Tho. Dangerfield's answer to a certain scandalous lying pamphlet entituled, Malice defeated, or, The deliverance of Elizabeth Cellier together with some particular remarks made from her own words, an acknowledgment of matter of fact, and a short compendium of the principal transactions of her life and conversation / all which are wrote by the hand of Tho. Dangerfield ...
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             Tho. Dangerfield's answer to a certain scandalous lying pamphlet entituled, Malice defeated, or, The deliverance of Elizabeth Cellier together with some particular remarks made from her own words, an acknowledgment of matter of fact, and a short compendium of the principal transactions of her life and conversation / all which are wrote by the hand of Tho. Dangerfield ...
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           Cellier, Elizabeth, fl. 1680. -- Malice defeated.
           Popish Plot, 1678.
        
      
    
     
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           Tho.
           Dangerfield's
           ANSVVER
           To
           a
           Certain
           
             Scandalous
             Lying
             Pamphlet
          
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           Malice
           Defeated
           ,
           OR
           ,
           The
           Deliverance
           of
           
             ELIZABETH
             CELLIER
          
           .
        
         
           Together
           With
           some
           Particular
           Remarks
           made
           from
           her
           own
           Words
           ,
           an
           Acknowledgment
           of
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           a
           short
           Compendium
           of
           the
           Principal
           Transactions
           of
           her
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           .
        
         
           
             All
             which
             are
             Wrote
             by
             the
             Hand
             of
          
           Tho.
           Dangerfield
           ,
           
             A
             Lover
             of
             Truth
             Vndisguis'd
          
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           Randal
           Taylor
           's
           .
           1680.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           Tho.
           Dangerfield's
           ANSVVER
           TO
           Elizabeth
           Cellier's
           Scandalous
           Pamphlet
           .
        
         
           THis
           Age
           ,
           by
           the
           unwearied
           Diligence
           of
           the
           Romantick
           Handicraft-Women
           ,
           hath
           Produc'd
           divers
           Monsters
           of
           both
           Sexes
           ,
           or
           rather
           I
           may
           more
           properly
           call
           them
           Devils
           in
           that
           Mischievous
           Dress
           of
           Humane
           Shape
           ,
           who
           to
           blear
           the
           Eyes
           of
           an
           Unthinking
           Croud
           ,
           still
           matter
           not
           to
           offer
           the
           greatest
           Provocations
           to
           the
           
             All-seeing
             God
          
           ,
           (
           who
           either
           has
           ,
           or
           in
           his
           good
           time
           will
           discover
           to
           the
           World
           the
           bottom
           of
           their
           Mischiefs
           ,
           not
           to
           be
           fathom'd
           by
           Humane
           Nature
           )
           by
           dressing
           their
           Diabolical
           Contrivances
           in
           the
           charming
           Shape
           of
           Religion
           ,
           hopeing
           if
           their
           Designs
           fail
           ,
           that
           the
           pretences
           of
           Piety
           may
           render
           them
           fit
           Objects
           of
           Pitie
           ;
           and
           if
           successful
           ,
           confirm
           their
           Devices
           .
           Thus
           is
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           God
           abused
           by
           those
           Miscreants
           ,
           and
           Christianity
           used
           as
           a
           Mask
           only
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           Mrs.
           
             Elizabeth
             Cellier
          
           is
           a
           Woman
           that
           has
           forfeited
           her
           Fidelity
           to
           her
           
             Nuptial
             Bed
          
           ,
           and
           when
           a
           Woman
           has
           once
           lost
           her
           Modesty
           ,
           she
           is
           fit
           for
           all
           sorts
           of
           Mischief
           ,
           and
           there
           ought
           to
           be
           no
           farther
           Credit
           given
           to
           her
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           hope
           the
           Eyes
           of
           the
           People
           are
           not
           to
           be
           opened
           now
           by
           such
           an
           Operatrix
           as
           she
           ,
           or
           their
           Apprehensions
           to
           be
           Infatuated
           by
           a
           sort
           of
           People
           who
           wholly
           devote
           themselves
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           Hell
           ,
           and
           think
           to
           gain
           Heaven
           by
           the
           deserts
           of
           mischief
           and
           Villany
           .
           A
           Vertuous
           Life
           ,
           full
           of
           Humility
           and
           Repentance
           ,
           might
           make
           some
           Impression
           in
           the
           Hearts
           of
           good
           People
           ,
           but
           this
           Woman
           and
           her
           Associates
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           Catterpillers
           ,
           whose
           whole
           Studie
           it
           is
           to
           Canker
           and
           Destroy
           the
           very
           Root
           of
           the
           Nations
           happiness
           .
           And
           while
           they
           seem
           to
           give
           a
           dutiful
           adoration
           to
           Sovereignty
           ,
           make
           it
           their
           business
           to
           Depose
           and
           Rob
           their
           Native
           King
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           and
           deprive
           his
           best
           Subjects
           of
           their
           Hereditary
           shares
           of
           Right
           and
           Property
           ,
           clandestinely
           designing
           no
           less
           then
           a
           Total
           Destruction
           of
           three
           Flourishing
           Kingdomes
           .
           Yet
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           when
           once
           discover'd
           ,
           to
           the
           height
           of
           Impudence
           still
           with
           a
           daring
           and
           reflecting
           Contempt
           both
           of
           the
           King
           and
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           they
           publish
           Vindications
           ,
           and
           impute
           their
           Punishments
           to
           Malitious
           Prosecutions
           ,
           and
           pretend
           to
           acquit
           themselves
           from
           Treasons
           of
           the
           highest
           nature
           ,
           by
           a
           continu'd
           series
           of
           Confident
           Justification
           ,
           still
           acting
           the
           same
           or
           worse
           Crimes
           if
           possible
           .
        
         
           So
           far
           do
           these
           true
           Off-Springs
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           the
           Father
           of
           Lies
           ,
           out-vie
           and
           over-reach
           those
           their
           dull
           Contrivances
           acted
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Yore
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           past
           Parallel
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           may
           safely
           say
           that
           some
           of
           their
           Collatteral
           Practices
           ,
           (
           so
           lately
           experienced
           in
           these
           Kingdoms
           )
           may
           Challenge
           Hell
           for
           Wickedness
           ,
           and
           the
           Devils
           themselves
           for
           Subtilty
           .
        
         
           Yet
           these
           are
           the
           Poor
           
             Distressed
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           and
           as
           they
           boldly
           call
           themselves
           Royalists
           ,
           who
           to
           accomplish
           their
           Designs
           ,
           can
           Insinuate
           ,
           Court
           ,
           Cringe
           ,
           
           Lie
           ,
           Wade
           through
           whole
           Oceans
           of
           Perjuries
           ,
           —
           Subornations
           ,
           &c.
           
           Nay
           they
           can
           assume
           any
           shape
           ,
           and
           are
           bound
           to
           do
           so
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           nay
           and
           such
           little
           things
           ,
           as
           audaciously
           branding
           the
           Peers
           and
           Princes
           of
           a
           Nation
           with
           false
           and
           scurrilous
           Reproaches
           :
           A
           fine
           way
           to
           repair
           the
           losses
           of
           a
           distressed
           Midwife
           :
           yet
           these
           are
           the
           People
           who
           pretend
           to
           stand
           up
           for
           the
           
             King
             and
             Country
          
           ,
           and
           Hypocritically
           assume
           the
           Reputation
           of
           being
           concerned
           for
           the
           safety
           thereof
           ,
           when
           they
           of
           all
           Enemies
           are
           the
           most
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           could
           they
           but
           lull
           us
           into
           a
           new
           security
           ,
           by
           such
           Stories
           and
           Fables
           of
           their
           Innocency
           ,
           as
           these
           are
           ,
           which
           they
           dayly
           publish
           ,
           I
           fear
           me
           ,
           we
           should
           soon
           feel
           the
           fatal
           effects
           of
           their
           Sorcery
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           which
           more
           apparent
           ,
           I
           must
           now
           fall
           to
           unravel
           a
           certain
           Bottom
           of
           Lies
           ,
           spun
           to
           the
           best
           advantage
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           Impudence
           ,
           which
           is
           Entituled
           ,
           
             Malice
             Defeated
             ;
             OR
             ,
             The
             Deliverance
             of
             Elizabeth
             Cellier
             .
          
        
         
           WHich
           Book
           I
           have
           Perused
           ,
           and
           find
           my self
           therein
           displayed
           so
           much
           beyond
           the
           life
           ,
           Her
           so
           much
           short
           of
           her
           true
           Colours
           ,
           and
           such
           material
           Subject
           matter
           fit
           for
           my
           Reply
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           taken
           the
           Pains
           to
           draw
           from
           it
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           concerns
           my self
           ,
           these
           following
           Observations
           ,
           and
           shall
           confine
           my self
           to
           most
           of
           her
           own
           words
           ,
           which
           (
           as
           she
           says
           )
           were
           wrote
           by
           her
           own
           hand
           ,
           (
           which
           may
           pass
           well
           enough
           among
           the
           rest
           of
           her
           Lies
           )
           but
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           well
           satisfied
           ,
           was
           Pend
           or
           rather
           Scribled
           ,
           by
           the
           hand
           of
           a
           certain
           
             Lowsie
             Dominican
             Fryar
          
           ,
           now
           under
           the
           
             Sentence
             of
             Death
          
           ,
           being
           in
           Newgate
           ,
           and
           Convicted
           as
           such
           ,
           and
           for
           being
           in
           the
           Plots
           by
           the
           Names
           of
           Anderson
           ,
           alias
           Munson
           ,
           whom
           I
           do
           not
           question
           but
           to
           see
           hang'd
           by
           the
           same
           Names
           one
           day
           ,
           with
           many
           others
           of
           the
           same
           Tribe
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           I
           begin
           with
           ,
           is
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           such
           as
           she
           has
           been
           forc'd
           to
           own
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           in
           her
           Vindication
           ,
           which
           is
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
        
         
           pag.
           4.
           
           
             About
             the
             10th
             .
             of
             April
          
           (
           79
           )
           
             I
             went
             to
             the
             Grate
             at
          
           Newgate
           
             to
             speak
             with
             him
             ,
             (
             viz.
          
           my self
           )
           
             he
             was
             in
             Irons
             ,
             and
             said
             his
             Name
             was
          
           Willoughby
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           pag.
           7.
           
           
             That
             I
             received
             from
             him
             some
             Articles
             drawn
             against
             Captain
          
           Richardson
           ,
           
             and
             thereupon
             gave
             him
             Half
             a
             Crown
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             I
             sent
             him
             at
             several
             times
             after
             by
             my
             Servant
             Sixteen
             Shillings
             ,
             and
             Money
             to
             pay
             his
             Fees
             that
             day
             on
             which
             he
             was
             Discharg'd
             .
          
        
         
           pag.
           8.
           
           
             That
             I
             paid
             sixteen
             Shillings
             more
             to
             fetch
             a
             Coat
             from
             Pawn
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             I
             paid
          
           Dangerfield's
           
             Fees
             in
          
           Newgate
           ,
           
             (
             which
             amounted
             to
             near
          
           6.
           l.
           )
           
             and
             removed
             him
             afterwards
             to
             the
          
           Kings-Bench
           ,
           
             in
             order
             to
             a
             discovery
             of
             one
          
           Stroud
           
             (
             which
             cost
             three
             pounds
             .
             )
          
        
         
           pag.
           10.
           
           
             That
             the
             papers
             relating
             to
          
           Stroud's
           
             business
             ,
             were
             found
             between
             the
          
           Pewter
           
             in
             my
             Kitchin
          
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           pag.
           12.
           
           
             That
             I
             Collected
             some
             Money
             ,
             and
             did
             pay
             five
             pounds
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             day
             he
             came
             out
             of
             Prison
             I
             gave
             him
             ten
             Shillings
             more
             .
          
        
         
           pag.
           13.
           
           
             That
             I
             offered
             to
             get
             him
             an
             Ensigns
             place
             under
             the
             Duke
             of
          
           Monmouth
           ,
           
             or
             an
             Employment
             to
             go
             to
             Sea.
             
          
        
         
           
             That
             I
             gave
             him
             a
             stuff
             Suit
             and
             other
             necessaries
             ,
             which
             cost
             about
             three
             Pounds
             ten
             Shillings
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           Thus
           we
           have
           her
           Bill
           of
           Charges
           according
           to
           her
           own
           reckoning
           ,
           which
           amounted
           to
           Nineteen
           Pounds
           fourteen
           Shillings
           Six
           Pence
           ;
           a
           very
           extravagant
           piece
           of
           Charitie
           to
           a
           Person
           that
           she
           never
           knew
           or
           saw
           before
           in
           her
           life
           ,
           it
           was
           Pity
           and
           Compassion
           in
           a
           singular
           degree
           ,
           to
           cull
           me
           out
           for
           the
           Object
           of
           her
           profuseness
           ,
           meerly
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           my
           Tears
           and
           Beging
           ,
           as
           she
           pretends
           ;
           no
           ,
           no
           ,
           Mrs.
           Elizabeth
           ,
           the
           World
           is
           not
           yet
           so
           stupid
           to
           believe
           you
           were
           so
           mightily
           enamour'd
           with
           my
           Disconsolate
           Ejaculations
           ,
           out
           of
           meer
           and
           pure
           
             Charity
             ;
             Men
          
           of
           reason
           will
           easily
           believe
           you
           had
           other
           ends
           ,
           other
           aims
           than
           that
           of
           Charity
           ,
           and
           that
           out
           of
           your
           smart
           insight
           into
           Men
           ,
           for
           which
           you
           so
           much
           commend
           your self
           ,
           you
           had
           another
           kind
           of
           prospect
           of
           my
           Phisiognomy
           and
           Lineaments
           ,
           beyond
           the
           Spell
           of
           Dominican
           Mumping
           ,
           and
           far
           beyond
           the
           reach
           of
           cold
           ,
           dull
           ,
           and
           insipid
           Charity
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           after
           I
           was
           once
           in
           a
           condition
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           your
           ill-boasted
           of
           Charity
           ,
           to
           appear
           upon
           your
           intended
           Tragic
           Stage
           ,
           I
           shall
           give
           the
           Reader
           from
           your
           own
           words
           a
           tast
           of
           some
           of
           your
           publick
           Imployments
           which
           you
           were
           pleased
           to
           confer
           upon
           your
           Servant
           so
           munificently
           Rigg'd
           and
           Launched
           into
           the
           World
           by
           your
           innocent
           Charity
           :
           You
           say
           ,
           to
           use
           your
           own
           words
           ,
        
         
           pag.
           13.
           
