
           ,
           debt
           ,
           and
           great
           extremity
           ;
           yet
           were
           it
           still
           to
           do
           ,
           I
           would
           discharge
           my
           conscience
           ,
           though
           a
           Thousand
           
             Popish
             Lords
          
           were
           concern'd
           to
           be
           angry
           ,
           and
           I
           were
           sure
           not
           only
           to
           lose
           my
           Livelyhood
           ,
           but
           my
           Life
           likewise
           on
           that
           account
           .
        
         
           At
           your
           Lordships
           feet
           I
           humbly
           lay
           these
           papers
           ,
           and
           presume
           to
           shelter
           them
           into
           the
           world
           under
           the
           patronage
           of
           your
           truly
           Honourable
           Name
           ;
           as
           well
           because
           your
           Lordship
           is
           so
           excellently
           qualified
           to
           judg
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           them
           by
           your
           
             great
             insight
          
           into
           the
           complexion
           of
           affairs
           and
           persons
           in
           Ireland
           (
           which
           had
           the
           honour
           of
           having
           your
           Lordship
           for
           some
           
             (
             too
             short
          
           )
           time
           her
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           )
           as
           in
           regard
           of
           my
           
             particular
             obligation
          
           ,
           that
           the
           same
           might
           remain
           as
           a
           
             publick
             testimony
          
           of
           my
           gratitude
           .
        
         
           
             Your
             Lordships
             Most
             Humble
             and
             Fatithful
             Servant
             ,
             James
             Carroll
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           3.
           l.
           45.
           r.
           seven
           .
           p.
           5.
           l.
           36.
           r.
           Hen.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           The
           Information
           of
           Mr.
           
             James
             Carroll
             ,
             Junior
          
           ,
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           
             Ireland
             ,
             Spanish
          
           Leather-dresser
           ;
           and
           also
           a
           Freeman
           of
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           an
           English
           Protestant
           ,
           born
           at
           
             New
             Castle
          
           upon
           Tyne
           ,
           the
           first
           Discoverer
           of
           the
           Horrible
           and
           Bloody
           Irish
           Plot
           against
           the
           Protestants
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           upon
           the
           12th
           day
           of
           
             April
             ,
             Anno
          
           1672.
           
           Taken
           upon
           Oath
           before
           the
           Right
           Worshipful
           Sir
           
             George
             Treby
          
           ,
           Knight
           ,
           Recorder
           of
           this
           Honourable
           City
           of
           London
           ,
           by
           His
           Majesties
           Order
           in
           Council
           .
        
         
           THIS
           Informant
           saith
           ,
           That
           he
           ,
           together
           with
           
             James
             Carroll
          
           ,
           the
           elder
           ,
           this
           Informants
           Father
           ,
           having
           occasion
           to
           travel
           in
           the
           said
           Kingdom
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           buy
           Wool
           ,
           Skins
           ,
           and
           other
           Commoditie
           relating
           to
           the
           Trade
           or
           Calling
           of
           this
           Informant
           ,
           did
           on
           the
           said
           12th
           day
           of
           
             April
             ,
             Anno
             Dom.
          
           1672.
           arrive
           at
           Portumna
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Gallway
           ,
           a
           Town
           belonging
           to
           
             William
             Burke
          
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           and
           took
           up
           their
           Lodgings
           at
           the
           house
           of
           one
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           ,
           an
           Inn-keeper
           ,
           then
           living
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Black-Spred
           Eagle
           ,
           in
           the
           said
           Town
           of
           Portumna
           ,
           which
           said
           Allen
           then
           was
           a
           Tenant
           or
           Steward
           unto
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ;
           and
           this
           Informant
           saith
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           then
           and
           there
           falling
           into
           discourse
           with
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           supposing
           them
           to
           be
           Irish
           ,
           this
           Informant's
           said
           Father
           speaking
           the
           Irish
           Tongue
           ,
           did
           enquire
           of
           them
           what
           News
           there
           was
           abroad
           :
           whereunto
           they
           answered
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           been
           travelling
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Country
           ,
           but
           heard
           no
           strange
           News
           :
           whereupon
           he
           said
           to
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           in
           English
           ,
           as
           followeth
           :
           If
           (
           said
           he
           )
           
             we
             have
             news
             ,
             that
             the
          
           Dutch
           
             are
             beaten
             ,
             whom
             we
             are
             in
             great
             hopes
             utterly
             to
             destroy
             ,
             for
             that
             's
             the
             l●ght
             we
             must
             put
             out
             ,
             we
             have
             so
             good
             assurance
             not
             only
             from
          
           France
           but
           England
           
             too
             ;
             for
             there
             's
             one
             ,
             we
             are
             sure
             ,
             will
             stick
             by
             us
             ;
             then
             my
             Lord
          
           Clanrickard
           
             will
             presently
             sound
             a
             Trumpet
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             go
             along
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             three
             or
             four
             score
             more
             of
             this
             Town
             ,
             well
             horsed
             and
             armed
             ,
             and
             every
             man
             five
             pounds
             in
             his
             Pocket
             ;
             and
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             kill
             an
             hundred
             of
             the
             Protestants
             ,
             Anabaptists
             ,
             Independents
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             Phanatick
             Rogues
             ,
             before
             I
             am
             killed
             ;
             for
             I
             expect
             a
             Quarter-Masters
             place
             in
             the
             Troop
             that
             is
             here
             to
             be
             raised
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             have
             some
             of
             them
             upon
             the
             point
             of
             my
             Sword
             before
             the
             last
             of
          
           June
           :
           
             and
             as
             for
             those
             that
             are
             here
             in
             this
             Country
             ,
             we
             will
             soon
             cut
             them
             off
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             no
             
             help
             to
             come
             from
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Brook
          
           (
           meaning
           
             England
             )
             for
             we
             have
             taken
             care
             to
             prevent
             that
             ,
             by
             having
             an
             Embargo
             put
             on
             Shipping
             ,
             that
             none
             can
             come
             from
             thence
             to
             help
             them
             ;
             so
             that
             we
             shall
             be
             twelve
             to
             one
             ,
             and
             leave
             them
             neither
             root
             nor
             branch
             ,
             nor
             spare
             them
             as
             in
             their
             former
             Rising
             .
          
           Whereto
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           answered
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           This
           is
           strange
           news
           indeed
           :
           whereupon
           the
           said
           Allen
           askt
           this
           Informant's
           said
           Father
           (
           thus
           )
           Why
           did
           not
           you
           hear
           what
           was
           spoken
           at
           Mass
           yesterday
           ,
           being
           Easter-Munday
           ?
           And
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           still
           continued
           to
           declare
           to
           the
           effect
           aforesaid
           ;
           furthermore
           cursing
           the
           English
           in
           a
           most
           horrid
           manner
           ,
           declaring
           their
           wicked
           and
           bloody
           designs
           against
           them
           .
           And
           this
           Informant
           saith
           ,
           that
           upon
           his
           return
           from
           Portumna
           to
           Dublin
           ,
           aforesaid
           ,
           through
           his
           duty
           and
           allegiance
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           natural
           affection
           to
           his
           Country-men
           ,
           the
           Protestants
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           resolving
           to
           reveal
           and
           ,
           make
           known
           such
           the
           Treasonable
           and
           dangerous
           words
           of
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           ,
           did
           immediately
           repair
           to
           one
           Dr.
           Topham
           ,
           a
           Master
           in
           Chancery
           ,
           before
           whom
           the
           Informant
           did
           upon
           his
           corporal
           Oath
           declare
           and
           make
           the
           same
           known
           :
           and
           saith
           ,
           that
           presently
           after
           this
           Informant
           was
           sent
           for
           ,
           and
           did
           accordingly
           appear
           before
           the
           Lord
           Berkley
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           then
           Lord
           Lieftenant
           ,
           and
           the
           Council
           at
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           examined
           touching
           the
           Premises
           ,
           which
           this
           Informant
           again
           confirmed
           upon
           three
           several
           Examinations
           before
           the
           said
           Lord
           Lieftenant
           and
           Council
           :
           and
           after
           that
           this
           Informant
           was
           sent
           for
           before
           .
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Booth
          