           
             That
             he
             would
             often
             bring
             me
             News
             of
             the
             great
             Designs
             of
             the
             Factious
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             drawn
             Forces
             into
             the
             Citie
             while
             his
             Majesty
             was
             Sick
             at
          
           Windsor
           ,
           
             with
             intent
             to
             Subvert
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           pag.
           14.
           
           
             That
             many
             of
             the
             Old
             Rump
             Officers
             were
             new
             rigg'd
             ,
             and
             had
             Pensions
             paid
             them
             by
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Kings-Head
             Club.
             
          
        
         
           
             That
             Commissions
             were
             giving
             out
             by
             the
             Names
             of
             the
             Keepers
             of
             the
             Liberties
          
           ofEngland
           ,
           
             and
             that
             he
             was
             promised
             one
             among
             the
             rest
             ,
             I
             encouraged
             him
             to
             go
             on
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             Money
             to
             defray
             his
             Charges
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             That
             he
             Writ
             down
             at
             several
             times
             ,
             that
             which
             was
             found
             by
             Sir
          
           William
           Waller
           
             in
             my
             Meal
             Tub.
          
           
        
         
           
             That
             I
             went
             to
             the
             Lord
             of
          
           Peterborough
           
             and
             acquainted
             him
             with
             it
             ,
             and
             he
             presently
             handed
             us
             to
             the
             Duke
             ,
          
           (
           of
           York
           )
           
             to
             whom
          
           Willoughby
           
             delivered
             the
             paper
          
           .
        
         
           
             That
             about
             the
             latter
             end
             of
          
           September
           ,
           Dangerfield
           
             brought
             me
             Stories
             of
             the
             great
             preparations
             of
             the
             Faction
             ,
             That
             they
             did
             publickly
             own
             their
             .
             Treasonable
             Designs
             .
          
        
         
           That
           Goodwin
           and
           Alsop
           
             had
             made
             great
             Collections
             among
             the
             Brethren
             to
             carry
             on
             their
             Rebellious
             Designs
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             Sir
          
           William
           Waller
           
             had
             three
             Hundred
             Horsemen
             ready
             for
             Action
             in
             an
             Hours
             Warning
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             the
             City
             was
             ready
             to
             rise
             ,
             and
             expected
             only
             the
             Word
             from
             the
             Confederate
             Lords
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Then
             says
             she
             ,
             these
             Discourses
             being
             general
             ,
             made
             me
             the
             easier
             credit
             him
             in
             particulars
             ,
             so
             I
             encouraged
             him
             to
             go
             on
             ,
             gave
             him
             more
             Money
             ,
             and
             bid
             him
             observe
             their
             Actions
             and
             Designs
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           Lord
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           what
           had
           this
           Lady
           of
           the
           Wicket
           to
           do
           to
           be
           so
           watchful
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Common-Wealth
           ,
           what
           did
           Politicks
           and
           State
           Affairs
           concern
           her
           ?
           As
           if
           the
           Kingdom
           had
           been
           in
           labour
           of
           a
           By-blow
           ,
           or
           like
           the
           Vanquish'd
           and
           near-conquer'd
           French
           ,
           that
           now
           the
           English
           in
           the
           same
           distress
           ,
           had
           wanted
           another
           
             Joan
             of
             Arque
          
           ,
           to
           deliver
           them
           by
           the
           dint
           of
           her
           care
           and
           Zeal
           ,
           as
           the
           other
           hair-brain'd
           Amazon
           had
           endeavour'd
           to
           do
           by
           the
           Dint
           of
           her
           Sword
           ;
           certainly
           had
           such
           designs
           been
           really
           on
           Foot
           ,
           the
           King
           had
           better
           means
           of
           discovery
           than
           by
           such
           a
           Female
           Intelligencer
           as
           Mrs.
           
             Elizabeth
             Cellier
          
           ,
           and
           therefore
           
           notwithstanding
           all
           her
           charitable
           Cloathing
           of
           me
           ,
           the
           
             Naked
             Truth
          
           is
           still
           the
           
             Naked
             Truth
          
           ;
           that
           all
           the
           strange
           News
           ,
           and
           formal
           Stories
           which
           she
           pretends
           I
           brought
           her
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           were
           no
           more
           than
           the
           Forgeries
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Lady
             Powis
          
           ,
           her
           Midwife
           and
           my self
           Contrived
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           cannot
           say
           but
           that
           the
           Woman
           did
           bring
           forth
           with
           my
           help
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           nothing
           but
           the
           Embryo
           of
           an
           ill
           coddl'd
           Plot
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           very
           Bastard
           that
           was
           afterwards
           found
           almost
           stified
           in
           the
           Meal-Tub
           .
           Those
           Surmises
           and
           Accusations
           which
           she
           endeavours
           to
           fix
           upon
           honest
           Gentlemen
           ,
           about
           
             Horses
             ,
             Arms
             ,
             and
             Money
             ,
          
           (
           out
           of
           her
           Zeal
           to
           his
           Majesties
           Service
           ,
           if
           any
           body
           will
           be
           so
           mad
           to
           believe
           her
           )
           were
           those
           very
           individual
           Lies
           ,
           hatcht
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           the
           Meal-Tubb
           was
           so
           miraculously
           brought
           to
           bed
           ,
           and
           what
           I
           was
           Charm'd
           to
           insist
           upon
           as
           often
           as
           I
           waited
           on
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           my
           charge
           against
           them
           Both
           in
           my
           first
           Narrative
           ;
           Truth
           far
           more
           probable
           ,
           than
           any
           of
           the
           foregoing
           Female
           Tittle
           Tattle
           of
           Mrs.
           
             Elizabeth
             Cellier
          
           .
        
         
           Page
           14
           ,
           15.
           
           That
           Willoughby
           
             got
             drunk
             ,
             and
             pick'd
             a
             quarrel
             at
             the
          
           Rain-bow
           Coffee-House
           ,
           
             with
             one
          
           Kenestone
           ,
           
             about
             Sir
          
           Thomas
           Player
           ,
           
             and
             thereby
             made
             himself
             obnoxious
             ;
             so
             that
             having
             lost
             the
             hopes
             of
             obtaining
             a
             Commission
             himself
             ,
             he
             sought
             to
             get
             one
             by
             means
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             then
             swore
             God
             dam
             him
             ,
             now
             the
          
           Papists
           
             would
             give
             him
             no
             money
             ,
             he
             would
             go
             to
             the
          
           Presbyterians
           ,
           
             and
             they
             would
             give
             him
             enough
             .
          
        
         
           How
           far
           she
           thinks
           this
           may
           amount
           to
           her
           excuse
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           but
           as
           well
           living
           as
           dying
           ,
           I
           must
           declare
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           my
           quarrel
           being
           first
           by
           accident
           with
           that
           Gentleman
           ,
           Mr.
           Kinastone
           ,
           who
           I
           would
           now
           be
           glad
           to
           know
           )
           that
           the
           
             Countess
             of
             Powis
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           her self
           ,
           were
           the
           persons
           that
           put
           me
           upon
           the
           Tumultuous
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           did
           it
           on
           purpose
           not
           only
           to
           baffle
           the
           Electing
           that
           worthy
           Member
           of
           this
           present
           
             Parliament
             ,
             Sir
          
           Thomas
           Player
           ,
           but
           also
           to
           create
           a
           mutiny
           ,
           or
           uproar
           in
           the
           City
           :
           for
           look
           ye
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           to
           what
           purpose
           else
           should
           I
           leave
           a
           Challenge
           for
           Mr.
           Kinastone
           at
           the
           Coffee-House
           ,
           have
           30
           men
           ,
           or
           upwards
           ,
           ready
           Arm'd
           with
           
             Trunchions
             ,
             Pistols
             ,
             Poinyards
          
           ,
           &c.
           had
           it
           been
           my
           quarrel
           only
           ,
           and
           I
           so
           extreamly
           poor
           as
           she
           expresses
           :
           where
           should
           I
           have
           rais'd
           25
           l.
           or
           upwards
           to
           buy
           the
           said
           Arms
           ,
           or
           to
           gratifie
           so
           many
           people
           ?
           But
           the
           question
           is
           easily
           answered
           :
           I
           had
           the
           money
           from
           the
           Lady
           Powis
           ,
           and
           her self
           ,
           who
           were
           purely
           my
           Abettors
           and
           Encouragers
           of
           the
           Action
           .
        
         
           pag.
           15.
           
           
             In
             the
             beginning
             of
          
           October
           ,
           
             he
             pretended
             he
             understood
             that
             several
             Treasonable
             Papers
             ,
             importing
             the
             whole
             design
             of
             the
             Factious
             ,
             were
             in
             a
             House
             at
          
           Westminster
           ;
           
             and
             that
             if
             he
             could
             get
             a
             Warrant
             to
             search
             the
             House
             ,
             he
             doubted
             not
             but
             that
             he
             should
             lay
             open
             the
             whole
             Conspiracy
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             he
             went
             to
             his
             Majesty
             to
             pray
             a
             Warrant
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             the
             King
             refer'd
             him
             to
             Mr.
             Secretary
          
           Coventry
           ,
           
             who
             suspected
             him
             and
             his
             shallow
             Contrivances
             ,
             but
             I
             being
             induc'd
             to
             credit
             him
             ,
             did
             upon
             his
             complaining
             that
             he
             was
             denyed
             a
             Warrant
             ,
             advise
             him
             to
             go
             by
             the
             Custom-house
             way
             ;
             which
             de
             did
             ,
             and
             then
             seized
             the
             Papers
             which
             were
             put
             there
             by
             himself
             .
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           Never
           did
           Midwife
           tell
           a
           Story
           more
           sillily
           than
           this
           pretended
           Wit
           of
           a
           Midw
           .
           has
           done
           ,
           certainly
           she
           either
           wanted
           a
           Cup
           of
           Hippocras
           to
           refresh
           her
           memory
           ,
           disturb'd
           with
           continual
           watching
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           or
           else
           she
           had
           drown'd
           her
           brains
           in
           more
           provocative
           Tent
           ;
           for
           ,
           Gentlemen
           observe
           ,
           she
           says
           but
           just
           before
           
           
             he
             Swore
             God
             dam
             him
             ,
             now
             the
             Papists
             would
             give
             him
             no
             mony
             ,
             he
             would
             go
             to
             the
             Pr●sbyterians
             ,
          
           yet
           saith
           almost
           in
           the
           same
           breath
           ,
           
             I
             being
             induc'd
             to
             credit
             him
             ,
             did
             adv●se
             him
             to
             go
             by
             the
             Custome-house
             way
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           Here
           is
           a
           Tale
           so
           inadvertently
           told
           ,
           that
           one
           would
           think
           
             Mrs.
             Eliz●beth
          
           had
           never
           told
           a
           tale
           in
           her
           life
           before
           ,
           but
           that
           all
           the
           World
           knows
           that
           Gossiping
           is
           so
           much
           the
           soul
           of
           Midwifery
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           impossible
           for
           the
           Profession
           to
           subsist
           without
           it
           .
           But
           certainly
           the
           Devil
           owed
           her
           a
           shame
           when
           she
           told
           this
           story
           ;
           for
           any
           man
           would
           think
           it
           a
           strange
           neglect
           in
           self-preservation
           ,
           (
           a
           thing
           to
           be
           preferr'd
           before
           all
           others
           )
           should
           one
           Person
           tell
           another
           that
           he
           had
           attempted
           to
           rob
           him
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           still
           intended
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           yet
           that
           after
           so
           fair
           a
           warning
           he
           should
           still
           be
           embrac'd
           and
           entertain'd
           as
           a
           bosom-friend
           ,
           and
           as
           strong
           a
           credit
           as
           before
           given
           to
           his
           words
           and
           actions
           ;
           for
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           application
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           the
           intent
           of
           this
           blind
           story
           ,
           as
           I
           conceive
           ,
           was
           only
           to
           shew
           you
           ,
           that
           
             the
             falling
             out
             of
             Lovers
             is
             the
             renewing
             of
             Love.
          