           ,
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           of
           the
           Common-Pleas
           at
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           by
           him
           ingaged
           to
           prosecute
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           for
           the
           said
           Treasonable
           and
           dangerous
           words
           .
           And
           this
           Informant
           saith
           ,
           that
           soon
           after
           this
           Examination
           aforesaid
           ,
           a
           certain
           English
           man
           ,
           who
           ,
           as
           this
           Informant
           was
           informed
           ,
           had
           been
           an
           old
           Souldier
           ,
           or
           Officer
           ,
           and
           lived
           in
           ,
           or
           about
           the
           County
           of
           Wicklow
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           whose
           name
           this
           Informant
           hath
           forgot
           ,
           came
           also
           before
           the
           said
           Lord
           Lieftenant
           and
           Council
           ,
           and
           there
           upon
           his
           corporal
           Oath
           declared
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           some
           certain
           
           Irish-men
           about
           the
           time
           of
           the
           said
           Thomas
           Allen's
           Speeches
           ,
           offered
           him
           a
           Commission
           to
           raise
           men
           ,
           and
           also
           to
           impower
           him
           to
           give
           Commissions
           for
           that
           purpose
           to
           whom
           he
           should
           think
           fit
           ;
           and
           advised
           him
           to
           get
           all
           the
           assistance
           he
           could
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           he
           should
           be
           supplied
           with
           money
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           business
           ,
           and
           they
           should
           be
           in
           a
           readiness
           within
           twelve
           days
           ,
           then
           next
           following
           ;
           for
           that
           they
           expected
           about
           that
           time
           to
           rise
           ,
           and
           be
           up
           in
           Arms
           against
           the
           Protestants
           in
           Ireland
           :
           and
           saith
           ,
           that
           about
           three
           Weeks
           or
           a
           Month
           after
           ,
           all
           the
           said
           
           English-mans
           Stock
           ,
           Cattle
           ,
           Goods
           and
           Substance
           were
           taken
           from
           him
           ,
           whereby
           he
           was
           ruined
           and
           quite
           undone
           :
           And
           although
           the
           said
           
           English-man
           Petitioned
           the
           Lord
           Lieftenant
           and
           Council
           for
           relief
           ,
           in
           such
           his
           distressed
           condition
           ,
           yet
           could
           he
           not
           obtain
           any
           relief
           ,
           as
           the
           said
           
           English-man
           declared
           ,
           and
           told
           this
           Informant
           ,
           who
           since
           that
           time
           could
           never
           see
           him
           ,
           or
           hear
           any
           thing
           of
           him
           .
           And
           this
           Informant
           saith
           ,
           that
           being
           ,
           as
           aforefaid
           ,
           engaged
           by
           the
           said
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Booth
           ,
           to
           prosecute
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           ,
           a
           Pursevant
           was
           accordingly
           sent
           for
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           ,
           but
           he
           could
           not
           be
           found
           ;
           and
           immediately
           after
           this
           Informant
           saw
           the
           said
           Allen
           and
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           together
           in
           the
           said
           Earls
           Coach
           ,
           come
           into
           Dublin
           ,
           where
           the
           said
           Earl
           appeared
           with
           the
           said
           Allen
           ,
           as
           his
           assistant
           ;
           
           and
           the
           said
           Allen
           ,
           together
           with
           this
           Informant
           ,
           presently
           appeared
           before
           the
           said
           Lord
           Lieftenant
           and
           Council
           ,
           and
           by
           them
           was
           examined
           concerning
           the
           said
           Treasonable
           words
           and
           Speeches
           so
           by
           the
           said
           Allen
           spoken
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           :
           all
           which
           the
           said
           Allen
           denied
           ;
           and
           also
           denied
           ,
           that
           this
           Informant
           ,
           or
           his
           said
           Father
           was
           ,
           or
           were
           at
           the
           house
           of
           him
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           ,
           or
           in
           Portumna
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           aforesaid
           :
           whereupon
           this
           Informant
           being
           again
           examined
           ,
           in
           the
           said
           Thomas
           Allen's
           presence
           ,
           did
           again
           confirm
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Premises
           ,
           and
           then
           also
           proved
           ,
           that
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           were
           the
           12th
           of
           April
           in
           the
           house
           of
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Town
           of
           Portumna
           .
           And
           this
           Informant
           the
           better
           remembers
           it
           to
           be
           on
           the
           day
           and
           year
           aforesaid
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           had
           a
           Bond
           which
           was
           then
           and
           there
           sealed
           and
           delivered
           to
           this
           Informants
           use
           ,
           where
           
             Simon
             Allen
          
           a
           Brother
           to
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           ,
           had
           set
           his
           name
           as
           a
           witness
           .
           And
           upon
           this
           Informants
           then
           producing
           the
           said
           Bond
           ,
           and
           shewing
           the
           same
           to
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           deny
           the
           hand-writing
           of
           his
           said
           brother
           .
           Thereupon
           the
           said
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           and
           Council
           declaring
           they
           were
           very
           well
           satisfied
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           this
           Informants
           evidence
           ,
           did
           press
           and
           importune
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           to
           make
           an
           open
           and
           ingenuous
           confession
           of
           the
           whole
           truth
           of
           the
           matter
           ;
           telling
           him
           if
           he
           did
           not
           confess
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           worse
           for
           him
           .
           But
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           notwithstanding
           obstinately
           persisting
           in
           his
           said
           denial
           ,
           was
           by
           the
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           and
           Council
           ordered
           to
           stand
           committed
           close
           prisoner
           without
           Bail
           or
           Mainprise
           ,
           and
           so
           commanded
           the
           Gaoler
           to
           take
           him
           away
           .
           Nevertheless
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           was
           the
           very
           same
           day
           ,
           by
           the
           prevalency
           ,
           interest
           ,
           means
           and
           procurement
           of
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           set
           at
           liberty
           upon
           his
           giving
           his
           own
           security
           of
           One-hundred
           pounds
           penalty
           ,
           personally
           to
           appear
           within
           ten
           days
           next
           after
           notice
           should
           be
           given
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           to
           be
           left
           at
           the
           house
           of
           one
           