           She
           says
           we
           fell
           out
           ,
           but
           yet
           says
           we
           fell
           in
           again
           ,
           and
           so
           She
           hugging
           the
           Presbyterians
           friend
           ,
           to
           do
           the
           King
           service
           ,
           we
           became
           hand
           and
           glove
           once
           more
           ,
           which
           indeed
           could
           not
           well
           be
           avoided
           ;
           for
           she
           knowing
           of
           the
           Treasonable
           Papers
           ,
           where
           they
           were
           to
           be
           laid
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           to
           be
           done
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           not
           liking
           the
           Secretaries
           mistrust
           ,
           advis'd
           me
           
             to
             the
             Custom-house
             way
          
           .
           And
           thus
           you
           see
           what
           a
           strange
           way
           of
           clearing
           her
           Innocency
           this
           Mother
           Midnight
           has
           found
           out
           ,
           by
           confessing
           almost
           the
           half
           of
           what
           she
           was
           accus'd
           with
           ;
           so
           that
           now
           ,
           Gentlemen
           ,
           let
           me
           have
           but
           fair
           play
           ,
           since
           
             Mrs.
             Elizabeth
             Cellier
          
           has
           owned
           one
           part
           of
           what
           was
           charg'd
           against
           her
           ,
           let
           her
           have
           her
           due
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           let
           her
           be
           beleived
           so
           far
           ,
           and
           then
           be
           so
           kind
           as
           to
           let
           the
           Oaths
           of
           17
           or
           18
           Witnesses
           besides
           my self
           pass
           only
           for
           the
           rest
           .
           I
           wonder
           what
           some
           men
           think
           ,
           to
           find
           so
           great
           a
           Criminal
           owning
           in
           a
           Vindication
           those
           very
           Crimes
           for
           which
           she
           was
           so
           calmly
           acquitted
           !
           she
           wanted
           advice
           before
           she
           publisht
           her
           Labours
           ,
           for
           neither
           she
           ,
           nor
           her
           
             Rampant
             Dominican
          
           ,
           have
           that
           same
           knack
           of
           disguising
           Truth
           which
           they
           think
           they
           have
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           it
           appears
           then
           by
           her
           story
           ,
           that
           the
           Papers
           were
           conveyed
           into
           Collonel
           Mansell's
           Chamber
           ;
           but
           who
           put
           them
           there
           ?
           why
           ,
           
             she
             says
             in
             all
             likelyhood
             it
             was
             my self
             .
          
           Truly
           she
           guest
           very
           right
           ,
           and
           the
           reason
           was
           ,
           because
           she
           knew
           it
           to
           be
           so
           .
           But
           who
           was
           I
           ?
           Why
           ,
           a
           certaine
           Villain
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           she
           
             entertain'd
             in
             her
             house
             ,
             upon
             an
             inducement
             to
             credit
             me
             .
          
           Where
           was
           now
           the
           jealousie
           of
           woman-kind
           ,
           to
           trust
           a
           quarter
           reconcil'd
           Enemy
           with
           fresh
           advice
           ,
           upon
           such
           a
           piece
           of
           trepanning
           fraud
           ?
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Confederacy
           continued
           :
           for
           though
           I
           had
           sworn
           a
           desperate
           oath
           ,
           yet
           she
           was
           
             induc'd
             to
             credit
          
           me
           still
           .
        
         
           Now
           to
           the
           Meal-tub
           ,
           she
           confesses
           the
           Plot
           was
           put
           in
           her
           Meal-tub
           :
           better
           two
           dead
           Plots
           then
           one
           living
           Rat
           in
           such
           a
           place
           :
           But
           how
           came
           it
           there
           ?
           why
           I
           my self
           gave
           her
           a
           Paper
           ,
           she
           gave
           it
           her
           Maid
           ,
           and
           the
           Maid
           put
           it
           into
           the
           Meal-tub
           ;
           who
           discover'd
           this
           Plot
           ?
           not
           Mrs.
           Elizabeth
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           that
           was
           none
           of
           her
           business
           to
           do
           ;
           and
           yet
           no
           wary
           Woman
           ,
           but
           having
           received
           a
           paper
           from
           such
           a
           Villain
           as
           I
           ,
           that
           was
           to
           be
           so
           strangely
           conceal'd
           ,
           but
           would
           have
           taken
           the
           Paper
           out
           of
           it's
           
             Mealy
             Coffin
          
           ,
           and
           viewed
           it
           ,
           and
           finding
           it
           of
           such
           dangerous
           Consequence
           ,
           would
           have
           carried
           
             —
             Meal-Tub
          
           and
           all
           to
           Court
           ,
           had
           the
           Service
           of
           His
           Majesty
           been
           the
           aim
           of
           her
           double
           dilligence
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           her
           Minions
           ,
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
          
           ,
           an
           ugly
           Cub
           of
           her
           own
           handing
           into
           the
           World
           ,
           lick'd
           into
           Form
           and
           Shape
           by
           others
           already
           named
           ;
           and
           therefore
           doing
           no
           injury
           to
           any
           but
           her self
           and
           her
           own
           party
           ,
           what
           became
           of
           it
           ?
           Why
           ,
           it
           return'd
           into
           the
           Meal-Tub
           again
           ,
           grew
           Mealy
           mouth'd
           ,
           was
           Dough-bak'd
           ,
           and
           so
           
           said
           no
           more
           ;
           I
           cannot
           say
           't
           was
           born
           mute
           ;
           for
           it
           made
           a
           wicked
           noise
           at
           first
           ,
           very
           ungrateful
           to
           her
           Ears
           :
           But
           Midwives
           have
           always
           good
           Nurses
           to
           Friends
           ;
           and
           they
           found
           a
           way
           to
           still
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           to
           return
           once
           more
           to
           the
           Letters
           ,
           I
           must
           needs
           say
           what
           I
           had
           almost
           forgot
           ;
           that
           had
           not
           she
           been
           well
           assisted
           by
           several
           others
           ,
           privy
           to
           that
           Hellish
           Conspiracy
           indeed
           ,
           as
           she
           calls
           it
           
             (
             viz.
          
           the
           conveying
           the
           Letters
           into
           that
           innocent
           Gentlemans
           Chamber
           )
           neither
           she
           ,
           nor
           near
           a
           single
           Devil
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           could
           have
           been
           capable
           of
           such
           a
           Contrivance
           ;
           but
           now
           see
           what
           this
           innocent
           Midwife
           has
           omitted
           to
           mention
           in
           the
           Paragraphs
           of
           the
           Letters
           ,
           which
           is
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
           That
           I
           shewed
           her
           the
           Letters
           before
           they
           were
           put
           into
           the
           Chamber
           ,
           that
           her self
           ,
           and
           her
           Co-contriveress
           ,
           the
           Countess
           of
           Powis
           chastised
           me
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           For
           refusing
           to
           make
           Affidavit
           to
           Mr.
           Secretary
           Coventry
           ,
           that
           the
           Papers
           were
           in
           Col.
           
           Mansell's
           Chamber
           before
           I
           had
           put
           'em
           there
           ,
           telling
           me
           at
           the
           same
           time
           I
           was
           obliged
           by
           my
           Religion
           to
           part
           with
           my
           Life
           for
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           much
           more
           to
           make
           an
           Affidavit
           ,
           no
           matter
           whether
           true
           or
           false
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           For
           refusing
           to
           Murder
           my
           
             Gracious
             King
          
           and
           Sovereign
           ;
           for
           which
           I
           was
           also
           about
           the
           same
           time
           severely
           rebuk'd
           by
           them
           both
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           by
           the
           order
           of
           the
           
             Popish
             Lords
          
           (
           my
           then
           Masters
           )
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           not
           hers
           altogether
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           make
           use
           of
           the
           Custom-House
           Officers
           for
           the
           seizing
           of
           the
           afore-mentioned
           Papers
           .
           —
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           That
           about
           the
           same
           time
           when
           we
           frequently
           spoke
           Treason
           ,
           she
           ordered
           me
           in
           all
           publick
           discourse
           to
           call
           the
           
             King
             Lady
          
           Mary
           ,
           the
           
             Duke
             Lady
          
           Ann.
           
        
         
           pag.
           15.
           
           But
           now
           to
           return
           to
           her
           own
           words
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
        
         
           That
           upon
           Wednesday
           the
           22th
           of
           October
           ,
           Willoughby
           
             was
             examined
             and
             went
             upon
             bayle
             till
             the
             24th
             ,
             in
             which
             time
             he
             gave
             me
             a
             paper
             desiring
             me
             to
             lay
             it
             up
             safely
             ,
             for
             by
             the
             help
             of
             it
             he
             hoped
             to
             defend
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             it
             was
             the
             same
             paper
             which
             lay
             before
             Mr.
             Secretary
          
           Coventry
           .
        
         
           
             That
             I
             gave
             it
             to
             my
             Maid
          
           (
           Ann
           Blake
           )
           
             and
             she
             put
             it
             in
             the
             Meal-Tub
             .
          
        
         
           But
           not
           a
           word
           of
           burning
           Papers
           ,
           or
           her
           helping
           me
           to
           overlook
           both
           hers
           and
           my
           Study
           ,
           where
           for
           half
           a
           day
           or
           better
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           servants
           have
           testifyed
           )
           there
           was
           such
           tearing
           and
           burning
           of
           Letters
           and
           Pamphlets
           as
           they
           admired
           to
           see
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           
             Lady
             Powis
          
           her self
           ,
           and
           I
           ,
           were
           forming
           a
           defence
           for
           me
           against
           I
           was
           to
           attend
           the
           King
           and
           Council
           ,
           till
           which
           time
           her
           
             cornuted
             Husband
          
           and
           Son
           were
           bayl
           for
           me
           ,
           at
           her
           request
           ;
           neither
           does
           she
           mention
           one
           word
           of
           the
           strict
           charge
           she
           gave
           the
           Maid
           for
           the
           securing
           the
           Papers
           ,
           
             alias
             Meal-Tub
             Plot
          
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           might
           be
           safe
           ,
           in
           case
           the
           House
           should
           be
           search'd
           ,
           because
           they
           did
           import
           such
           matter
           as
           was
           of
           too
           great
           Consequence
           to
           be
           committed
           to
           the
           Flames
           ;
           neither
           does
           she
           tell
           us
           that
           that
           was
           the
           very
           original
           Paper
           from
           whence
           was
           taken
           the
           little
           Book
           I
           presented
           to
           the
           Duke
           ,
           wherein
           was
           contain'd
           the
           whole
           Scheme
           ,
           and
           the
           pretended
           discovery
           I
           had
           made
           in
           the
           Sham-Plot
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Thus
           far
           I
           have
           related
           matter
           of
           Fact
           and
           Truth
           ,
           the
           first
           part
           of
           that
           which
           she
           her self
           has
           only
           disguised
           ,
           no
           way
           fairly
           contradicted
           ,
           in
           that
           Mealy
           Pack
           of
           Lyes
           ,
           which
           she
           has
           called
           
             Mallice
             Defeated
          
           :
           And
           now
           I
           shall
           come
           to
           a
           second
           part
           ,
           which
           she
           either
           evades
           in
           an
           elaborate
           manner
           ,
           or
           with
           down
           right
           impudence
           denies
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
         
           Pag.
           17.
           
           That
           Willoughby
           
             sent
             for
          
           Susan
           Edwards
           
             my
             Servant
             ,
             to
             the
             Prison
             ,
             (
             after
             he
             was
             committed
             by
             the
             King
             and
             Councel
             )
             by
             whom
             he
             sent
             me
             a
             long
             Epistle
             ,
             how
             he
             had
             been
             tortured
             that
             Night
             ,
             then
             I
             sent
             him
             again
             this
             following
             Note
             .
          
        
         
           I
           have
           said
           you
           were
           taken
           into
           my
           House
           to
           get
           in
           desperate
           Debts
           —
           They
           bring
           me
           to
           
             L.
             S.
          
           they
           will
           ask
           me
           who
           encouraged
           me
           to
           go
           to
           him
           ,
           I
           will
           say
           it
           was
           you
           ,
           it
           cannot
           worst
           you
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           I
           deny
           that
           I
           ever
           sent
           to
           her
           till
           the
           Maid
           came
           first
           to
           me
           ;
           with
           a
           Letter
           from
           her
           Mistress
           ,
           wherein
           she
           told
           me
           the
           Countess
           of
           Powis
           had
           commanded
           her
           to
           bid
           me
           be
           of
           good
           Courage
           ,
           and
           I
           should
           be
           removed
           to
           the
           Kings-Bench
           ,
           and
           be
           well
           provided
           for
           :
           That
           her
           Lady-ship
           would
           make
           immediate
           Application
           to
           four
           or
           five
           
             Great
             men
          
           ,
           who
           should
           soon
           do
           my
           business
           ,
           to
           this
           she
           desired
           my
           Answer
           ,
           the
           Contents
           of
           which
           I
           am
           not
           obliged
           to
           remember
           ,
           but
           probably
           I
           might
           mention
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           something
           of
           the
           torture
           I
           had
           undergone
           the
           night
           past
           ,
           and
           the
           dread
           of
           worse
           for
           the
           night
           to
           come
           ,
           but
           she
           willingly
           mistakes
           what
           I
           meant
           by
           Torture
           ,
           for
           't
           was
           not
           such
           a
           sort
           which
           she
           seems
           to
           represent
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           such
           as
           Irons
           or
           Cords
           ,
           but
           't
           was
           the
           horror
           of
           an
           evil
           Conscience
           lasht
           in
           every
           part
           with
           crimes
           of
           the
           deepest
           hew
           ,
           which
           she
           and
           her
           accomplices
           had
           engaged
           me
           in
           ;
           for
           to
           use
           her
           own
           words
           ,
           where
           she
           sayes
           ,
           when
           she
           first
           fetcht
           me
           out
           of
           Prison
           ,
           
             he
             exprest
             much
             sorrow
             for
             his
             past
             Crimes
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             made
             great
             Protestations
             of
             future
             amendment
             ,
          
           it
           was
           that
           which
           indeed
           I
           had
           done
           ,
           and
           was
           fixed
           for
           a
           reformed
           Life
           ,
           and
           did
           intend
           to
           have
           undertaken
           
             a
             Pilgrimage
             to
          
           St.
           Jago
           ,
           but
           what
           by
           her
           often
           attacks
           on
           the
           one
           side
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil
           's
           her
           grand
           Associate
           ,
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           that
           Resolution
           proved
           but
           a
           Prologue
           to
           the
           worst
           Tragedy
           I
           ever
           was
           engaged
           in
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           real
           occasion
           of
           the
           Tortures
           which
           she
           expresses
           ,
           though
           not
           explains
           ,
           a
           good
           part
           of
           which
           mischiefs
           are
           to
           be
           inclusively
           understood
           in
           the
           Letter
           which
           she
           sayes
           ,
           her
           Maid
           brought
           me
           soon
           after
           ,
           wherein
           she
           uses
           these
           words
           ,
           
             I
             have
             said
             you
             were
             taken
             into
             my
             House
             ,
             to
             get
             in
             desperate
             Debts
             .
          