             Thomas
             Lowe
          
           ,
           scituate
           in
           St.
           Thomas
           Street
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           before
           the
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           and
           Council
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           depart
           without
           license
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Informant
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           some
           short
           time
           after
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           having
           further
           occasion
           to
           travel
           in
           the
           said
           County
           of
           Galway
           ,
           they
           came
           to
           the
           River
           Shannan
           ,
           where
           the
           wind
           being
           very
           high
           ,
           it
           was
           late
           before
           the
           Ferry-boat
           could
           pass
           them
           over
           to
           the
           said
           Town
           of
           Portumna
           ,
           where
           they
           arrived
           on
           a
           Saturday
           in
           the
           evening
           ;
           but
           finding
           the
           inhabitants
           there
           to
           gaze
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           draw
           tumultuously
           together
           ,
           conceived
           it
           altogether
           unsafe
           to
           lodge
           there
           ;
           and
           therefore
           altho'
           they
           were
           both
           very
           wet
           and
           weary
           ,
           did
           rather
           chuse
           to
           travel
           four
           miles
           further
           ,
           to
           a
           lone
           house
           on
           the
           road
           to
           Loughreak
           ,
           and
           six
           miles
           short
           of
           Loughrea
           ,
           whither
           they
           intended
           that
           night
           to
           have
           gone
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           been
           prevented
           by
           the
           delay
           of
           the
           Ferry-boat
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ;
           and
           the
           next
           morning
           ,
           being
           Sunday
           ,
           about
           eleven
           a
           clock
           in
           the
           morning
           ,
           they
           came
           to
           Loughrea
           ,
           wherethey
           rested
           that
           day
           and
           night
           ;
           and
           yet
           at
           or
           by
           the
           instigation
           of
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           and
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           ,
           or
           others
           his
           Accomplices
           ,
           the
           Constable
           of
           Loughrea
           and
           several
           other
           persons
           with
           him
           ,
           came
           very
           
           early
           the
           next
           morning
           ,
           being
           Monday
           ,
           to
           the
           house
           where
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           lodged
           that
           night
           in
           Loughrea
           aforesaid
           ,
           and
           there
           very
           rudely
           throwing
           open
           the
           Chamber-dore
           ,
           frightned
           them
           out
           of
           their
           sleep
           ,
           and
           there
           by
           virtue
           of
           a
           Warrant
           from
           one
           
             Iames
             Donnallan
          
           ,
           then
           a
           Steward
           also
           to
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           a
           Papist
           ,
           but
           yet
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           living
           near
           Loughrea
           ,
           seized
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           upon
           a
           pretence
           that
           they
           travelled
           on
           the
           Sabbath
           or
           Lords
           day
           ,
           whereas
           several
           of
           the
           Inhabitants
           there
           travelled
           and
           came
           all
           that
           Sabbath-day
           into
           Loughrea
           ,
           with
           their
           Carts
           and
           Horses
           Loaden
           from
           Athlone
           Faire
           ,
           Twenty
           Miles
           distant
           from
           Loughrea
           ,
           and
           yet
           none
           of
           these
           inhabitants
           were
           any
           ways
           troubled
           or
           molested
           for
           their
           so
           travelling
           on
           the
           same
           Sabbath
           day
           .
           And
           the
           said
           Constable
           and
           those
           persons
           with
           him
           ,
           then
           also
           seized
           and
           took
           away
           a
           Case
           of
           Pistols
           ,
           and
           two
           Swords
           belonging
           to
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           then
           lying
           on
           the
           Table
           in
           their
           Chambers
           ,
           and
           said
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           Father
           intended
           to
           kill
           some
           body
           with
           the
           Pistols
           and
           Swords
           ,
           whenas
           in
           truth
           they
           only
           carried
           the
           same
           about
           with
           them
           for
           their
           own
           defence
           .
           And
           this
           Informant
           nor
           his
           said
           Father
           could
           never
           get
           their
           said
           Pistols
           or
           Swords
           restored
           again
           to
           them
           .
           And
           the
           said
           Constable
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           persons
           then
           with
           him
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           having
           seized
           and
           forced
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           out
           of
           their
           bed
           ,
           did
           also
           then
           force
           them
           to
           travel
           six
           miles
           to
           one
           Dean
           Peirse
           ,
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           Minister
           ,
           living
           at
           that
           distance
           from
           Loughrea
           ;
           and
           the
           said
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           or
           Minister
           ,
           reproving
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           for
           such
           their
           travelling
           on
           the
           said
           Sabbath-day
           ,
           told
           them
           withall
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           heard
           they
           had
           given
           in
           evidence
           against
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           committed
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           to
           the
           Gaol
           at
           Loughrea
           aforesaid
           ,
           whither
           he
           commanded
           the
           Constable
           to
           carry
           them
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           private
           directions
           ,
           as
           this
           Informant
           knows
           ,
           because
           he
           overheard
           him
           ,
           that
           
             no
             bail
             should
             be
             taken
          
           for
           them
           ,
           or
           either
           of
           them
           ,
           altho'
           he
           the
           said
           Justice
           or
           Minister
           just
           before
           pretended
           to
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           
             give
             bail
          
           .
           And
           this
           Informant
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           he
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           being
           accordingly
           carried
           by
           the
           said
           Constable
           and
           those
           with
           him
           ,
           into
           the
           said
           Gaol
           in
           Loughrea
           ,
           were
           by
           the
           instigation
           ,
           prevalency
           ,
           and
           directions
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           there
           kept
           close
           prisoners
           for
           about
           five
           or
           six
           days
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Keepers
           of
           the
           said
           Gaol
           denied
           and
           not
           suffered
           to
           have
           any
           bed
           to
           lye
           on
           ,
           but
           only
           the
           ground
           in
           the
           said
           Gaol
           wherein
           they
           were
           so
           kept
           ;
           nor
           any
           clothes
           to
           cover
           them
           ,
           save
           only
           their
           own
           wearing
           clothes
           on
           their
           backs
           :
           and
           altho'
           they
           earnestly
           requested
           to
           have
           some
           sheepskins-brought
           to
           cover
           them
           from
           the
           cold
           ,
           yet
           could
           they
           not
           obtain
           leave
           to
           have
           the
           same
           done
           :
           neither
           would
           the
           said
           Keeper
           ,
           having
           receiv'd
           such
           directions
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           suffer
           any
           Friend
           to
           come
           into
           or
           near
           the
           said
           Gaol
           or
           Prison
           ,
           to
           speak
           with
           ,
           or
           do
           any
           thing
           for
           this
           Informant
           or
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           or
           to
           bring
           them
           any
           relief
           ,
           or
           suffer
           them
           to
           have
           any
           victuals
           or
           drink
           ;
           neither
           had
           they
           any
           whilst
           they
           continued
           there
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           could
           privately
           get
           of
           the
           poor
           prisoners
           in
           the
           same
           prison
           .
           And
           altho'
           this
           Informant
           just
           as
           he
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           were
           so
           brought
           to
           ,
           and
           going
           into
           the
           said
           Gaol
           ,
           did
           employ
           an
           
           English
           man
           ,
           a
           person
           living
           in
           Loughrea
           ,
           and
           gave
           him
           money
           ,
           and
           lent
           him
           this
           Informants
           Horse
           ,
           to
           convey
           or
           carry
           a
           Letter
           from
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           to
           Galloway
           ,
           but
           Fourteen
           Miles
           from
           Loughrea
           ;
           yet
           within
           an
           hour
           or
           two
           after
           ,
           fearing
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard's
           displeasure
           ,
           being
           (
           as
           this
           Informant
           hath
           great
           cause
           to
           believe
           )
           charged
           by
           some
           or
           other
           of
           the
           Earls
           Agents
           or
           Tenants
           there
           ,
           at
           his
           Perril
           ,
           as
           he
           told
           me
           ,
           not
           to
           convey
           or
           carry
           the
           said
           Letter
           ,
           did
           return
           this
           Informant
           his
           money
           again
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Constable
           ,
           
             Christopher
             Poor
          
           by
           name
           ,
           and
           a
           Popish
           Constable
           in
           Loughrea
           ,
           told
           him
           ,
           the
           said
           person
           ,
           that
           if
           he
           should
           carry
           the
           said
           Letter
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           ways
           appear
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           for
           this
           Informant
           or
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           
             Earl
             of
          
           Clanrickard
           
             would
             ruin
             him
             and
             his
             Family
             :
          
           And
           the
           better
           to
           colour
           the
           said
           malicious
           and
           injurious
           prosecutions
           against
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           several
           persons
           by
           such
           instigations
           and
           prevalencies
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           were
           procured
           to
           report
           ,
           that
           this
           Informant's
           said
           Father
           had
           a
           design
           to
           
             burn
             the
             said
             Town
             of
             Loughrea
          
           ;
           and
           that
           besides
           the
           said
           Information
           against
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           for
           such
           their
           travelling
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           on
           the
           Sabbath-day
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           seven
           or
           eight
           other
           Indictments
           preferred
           and
           prosecuted
           against
           them
           ,
           at
           the
           then
           Galloway
           Assizes
           :
           and
           in
           such
           Condition
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           lay
           in
           the
           said
           Goal
           or
           Prison
           in
           Loughrea
           ,
           aforesaid
           ,
           for
           some
           considerable
           time
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           might
           there
           have
           layn
           (
           if
           not
           destroy'd
           or
           famish't
           before
           by
           their
           cruel
           usages
           )
           had
           not
           this
           Informant
           ,
           through
           a
           Window
           of
           the
           said
           Prison
           ,
           accidentally
           seeing
           a
           stranger
           riding
           by
           ,
           conveyed
           to
           him
           a
           Letter
           ,
           directed
           to
           some
           friends
           of
           theirs
           ,
           then
           living
           in
           Galloway
           ,
           where
           ,
           by
           such
           means
           ,
           the
           said
           Letter
           was
           received
           ,
           and
           understanding
           thereby
           such
           the
           sad
           Condition
           of
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           their
           said
           friends
           did
           presently
           make
           application
           to
           the
           Judges
           of
           the
           Assizes
           ,
           then
           sitting
           there
           at
           Galloway
           ,
           and
           of
           them
           obtained
           an
           Order
           for
           the
           removal
           of
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           thither
           .
           And
           they
           being
           by
           the
           said
           Keepers
           of
           the
           said
           Goal
           thereupon
           brought
           to
           Galloway
           at
           night
           late
           ,
           were
           put
           in
           the
           vilest
           Prison
           in
           that
           Town
           ,
           amongst
           the
           condemned
           Malefactors
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           accommodation
           at
           all
           ;
           and
           the
           next
           morning
           they
           were
           brought
           before
           the
           said
           Judges
           ,
           Baron
           Heu
           and
           Judg
           Cusack
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           Assizes
           ,
           they
           then
           sitting
           ,
           where
           an
           Indictment
           was
           then
           preferred
           and
           read
           against
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           for
           such
           their
           travelling
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           on
           the
           Sabbath-day
           ;
           and
           another
           malicious
           Indictment
           was
           then
           also
           preferred
           there
           ,
           and
           read
           against
           this
           Informant's
           said
           Father
           ,
           whereby
           it
           was
           charged
           ,
           That
           he
           as
           before
           (
           which
           was
           most
           falsly
           and
           maliciously
           reported
           )
           had
           a
           design
           to
           
             burn
             Loughrea
          
           .
           And
           to
           the
           first
           of
           the
           said
           Indictments
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           upon
           the
           Courts
           demand
           submitted
           ;
           and
           to
           the
           last
           ,
           this
           Informants
           said
           Father
           put
           in
           his
           Traverse
           ;
           and
           altho'
           no
           prosecutors
           or
           witnesses
           then
           appeared
           against
           either
           of
           them
           ;
           yet
           were
           they
           ordered
           to
           give
           
             One
             thousand
             pounds
          
           Security
           not
           to
           depart
           the
           said
           Town
           of
           Galloway
           without
           leave
           of
           the
           said
           Court
           :
           and
           some
           time
           
           after
           ,
           on
           the
           last
           day
           of
           the
           said
           Assizes
           ,
           they
           were
           ordered
           by
           the
           said
           Court
           to
           give
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           did
           give
           
             new
             Security
          
           to
           appear
           there
           again
           at
           the
           next
           Assizes
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           the
           peace
           ,
           and
           be
           of
           
             good
             behaviour
          
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ;
           and
           having
           given
           security
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           Assizes
           being
           ended
           ,
           they
           then
           repaired
           to
           Dublin
           ,
           which
           is
           about
           
             one
             hundred
             miles
          
           from
           Galloway
           ;
           and
           from
           thence
           were
           forced
           to
           repair
           back
           again
           at
           the
           next
           Assizes
           accordingly
           to
           Galloway
           ,
           to
           their
           great
           trouble
           and
           charge
           ;
           and
           when
           they
           came
           there
           ,
           none
           appeared
           to
           maintain
           the
           aforesaid
           Indictment
           .
           But
           as
           if
           all
           these
           malicious
           and
           most
           vexatious
           proceedings
           had
           been
           nothing
           ,
           this
           Informant
           was
           again
           arrested
           the
           fourth
           of
           November
           following
           ,
           in
           an
           Action
           of
           
             Ten
             thousand
             pounds
          
           in
           the
           name
           of
           William
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           and
           thereupon
           being
           hurried
           to
           prison
           ,
           within
           four
           days
           procuring
           Bail
           ,
           he
           was
           again
           detained
           on
           another
           Action
           in
           the
           said
           Earls
           name
           ,
           of
           
             Twenty
             thousand
             pounds
          
           ,
           bearing
           date
           the
           eighth
           ditto
           ;
           and
           being
           ready
           to
           come
           forth
           again
           ,
           was
           a
           
             third
             time
          
           detained
           at
           the
           said
           Earls
           suit
           in
           an
           Action
           of
           
             Thirty
             thousand
             pounds
          
           ,
           in
           all
           amounting
           to
           
             Sixty
             thousand
             pounds
          
           ,
           laid
           upon
           him
           on
           purpose
           to
           ruine
           him
           utterly
           .
           And
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           within
           fourteen
           days
           ,
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           after
           ,
           the
           Informant
           procured
           a
           