        
         
           How
           like
           an
           excuse
           this
           looks
           let
           the
           World
           Judge
           ,
           or
           let
           her
           but
           rove
           ,
           by
           any
           one
           of
           her
           Husbands
           Debtors
           ,
           who
           is
           an
           unbias'd
           man
           ,
           that
           I
           ever
           treated
           with
           him
           to
           any
           such
           purpose
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           her
           the
           conquest
           ;
           if
           not
           ,
           both
           my self
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           Vniverse
           I
           hope
           may
           freely
           challenge
           her
           ,
           for
           what
           she
           has
           been
           from
           her
           Cradle
           ,
           a
           most
           notorious
           lying
           Doxey
           ,
           who
           having
           once
           made
           use
           of
           a
           Lye
           for
           an
           excuse
           ,
           tells
           it
           so
           often
           ,
           that
           with
           her self
           ,
           it
           becomes
           a
           currant
           truth
           .
        
         
           She
           knew
           very
           well
           I
           was
           cut
           out
           ,
           neither
           for
           a
           Broaker
           ,
           nor
           a
           Solicitor
           ,
           and
           that
           those
           plodding
           employments
           were
           no
           way
           suitable
           to
           my
           more
           
             Airy
             Genius
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           excuse
           of
           her
           desperate
           Debts
           ,
           was
           as
           desperate
           as
           her
           Debts
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           were
           so
           desperate
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           fully
           perswaded
           she
           never
           had
           any
           such
           .
           Is
           it
           for
           any
           man
           of
           reason
           to
           imagine
           a
           Woman
           ,
           that
           was
           Building
           Castles
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           Dreamt
           of
           nothing
           but
           Maxims
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           was
           designing
           to
           be
           a
           Countess
           on
           Earth
           ,
           and
           a
           Saint
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           ever
           thought
           of
           such
           Trifles
           ,
           as
           desperate
           Debts
           ?
           'T
           was
           an
           excuse
           that
           never
           will
           be
           believed
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           was
           very
           Femininely
           done
           ,
           to
           put
           such
           an
           over-ridden
           stale
           pretence
           upon
           the
           Nation
           .
           Come
           ,
           come
           ,
           Mrs.
           Elizabeth
           ,
           your
           Ramping
           Dominican
           ,
           had
           no
           mind
           to
           hide
           your
           nakedness
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           throw
           a
           Tiffaney
           Vindication
           over
           it
           ,
           rather
           by
           contraction
           to
           display
           ,
           than
           cover
           the
           prospect
           :
           Where
           ,
           by
           my
           advice
           he
           should
           be
           Pictured
           peeping
           ,
           like
           the
           Satyr
           in
           Aretines
           Postures
           ,
           with
           a
           
           Line
           and
           Plummet
           ,
           in
           his
           Hairy
           Fist
           .
        
         
           
             They
             bring
             me
             to
          
           L.
           S.
           
             they
             will
             ask
             me
             who
             encouraged
             me
             to
             go
             to
             him
             ,
             I
             will
             say
             ,
             it
             was
             you
             ,
             it
             cannot
             worstyou
             .
          
        
         
           If
           I
           had
           been
           the
           Person
           had
           sent
           her
           thither
           ,
           what
           occasion
           could
           I
           have
           had
           for
           this
           instruction
           ,
           for
           Truth
           needs
           no
           such
           support
           :
           but
           by
           the
           way
           observe
           how
           the
           Scene
           alters
           ,
           for
           I
           ,
           who
           as
           she
           sayes
           ,
           was
           
             at
             the
             Tryal
             of
             the
             Five
             Jesuits
             ,
          
           
           
             employed
             to
             fetch
             Victuals
             and
             Drink
             ,
             for
             the
             Witnesses
             ,
             run
             on
             Errands
             ,
             call
             Coaches
             ,
          
           &c.
           am
           now
           produc'd
           by
           her
           ,
           for
           the
           Person
           who
           sent
           her
           of
           an
           Errand
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Shaftsbury
           ;
           nay
           and
           for
           my
           credit
           sake
           I
           must
           own
           it
           too
           ,
           or
           else
           I
           do
           nothing
           ;
           such
           are
           the
           Devilish
           Practices
           of
           those
           People
           ,
           who
           first
           insinuate
           themselves
           into
           the
           good
           opinion
           of
           one
           they
           intend
           an
           Instrument
           in
           their
           Black
           (
           or
           as
           they
           call
           it
           ,
           the
           wounded
           )
           Cause
           ,
           then
           gradually
           engage
           him
           to
           act
           in
           their
           Designes
           ,
           and
           when
           over
           Head
           and
           Eares
           ,
           or
           catcht
           by
           a
           Discovery
           ,
           prevail
           with
           him
           to
           take
           all
           upon
           himself
           ,
           perswading
           him
           by
           the
           Insinuations
           of
           some
           Priest
           ,
           it
           is
           Meritorious
           so
           to
           do
           :
           And
           that
           if
           he
           be
           Sentenced
           to
           Death
           he
           shall
           have
           a
           Pardon
           ,
           but
           alas
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           that
           ,
           good
           night
           Nicholas
           ,
           then
           there
           's
           nothing
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           but
           to
           send
           his
           betrayed
           Soul
           to
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           a
           constant
           Application
           to
           hold
           him
           steady
           ,
           till
           he
           comes
           to
           be
           Executed
           ,
           binding
           themselves
           by
           bitter
           Vows
           and
           Execrations
           ,
           that
           he
           shall
           be
           Saved
           ,
           and
           that
           such
           things
           must
           be
           deferred
           till
           the
           last
           Minute
           ,
           to
           keep
           others
           of
           less
           Faith
           right
           ,
           whereas
           if
           a
           man
           should
           make
           any
           Discovery
           ,
           why
           then
           ,
           't
           is
           all
           Lyes
           ,
           was
           not
           the
           Rope
           about
           his
           Neck
           ?
           he
           did
           it
           to
           save
           his
           life
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           Villain
           and
           a
           Stigmatized
           Creature
           ,
           and
           a
           thousand
           such
           pretences
           ,
           and
           therefore
           can
           be
           no
           Lawful
           Witness
           ;
           but
           if
           a
           man
           ,
           by
           such
           delayes
           ,
           will
           silently
           devote
           himself
           to
           the
           Halter
           with
           a
           Lye
           in
           his
           Mouth
           ,
           why
           then
           ,
           his
           death
           is
           brought
           in
           Competition
           with
           the
           Testimonies
           of
           the
           living
           ,
           and
           Hirelings
           must
           be
           employed
           to
           disperse
           their
           lying
           Speeches
           with
           new
           Additions
           ,
           and
           to
           spread
           rumours
           throughout
           the
           Kingdoms
           ,
           to
           prepossess
           the
           more
           Charitable
           people
           ,
           that
           they
           knew
           nothing
           of
           the
           matters
           laid
           to
           their
           charge
           ,
           but
           dyed
           innocently
           ,
           and
           wrongfully
           ,
           and
           indeed
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           must
           not
           believe
           ,
           there
           either
           was
           or
           is
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           a
           
             Popish
             Plot.
          
           In
           these
           Meritorious
           Practices
           ,
           I
           was
           an
           Instrument
           ,
           and
           therefore
           am
           the
           better
           able
           to
           make
           it
           out
           to
           their
           Faces
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           return
           to
           the
           former
           matter
           ,
           our
           Lying
           Jezabel
           would
           once
           in
           her
           days
           perhaps
           do
           well
           ,
           if
           she
           would
           declare
           ingenuously
           to
           the
           World
           in
           time
           ,
           who
           it
           was
           sent
           her
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           though
           I
           am
           clearly
           of
           the
           opinion
           (
           to
           use
           as
           she
           sayes
           ,
           my
           Lord
           Chancellors
           words
           to
           her
           at
           the
           Councel
           Board
           )
           
             no
             body
             will
             believe
             a
             word
             she
             sayes
             .
          
        
         
           Pag.
           17.
           
           
             That
             he
             desired
             my
             Maid
             to
             speak
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             Victuals
             might
             be
             sent
             him
             from
             my
             House
             dayly
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             would
             send
             him
             a
             promise
             of
             it
             of
             my
             own
             hand
             Writing
             ,
             by
             which
             (
             request
             )
             I
             perceived
             he
             was
             already
             a
             Rogue
             ,
             and
             endeavoring
             to
             get
             something
             of
             my
             Writing
             to
             make
             evil
             use
             of
             .
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           very
           clear
           ,
           that
           while
           I
           was
           acting
           in
           their
           Labyrinth
           ,
           I
           was
           from
           the
           first
           ,
           very
           honest
           ,
           and
           she
           her self
           declared
           as
           much
           to
           several
           Persons
           of
           Honor
           and
           Quality
           ,
           but
           particularly
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Peterborough
           ,
           when
           she
           told
           his
           Lordship
           I
           was
           a
           man
           had
           done
           great
           Services
           for
           divers
           Forreign
           Princes
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           very
           honest
           ,
           modest
           man
           ;
           but
           now
           I
           have
           discovered
           what
           in
           truth
           I
           knew
           of
           their
           Practices
           ,
           and
           have
           put
           my self
           upon
           a
           Second
           Reform'd
           Resolution
           ,
           I
           must
           be
           Branded
           and
           Stigmatiz'd
           with
           I
           know
           not
           what
           Villanies
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           I
           still
           offer
           to
           be
           Hang'd
           for
           ,
           if
           either
           she
           or
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           can
           produce
           any
           Record
           for
           
           it
           ,
           more
           then
           what
           were
           allowed
           by
           my self
           at
           the
           Kings-Bench-Bar
           ,
           when
           my
           Tryal
           was
           ,
           not
           hers
           ,
           which
           Records
           were
           in
           Number
           Seven
           :
           Four
           of
           which
           were
           from
           Salisbury
           for
           uttering
           Counterfeit
           Guinneys
           ,
           one
           from
           the
           Old-Bayly
           for
           uttering
           Counterfeit
           Guinneys
           ,
           one
           for
           an
           Outlary
           for
           Felony
           from
           Chelmsford
           ,
           and
           one
           for
           Felony
           from
           the
           Old-Bayly
           ,
           as
           she
           sayes
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           18.
           
           
             November
             the
          
           1st
           .
           
             before
             His
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Councel
             ,
          
           Willoughby
           
             accused
             me
             of
             all
             the
             forged
             Stories
             he
             tells
             in
             his
             lying
             Narrative
             ;
             and
             I
             unfeignedly
             told
             the
             Truth
             .
          
        
         
           What
           she
           meant
           by
           the
           word
           Truth
           is
           much
           to
           be
           disputed
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           thing
           altogether
           eloign'd
           both
           from
           her
           practice
           and
           profession
           ;
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           she
           lighted
           upon
           the
           word
           by
           accident
           ,
           as
           the
           Gentleman
           did
           ,
           when
           he
           prayed
           to
           Cupid
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           
             Common-prayer-book
             ,
             O
             thou
             whose
             service
             is
             perfect
             freedom
             :
          
           For
           my
           part
           I
           cannot
           otherwise
           conjecture
           what
           she
           intended
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           her
           owning
           a
           great
           part
           of
           what
           I
           charged
           her
           with
           ,
           at
           the
           same
           time
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           for
           those
           which
           she
           calls
           Truths
           ,
           it
           is
           such
           a
           sort
           of
           Truth
           ,
           that
           neither
           any
           of
           the
           Lords
           of
           the
           Councel
           ,
           nor
           any
           other
           Person
           whatsoever
           ,
           that
           I
           ever
           yet
           heard
           of
           ,
           allowed
           it
           as
           such
           ,
           (
           her
           own
           Party
           excepted
           ;
           )
           so
           that
           it
           can
           be
           no
           other
           than
           the
           Venome
           of
           an
           unhang'd
           Dominican
           ,
           and
           her
           own
           lying
           Tongue
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           19.
           