             Habeas
             Corpus
          
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           the
           Common-Pleas
           Bar
           ,
           where
           tendering
           Bail
           to
           all
           the
           said
           Actions
           ,
           the
           said
           Earls
           Council
           moved
           for
           time
           to
           consider
           of
           the
           sufficiency
           of
           the
           said
           Bail
           ;
           which
           was
           granted
           them
           till
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           when
           and
           where
           this
           Informant
           was
           again
           brought
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           said
           Earls
           standing
           Council
           told
           the
           Judges
           ,
           That
           they
           had
           no
           directions
           or
           instructions
           to
           prosecute
           this
           Informant
           from
           the
           said
           Earl
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           conceived
           some
           persons
           had
           prosecuted
           him
           out
           of
           malice
           only
           to
           curryfavour
           with
           the
           said
           Earl
           ;
           and
           therefore
           desired
           he
           might
           be
           discharged
           of
           the
           foresaid
           Actions
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           he
           was
           discharged
           paying
           his
           Fees
           ;
           but
           then
           left
           without
           all
           remedy
           to
           recover
           his
           charges
           and
           damages
           ;
           the
           said
           Earl
           being
           at
           the
           said
           Bar
           ,
           declared
           to
           be
           
             no
             prosecutor
          
           ,
           tho'
           the
           said
           Actions
           were
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           and
           carried
           on
           by
           secret
           order
           (
           as
           this
           Deponent
           has
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           to
           think
           ,
           and
           does
           most
           assuredly
           believe
           )
           .
           But
           all
           these
           vexations
           sufficed
           not
           ,
           but
           being
           fully
           resolved
           on
           the
           destruction
           of
           this
           Informant
           ,
           and
           a
           discouragement
           to
           others
           ;
           For
           his
           innocence
           ,
           though
           zealous
           in
           performance
           of
           his
           duty
           in
           revealing
           the
           said
           Treasonable
           words
           ,
           he
           was
           again
           shortly
           after
           arrested
           by
           a
           Writ
           of
           Two
           thousand
           pounds
           out
           of
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           ,
           at
           the
           suit
           of
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ;
           to
           which
           he
           gave
           bail
           ;
           and
           again
           in
           some
           short
           time
           was
           arrested
           at
           the
           suit
           of
           the
           said
           Earl
           ,
           in
           another
           Action
           of
           Two
           thousand
           pounds
           out
           of
           the
           said
           Court
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           also
           gave
           bail
           :
           and
           being
           bound
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           to
           appear
           at
           Galloway
           Assizes
           ,
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           did
           accordingly
           attend
           ,
           and
           were
           there
           cleared
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           the
           following
           Discharge
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                 
                   At
                   a
                   General
                   Goal-Delivery
                   ,
                   held
                   at
                   St.
                   FRANCIS
                   ABBY
                   ,
                   near
                   GALLOWAY
                   ,
                   
                     March
                     the
                     4th
                     ,
                     1672.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   MEmorandum
                   ,
                   That
                   at
                   the
                   said
                   Assizes
                   ,
                   
                     James
                     Carrol
                     Seignior
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   
                     James
                     Carrol
                     Junior
                  
                   ,
                   appeared
                   upon
                   their
                   Recognizances
                   ,
                   being
                   bound
                   over
                   from
                   the
                   last
                   Assizes
                   ;
                   and
                   nothing
                   now
                   appearing
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   were
                   discharged
                   by
                   Proclamation
                   .
                   
                     Dated
                     ut
                     supra
                  
                   ,
                
                 
                   Per
                   Jo.
                   Caroll
                   ,
                   D.
                   Car.
                   Cor.
                   
                
              
            
          
        
         
           The
           first
           of
           the
           last
           mentioned
           Actions
           being
           laid
           for
           two
           thousand
           Pounds
           damages
           ,
           was
           dismiss'd
           for
           
           Non-Prosecution
           :
           On
           the
           second
           Action
           of
           two
           thousand
           Pounds
           was
           declared
           ,
           that
           this
           Informant
           had
           scandalized
           the
           said
           Earl
           to
           the
           damage
           of
           the
           foresaid
           Action
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           said
           Actions
           were
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           ,
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           the
           Declaration
           fyled
           there
           ;
           yet
           the
           said
           Earls
           Council
           moved
           the
           Court
           ,
           that
           the
           Venire
           might
           be
           laid
           in
           Galloway
           ,
           and
           the
           Action
           tryed
           there
           :
           Whereupon
           this
           Informant
           petitioned
           the
           Court
           that
           the
           Venire
           might
           abide
           at
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           be
           tryed
           there
           ;
           setting
           forth
           ,
           that
           Dublin
           was
           the
           place
           where
           he
           had
           made
           discovery
           of
           the
           Treasonable
           Words
           spoken
           by
           Allen
           ,
           on
           which
           the
           said
           William
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard's
           Action
           was
           pretendedly
           grounded
           ;
           and
           that
           his
           Witnesses
           to
           prove
           the
           said
           Allen
           had
           spoke
           those
           words
           ,
           were
           in
           Dublin
           :
           That
           Galloway
           was
           a
           place
           where
           the
           said
           Earl
           was
           very
           Potent
           ,
           and
           above
           an
           hundred
           miles
           distant
           from
           this
           Informants
           and
           his
           Witnesses
           Habitations
           ,
           which
           Journey
           would
           be
           to
           their
           great
           costs
           and
           charges
           ,
           besides
           the
           imminent
           danger
           of
           their
           Lives
           in
           going
           thither
           ,
           or
           coming
           from
           thence
           ,
           by
           those
           rude
           and
           exasperated
           persons
           that
           live
           on
           the
           way
           :
           That
           what
           he
           had
           done
           was
           in
           discharge
           of
           his
           duty
           to
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           preservation
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           wherein
           he
           had
           done
           the
           said
           Earl
           no
           wrong
           .
           But
           if
           the
           said
           Earl
           were
           slandered
           ,
           or
           was
           any
           wise
           scandalized
           ,
           it
           was
           by
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           his
           Tenant
           or
           Steward
           ,
           against
           whom
           in
           Right
           and
           Justice
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           taken
           his
           Remedy
           (
           if
           he
           had
           thought
           it
           safe
           so
           to
           do
           )
           and
           not
           against
           this
           Informant
           :
           Yet
           (
           notwithstanding
           )
           several
           Petitions
           ,
           and
           some
           Affidavits
           taken
           in
           Court
           ,
           and
           also
           pleaded
           by
           this
           Informants
           Council
           ,
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Reynolds
          
           ,
           and
           Counsellor
           Whitfield
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           Tryal
           kept
           at
           
           the
           
             Kings
             Bench
             Bar
             ,
             Dublin
          
           ,
           they
           were
           still
           put
           off
           and
           denied
           by
           Justice
           
             Oliver
             Jones
          
           ,
           an
           Irish
           Man
           ,
           a
           reputed
           Papist
           ;
           and
           there
           being
           no
           other
           Judg
           on
           the
           Bench
           ,
           He
           in
           a
           great
           passion
           adjourned
           the
           said
           Court
           from
           Ten
           of
           the
           Clock
           till
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           and
           continued
           the
           Adjournments
           for
           two
           or
           three
           days
           together
           ,
           merely
           upon
           the
           motions
           of
           this
           Informants
           Council
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           said
           Tryal
           held
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           being
           the
           proper
           place
           ;
           but
           the
           said
           Judg
           still
           denying
           it
           ,
           answered
           ,
           he
           
             had
             resolved
             to
             the
             contrary
          
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           this
           Informants
           said
           Council
           told
           him
           ,
           they
           had
           lost
           the
           Judges
           favour
           for
           that
           Term
           ,
           for
           being
           so
           much
           concerned
           for
           the
           Informant
           ,
           and
           likewise
           assured
           this
           Informant
           it
           was
           contrary
           to
           Law
           and
           Justice
           ,
           and
           common
           practice
           ,
           for
           the
           Judg
           so
           to
           do
           .
           Then
           this
           Informant
           was
           forced
           with
           his
           said
           Father
           his
           Witness
           ,
           to
           Travel
           to
           Galloway
           to
           attend
           the
           said
           Tryal
           there
           ;
           where
           though
           he
           was
           there
           three
           days
           before
           the
           day
           of
           Tryal
           ,
           yet
           could
           he
           not
           get
           any
           
             Council
             for
             money
          
           to
           plead
           his
           cause
           .
           Then
           at
           the
           appointed
           time
           ,
           Petitioning
           the
           Judges
           to
           assign
           him
           Council
           ,
           and
           allow
           one
           day
           to
           advise
           with
           them
           ;
           Justice
           Jones
           would
           allow
           no
           time
           .
           The
           Earls
           Council
           urged
           there
           were
           three
           Councils
           unretained
           by
           the
           said
           Earl
           ,
           whom
           this
           Informant
           did
           retain
           ,
           giving
           them
           their
           fee
           ,
           eighteen
           Shillings
           each
           man
           ,
           with
           the
           Breviates
           of
           his
           Cause
           ,
           which
           were
           drawn
           by
           Counsellor
           Whitfield
           ,
           the
           Informant
           being
           forced
           to
           be
           content
           with
           the
           said
           Council
           ,
           who
           were
           all
           Irish
           Papists
           .
           The
           only
           matter
           and
           issue
           for
           this
           Informant
           was
           ,
           to
           prove
           that
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           had
           spoken
           the
           said
           Treasonable
           Words
           ,
           which
           was
           so
           well
           proved
           by
           his
           said
           Father
           his
           Witness
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           his
           Council
           told
           the
           Court
           the
           Evidence
           was
           sufficient
           ,
           but
           was
           over-ruled
           by
           the
           said
           Justice
           Jones
           ,
           saying
           ,
           That
           that
           was
           not
           the
           case
           now
           ;
           and
           beckoning
           with
           his
           hand
           to
           this
           Informants
           Council
           when
           he
           spoke
           the
           words
           ;
           so
           that
           none
           of
           the
           Informants
           Council
           spoke
           a
           word
           more
           on
           his
           behalf
           at
           that
           time
           .
           But
           Judg
           Povey
           declared
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           sufficiently
           proved
           that
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           had
           spoke
           those
           words
           ;
           however
           the
           Jury
           being
           some
           of
           them
           outlaw'd
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           them
           Papists
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           Tenants
           ,
           others
           Bayliffs
           ,
           and
           all
           of
           them
           some
           way
           or
           other
           related
           to
           the
           said
           Earl
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           present
           at
           the
           said
           Tryal
           ,
           brought
           in
           a
           Verdict
           against
           this
           Informant
           for
           two
           thousand
           pounds
           Damages
           ,
           and
           six
           pence
           cost
           ;
           upon
           which
           the
           said
           Earl
           hath
           since
           in
           Dublin
           obtained
           a
           Judgment
           against
           this
           Informant
           for
           the
           same
           to
           his
           utter
           Ruine
           ,
           the
           said
           Earl
           being
           a
           dangerous
           Papist
           ,
           of
           great
           power
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           as
           this
           Informant
           is
           credibly
           informed
           ,
           he
           then
           was
           and
           still
           is
           Admiral
           of
           the
           Irish
           Seas
           belonging
           to
           Galloway
           under
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           then
           reported
           he
           was
           to
           be
           Governor
           of
           Galloway
           ,
           in
           the
           Year
           1672.
           
        
         
           And
           this
           Informant
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           at
           Galloway
           the
           same
           day
           after
           the
           Tryal
           was
           over
           ,
           he
           was
           endeavoured
           withal
           to
           be
           perswaded
           to
           submit
           himself
           to
           the
           said
           Earl
           ,
           and
           to
           declare
           what
           he
           had
           done
           
             was
             at
             the
             instigation
             of
             some
             others
             ,
          
           as
           being
           his
           only
           way
           to
           be
           safe
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Earl
           would
           then
           pay
           him
           his
           Charges
           ,
           and
           discharge
           him
           of
           the
           said
           Verdict
           ,
           which
           he
           only
           obtained
           for
           his
           credit
           :
           And
           it
           was
           
           then
           also
           added
           ,
           by
           
             John
             Carrol
          
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Crown
           ,
           that
           otherwise
           ,
           Let
           this
           Informant
           return
           to
           Dublin
           which
           way
           he
           would
           ,
           there
           were
           those
           Related
           to
           the
           said
           Earl
           would
           wait
           
             to
             do
             his
             Business
             for
             him
             .
          
           Whereunto
           this
           Informant
           replyed
           .
           That
           he
           never
           was
           put
           on
           by
           any
           one
           ;
           That
           what
           he
           had
           declared
           was
           no
           more
           than
           what
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           had
           said
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           it
           was
           to
           do
           again
           ,
           he
           would
           do
           it
           ;
           looking
           upon
           it
           a
           duty
           incumbent
           upon
           every
           good
           Subject
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           take
           the
           best
           care
           of
           himself
           he
           could
           in
           returning
           home
           ,
           trusting
           in
           God
           to
           preserve
           him
           from
           such
           as
           sought
           unjustly
           to
           do
           him
           hurt
           :
           And
           to
           that
           purpose
           finding
           himself
           
             often
             threatened
          
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           abused
           in
           Galloway
           ,
           he
           was
           forced
           ,
           together
           with
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           to
           get
           thence
           
             by
             Night
          
           ,
           and
           forsake
           the
           common
           Road
           ,
           and
           to
           go
           all
           the
           by-ways
           they
           could
           to
           secure
           their
           lives
           ;
           they
           having
           since
           been
           credibly
           informed
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           pursued
           by
           
             seven
             Persons
             near
             sixty
             miles
          
           ,
           to
           have
           done
           them
           mischief
           ;
           and
           lately
           this
           Informant
           was
           credibly
           informed
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Life-Guard
           man
           hired
           to
           kill
           him
           upon
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard's
           account
           at
           ,
           Dublin
           .
        
         
           Furthermore
           ,
           In
           November
           ,
           1678.
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           understanding
           that
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           had
           made
           a
           Relation
           of
           their
           great
           sufferings
           by
           the
           said
           Earls
           unjust
           Prosecutions
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           charges
           and
           damages
           they
           had
           thereby
           sustained
           ;
           he
           the
           said
           Earl
           on
           the
           thirtieth
           of
           November
           ,
           took
           out
           Writs
           of
           
             one
             thousand
             pounds
          
           out
           of
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           against
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           ,
           and
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           same
           Arrested
           his
           said
           
             Ancient
             Father
          
           ,
           and
           there
           most
           inhumanely
           abused
           him
           ,
           and
           laid
           him
           in
           Prison
           from
           the
           Thirtieth
           of
           November
           till
           the
           expiration
           of
           two
           Terms
           ,
           before
           an
           appearance
           could
           be
           allowed
           of
           in
           the
           Kings
           Bench
           ;
           and
           also
           another
           Writ
           out
           of
           the
           Common
           Pleas
           of
           
             one
             thousand
             pounds
          
           laid
           upon
           this
           Informant's
           said
           Father
           ,
           which
           occasioned
           his
           Imprisonment
           until
           the
           twelfth
           of
           May
           following
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           charge
           of
           this
           Informant
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Informant
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           one
           Burke
           ,
           a
           Steward
           or
           Agent
           unto
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           declared
           to
           his
           face
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           be
           
             the
             death
             of
             this
             Informant
          
           if
           he
           could
           conveniently
           light
           on
           him
           ;
           and
           to
           accomplish
           in
           part
           his
           bloody
           Resolution
           ,
           did
           so
           severely
           strike
           this
           Informants
           Wife
           ,
           who
           was
           the
           Daughter
           of
           Captain
           