           
             Willoughby
             was
             brought
             to
             a
             Window
             over
             against
             me
             (
             in
             the
             Prison
             )
             to
             talk
             with
             me
          
           ;
           where
           note
           she
           says
           I
           discours'd
           her
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
          
           )
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
             pray
             speak
             low
             ,
             and
             tell
             me
             how
             you
             do
             ,
             and
             do
             not
             discompose
             your self
             .
          
        
         
           
             I
             am
             sorry
             for
             your
             confinement
             :
             I
             could
             not
             help
             what
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             you
             shall
             not
             die
             ;
             nor
             receive
             any
             other
             hurt
             .
          
        
         
           
             Look
             here
             how
             I
             have
             been
             used
             ,
             and
             then
             shewed
             me
             his
             Arms
             ,
             saying
             ,
             he
             had
             been
             miserably
             tormented
             ,
             and
             was
             forc'd
             to
             accuse
             me
             and
             others
             to
             save
             his
             own
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             he
             had
             told
             the
             King
             more
             than
             he
             could
             make
             out
             ,
             and
             was
             forc'd
             to
             joyn
             with
             Confederates
             to
             get
             his
             pardon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Madam
             ,
             there
             are
             two
             persons
             found
             that
             will
             lay
             worse
             things
             to
             your
             Charge
             ,
             than
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             therefore
             come
             in
             while
             it
             is
             time
             ,
             and
             joyn
             with
             the
             most
             powerful
             ,
             you
             may
             make
             your
             own
             conditions
             ;
             then
             he
             said
             that
             the
             King
             was
             bought
             and
             sold
             ,
             and
             here
             would
             be
             a
             Republick
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             the
             Duke
             would
             be
             destroyed
             in
          
           Scotland
           .
        
         
           
             That
             if
             I
             would
             say
             the
             Duke
             gave
             me
             the
             Original
             of
             those
             Papers
             that
             were
             found
             in
             my
             Meal-Tub
             ,
             and
             bid
             me
             cause
             them
             to
             be
             put
             into
          
           Mansels
           
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             kill
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           
             that
             then
             I
             should
             have
             a
             Pardon
             ,
             and
             more
             Money
             than
             all
             the
             Witnesses
             had
             had
             together
             ;
             for
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Confederate
             Lords
             ,
             would
             raise
             Ten
             Thousand
             Pounds
             ,
             which
             I
             should
             pass
             over
             by
             Bills
             of
             Exchange
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             I
             should
             have
             twenty
             Pounds
             per
             week
             setled
             on
             me
             by
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             as
             long
             as
             I
             lived
             :
             And
             if
             I
             would
             do
             all
             this
             ,
             some
             Person
             of
             Honour
             should
             come
             and
             treat
             with
             me
             .
          
        
         
           Pag.
           21.
           
           
             That
             he
             shewed
             me
             his
             Arms
             ,
             where
             the
             Irons
             or
             Cords
             had
             worn
             off
             the
             skin
             ,
             telling
             me
             he
             had
             been
             wrack'd
             ,
             and
             cruelly
             us'd
             to
             force
             him
             to
             accuse
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             he
             ask'd
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             thought
             other
             Persons
             ,
             whom
             he
             had
             accus'd
             ,
             would
             forgive
             him
             ;
             as
             well
             as
             my self
             .
          
        
         
           
             That
             he
             told
             me
             he
             would
             write
             down
             all
             the
             intreague
             ,
             with
             the
             Names
             of
             those
             Lords
             and
             others
             that
             set
             him
             on
             work
             ,
             and
             give
             it
             me
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Next
             morning
             he
             was
             at
             his
             Window
             by
             day-break
             ,
             and
             propos'd
             if
             I
             would
             not
             belye
             the
             Duke
             ,
             to
             say
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Peterborough
           
             gave
             me
             those
             Papers
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             had
             received
             a
             Thousand
             Pounds
             in
             Gold
             of
             Sir
          
           Allen
           Apsley
           ,
           
             to
             pay
             him
             for
             the
             Murthering
             of
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           
             and
             to
             raise
             Soldiers
             against
             the
             King
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           In
           answer
           to
           all
           this
           Christening
           Gossipry
           ,
           we
           are
           first
           to
           consider
           the
           probability
           of
           these
           matters
           ,
           and
           handle
           them
           with
           the
           more
           care
           and
           scrutiny
           ,
           in
           regard
           here
           are
           divers
           Noble-Peers
           under
           her
           Female
           reproaches
           ;
           a
           thing
           strangely
           to
           be
           wondered
           at
           ,
           that
           the
           Press
           should
           be
           so
           open
           ,
           for
           scandals
           against
           the
           Nobility
           ,
           and
           so
           closely
           barricadoed
           against
           what
           would
           have
           been
           more
           truly
           said
           against
           Persons
           far
           less
           considerable
           .
        
         
           The
           forgoing
           discourse
           ,
           as
           she
           says
           ,
           pass'd
           from
           me
           to
           her
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           when
           we
           were
           both
           under
           confinement
           :
           A
           Lye
           not
           only
           of
           the
           more
           monstrous
           sort
           ,
           but
           also
           impossible
           ;
           for
           ,
           as
           to
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           was
           a
           close
           Prisoner
           at
           the
           top
           of
           all
           
             the
             Prison
          
           ,
           by
           a
           special
           Order
           ,
           and
           that
           from
           the
           time
           of
           my
           recantation
           ,
           till
           I
           had
           finished
           my
           Depositions
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           been
           since
           credibly
           inform'd
           ,
           she
           was
           not
           committed
           to
           Newgate
           till
           within
           a
           very
           short
           time
           before
           I
           was
           discharg'd
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           been
           also
           inform'd
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           committed
           close
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           kept
           so
           a
           considerable
           time
           (
           after
           I
           was
           discharg'd
           )
           in
           Captain
           Richardson's
           House
           ,
           who
           for
           divers
           reasons
           ought
           
             to
             use
             her
             with
             respect
          
           :
           And
           therefore
           how
           I
           could
           communicate
           any
           thing
           to
           her
           ,
           in
           
             Captain
             Richardsons
          
           House
           ;
           from
           the
           top
           of
           Newgate
           ,
           either
           of
           that
           or
           any
           other
           nature
           ,
           I
           refer
           to
           such
           as
           best
           know
           
             the
             Prison
          
           ,
           and
           the
           apartments
           ,
           which
           have
           
             a
             Yard
          
           ,
           called
           the
           Press-yard
           ,
           and
           divers
           Rooms
           between
           them
           ,
           and
           shall
           also
           have
           my
           Faith
           upon
           't
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           nothing
           of
           a
           Speaking-Trumpet
           in
           the
           case
           ;
           but
           on
           the
           other
           side
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           at
           that
           time
           the
           intimacy
           which
           had
           for
           some
           considerable
           time
           before
           been
           between
           us
           ,
           was
           fresh
           in
           memory
           ,
           and
           that
           would
           have
           gone
           a
           great
           way
           with
           me
           ,
           could
           I
           possibly
           have
           come
           near
           her
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           have
           insisted
           upon
           ,
           as
           she
           pretends
           ,
           but
           to
           have
           directed
           her
           Prayers
           to
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           (
           who
           had
           opened
           my
           Eyes
           )
           to
           have
           done
           the
           same
           by
           her
           ,
           that
           she
           might
           have
           taken
           a
           true
           Prospect
           of
           the
           evil
           consequences
           ,
           wherein
           she
           had
           embroyl'd
           both
           her self
           and
           me
           ,
           and
           ingeniously
           to
           have
           discover'd
           them
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           not
           that
           I
           could
           have
           wanted
           her
           Testimony
           to
           confirm
           mine
           ,
           but
           for
           her
           own
           Soul's
           sake
           :
           And
           besides
           ,
           admit
           she
           had
           been
           so
           wicked
           to
           have
           accus'd
           any
           Innocent
           Person
           ,
           as
           she
           pretends
           I
           requested
           her
           to
           do
           ,
           how
           far
           it
           would
           have
           been
           concurrent
           with
           my
           Testimony
           ,
           let
           the
           World
           judge
           ;
           for
           whereas
           she
           says
           ,
           I
           requested
           her
           to
           accuse
           the
           Duke
           of
           being
           privy
           to
           the
           conveying
           the
           Meal-Tub
           Papers
           into
           Collonel
           Mansels
           
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             bid
             her
             kill
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           nothing
           could
           be
           more
           improbable
           ,
           in
           regard
           the
           World
           sees
           I
           never
           yet
           mentioned
           one
           tittle
           to
           that
           purpose
           in
           all
           my
           Depositions
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           the
           Papers
           that
           we
           put
           into
           Collonel
           Mansels
           Chamber
           ,
           imported
           matters
           of
           a
           clearly
           different
           nature
           from
           those
           of
           the
           Meal-Tub
           .
           Therefore
           't
           is
           strange
           ,
           that
           I
           should
           be
           so
           idle
           ,
           as
           to
           propose
           a
           thing
           of
           that
           detestable
           consequence
           to
           her
           ,
           that
           would
           no
           ways
           amount
           to
           the
           least
           tittle
           of
           service
           to
           my self
           ,
           unless
           she
           as
           a
           Confederate
           ,
           had
           encouraged
           me
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           supplied
           me
           from
           her
           wonted
           Fountain
           :
           And
           then
           what
           should
           have
           hindered
           ,
           but
           that
           I
           might
           have
           repeal'd
           that
           as
           well
           as
           other
           things
           ?
           And
           farther
           ,
           that
           which
           is
           still
           more
           improbable
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           I
           desired
           her
           to
           say
           ,
           
             she
             received
             a
             Thousand
             Pounds
             in
             Gold
             from
             Sir
          
           Allen
           Apsly
           ,
           
             to
             pay
             me
             for
             the
             Murthering
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           
             and
             to
             raise
             Forces
             against
             the
             King
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           A
           thing
           I
           mention
           no
           where
           ,
           nor
           did
           I
           ever
           charge
           her
           with
           being
           the
           Person
           which
           was
           to
           pay
           me
           for
           that
           ;
           for
           one
           
             Ricaut
             a
             Virginia
             Merchant
          
           ,
           and
           her
           great
           Familiar
           ,
           was
           to
           pay
           me
           
             Five
             Hundred
             Pounds
          
           for
           the
           Murthering
           the
           Earl
           of
           Shaftsbury
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           appointment
           of
           the
           Lords
           in
           the
           Tower.
           
        
         
           And
           as
           for
           her
           lame
           invention
           of
           my
           being
           tortur'd
           with
           Cords
           or
           Irons
           ,
           't
           is
           directly
           false
           ,
           and
           such
           a
           like
           Lye
           as
           that
           of
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           or
           one
           Coral
           a
           Coachman
           ,
           which
           she
           tells
           of
           in
           her
           third
           Page
           ;
           but
           if
           both
           her self
           ,
           and
           my self
           ,
           and
           indeed
           every
           such
           wicked
           miscreant
           ,
           had
           been
           worse
           tortur'd
           than
           what
           she
           has
           exprest
           ,
           yet
           it
           would
           have
           been
           far
           short
           of
           our
           deserts
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           20.
           
           
             She
             says
          
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           
             God
             is
             merciful
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             live
             ,
             I
             may
             repent
             ,
             I
             was
             deserted
             by
             every
             body
             ,
             and
             if
             I
             had
             not
             been
             hang'd
             ,
             I
             should
             have
             been
             starved
             ;
             it
             is
             a
             sad
             thing
             to
             depend
             upon
             an
             ungrateful
             and
             disunited
             people
             ,
             I
             have
             reason
             to
             take
             some
             care
             of
             my self
             ;
             those
             I
             belong
             to
             now
             ,
             are
             very
             kind
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             send
             me
             great
             encouragements
             ,
             I
             shall
             have
             a
             pardon
             ,
             and
             be
             set
             at
             liberty
             ;
             but
             before
             I
             go
             ,
             I
             would
             be
             glad
             you
             would
             consider
             your
             own
             condition
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           To
           this
           no
           man
           has
           more
           to
           say
           than
           my self
           ,
           for
           I
           have
           been
           all
           my
           life
           time
           delivered
           by
           the
           Mercies
           and
           great
           Goodness
           of
           the
           
             All-seeing
             God
          
           ,
           whom
           I
           bless
           particularly
           for
           my
           last
           great
           deliverance
           from
           among
           that
           Infernal
           Crew
           ;
           and
           restoring
           me
           to
           his
           Grace
           and
           Favour
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           by
           his
           
             Infinite
             mercy
          
           ,
           I
           will
           abide
           to
           the
           last
           minute
           of
           my
           life
           ,
           rather
           than
           be
           again
           corrupted
           for
           the
           greatest
           advantages
           ,
           that
           
             ungrateful
             disunited
          
           Pack
           ,
           as
           she
           calls
           them
           ,
           can
           propose
           to
           me
           ;
           for
           however
           vicious
           my
           past
           life
           has
           been
           ,
           the
           amendment
           only
           time
           will
           produce
           ,
           and
           I
           make
           no
           doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           will
           prove
           to
           the
           general
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           such
           as
           delight
           in
           the
           conversion
           of
           a
           Sinner
           .
        
         
           
             Then
             he
             shewed
             me
             Gold
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             great
             advantages
             were
             to
             be
             made
             by
             becoming
             the
             Kings
             Evidence
             .
          
        
         
           By
           the
           word
           Encouragement
           I
           am
           intended
           for
           some
           Ridicule
           ,
           as
           I
           suppose
           ;
           for
           all
           persons
           may
           easily
           know
           what
           encouragement
           I
           have
           met
           with
           ;
           yet
           nevertheless
           there
           is
           no
           man
           can
           say
           I
           have
           exprest
           the
           least
           impatience
           for
           my
           sufferings
           .
           The
           Gold
           she
           speaks
           of
           ,
           would
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           have
           been
           as
           welcome
           to
           my
           Pockets
           ,
           as
           to
           another
           mans
           ,
           (
           could
           I
           have
           justified
           the
           occasion
           of
           earning
           it
           )
           where
           perhaps
           it
           might
           have
           met
           with
           an
           old
           hoarded
           piece
           ,
           which
           Mrs.
           Elizabeth
           had
           us'd
           twice
           ,
           as
           a
           Contracting
           Piece
           ,
           upon
           Marriage
           of
           
             two
             Husbands
          
           ;
           but
           to
           prevent
           any
           such
           farther
           use
           ,
           was
           by
           her
           presented
           to
           a
           certain
           young
           Spaniard
           ,
           some
           time
           since
           ,
           as
           an
           Earnest-Peny
           for
           his
           good
           Service
           ,
           who
           intends
           it
           a
           Present
           ,
           wherewith
           to
           tip
           the
           Cornudoes
           Horns
           ,
           if
           he
           'l
           take
           the
           pains
           to
           come
           or
           send
           his
           kind
           Wife
           into
           the
           City
           to
           fetch
           it
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           21.
           
           
             That
             about
             twelve
             days
             before
          
           Dangerfield
           
             was
             taken
             ,
             he
             told
             me
             my
             Name
             was
             entred
             into
             Sir
          
           William
           Waller's
           
             Black
             Bill
             ,
             and
             therefore
             he
             adviz'd
             me
             to
             write
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
          
           Shaftsbury
           :
           
             I
             told
             him
             I
             durst
             not
             do
             that
             ,
             but
             would
             go
             to
             his
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             then
             I
             desired
             him
             to
             go
             with
             me
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           is
           another
           plain
           acknowledgment
           ;
           for
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           that
           that
           very
           time
           she
           did
           request
           me
           to
           go
           with
           her
           ;
           but
           I
           then
           being
           under
           a
           most
           
           dreadful
           discomposure
           of
           mind
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           deep
           apprehension
           of
           the
           fatal
           errand
           ,
           upon
           which
           I
           had
           been
           there
           twice
           before
           ,
           was
           not
           to
           be
           drawn
           thither
           again
           ,
           which
           backwardness
           of
           mine
           was
           the
           reason
           
             she
             her self
             offer'd
             to
             go
             ,
             and
             do
             the
             work
          
           I
           was
           intended
           for
           ,
           in
           
             plain
             English
          
           ,
           to
           kill
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           which
           was
           all
           the
           business
           she
           had
           there
           .
        
         
           But
           being
           dash'd
           in
           the
           face
           with
           the
           foul
           Guilt
           of
           a
           terrifying
           Conscience
           ,
           she
           came
           away
           (
           to
           use
           her
           own
           words
           )
           
             without
             any
             success
          
           .
        
         
           The
           Stories
           of
           
             Jacob
             Clement
          
           and
           Ravillac
           had
           intoxicated
           her
           courage
           ;
           but
           when
           she
           saw
           it
           was
           a
           Man
           she
           was
           to
           kill
           ,
           she
           could
           not
           find
           in
           her
           heart
           to
           injure
           the
           Sex
           she
           loved
           so
           well
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           29.
           
           In
           January
           
             I
             was
             brought
             before
             the
             Committee
             of
             Lords
             ,
             where
          
           Dangerfield
           
             was
             asked
             ,
             if
             I
             did
             not
             set
             him
             on
             to
             create
             a
             mutiny
             at
             the
             Rainbow
             Coffee-house
             ;
             to
             which
             he
             replied
             ,
             I
             cannot
             say
             she
             set
             me
             on
             .
             That
             I
             was
             angry
             with
             him
             for
             it
             ,
             bid
             him
             be
             gone
             out
             of
             my
             house
             ,
             and
             removed
             his
             Quarters
             into
             the
             Garret
             for
             that
             cause
             .
          
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Mutiny
           ,
           the
           remark
           I
           have
           made
           of
           it
           already
           is
           sufficient
           ;
           but
           how
           she
           could
           be
           angry
           with
           me
           ,
           for
           so
           good
           a
           piece
           of
           service
           ,
           as
           that
           was
           like
           to
           prove
           ,
           is
           as
           probable
           ,
           as
           her
           putting
           
             me
             out
             of
             her
             house
             ,
             by
             removing
             my
             Quarters
             into
             the
             Garret
             ,
          
           as
           she
           pretends
           ,
           which
           she
           could
           not
           find
           in
           her
           heart
           howsoever
           to
           do
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           Place
           very
           unfit
           for
           the
           intimate
           and
           near
           correspondence
           we
           then
           held
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           a
           Place
           only
           fit
           to
           receive
           a
           Lackey
           ,
           and
           which
           she
           ought
           not
           in
           Conscience
           to
           have
           offer'd
           to
           a
           —
           &c.
           that
           pay'd
           no
           less
           at
           that
           time
           than
           eight
           shillings
           a
           week
           for
           a
           more
           convenient
           Lodging
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           house
           ,
           and
           four
           shillings
           six
           penee
           per
           week
           for
           one
           much
           more
           convenient
           than
           either
           of
           them
           at
           Westminster
           .
        
         
           
             That
             I
             being
             examin'd
             about
             a
             Walk
             ,
             that
             was
             upon
             Tower-wharf
             ,
             with
             the
             Lord
          
           C.
           J.
           
             and
             the
             Lady
          
           Powis
           ,
           
             and
             offering
             Ten
             Thousand
             Pounds
             concerning
             Sir
          
           George
           Wakeman
           ,
           
             made
             this
             reply
             ,
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lords
             ,
             I
             read
             it
             in
             a
             Pamphlet
          
           ;
           which
           Pamphlet
           was
           printed
           some
           where
           in
           China
           in
           the
           
             two
             and
             twenty
             thousandth
          
           Year
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           shewed
           to
           her
           in
           one
           of
           St.
           
           Dominick's
           Visions
           ,
           for
           after
           all
           the
           enquiry
           I
           have
           made
           ,
           I
           never
           could
           meet
           with
           one
           Person
           ,
           who
           ever
           saw
           any
           such
           Pamphlet
           besides
           her self
           :
           And
           thus
           the
           Trully
           at
           Newgate
           ,
           being
           ask'd
           where
           they
           had
           their
           purloyn'd
           Booty
           ?
           cry
           ,
           They
           found
           it
           .
           Such
           was
           the
           impudence
           of
           this
           Woman
           ,
           rather
           to
           Droll
           with
           ,
           than
           answer
           the
           (
           Demands
           of
           the
           Councel
           ;
           which
           made
           them
           look
           upon
           her
           only
           as
           a
           bold
           and
           incorrigible
           Bigott
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           23.
           
           
             If
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             World
             could
             give
             a
             probable
             light
             where
             the
             true
             Plot
             is
             managed
             ,
             mine
             and
             my
             accusers
             Cases
             would
             do
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Indeed
           I
           am
           much
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           ,
           for
           your
           very
           Defence
           accuses
           you
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           Question
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           but
           tho
           management
           of
           your
           deliverance
           was
           as
           convincing
           an
           Argument
           to
           all
           Persons
           of
           understanding
           ,
           how
           the
           true
           Plot
           was
           managed
           ,
           as
           might
           appear
           by
           your
           soft
           and
           gentle
           ,
           and
           your
           Accusers
           harsh
           and
           undeserved
           usage
           ,
           which
           are
           the
           true
           Cases
           of
           you
           and
           your
           Accuser
           .
        
         
           Ibid.
           
             That
             singly
             and
             alone
             ,
             without
             the
             advice
             or
             assistance
             of
             any
             one
             Catholick
             Man
             or
             Woman
             ,
             I
             was
             left
             to
             study
             ,
             manage
             ,
             and
             support
             my self
             ,
             to
             my
             own
             expence
             which
             above
             a
             thousand
             Pounds
             ,
             never
             receiving
             one
             Peny
             towards
             it
             ,
             but
             ten
             Pounds
             given
             me
             by
             a
             condemn'd
             Priest
             ,
             five
             days
             before
             my
          
           
           
             Tryal
             ,
             nor
             have
             I
             since
             received
             any
             thing
             ,
             or
             the
             least
             civility
             from
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Madam
           ,
           this
           Rodomontado
           will
           not
           pass
           ,
           as
           being
           a
           meer
           bundle
           of
           Lies
           and
           Equivocations
           ,
           which
           they
           of
           your
           acquaintance
           ,
           that
           know
           better
           ,
           cannot
           but
           blush
           to
           hear
           you
           tell
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           were
           pratling
           over
           your
           Sack
           and
           Sugar
           ,
           and
           others
           that
           believe
           ,
           may
           as
           well
           believe
           the
           Story
           of
           Bell
           and
           the
           Dragon
           .
           You
           would
           fain
           be
           Sainted
           for
           your
           Merits
           ,
           which
           has
           produc'd
           this
           extravagant
           Huff
           of
           yours
           ,
           and
           so
           perhaps
           you
           may
           ,
           as
           that
           Strumpet
           the
           Egyptian
           St.
           Mary
           ;
           so
           Famous
           in
           your
           Callender
           for
           exposing
           her
           Body
           to
           relieve
           the
           necessities
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Monks
          
           and
           Hermites
           of
           her
           time
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           expence
           she
           mentions
           ,
           I
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           Truth
           she
           ever
           told
           in
           her
           whole
           Life
           ,
           but
           that
           those
           expences
           came
           out
           of
           her
           needy
           Pocket
           ,
           I
           utterly
           deny
           ;
           for
           surely
           her
           Midwives
           Fees
           can
           never
           be
           imagin'd
           to
           have
           been
           able
           to
           bear
           the
           expences
           that
           amounted
           to
           much
           above
           a
           
             Thousand
             Pounds
          
           ;
           which
           argues
           the
           falsehood
           of
           her
           Assertion
           in
           this
           Particular
           ;
           for
           indeed
           things
           of
           that
           Nature
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           be
           managed
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           a
           Midwives
           Purse
           ,
           nor
           does
           it
           look
           with
           the
           Face
           of
           Innocent
           or
           ordinary
           conduct
           ,
           as
           she
           pretends
           ,
           for
           here
           are
           matters
           of
           divers
           kinds
           ,
           such
           as
           wanted
           the
           support
           of
           good
           Friends
           ,
           or
           the
           Devil
           himself
           ,
           who
           is
           said
           to
           be
           the
           God
           of
           Riches
           .
        
         
           Mammon
           himself
           was
           only
           able
           to
           feed
           those
           greedy
           Mercenaries
           that
           suck'd
           the
           Canvas
           Teats
           of
           her
           Charity
           ,
           who
           by
           that
           means
           were
           made
           fit
           Instruments
           for
           her
           and
           her
           Confederates
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           Devil
           came
           in
           to
           act
           his
           part
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           stock
           them
           with
           fit
           Creatures
           ,
           so
           that
           by
           the
           loss
           of
           one
           ,
           three
           might
           be
           produc'd
           by
           way
           of
           fresh
           supply
           ;
           Therefore
           I
           give
           the
           more
           credit
           to
           the
           expence
           she
           mentions
           ;
           and
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           it
           not
           much
           short
           of
           one
           of
           the
           like
           nature
           ,
           which
           was
           Sir
           
             George
             ,
             Wakemans
          
           Case
           ,
           which
           how
           fitly
           this
           Woman
           or
           her
           Husband
           were
           quallified
           in
           state
           to
           manage
           ,
           I
           refer
           to
           all
           that
           know
           them
           :
           Therefore
           in
           all
           probability
           there
           was
           a
           General
           Contribution
           ,
           to
           make
           good
           that
           breach
           ;
           for
           it
           was
           a
           close
           attack
           ,
           which
           if
           lost
           ,
           would
           have
           shook
           tho
           whole
           work
           ,
           without
           
             making
             the
             Kingdom
             rue
             it
          
           .
        
         
           
             As
             to
             my
             own
             Sex
             I
             hope
             they
             will
             Pardon
             the
             Errors
             of
             my
             Story
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             those
             bold
             attempts
             of
             mine
             that
             occasion'd
             it
             ,
             since
             what
             I
             medled
             with
             ,
             though
             it
             may
             be
             thought
             too
             Masculine
             yet
             was
             it
             the
             effects
             of
             my
             more
             than
             Religious
             Zeal
             to
             gain
             Proselytes
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             And
             no
             one
             can
             truly
             say
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             preserved
             the
             Modesty
             ,
          
           though
           not
           the
           timorousness
           ,
           common
           to
           my
           Sex.
           
        
         
           
             Religious
             Zeal
          
           and
           
             Modesty
             !
             Jesu
             Maria
          
           !
           what
           a
           president
           of
           an
           Apology
           is
           here
           ?
           we
           shall
           have
           shortly
           ,
           by
           the
           example
           of
           this
           Midwife
           ,
           the
           whole
           Town
           fill'd
           with
           Vindications
           by
           all
           the
           Trulls
           in
           Whetstones-Park
           and
           all
           the
           Lewd
           Corners
           in
           the
           Suburbs
           ;
           we
           shall
           have
           such
           upholding
           of
           Fame
           ,
           and
           good
           Name
           and
           Honor
           among
           the
           Common
           Harlots
           ,
           that
           Women
           that
           are
           truly
           honest
           will
           be
           asham'd
           to
           own
           it
           .
           Well
           —
           This
           Mrs.
           