             Thomas
             Ellis
          
           ,
           Merchant
           of
           the
           City
           of
           Bristol
           ,
           that
           from
           that
           time
           she
           lay
           in
           a
           languishing
           Condition
           until
           she
           dyed
           ,
           being
           the
           Second
           of
           November
           ,
           1680.
           it
           being
           in
           the
           house
           of
           this
           Informant
           that
           he
           committed
           the
           said
           Assault
           ,
           he
           the
           said
           Burke
           bringing
           Bayliffs
           and
           sub
           Sheriffs
           Officers
           ,
           eight
           in
           number
           ,
           to
           assist
           him
           ;
           and
           this
           Informant
           by
           great
           Providence
           escaped
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           since
           for
           several
           months
           they
           have
           been
           seen
           to
           watch
           for
           him
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           he
           durst
           not
           appear
           or
           converse
           with
           any
           ,
           fearing
           his
           Life
           or
           perpetual
           Imprisonment
           by
           the
           said
           Earl
           or
           his
           Confederates
           ,
           until
           he
           made
           his
           escape
           for
           England
           to
           make
           known
           his
           grievances
           .
        
         
           Two
           years
           since
           also
           this
           Informant
           was
           set
           upon
           by
           several
           Papists
           near
           the
           City
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           received
           Wounds
           ,
           but
           narrowly
           escaped
           his
           life
           by
           Gods
           Providence
           ;
           and
           the
           said
           Earl
           for
           further
           vexation
           ,
           
           hath
           lately
           fyled
           a
           large
           Declaration
           in
           the
           Common-Pleas
           ,
           stuft
           with
           many
           false
           suggestions
           ,
           containing
           near
           three
           Skins
           of
           Parchment
           ,
           it
           being
           an
           Action
           of
           Slander
           ,
           grounded
           upon
           the
           Statute
           made
           at
           Gloucester
           ,
           in
           the
           second
           year
           of
           Richard
           the
           Second
           ,
           and
           laid
           to
           this
           Informants
           said
           Fathers
           charge
           ,
           damages
           to
           the
           value
           of
           One
           thousand
           pounds
           ,
           to
           which
           the
           Defendant
           pleaded
           the
           General
           Plea
           
             Not
             Guilty
          
           ,
           and
           then
           there
           was
           no
           further
           prosecution
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           Records
           may
           plainly
           appear
           .
        
         
           Whereupon
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           presented
           several
           Petitions
           unto
           the
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           and
           Council
           at
           Dublin
           about
           September
           last
           ,
           representing
           and
           setting
           forth
           their
           damages
           ,
           and
           the
           vexatious
           Suits
           brought
           against
           them
           for
           many
           years
           passed
           ,
           and
           prayed
           that
           the
           before
           mentioned
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           might
           be
           sent
           for
           ,
           and
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           living
           in
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           might
           be
           ordered
           to
           appear
           and
           prove
           these
           Treasonable
           Words
           which
           the
           said
           Allen
           spoke
           ,
           and
           have
           satisfaction
           ;
           and
           thereupon
           we
           might
           be
           dismissed
           from
           those
           unjust
           Prosecutions
           from
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ;
           but
           nothing
           would
           be
           done
           ,
           save
           leaving
           them
           to
           the
           
             Common
             Law
          
           ;
           whereas
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           Father
           being
           so
           ruinated
           as
           aforesaid
           ,
           are
           not
           now
           in
           a
           capacity
           to
           prosecute
           or
           desend
           themselves
           against
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           he
           being
           a
           near
           Relation
           to
           the
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           .
        
         
           About
           the
           twelfth
           day
           of
           May
           ,
           1680.
           one
           Mr.
           
             Robert
             Downing
          
           came
           to
           this
           Informants
           House
           ,
           and
           shewed
           him
           a
           Paper
           written
           ,
           which
           was
           as
           he
           said
           by
           the
           Earls
           Order
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           That
           if
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Father
           would
           give
           under
           their
           Hands
           and
           Seals
           ,
           that
           they
           do
           verily
           believe
           in
           their
           Consciences
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           
             Clanrickard
             was
             not
             any
             ways
             guilty
             of
             the
             Things
          
           spoken
           of
           him
           in
           the
           Affidavit
           against
           the
           said
           
             Thomas
             Allen
          
           ,
           that
           then
           the
           said
           Earl
           would
           forbear
           all
           further
           proceedings
           ,
           and
           discharge
           them
           from
           all
           things
           past
           ,
           by
           sealing
           mutual
           Releases
           to
           each
           other
           :
           But
           this
           Informant
           refusing
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           declared
           he
           had
           good
           grounds
           to
           believe
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           did
           hope
           in
           time
           to
           have
           satisfaction
           for
           the
           great
           damages
           he
           sustained
           by
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           .
        
         
           One
           
             Robert
             Potts
          
           sworn
           before
           two
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           the
           fourteenth
           of
           April
           ,
           1679.
           and
           declared
           he
           heard
           one
           
             John
             Venge
          
           ,
           a
           Gunsmith
           of
           Portumna
           ,
           say
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           fixed
           up
           for
           the
           said
           Earl
           
             five
             hundred
             Fire-Arms
          
           about
           five
           or
           six
           years
           since
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           a
           great
           many
           more
           to
           fix
           up
           for
           the
           said
           Earl
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           said
           Gunsmith
           and
           his
           men
           with
           Forge
           and
           Tools
           did
           work
           in
           the
           Castle
           of
           Portumna
           ,
           belonging
           to
           the
           said
           Earl.
           This
           Informant
           Petitioned
           the
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           and
           Council
           for
           a
           Copy
           of
           Potts
           Affidavit
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Copies
           he
           thought
           necessary
           ,
           but
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Council
           said
           my
           Lord
           
             would
             not
             grant
             them
          
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           Informant
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Year
           1678.
           there
           were
           Proclamations
           to
           
             disarm
             Papists
          
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           banish
           Popish
           Priests
           ,
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           Fryars
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           this
           Informant
           hath
           been
           credibly
           informed
           ,
           that
           several
           Papists
           ,
           &c.
           having
           not
           obeyed
           the
           said
           Proclamations
           have
           been
           seized
           on
           ,
           but
           producing
           Licenses
           from
           the
           
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           have
           been
           discharged
           and
           set
           at
           liberty
           ;
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           City
           and
           Country
           
             swarms
             with
             them
          
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           are
           several
           Irish
           and
           French
           Officers
           lately
           come
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           Papists
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           names
           of
           Collonels
           ,
           Majors
           ,
           Captains
           ,
           &c.
           
           Nor
           were
           any
           Officers
           permitted
           to
           search
           the
           said
           Earls
           Castle
           ,
           or
           seize
           any
           Arms
           to
           him
           belonging
           ,
           being
           prohibited
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           as
           follows
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   By
                   the
                   Lord
                   Lieutenant-General
                   ;
                   and
                   General
                   Governour
                   of
                   Ireland
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Ormond
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   FOR
                   Reason●
                   best
                   known
                   to
                   us
                   ,
                   We
                   think
                   fit
                   hereby
                   expresly
                   to
                   w
                   〈…〉
                   and
                   require
                   all
                   his
                   Majesties
                   Officers
                   and
                   Souldiers
                   whatsoever
                   ,
                   whom
                   it
                   may
                   concern
                   ,
                   to
                   forbear
                   searching
                   for
                   ,
                   or
                   seizing
                   upon
                   any
                   of
                   the
                   Arms
                   belonging
                   to
                   our
                   very
                   good
                   Lord
                   ,
                   William
                   Earl
                   of
                   Clanrickard
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Given
                     under
                     our
                     hand
                     
                       this
                       26th
                       of
                       Novemb.
                       1678.
                       