             Elizabeth
             Cellier
          
           has
           a
           stupendious
           Memory
           :
           I
           had
           thought
           ,
           seeing
           it
           was
           so
           long
           ago
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           forgot
           the
           Practice
           of
           
             Religious
             Zeal
          
           and
           Modesty
           ,
           that
           she
           had
           forgot
           the
           very
           words
           ;
           but
           I
           see
           she
           has
           not
           :
           However
           Gentlemen
           ,
           since
           she
           has
           been
           so
           nimble
           
           with
           my
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           you
           a
           Compendium
           of
           hers
           ;
           And
           then
           you
           shall
           be
           Judges
           of
           her
           
             Religious
             Zeal
          
           and
           Modesty
           ,
           yourselves
           .
        
         
           The
           way
           then
           she
           hath
           taken
           for
           many
           years
           to
           preserve
           her
           Modesty
           ,
           as
           she
           calls
           it
           ,
           hath
           been
           the
           greatest
           Forfeiture
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           occasioned
           the
           worst
           Reflections
           upon
           her
           Morals
           ,
           that
           ever
           any
           of
           the
           Sex
           has
           had
           made
           upon
           them
           .
        
         
           For
           about
           Twenty
           years
           since
           ,
           she
           then
           being
           the
           Wife
           of
           a
           certain
           Merchant
           of
           this
           City
           ,
           did
           as
           she
           sayes
           ,
           by
           accident
           receive
           into
           her
           House
           a
           Comely
           Italian
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Seignior
             Pedro
             de
             Viacho
          
           ;
           who
           had
           to
           attend
           him
           ,
           a
           Negro
           as
           Charming
           in
           her
           Eye
           ,
           as
           his
           Master
           ;
           at
           one
           and
           the
           same
           time
           she
           fell
           in
           Love
           with
           them
           both
           ,
           to
           that
           degree
           ,
           that
           it
           expos'd
           her
           to
           publick
           report
           ,
           which
           the
           Seignior
           being
           inform'd
           of
           ,
           made
           immediate
           Application
           to
           the
           Lady
           ,
           and
           soon
           confirm'd
           the
           report
           for
           Truth
           ;
           some
           time
           after
           ,
           the
           sight
           of
           the
           Black
           one
           day
           at
           Dinner
           ,
           as
           he
           waited
           on
           his
           Master
           ,
           so
           suddenly
           made
           a
           deep
           impression
           in
           her
           Heart
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           taken
           most
           violently
           ill
           of
           a
           
             Love
             Passion
          
           ,
           which
           she
           for
           the
           space
           of
           Ten
           days
           underwent
           with
           great
           impatience
           ,
           but
           having
           in
           this
           time
           watch'd
           all
           opportunities
           ,
           one
           Evening
           by
           Twilight
           ,
           when
           the
           Seignior
           and
           her
           Husband
           were
           at
           a
           Tavern
           ,
           she
           took
           the
           Black
           into
           her
           Chamber
           ;
           where
           having
           allow'd
           him
           more
           Freedom
           than
           his
           Heart
           could
           wish
           for
           ,
           she
           gratified
           her
           own
           Lascivious
           desire
           .
           And
           such
           opportunities
           she
           often
           made
           use
           of
           ,
           insomuch
           ,
           that
           both
           the
           Husband
           and
           the
           Seignior
           were
           Jealous
           of
           the
           Moore
           ,
           for
           the
           Rogue
           was
           extreamly
           fond
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           forbear
           to
           express
           great
           Demonstrations
           thereof
           at
           several
           times
           when
           he
           was
           in
           her
           Company
           ;
           so
           that
           a
           little
           time
           produc'd
           the
           Effects
           of
           her
           Intimacy
           ,
           for
           this
           passionate
           Lady
           fell
           in
           Travail
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           short
           time
           ,
           and
           with
           no
           great
           difficulty
           ,
           was
           out
           of
           her
           
             Religious
             Zeal
          
           deliver'd
           of
           a
           brave
           
             Tawny
             Face'd
             Boy
          
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           amazement
           of
           all
           the
           beholders
           .
           This
           made
           a
           terrible
           noise
           among
           the
           Neighborhood
           :
           So
           that
           the
           Seignior
           being
           a
           man
           of
           some
           repute
           ,
           and
           not
           enduring
           to
           hear
           such
           Reproaches
           as
           he
           often
           met
           with
           ,
           pack'd
           up
           his
           Tackling
           and
           departed
           for
           Rome
           ,
           the
           Husband
           being
           overborn
           with
           grief
           ,
           soon
           after
           departed
           for
           Legorne
           ,
           where
           he
           became
           a
           Factor
           and
           ended
           his
           days
           .
           How
           she
           spent
           her
           time
           for
           Three
           or
           Four
           years
           after
           I
           know
           not
           ;
           but
           about
           Twelve
           years
           since
           ,
           she
           lived
           near
           Holbourn
           ,
           and
           was
           then
           become
           very
           exquisite
           at
           the
           Cracking
           Trade
           ,
           from
           thence
           she
           removed
           to
           a
           certain
           Lodging
           in
           Westminster
           ,
           where
           she
           met
           with
           a
           Second
           Husband
           as
           she
           sayes
           ,
           hearing
           the
           first
           was
           dead
           ,
           By
           the
           Second
           she
           had
           divers
           Children
           ,
           and
           whilst
           he
           lived
           was
           not
           much
           expos'd
           ,
           but
           the
           World
           in
           time
           (
           thorough
           her
           extravagancy
           no
           doubt
           on
           't
           )
           Frown'd
           on
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           departed
           for
           the
           Barbadoes
           where
           he
           dyed
           ,
           After
           this
           she
           was
           scarce
           young
           enough
           to
           be
           a
           Whore
           ,
           and
           scarce
           old
           enough
           to
           practice
           Bawding
           ;
           so
           that
           for
           some
           years
           she
           turn'd
           Procuress
           (
           as
           she
           her self
           has
           often
           told
           me
           ,
           to
           a
           certain
           great
           Person
           )
           by
           which
           she
           recovered
           her self
           ,
           and
           then
           return'd
           to
           House-keeping
           ,
           and
           in
           Two
           years
           had
           gathered
           together
           ,
           a
           very
           devout
           Convent
           of
           Beautiful
           strapping
           young
           Daughters
           ,
           
           of
           joy
           ,
           whose
           remote
           practice
           at
           the
           Wells
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           elsewhere
           in
           three
           or
           four
           years
           replenish't
           her
           Purse
           ;
           But
           finding
           the
           great
           inconveniency
           of
           such
           a
           constant
           Resort
           of
           Doctors
           ,
           Pimps
           ,
           Bullyes
           ,
           &c.
           to
           her
           house
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           threats
           she
           had
           often
           undergone
           ,
           of
           being
           sent
           to
           Bridewell
           for
           a
           Bawd
           ,
           she
           removed
           into
           the
           City
           of
           London
           ;
           where
           ,
           being
           by
           her
           absence
           become
           a
           Stranger
           ,
           she
           set
           up
           ,
           and
           profest
           the
           Craft
           of
           Midwifery
           ;
           still
           now
           and
           then
           by
           the
           By
           entertaining
           a
           young
           Courtizan
           for
           the
           space
           of
           a
           Month
           or
           so
           ,
           during
           the
           time
           of
           Delivery
           .
        
         
           This
           Trade
           was
           in
           a
           short
           time
           discovered
           by
           the
           Neighbourhood
           ,
           and
           as
           soon
           by
           the
           Prentices
           ,
           who
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           request
           of
           some
           particular
           persons
           prevail'd
           ,
           did
           intend
           to
           have
           made
           a
           Shrove-Tuesday
           invasion
           upon
           her
           
             Inchanted
             Castle
          
           .
           Yet
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           she
           had
           cunning
           enough
           to
           insinuate
           her self
           into
           the
           Affections
           of
           one
           Mr.
           Cellier
           a
           French
           Merchant
           ,
           and
           by
           degrees
           prevail'd
           with
           him
           to
           marry
           her
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           lamentation
           of
           all
           his
           Children
           and
           Relations
           .
        
         
           Some
           time
           after
           ,
           she
           removed
           to
           Arundel-street
           ,
           the
           place
           where
           she
           now
           lives
           ,
           and
           then
           undertook
           to
           Sollicit
           the
           Good-mans
           business
           ;
           during
           which
           time
           ,
           partly
           by
           her
           modest
           compliance
           with
           Lascivious
           Requests
           ,
           and
           partly
           by
           compulsion
           ,
           she
           raised
           the
           Estate
           ,
           and
           recovered
           a
           good
           part
           of
           it
           into
           their
           own
           hands
           ,
           which
           produced
           a
           plentiful
           livelihood
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           help
           of
           her
           moving
           hand
           .
           In
           all
           which
           time
           there
           was
           still
           room
           to
           be
           found
           for
           a
           Gallant
           ;
           for
           the
           Good-man
           was
           aged
           ,
           and
           consequently
           troubled
           with
           the
           usual
           infirmities
           of
           his
           Years
           .
           This
           sort
           of
           Life
           held
           for
           three
           or
           four
           years
           ,
           still
           turning
           out
           and
           taking
           into
           favour
           fresh
           Gallants
           ,
           and
           among
           the
           rest
           a
           young
           Spaniard
           ,
           who
           after
           some
           large
           demonstrations
           of
           his
           Abilities
           ,
           was
           received
           into
           favour
           .
           It
           seems
           at
           first
           he
           did
           not
           perform
           his
           part
           of
           Complacency
           so
           well
           as
           was
           expected
           ;
           but
           in
           time
           ,
           being
           apt
           ,
           he
           was
           soon
           fit
           for
           the
           purpose
           ,
           after
           having
           undergone
           some
           correction
           ,
           and
           received
           some
           instructions
           from
           her self
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           School
           of
           Venus
           ,
           &c.
           
           So
           that
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           the
           Spaniard
           had
           made
           her
           sensible
           of
           divers
           New
           Transports
           ,
           such
           ,
           as
           she
           declared
           in
           her
           whole
           Life-time
           she
           had
           been
           a
           stranger
           to
           before
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           guess
           by
           the
           following
           Letters
           ,
           sent
           to
           the
           Spaniard
           ,
           who
           was
           her
           Agent
           in
           business
           of
           a
           difficult
           Nature
           here
           in
           London
           ,
           when
           she
           was
           at
           a
           place
           called
           Petersley
           in
           Buckinghamshire
           .
        
         
           
             
               The
               First
               Letter
               .
            
             
               
                 My
                 Dear
                 Spaniard
                 ,
              
            
             
               THIS
               Morning
               about
               four
               a
               Clock
               ,
               I
               awaked
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               help
               of
               the
               Light
               I
               discovered
               my self
               in
               the
               Arms
               of
               a
               dull
               and
               drousie
               Husband
               ,
               but
               my
               expectations
               were
               not
               answered
               by
               the
               usual
               enjoyments
               which
               onght
               to
               have
               attended
               that
               hour
               ,
               so
               that
               forc't
               I
               was
               to
               be
               silent
               ,
               and
               only
               divert
               my self
               by
               wishing
               my
               Spaniard
               here
               .
               I
               received
               Yours
               with
               great
               difficulty
               ,
               and
               my
               Husband
               would
               have
               read
               it
               ,
               but
               I
               told
               him
               ,
               it
               was
               business
               concerned
               the
               
                 L.
                 P.
              
               but
               I
               read
               it
               with
               great
               content
               ;
               and
               as
               soon
               as
               I
               return
               ,
               I
               do
               resolve
               to
               try
               the
               effects
               of
               a
               short
               absence
               .
               I
               am
               very
               uneasie
               when
               I
               eat
               or
               sleep
               ;
               I
               think
               I
               dream
               of
               you
               .
               Your
               company
               is
               more
               dear
               to
               me
               ,
               then
               a
               thousand
               Husbands
               :
               What
               is
               the
               Country
               or
               the
               company
               of
               Relations
               ?
               give
               me
               that
               Company
               I
               most
               delight
               in
               .
               My
               Dear
               Spaniard
               ,
               In
               the
               day
               time
               I
               retire
               into
               the
               Woods
               ,
               in
               the
               Evenings
               to
               my
               Chamber
               ,
               where
               I
               embrace
               your
               Letter
               with
               Ten
               Thousand
               Kisses
               ,
               and
               am
               still
               unsatisfied
               for
               want
               of
               your
               company
               .
            
             
             
               Here
               is
               a
               Lady
               desires
               you
               to
               make
               some
               Anagrams
               on
               these
               enclosed
               Names
               ,
               pray
               do
               so
               ,
               and
               send
               them
               in
               your
               next
               ,
               on
               Thursday
               night
               .
               I
               am
               unwilling
               to
               let
               my
               Husband
               know
               when
               I
               receive
               any
               Letters
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               will
               walk
               in
               the
               Woods
               to
               meet
               the
               Messenger
               that
               comes
               from
               the
               Coach
               ,
               before
               he
               come
               to
               the
               House
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               read
               yours
               with
               more
               freedom
               .
            
             
               
                 From
                 Peterly
                 .
              
               Adieu
               Dear
               Spaniard
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             
               The
               Second
               Letter
               .
            
             
               Dear
               Rogue
               ,
            
             
               I
               Did
               by
               great
               accident
               meet
               the
               Messenger
               ,
               and
               my
               Husband
               was
               very
               near
               me
               ,
               gathering
               Nuts
               ,
               when
               I
               received
               it
               ,
               but
               I
               had
               the
               good
               luck
               to
               read
               it
               before
               he
               came
               to
               me
               ;
               I
               protest
               it
               has
               so
               pleas'd
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               resolve
               to
               be
               in
               Town
               to
               morrow
               sevennight
               .
               Give
               me
               the
               man
               of
               Conduct
               ,
               that
               can
               turn
               and
               wind
               an
               Intrigue
               to
               the
               best
               advantage
               ;
               I
               hate
               a
               dull
               Impenetrable
               Skull
               .
               If
               the
               Lady
               and
               the
               Servants
               be
               at
               the
               Tower
               ,
               I
               know
               no
               place
               so
               fit
               as
               the
               House
               where
               you
               are
               ;
               but
               if
               there
               be
               any
               suspition
               ,
               't
               is
               easie
               to
               take
               a
               Lodging
               at
               a
               place
               in
               Westminster
               ,
               which
               I
               have
               been
               formerly
               acquainted
               with
               ,
               and
               will
               be
               very
               convenient
               .
               I
               fear
               nothing
               but
               that
               I
               shall
               not
               prevail
               with
               this
               Old
               Fond
               Fool
               to
               stay
               behind
               me
               ;
               and
               if
               he
               does
               ,
               't
               will
               not
               be
               for
               above
               a
               Week
               ,
               so
               that
               we
               will
               make
               the
               most
               of
               the
               Time.
               If
               you
               can
               take
               a
               Coach
               and
               meet
               me
               four
               or
               five
               Miles
               on
               this
               side
               London
               ,
               I
               shall
               take
               it
               kindly
               .
            
             
               Farewell
               .
               
                 Yours
                 E.
                 C.
                 
              
            
          
        
         
           These
           two
           Letters
           by
           accident
           miscarried
           by
           her
           own
           mistaking
           the
           Superscriptions
           ,
           and
           were
           sent
           to
           two
           Ladies
           of
           Quality
           ,
           who
           well
           knew
           the
           hand
           writing
           ,
           and
           therefore
           no
           doubt
           blusht
           sufficiently
           in
           the
           reading
           'em
           ,
           but
           yet
           did
           not
           forget
           to
           expose
           them
           as
           far
           as
           they
           thought
           fit
           ,
           so
           that
           now
           the
           Intrigue
           being
           discovered
           by
           her
           own
           bad
           Conduct
           ,
           she
           made
           application
           to
           the
           Ladies
           ,
           and
           so
           obtained
           the
           Letters
           ,
           which
           let
           her
           deny
           if
           she
           can
           .
        
         
           Many
           other
           pretty
           close
           passages
           I
           could
           relate
           ,
           but
           I
           shall
           reserve
           some
           for
           another
           time
           ;
           And
           doubt
           not
           but
           this
           will
           demonstrate
           to
           the
           world
           how
           modest
           a
           Creature
           she
           is
           ,
           and
           how
           much
           she
           deserves
           the
           charitable
           opinion
           of
           a
           Religious
           Zealot
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Postscript
           she
           tells
           us
           pag.
           43.
           
           
             That
             on
             Wednesday
             the
             eighteenth
             of
          
           August
           ,
           
             I
             appear'd
             before
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Council
             ,
             and
             did
             then
             accuse
             Sir
          
           William
           Waller
           ,
           Mansell
           and
           Dangerfield
           
             of
             High
             Treason
             ,
             and
             offered
             to
             make
             good
             my
             Charge
             ;
             but
             by
             delayes
             I
             lost
             the
             opportunity
             of
             meeting
             the
             Gentlemen
             (
             my
             Witnesses
             )
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             examine
             the
             principal
             Part
             that
             day
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             next
             he
             was
             taken
             speechless
             ,
             as
             he
             still
             continues
             .
          
        
         
           That
           she
           did
           accuse
           me
           of
           High
           Treason
           ,
           is
           a
           thing
           unknown
           to
           me
           ;
           but
           I
           know
           she
           might
           well
           enough
           do
           it
           ,
           for
           she
           had
           engaged
           me
           in
           Treason
           enough
           to
           hang
           a
           hundred
           ,
           and
           therefore
           't
           was
           strange
           if
           she
           could
           not
           find
           enough
           to
           charge
           one
           with
           .
           But
           now
           whether
           she
           or
           I
           were
           the
           first
           Impeachers
           ,
           that
           every
           body
           knows
           ,
           but
           how
           we
           should
           both
           own
           a
           Fact
           of
           that
           nature
           publickly
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           yet
           both
           escape
           hanging
           ,
           I
           know
           not
           ,
           farther
           then
           as
           to
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           as
           having
           by
           the
           Grace
           and
           
           special
           Favour
           of
           my
           Sovereign
           received
           my
           Pardon
           .
           As
           for
           the
           delays
           she
           pretends
           that
           hindred
           her
           making
           good
           her
           Accusation
           ,
           they
           might
           well
           enough
           be
           ;
           for
           she
           saith
           ,
           the
           Gentleman
           her
           Witness
           was
           taken
           Speechless
           ,
           a
           thing
           somewhat
           strange
           (
           and
           that
           no
           Miracle
           could
           be
           done
           to
           set
           him
           right
           again
           )
           and
           to
           me
           ,
           perhaps
           a
           deliverance
           .
        
         
           Here
           may
           the
           World
           see
           how
           the
           Judgements
           of
           God
           trod
           upon
           the
           heels
           of
           some
           cursed
           Design
           ;
           for
           my
           Accusation
           was
           only
           the
           introductory
           part
           ;
           but
           how
           many
           others
           might
           have
           been
           Shipwrackt
           by
           that
           black
           silenc'd
           Mouth
           ,
           God
           knows
           :
           And
           therefore
           in
           his
           good
           time
           ,
           he
           stopt
           it
           with
           a
           terrible
           Judgement
           .
           And
           Mrs.
           Cellier
           has
           expos'd
           it
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           I
           pray
           all
           the
           rest
           may
           be
           in
           time
           :
           she
           wanted
           nothing
           but
           that
           Great
           or
           Ragamuffions
           Testimony
           to
           make
           good
           the
           charge
           ;
           and
           for
           want
           of
           it
           ,
           our
           Midwife
           was
           repulst
           ,
           by
           this
           following
           Expression
           ,
           
             (
             viz.
             )
             You
             must
             not
             pretend
             to
             make
             Discoveries
             here
             ,
             unless
             you
             can
             make
             them
             out
             plainer
             ,
             as
             for
             your self
             we
             believe
             not
             a
             word
             you
             say
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             That
             upon
             his
             single
             Evidence
             the
             Countess
             of
          
           Powis
           ,
           Lord
           Castlemain
           ,
           
             my Self
             and
             other
             considerable
             persons
             of
             Quality
             were
             committed
             to
             Prison
             .
          
           What
           a
           fine
           Reflection
           is
           this
           upon
           the
           King
           and
           Council
           ,
           as
           if
           right
           or
           wrong
           they
           had
           been
           committed
           by
           my
           single
           Evidence
           .
           No
           ,
           't
           was
           not
           so
           ;
           for
           't
           is
           a
           plain
           Argument
           ,
           that
           both
           the
           King
           and
           Council
           were
           well
           satisfied
           with
           a
           considerable
           deal
           of
           coroborating
           Testimony
           in
           my
           Discovery
           ,
           before
           that
           hapned
           ,
           or
           indeed
           any
           commitment
           ;
           otherwise
           I
           question
           ,
           whether
           my
           Neck
           should
           not
           have
           been
           in
           as
           great
           jeopardy
           ,
           as
           hers
           now
           is
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Treasonable
           Practices
           she
           mentions
           sworn
           against
           me
           by
           Mr.
           Foster
           ,
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           it
           was
           just
           such
           another
           piece
           of
           villany
           as
           her
           own
           ,
           wherein
           he
           accuses
           himself
           ,
           not
           me
           ;
           which
           may
           ,
           perhaps
           ,
           be
           known
           sooner
           than
           he
           thinks
           of
           .
           But
           every
           person
           is
           capable
           of
           accusing
           others
           of
           Treason
           ,
           according
           to
           this
           account
           ,
           no
           matter
           whether
           true
           or
           false
           ;
           as
           you
           may
           see
           in
           some
           Discourse
           which
           past
           at
           the
           (
           Lord
           
           Castlemain's
           Tryal
           )
           
             In
             these
             Times
             no
             man
             knows
             when
             he
             is
             safe
             from
             the
             Perjuries
             which
             so
             much
             abound
             ,
             we
             have
             men
             grown
             so
             insolent
             now
             adays
             ,
             that
             upon
             what
             account
             ,
             or
             what
             sort
             of
             confidence
             to
             tearm
             it
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             run
             at
             whole
             Societies
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             persons
             of
             all
             Qualities
             ,
             as
             if
             there
             were
             any
             thing
             in
             their
             Confidence
             could
             render
             them
             better
             ,
             then
             their
             own
             villainous
             Actions
             proclaim
             them
             to
             be
             .
          
        
         
           'T
           is
           an
           easie
           matter
           to
           swear
           a
           man
           out
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           if
           such
           persons
           might
           be
           admitted
           ,
           and
           I
           believe
           the
           Devil
           has
           sent
           such
           men
           abroad
           ,
           to
           render
           Truth
           ridiculous
           ,
           and
           for
           to
           fill
           the
           World
           with
           nothing
           but
           Lyes
           and
           Perjuries
           ;
           but
           be
           it
           known
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           a
           man
           of
           a
           
             profligate
             life
          
           ,
           though
           necessity
           might
           expose
           him
           to
           Rob
           ,
           yet
           is
           as
           tender
           of
           a
           faise
           Oath
           ,
           as
           those
           who
           pretend
           more
           largely
           to
           honesty
           and
           modesty
           ;
           and
           without
           going
           any
           farther
           ,
           I
           think
           this
           may
           serve
           ,
           That
           when
           I
           waited
           on
           Mr.
           Secretary
           Coventry
           for
           a
           Warrant
           (
           on
           which
           the
           stress
           of
           the
           whole
           
             Sham
             Plot
          
           lay
           )
           he
           refused
           it
           ,
           unless
           I
           would
           make
           Affidavit
           ,
           and
           I
           refused
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           because
           it
           would
           have
           been
           folly
           :
           for
           the
           Truth
           of
           which
           I
           refer
           my self
           to
           that
           Honourable
           Person
           .
           Now
           't
           is
           very
           strange
           that
           a
           man
           who
           had
           but
           one
           single
           step
           to
           make
           ,
           to
           the
           aggrandizing
           himself
           ,
           and
           he
           being
           one
           who
           could
           so
           easily
           digest
           false
           Oaths
           ,
           as
           they
           seem
           to
           render
           me
           ,
           should
           be
           so
           squeamish
           as
           to
           boggle
           at
           one
           single
           Oath
           ,
           and
           so
           consequently
           lose
           the
           great
           opportunity
           of
           making
           my
           Fortune
           ;
           but
           I
           bless
           my
           God
           ,
           who
           hath
           always
           preserved
           my
           Thoughts
           free
           from
           such
           Villanies
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           ,
           
           and
           it
           is
           my
           dayly
           Prayers
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           become
           as
           serviceable
           for
           my
           King
           and
           Country
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           been
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Mrs.
           
           Cellier's
           exposing
           me
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Enlargements
           which
           she
           has
           made
           of
           her
           own
           ,
           I
           value
           them
           no
           longer
           ,
           as
           being
           obliterated
           upon
           Earth
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           ,
           forgiv'n
           in
           Heaven
           .
           Yet
           of
           all
           Women
           under
           the
           Skie
           ,
           she
           had
           the
           least
           Reason
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           them
           .
           For
           had
           not
           I
           been
           taken
           for
           what
           she
           makes
           me
           to
           be
           ,
           she
           had
           certainly
           been
           e're
           this
           either
           in
           Purgatory
           ,
           or
           else
           in
           a
           worse
           place
           .
           There
           was
           no
           way
           to
           save
           her
           ,
           but
           by
           making
           me
           ten
           times
           worse
           then
           I
           was
           :
           So
           that
           she
           ought
           to
           have
           prais'd
           the
           Bridge
           she
           went
           over
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           the
           greatest
           veneration
           imaginable
           for
           my
           Crimes
           ,
           which
           were
           the
           only
           Engines
           made
           use
           of
           for
           her
           Deliverance
           ;
           which
           nevertheless
           would
           never
           have
           prevail'd
           ,
           had
           they
           not
           been
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Artists
           ,
           that
           knew
           very
           well
           how
           to
           use
           them
           to
           the
           best
           advantage
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           ,
           Mrs.
           
             Elizabeth
             Cellier
             ,
             Adieu
          
           for
           this
           time
           .
           You
           may
           go
           on
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           and
           write
           another
           APOLOGY
           to
           the
           people
           upon
           the
           occasion
           of
           this
           ANSWER
           .
        
         
           
             Thomas
             Dangerfield
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
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             8.
             
          
           
             Pag.
             13.