                    
                  
                   
                     William
                     Ellis
                     .
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           And
           this
           Informant
           further
           saith
           ,
           That
           by
           the
           unjust
           Prosecutions
           which
           followed
           his
           honest
           discovery
           ,
           he
           is
           damnified
           above
           1000.
           
             l.
             ster
          
           .
           besides
           the
           loss
           of
           his
           Trade
           ,
           and
           was
           forced
           to
           sell
           an
           
             Estate
             of
          
           100.
           l.
           
             per
             annum
          
           in
           defending
           his
           innocency
           ,
           and
           preserving
           his
           life
           and
           liberty
           ,
           and
           paying
           his
           just
           Debts
           ,
           contracted
           by
           the
           continual
           prosecutions
           of
           the
           said
           Earl
           or
           his
           Agents
           ;
           whereby
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           said
           Evidence
           are
           utterly
           ruined
           by
           the
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           unkindness
           ,
           or
           rather
           apparent
           injustice
           of
           the
           said
           Justice
           
             Oliver
             Jones
          
           ,
           in
           fuffering
           the
           said
           Venire
           to
           be
           altered
           ,
           as
           aforesaid
           ;
           and
           that
           now
           this
           Informant
           is
           so
           much
           impoverished
           ,
           being
           forced
           to
           leave
           his
           Trade
           and
           habitation
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           not
           wherewithal
           to
           
             help
             himself
          
           ,
           neither
           doth
           he
           know
           
             any
             place
             of
             safety
          
           ,
           but
           has
           incurred
           the
           displeasure
           of
           many
           ;
           and
           being
           in
           great
           danger
           ,
           fears
           he
           shall
           be
           destroyed
           ,
           as
           others
           have
           been
           ,
           for
           declaring
           the
           truth
           ;
           all
           which
           ,
           the
           before-mentioned
           premises
           ,
           this
           Informant
           hath
           received
           ,
           and
           endured
           by
           ,
           and
           through
           the
           means
           of
           the
           said
           unjust
           and
           notorious
           prosecutions
           of
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           these
           Eight
           years
           past
           ,
           which
           hath
           created
           great
           discouragements
           to
           many
           ,
           and
           stifles
           discoveries
           of
           Treasons
           ,
           coming
           to
           their
           mind
           and
           knowledg
           since
           the
           yeer
           1672.
           
        
         
           
             Jurat
             ,
             
               7th
               die
               February
               ,
               Anno
               Dom.
               1680.
               
            
          
           
             Coram
             me
          
           ,
           
             Geo.
             Treby
             ,
          
           Recorder
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           This
           Informant
           further
           saith
           ,
           that
           what
           he
           did
           in
           discovering
           of
           the
           said
           Treasonable
           words
           ,
           was
           out
           of
           sense
           of
           his
           duty
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           preservation
           of
           the
           Protestants
           there
           ;
           nor
           could
           he
           then
           in
           the
           least
           imagine
           ,
           by
           such
           a
           proceeding
           ,
           to
           be
           uttterly
           ruined
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Depositions
           aforesaid
           .
        
         
           Another
           Inducement
           of
           his
           discovery
           ,
           was
           the
           bloody
           Massacre
           that
           broke
           forth
           there
           in
           the
           year
           1641.
           which
           will
           never
           be
           forgotten
           by
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           nor
           ever
           be
           repented
           of
           by
           the
           Papists
           :
           And
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           present
           apprehensions
           of
           great
           danger
           from
           the
           discovered
           Plot
           ,
           there
           are
           in
           ,
           and
           about
           the
           City
           and
           Suburbs
           of
           Dublin
           divers
           Mass-houses
           ,
           publickly
           frequented
           by
           Hundreds
           and
           Thousands
           ,
           connived
           ,
           at
           although
           several
           Proclamations
           have
           been
           issued
           out
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           Had
           not
           this
           Information
           been
           fully
           and
           clearly
           proved
           to
           the
           Lord
           Lieutenant
           and
           Council
           ,
           he
           this
           Info●●●●t
           would
           certainly
           have
           been
           by
           them
           severely
           and
           deservedly
           punished
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           all
           moderate
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           true
           English
           men
           consider
           the
           calamity
           that
           this
           Informant
           and
           his
           Father
           have
           suffered
           in
           making
           the
           said
           discovery
           ,
           and
           the
           necessity
           he
           is
           reduced
           to
           for
           so
           doing
           ;
           for
           all
           the
           proccedings
           have
           been
           (
           as
           you
           may
           observe
           )
           managed
           against
           him
           with
           that
           cruelty
           and
           injustice
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           shewing
           his
           implacable
           wrath
           and
           malicious
           hatred
           to
           all
           English
           Protestants
           ,
           as
           he
           hath
           in
           the
           former
           Rebellion
           given
           sufficient
           demonstrations
           of
           his
           bloody-mindedness
           towards
           the
           English
           Protestants
           in
           all
           parts
           :
           when
           old
           Vlick
           ,
           Earl
           of
           Clanrickard
           ,
           living
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Rebellion
           in
           Portumna
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           at
           Loughred
           ;
           did
           endeavour
           to
           save
           some
           of
           the
           English
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           commanded
           his
           Nephew
           ,
           the
           present
           Earl
           ,
           so
           to
           do
           ;
           but
           the
           new
           Earl
           refused
           to
           obey
           his
           Unckle
           ,
           old
           Vlick
           ,
           but
           went
           to
           the
           Army
           of
           the
           Rebels
           ,
           and
           instead
           of
           being
           kind
           to
           the
           Protestants
           and
           English
           ,
           he
           most
           cruelly
           handled
           them
           in
           all
           parts
           wheresoever
           he
           found
           them
           ,
           and
           was
           always
           found
           to
           be
           most
           cruel
           and
           unmerciful
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Massacre
           and
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           so
           hath
           continued
           ever
           since
           upon
           all
           occasions
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           his
           late
           passages
           concerning
           this
           Informant
           .
           Many
           other
           cruel
           and
           unjust
           actions
           in
           that
           County
           hath
           he
           done
           to
           many
           of
           the
           English
           since
           he
           was
           restored
           ,
           especially
           to
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           Quality
           ,
           and
           a
           Justice
           of
           peace
           in
           that
           County
           ,
           because
           he
           lived
           in
           an
           Abby
           which
           stood
           upon
           Land
           that
           he
           bought
           with
           his
           money
           ,
           and
           refused
           to
           give
           it
           to
           Popish
           Clergy
           and
           Fryars
           ;
           they
           made
           the
           Earl
           to
           begin
           a
           Suit
           against
           the
           said
           Gentleman
           ,
           to
           his
           ruin
           ,
           by
           hiring
           Witnesses
           to
           testifie
           for
           the
           Earl
           :
           the
           said
           Judg
           Jones
           was
           the
           Judg
           for
           the
           said
           Earl
           ,
           who
           never
           makes
           any
           scruple
           to
           give
           judgment
           against
           a
           Protestant
           ;
           which
           all
           English
           and
           Protestants
           have
           reason
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .