A letter from St. Omars in farther confirmation of the truth of the Popish Plot upon a consideration of divers circumstances in the trials together with several new matters relating to a farther discovery thereof, and particularly, a letter from Mr. Jennison proving Mr. Ireland to have been in London the 19th of August, contrary to the Staffordshire witnesses and what the five Jesuits (lately executed) insisted upon at their trials : with remarks upon the said letter.
         D. G.
      
       
         
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             A letter from St. Omars in farther confirmation of the truth of the Popish Plot upon a consideration of divers circumstances in the trials together with several new matters relating to a farther discovery thereof, and particularly, a letter from Mr. Jennison proving Mr. Ireland to have been in London the 19th of August, contrary to the Staffordshire witnesses and what the five Jesuits (lately executed) insisted upon at their trials : with remarks upon the said letter.
             D. G.
             Jenison, Robert, 1648-1688. Letter form Mr. Jenison ... touching Mr. Ireland's being in London in August 1678.
          
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           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           S
           t.
           OMARS
           ,
           IN
           Farther
           Confirmation
           of
           the
           Truth
           OF
           THE
           POPISH
           PLOT
           ,
           UPON
           A
           Consideration
           of
           divers
           Circumstances
           IN
           THE
           TRIALS
           .
        
         
           TOGETHER
           With
           several
           new
           Matters
           relating
           to
           a
           farther
           Discovery
           thereof
           ;
           AND
           PARTICULARLY
           ,
           A
           LETTER
           from
           Mr.
           JENNISON
           ,
           Proving
           Mr.
           Ireland
           to
           have
           been
           in
           London
           the
           19
           th
           .
           of
           August
           ,
           contrary
           to
           the
           Staffordshire
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           what
           the
           five
           Jesuits
           (
           lately
           Executed
           )
           insisted
           upon
           at
           their
           Trials
           .
           With
           REMARKS
           upon
           the
           said
           Letter
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCLXXIX
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           SAINT
           OMARS
           TO
           A
           Friend
           in
           LONDON
           .
        
         
           
             SIR
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Should
           be
           unworthy
           of
           that
           care
           and
           friendship
           which
           you
           have
           expressed
           towards
           me
           ,
           if
           I
           should
           not
           gratefully
           acknowledge
           the
           satisfaction
           I
           have
           taken
           ,
           not
           onely
           in
           your
           several
           Letters
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           giving
           me
           an
           account
           of
           the
           Discovery
           of
           that
           most
           hellish
           and
           horrid
           Plot
           ,
           so
           lately
           made
           known
           in
           England
           ,
           for
           the
           alteration
           of
           Religion
           and
           subversion
           of
           Government
           ,
           by
           Massacre
           ,
           War
           and
           Fire
           ;
           but
           also
           the
           great
           pleasure
           I
           have
           received
           in
           the
           present
           which
           you
           sent
           me
           of
           all
           the
           printed
           and
           written
           papers
           ,
           publickly
           made
           known
           ,
           and
           privately
           dispersed
           concerning
           this
           Plot.
           I
           must
           therefore
           ,
           after
           I
           have
           acknowledged
           the
           favour
           therein
           ,
           let
           you
           know
           the
           satisfaction
           I
           have
           taken
           ,
           how
           much
           it
           has
           wrought
           upon
           my
           Conscience
           ,
           what
           impressions
           they
           have
           made
           on
           others
           ,
           the
           Objections
           some
           have
           made
           ,
           and
           the
           Answers
           I
           have
           been
           enabled
           to
           give
           them
           ,
           grounded
           on
           those
           publick
           Trials
           and
           Transactions
           which
           you
           have
           sent
           me
           .
           And
           as
           you
           have
           truly
           convinc'd
           me
           of
           the
           great
           Errour
           I
           was
           run
           into
           ;
           so
           no
           doubt
           ,
           by
           your
           Argument
           and
           Assistance
           ,
           I
           have
           been
           able
           to
           do
           the
           like
           on
           this
           side
           the
           Water
           ,
           to
           many
           ,
           who
           erred
           not
           wilfully
           ,
           but
           were
           led
           aside
           by
           the
           cunning
           Discourses
           of
           the
           Adverse
           Party
           ,
           and
           to
           stop
           the
           mouths
           of
           some
           of
           the
           most
           malicious
           and
           violent
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Protestants
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           here
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           us
           believe
           there
           has
           been
           no
           such
           Plot
           contrived
           by
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           Papists
           in
           England
           ,
           or
           else
           that
           the
           Plot
           is
           onely
           of
           the
           making
           and
           contriving
           of
           those
           you
           call
           Sectaries
           and
           Fanaticks
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           this
           is
           wrought
           through
           their
           Cunning
           and
           Contrivance
           ,
           to
           scandalize
           and
           extirpate
           the
           Catholicks
           and
           their
           Religion
           in
           England
           :
           and
           other
           stories
           to
           the
           discrediting
           the
           King's
           Evidence
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           had
           falsely
           accused
           ,
           and
           took
           away
           the
           lives
           of
           many
           holy
           men
           and
           Catholicks
           ,
           innocent
           and
           unknowing
           of
           any
           such
           Plot
           or
           Massacre
           ,
           thereby
           begetting
           a
           general
           Odium
           and
           Evil-speaking
           against
           the
           Sectaries
           and
           Hereticks
           ,
           as
           they
           call
           them
           ,
           in
           England
           .
           By
           these
           cunning
           Artifices
           and
           sedulous
           Insinuations
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           very
           carefull
           in
           these
           parts
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           the
           scandal
           and
           reproach
           so
           horrid
           a
           design
           might
           lay
           upon
           the
           Catholick
           Party
           ,
           and
           to
           invalidate
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           they
           are
           able
           ,
           all
           reports
           and
           proofs
           thereof
           ;
           and
           therefore
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           stop
           and
           suppress
           all
           the
           light
           thereof
           ,
           and
           all
           Books
           or
           Papers
           that
           may
           any
           way
           inform
           the
           Judgements
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           who
           are
           made
           to
           believe
           quite
           contrary
           to
           what
           you
           have
           made
           me
           to
           see
           .
           And
           I
           question
           not
           but
           that
           also
           ,
           in
           some
           measure
           ,
           the
           same
           skill
           and
           artifice
           of
           the
           Jesuitical
           Party
           is
           used
           amongst
           you
           as
           well
           as
           here
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           their
           cunning
           Insinuations
           and
           Contrivances
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           able
           (
           as
           you
           seem
           to
           intimate
           )
           to
           pervert
           the
           minds
           of
           many
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           fix
           on
           them
           a
           strange
           blindness
           and
           disbelief
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           those
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           well-affected
           to
           their
           way
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           many
           of
           the
           more
           moderate
           and
           simply
           honest
           of
           the
           contrary
           Party
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           led
           aside
           by
           their
           specious
           pretences
           ,
           and
           sedulous
           insinuations
           ,
           and
           diligent
           aspersions
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           startled
           and
           confirmed
           by
           the
           pertinacious
           denying
           and
           seeming
           Innocency
           of
           those
           that
           suffer'd
           for
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           in
           England
           ,
           where
           these
           things
           are
           transacted
           ,
           they
           are
           able
           to
           alienate
           the
           minds
           of
           many
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           them
           in
           the
           mist
           of
           ignorance
           and
           unbelief
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           that
           at
           this
           distance
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           power
           of
           your
           Adversaries
           has
           more
           force
           and
           strength
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           have
           far
           greater
           means
           to
           stifle
           the
           breaking
           forth
           of
           the
           least
           Ray
           of
           the
           light
           of
           Truth
           ,
           that
           the
           people
           are
           much
           more
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           more
           prejudiced
           against
           you
           ;
           though
           there
           are
           none
           almost
           ,
           to
           whom
           I
           have
           made
           known
           and
           communicated
           those
           Papers
           and
           Letters
           you
           sent
           me
           ,
           but
           are
           either
           convinc'd
           ,
           or
           know
           not
           how
           to
           raise
           any
           just
           Argument
           against
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           they
           assert
           .
        
         
         
           It
           has
           always
           been
           the
           way
           of
           these
           sedulous
           Emissaries
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           to
           palliate
           great
           miscarriages
           with
           specious
           pretences
           ,
           and
           to
           daub
           over
           the
           most
           notable
           deformities
           with
           an
           holy
           paint
           and
           religious
           fucus
           ,
           and
           to
           colour
           their
           detected
           Crimes
           by
           pious
           frauds
           ,
           lies
           ,
           and
           perjuries
           .
           And
           it
           is
           not
           now
           they
           begin
           to
           practice
           those
           things
           you
           seem
           to
           hint
           at
           in
           your
           Letters
           ,
           as
           may
           by
           several
           instances
           and
           known
           eveniments
           be
           made
           appear
           :
           and
           which
           indeed
           has
           been
           a
           scandal
           to
           many
           good
           Catholicks
           ,
           and
           knowing
           Christians
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           at
           all
           approved
           of
           the
           ways
           of
           these
           Jesuitical
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           have
           converted
           Religion
           to
           principles
           of
           State
           ,
           and
           changed
           Christianity
           to
           meer
           Policy
           ;
           and
           by
           endeavouring
           to
           maintain
           their
           own
           greatness
           ,
           and
           by
           unjust
           and
           politick
           ways
           striving
           to
           attain
           their
           ends
           of
           Power
           and
           Dominion
           ,
           have
           lost
           much
           the
           opinion
           ,
           not
           onely
           of
           those
           of
           the
           contrary
           Religion
           or
           Reformed
           ,
           but
           also
           of
           many
           of
           those
           who
           are
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           who
           have
           been
           distasted
           at
           their
           principles
           and
           practices
           .
           For
           as
           there
           were
           Roman
           Catholicks
           before
           there
           were
           Jesuits
           ,
           so
           were
           that
           Order
           not
           in
           being
           ,
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           that
           their
           number
           would
           not
           be
           less
           :
           for
           though
           by
           their
           Artifices
           and
           Policies
           they
           have
           made
           themselves
           great
           ,
           and
           kept
           up
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           insinuations
           into
           all
           the
           Courts
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           Christendom
           made
           themselves
           formidable
           ,
           and
           knowing
           of
           all
           affairs
           ;
           yet
           on
           the
           other
           hand
           ,
           by
           the
           many
           miscarriages
           and
           detections
           of
           many
           of
           their
           Plots
           and
           Contrivances
           ,
           and
           their
           wicked
           and
           evil
           Machinations
           ,
           they
           have
           opened
           the
           mouths
           of
           the
           Protestants
           against
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           too
           justly
           ,
           and
           also
           opened
           the
           Eyes
           to
           see
           ,
           and
           alienated
           the
           Hearts
           of
           many
           of
           the
           Roman
           Catholicks
           themselves
           from
           their
           detested
           ways
           and
           abominable
           courses
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           manifestly
           taken
           to
           establish
           themselves
           ,
           or
           as
           they
           say
           to
           
             propagate
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           to
           
             extirpate
             Heresie
          
           .
        
         
           But
           certainly
           ,
           Truth
           does
           not
           need
           the
           hand
           of
           Policy
           ,
           and
           especially
           evil
           and
           immoral
           Maxims
           ,
           and
           unvertuous
           Contrivances
           ,
           to
           defend
           it
           :
           and
           as
           it
           is
           far
           from
           the
           Doctrine
           and
           Method
           of
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           their
           immediate
           Successours
           ,
           to
           propagate
           his
           Religion
           or
           Christianity
           by
           Plots
           ,
           Massacres
           ,
           Force
           ,
           or
           Cruelty
           ,
           or
           by
           any
           unjust
           way
           or
           means
           ;
           so
           always
           the
           attempt
           thereof
           has
           ever
           prov'd
           pernicious
           ,
           and
           :
           has
           raised
           up
           evil
           thoughts
           of
           Religion
           in
           many
           ,
           making
           some
           Atheists
           ,
           and
           others
           Hereticks
           and
           Schismaticks
           ;
           and
           by
           that
           means
           they
           have
           lost
           more
           from
           the
           Catholick
           Cause
           ,
           then
           ever
           they
           have
           gained
           thereto
           by
           these
           pernicious
           courses
           .
           For
           where
           the
           dint
           of
           Argument
           cannot
           prevail
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           Conscience
           cannot
           be
           allured
           ,
           the
           dint
           of
           Sword
           ,
           Oppression
           and
           Persecution
           ,
           will
           never
           be
           able
           to
           overcome
           ;
           nor
           Plots
           and
           Contrivances
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           well
           laid
           ,
           will
           prevail
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           often
           experimentally
           found
           .
           And
           though
           by
           these
           means
           any
           Religion
           may
           seem
           for
           a
           time
           to
           be
           establish'd
           ,
           yet
           at
           last
           it
           will
           quickly
           burst
           out
           into
           a
           flame
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           impossible
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           Tyranny
           to
           establish
           the
           greatest
           Truth
           ,
           unless
           it
           be
           received
           into
           the
           Minds
           and
           Consciences
           of
           the
           people
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           therefore
           once
           again
           acknowledge
           the
           great
           satisfaction
           I
           have
           received
           by
           those
           Books
           ,
           Papers
           and
           Letters
           which
           you
           have
           sent
           me
           ,
           and
           which
           have
           rectified
           my
           doubtfull
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           made
           me
           very
           sensible
           ,
           that
           there
           has
           not
           onely
           been
           a
           very
           great
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           most
           horrid
           Plot
           ,
           but
           also
           they
           have
           made
           me
           see
           who
           were
           the
           contrivers
           and
           carriers
           on
           of
           the
           same
           :
           and
           now
           I
           likewise
           rest
           satisfied
           in
           the
           punishment
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Offendours
           ,
           being
           assured
           that
           they
           died
           not
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           Religion
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           would
           here
           make
           us
           believe
           )
           but
           as
           Criminals
           and
           Traytors
           to
           their
           King
           ,
           Country
           ,
           and
           Laws
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           confess
           ,
           there
           has
           nothing
           more
           troubled
           my
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           made
           me
           question
           the
           verity
           of
           the
           Romish
           Faith
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           was
           bred
           ,
           then
           the
           laying
           open
           of
           these
           horrid
           Designs
           ,
           and
           the
           constant
           practices
           of
           these
           Brothers
           of
           Jesus
           in
           all
           parts
           :
           and
           it
           has
           so
           far
           awakened
           me
           ,
           that
           I
           now
           make
           it
           my
           resolution
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           all
           those
           scruples
           that
           have
           arisen
           thereupon
           ,
           and
           to
           inform
           my self
           farther
           ,
           and
           to
           try
           if
           those
           Arguments
           that
           the
           Protestants
           have
           used
           to
           justify
           their
           Separation
           ,
           be
           according
           to
           those
           Rules
           laid
           down
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           or
           not
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           a
           more
           diligent
           scrutiny
           into
           all
           those
           differences
           between
           us
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           be
           no
           longer
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           and
           grope
           after
           uncertainties
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           shall
           desire
           still
           your
           assistance
           and
           correspondence
           ,
           in
           furnishing
           me
           with
           those
           Books
           and
           Writings
           that
           may
           be
           fit
           for
           this
           intention
           :
           for
           as
           I
           am
           an
           
           English-man
           I
           have
           a
           natural
           love
           to
           my
           Country
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           any
           difference
           in
           point
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           distance
           at
           present
           from
           the
           same
           ,
           I
           constantly
           wish
           ,
           as
           I
           ought
           ,
           its
           prosperity
           and
           felicity
           ,
           as
           I
           believe
           all
           true
           English
           Catholicks
           not
           Jesuited
           ,
           or
           perverted
           by
           their
           horrid
           and
           destructive
           principles
           ,
           doe
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           truely
           hate
           all
           these
           undue
           and
           unrighteous
           ways
           of
           propagating
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Romish
           Faith.
           And
           I
           cannot
           but
           take
           notice
           of
           that
           cruel
           and
           detestable
           malice
           of
           the
           Brothers
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           cut
           off
           Berry
           a
           Priest
           ,
           for
           writing
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Oaths
           of
           Allegeance
           and
           Supremacy
           ,
           which
           I
           think
           any
           true
           Catholick
           may
           take
           ,
           without
           any
           wrong
           to
           his
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           end
           (
           as
           I
           find
           in
           your
           Depositions
           )
           they
           offer'd
           10
           li.
           as
           a
           reward
           to
           the
           said
           Deponent
           to
           kill
           the
           said
           Berry
           .
           I
           cannot
           therefore
           blame
           my
           Countrymen
           ,
           if
           after
           all
           these
           doings
           ,
           which
           have
           appeared
           so
           horridly
           unjust
           ,
           cruel
           and
           bloudy
           in
           all
           respects
           ,
           they
           are
           grown
           severe
           and
           bitter
           against
           all
           Romish
           Catholicks
           ;
           and
           many
           thousands
           ,
           though
           innocent
           ,
           must
           suffer
           in
           your
           thoughts
           and
           opinions
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           these
           wicked
           wretches
           .
           And
           the
           Plot
           hath
           now
           appeared
           so
           general
           and
           universal
           through
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           there
           ,
           but
           in
           
             France
             ,
             Flanders
             ,
             Spain
          
           ,
           and
           Italy
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           but
           wonder
           at
           the
           extent
           thereof
           ,
           and
           admire
           at
           the
           great
           and
           abundant
           mercy
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           has
           almost
           miraculously
           brought
           it
           to
           light
           ,
           and
           prevented
           it
           ,
           when
           even
           ready
           to
           be
           effected
           ,
           and
           even
           in
           the
           height
           of
           their
           security
           .
           And
           this
           certainly
           shews
           ,
           that
           God
           does
           not
           own
           such
           wicked
           and
           undue
           ways
           and
           practices
           ,
           as
           to
           bring
           in
           any
           Religion
           whatsoever
           by
           Bloud
           ,
           Plots
           ,
           Murthers
           ,
           and
           Designs
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           must
           here
           take
           notice
           and
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           long
           before
           the
           discovery
           of
           this
           Plot
           ,
           I
           have
           observed
           in
           discourse
           with
           many
           on
           this
           side
           the
           Water
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           more
           then
           usual
           expectation
           of
           something
           to
           be
           done
           in
           England
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           they
           would
           darkly
           intimate
           ,
           that
           e're
           long
           we
           should
           see
           the
           true
           Catholick
           Religion
           flourish
           again
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           as
           much
           or
           more
           then
           ever
           :
           so
           that
           no
           doubt
           ,
           many
           more
           here
           knew
           of
           this
           secret
           ,
           and
           had
           great
           expectations
           ,
           besides
           those
           who
           were
           intrusted
           in
           carrying
           on
           the
           Design
           .
        
         
         
           As
           to
           what
           you
           seem
           to
           desire
           ,
           how
           this
           Plot
           is
           resented
           here
           ,
           among
           us
           ,
           and
           what
           people
           say
           thereof
           ,
           I
           must
           answer
           ,
           that
           the
           stream
           seems
           to
           run
           two
           ways
           ,
           and
           is
           divided
           according
           to
           the
           humour
           of
           the
           people
           .
           For
           the
           more
           moderate
           and
           just
           do
           extreamly
           blame
           the
           Authours
           and
           Promoters
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           look
           upon
           them
           as
           the
           Ruiners
           of
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           in
           England
           ,
           who
           had
           such
           indulgence
           ,
           such
           favour
           and
           kindness
           shewed
           them
           ,
           both
           from
           Prince
           ,
           and
           People
           ,
           that
           notwithstanding
           the
           severe
           penal
           Laws
           against
           them
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           they
           enjoyed
           fully
           their
           own
           ,
           liv'd
           quietly
           without
           molestation
           ,
           reproach
           ,
           and
           distinction
           ,
           were
           admitted
           into
           all
           Offices
           and
           places
           in
           the
           Commonwealth
           and
           Army
           ,
           enjoying
           all
           the
           liberty
           they
           could
           expect
           ,
           or
           justly
           desire
           :
           and
           therefore
           these
           extreamly
           blame
           the
           Jesuitical
           Party
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           who
           were
           Conspiratours
           ,
           and
           promoters
           of
           this
           Plot
           and
           horrid
           Design
           ,
           as
           wicked
           and
           ungrateful
           persons
           ,
           that
           should
           abuse
           so
           much
           mercy
           and
           indulgence
           shewn
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           could
           not
           see
           their
           own
           quiet
           and
           happiness
           in
           enjoying
           their
           Liberty
           and
           Estates
           without
           interruption
           ,
           in
           a
           Kingdom
           wholly
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           are
           but
           a
           handful
           in
           comparison
           of
           the
           others
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           could
           not
           hope
           to
           prevail
           ,
           without
           horrid
           Massacres
           ,
           much
           Bloud
           ,
           War
           and
           Devastation
           .
           So
           that
           these
           men
           seem
           to
           be
           odious
           ,
           and
           detested
           by
           all
           that
           have
           or
           make
           any
           profession
           of
           Godliness
           ,
           Religion
           and
           Piety
           ,
           who
           do
           verily
           believe
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           thereby
           utterly
           subverted
           and
           ruined
           the
           Catholick
           Cause
           in
           England
           ,
           believing
           that
           you
           will
           now
           urge
           all
           those
           penal
           Statutes
           in
           force
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           make
           others
           more
           severe
           ,
           where
           they
           are
           desicient
           ,
           or
           banish
           them
           wholly
           out
           of
           the
           Land.
           And
           that
           this
           will
           justly
           open
           the
           mouths
           ,
           and
           awaken
           the
           Pens
           of
           all
           the
           Protestants
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           rip
           up
           all
           their
           former
           Cruelties
           ,
           to
           set
           the
           teeth
           of
           the
           people
           on
           edge
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           render
           them
           odious
           ,
           by
           shewing
           their
           former
           bloudy
           doings
           ,
           which
           had
           else
           been
           forgotten
           ,
           and
           were
           raked
           up
           under
           the
           ashes
           of
           Time.
           As
           I
           perceive
           by
           one
           Book
           you
           sent
           ,
           called
           
             The
             Antichristian
             Principle
             Discovered
          
           ,
           in
           a
           brief
           and
           true
           account
           of
           all
           the
           hellish
           Plots
           ,
           bloudy
           Persecutions
           ,
           and
           horrid
           Massacres
           ,
           and
           most
           inhumane
           Cruelties
           and
           Tortures
           ,
           exercised
           by
           the
           Papists
           throughout
           
             Europe
             ,
             &c.
          
           
           Which
           shews
           how
           much
           the
           Spirits
           of
           people
           are
           awakened
           against
           them
           by
           those
           new
           Machinations
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           their
           former
           Errours
           ,
           Faults
           and
           Cruelties
           will
           be
           anew
           laid
           open
           ,
           and
           brought
           out
           of
           the
           Grave
           of
           Oblivion
           ,
           to
           testifie
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           onely
           in
           England
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           by
           these
           unjust
           and
           wicked
           devices
           done
           themselves
           and
           their
           Party
           an
           injury
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           awakened
           the
           jealous
           eyes
           of
           all
           the
           Protestant
           party
           throughout
           Europe
           ,
           who
           seem
           to
           be
           startled
           and
           troubled
           at
           this
           wicked
           and
           horrid
           Design
           .
           And
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           it
           lately
           reported
           ,
           it
           hath
           been
           so
           very
           ill
           resented
           by
           all
           the
           Protestant
           Princes
           in
           Germany
           ,
           that
           it
           has
           put
           them
           upon
           stricter
           caution
           or
           preserving
           themselves
           and
           Religion
           against
           these
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           the
           Papists
           in
           general
           ,
           when
           they
           see
           England
           ,
           the
           prop
           and
           glory
           of
           Protestantism
           ,
           so
           desperately
           struck
           at
           ,
           and
           like
           to
           be
           subverted
           by
           these
           horrid
           Plots
           ,
           and
           wicked
           Machinations
           and
           Conspiracies
           .
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           another
           Party
           ,
           who
           either
           out
           of
           cunning
           ,
           malice
           or
           ignorance
           ,
           will
           not
           believe
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           seem
           not
           to
           believe
           this
           to
           be
           any
           such
           Plot
           as
           you
           in
           England
           would
           make
           it
           to
           be
           .
           And
           these
           sort
           of
           men
           are
           very
           sedulous
           in
           raising
           divers
           Objections
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           lessen
           the
           Evidences
           ,
           and
           asperse
           the
           Judges
           ,
           calumniate
           both
           Magistrates
           and
           People
           ,
           and
           by
           all
           manner
           of
           unjust
           ways
           and
           contrivances
           seek
           to
           instill
           into
           the
           Minds
           of
           people
           that
           there
           is
           no
           such
           grand
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           onely
           a
           subtle
           and
           politick
           way
           of
           some
           
             great
             ones
             in
             England
          
           ,
           to
           make
           new
           Combustions
           and
           Insurrections
           there
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           either
           to
           set
           up
           the
           
             Presbyterian
             Party
          
           ,
           or
           to
           bring
           in
           again
           a
           
             Second
             Commonwealth
          
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           those
           who
           have
           died
           for
           those
           Crimes
           objected
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           
             Coleman
             ,
             Ireland
             ,
             Pickering
             ,
             Groves
             ,
             Green
             ,
             Berry
             ,
             Hill
             ,
             &c.
          
           all
           died
           Innocent
           ,
           Saints
           and
           Martyrs
           ,
           without
           sufficient
           proof
           ,
           and
           undeservedly
           .
           And
           this
           these
           sort
           of
           men
           have
           been
           so
           very
           carefull
           to
           promote
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           Confidence
           and
           Artifice
           ,
           that
           truly
           ,
           they
           have
           begot
           to
           themselves
           a
           very
           great
           Party
           ,
           not
           onely
           on
           this
           side
           the
           Water
           ,
           but
           (
           as
           I
           understand
           from
           some
           coming
           from
           thence
           )
           in
           England
           also
           .
           And
           indeed
           ,
           before
           I
           received
           your
           last
           present
           of
           all
           the
           Tryals
           ,
           which
           you
           sent
           me
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           tell
           what
           to
           thing
           of
           it
           :
           but
           since
           I
           have
           read
           them
           ,
           and
           seriously
           weigh'd
           all
           things
           in
           an
           equal
           Scale
           and
           with
           a
           just
           Balance
           ,
           I
           am
           thoroughly
           convinc'd
           of
           the
           reality
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           and
           the
           justness
           of
           those
           mens
           Sufferings
           who
           have
           died
           for
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           And
           since
           you
           have
           given
           me
           the
           liberty
           and
           freedom
           to
           communicate
           to
           you
           my
           thoughts
           fully
           concerning
           this
           Plot
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           will
           not
           be
           impertinent
           cursorily
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           the
           several
           Objections
           they
           have
           raised
           against
           it
           ,
           to
           annihilate
           or
           invalidate
           the
           same
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           call
           off
           the
           Odium
           and
           blackness
           of
           such
           a
           wicked
           Conspiracy
           from
           themselves
           on
           others
           ;
           and
           also
           ,
           the
           Answers
           I
           have
           been
           able
           to
           give
           them
           in
           relation
           thereto
           .
           And
           since
           it
           may
           be
           of
           a
           publick
           good
           and
           concern
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           many
           fluctuating
           people
           ,
           if
           you
           shall
           think
           it
           requisite
           ,
           I
           give
           you
           free
           liberty
           to
           publish
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           then
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           beget
           a
           very
           ill
           opinion
           of
           the
           Persons
           that
           are
           the
           Discoverers
           of
           this
           Plot
           ,
           and
           Accusers
           of
           those
           concerned
           therein
           ,
           they
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           render
           ,
           them
           
             ill
             Persons
             in
             their
             Lives
             and
             Conversations
          
           ;
           and
           so
           by
           this
           means
           to
           make
           all
           they
           shall
           say
           or
           swear
           not
           to
           be
           believed
           or
           adhered
           to
           .
           They
           remember
           the
           Maxime
           ,
           
             Asperse
             boldly
             ,
             something
             will
             stick
             .
          
           This
           is
           onely
           to
           throw
           dirt
           in
           the
           faces
           of
           those
           persons
           that
           God
           has
           raised
           up
           to
           detect
           the
           most
           horrid
           of
           Villanies
           .
           And
           thus
           Mr.
           Ireland
           ,
           in
           his
           Tryal
           ,
           very
           subtly
           brings
           in
           Sir
           
             Dennis
             Ashburnham
          
           to
           lessen
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Mr.
           Oates
           ,
           by
           making
           him
           a
           person
           of
           little
           credit
           and
           of
           ill
           fame
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           broke
           Prison
           at
           Dover
           ;
           but
           that
           onely
           by
           hear-say
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           could
           they
           have
           given
           any
           good
           proof
           of
           Mr.
           Oates
           his
           being
           formerly
           perjur'd
           they
           might
           have
           done
           something
           as
           to
           taking
           off
           his
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           weakned
           his
           Evidence
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           Jury
           :
           but
           what
           they
           endeavoured
           to
           prove
           was
           so
           very
           weak
           and
           frivolous
           ,
           that
           it
           made
           rather
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           onely
           shewed
           their
           Malice
           ,
           for
           all
           that
           Sir
           Dennis
           says
           ,
           amounts
           onely
           to
           this
           ,
           
             that
             he
             had
             known
             Mr.
          
           Oates
           
             in
             his
             youth
             ,
             and
             that
             then
             he
             was
             not
             a
             person
             of
             that
             Credit
             as
             to
             be
             depended
             on
             for
             what
             he
             should
             say
             ,
             and
             that
             had
             the
             Discovery
             of
             the
             Plot
             come
             onely
             from
             his
             Testimony
             ,
             he
             might
             have
             made
             some
             doubt
             of
             it
             .
          
           But
           then
           ,
           the
           very
           same
           person
           
           confesses
           ,
           
             that
             it
             being
             so
             corroborated
             with
             other
             Circumstances
             ,
             he
             was
             convinced
             and
             satisfied
             in
             the
             truth
             of
             the
             thing
             .
          
           See
           now
           ,
           from
           what
           little
           shadow
           of
           ill
           ,
           they
           rais'd
           a
           dark
           mist
           to
           blind
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           and
           by
           it
           would
           endeavour
           to
           make
           them
           believe
           all
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           should
           say
           was
           false
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Plot
           was
           of
           his
           own
           making
           and
           contriving
           ,
           set
           on
           by
           the
           Enemies
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           it
           be
           granted
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           had
           been
           formerly
           an
           
             ill
             Liver
          
           ,
           or
           what
           they
           say
           of
           him
           as
           to
           his
           Life
           and
           Conversation
           in
           his
           youth
           :
           we
           know
           that
           God
           makes
           use
           of
           Sinners
           to
           glorifie
           his
           Name
           ,
           and
           a
           conspiring
           and
           persecuting
           Saul
           may
           become
           a
           great
           and
           glorious
           Apostle
           .
           Had
           not
           Mr.
           Oates
           had
           ill
           Principles
           ,
           he
           never
           could
           have
           been
           drawn
           into
           so
           horrid
           a
           design
           ,
           (
           but
           the
           Hand
           of
           God
           was
           in
           it
           ,
           who
           out
           of
           Evil
           produces
           Good
           :
           )
           for
           the
           Jesuites
           are
           so
           close
           and
           subtle
           ,
           and
           carry
           on
           their
           Designs
           with
           that
           Secrecy
           and
           Contrivance
           ,
           that
           it
           would
           be
           impossible
           to
           detect
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           a
           plain
           and
           evident
           proof
           against
           their
           Treasonable
           practices
           ,
           but
           by
           one
           of
           themselves
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Conspiracy
           .
           And
           therefore
           it
           cannot
           be
           thought
           any
           hard
           usage
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Scroggs
           observes
           ,
           )
           to
           convict
           Offenders
           by
           Testimony
           of
           their
           Fellows
           ,
           
             because
             't
             is
             hardly
             possible
             to
             bring
             other
             Witnesses
             :
             and
             therefore
             in
             that
             respect
             Witnesses
             cannot
             be
             absolutely
             spotless
             .
          
        
         
           Considering
           the
           depth
           of
           this
           horrid
           Plot
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           persons
           that
           were
           collaterally
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           carrying
           on
           great
           and
           various
           designs
           ,
           Mr.
           Oates
           ,
           the
           first
           Discoverer
           ,
           ran
           a
           very
           great
           risque
           of
           his
           Credit
           and
           Life
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           behoved
           him
           to
           be
           cautious
           and
           wary
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           discover
           a
           thing
           of
           this
           nature
           without
           great
           proof
           :
           and
           for
           that
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           England
           ,
           one
           single
           Testimony
           ,
           though
           back'd
           with
           other
           Circumstances
           ,
           will
           not
           serve
           to
           condemn
           a
           person
           in
           case
           of
           High
           Treason
           ,
           Mr.
           Oates
           could
           not
           of
           himself
           have
           been
           able
           to
           have
           brought
           the
           Offenders
           to
           condign
           punishment
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           (
           whose
           hand
           was
           in
           the
           Discovery
           )
           raised
           up
           others
           also
           afterwards
           to
           give
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           to
           clear
           up
           and
           dilucidate
           the
           whole
           matter
           .
           And
           this
           very
           thing
           it
           seems
           ,
           made
           those
           concerned
           in
           the
           Plot
           so
           very
           bold
           and
           confident
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           Fly
           upon
           his
           first
           Discovery
           of
           the
           same
           :
           and
           he
           had
           like
           to
           have
           been
           born
           down
           with
           a
           strong
           tyde
           of
           Opposition
           ,
           till
           the
           Murther
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           whose
           forwardness
           and
           activity
           in
           doing
           his
           Duty
           ,
           and
           detecting
           this
           horrid
           design
           ,
           exposed
           him
           to
           their
           malice
           and
           fury
           ;
           and
           they
           ,
           who
           had
           gone
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           endeavour
           to
           murther
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           subvert
           the
           Government
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           would
           not
           stick
           at
           the
           little
           murther
           of
           one
           that
           was
           so
           active
           a
           minister
           in
           bringing
           the
           business
           to
           light
           ,
           and
           unravelling
           the
           bottom
           of
           their
           wicked
           designs
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           murther
           of
           this
           person
           strangely
           awakened
           the
           minds
           of
           people
           ,
           who
           were
           before
           in
           a
           great
           Security
           ,
           and
           looked
           but
           lightly
           on
           the
           Plot
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           am
           inform'd
           by
           Relations
           from
           England
           )
           and
           the
           cry
           of
           his
           bloud
           call'd
           down
           God's
           Vengeance
           on
           the
           Plotters
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           ,
           they
           gave
           themselves
           a
           mortal
           blow
           when
           they
           strangled
           this
           Innocent
           person
           .
           And
           since
           it
           was
           requisite
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           more
           Evidence
           then
           one
           ,
           God
           made
           use
           of
           this
           Murther
           ,
           so
           far
           as
           to
           awaken
           thereby
           the
           Conscience
           of
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ,
           who
           was
           to
           have
           been
           engaged
           in
           the
           Murther
           of
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           and
           who
           knew
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           was
           one
           in
           the
           great
           Conspiracy
           and
           Plot
           ,
           and
           who
           also
           ,
           though
           fled
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           was
           at
           last
           compelled
           by
           the
           force
           of
           his
           troubled
           Conscience
           to
           come
           in
           voluntarily
           ,
           to
           second
           Mr.
           Oates
           ,
           and
           to
           detect
           both
           the
           Murther
           and
           the
           Plot.
           
        
         
           I
           cannot
           hear
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           any
           thing
           to
           object
           against
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           in
           particular
           to
           take
           off
           his
           Evidence
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           asperse
           him
           in
           general
           terms
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           hired
           to
           the
           same
           :
           but
           if
           any
           one
           of
           an
           unbiass'd
           Judgment
           shall
           seriously
           reade
           and
           weigh
           all
           the
           several
           proofs
           made
           out
           against
           the
           Criminals
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           Oates
           and
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ,
           agreeing
           in
           all
           Circumstances
           ,
           though
           no
           intimacy
           was
           ever
           known
           to
           be
           between
           them
           ,
           he
           must
           needs
           acknowledge
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           more
           clear
           and
           evident
           ,
           then
           that
           there
           could
           not
           be
           any
           such
           Conspiracy
           between
           them
           ,
           to
           invent
           and
           frame
           so
           many
           strange
           stories
           and
           relations
           as
           they
           have
           given
           in
           under
           their
           Oaths
           ,
           with
           all
           Circumstances
           as
           to
           Places
           ,
           Time
           and
           Persons
           ,
           without
           betraying
           themselves
           ,
           or
           being
           intrapped
           by
           those
           quick
           ey'd
           persons
           by
           whom
           they
           have
           been
           examined
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           we
           should
           quickly
           have
           heard
           .
           So
           that
           I
           cannot
           but
           admire
           at
           the
           strange
           impudence
           of
           those
           persons
           ,
           who
           still
           buz
           into
           the
           ears
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           no
           Plot
           but
           of
           Oates
           and
           
           Bedlow's
           making
           ,
           giving
           the
           lie
           in
           the
           face
           of
           a
           whole
           Nation
           to
           the
           Justices
           ,
           that
           have
           taken
           the
           Examinations
           ,
           to
           the
           Judges
           ,
           that
           have
           sate
           on
           the
           Tryals
           ,
           to
           the
           Council
           ,
           that
           have
           sifted
           and
           looked
           into
           the
           Papers
           and
           Writings
           belonging
           to
           these
           Plotters
           ,
           Traitours
           and
           Murtherers
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Lords
           and
           Nobility
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           the
           Representative
           of
           all
           the
           People
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           in
           their
           Vote
           
             die
             Lunae
             24.
             
             Martii
          
           1678.
           declared
           
             nemine
             Contradicente
             ,
             That
             they
             were
             fully
             satisfied
             by
             the
             proofs
             they
             had
             heard
             ,
             That
             there
             now
             is
             ,
             and
             for
             divers
             years
             last
             past
             hath
             been
             ,
             a
             horrid
             and
             Treasonable
             Plot
             and
             Conspiracy
             contrived
             and
             carried
             on
             by
             those
             of
             the
             Popish
             Religion
             ,
             for
             the
             Murthering
             of
             his
             Majestie
             's
             sacred
             Person
             ,
             and
             for
             Subverting
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             and
             the
             Ancient
             and
             well-established
             Government
             of
             this
             Kingdom
             .
          
           I
           say
           ,
           that
           after
           all
           this
           clear
           Evidence
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           made
           out
           more
           plain
           and
           perspicuous
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           still
           endeavour
           to
           press
           upon
           the
           belief
           of
           people
           ,
           that
           't
           is
           a
           fictitious
           Plot
           ,
           is
           the
           most
           strange
           piece
           of
           Impudence
           I
           ever
           heard
           or
           read
           of
           .
        
         
           Can
           any
           that
           entertain
           such
           a
           thought
           believe
           that
           the
           whole
           Nation
           are
           deceived
           ?
           and
           that
           all
           these
           ,
           the
           wisest
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           are
           deluded
           ,
           or
           can
           be
           made
           Fools
           and
           Asses
           of
           by
           Mr.
           Oates
           and
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ?
           or
           in
           reason
           think
           or
           suppose
           ,
           that
           all
           these
           persons
           are
           so
           wicked
           to
           frame
           a
           Plot
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           away
           the
           several
           Lives
           of
           these
           wretches
           ,
           onely
           to
           extirpate
           a
           few
           Papists
           out
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ?
           One
           of
           these
           must
           consequently
           follow
           if
           there
           be
           not
           in
           reality
           any
           such
           Plot
           ,
           as
           these
           sort
           of
           men
           would
           have
           people
           believe
           .
           But
           God
           seeming
           to
           resolve
           to
           discover
           fully
           the
           bottom
           of
           this
           design
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           it
           apparent
           to
           all
           the
           world
           ,
           he
           has
           given
           a
           cloud
           of
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           wholly
           to
           take
           away
           that
           scruple
           ,
           hath
           raised
           up
           Prance
           and
           Dugdale
           ,
           two
           more
           ,
           to
           second
           and
           confirm
           the
           truth
           of
           Oates
           and
           
           Bedlow's
           assertions
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           ,
           I
           have
           heard
           that
           they
           have
           been
           so
           far
           from
           aspersing
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           (
           some
           of
           them
           )
           been
           forc'd
           publickly
           to
           acknowledge
           him
           
             a
             sober
             ,
             honest
             man
          
           :
           yet
           he
           was
           drawn
           into
           the
           Plot
           for
           
             Religion's
             sake
          
           ,
           till
           he
           came
           to
           know
           of
           the
           intended
           Murther
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           alarm-Bell
           of
           his
           Conscience
           
           rung
           so
           loud
           that
           it
           awaken'd
           him
           out
           of
           his
           Lethargy
           ,
           and
           brought
           him
           to
           a
           confession
           of
           his
           Crimes
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           an
           Evidence
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           God
           suffer'd
           him
           to
           goe
           on
           and
           to
           be
           zealous
           (
           as
           I
           observe
           by
           his
           own
           Book
           )
           in
           this
           Plot
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           one
           of
           the
           Instruments
           assisting
           in
           the
           murther
           of
           that
           worthy
           Knight
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           and
           to
           continue
           without
           remorse
           ,
           till
           he
           was
           taken
           onely
           upon
           a
           bare
           surmise
           of
           his
           being
           from
           home
           some
           nights
           ,
           which
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           brought
           before
           the
           Council
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           discovered
           by
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ,
           to
           be
           one
           of
           those
           persons
           that
           he
           had
           seen
           in
           the
           Room
           where
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           lay
           murthered
           ;
           which
           Mr.
           Prance
           himself
           acknowledges
           to
           be
           the
           immediate
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           so
           far
           pressed
           upon
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           as
           afterwards
           to
           make
           a
           full
           and
           ingenuous
           Confession
           both
           of
           the
           Murther
           and
           Plot
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           received
           the
           King's
           Pardon
           .
           And
           this
           is
           a
           strenuous
           evidence
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           strong
           confirmation
           of
           the
           Assertions
           of
           Mr.
           Oates
           and
           Bedlow
           ,
           and
           that
           what
           they
           had
           delivered
           ,
           was
           not
           by
           Combination
           ,
           or
           any
           Conspiracy
           between
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           against
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           I
           find
           they
           had
           raised
           three
           several
           objections
           ,
           thinking
           thereby
           to
           make
           his
           testimony
           inconsiderable
           .
           The
           first
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           Mad.
           But
           as
           to
           this
           ,
           I
           think
           all
           that
           have
           read
           his
           Depositions
           ,
           and
           the
           Evidence
           he
           hath
           given
           as
           to
           the
           Plot
           ,
           with
           the
           circumstances
           of
           his
           being
           engaged
           in
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           the
           punctual
           account
           of
           the
           Murther
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           will
           not
           judge
           him
           to
           be
           bereft
           of
           his
           senses
           .
           The
           things
           too
           well
           cohere
           together
           to
           proceed
           from
           a
           distracted
           person
           .
           The
           second
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           tortur'd
           ,
           and
           ill
           used
           in
           Prison
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           Confess
           against
           his
           Conscience
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           he
           had
           said
           as
           to
           the
           Plot
           and
           Murther
           ,
           was
           through
           fear
           and
           terrour
           .
           But
           I
           shall
           onely
           mention
           his
           own
           words
           ,
           sufficient
           to
           clear
           this
           Aspersion
           ,
           pag.
           25.
           of
           his
           Narrative
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Report
             was
             wholly
             false
             and
             scandalous
             ,
             but
             that
             on
             the
             contrary
             ,
             he
             had
             received
             all
             the
             kind
             usage
             and
             civilities
             imaginable
             ,
             from
             Captain
          
           Richardson
           
             the
             Keeper
             of
          
           Newgate
           ,
           
             where
             he
             was
             confined
             all
             the
             time
             of
             his
             stay
             ;
             and
             that
             nothing
             of
             compulsion
             or
             force
             was
             put
             upon
             him
             to
             declare
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             that
             what
             he
             did
             was
             freely
             and
             voluntarily
             ,
             not
             byassed
             by
             any
             sinister
             end
             ,
             nor
             out
             of
             any
             malice
             ,
             or
             in
             wrong
             to
             any
             person
             whatsoever
             :
          
           And
           this
           he
           declares
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           
             Almighty
             God
          
           ,
           the
           Searcher
           of
           Hearts
           ,
           before
           whose
           just
           and
           dreadfull
           Tribunal
           he
           expects
           to
           appear
           ,
           and
           begs
           and
           implores
           the
           mercy
           of
           the
           King
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           on
           his
           sincere
           Repentance
           ,
           for
           his
           wicked
           fact
           ,
           and
           great
           sin
           committed
           ,
           in
           being
           an
           Accessory
           to
           the
           Death
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           obtained
           that
           of
           his
           King
           here
           for
           the
           same
           .
           The
           third
           was
           ,
           that
           being
           through
           fear
           and
           terrour
           made
           to
           acknowledge
           himself
           guilty
           ,
           he
           was
           forced
           in
           his
           Conscience
           to
           deny
           all
           again
           ,
           before
           His
           Majesty
           of
           Great
           Britain
           .
           And
           here
           indeed
           they
           have
           some
           appearance
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           with
           it
           they
           have
           made
           a
           great
           dust
           ,
           thinking
           by
           this
           means
           to
           blind
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           people
           .
           But
           Mr.
           Prance
           himself
           in
           his
           Narrative
           pag.
           22.
           and
           23.
           so
           well
           clears
           that
           aspersion
           ,
           that
           there
           can
           be
           no
           more
           said
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           judgment
           renders
           him
           more
           strong
           and
           firm
           after
           his
           staggering
           and
           fluctuation
           :
           for
           he
           calls
           it
           there
           his
           imbecillity
           and
           weakness
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           had
           onely
           for
           his
           Conscience
           sake
           made
           his
           free
           Confession
           ,
           being
           awakened
           by
           the
           horrour
           of
           his
           Crimes
           ,
           yet
           afterwards
           he
           went
           and
           declared
           to
           the
           King
           that
           he
           was
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           those
           he
           had
           accused
           were
           also
           Innocent
           .
           Now
           they
           cry
           out
           ,
           a
           man
           that
           will
           thus
           say
           now
           one
           thing
           ,
           and
           then
           another
           thing
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           be
           believed
           ;
           and
           that
           his
           Evidence
           is
           nothing
           worth
           .
           But
           pag.
           23.
           
           Mr.
           Prance
           says
           this
           for
           himself
           ,
           
             That
             the
             fear
             and
             terrour
             of
          
           death
           
             (
             not
             then
             having
             any
             assurance
             of
             Pardon
             )
             lying
             heavy
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             also
             the
             fear
             of
             being
          
           assassinated
           
             by
             the
             bloudy
             and
             revengefull
          
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           ,
           
             and
             also
             that
             if
             he
             should
             escape
             with
             Life
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             wholly
             lose
             his
             Trade
             ,
             and
             so
             be
             consequently
             ruined
             and
             undone
             ,
             since
             his
             chief
             subsistence
             depended
             on
             the
             Trade
             he
             had
             with
             the
          
           Roman
           Catholicks
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Soul
           was
           not
           yet
           intirely
           out
           of
           the
           snare
           of
           Popish
           thraldom
           ,
           induced
           him
           to
           think
           he
           might
           lawfully
           say
           ,
           
             That
             he
             and
             all
             the
             rest
             were
             Innocent
             ,
             because
             the
             horrid
             Crime
             of
             the
             Murther
             of
             Sir
          
           Edmundbury
           Godfry
           
             had
             been
             declared
             by
             the
             Popish
             Priests
             to
             be
             no
             sin
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             that
             sense
             they
             were
             all
             Innocent
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             not
             since
             the
             Fact
             received
             Absolution
             .
          
           And
           thus
           by
           the
           way
           you
           may
           observe
           how
           they
           all
           die
           Innocent
           ,
           as
           themselves
           at
           the
           Gallows
           are
           pleas'd
           to
           say
           .
        
         
           But
           then
           he
           desires
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
           that
           to
           strengthen
           his
           first
           assertion
           ,
           and
           to
           invalidate
           this
           act
           of
           his
           weakness
           and
           fear
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             That
             what
             he
             had
             declared
             concerning
             the
             Murther
             was
             solemnly
             and
             upon
             Oath
             ;
             and
             this
             supposed
             Retractation
             ,
             suddenly
             in
             Passion
             ,
             Consternation
             and
             Fear
             ,
             and
             not
             upon
             Oath
             .
          
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           no
           sooner
           carried
           back
           from
           the
           King
           and
           Council
           to
           Newgate
           ,
           not
           being
           above
           half
           an
           hour
           after
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           earnestly
           requested
           his
           Keeper
           to
           carry
           him
           back
           again
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           justify
           his
           former
           Confession
           to
           be
           true
           in
           all
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           that
           what
           he
           had
           lately
           said
           contradictory
           thereto
           ,
           was
           caused
           by
           his
           perplexity
           of
           mind
           ,
           and
           the
           terrour
           he
           lay
           under
           ;
           and
           being
           immediately
           carried
           back
           ,
           
             He
             denied
             his
             Recantation
             ,
             and
             voluntarily
             upon
             Oath
             confirmed
             what
             he
             had
             first
             declared
             to
             be
             true
             .
          
        
         
           And
           afterwards
           falling
           sick
           whilst
           in
           Newgate
           ,
           and
           like
           to
           die
           ,
           he
           then
           expecting
           to
           die
           ,
           declared
           and
           often
           asserted
           to
           divers
           his
           first
           Confession
           to
           be
           true
           in
           all
           points
           ,
           as
           also
           since
           he
           recovered
           his
           health
           :
           So
           that
           't
           is
           very
           plain
           ,
           all
           this
           dust
           which
           the
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           have
           raised
           about
           this
           matter
           is
           blown
           away
           ,
           and
           Truth
           is
           become
           perspicuous
           to
           any
           ingenuous
           man
           ,
           that
           will
           but
           impartially
           look
           into
           these
           transactions
           ,
           and
           consider
           them
           as
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           not
           as
           they
           are
           represented
           by
           their
           false
           perspectives
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           all
           that
           I
           have
           heard
           to
           be
           objected
           as
           to
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           judge
           by
           what
           I
           have
           been
           able
           to
           say
           ,
           how
           frivolous
           it
           is
           .
           But
           these
           malicious
           persons
           have
           not
           onely
           raised
           objections
           against
           those
           persons
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           who
           were
           Witnesses
           against
           these
           Plotters
           ,
           but
           they
           also
           endeavour
           to
           cast
           an
           Odium
           on
           the
           Judges
           themselves
           ,
           especially
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           ;
           whom
           they
           report
           to
           be
           a
           very
           violent
           and
           passionate
           man
           against
           them
           ,
           triumphing
           in
           their
           overthrow
           ,
           handling
           the
           Prisoners
           cruelly
           and
           hardly
           ,
           daunting
           their
           Witnesses
           ,
           and
           lashing
           out
           against
           them
           and
           their
           Religion
           ,
           with
           many
           the
           like
           bitter
           reports
           :
           and
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           stuck
           to
           have
           sent
           him
           Letters
           from
           this
           side
           the
           Water
           ,
           upbraiding
           him
           for
           walking
           contrary
           to
           the
           steps
           of
           his
           Predecessors
           in
           the
           like
           Cases
           ;
           and
           have
           also
           been
           so
           impudent
           ,
           as
           to
           send
           him
           a
           Book
           in
           the
           French
           Tongue
           ,
           which
           endeavours
           to
           make
           this
           Plot
           to
           be
           contrived
           and
           laid
           ,
           not
           by
           the
           Papists
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           
           Factious
           and
           Sectarian
           Parties
           in
           England
           .
           But
           this
           is
           
             fumos
             vendere
          
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           that
           Worthy
           Person
           needs
           no
           Justification
           .
           I
           am
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           suppose
           none
           that
           have
           read
           or
           heard
           the
           Trials
           of
           those
           persons
           condemned
           for
           the
           Plot
           ,
           and
           Murther
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           but
           must
           remain
           satisfied
           in
           the
           fair
           and
           upright
           dealing
           of
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           Scroggs
           ,
           in
           hearing
           the
           Evidence
           fully
           on
           all
           sides
           ,
           and
           judging
           justly
           and
           indifferently
           between
           the
           King
           and
           the
           Prisoners
           .
           And
           in
           this
           extraordinary
           Case
           ,
           if
           after
           an
           impartial
           and
           legall
           Trial
           ,
           he
           ,
           in
           summing
           up
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           pressed
           it
           home
           to
           the
           Jury
           to
           doe
           Justice
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           spake
           something
           as
           to
           the
           Catholick
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           Jesuited
           party
           ,
           that
           has
           raised
           these
           Commotions
           and
           Conspiracies
           ,
           and
           brought
           those
           men
           into
           the
           snare
           ,
           he
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           blamed
           ;
           and
           I
           cannot
           find
           either
           in
           him
           ,
           or
           those
           other
           Judges
           who
           gave
           Sentence
           of
           Death
           on
           the
           offenders
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           did
           it
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           modestly
           ,
           and
           without
           that
           triumphing
           and
           bitterness
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           seem
           to
           intimate
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           what
           poor
           shifts
           are
           these
           men
           drove
           to
           hide
           this
           abominable
           Plot
           and
           wicked
           Contrivance
           !
           when
           they
           would
           insinuate
           into
           the
           people
           on
           this
           side
           the
           Water
           ,
           and
           at
           a
           distance
           from
           you
           ,
           that
           there
           never
           was
           any
           such
           person
           as
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           in
           England
           have
           fram'd
           a
           story
           of
           such
           a
           Murther
           ,
           taking
           a
           hint
           from
           a
           Town
           called
           St.
           
             Edmunds
             Bury
          
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           Papists
           odious
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           means
           to
           raise
           the
           malice
           of
           the
           people
           against
           them
           .
           This
           shews
           very
           much
           the
           weakness
           of
           their
           Cause
           ,
           or
           rather
           the
           foulness
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           forced
           to
           such
           narrow
           starting-holes
           to
           keep
           up
           their
           reputation
           here
           :
           But
           with
           you
           this
           needs
           no
           answer
           ,
           that
           worthy
           Gentleman
           being
           so
           well
           known
           in
           the
           place
           where
           he
           dwelt
           ,
           and
           was
           too
           publick
           a
           Light
           to
           be
           hid
           in
           obscurity
           under
           a
           Bushel
           .
        
         
           To
           make
           this
           Discovery
           yet
           more
           full
           and
           evident
           ,
           I
           find
           that
           God
           has
           brought
           forth
           of
           the
           Tower
           of
           London
           one
           Mr.
           Everard
           ,
           after
           four
           years
           imprisonment
           ,
           to
           give
           his
           Testimony
           concerning
           this
           very
           Plot
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           his
           Evidence
           and
           Narrative
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           who
           there
           affirms
           what
           he
           knew
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           after
           what
           manner
           he
           came
           by
           it
           ,
           being
           informed
           of
           it
           in
           Paris
           ;
           so
           that
           coming
           over
           to
           England
           ,
           for
           the
           intent
           of
           discovering
           what
           he
           knew
           concerning
           the
           same
           ,
           he
           was
           clapt
           into
           the
           Tower
           ,
           under
           the
           pretext
           of
           having
           some
           design
           of
           making
           an
           attempt
           against
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Monmouth's
           Life
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           kept
           four
           years
           a
           close
           Prisoner
           ,
           without
           ever
           being
           brought
           to
           any
           Hearing
           or
           Trial
           ;
           and
           though
           he
           had
           several
           times
           made
           some
           discovery
           of
           this
           Plot
           to
           Sir
           
             John
             Robinson
          
           ,
           the
           then
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           he
           either
           did
           not
           or
           would
           not
           believe
           any
           thing
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           would
           give
           no
           information
           to
           His
           Majesty
           concerning
           the
           same
           ;
           as
           may
           more
           fully
           appear
           by
           the
           Depositions
           of
           the
           said
           Mr.
           Everard
           :
           which
           certainly
           is
           a
           very
           great
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           very
           much
           corroborates
           the
           Assertions
           of
           the
           other
           Witnesses
           concerned
           in
           the
           Plot
           ,
           this
           man
           being
           none
           of
           the
           Confederacy
           ,
           and
           so
           not
           entrusted
           with
           the
           horrid
           Intrigues
           thereof
           ;
           yet
           so
           far
           knew
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           given
           some
           Light
           to
           the
           farther
           discovery
           of
           this
           dark
           design
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           been
           thus
           subtly
           prevented
           by
           some
           of
           the
           Plotters
           means
           ,
           who
           are
           since
           in
           custody
           themselves
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           the
           Province
           where
           they
           were
           to
           Act
           ;
           for
           both
           that
           Kingdom
           and
           Scotland
           also
           was
           at
           the
           same
           time
           to
           have
           been
           subverted
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           England
           .
           But
           things
           were
           not
           then
           ripe
           ,
           and
           God
           had
           designed
           to
           let
           them
           run
           on
           yet
           farther
           in
           their
           wickedness
           ,
           that
           his
           Glory
           might
           appear
           more
           great
           and
           perspicuous
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           mercy
           ,
           and
           protecting
           care
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           people
           of
           England
           ,
           might
           be
           seen
           in
           diverting
           and
           making
           known
           a
           Plot
           and
           Conspiracy
           so
           impending
           ,
           and
           near
           taking
           effect
           ,
           being
           carried
           on
           with
           such
           secrecy
           ,
           skill
           and
           power
           so
           many
           years
           :
           but
           to
           God
           be
           given
           the
           Glory
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           barking
           mouths
           of
           these
           Currs
           be
           stopped
           at
           last
           ,
           and
           their
           endeavours
           to
           hide
           and
           to
           make
           this
           Plot
           of
           no
           account
           be
           blasted
           and
           come
           to
           nought
           .
           Amen
           .
        
         
           Not
           withstanding
           the
           Artifices
           of
           these
           men
           to
           support
           their
           credit
           here
           abroad
           ,
           and
           in
           some
           measure
           with
           you
           also
           in
           England
           ,
           their
           Complices
           are
           like
           to
           suffer
           for
           their
           treasonable
           practices
           .
           Some
           of
           the
           underlings
           have
           already
           paid
           for
           their
           Treason
           ,
           with
           the
           forfeiture
           of
           their
           Lives
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           great
           and
           formidable
           Plotters
           are
           like
           also
           to
           be
           called
           to
           account
           ,
           and
           the
           very
           bottom
           of
           this
           horried
           and
           hellish
           design
           like
           to
           be
           discovered
           .
           It
           is
           therefore
           now
           time
           for
           them
           to
           bestir
           themselves
           ,
           and
           inded
           to
           say
           the
           truth
           ,
           they
           will
           leave
           no
           stone
           unturn'd
           ,
           and
           having
           first
           endeavoured
           to
           scandalize
           the
           Evidence
           against
           them
           ,
           they
           now
           try
           to
           corrupt
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           them
           off
           ;
           and
           this
           they
           have
           procured
           a
           subtle
           Agent
           to
           effect
           ,
           one
           
             Nathaniel
             Reading
          
           ,
           who
           by
           great
           and
           fair
           promises
           of
           great
           rewards
           and
           some
           Gold
           in
           hand
           ,
           would
           have
           taken
           off
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           chief
           Evidence
           for
           the
           King
           against
           these
           Plotters
           ;
           but
           I
           find
           that
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           out-witted
           him
           ,
           and
           notwithstanding
           he
           was
           a
           subtle
           Lawyer
           ,
           brought
           him
           to
           shame
           and
           punishment
           for
           his
           Crime
           ,
           which
           certainly
           was
           of
           a
           very
           high
           Nature
           ,
           and
           which
           was
           punctually
           proved
           against
           him
           ,
           so
           that
           none
           can
           deny
           the
           Truth
           thereof
           .
           Now
           from
           this
           I
           argue
           ,
           If
           there
           were
           no
           Plot
           ,
           as
           the
           Jesuits
           here
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           have
           made
           us
           believe
           ,
           why
           should
           those
           accused
           thereof
           seek
           by
           such
           unjust
           means
           of
           bribery
           to
           take
           off
           the
           Evidence
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           to
           draw
           beforehand
           such
           matter
           onely
           for
           the
           Evidence
           to
           swear
           to
           ,
           as
           might
           be
           sure
           not
           to
           make
           them
           guilty
           of
           Treason
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           Law
           ?
           Innocency
           needs
           not
           these
           shifts
           ,
           and
           this
           also
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           all
           rational
           men
           ,
           must
           needs
           be
           another
           proof
           of
           their
           Guilt
           ;
           and
           that
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           stir
           that
           they
           have
           made
           to
           hide
           their
           Crime
           ,
           and
           most
           horrid
           Design
           ,
           they
           are
           guilty
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           is
           and
           hath
           been
           a
           horrid
           Plot
           and
           Conspiracy
           .
        
         
           Since
           you
           have
           desired
           me
           to
           communicate
           my
           mind
           fully
           to
           you
           ,
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           think
           me
           tedious
           in
           that
           I
           cannot
           yet
           leave
           this
           matter
           ;
           and
           that
           I
           resolve
           as
           briefly
           as
           I
           can
           ,
           to
           mention
           to
           you
           my
           thoughts
           on
           the
           several
           Trials
           of
           those
           persons
           Condemned
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           Murther
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           and
           to
           let
           you
           know
           what
           here
           hath
           been
           said
           thereupon
           :
           for
           they
           have
           not
           onely
           endeavoured
           by
           all
           means
           and
           ways
           to
           bespatter
           and
           calumniate
           the
           persons
           of
           those
           who
           discovered
           the
           Plot
           ,
           the
           Judges
           who
           gave
           Sentence
           on
           the
           Traytors
           ,
           and
           the
           Witnesses
           against
           them
           ,
           but
           also
           violently
           to
           speak
           against
           the
           Justice
           and
           legality
           of
           the
           Trials
           themselves
           ;
           and
           so
           far
           to
           justify
           the
           Criminals
           ,
           and
           those
           Condemned
           and
           Executed
           for
           Traytors
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           died
           illegally
           ,
           without
           apparent
           proofs
           ,
           and
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           Martyrs
           .
        
         
         
           And
           here
           I
           cannot
           but
           admire
           the
           strange
           audacity
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           think
           to
           be
           able
           ,
           with
           bold
           and
           lying
           assertions
           to
           lessen
           and
           pervert
           matters
           of
           fact
           ,
           and
           things
           so
           notoriously
           known
           and
           acted
           in
           the
           face
           of
           a
           Nation
           ;
           things
           not
           privately
           or
           clandestinely
           acted
           ,
           but
           publickly
           and
           before
           the
           whole
           World.
           But
           what
           is
           it
           that
           these
           men
           will
           not
           attempt
           ?
           
             
               Tantum
               Relligio
               potuit
               suadere
               Malorum
               ?
            
          
           T
           is
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           they
           may
           doe
           any
           thing
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           that
           comes
           upon
           the
           stage
           is
           Mr.
           Coleman
           ,
           a
           leading
           man
           in
           this
           horried
           Plot
           and
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           a
           prime
           actor
           and
           promoter
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           his
           great
           correspondency
           abroad
           ,
           both
           at
           Rome
           and
           in
           the
           
             French
             Court.
          
           I
           have
           read
           the
           Trial
           of
           that
           person
           with
           caution
           and
           consideration
           ;
           and
           however
           plain
           the
           proofs
           may
           appear
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           others
           of
           unbyassed
           judgments
           ,
           yet
           they
           have
           had
           the
           confidence
           here
           to
           assert
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           impress
           it
           on
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           that
           nothing
           could
           be
           made
           out
           against
           this
           man
           to
           render
           him
           worthy
           of
           Death
           ,
           or
           to
           make
           him
           guilty
           of
           Treason
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           died
           innocent
           ,
           a
           Saint
           ,
           and
           a
           Martyr
           ;
           and
           that
           at
           the
           Execution
           he
           utterly
           denied
           there
           was
           any
           such
           thing
           :
           a
           Plot
           ,
           as
           was
           pretended
           ,
           though
           he
           own'd
           himself
           to
           be
           indeed
           a
           zealour
           promoter
           of
           the
           
             Catholick
             Cause
          
           .
           And
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           heard
           ,
           many
           were
           so
           sottishly
           deluded
           with
           this
           opinion
           of
           his
           innocency
           ,
           that
           they
           purchased
           at
           dear
           rates
           pieces
           of
           the
           Halter
           that
           strangled
           him
           ,
           to
           keep
           as
           reliques
           of
           his
           Saintship
           .
           That
           a
           great
           argument
           of
           his
           innocency
           was
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           any
           escape
           or
           to
           fly
           away
           ,
           having
           his
           Liberty
           several
           days
           after
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           and
           his
           being
           question'd
           about
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           The
           men
           who
           seem
           thus
           to
           believe
           nothing
           ,
           and
           goe
           about
           to
           perswade
           others
           to
           be
           of
           their
           opinion
           ,
           and
           who
           raise
           the
           objections
           and
           reports
           to
           cast
           a
           mist
           before
           the
           eyes
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           are
           those
           no
           doubt
           whose
           Consciences
           know
           the
           contrary
           to
           what
           they
           pretend
           to
           be
           absolutely
           true
           ,
           and
           are
           and
           have
           been
           agents
           and
           promoters
           of
           that
           Plot
           and
           Conspiracy
           they
           would
           cry
           down
           :
           and
           they
           cannot
           but
           know
           that
           Coleman
           and
           the
           rest
           had
           a
           fair
           Trial
           ;
           that
           the
           proofs
           were
           home
           and
           evident
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           suffered
           justly
           and
           by
           due
           course
           of
           Law.
           But
           it
           is
           their
           interest
           to
           seem
           of
           another
           mind
           :
           and
           notwithstanding
           they
           have
           endeavoured
           to
           render
           the
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           odious
           ,
           and
           cunningly
           to
           insinuate
           his
           illegal
           proceedings
           with
           Mr.
           Coleman
           ,
           those
           of
           their
           own
           party
           could
           not
           but
           acknowledge
           the
           words
           that
           I
           shewed
           them
           in
           the
           seventeenth
           Page
           of
           his
           printed
           Trial
           to
           be
           full
           of
           
             honour
             and
             integrity
          
           .
           For
           there
           speaking
           to
           Mr.
           Oates
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           to
           be
           sworn
           as
           evidence
           against
           Mr.
           Coleman
           ,
           he
           gives
           him
           warning
           to
           
             speak
             nothing
             but
             the
             truth
             ,
             not
             to
             adde
             the
             least
             tirtle
             that
             is
             false
             for
             any
             advantage
             whatsoever
             ;
             for
             that
             since
             the
             Prisoner's
             Bloud
             and
             Life
             was
             at
             stake
             ,
             he
             should
             stand
             or
             fall
             ,
             be
             justified
             or
             condemned
             by
             Truth
             .
          
           He
           also
           then
           puts
           Mr.
           Oates
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           sacredness
           of
           an
           Oath
           ,
           and
           that
           to
           falsily
           it
           ,
           and
           thereby
           to
           take
           away
           a
           man's
           Life
           ,
           was
           Murther
           .
           Therefore
           he
           desired
           he
           would
           speak
           nothing
           but
           the
           down-right
           Truth
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           not
           be
           condemned
           by
           any
           Circumstances
           ,
           but
           by
           plain
           evidence
           of
           Fact
           ;
           and
           so
           that
           not
           onely
           Mr.
           Coleman
           may
           be
           satisfied
           in
           the
           justness
           of
           his
           Trial
           ,
           but
           all
           people
           else
           .
           I
           think
           this
           is
           sufficient
           to
           manifest
           the
           uprightness
           of
           the
           Judge
           ,
           and
           that
           Mr.
           Coleman
           had
           a
           free
           and
           legal
           Trial
           for
           his
           Life
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           But
           that
           they
           should
           so
           boldly
           and
           with
           a
           consident
           Brow
           assert
           ,
           that
           nothing
           could
           be
           made
           out
           against
           him
           ,
           that
           should
           render
           him
           guilty
           of
           Treason
           or
           worthy
           of
           Death
           ,
           is
           very
           strange
           ,
           when
           not
           onely
           the
           witnesses
           that
           are
           brought
           against
           him
           do
           prove
           sufficient
           matter
           of
           fact
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           Letters
           produced
           and
           read
           before
           his
           face
           ,
           which
           he
           acknowledges
           for
           his
           own
           ,
           do
           in
           plain
           words
           say
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           about
           
             a
             great
             work
             ,
             no
             less
             then
             the
             Conversion
             of
             three
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             the
             total
             and
             utter
             Subversion
             and
             Subduing
             of
             that
             pestilent
             Heresy
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             ,
             which
             hath
             reigned
             so
             long
             in
             this
             Northern
             part
             of
             the
             World
             ;
             and
             for
             the
             doing
             of
             which
             there
             never
             was
             such
             great
             hopes
             since
             our
             Queen
          
           Marie
           '
           
             s
             days
             as
             at
             this
             time
             :
             pag.
          
           69.
           
           Now
           can
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           more
           clear
           ,
           then
           that
           this
           
             subversion
             of
             a
             Religion
          
           so
           generally
           received
           in
           those
           
             three
             Kingdoms
          
           ,
           and
           so
           long
           and
           thoroughly
           established
           ,
           could
           not
           be
           effected
           but
           by
           the
           subversion
           of
           those
           
             three
             Kingdoms
          
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           established
           Laws
           ,
           the
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           the
           Lives
           of
           many
           thousands
           within
           those
           
             three
             Kingdoms
          
           ?
           and
           all
           this
           could
           not
           have
           been
           done
           without
           bringing
           in
           of
           forein
           Force
           ,
           or
           raising
           a
           Rebellion
           amongst
           your selves
           ,
           or
           both
           .
           In
           his
           long
           Letter
           to
           Monsiour
           
             Le
             Chese
          
           he
           says
           ,
           
             pag.
             53.
             
             He
             would
             willingly
             be
             in
             everlasting
             disgrace
             with
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             if
             by
             the
             assistance
             of
             20000.
             li.
             to
             be
             obtained
             from
             the
             FRENCH
             KING
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             regain
             to
             the
             DVKE
             his
             MASTER
             his
             former
             Offices
             ,
             and
             especially
             that
             of
             being
             ADMIRAL
             of
             the
             FLEET
             :
          
           and
           again
           pag.
           54.
           he
           tells
           you
           for
           what
           end
           this
           design
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           
             might
             give
             the
             greatest
             blow
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             in
          
           England
           
             that
             ever
             it
             received
             since
             its
             birth
             :
          
           and
           therefore
           in
           the
           conclusion
           of
           one
           of
           his
           Letters
           to
           
             Le
             Chese
          
           ,
           the
           French
           King's
           Confessour
           ,
           he
           desires
           the
           power
           and
           assistance
           of
           France
           ,
           which
           next
           under
           God
           he
           relies
           upon
           .
           So
           that
           his
           own
           hand
           convicts
           him
           of
           endeavouring
           to
           bring
           in
           
             Forein
             Powers
          
           into
           England
           ,
           to
           establish
           the
           
             Roman
             Catholick
             Religion
          
           ,
           and
           to
           overthrow
           that
           now
           there
           established
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           but
           one
           way
           to
           bring
           his
           designs
           about
           ;
           the
           other
           most
           horrid
           and
           bloudy
           was
           the
           taking
           away
           the
           
             Sacred
             Life
             of
             the
             King
          
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           Oates
           swears
           against
           him
           ,
           pag.
           21.
           that
           he
           was
           privy
           to
           the
           Consult
           at
           the
           White-Horse
           Tavern
           in
           the
           Strand
           ,
           wherein
           it
           was
           resolved
           ,
           that
           Grove
           and
           Pickering
           should
           be
           employed
           to
           effect
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           Mr.
           Coleman
           did
           approve
           of
           the
           same
           :
           so
           that
           by
           this
           the
           proof
           was
           plain
           against
           him
           ,
           for
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           England
           his
           assent
           made
           him
           equally
           guilty
           with
           the
           Assassinates
           ,
           there
           being
           no
           Accessories
           in
           Treason
           .
           And
           this
           Resolve
           he
           swears
           was
           communicated
           to
           Mr.
           Coleman
           in
           his
           hearing
           in
           Wild-house
           :
           and
           pag.
           22.
           he
           swears
           he
           heard
           him
           say
           the
           design
           was
           well
           contrived
           .
           And
           
             pag.
             24.
             
             Oates
          
           swears
           that
           Mr.
           Coleman
           knew
           of
           the
           
             four
             Irish
             Russians
          
           sent
           to
           Windsor
           to
           kill
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           in
           his
           hearing
           asked
           Harcourt
           at
           Wild-house
           what
           care
           was
           taken
           for
           those
           
             four
             Gentlemen
          
           that
           went
           last
           night
           to
           Windsor
           ;
           who
           replied
           ,
           there
           was
           So.
           li.
           ordered
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           them
           ,
           which
           he
           saw
           there
           on
           the
           Table
           ,
           most
           part
           of
           it
           in
           Guinies
           ;
           and
           that
           Mr.
           Coleman
           gave
           a
           Guiny
           to
           the
           Messenger
           who
           was
           to
           carry
           this
           reward
           ,
           to
           be
           nimble
           and
           to
           expedite
           his
           
           journey
           .
           Then
           pag.
           25.
           he
           swears
           again
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Coleman
           was
           privy
           to
           the
           instructions
           sent
           by
           White
           ,
           Provincial
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           from
           these
           parts
           ,
           to
           impower
           the
           Consulters
           to
           propose
           10000
           li.
           to
           Sir
           
             George
             Wakeman
          
           to
           poyson
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           not
           onely
           saw
           and
           read
           these
           Instructions
           ,
           but
           copied
           them
           out
           ,
           and
           transmitted
           them
           to
           several
           Conspirators
           in
           this
           Plot
           within
           the
           Kingdom
           .
           And
           pag.
           26.
           he
           swears
           ,
           Mr.
           Coleman
           said
           he
           thought
           10000.
           li.
           was
           too
           little
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           would
           be
           necessary
           to
           adde
           5000
           li.
           more
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           be
           sure
           to
           have
           it
           done
           .
           And
           pag.
           27.
           he
           swears
           that
           he
           saw
           Mr.
           
             Coleman's
             Commission
             for
             to
             be
             Secretary
             of
             State
             ,
          
           from
           the
           General
           of
           the
           Society
           of
           Jesus
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           a
           Brief
           from
           the
           Pope
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           
           Fenwick's
           Chamber
           in
           Drury-Lane
           he
           saw
           him
           open
           it
           ,
           and
           own
           the
           receipt
           of
           it
           ,
           saying
           it
           was
           a
           good
           exchange
           .
        
         
           One
           witness
           is
           not
           enough
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           but
           I
           find
           also
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           a
           second
           to
           strengthen
           the
           other's
           Evidence
           ;
           he
           swears
           pag.
           43.
           that
           he
           heard
           Mr.
           Coleman
           say
           at
           his
           own
           house
           ,
           
             That
             if
             he
             had
             an
             hundred
             Lives
             ,
             and
             a
             sea
             of
             Bloud
             to
             swim
             through
             ,
             he
             would
             spend
             it
             all
             to
             carry
             on
             the
             Cause
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           Rome
           ,
           
             and
             to
             establish
             that
             Church
             in
          
           England
           :
           
             and
             if
             there
             were
             an
             hundred
             heretical
             Kings
             to
             be
             Deposed
             ,
             he
             would
             see
             them
             all
             destroyed
             :
          
           so
           that
           both
           swear
           to
           the
           killing
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           subverting
           the
           Government
           .
           I
           cannot
           find
           that
           Mr.
           Coleman
           could
           make
           any
           good
           or
           satisfactory
           defence
           for
           himself
           ,
           but
           would
           have
           sought
           starting-holes
           and
           shifts
           to
           have
           amazed
           the
           minds
           of
           the
           Jury
           ,
           with
           putting
           the
           witnesses
           to
           have
           proved
           to
           a
           day
           what
           they
           averr
           ,
           which
           is
           in
           most
           things
           done
           ,
           and
           would
           take
           that
           advantage
           ,
           where
           Mr.
           Oates
           says
           pag.
           72.
           he
           will
           not
           be
           positive
           that
           it
           was
           such
           a
           day
           ;
           but
           Mr.
           Coleman
           cannot
           bring
           any
           positive
           proof
           that
           it
           was
           not
           that
           day
           ,
           or
           that
           the
           witness
           contradicted
           himself
           ,
           as
           he
           attempted
           to
           doe
           .
           And
           indeed
           though
           Mr.
           Coleman
           was
           never
           so
           wise
           a
           man
           ,
           sufficient
           to
           be
           Secretary
           of
           State
           ,
           in
           matters
           of
           Fact
           so
           plainly
           and
           quite
           blank
           proved
           against
           him
           it
           is
           a
           very
           hard
           matter
           to
           make
           a
           good
           defence
           ,
           nay
           impossible
           ,
           unless
           he
           can
           any
           ways
           prove
           the
           witnesses
           perjur'd
           ,
           or
           some
           impossibility
           or
           contradiction
           in
           their
           Testimony
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           Coleman
           was
           not
           able
           to
           doe
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           but
           admire
           that
           any
           can
           say
           he
           had
           not
           a
           fair
           and
           legal
           Trial
           ,
           and
           that
           nothing
           could
           be
           made
           out
           against
           him
           worthy
           of
           death
           ;
           for
           if
           knowing
           of
           this
           Conspiracy
           ,
           of
           subverting
           Religion
           established
           by
           Law
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           of
           an
           intent
           of
           
             murthering
             the
             King
          
           to
           promote
           that
           Cause
           ,
           and
           also
           of
           endeavouring
           by
           Letters
           and
           Correspondence
           to
           engage
           a
           Foreign
           Power
           to
           assist
           to
           bring
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           be
           not
           worthy
           of
           death
           ,
           nothing
           is
           .
           And
           when
           such
           proof
           is
           made
           out
           so
           clearly
           ,
           whatever
           Mr.
           Coleman
           may
           say
           at
           his
           death
           of
           his
           Innocency
           ,
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           believed
           ;
           for
           he
           may
           have
           many
           evasions
           ,
           and
           as
           Mr.
           Prance
           says
           in
           pag.
           23
           ,
           and
           24.
           of
           his
           Narrative
           ,
           it
           is
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           Jesuiticol
           Doctrine
           ,
           (
           I
           will
           not
           say
           Popish
           )
           to
           be
           Innocent
           ,
           when
           the
           Priests
           had
           solemnly
           declared
           the
           fact
           they
           were
           accused
           of
           to
           be
           no
           sin
           or
           crime
           ,
           as
           they
           look'd
           on
           this
           ,
           of
           bringing
           in
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           by
           the
           death
           of
           an
           Heretical
           Prince
           ,
           to
           be
           :
           or
           he
           might
           be
           Innocent
           having
           received
           full
           Absolution
           for
           the
           same
           .
           But
           what-ever
           he
           meant
           by
           those
           words
           of
           Justification
           ,
           I
           believe
           few
           will
           ever
           believe
           him
           innocent
           of
           the
           Fact
           for
           which
           he
           was
           accused
           ,
           that
           either
           have
           heard
           or
           read
           his
           Trial.
           And
           though
           he
           had
           the
           considence
           to
           deny
           this
           Plot
           ,
           hoping
           perhaps
           that
           it
           might
           yet
           take
           effect
           ,
           things
           then
           not
           being
           so
           fully
           discovered
           as
           since
           ;
           or
           ,
           as
           I
           heard
           ,
           expecting
           a
           Pardon
           or
           Reprieve
           to
           the
           
             last
             moment
          
           :
           yet
           it
           is
           now
           too
           generally
           received
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           circumstances
           more
           fully
           appear
           since
           his
           death
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           instrumental
           therein
           .
           That
           he
           fled
           not
           at
           first
           for
           the
           same
           argues
           not
           his
           innocency
           ,
           so
           much
           as
           the
           confidence
           he
           had
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           not
           so
           much
           known
           as
           he
           found
           afterwards
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           relying
           too
           much
           on
           the
           hopes
           of
           being
           brought
           off
           .
           But
           herein
           also
           he
           was
           deluded
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           repented
           too
           late
           ,
           having
           been
           heard
           to
           say
           with
           great
           passion
           at
           his
           Execution
           ,
           
             There
             is
             no
             Faith
             in
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           The
           next
           who
           came
           upon
           their
           Trial
           were
           
             Ireland
             ,
             Pickering
             ,
             Grove
             ,
             Whitebread
          
           and
           Fenwick
           ,
           being
           accused
           of
           this
           horrid
           Plot
           and
           Conspiracy
           :
           and
           though
           the
           two
           last
           were
           by
           the
           oath
           of
           Mr.
           Oates
           sufficiently
           proved
           to
           have
           a
           great
           hand
           in
           the
           Plot
           ,
           and
           contrivance
           of
           the
           murther
           of
           the
           King
           ;
           yet
           because
           there
           wanted
           another
           concurrent
           Testimony
           ,
           they
           were
           set
           by
           till
           further
           evidence
           might
           be
           produced
           :
           and
           because
           these
           also
           are
           said
           to
           be
           innocent
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           matters
           of
           fact
           were
           not
           proved
           as
           they
           ought
           against
           them
           ,
           I
           shall
           briefly
           charge
           my
           memory
           with
           what
           I
           have
           read
           in
           the
           Printed
           Book
           of
           their
           Trials
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           gave
           me
           full
           satisfaction
           in
           that
           case
           ,
           perhaps
           if
           diligently
           considered
           it
           may
           doe
           the
           like
           to
           others
           .
        
         
           But
           first
           I
           shall
           observe
           to
           you
           ,
           because
           many
           or
           most
           of
           these
           Conspirators
           are
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           that
           Ireland
           ,
           if
           not
           Pickering
           ,
           is
           so
           ;
           they
           have
           given
           forth
           abroad
           ,
           and
           no
           doubt
           spread
           the
           same
           amongst
           the
           ignorant
           at
           home
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           tried
           ,
           and
           suffered
           quatenus
           Priests
           ,
           upon
           the
           Statute
           of
           the
           27
           Eliz.
           by
           which
           Statute
           it
           is
           made
           Treason
           for
           any
           person
           that
           is
           a
           Subject
           born
           in
           England
           ,
           to
           take
           Orders
           from
           the
           See
           of
           Rome
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           to
           come
           into
           England
           ,
           and
           remain
           here
           40
           days
           ,
           and
           
             ipso
             facto
          
           for
           that
           offence
           he
           shall
           be
           found
           guilty
           ,
           and
           suffer
           as
           a
           Traytor
           :
           so
           that
           they
           would
           endeavour
           to
           perswade
           the
           ignorant
           that
           they
           suffer
           onely
           as
           
             Roman
             Catholicks
             ,
             being
             Priests
             doing
             their
             Function
             ,
             obeying
             the
             orders
             of
             their
             Superiours
             ,
          
           and
           the
           dictates
           of
           their
           own
           Consciences
           ;
           and
           not
           as
           
             Plotters
             ,
             Traytors
          
           ,
           and
           Disturbers
           of
           the
           
             Publick
             Peace
          
           .
           But
           that
           they
           might
           not
           fancy
           to
           themselves
           ,
           that
           they
           suffered
           Martyrdom
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           perswade
           others
           to
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           many
           have
           had
           the
           vanity
           to
           believe
           ,
           and
           others
           the
           confidence
           to
           assert
           ,
           it
           was
           declared
           by
           the
           
             King's
             Council
          
           in
           open
           Court
           ,
           that
           these
           men
           ,
           though
           liable
           to
           be
           punished
           by
           that
           Statute
           ,
           were
           not
           Indicted
           as
           Priests
           ,
           nor
           upon
           that
           Statute
           of
           27
           Eliz.
           but
           of
           a
           more
           horrid
           and
           detestable
           Crime
           ,
           
             The
             killing
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             subversion
             of
             the
             Government
             .
          
        
         
           And
           to
           prove
           this
           two
           witnesses
           are
           produced
           ,
           Mr.
           Oates
           and
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ;
           and
           though
           both
           cannot
           perhaps
           speak
           to
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Consultation
           ,
           nor
           to
           one
           and
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           yet
           are
           they
           in
           Law
           two
           witnesses
           to
           one
           and
           the
           same
           Crime
           :
           for
           thus
           several
           witnesses
           to
           several
           overt
           Acts
           are
           so
           many
           witnesses
           to
           the
           Treason
           ;
           and
           the
           several
           overt
           Acts
           which
           declare
           the
           Intention
           ,
           are
           but
           as
           so
           many
           evidences
           of
           the
           Treason
           :
           and
           this
           was
           openly
           declared
           to
           be
           Law
           in
           Court
           ,
           upon
           the
           Trial
           of
           these
           persons
           .
           And
           there
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           reason
           that
           it
           should
           be
           so
           ,
           for
           men
           that
           run
           the
           hazard
           of
           their
           lives
           in
           such
           Consultations
           ,
           will
           hardly
           suffer
           two
           persons
           
           to
           meet
           twice
           together
           ,
           whom
           they
           are
           not
           well
           assured
           of
           ,
           but
           so
           dispose
           them
           that
           they
           may
           meet
           severally
           ,
           at
           several
           times
           ,
           and
           in
           divers
           places
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           Oates
           and
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           did
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           proof
           ,
           Mr.
           Oates
           swears
           ,
           pag.
           19.
           and
           20.
           that
           in
           a
           Consult
           ,
           begun
           at
           the
           
             White
             Horse
          
           Tavern
           in
           the
           Strand
           ,
           and
           prosecuted
           at
           the
           Meetings
           at
           their
           several
           Chambers
           ,
           it
           was
           Resolved
           ,
           that
           Pickering
           and
           Grove
           should
           go
           on
           in
           their
           attempt
           to
           murther
           the
           King
           ;
           that
           Grove
           should
           have
           1500
           l.
           for
           his
           Reward
           ,
           and
           Pickering
           30000.
           
           Masses
           for
           his
           :
           (
           which
           at
           12
           d.
           a
           Mass
           comes
           to
           the
           same
           sum
           in
           their
           account
           .
           )
           And
           this
           Resolve
           was
           signed
           by
           
             Whitebread
             ,
             Fenwick
          
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           by
           several
           others
           at
           four
           Clubs
           .
           He
           swears
           punctually
           that
           he
           saw
           them
           sign
           it
           ,
           and
           carryed
           the
           Instrument
           from
           one
           to
           another
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           signed
           it
           severally
           at
           their
           Chambers
           .
           He
           also
           swears
           ,
           pag.
           23.
           that
           Pickering
           and
           Grove
           accepted
           to
           murther
           the
           King
           on
           those
           terms
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           his
           presence
           they
           took
           the
           Sacrament
           and
           the
           Oath
           of
           Secrecy
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           did
           agree
           to
           effect
           the
           bloudy
           proposal
           .
           Farther
           ,
           the
           same
           Deponent
           swears
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           Pickering
           and
           Grove
           walking
           in
           the
           Park
           at
           several
           times
           ,
           watching
           for
           an
           opportunity
           of
           committing
           their
           bloudy
           design
           of
           murthering
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           having
           with
           them
           screwed
           Pistols
           ,
           which
           were
           longer
           then
           ordinary
           ,
           and
           furnished
           also
           with
           Silver
           Bullets
           :
           and
           ,
           pag.
           24.
           he
           swears
           that
           Grove
           would
           have
           the
           Bullets
           champt
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           wound
           incurable
           .
           And
           farther
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           Month
           of
           March
           ,
           having
           a
           fair
           opportunity
           of
           effecting
           their
           design
           ,
           the
           Flint
           in
           
           Pickering's
           Pistol
           being
           loose
           ,
           he
           durst
           not
           make
           an
           attempt
           ;
           for
           which
           negligence
           Grove
           was
           chidden
           ,
           and
           Pickering
           received
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           strokes
           of
           Discipline
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Pennance
           ,
           for
           his
           carelesness
           .
           Page
           22.
           he
           swears
           against
           Whitebread
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           his
           Letter
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           expressed
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Joy
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             George
             Wakeman
          
           had
           accepted
           the
           15000
           l.
           to
           poison
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           also
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           by
           ,
           when
           Harcourt
           ,
           another
           of
           these
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           Fenwick
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           were
           at
           a
           Consult
           ,
           and
           agreed
           to
           the
           Proposition
           of
           Fogarthy
           ,
           of
           sending
           four
           Irish
           Russians
           to
           kill
           the
           King
           at
           Windsor
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           sent
           accordingly
           .
           And
           pag.
           29.
           swears
           ,
           that
           Whitebread
           had
           sealed
           some
           hundreds
           of
           Commissions
           ,
           which
           they
           called
           Patents
           ,
           to
           raise
           an
           Army
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           a
           readiness
           upon
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           Seals
           were
           then
           produced
           in
           Court
           ,
           naming
           one
           Commission
           in
           special
           ,
           which
           he
           the
           Deponent
           delivered
           himself
           to
           Sir
           
             John
             Gage
          
           of
           
             Sussex
             .
             Pag.
          
           22.
           he
           swears
           against
           Fenwick
           ,
           that
           he
           told
           him
           that
           he
           ,
           the
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           three
           Irishmen
           more
           ,
           fired
           Southwark
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           400
           l.
           for
           his
           share
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           200
           l.
           a
           piece
           .
           And
           pag.
           20.
           to
           shew
           the
           great
           Malice
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           Whitebread
           ordered
           Mr.
           Oates
           to
           come
           purposely
           from
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           into
           England
           ,
           to
           Murther
           D.
           Tongue
           ,
           for
           Writing
           the
           Jesuits
           Morals
           ;
           and
           pag.
           21.
           the
           same
           Whitebread
           sent
           by
           him
           Instructions
           ,
           that
           care
           should
           be
           taken
           for
           the
           Murther
           of
           D.
           Stillingfleet
           ,
           and
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Hereford
           .
           These
           are
           the
           chief
           things
           observable
           in
           Mr.
           Oates
           his
           Depositions
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           sufficient
           to
           prove
           this
           horrid
           Plot.
           
        
         
           Then
           the
           Second
           Witness
           ,
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ,
           swears
           pag.
           37.
           that
           he
           was
           employed
           for
           the
           space
           of
           near
           five
           years
           as
           a
           Messenger
           by
           these
           Conspiratours
           for
           the
           carrying
           their
           Letters
           to
           several
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           returning
           others
           back
           ,
           all
           or
           most
           relating
           to
           this
           Plot
           :
           for
           pag.
           38.
           he
           swears
           he
           had
           a
           way
           to
           open
           the
           Letters
           and
           reade
           them
           ,
           whereby
           he
           fully
           informed
           himself
           of
           matters
           .
           He
           swears
           pag.
           37.
           that
           he
           heard
           some
           of
           these
           Conspiratours
           say
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           leave
           any
           member
           of
           an
           Heretick
           in
           England
           that
           should
           survive
           ,
           to
           tell
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           hereafter
           ,
           that
           there
           ever
           was
           any
           such
           Religion
           in
           England
           as
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           He
           swears
           also
           the
           manner
           of
           his
           coming
           to
           be
           first
           employed
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           brings
           his
           Brother
           
             James
             Bedlow
          
           to
           confirm
           his
           being
           their
           Agent
           or
           Messenger
           ,
           who
           knew
           nothing
           of
           the
           Plot.
           He
           swears
           ,
           pag.
           48.
           and
           49.
           his
           being
           so
           long
           employed
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           received
           oftentimes
           from
           these
           Jesuits
           and
           Priests
           several
           summs
           of
           money
           in
           his
           Brothers
           behalf
           ,
           sometimes
           50.
           or
           60.
           pounds
           at
           a
           time
           :
           so
           that
           by
           this
           you
           may
           see
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           must
           be
           knowing
           in
           this
           design
           ,
           employed
           under
           them
           so
           long
           in
           it
           .
           Pag.
           41.
           
           He
           swears
           that
           about
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           August
           (
           the
           very
           day
           he
           confesses
           he
           cannot
           swear
           to
           )
           at
           Mr.
           Harcourts
           Chamber
           (
           one
           of
           the
           Conspiratours
           )
           he
           there
           met
           
             Ireland
             ,
             Pickering
          
           and
           Grove
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           with
           some
           others
           ,
           where
           he
           heard
           them
           discourse
           ,
           that
           the
           four
           Russians
           missing
           of
           killing
           the
           King
           at
           Windsor
           ,
           that
           Pickering
           and
           Grove
           should
           go
           on
           in
           their
           design
           ,
           and
           that
           one
           Conyers
           was
           to
           be
           joyned
           with
           them
           to
           Assassinate
           the
           King
           in
           his
           Morning-walks
           at
           
             New
             market
          
           .
           And
           that
           Mr.
           Grove
           was
           more
           eager
           or
           forward
           then
           the
           rest
           ,
           saying
           ,
           since
           it
           could
           not
           be
           done
           clandestinely
           ,
           it
           should
           be
           attempted
           openly
           ;
           and
           that
           those
           that
           do
           fall
           had
           the
           Glory
           to
           die
           in
           a
           good
           Cause
           :
           but
           if
           the
           Discovery
           should
           be
           made
           ,
           it
           could
           never
           come
           to
           that
           height
           but
           their
           Party
           would
           be
           strong
           enough
           to
           bring
           it
           to
           pass
           .
           All
           this
           he
           swears
           very
           punctually
           to
           :
           and
           pag.
           48.
           he
           farther
           swears
           that
           Harcourt
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           Grove
           was
           to
           have
           1500
           l.
           for
           his
           Reward
           ,
           and
           that
           Pickering
           was
           to
           have
           so
           many
           Masses
           as
           came
           to
           that
           money
           .
           And
           pag.
           45.
           he
           swears
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           same
           time
           he
           heard
           them
           discourse
           of
           the
           killing
           several
           noble
           Persons
           ,
           and
           of
           several
           Persons
           that
           were
           to
           execute
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           particular
           names
           one
           Knight
           assigned
           to
           kill
           the
           Earl
           of
           
             Shaftsbury
             ,
             Pritchard
          
           and
           Duke
           of
           
             Buckingham
             ,
             O-Neal
          
           the
           Earl
           of
           Ossory
           ,
           and
           O-Brian
           the
           Duke
           of
           Ormond
           .
           So
           that
           by
           these
           two
           Testimonies
           the
           Evidence
           is
           very
           full
           against
           
             Ireland
             ,
             Pickering
          
           and
           Grove
           .
        
         
           The
           Defence
           they
           have
           to
           make
           against
           this
           ,
           is
           first
           ,
           the
           denial
           of
           the
           Fact
           ,
           though
           they
           can
           bring
           no
           Witnesses
           to
           make
           any
           thing
           out
           but
           their
           own
           Asseverations
           :
           but
           they
           who
           can
           have
           a
           Dispensation
           for
           the
           breaking
           of
           any
           Oath
           ,
           may
           be
           easily
           indulged
           for
           the
           telling
           of
           a
           lie
           to
           save
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           off
           a
           Scandal
           from
           their
           profession
           .
           In
           the
           next
           place
           ,
           they
           would
           endeavour
           to
           seem
           not
           to
           know
           Mr.
           Oates
           ,
           and
           make
           as
           if
           they
           had
           scarce
           seen
           him
           :
           to
           this
           he
           swears
           by
           many
           several
           circumstances
           ,
           which
           they
           are
           forced
           to
           acknowledge
           ;
           and
           pag.
           32.
           swears
           Fenwick
           was
           his
           Father
           Confessour
           .
           But
           Ireland
           raised
           some
           little
           appearance
           of
           contradiction
           or
           mistake
           in
           Mr.
           
           Bedlow's
           Evidence
           ,
           for
           he
           brings
           two
           or
           three
           to
           prove
           ,
           pag.
           56
           ,
           57.
           that
           he
           was
           not
           in
           London
           all
           the
           month
           of
           August
           ,
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           swearing
           that
           he
           was
           at
           the
           Consult
           held
           at
           Harcourts
           Chamber
           ,
           in
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           August
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           King.
           And
           indeed
           two
           positively
           say
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           from
           the
           third
           of
           August
           to
           the
           first
           or
           second
           of
           September
           in
           Staffordshire
           ,
           and
           Westchester
           ,
           and
           by
           circumstance
           that
           he
           was
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           September
           at
           Wolverhampton
           .
           But
           were
           this
           granted
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           mistake
           
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Time
           ,
           yet
           this
           is
           nothing
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           expresly
           sworn
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           destroys
           not
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           unless
           it
           were
           necessary
           to
           the
           substance
           of
           the
           thing
           :
           for
           this
           Meeting
           and
           Treasonable
           Contrivance
           might
           be
           some
           days
           or
           weeks
           after
           ,
           and
           so
           true
           .
           And
           though
           such
           a
           mistake
           may
           somewhat
           weaken
           the
           Evidence
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           the
           Jury
           ,
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           invalidate
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           thing
           it self
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           true
           in
           substance
           ,
           though
           not
           in
           circumstance
           of
           Time.
           But
           against
           the
           asseverations
           of
           these
           Persons
           ,
           there
           is
           the
           Oath
           of
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ,
           who
           swears
           it
           positively
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Oates
             pag.
          
           60.
           swears
           positively
           ,
           that
           ten
           days
           at
           least
           within
           August
           he
           was
           with
           him
           at
           
           Fenwick's
           Chamber
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           September
           ,
           either
           the
           first
           or
           second
           day
           ,
           he
           was
           to
           his
           knowledge
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           20
           s.
           of
           him
           .
           Then
           a
           third
           person
           is
           produced
           ,
           that
           had
           been
           
           Grove's
           Maid-servant
           ,
           who
           very
           well
           knew
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           the
           swears
           positively
           ,
           and
           by
           good
           circumstances
           ,
           pag.
           57
           ,
           and
           58.
           that
           she
           saw
           him
           at
           a
           Scriveners
           Door
           in
           Fetter-lane
           ,
           where
           he
           lodged
           ,
           about
           the
           twelfth
           or
           thirteenth
           of
           August
           .
           So
           that
           these
           three
           concurrent
           Testimonies
           might
           very
           well
           be
           credited
           by
           the
           Jury
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           justly
           bring
           in
           their
           Verdicts
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           ,
           Guilty
           ,
           without
           any
           deinur
           or
           hesitation
           .
           As
           for
           Pickering
           and
           Grove
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           make
           any
           defence
           ,
           besides
           the
           denial
           of
           all
           that
           was
           sworn
           against
           them
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           innocent
           and
           not
           guilty
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           let
           all
           the
           world
           judge
           who
           are
           to
           be
           believed
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           and
           admire
           at
           the
           obstinacy
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           who
           shall
           deny
           so
           clear
           evidence
           against
           them
           to
           the
           last
           gasp
           ,
           and
           die
           in
           their
           Impenitency
           ;
           and
           at
           those
           wicked
           ones
           also
           ,
           that
           shall
           secretly
           and
           slanderously
           go
           about
           to
           make
           the
           world
           believe
           ,
           that
           these
           men
           had
           not
           Justice
           done
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           died
           Innocent
           and
           Martyrs
           .
        
         
           I
           find
           my
           Letter
           swells
           to
           a
           bigger
           bulk
           then
           I
           intended
           ,
           therefore
           I
           shall
           be
           as
           brief
           as
           I
           can
           in
           mentioning
           the
           Tryals
           of
           those
           who
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           the
           murther
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           which
           was
           as
           punctually
           prov'd
           against
           them
           as
           could
           be
           ;
           for
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Felony
           ,
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           England
           ,
           one
           sufficient
           Witness
           for
           the
           King
           is
           enough
           ,
           though
           here
           you
           shall
           find
           a
           very
           plain
           concurrent
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           stress
           lies
           not
           upon
           Master
           Prance
           ,
           who
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Assistants
           at
           the
           Murther
           .
        
         
           The
           persons
           accused
           and
           convicted
           for
           this
           Murther
           were
           ,
           
             Robert
             Green
             ,
             Henry
             Berry
          
           ,
           and
           
             Laurence
             Hill
          
           ,
           Lay-men
           ,
           who
           suffer'd
           for
           the
           same
           :
           others
           concerned
           were
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           who
           confessed
           the
           Fact
           ,
           had
           the
           King's
           Pardon
           ,
           and
           was
           the
           Accuser
           ;
           besides
           Kelly
           and
           Girald
           ,
           Priests
           ,
           who
           assisted
           in
           the
           Murther
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           fled
           ,
           and
           some
           others
           ,
           knowing
           of
           ,
           and
           abetting
           the
           same
           ,
           are
           also
           fled
           .
           The
           first
           thing
           that
           is
           proved
           by
           two
           Witnesses
           ,
           pag.
           12.
           and
           13.
           is
           that
           one
           of
           the
           Motives
           that
           these
           persons
           might
           have
           to
           murther
           this
           Knight
           ,
           was
           ,
           because
           of
           his
           forwardness
           in
           discovering
           the
           Plot
           ;
           and
           to
           this
           Mr.
           Oates
           swears
           ,
           that
           this
           Knight
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           told
           him
           he
           had
           been
           threatned
           by
           several
           persons
           ,
           for
           being
           so
           active
           in
           that
           Discovery
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           told
           him
           that
           he
           went
           in
           fear
           of
           his
           Life
           by
           the
           Popish
           party
           for
           doing
           his
           Duty
           ,
           being
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           been
           dogg'd
           several
           days
           .
           Mr.
           Robinson
           a
           man
           of
           Credit
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Knight's
           long
           acquaintance
           ,
           swears
           also
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           ,
           and
           pag.
           14.
           
           That
           Sir
           Edmundbury
           said
           to
           him
           ,
           That
           he
           did
           believe
           in
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           be
           the
           first
           Martyr
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           depth
           of
           the
           Plot
           was
           not
           yet
           found
           out
           .
           By
           this
           we
           may
           see
           the
           reason
           that
           these
           men
           had
           to
           murther
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           hoping
           by
           his
           death
           to
           hinder
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           it
           being
           then
           very
           young
           ,
           and
           hardly
           credited
           ,
           he
           having
           the
           chief
           Depositions
           in
           his
           hand
           ;
           or
           to
           deter
           others
           from
           being
           active
           or
           meddling
           in
           the
           business
           ,
           seeing
           the
           Revenge
           they
           had
           taken
           upon
           him
           for
           the
           same
           ;
           or
           out
           of
           Malice
           and
           Revenge
           to
           the
           Man
           ,
           for
           being
           active
           in
           discovering
           their
           Villany
           ,
           and
           bringing
           to
           light
           their
           wicked
           deeds
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           Witness
           is
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           who
           swears
           ,
           pag.
           14.
           that
           Girald
           and
           Kelly
           ,
           two
           Priests
           ,
           first
           drew
           him
           into
           this
           Murther
           ,
           he
           being
           a
           Roman
           Catholick
           ,
           (
           as
           all
           the
           rest
           were
           ,
           except
           Berry
           ,
           who
           said
           he
           died
           a
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           feigned
           himself
           otherwise
           for
           a
           livelihood
           ,
           which
           I
           can
           hardly
           believe
           )
           telling
           him
           it
           was
           no
           Sin
           ,
           but
           a
           charitable
           Act
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           a
           busie
           man
           ,
           and
           had
           done
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           mischief
           :
           and
           so
           they
           told
           the
           rest
           :
           and
           this
           was
           at
           an
           Alehouse
           ,
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           the
           Plough
           ,
           about
           a
           fortnight
           before
           this
           Gentleman
           was
           murthered
           .
           He
           swears
           also
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           dogg'd
           him
           into
           several
           places
           ,
           to
           get
           an
           opportunity
           of
           murthering
           him
           ;
           and
           that
           on
           the
           Saturday
           (
           the
           twelfth
           of
           October
           )
           about
           seven
           of
           the
           Clock
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           Green
           and
           Hill
           ,
           having
           dogg'd
           him
           into
           a
           House
           at
           S.
           Clements
           ,
           not
           far
           from
           
           Somerset-House
           ,
           where
           he
           was
           murthered
           ,
           Hill
           stay'd
           to
           watch
           his
           motion
           ,
           and
           Green
           came
           to
           Prance
           his
           House
           ,
           to
           call
           him
           to
           assist
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           immediately
           went
           to
           
           Somerset-House
           ,
           where
           were
           
             Girald
             ,
             Kelly
             ,
             Green
          
           and
           Berry
           ,
           and
           that
           about
           nine
           of
           the
           Clock
           ,
           Hill
           came
           before
           ,
           to
           give
           them
           notice
           of
           the
           approach
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           it
           being
           in
           his
           way
           to
           his
           own
           House
           ,
           that
           Hill
           went
           up
           to
           the
           Gate
           to
           watch
           for
           the
           coming
           by
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           wile
           to
           draw
           him
           within
           the
           Gate
           ,
           pretending
           two
           men
           to
           be
           a
           quarrelling
           ,
           and
           desiring
           his
           presence
           to
           part
           them
           ,
           he
           being
           a
           Justice
           of
           the
           Peace
           .
           That
           this
           Gentleman
           being
           at
           last
           perswaded
           to
           do
           that
           good
           office
           ,
           followed
           Hill
           within
           the
           Gate
           ,
           till
           he
           came
           to
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           Rails
           ,
           when
           Green
           ,
           coming
           behind
           him
           ,
           flung
           a
           twisted
           Handkerchief
           about
           his
           Neck
           ,
           and
           threw
           him
           down
           behind
           the
           Rails
           ,
           where
           ,
           assisted
           by
           
             Girald
             ,
             Kelly
          
           and
           Hill
           ,
           they
           strangled
           him
           .
           Pag.
           16.
           and
           17.
           
           Mr.
           Prance
           swears
           he
           was
           not
           by
           at
           the
           Action
           ,
           for
           Hill
           ordered
           him
           to
           watch
           at
           the
           Water-gate
           ,
           and
           Berry
           at
           the
           Stairs
           ,
           that
           none
           might
           come
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           to
           interrupt
           them
           ,
           and
           that
           after
           a
           little
           while
           ,
           that
           he
           thought
           they
           might
           have
           dispatched
           him
           ,
           he
           went
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           found
           the
           four
           before
           mentioned
           standing
           about
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           Green
           boasted
           to
           him
           ,
           how
           well
           he
           had
           done
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           rest
           told
           him
           the
           manner
           of
           their
           effecting
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           Green
           ,
           thinking
           him
           not
           quite
           dead
           ,
           gave
           him
           several
           punches
           on
           his
           Breast
           with
           his
           Knee
           ,
           and
           twisted
           his
           Neck
           about
           ,
           and
           that
           presently
           after
           Berry
           also
           came
           to
           them
           .
           And
           pag.
           18.
           he
           swears
           they
           all
           six
           help'd
           to
           carry
           him
           up
           a
           pair
           of
           Stairs
           ,
           into
           a
           certain
           Room
           in
           the
           House
           where
           Hill
           lay
           ,
           where
           the
           Body
           lay
           till
           Monday
           night
           ,
           and
           was
           then
           removed
           into
           Somerset
           House
           ,
           and
           on
           Monday
           night
           he
           was
           shewn
           the
           Body
           by
           Hill
           ,
           with
           a
           dark
           Lanthorn
           ,
           
             Girald
             ,
             Hill
          
           and
           Kelly
           being
           by
           ;
           and
           on
           Tuesday
           night
           the
           Body
           was
           carried
           back
           to
           
           Hill's
           Lodging
           ,
           where
           it
           first
           lay
           ,
           but
           not
           into
           the
           same
           Room
           ,
           but
           one
           over
           
           against
           it
           ;
           and
           about
           nine
           of
           the
           Clock
           on
           the
           Wednesday
           night
           ,
           they
           removed
           it
           to
           the
           Room
           where
           it
           first
           lay
           ,
           he
           being
           there
           when
           they
           removed
           it
           ,
           pag.
           19.
           and
           that
           about
           twelve
           a
           Clock
           that
           night
           ,
           a
           Sedan
           being
           brought
           by
           Hill
           ,
           they
           all
           put
           the
           Body
           into
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           Berry
           at
           the
           sign
           of
           a
           hem
           that
           was
           given
           opened
           for
           them
           the
           upper
           Gate
           of
           the
           upper
           Court
           ;
           that
           he
           ,
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           and
           Girald
           the
           Priest
           (
           now
           the
           Porter
           )
           first
           carried
           the
           Sedan
           ,
           Green
           and
           Kelly
           going
           before
           :
           and
           pag.
           20.
           he
           swears
           they
           carried
           it
           to
           Covent-Garden
           ,
           where
           they
           rested
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Green
           and
           Kelly
           took
           their
           turns
           ,
           and
           carried
           it
           to
           Long-Acre
           ,
           then
           Prance
           and
           Girald
           carried
           it
           to
           So-Hoe
           Church
           ,
           where
           Hill
           met
           them
           with
           an
           Horse
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           then
           took
           the
           Body
           up
           and
           set
           it
           before
           Hill
           on
           the
           Horse
           ,
           who
           held
           him
           up
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Kelly
             ,
             Girald
          
           and
           Green
           went
           along
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           the
           Deponent
           then
           left
           them
           to
           return
           home
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           raising
           a
           suspicion
           .
           But
           he
           swears
           that
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           they
           ,
           
             Hill
             ,
             Kelly
          
           and
           Girald
           ,
           told
           him
           how
           they
           had
           disposed
           of
           the
           Body
           ;
           first
           that
           they
           had
           run
           him
           through
           with
           his
           own
           Sword
           ,
           then
           thrown
           him
           into
           a
           Ditch
           ,
           and
           laid
           his
           Gloves
           and
           other
           things
           upon
           the
           Bank.
           Pag.
           22.
           he
           swears
           that
           they
           had
           all
           agreed
           to
           the
           Murther
           of
           this
           Gentleman
           ,
           having
           had
           more
           then
           one
           Meeting
           about
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           first
           that
           met
           him
           was
           to
           give
           notice
           to
           the
           rest
           ;
           that
           there
           was
           a
           considerable
           Reward
           to
           be
           given
           among
           them
           for
           doing
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           to
           come
           from
           (
           as
           they
           told
           him
           )
           the
           Lord
           Bellasis
           .
           And
           also
           ,
           that
           Girald
           was
           resolved
           to
           kill
           him
           that
           night
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           could
           not
           get
           him
           in
           a
           more
           convenient
           place
           ,
           he
           would
           kill
           him
           with
           his
           own
           Sword
           ,
           in
           the
           Street
           that
           leads
           to
           his
           own
           House
           .
        
         
           Judge
           now
           ,
           whether
           all
           this
           be
           not
           punctually
           proved
           by
           one
           Witness
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           much
           as
           the
           Law
           requires
           in
           this
           case
           :
           however
           ,
           that
           these
           persons
           might
           not
           have
           any
           the
           least
           excuse
           that
           they
           had
           not
           Justice
           done
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           satisfie
           the
           whole
           world
           that
           they
           were
           not
           condemned
           onely
           upon
           the
           Testimony
           of
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           I
           find
           other
           strong
           concurrent
           Witnesses
           ,
           that
           by
           many
           circumstances
           corroborate
           his
           Evidence
           ,
           among
           the
           which
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           is
           one
           ,
           who
           swears
           ,
           pag.
           28.
           that
           he
           had
           been
           several
           times
           treated
           with
           by
           
             Le
             Faire
             ,
             Prichard
             ,
             Keins
             ,
          
           and
           other
           Priests
           ,
           about
           murthering
           a
           certain
           Gentleman
           they
           would
           not
           name
           ,
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           that
           October
           this
           Gentleman
           was
           murthered
           ,
           and
           desired
           him
           also
           (
           not
           telling
           him
           the
           reason
           )
           to
           get
           into
           the
           Acquaintance
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           did
           so
           :
           and
           pag.
           30.
           he
           swears
           ,
           that
           very
           Morning
           Sir
           Edmundbury
           was
           murthered
           ,
           at
           the
           Palsgraves
           I
           lead
           Tavern
           
             Le
             Faire
          
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           Gentleman
           that
           very
           Night
           to
           be
           put
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           a
           very
           material
           Man
           ,
           that
           had
           all
           the
           Informations
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           and
           D.
           Tongue
           had
           given
           in
           ;
           that
           several
           had
           been
           employed
           in
           the
           doing
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           several
           attempts
           had
           been
           made
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           missed
           several
           Opportunities
           ,
           but
           that
           now
           it
           was
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           for
           if
           he
           were
           not
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           the
           Plot
           would
           by
           his
           means
           go
           near
           to
           be
           fully
           Discovered
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           should
           not
           be
           able
           to
           bring
           their
           Design
           to
           pass
           ;
           but
           would
           not
           discover
           to
           him
           the
           name
           of
           the
           party
           :
           and
           also
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           4000
           l.
           Reward
           to
           those
           that
           did
           it
           ,
           and
           no
           worse
           man
           then
           the
           Lord
           Bellasis
           had
           engaged
           for
           the
           payment
           of
           it
           .
           Upon
           which
           he
           swears
           ,
           that
           he
           promised
           to
           engage
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           to
           meet
           him
           that
           night
           at
           Somerset
           House
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           went
           not
           according
           to
           his
           promise
           ,
           knowing
           they
           had
           a
           design
           to
           murther
           some
           body
           :
           then
           ,
           pag.
           31.
           he
           swears
           farther
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           him
           not
           till
           the
           Monday
           night
           following
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           was
           charged
           for
           his
           breach
           of
           promise
           ;
           to
           which
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           replied
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           engage
           in
           the
           Murther
           of
           any
           private
           Person
           ,
           till
           he
           knew
           who
           he
           was
           ,
           because
           he
           might
           be
           his
           particular
           Friend
           .
           That
           
             Le
             Faire
          
           bid
           him
           meet
           him
           exactly
           at
           nine
           of
           the
           Clock
           that
           night
           in
           the
           Cloysters
           at
           Somerset
           House
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           ,
           and
           that
           then
           he
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           done
           ill
           that
           he
           did
           not
           help
           in
           the
           business
           ,
           but
           that
           if
           he
           would
           help
           to
           carry
           the
           dead
           person
           off
           ,
           he
           should
           have
           half
           the
           Reward
           .
           That
           then
           he
           asked
           if
           he
           was
           murthered
           ,
           and
           
             Le
             Faire
          
           answered
           yes
           :
           and
           upon
           his
           desire
           to
           see
           the
           party
           ,
           he
           took
           him
           by
           the
           hand
           ,
           and
           led
           him
           through
           a
           dark
           Entry
           into
           a
           Room
           ,
           where
           he
           saw
           several
           persons
           ,
           where
           they
           had
           a
           small
           Light
           in
           a
           middle-siz'd
           Lanthorn
           ,
           by
           which
           he
           saw
           a
           Corps
           ,
           over
           which
           something
           was
           thrown
           ,
           and
           one
           stepping
           to
           the
           Body
           threw
           off
           the
           thing
           that
           lay
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           went
           and
           look'd
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           knew
           him
           presently
           to
           be
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           .
           And
           pag.
           32.
           swears
           that
           they
           then
           told
           him
           that
           they
           had
           strangled
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Cravatte
           about
           his
           Neck
           was
           so
           streight
           he
           could
           not
           get
           his
           Finger
           in
           between
           it
           and
           his
           Neck
           .
           That
           they
           did
           not
           think
           that
           he
           knew
           him
           ,
           but
           told
           him
           that
           he
           was
           one
           that
           belonged
           to
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           .
           That
           he
           would
           have
           perswaded
           them
           to
           have
           tyed
           Weights
           to
           his
           Head
           and
           Feet
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           slung
           him
           into
           the
           Thames
           .
           But
           they
           did
           not
           think
           that
           so
           safe
           ,
           but
           answered
           ,
           No
           ,
           they
           would
           put
           the
           Murther
           upon
           himself
           .
           Then
           asking
           how
           they
           would
           get
           him
           out
           ,
           
             Le
             Faire
          
           answered
           in
           a
           Chair
           ,
           and
           that
           Berry
           the
           Porter
           was
           to
           sit
           up
           to
           let
           them
           out
           .
           That
           he
           then
           told
           them
           that
           about
           eleven
           or
           twelve
           of
           the
           Clock
           would
           be
           the
           best
           time
           to
           carry
           him
           forth
           ,
           and
           
             Le
             Faire
          
           then
           made
           him
           promise
           upon
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           that
           he
           took
           on
           the
           Thursday
           before
           ,
           to
           come
           and
           help
           to
           carry
           him
           off
           at
           that
           hour
           ;
           for
           after
           the
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           he
           swears
           ,
           the
           Sacrament
           was
           adminished
           to
           him
           twice
           a
           week
           to
           conceal
           it
           .
           He
           also
           swears
           ,
           that
           he
           did
           not
           go
           ,
           but
           went
           away
           for
           Bristol
           ,
           and
           that
           upon
           the
           great
           trouble
           and
           disturbance
           in
           his
           Conscience
           for
           this
           Murther
           and
           horrid
           Plot
           ,
           he
           revealed
           the
           same
           ,
           &c.
           
           That
           upon
           his
           not
           coming
           they
           desisted
           from
           carrying
           out
           the
           Body
           that
           night
           ,
           and
           for
           fear
           lest
           he
           should
           discover
           them
           ,
           he
           supposed
           they
           caused
           it
           to
           be
           removed
           .
        
         
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           also
           swears
           ,
           pag.
           33.
           that
           he
           never
           had
           any
           discourse
           with
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           from
           the
           time
           that
           he
           saw
           him
           with
           the
           Body
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           that
           night
           in
           Somerset
           House
           ,
           and
           that
           seeing
           him
           in
           the
           Lobby
           ,
           being
           taken
           upon
           suspicion
           onely
           ,
           he
           knew
           him
           again
           ,
           and
           accused
           him
           for
           the
           Murther
           of
           that
           Gentleman
           .
           And
           pag.
           23.
           
           Mr.
           Prance
           swears
           ,
           that
           he
           never
           had
           any
           conference
           with
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           in
           all
           his
           Life
           ,
           which
           extreamly
           strengthens
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           could
           be
           no
           Conspiracy
           between
           them
           ,
           to
           invent
           a
           Story
           with
           so
           many
           agreeing
           circumstances
           .
           Then
           pag.
           35.
           they
           prove
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
           Edmundbury's
           Body
           was
           found
           in
           the
           Ditch
           just
           as
           they
           had
           related
           it
           to
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           and
           also
           the
           dislocation
           of
           his
           Neck
           ,
           the
           struggling
           ,
           and
           contusion
           of
           his
           Breast
           with
           some
           blows
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Wound
           made
           by
           the
           Sword
           could
           not
           be
           the
           occasion
           of
           his
           death
           ,
           by
           able
           Chirurgions
           :
           with
           several
           other
           circumstances
           too
           long
           to
           remember
           now
           .
           So
           that
           all
           the
           circumstances
           are
           proved
           as
           much
           as
           is
           possible
           by
           two
           several
           Witnesses
           ,
           not
           knowing
           ,
           or
           ever
           discoursing
           one
           another
           :
           so
           that
           it
           
           would
           be
           the
           strangest
           Miracle
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           both
           agree
           in
           so
           many
           untrue
           Circumstances
           .
           Had
           they
           laid
           their
           heads
           together
           to
           contrive
           this
           Story
           ,
           which
           is
           impossible
           they
           should
           do
           without
           discoursing
           with
           one
           another
           beforehand
           ,
           yet
           ,
           there
           being
           so
           many
           other
           several
           Witnesses
           ,
           to
           prove
           several
           other
           circumstances
           ,
           as
           their
           meeting
           at
           Bow
           at
           the
           Ale-house
           ,
           and
           the
           Maid
           swearing
           that
           Hill
           was
           at
           Sir
           Edmundbury
           Godfry's
           House
           ,
           and
           spake
           with
           him
           that
           morning
           he
           was
           murthered
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           the
           same
           Cloaths
           on
           which
           he
           had
           then
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           pag.
           39.
           they
           also
           must
           be
           thought
           to
           have
           conspired
           with
           them
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Life
           of
           two
           or
           three
           men
           without
           any
           provocation
           or
           reward
           ;
           a
           thing
           so
           unlikely
           ,
           that
           it
           cannot
           enter
           into
           the
           thought
           of
           any
           rational
           man
           ;
           nor
           can
           any
           Christian
           believe
           ,
           so
           many
           could
           joyn
           together
           to
           invent
           so
           horrid
           a
           lie
           ,
           to
           take
           away
           mens
           lives
           for
           nothing
           :
           nay
           if
           it
           were
           granted
           they
           might
           ,
           I
           cannot
           believe
           they
           could
           have
           contrived
           so
           many
           several
           circumstances
           without
           the
           least
           variation
           ,
           and
           without
           being
           intrapped
           by
           so
           many
           wise
           and
           judicious
           men
           who
           sifted
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           more
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           strange
           obstinacy
           and
           denial
           of
           the
           Criminals
           .
           Having
           therefore
           seriously
           considered
           all
           things
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           admire
           that
           any
           in
           England
           should
           doubt
           of
           the
           Guilt
           of
           these
           Murtherers
           .
        
         
           All
           I
           can
           find
           of
           any
           weight
           in
           their
           Defences
           for
           themselves
           is
           of
           little
           consideration
           to
           invalidate
           such
           strong
           proofs
           .
           That
           they
           all
           denyed
           it
           very
           stoutly
           to
           the
           last
           is
           true
           ,
           but
           that
           is
           of
           no
           value
           against
           such
           plain
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           but
           aggravates
           their
           Crime
           .
           Hill
           would
           have
           invalidated
           Mr.
           Prance
           his
           Testimony
           because
           he
           had
           deny'd
           it
           :
           but
           that
           has
           already
           been
           cleared
           ,
           and
           could
           no
           ways
           legally
           take
           off
           his
           Evidence
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           no
           ways
           perjur'd
           .
           But
           then
           to
           evade
           the
           matter
           ,
           he
           brings
           several
           Witnesses
           ,
           all
           of
           his
           own
           Religion
           ,
           to
           aver
           he
           was
           never
           from
           his
           Lodgings
           after
           nine
           of
           the
           Clock
           at
           night
           :
           but
           these
           do
           it
           so
           mincingly
           and
           generally
           ,
           that
           no
           stress
           can
           be
           laid
           upon
           them
           ,
           it
           being
           proved
           that
           they
           had
           several
           Keys
           to
           the
           Door
           ,
           and
           that
           Hill
           might
           go
           in
           and
           out
           without
           their
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           his
           Witnesses
           makes
           but
           a
           mistake
           of
           a
           whole
           month
           ,
           pag.
           55.
           and
           two
           of
           
           Green's
           Witnesses
           a
           whole
           week
           ,
           pag.
           66.
           so
           ill
           had
           they
           calculated
           the
           Time
           which
           they
           intended
           to
           speak
           to
           .
           There
           is
           nothing
           that
           can
           be
           thought
           to
           be
           of
           any
           moment
           in
           all
           that
           the
           Witnesses
           said
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           but
           what
           the
           Souldiers
           say
           in
           behalf
           of
           
             Berry
             ,
             pag.
          
           68.
           and
           69.
           who
           were
           placed
           at
           the
           Gate
           Sentinels
           ,
           and
           they
           say
           that
           they
           saw
           a
           Sedan
           come
           in
           ,
           so
           far
           they
           agree
           with
           the
           King's
           Evidence
           ,
           but
           then
           they
           confidently
           aver
           none
           went
           out
           all
           that
           night
           .
           But
           what
           is
           this
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Murther
           committed
           sworn
           in
           all
           circumstances
           so
           punctually
           to
           ?
           for
           the
           Sentinel
           might
           be
           from
           his
           post
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Prance
           says
           (
           who
           knew
           of
           the
           Contrivance
           )
           pag.
           16.
           of
           his
           printed
           Narrative
           of
           this
           Murther
           ,
           that
           Berry
           had
           beforehand
           got
           the
           Sentinel
           into
           his
           House
           to
           drink
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           not
           see
           the
           Sedan
           go
           out
           ;
           and
           the
           Sentinel
           knowing
           he
           had
           committed
           a
           great
           fault
           by
           so
           doing
           ,
           was
           so
           wise
           ;
           though
           not
           very
           honest
           ,
           to
           conceal
           it
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           most
           of
           colour
           they
           could
           produce
           that
           might
           any
           ways
           cause
           the
           least
           hesitation
           ,
           and
           how
           far
           this
           single
           Testimony
           will
           go
           to
           invalidate
           a
           Testimony
           so
           full
           ,
           and
           not
           any
           ways
           to
           be
           contradicted
           ,
           let
           the
           world
           judge
           ;
           I
           must
           confess
           it
           has
           given
           me
           full
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           will
           give
           the
           like
           to
           all
           others
           ,
           who
           are
           impartial
           men
           ,
           that
           shall
           reade
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           indeed
           declare
           that
           it
           seems
           somewhat
           strange
           ,
           that
           nothing
           should
           work
           upon
           these
           men
           to
           acknowledge
           their
           Crime
           at
           their
           death
           ;
           but
           that
           they
           should
           take
           it
           upon
           their
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           they
           died
           Innocent
           of
           this
           Murther
           they
           suffer'd
           for
           ,
           as
           the
           Child
           that
           was
           newly
           born
           .
           But
           I
           fear
           they
           were
           under
           some
           horrid
           delusion
           ,
           and
           were
           so
           charm'd
           and
           bound
           up
           by
           so
           many
           Oaths
           and
           Sacraments
           ,
           by
           their
           Ghostly
           Fathers
           the
           Jesuites
           ,
           who
           had
           brought
           them
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           durst
           not
           acknowledge
           the
           Truth
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           thought
           by
           this
           means
           they
           should
           do
           great
           service
           to
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           and
           be
           Sainted
           for
           it
           in
           Heaven
           .
           And
           the
           Printed
           Account
           of
           
           Hill's
           Confession
           seems
           to
           make
           it
           plain
           ,
           for
           there
           was
           found
           in
           his
           pocket
           after
           he
           was
           executed
           a
           very
           formal
           Confession
           ,
           written
           not
           with
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           neither
           had
           he
           Pen
           ,
           Ink
           or
           Paper
           all
           the
           time
           he
           was
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           his
           Wife
           witnessed
           it
           was
           not
           her
           Husband's
           hand
           .
           How
           he
           came
           by
           it
           none
           could
           tell
           ,
           but
           it
           was
           very
           formally
           drawn
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           I
           observe
           he
           stoutly
           denies
           the
           Fact
           ,
           and
           calls
           God
           and
           Angels
           to
           witness
           his
           Innocency
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           wrongfully
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           cause
           cites
           all
           such
           as
           had
           a
           hand
           in
           his
           death
           ,
           and
           particularly
           the
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           ,
           with
           the
           Jury
           and
           Witnesses
           ,
           &c.
           shewing
           a
           very
           wicked
           and
           uncharitable
           Spirit
           in
           the
           Indicter
           ,
           for
           I
           suppose
           this
           was
           given
           to
           Hill
           to
           con
           against
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Execution
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           Lesson
           he
           repeated
           as
           much
           as
           he
           could
           remember
           .
           So
           that
           I
           cannot
           but
           believe
           the
           obstinacy
           of
           these
           men
           proceeds
           from
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           for
           it
           is
           plain
           this
           Writing
           was
           prepared
           for
           him
           by
           some
           other
           ,
           and
           not
           by
           himself
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           also
           inform
           you
           of
           another
           trick
           invented
           by
           these
           men
           .
           Upon
           the
           general
           report
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           in
           some
           parts
           more
           remote
           from
           us
           ,
           and
           where
           the
           Informations
           were
           uncertain
           ,
           lest
           it
           should
           spread
           farther
           ,
           they
           had
           framed
           a
           formal
           Writing
           ,
           as
           under
           the
           Hand
           and
           Seal
           of
           a
           Person
           of
           Quality
           ,
           with
           several
           other
           pretended
           Authentick
           Witnesses
           ,
           which
           was
           shewn
           about
           in
           several
           Borough-Towns
           ,
           and
           noted
           places
           ,
           as
           a
           Certificate
           to
           inform
           the
           people
           that
           there
           was
           no
           such
           Plot
           in
           England
           ,
           as
           had
           been
           invented
           by
           divers
           factious
           and
           seditious
           people
           ,
           to
           the
           scandal
           of
           divers
           peaceable
           people
           of
           the
           Romish
           Faith
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           had
           been
           no
           such
           person
           murther'd
           as
           had
           been
           reported
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           not
           any
           such
           person
           at
           all
           as
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           and
           that
           these
           reports
           were
           wholly
           false
           and
           all
           lies
           ,
           raised
           by
           malicious
           and
           factious
           people
           ,
           to
           cause
           uproars
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           disquiet
           the
           peace
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           such
           like
           stuff
           :
           which
           I
           hear
           has
           done
           them
           notable
           service
           to
           take
           off
           the
           credit
           of
           the
           report
           of
           this
           horrid
           Plot
           ,
           among
           the
           ignorant
           and
           vulgar
           people
           :
           but
           ,
           as
           I
           hear
           ,
           some
           have
           sent
           Letters
           purposely
           to
           the
           Recorder
           of
           London
           to
           be
           certified
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           .
        
         
           Besides
           all
           these
           Tryals
           and
           positive
           proofs
           of
           a
           most
           horrid
           and
           desperate
           Plot
           ,
           deeply
           laid
           and
           vigorously
           prosecuted
           ,
           whereby
           the
           Plot
           very
           manifestly
           appears
           to
           all
           men
           of
           sense
           and
           reason
           ,
           and
           they
           must
           be
           wilfully
           blind
           ,
           or
           desperately
           deluded
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           give
           credit
           to
           what
           hath
           been
           so
           solemnly
           sworn
           ,
           and
           so
           openly
           made
           known
           ,
           the
           Narrative
           published
           by
           Mr.
           Oates
           being
           81.
           
           Articles
           ,
           all
           sworn
           to
           ,
           and
           deposed
           by
           him
           ,
           before
           
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           when
           alive
           ,
           and
           since
           ,
           before
           the
           Lords
           of
           his
           Majestie
           's
           Privy
           Council
           ,
           doth
           yet
           more
           manifestly
           set
           out
           the
           grounds
           and
           manner
           of
           this
           Plot
           ,
           the
           progress
           and
           discovery
           thereof
           ,
           so
           fully
           ,
           amply
           ,
           and
           with
           so
           many
           concurrent
           Circumstances
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           the
           strangest
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           any
           should
           question
           the
           verity
           and
           reality
           of
           the
           same
           ;
           whenas
           none
           appears
           that
           can
           intrap
           him
           in
           contradictions
           ,
           or
           disprove
           what
           he
           hath
           sworn
           to
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           is
           backt
           by
           the
           testimony
           of
           others
           :
           that
           yet
           I
           say
           any
           should
           be
           stagger'd
           with
           the
           confidence
           and
           obstinacy
           of
           a
           few
           dying
           Traytors
           ,
           and
           the
           whispering
           perswasions
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           against
           the
           testimony
           of
           their
           own
           eyes
           and
           ears
           ,
           against
           both
           sense
           and
           reason
           it self
           ,
           't
           is
           strange
           ,
           and
           wonderfully
           strange
           ,
           and
           makes
           me
           think
           that
           they
           are
           infatuated
           ,
           or
           strangely
           deluded
           .
        
         
           For
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           design
           extended
           as
           well
           into
           Scotland
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           as
           through
           England
           ;
           and
           Mr.
           Oates
           swears
           positively
           in
           the
           first
           Article
           ,
           that
           one
           
             Wright
             ,
             Ireland
          
           and
           Morgan
           were
           sent
           into
           Scotland
           under
           the
           notion
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           disguise
           of
           Non-Conformist
           Ministers
           ,
           to
           preach
           up
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           to
           promote
           Rebellion
           by
           that
           means
           :
           and
           Artic.
           11.
           he
           swears
           that
           Letters
           were
           sent
           to
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           ,
           and
           to
           Leshee
           the
           King
           of
           France
           his
           Confessour
           ,
           which
           Letters
           he
           had
           seen
           and
           read
           ,
           which
           gave
           an
           account
           that
           their
           Emissaries
           in
           Scotland
           had
           stirred
           up
           the
           Presbyterians
           there
           into
           a
           Rebellion
           ,
           and
           that
           20000
           would
           be
           in
           Arms
           if
           his
           Majesty
           of
           France
           would
           break
           with
           the
           King
           of
           England
           .
           And
           Artic.
           35.
           deposes
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           by
           at
           a
           Conference
           with
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           London
           ,
           wherein
           they
           read
           the
           Order
           from
           the
           Provincial
           for
           the
           sending
           new
           Messengers
           into
           Scotland
           ,
           to
           promote
           the
           Combustions
           there
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           in
           July
           last
           .
           And
           Artic.
           43.
           he
           farther
           swears
           ,
           that
           on
           the
           5.
           of
           August
           two
           were
           sent
           away
           for
           Scotland
           ,
           the
           one
           named
           Father
           Moor
           ,
           the
           other
           F.
           
             Saunders
             alias
             Brown
          
           ,
           (
           for
           they
           have
           usually
           divers
           names
           )
           with
           full
           instructions
           how
           to
           behave
           themselves
           as
           Non-Conformist
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           to
           preach
           to
           the
           disaffected
           Scots
           the
           necessity
           of
           taking
           up
           the
           Sword
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           Liberty
           of
           Conscience
           :
           and
           these
           the
           Deponent
           saw
           dispatch'd
           .
           And
           Artic.
           74.
           swears
           he
           saw
           Letters
           from
           White
           the
           Provincial
           ,
           dated
           at
           
             S.
             Ontars
          
           4.
           of
           Sept.
           New
           Style
           ,
           which
           gave
           an
           account
           to
           
             Rich.
             Blundell
          
           ,
           that
           12
           more
           Jesuits
           of
           that
           Nation
           were
           sent
           into
           Scotland
           ,
           by
           order
           of
           the
           General
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           with
           full
           instructions
           how
           to
           behave
           themselves
           like
           Non-Conformist
           Ministers
           among
           the
           Presbyterian
           Scots
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           had
           1000
           li.
           given
           them
           by
           Leshee
           the
           French
           King's
           Confessour
           :
           so
           that
           we
           may
           easily
           perceive
           by
           what
           means
           the
           Rebellion
           of
           Scotland
           is
           promoted
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           Ireland
           ,
           where
           they
           have
           a
           far
           greater
           interest
           ,
           they
           had
           sufficient
           means
           and
           preparations
           there
           to
           stir
           up
           the
           Irish
           of
           their
           own
           Religion
           ,
           and
           under
           their
           thraldome
           and
           command
           ,
           to
           Rebell
           .
           And
           Article
           18.
           
           Mr.
           Oates
           deposes
           ,
           Letters
           came
           from
           the
           Archbishop
           of
           
             Dublin
             Talbot
          
           ,
           which
           Letters
           he
           saw
           and
           read
           at
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           ,
           bearing
           date
           Jan.
           1.
           1678.
           
           New
           Style
           ,
           which
           gave
           an
           account
           how
           vigilant
           they
           had
           been
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ,
           to
           prepare
           the
           people
           to
           rise
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           their
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           to
           recover
           their
           Estates
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           would
           open
           a
           place
           there
           to
           receive
           the
           King
           of
           France
           his
           Army
           when
           he
           should
           think
           fit
           to
           land
           them
           ,
           and
           advised
           them
           to
           confer
           with
           Leshee
           the
           French
           King's
           Confessour
           about
           the
           same
           .
           And
           he
           farther
           deposes
           ,
           that
           Letters
           were
           thereupon
           sent
           to
           Leshee
           about
           the
           same
           ,
           who
           returned
           Answers
           by
           the
           same
           Messengers
           ,
           Nevill
           and
           Busby
           ,
           one
           being
           Prefect
           of
           the
           Studies
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Procurator
           to
           the
           Seminary
           ,
           one
           of
           which
           to
           the
           Rectour
           of
           
             S.
             Omars
             ,
             Richard
             Ashby
          
           ,
           the
           Deponent
           saw
           ,
           which
           gave
           an
           account
           that
           the
           Father
           General
           of
           the
           Society
           would
           contribute
           800000
           Crowns
           ,
           to
           be
           paid
           in
           the
           month
           of
           June
           next
           ensuing
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Holiness
           the
           Pope
           would
           not
           be
           wanting
           to
           supply
           them
           when
           they
           had
           made
           some
           progress
           in
           that
           glorious
           attempt
           .
           And
           Article
           21.
           he
           there
           deposes
           ,
           that
           he
           likewise
           saw
           Letters
           of
           Feb.
           1.
           1678.
           
           New
           Style
           ,
           from
           
             Whitebread
             ,
             Keines
             ,
             Ireland
             ,
             Micho
          
           and
           the
           rest
           ,
           to
           
             Richard
             Ashby
          
           Rectour
           of
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           ,
           to
           let
           him
           understand
           that
           they
           had
           sent
           
             William
             Morgan
          
           and
           
             F.
             Lovell
          
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           affairs
           stood
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           had
           instructions
           given
           them
           to
           incourage
           the
           Irish
           Natives
           to
           defend
           their
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           carried
           with
           them
           2000
           li.
           to
           supply
           their
           present
           wants
           ,
           and
           order
           to
           promise
           4000
           li.
           more
           in
           case
           there
           should
           be
           any
           Action
           .
           And
           Article
           27.
           he
           farther
           deposes
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           month
           of
           April
           following
           ,
           he
           saw
           the
           Letters
           which
           Whitebread
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           London
           sent
           to
           
             Richard
             Ashby
          
           Rectour
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           Seminary
           at
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           ;
           in
           which
           they
           gave
           them
           an
           account
           that
           Morgan
           and
           Lovell
           were
           returned
           out
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           who
           gave
           them
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           the
           Irish
           were
           ready
           to
           rise
           at
           10
           days
           warning
           with
           20000
           Foot
           and
           5000
           Horse
           ,
           and
           would
           let
           in
           the
           Army
           of
           the
           French
           King
           if
           he
           would
           land
           there
           ;
           and
           also
           that
           in
           the
           North
           of
           Ireland
           ,
           15000
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           were
           in
           a
           readiness
           to
           rise
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           were
           also
           very
           resolute
           ;
           and
           also
           that
           there
           were
           arrived
           Commissions
           from
           the
           General
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           a
           Brief
           from
           the
           Pope
           ,
           dated
           Oct.
           1.
           1673.
           to
           several
           persons
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           once
           more
           resolved
           to
           cut
           the
           throats
           of
           the
           Protestants
           when
           they
           should
           rise
           .
        
         
           Thus
           we
           may
           perceive
           what
           provision
           they
           had
           made
           ,
           and
           how
           well
           prepared
           they
           were
           in
           those
           Kingdoms
           ,
           to
           effect
           their
           horrid
           Plot
           and
           Conspiracy
           :
           but
           that
           they
           might
           leave
           no
           stone
           unturn'd
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           might
           every-where
           work
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           I
           find
           Artic.
           38.
           
           Mr.
           Oates
           swears
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           and
           read
           at
           Mr.
           
           Fenwick's
           Chamber
           in
           London
           ,
           on
           the
           11.
           of
           August
           ,
           Letters
           from
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           ,
           from
           the
           Provincial
           Whitebread
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           ordered
           12
           Jesuits
           to
           goe
           to
           Holland
           ,
           to
           inform
           the
           Dutch
           privately
           ,
           that
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           did
           intend
           to
           assume
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           their
           King
           ,
           and
           to
           bring
           them
           under
           his
           Government
           :
           which
           was
           to
           beget
           an
           evil
           opinion
           of
           the
           Prince
           of
           Orange
           in
           the
           Dutch
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           cause
           a
           commotion
           against
           the
           Prince
           and
           his
           Party
           .
           Also
           Artic.
           56.
           he
           farther
           deposes
           ,
           that
           the
           Letters
           came
           from
           the
           said
           Whitebread
           and
           the
           rest
           ,
           to
           
             John
             Fenwick
          
           and
           the
           rest
           ;
           which
           Letters
           he
           also
           saw
           and
           read
           dated
           20.
           
           Aug.
           New
           Style
           ,
           which
           gave
           account
           that
           the
           12
           Jesuits
           were
           safely
           arrived
           in
           Holland
           ,
           and
           were
           using
           all
           their
           skill
           and
           interest
           to
           make
           a
           Commotion
           there
           ;
           and
           that
           
             Appletree
             Will
          
           (
           by
           which
           they
           meant
           the
           Prince
           )
           should
           not
           be
           great
           there
           ,
           urging
           the
           Fathers
           in
           London
           to
           mind
           their
           business
           .
        
         
           By
           all
           this
           you
           may
           perceive
           the
           general
           ruine
           of
           the
           Protestants
           was
           laid
           ,
           and
           the
           large
           extent
           of
           this
           Plot.
           Three
           Kingdoms
           at
           once
           were
           to
           be
           in
           a
           Flame
           ,
           and
           the
           Neighbouring
           Provinces
           to
           be
           put
           into
           a
           Combustion
           .
           
           But
           this
           Plot
           had
           been
           several
           years
           a
           hatching
           ,
           and
           if
           Mr.
           Oates
           swears
           truth
           ,
           (
           as
           there
           is
           no
           scruple
           to
           be
           raised
           but
           he
           does
           ,
           for
           ought
           I
           can
           see
           by
           any
           objection
           raised
           against
           him
           )
           we
           now
           know
           the
           manner
           and
           Authours
           of
           the
           great
           and
           famous
           Fire
           of
           London
           1666.
           for
           Artic.
           34.
           he
           deposes
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           it
           from
           the
           mouth
           of
           
             Richard
             Strange
          
           ,
           who
           had
           been
           Provincial
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           who
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           this
           Fire
           had
           been
           several
           times
           attempted
           by
           him
           and
           others
           in
           the
           years
           1664
           ,
           and
           1665.
           being
           assisted
           by
           one
           Green
           ,
           and
           8
           others
           ,
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           Fifth
           Monarchy
           men
           ;
           but
           that
           failing
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           being
           laid
           in
           Newgate
           ,
           they
           desisted
           till
           1666.
           when
           they
           fully
           effected
           it
           by
           his
           means
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           assistence
           of
           
             Gray
             ,
             Pennington
          
           and
           
             Barton
             Jesuits
          
           ,
           and
           Keimash
           a
           
             Dominican
             Frier
          
           ,
           with
           one
           Fitz-Girald
           an
           
             Irish
             Jesuite
          
           ,
           and
           one
           Neal
           of
           White-Chappel
           ,
           and
           50
           or
           60
           
           Irish-men
           ,
           hired
           for
           that
           purpose
           to
           ply
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           sling
           about
           the
           Fire-Balls
           ;
           and
           that
           one
           Everard
           kept
           them
           for
           them
           ,
           being
           one
           then
           in
           the
           King's
           Service
           ,
           and
           look'd
           after
           the
           Ammunition
           that
           was
           carrying
           down
           to
           the
           Fleet
           in
           the
           Dutch
           War.
           That
           this
           Strange
           went
           then
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Walker
           ,
           and
           lay
           in
           Fanchurch-street
           ,
           and
           with
           him
           lay
           Keimash
           the
           Dominican
           ;
           that
           Pennington
           and
           Barton
           lay
           in
           Shoe-lane
           ,
           and
           that
           Gray
           and
           Fitz-Girald
           lay
           at
           
           Neal's
           house
           in
           
             White
             Chappell
          
           ,
           which
           Neal
           was
           one
           that
           was
           to
           see
           the
           Fire
           carried
           along
           Thames-street
           :
           and
           also
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           Fire
           was
           begun
           ,
           the
           said
           Neal
           knockt
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           notice
           about
           12
           a
           clock
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           were
           in
           all
           about
           80
           or
           86
           persons
           employed
           in
           the
           service
           ,
           and
           that
           700
           Fire-Balls
           were
           spent
           in
           the
           service
           ;
           and
           also
           that
           they
           had
           others
           ,
           both
           men
           and
           women
           ,
           who
           were
           employed
           to
           plunder
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           got
           in
           Jewels
           ,
           Plate
           ,
           Fine
           Linens
           ,
           Money
           ,
           and
           other
           things
           to
           the
           value
           of
           14000
           li.
           and
           that
           they
           had
           a
           Ware-house
           in
           Wild-street
           to
           lay
           up
           such
           goods
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           particulars
           :
           so
           that
           you
           may
           now
           see
           by
           what
           means
           that
           famous
           Fire
           was
           effected
           .
        
         
           Then
           Artic.
           49.
           the
           same
           Deponent
           swears
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           it
           from
           John
           Grove's
           own
           mouth
           ,
           in
           Wild-House
           Garden
           ,
           that
           he
           with
           3
           Irish
           men
           ,
           having
           purposely
           prepared
           certain
           Fire-Works
           ,
           went
           into
           the
           Borough
           of
           Southwark
           ,
           where
           finding
           an
           Oyl-Shop
           ,
           they
           set
           it
           on
           Fire
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           had
           among
           them
           1000
           li.
           reward
           ,
           that
           these
           
           Irish-men
           were
           procured
           by
           Dr.
           Fogarthy
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           got
           2000
           li.
           by
           that
           Fire
           ;
           the
           same
           being
           also
           told
           to
           the
           Deponent
           at
           another
           time
           by
           
             Richard
             Strange
          
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           not
           sufficient
           ,
           they
           had
           designed
           another
           general
           Fire
           ,
           as
           the
           Deponent
           swears
           ,
           Artic.
           71.
           that
           one
           Blundell
           ,
           that
           was
           engaged
           in
           this
           Conspiracy
           ,
           shewed
           him
           in
           
           Fenwick's
           Chamber
           a
           draught
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           the
           manner
           how
           it
           was
           to
           be
           fired
           anew
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           carried
           on
           from
           Wapping
           to
           Westminster
           ,
           or
           from
           Westminster
           to
           Wapping
           ,
           according
           as
           the
           wind
           sate
           ,
           and
           named
           the
           several
           parties
           ,
           who
           were
           to
           carry
           it
           on
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Deponent
           ,
           with
           7
           others
           ,
           had
           order
           to
           ply
           the
           business
           about
           the
           Armitage
           ,
           and
           for
           his
           reward
           he
           was
           to
           have
           1000
           li.
           and
           80
           li.
           more
           for
           former
           services
           ;
           and
           this
           paper
           was
           signed
           by
           Whitebread
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           whole
           Society
           .
           And
           Artic.
           77.
           he
           swears
           ,
           that
           
             Richard
             Blundell
          
           ,
           after
           that
           the
           Deponent
           had
           begun
           to
           be
           discovered
           to
           desert
           them
           ,
           was
           appointed
           to
           supply
           his
           place
           ,
           and
           to
           take
           care
           of
           carrying
           on
           the
           Fire
           at
           Wapping
           in
           his
           room
           .
        
         
           These
           must
           be
           very
           strange
           and
           formal
           inventions
           of
           Mr.
           Oates
           his
           framing
           ,
           or
           horrid
           and
           black
           designs
           of
           these
           mens
           effecting
           ;
           and
           certainly
           it
           appears
           by
           all
           the
           agreeing
           Circumstances
           that
           the
           latter
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           appears
           nothing
           to
           make
           the
           first
           likely
           ,
           but
           the
           stout
           denial
           of
           those
           who
           suffer'd
           for
           the
           same
           .
           Artic.
           28.
           he
           swears
           ,
           that
           to
           the
           number
           of
           50
           Jesuits
           met
           at
           the
           Consult
           at
           the
           White-horse
           Tavern
           in
           the
           Strand
           ,
           being
           on
           purpose
           called
           by
           Whitebread
           ,
           for
           the
           effecting
           this
           Plot
           and
           horrid
           Conspiracy
           ,
           now
           brought
           almost
           to
           an
           head
           ;
           and
           that
           from
           thence
           they
           all
           adjourned
           to
           several
           Clubs
           ,
           or
           private
           Meetings
           ,
           at
           their
           several
           Chambers
           .
           And
           Artic.
           72.
           he
           deposes
           ,
           that
           the
           Pope
           had
           issued
           out
           a
           Bull
           ,
           shewed
           to
           him
           the
           30.
           of
           August
           ,
           and
           bearing
           date
           in
           November
           or
           December
           before
           ,
           wherein
           he
           disposes
           of
           several
           dignitaries
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           there
           are
           named
           the
           several
           
             Archbishops
             ,
             Bishops
             ,
             Abbats
             ,
             Deans
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           He
           also
           gives
           you
           a
           list
           of
           the
           chief
           of
           the
           Conspiratours
           pag.
           58.
           both
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           Orders
           of
           Priests
           ,
           Secular
           and
           Lay
           persons
           ,
           both
           in
           England
           and
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           concerned
           in
           this
           most
           horrid
           Conspiracy
           :
           and
           also
           pag.
           61.
           gives
           you
           a
           list
           of
           the
           several
           Lords
           ,
           and
           other
           Commanders
           or
           general
           Officers
           ,
           Colonels
           ,
           Captains
           ,
           &c.
           in
           the
           Militia
           ,
           making
           a
           full
           and
           ample
           discovery
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           to
           the
           great
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           people
           ,
           excepting
           those
           that
           are
           wilfully
           blind
           ;
           and
           no
           doubt
           to
           the
           great
           trouble
           and
           consternation
           of
           the
           Conspirators
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           was
           no
           wonder
           ,
           that
           the
           Provincial
           Whitebread
           was
           so
           very
           angry
           and
           enraged
           against
           him
           ,
           as
           he
           deposes
           Artic.
           77.
           and
           that
           when
           they
           had
           begun
           to
           suspect
           Mr.
           Oates
           ,
           upon
           the
           first
           noise
           of
           the
           discovery
           of
           a
           Plot
           ,
           he
           ask'd
           him
           with
           what
           face
           he
           could
           look
           on
           him
           having
           betrayed
           them
           ,
           and
           box'd
           him
           and
           caned
           him
           in
           his
           passion
           ,
           having
           thereupon
           taken
           an
           order
           for
           the
           sending
           him
           the
           Deponent
           immediately
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           to
           secure
           him
           ;
           which
           they
           had
           done
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           hid
           himself
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           and
           been
           secured
           ever
           since
           from
           their
           Clutches
           .
           'T
           is
           very
           strange
           that
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           any
           ,
           in
           England
           especially
           ,
           shall
           openly
           say
           ,
           and
           seem
           to
           averr
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           no
           Plot
           ,
           but
           a
           feigned
           thing
           and
           Chimaera
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           too
           manifest
           ,
           and
           you
           ought
           to
           give
           God
           thanks
           ,
           and
           solemnly
           to
           acknowledge
           his
           great
           care
           and
           mercy
           to
           your
           Nation
           ,
           Government
           ,
           and
           Religion
           ;
           and
           also
           to
           reward
           those
           who
           have
           been
           the
           instruments
           of
           this
           discovery
           ,
           what-ever
           they
           were
           before
           ,
           
             for
             by
             sin
             grace
             doth
             abound
             .
          
           Much
           bloud
           and
           many
           murthers
           have
           been
           prevented
           ,
           which
           it
           is
           plain
           they
           intended
           ;
           for
           otherwise
           they
           could
           not
           have
           effected
           their
           design
           :
           and
           more
           especially
           the
           Death
           of
           his
           Sacred
           Majesty
           was
           aimed
           at
           and
           contrived
           by
           these
           wicked
           and
           execrable
           men
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           these
           Depositions
           of
           Mr.
           Oates
           ;
           and
           they
           had
           contrived
           several
           ways
           to
           doe
           it
           ,
           either
           to
           Stab
           him
           ,
           Shoot
           him
           ,
           or
           Poison
           him
           .
           For
           the
           first
           they
           had
           chosen
           Conyers
           and
           
             Anderton
             ,
             Benedictine
             Monks
          
           ,
           and
           four
           Irish
           Russians
           ;
           for
           the
           second
           Groves
           and
           Pickering
           are
           prepared
           ;
           and
           for
           the
           last
           Wakeman
           is
           hired
           .
           Artic.
           13.
           the
           Deponent
           swears
           ,
           he
           saw
           and
           read
           the
           Letter
           from
           Whitebread
           and
           others
           the
           chief
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           wherein
           they
           gave
           order
           that
           Father
           Leshee
           should
           be
           wrote
           to
           ,
           and
           informed
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           resolved
           ,
           for
           the
           advancement
           of
           their
           happy
           design
           ,
           to
           find
           an
           opportunity
           to
           take
           the
           King
           from
           his
           Kingdom
           :
           or
           if
           they
           could
           not
           do
           that
           ,
           
           they
           would
           take
           his
           Kingdom
           from
           him
           .
           And
           Artic.
           29.
           not
           long
           after
           the
           great
           Consult
           at
           London
           about
           murthering
           the
           King
           ,
           Whitebread
           being
           then
           come
           to
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           ,
           he
           the
           Deponent
           heard
           him
           say
           in
           his
           Chamber
           on
           the
           11.
           of
           June
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           That
           he
           hoped
           to
           see
           the
           King
           laid
           fast
           enough
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           was
           grown
           secure
           ,
           and
           would
           hear
           no
           complaints
           against
           them
           .
           Artic.
           68.
           
           Mr.
           Oates
           likewise
           swears
           ,
           that
           Conyers
           employed
           by
           these
           Jesuits
           to
           stab
           the
           King
           ,
           shewed
           the
           Deponent
           the
           Dagger
           which
           he
           had
           bought
           on
           purpose
           to
           effect
           it
           ,
           and
           cost
           him
           10
           s.
           declaring
           the
           manner
           how
           he
           intended
           to
           effect
           it
           at
           Windsor
           ;
           and
           (
           mark
           the
           great
           Providence
           of
           God
           in
           preserving
           the
           Life
           of
           His
           Majesty
           )
           that
           being
           on
           his
           way
           thither
           ,
           with
           this
           bloudy
           design
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           his
           Horse
           fell
           lame
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           forced
           to
           return
           ,
           being
           almost
           five
           miles
           on
           his
           way
           .
           The
           several
           other
           attempts
           upon
           the
           Life
           of
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           by
           
             Groves
             ,
             Pickering
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Russians
           ,
           and
           the
           intention
           of
           Wakeman
           ,
           and
           reward
           ,
           to
           poison
           him
           ,
           were
           spoke
           to
           before
           ,
           and
           sufficiently
           evidenced
           .
        
         
           Thus
           having
           given
           you
           at
           large
           an
           account
           of
           my
           Thoughts
           concerning
           this
           horrid
           Plot
           and
           bloudy
           Conspiracy
           ,
           with
           the
           reasons
           and
           proofs
           that
           appeared
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           me
           believe
           that
           these
           Traytors
           that
           have
           suffered
           were
           guilty
           ,
           and
           justly
           deserved
           the
           punishment
           the
           Laws
           inflicted
           upon
           them
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           which
           has
           in
           some
           measure
           convinced
           others
           ,
           who
           have
           seen
           and
           read
           them
           ;
           I
           shall
           conclude
           with
           my
           Prayers
           for
           the
           prosperity
           of
           the
           King
           and
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           that
           the
           one
           may
           enjoy
           an
           happy
           Peace
           ,
           Liberty
           and
           Prosperity
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           other
           may
           continue
           with
           long
           life
           and
           all
           manner
           of
           felicity
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           care
           and
           providence
           of
           Heaven
           will
           protect
           them
           both
           from
           all
           evil
           Conspiratours
           ,
           and
           wicked
           Plotters
           ;
           and
           that
           God
           will
           work
           upon
           the
           hearts
           of
           some
           of
           those
           who
           are
           yet
           in
           Prison
           for
           this
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           e're
           it
           be
           too
           late
           ,
           cause
           them
           to
           make
           a
           generous
           and
           free
           Confession
           of
           the
           whole
           design
           ,
           that
           the
           world
           may
           be
           better
           satisfied
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           may
           be
           no
           scruple
           left
           of
           the
           verity
           of
           these
           things
           .
           And
           I
           also
           hope
           it
           will
           be
           the
           care
           of
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           when
           they
           meet
           ,
           to
           goe
           on
           with
           their
           good
           intention
           of
           securing
           the
           Nation
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ,
           and
           the
           Person
           of
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           from
           the
           Machinations
           and
           Conspiracies
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           and
           their
           Emissaries
           ;
           by
           not
           onely
           reviving
           all
           the
           poenal
           Laws
           in
           that
           Case
           ,
           but
           by
           making
           others
           that
           may
           give
           a
           certain
           security
           to
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           I
           will
           not
           stand
           to
           beg
           your
           pardon
           ,
           since
           your
           commands
           drew
           on
           you
           the
           trouble
           of
           this
           long
           Letter
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           shall
           onely
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           am
           ,
        
         
           
             Sir
             ,
          
           
           
             Your
             Humble
             Servant
             ,
             
             
               D.
               G.
            
             
          
           
             S.
             Omars
             ,
             
               June
               24.
               
               
                 New
                 Style
              
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           An
           APPENDIX
           to
           the
           foregoing
           Letter
           .
        
         
           THE
           foregoing
           Letter
           being
           wrote
           and
           received
           before
           the
           Trials
           of
           the
           five
           Jesuits
           ,
           last
           executed
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           the
           horrid
           Plot
           and
           Conspiracy
           ,
           and
           of
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           being
           thought
           by
           some
           judicious
           persons
           ,
           and
           lovers
           of
           the
           peace
           and
           welfare
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           fitting
           to
           be
           published
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           people
           ;
           the
           strange
           obstinacy
           and
           denial
           of
           these
           five
           
             Jesuits
             ,
             Whitebread
             ,
             Harcourt
             ,
             Fenwick
             ,
             Gawin
             ,
          
           and
           Turner
           ,
           at
           their
           Execution
           ,
           calling
           God
           and
           Angels
           to
           witness
           of
           their
           innocency
           ,
           and
           taking
           it
           upon
           their
           salvation
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           falsly
           accused
           ,
           and
           knew
           nothing
           of
           any
           such
           Plot
           as
           is
           pretended
           against
           them
           ,
           having
           made
           a
           strange
           impression
           upon
           the
           minds
           of
           some
           ignorant
           ,
           and
           some
           well-minded
           people
           ,
           who
           cannot
           believe
           they
           could
           go
           out
           of
           the
           world
           with
           such
           a
           lie
           in
           their
           mouths
           ,
           to
           the
           damnation
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           I
           thought
           it
           requisite
           to
           abbreviate
           also
           the
           Trials
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           that
           the
           truth
           may
           appear
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           a
           just
           ,
           equal
           ,
           and
           legal
           Trial
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           could
           not
           be
           guiltless
           and
           unknowing
           of
           this
           horrid
           Plot
           ,
           as
           they
           pretend
           ,
           but
           were
           legally
           and
           by
           full
           proof
           condemned
           for
           the
           same
           :
           for
           that
           many
           people
           will
           not
           go
           to
           the
           price
           of
           their
           Trials
           ,
           that
           would
           however
           give
           six-pence
           to
           be
           satisfied
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           shall
           follow
           the
           same
           method
           my
           Friend
           at
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           did
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Trials
           ,
           and
           point
           out
           to
           the
           plain
           proof
           and
           evidence
           in
           the
           printed
           Trials
           more
           fully
           expressed
           .
           But
           I
           also
           advertise
           ,
           that
           here
           you
           shall
           find
           some
           evidence
           that
           has
           since
           come
           to
           light
           ,
           and
           has
           made
           things
           yet
           more
           apparent
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           take
           notice
           that
           these
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           are
           not
           tried
           upon
           the
           Statute
           of
           27
           Eliz.
           which
           would
           have
           made
           them
           guilty
           for
           being
           in
           Orders
           ,
           and
           remaining
           here
           in
           England
           ;
           but
           they
           are
           tried
           as
           Traytors
           in
           conspiring
           the
           death
           of
           the
           King's
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           the
           utter
           subversion
           of
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           Popery
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           end
           of
           this
           great
           Plot
           :
           and
           now
           judge
           how
           it
           is
           proved
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           Evidences
           are
           long
           and
           tedious
           ,
           but
           the
           main
           proof
           and
           what
           is
           positive
           appears
           ,
           first
           against
           Mr.
           
             Whitebread
             pag.
          
           12.
           where
           Mr.
           Oates
           swears
           ,
           that
           in
           April
           1678.
           
           Old
           Style
           ,
           or
           May
           New
           Style
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           order
           of
           the
           said
           Whitebread
           Provincial
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Consult
           ,
           in
           which
           were
           
             Whitebread
             ,
             Fenwick
             ,
             Harcourt
          
           and
           Turner
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           these
           did
           in
           his
           presence
           sign
           the
           resolve
           for
           the
           death
           of
           the
           King.
           Against
           these
           four
           he
           swears
           positively
           :
           and
           that
           Whitebread
           should
           say
           after
           he
           was
           returned
           to
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Deponent's
           hearing
           ,
           words
           to
           this
           effect
           ,
           That
           he
           hoped
           to
           see
           the
           King's
           Head
           laid
           fast
           enough
           .
           And
           pag.
           16.
           he
           swears
           ,
           that
           Fenwick
           on
           the
           25.
           of
           August
           (
           78.
           )
           at
           his
           Chamber
           in
           London
           ,
           did
           deliver
           Mr.
           Oates
           some
           money
           for
           necessary
           charges
           ,
           and
           did
           then
           admonish
           him
           to
           procure
           some
           Masses
           to
           be
           said
           for
           a
           prosperous
           success
           upon
           the
           Design
           .
           Then
           pag.
           22.
           he
           swears
           ,
           that
           Turner
           was
           at
           the
           Consult
           in
           
           Fenwick's
           Chamber
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           that
           
           there
           he
           saw
           him
           sign
           the
           resolve
           of
           the
           King's
           Death
           .
           And
           pag.
           15.
           he
           swears
           against
           Gawen
           ,
           that
           though
           he
           did
           not
           see
           him
           at
           the
           Consult
           in
           April
           ,
           yet
           he
           saw
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           makes
           it
           out
           how
           he
           knew
           it
           to
           be
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           gave
           them
           in
           London
           an
           account
           how
           affairs
           stood
           in
           Staffordshire
           and
           
             Shropshire
             July
          
           1678.
           and
           how
           the
           Lord
           Stafford
           was
           very
           diligent
           ,
           and
           how
           prosperous
           their
           affairs
           were
           in
           those
           Countries
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           was
           two
           or
           three
           thousand
           pound
           ready
           there
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           design
           ;
           and
           farther
           swears
           ,
           that
           sometime
           in
           July
           he
           met
           Gawen
           at
           Mr.
           
           Ireland's
           Chamber
           in
           London
           ,
           where
           he
           gave
           to
           Father
           Ireland
           the
           same
           account
           as
           he
           had
           before
           written
           ,
           in
           his
           hearing
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           I
           observe
           is
           a
           new
           Evidence
           ,
           one
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           ,
           whom
           the
           prisoners
           do
           not
           endeavour
           to
           bespatter
           as
           they
           had
           done
           Mr.
           Oates
           and
           Bedlow
           :
           and
           this
           man
           had
           no
           knowledge
           or
           acquaintance
           with
           Mr.
           Oates
           and
           Bedlow
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           conspire
           with
           them
           to
           take
           away
           the
           Lives
           of
           men
           that
           were
           innocent
           .
           You
           will
           see
           how
           far
           he
           agrees
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           what
           a
           positive
           proof
           he
           is
           against
           the
           prisoners
           .
           Pag.
           22.
           
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           swears
           against
           Whitebread
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           a
           Letter
           from
           him
           to
           Mr.
           Ewers
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           Confessour
           to
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           gave
           him
           a
           caution
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           to
           chuse
           those
           that
           were
           trully
           and
           resolute
           ,
           no
           matter
           whether
           they
           were
           Gentlemen
           ,
           if
           stout
           and
           couragious
           :
           and
           then
           shews
           how
           he
           knew
           it
           to
           be
           
           Whitebread's
           hand
           .
           And
           this
           he
           swears
           too
           again
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           the
           words
           in
           express
           terms
           under
           his
           hand
           pag.
           29.
           to
           kill
           the
           King.
           Against
           Gawen
           he
           swears
           positively
           ,
           that
           he
           entertained
           him
           to
           be
           of
           the
           Conspiracy
           to
           murther
           the
           King
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           those
           resolute
           fellows
           mentioned
           by
           Whitebread
           .
           And
           pag.
           23.
           he
           swears
           .
           that
           they
           had
           several
           Consultations
           in
           the
           Country
           ,
           in
           several
           places
           which
           he
           names
           ,
           and
           particularly
           at
           Boscobel
           ,
           for
           the
           murthering
           of
           the
           King
           and
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           Popery
           ;
           (
           this
           sure
           proves
           the
           Plot
           )
           in
           which
           Gawen
           was
           a
           chief
           Oratour
           to
           perswade
           people
           into
           this
           design
           .
           Another
           meeting
           to
           this
           purpose
           he
           swears
           was
           at
           Tixal
           ,
           where
           Gawen
           also
           was
           in
           Septemb.
           1678.
           and
           that
           the
           Consult
           then
           was
           ,
           for
           the
           introducing
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           the
           taking
           away
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           King
           :
           and
           that
           he
           being
           a
           person
           chosen
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           was
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           London
           by
           Mr.
           Harcourt
           ,
           to
           be
           under
           the
           tuition
           of
           one
           Parsons
           ;
           and
           that
           Mr.
           Gawen
           discoursed
           of
           it
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           incouraged
           him
           in
           it
           ,
           pag.
           24.
           
           And
           that
           he
           had
           given
           them
           400
           li.
           for
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           this
           design
           ,
           and
           to
           pray
           for
           his
           Soul
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           had
           promised
           them
           100
           li.
           more
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           told
           him
           he
           should
           be
           canoniz'd
           a
           Saint
           .
           And
           that
           this
           discourse
           of
           killing
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           introducing
           Popery
           ,
           was
           in
           the
           Parlour
           in
           the
           Lord
           
           Aston's
           House
           ,
           and
           in
           Ewers
           Chamber
           .
           And
           pag.
           25.
           
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           farther
           swears
           ,
           he
           heard
           them
           discourse
           at
           one
           of
           these
           Consults
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           the
           opinion
           of
           those
           at
           Paris
           ,
           who
           were
           concerned
           in
           this
           Conspiracy
           ,
           that
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           deed
           was
           done
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           killing
           the
           King
           ,
           they
           should
           lay
           it
           on
           the
           Presbyterians
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           by
           that
           means
           provoke
           the
           other
           Protestants
           to
           cut
           them
           off
           ,
           and
           then
           they
           might
           the
           more
           easily
           cut
           their
           throats
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           should
           have
           an
           Army
           in
           readiness
           to
           cut
           off
           all
           such
           as
           were
           not
           (
           or
           would
           not
           be
           )
           Papists
           :
           and
           also
           that
           Mr.
           Gawen
           should
           tell
           him
           ,
           neither
           men
           nor
           money
           should
           be
           wanting
           from
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           endeavoured
           by
           several
           Arguments
           to
           prove
           the
           design
           lawfull
           ;
           and
           also
           ,
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           lawfull
           and
           good
           to
           destroy
           any
           for
           the
           advantage
           of
           their
           Religion
           ;
           and
           shewed
           the
           example
           of
           Father
           Garnet
           ,
           and
           how
           that
           several
           of
           his
           Reliques
           beyond
           Sea
           had
           done
           great
           Miracles
           .
           And
           pag.
           26.
           he
           swears
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           intercepted
           and
           read
           (
           for
           their
           Letters
           came
           under
           his
           Cover
           )
           an
           100
           Letters
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           all
           tending
           to
           the
           introducing
           Popery
           and
           the
           killing
           the
           King.
           
        
         
           And
           now
           I
           am
           to
           take
           notice
           to
           you
           of
           a
           most
           clear
           and
           manifest
           evidence
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           was
           murthered
           by
           the
           knowledge
           and
           contrivance
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           and
           which
           till
           now
           never
           came
           to
           light
           ,
           and
           proves
           it
           as
           plain
           as
           the
           Sun
           at
           Noon
           :
           for
           pag.
           26.
           the
           same
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           swears
           ,
           that
           on
           the
           Monday
           next
           after
           the
           murther
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           ,
           he
           received
           a
           Letter
           directed
           to
           Mr.
           Ewers
           the
           Jesuit
           ,
           being
           in
           the
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           which
           Letter
           came
           from
           London
           by
           the
           
           Saturday-nights
           Post
           ,
           the
           same
           night
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           was
           murthered
           ,
           from
           Mr.
           Harcourt
           ,
           signed
           
             W.
             H.
          
           his
           usual
           mark
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           knew
           his
           hand
           ;
           in
           which
           Letter
           these
           words
           were
           wrote
           ,
           
             This
             night
             Sir
          
           Edmundbury
           Godfry
           
             is
             dispatch'd
          
           :
           and
           that
           then
           ,
           he
           the
           Deponent
           should
           say
           to
           Ewers
           ,
           that
           very
           thing
           would
           overthrow
           their
           design
           :
           and
           this
           was
           three
           days
           before
           any
           in
           London
           (
           except
           those
           privy
           to
           the
           murther
           )
           could
           tell
           what
           was
           become
           of
           this
           Knight
           :
           so
           as
           the
           thing
           is
           plain
           Harcourt
           knew
           of
           it
           .
           Then
           to
           prove
           this
           is
           none
           of
           
           Dugdale's
           invention
           ,
           one
           Mr.
           Chetwin
           was
           sworn
           ,
           pag.
           27
           ,
           28.
           who
           says
           ,
           that
           being
           at
           that
           time
           in
           the
           Country
           near
           where
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           was
           ,
           the
           next
           day
           being
           
             Tuesday
             October
          
           the
           15.
           another
           Gentleman
           came
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           asked
           him
           if
           he
           had
           any
           news
           of
           a
           Justice
           of
           Peace
           in
           Westminster
           that
           was
           kill'd
           ,
           for
           that
           he
           had
           heard
           it
           so
           reported
           at
           one
           
           Eld's
           House
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           
             Dugdale
             .
             Chetwin
          
           replied
           he
           heard
           nothing
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           the
           next
           Saturdays
           Post
           brought
           him
           the
           news
           of
           Sir
           Edmundbury
           Godfry's
           murther
           ,
           and
           tells
           by
           good
           circumstances
           how
           he
           knew
           it
           to
           be
           that
           very
           day
           :
           and
           also
           that
           he
           was
           not
           in
           Town
           when
           the
           murtherers
           of
           Sir
           
             Edmundbury
             Godfry
          
           were
           tried
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           would
           have
           witnessed
           the
           same
           .
           This
           is
           a
           clear
           evidence
           these
           men
           knew
           of
           this
           murther
           .
        
         
           Against
           Turner
           ,
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           swears
           pag.
           30.
           that
           he
           saw
           him
           with
           others
           at
           Ewers
           his
           Chamber
           ,
           where
           they
           consulted
           together
           to
           carry
           on
           this
           design
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           agreed
           to
           all
           that
           he
           had
           sworn
           as
           to
           the
           Plot
           ;
           that
           is
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           Popery
           ,
           and
           the
           killing
           of
           the
           King.
           Then
           pag.
           30.
           
           Mr.
           Prance
           swears
           against
           Harcourt
           ,
           that
           he
           told
           him
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           when
           he
           bought
           an
           Image
           of
           the
           Virgin
           Mary
           of
           him
           ,
           to
           send
           into
           Mary-Land
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           a
           design
           of
           killing
           the
           King.
           Against
           Fenwick
           he
           swears
           pag.
           31.
           that
           he
           told
           him
           in
           Mr.
           
           Ireland's
           Chamber
           in
           
             Russel-street
             ,
             Ireland
          
           and
           Grove
           being
           by
           ,
           that
           there
           should
           be
           50000
           men
           in
           a
           readiness
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           Cause
           ,
           and
           settle
           their
           Religion
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           asked
           Fenwick
           who
           should
           govern
           them
           ,
           who
           then
           replied
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Bellasis
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           ,
           and
           the
           Lord
           Arundel
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           witness
           is
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ,
           who
           gives
           an
           account
           why
           he
           did
           not
           before
           give
           in
           his
           evidence
           against
           Whitebread
           and
           Fenwick
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           then
           finding
           out
           the
           Bribery
           of
           Reading
           ,
           in
           behalf
           of
           the
           Lords
           in
           the
           Tower.
           But
           now
           he
           positively
           swears
           pag.
           32.
           that
           he
           had
           seen
           both
           Whitebread
           and
           Fenwick
           at
           the
           Consults
           about
           this
           Plot
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           heard
           Whitebread
           tell
           Coleman
           the
           manner
           of
           sending
           the
           four
           Russians
           to
           Windsor
           to
           
           kill
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           this
           was
           in
           
           Harcourt's
           Chamber
           ;
           and
           also
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           Harcourt
           take
           the
           money
           out
           of
           a
           Cabinet
           ,
           about
           80.
           or
           100
           li.
           and
           give
           it
           the
           Messenger
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           
           Coleman's
           order
           ,
           with
           a
           Guiny
           for
           the
           Messenger
           to
           drink
           
           Coleman's
           Health
           ,
           which
           Coleman
           left
           ,
           as
           Harcourt
           himself
           said
           .
           And
           pag.
           33.
           he
           swears
           that
           Whitebread
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           Pickering
           was
           to
           have
           a
           great
           number
           of
           Masses
           ,
           and
           that
           Grove
           was
           to
           have
           1500
           li.
           for
           killing
           the
           King.
           And
           pag.
           35.
           he
           swears
           ,
           that
           Harcourt
           employed
           him
           several
           times
           to
           carry
           their
           Consults
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           received
           ,
           in
           
           Harcourt's
           presence
           ,
           Mr.
           
           Coleman's
           thanks
           for
           his
           fidelity
           ,
           and
           that
           Harcourt
           recommended
           him
           to
           the
           Lord
           Arundel
           ,
           who
           promised
           him
           great
           favour
           when
           the
           Times
           were
           turned
           .
           Also
           ,
           that
           he
           saw
           Harcourt
           give
           Sir
           
             George
             Wakeman
          
           a
           Bill
           to
           receive
           2000
           li.
           in
           part
           of
           a
           greater
           sum
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           heard
           Sir
           George
           say
           ,
           15000
           li.
           was
           a
           small
           Reward
           for
           the
           settling
           Religion
           and
           preserving
           three
           Kingdoms
           from
           Ruine
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           chief
           proofs
           which
           are
           punctually
           sworn
           to
           ,
           besides
           some
           Letters
           found
           among
           
           Harcourt's
           Papers
           that
           gave
           some
           light
           of
           this
           Design
           ,
           and
           strengthened
           the
           Evidence
           very
           much
           ,
           which
           I
           pass
           over
           .
           And
           in
           this
           Evidence
           you
           may
           observe
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           the
           Testimony
           of
           three
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Oates
             ,
             Dugdale
          
           ,
           and
           Bedlow
           ,
           against
           Whitebread
           .
           And
           likewise
           three
           quite
           blank
           against
           
             Fenwick
             ,
             viz.
             Oates
             ,
             Bedlow
          
           and
           Prance
           .
           And
           against
           Harcourt
           ,
           very
           fully
           four
           ,
           
             Oates
             ,
             Pugdale
             ,
             Bedlow
          
           and
           Prance
           .
           Against
           Gawen
           ,
           there
           is
           positively
           Dugdale
           and
           Oates
           .
           And
           against
           Turner
           two
           likewise
           ,
           Dugdale
           and
           Oates
           .
           Whereby
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           is
           plainly
           proved
           ,
           and
           the
           Evidence
           full
           and
           legal
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           denial
           of
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Now
           we
           will
           see
           what
           Defence
           these
           Learned
           men
           do
           make
           for
           themselves
           :
           and
           ,
           as
           my
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           says
           ,
           they
           defend
           their
           Lives
           as
           they
           do
           their
           Religion
           ,
           with
           weak
           Arguments
           and
           fallacious
           Reasons
           ,
           which
           take
           many
           times
           with
           the
           Ignorant
           ,
           seldom
           with
           the
           Judicious
           .
           As
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           charged
           against
           them
           ,
           they
           can
           say
           nothing
           by
           way
           of
           disproof
           ,
           excepting
           their
           stout
           Denials
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           not
           ashamed
           to
           contradict
           all
           Oaths
           ,
           how
           punctually
           soever
           sworn
           to
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Court
           to
           charge
           them
           all
           with
           Perjury
           ,
           but
           prove
           nothing
           that
           can
           truly
           invalidate
           the
           Testimony
           that
           is
           brought
           against
           them
           .
           All
           they
           endeavour
           is
           by
           way
           of
           Evasion
           ,
           and
           to
           catch
           at
           circumstances
           ,
           as
           to
           Time
           and
           Place
           :
           and
           to
           disprove
           Mr.
           Oates
           ,
           they
           came
           as
           to
           that
           prepared
           ,
           as
           they
           thought
           ,
           and
           had
           brought
           a
           small
           Regiment
           of
           young
           Lads
           ,
           well
           trained
           in
           their
           Principles
           ,
           who
           endeavour'd
           to
           have
           perswaded
           the
           Jury
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           was
           at
           S.
           Omar's
           ,
           at
           the
           time
           he
           said
           he
           was
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           that
           such
           persons
           did
           not
           come
           over
           with
           him
           as
           he
           had
           sworn
           did
           .
           But
           supposing
           they
           had
           made
           this
           Allegation
           good
           ,
           still
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           it
           depended
           upon
           the
           nice
           circumstance
           of
           Time
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           Oates
           might
           be
           mistaken
           in
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Plot
           no
           way
           invalidated
           ,
           nor
           those
           matters
           of
           Fact
           charged
           against
           them
           by
           the
           other
           Witnesses
           any
           ways
           disproved
           .
           But
           you
           shall
           hear
           their
           Defence
           ,
           and
           how
           far
           they
           could
           make
           this
           Allegation
           good
           ,
           and
           how
           well
           Mr.
           Oates
           has
           defended
           himself
           ,
           and
           then
           judge
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           thing
           that
           Whitebread
           and
           Fenwick
           Object
           is
           ,
           That
           they
           had
           come
           to
           a
           former
           Trial
           ,
           and
           therefore
           thought
           ,
           legally
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           answer
           for
           the
           same
           Fact
           ,
           pag.
           4.
           
           But
           the
           Court
           cleared
           that
           to
           them
           ,
           that
           though
           Indicted
           they
           came
           not
           upon
           their
           Trial
           ,
           and
           the
           Jury
           had
           them
           not
           in
           charge
           ,
           and
           so
           their
           Lives
           were
           not
           in
           jeopardy
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           the
           constant
           course
           of
           the
           Law
           so
           to
           do
           ,
           with
           several
           Reasons
           and
           Examples
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           there
           more
           fully
           shewn
           ,
           pag.
           5.
           and
           6.
           
           They
           then
           pleaded
           ,
           as
           the
           rest
           ,
           not
           Guilty
           .
           As
           to
           their
           Evasions
           and
           odd
           Interpretations
           of
           the
           Letters
           ,
           and
           their
           aspersions
           of
           Mr.
           Oates
           and
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           as
           insufficient
           Witnesses
           ,
           they
           are
           little
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           therefore
           I
           shall
           pass
           them
           by
           .
        
         
           The
           main
           in
           their
           Defence
           ,
           is
           their
           offering
           to
           prove
           Mr.
           Oates
           mistaken
           in
           point
           of
           Time
           ;
           for
           whereas
           he
           had
           sworn
           positively
           against
           them
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           with
           them
           at
           their
           Consult
           ,
           wherein
           they
           determined
           the
           Death
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           held
           the
           twenty
           fourth
           of
           April
           ,
           old
           Style
           ,
           in
           London
           ,
           they
           allege
           and
           endeavour
           to
           prove
           by
           at
           least
           sixteen
           Witnesses
           ,
           young
           Lads
           of
           the
           College
           or
           Seminary
           at
           S.
           Omar's
           ,
           that
           they
           saw
           Mr.
           Oates
           almost
           every
           day
           there
           in
           the
           College
           ,
           from
           December
           1677.
           to
           the
           middle
           or
           latter
           end
           of
           June
           following
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           never
           out
           of
           the
           College
           ,
           but
           that
           they
           saw
           him
           every
           day
           ,
           and
           convers'd
           and
           dined
           with
           him
           all
           that
           time
           ,
           except
           two
           days
           and
           one
           night
           he
           was
           absent
           at
           Watton
           ,
           and
           two
           or
           three
           days
           that
           he
           was
           in
           the
           Infirmary
           ,
           he
           not
           being
           well
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           of
           them
           saw
           and
           spake
           with
           him
           in
           the
           Infirmary
           ;
           and
           by
           several
           circumstances
           they
           seem
           to
           make
           all
           these
           Asseverations
           good
           .
           So
           that
           if
           this
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           can
           perswade
           the
           Jury
           to
           believe
           this
           Testimony
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           if
           no
           ways
           to
           be
           disproved
           )
           they
           have
           done
           their
           work
           ,
           as
           to
           Mr.
           Oates
           .
           And
           this
           they
           do
           pag.
           46
           ,
           47
           ,
           48
           ,
           49
           ,
           50
           ,
           51.
           and
           so
           to
           pag.
           63.
           so
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           should
           swear
           Truth
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           should
           be
           in
           London
           the
           twenty
           fourth
           of
           April
           at
           the
           Consult
           ,
           if
           what
           these
           Witnesses
           say
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           was
           never
           out
           of
           the
           College
           ,
           till
           some
           time
           in
           June
           ,
           from
           December
           before
           :
           and
           so
           his
           Testimony
           ought
           to
           be
           invalidate
           .
           Then
           ,
           whereas
           Mr.
           Oates
           had
           sworn
           he
           came
           over
           with
           Sir
           
             John
             Warner
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Tho.
             Preston
             Jesuits
          
           ,
           they
           endeavour
           to
           prove
           ,
           and
           from
           pag.
           60.
           to
           63.
           the
           Witnesses
           do
           confidently
           aver
           ,
           that
           the
           said
           persons
           were
           not
           ,
           the
           one
           from
           Liege
           ,
           the
           other
           from
           Watton
           in
           Flanders
           ,
           neither
           April
           nor
           May
           ,
           and
           so
           Mr.
           Oates
           could
           not
           come
           over
           with
           them
           to
           England
           as
           he
           had
           sworn
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           now
           see
           how
           Mr.
           Oates
           doth
           make
           good
           his
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           what
           proof
           he
           brings
           to
           contradict
           these
           Novices
           who
           came
           so
           well
           prepared
           .
           First
           by
           the
           way
           ,
           we
           must
           observe
           ,
           that
           most
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           say
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           left
           their
           College
           some
           time
           in
           June
           ,
           some
           say
           the
           tenth
           ,
           some
           at
           the
           latter
           end
           ,
           &c.
           but
           pag.
           53.
           one
           Witness
           mistakes
           his
           month
           ,
           and
           avers
           he
           is
           sure
           it
           was
           in
           July
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           went
           away
           :
           and
           being
           told
           that
           he
           differ'd
           from
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           he
           cry'd
           ,
           he
           was
           sure
           he
           was
           there
           till
           after
           the
           Consult
           in
           London
           ;
           which
           gave
           a
           great
           light
           to
           what
           point
           of
           time
           these
           Novices
           were
           instructed
           to
           speak
           to
           ,
           and
           caused
           the
           people
           to
           laugh
           ,
           to
           see
           the
           young
           man
           out
           in
           his
           part
           .
        
         
           But
           to
           let
           that
           pass
           ,
           we
           will
           see
           Mr.
           Oates
           his
           proofs
           ,
           and
           he
           brings
           at
           least
           seven
           substantial
           Witnesses
           ,
           who
           swear
           they
           saw
           him
           in
           London
           in
           April
           and
           May
           1678.
           the
           time
           they
           aver
           him
           to
           be
           at
           S.
           Omar's
           .
           Page
           80.
           
           Mr.
           Walker
           a
           Minister
           swears
           ,
           that
           in
           April
           (
           78.
           )
           he
           met
           Mr.
           Oates
           in
           S.
           Martin's
           Lane
           disguised
           in
           a
           Serge
           Coat
           and
           Gray
           Hat
           ,
           
           which
           he
           wondered
           at
           ,
           not
           knowing
           he
           was
           turn'd
           Jesuite
           :
           and
           the
           next
           morning
           he
           relates
           the
           same
           to
           one
           Mrs.
           Ives
           ,
           who
           in
           Court
           swears
           the
           same
           ,
           that
           in
           April
           the
           said
           Mr.
           Walker
           came
           to
           her
           Shop
           and
           told
           her
           ,
           that
           the
           day
           before
           he
           had
           met
           Mr.
           Oates
           at
           the
           upper
           end
           of
           
             Saint
             Martins-lane
          
           ,
           near
           
           Leicester-House
           ,
           in
           disguise
           .
           So
           that
           you
           have
           here
           one
           positive
           Witness
           ,
           and
           a
           strong
           concurrent
           Testimony
           .
           Pag.
           81.
           
           Mrs.
           Mayo
           swears
           more
           punctually
           as
           to
           point
           of
           Time
           ,
           that
           a
           week
           before
           Whitsuntide
           ,
           or
           thereabouts
           ,
           which
           was
           in
           May
           ,
           she
           saw
           Mr.
           Oates
           in
           Sir
           Richard
           Barker's
           Court-yard
           in
           London
           ,
           and
           that
           one
           of
           Sir
           
           Richard's
           men
           told
           her
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           Mr.
           Oates
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           either
           turn'd
           Quaker
           or
           Catholick
           ;
           but
           that
           she
           said
           he
           was
           no
           Quaker
           ,
           because
           he
           then
           wore
           a
           Perriwig
           :
           and
           that
           about
           a
           week
           after
           she
           saw
           him
           again
           walking
           in
           the
           Garden
           with
           another
           Gentleman
           :
           and
           swears
           this
           Mr.
           Oates
           then
           in
           Court
           was
           the
           same
           man
           she
           had
           seen
           .
           The
           other
           young
           man
           that
           the
           knew
           Mr.
           Oates
           was
           dead
           .
           Then
           pag.
           81.
           one
           Page
           swears
           that
           he
           saw
           this
           Mr.
           Oates
           in
           a
           Gray
           or
           Light-coloured
           Campaign
           Coat
           ,
           and
           discours'd
           with
           him
           at
           Sir
           Richard
           Barker's
           in
           May
           (
           78.
           )
           and
           tells
           a
           circumstance
           to
           prove
           his
           knowledge
           that
           it
           was
           in
           May.
           Then
           Sir
           
             Richard
             Barker
          
           swears
           ,
           that
           his
           Servants
           told
           him
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           was
           at
           his
           House
           about
           Whitsuntide
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           there
           in
           two
           several
           disguises
           ,
           once
           with
           short
           hair
           ,
           and
           another
           time
           with
           a
           Perriwig
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           thought
           he
           was
           turn'd
           either
           Quaker
           or
           Papist
           .
           Then
           pag.
           83.
           
           Sir
           Richard
           Barker's
           Coachman
           swears
           ,
           he
           was
           well
           acquainted
           with
           Mr.
           Oates
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           was
           at
           Sir
           
           Richard's
           House
           in
           Barbican
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           May
           (
           78.
           )
           with
           his
           hair
           cut
           close
           to
           his
           ears
           ,
           in
           Gray
           Cloaths
           and
           a
           Gray
           Coat
           ,
           and
           then
           enquired
           of
           him
           for
           D.
           Tongue
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           knew
           him
           well
           for
           three
           years
           before
           ,
           and
           is
           very
           sure
           he
           in
           Court
           was
           the
           same
           man.
           Pag.
           84.
           
           Mr.
           Smith
           ,
           Schoolmaster
           at
           Islington
           ,
           swears
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           May
           1678.
           he
           dined
           with
           him
           at
           his
           House
           in
           Islington
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           he
           remembers
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           first
           Monday
           in
           May
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           knew
           him
           well
           ,
           for
           he
           had
           been
           his
           Scholar
           at
           Merchant-Taylours
           School
           when
           he
           was
           Usher
           there
           :
           and
           that
           he
           stayed
           with
           him
           three
           or
           four
           hours
           after
           Dinner
           discoursing
           of
           his
           Travels
           .
           Then
           Mr.
           Clay
           swears
           ,
           pag.
           84.
           and
           85.
           that
           he
           met
           Mr.
           Oates
           in
           April
           and
           afterwards
           in
           May
           (
           78.
           )
           at
           Mr.
           
           Howard's
           ,
           who
           lived
           in
           one
           Corner
           of
           
           Arundel-House
           ,
           and
           that
           this
           was
           the
           same
           man
           he
           saw
           there
           :
           and
           this
           Mr.
           Clay
           ,
           who
           testified
           this
           ,
           is
           a
           
             Roman
             Catholick
          
           ;
           so
           that
           they
           are
           not
           all
           Protestants
           that
           he
           brings
           to
           annul
           their
           Evidence
           ,
           but
           one
           of
           their
           own
           Religion
           ,
           who
           durst
           speak
           Truth
           .
           And
           now
           let
           all
           the
           world
           judge
           ,
           whether
           the
           Jury
           had
           any
           reason
           to
           think
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           his
           Evidence
           was
           any
           ways
           weakened
           by
           all
           that
           those
           Novices
           had
           averr'd
           ,
           knowing
           that
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           allows
           in
           no
           case
           of
           telling
           a
           lie
           ,
           much
           less
           of
           swearing
           falsely
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           their
           averring
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             Jo.
             Warner
          
           and
           Sir
           
             Tho.
             Preston
          
           were
           at
           their
           several
           places
           of
           residence
           all
           April
           and
           May
           ,
           and
           so
           could
           not
           come
           over
           with
           Mr.
           Oates
           to
           England
           ,
           as
           he
           had
           sworn
           ,
           Mr.
           Oates
           not
           knowing
           of
           what
           they
           would
           have
           insisted
           on
           ,
           was
           not
           prepared
           with
           Witnesses
           to
           back
           that
           Testimony
           :
           but
           it
           being
           a
           matter
           of
           little
           or
           no
           consequence
           ,
           and
           they
           failing
           of
           making
           good
           the
           more
           substantial
           part
           of
           their
           Defence
           ,
           we
           may
           well
           believe
           they
           also
           made
           a
           false
           Report
           in
           this
           latter
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           former
           .
        
         
           Then
           Mr.
           
             Gawen
             pag.
          
           63.
           undertakes
           also
           to
           prove
           that
           he
           was
           in
           the
           Country
           in
           Staffordshire
           all
           
             April
             ,
             June
          
           and
           July
           ,
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Consult
           ,
           and
           the
           time
           that
           Mr.
           Oates
           had
           sworn
           he
           saw
           his
           hand
           to
           the
           Consult
           :
           and
           for
           this
           he
           brings
           several
           Witnesses
           from
           pag.
           63.
           to
           69.
           
           But
           ,
           whoever
           considers
           well
           what
           the
           Evidence
           says
           there
           in
           the
           Prisoners
           behalf
           ,
           will
           find
           ,
           that
           these
           Witnesses
           were
           not
           so
           confident
           as
           those
           from
           S.
           Omar's
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           speak
           so
           mincingly
           and
           give
           so
           weak
           Reasons
           ,
           that
           in
           truth
           it
           appears
           not
           by
           what
           they
           say
           ,
           but
           that
           Mr.
           Gawen
           might
           step
           up
           to
           London
           ,
           and
           sign
           this
           Consult
           in
           few
           days
           ,
           without
           their
           knowledge
           ;
           for
           they
           cannot
           but
           say
           ,
           he
           was
           sometimes
           at
           the
           Lord
           
           Aston's
           :
           but
           pag.
           65.
           
           Mrs.
           Winford
           says
           ,
           she
           knows
           he
           could
           not
           go
           to
           London
           ,
           because
           he
           had
           not
           his
           Linnen
           with
           him
           :
           and
           this
           is
           all
           the
           reason
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           very
           weak
           one
           .
           To
           this
           Mr.
           Oates
           swears
           again
           ,
           pag.
           67.
           that
           he
           saw
           him
           in
           London
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           beginning
           or
           middle
           of
           July
           :
           then
           Mr.
           Gawen
           brings
           several
           Witnesses
           pag.
           68.
           and
           69.
           that
           indeed
           prove
           he
           was
           not
           in
           London
           ,
           but
           at
           Wolverhampton
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           July
           ,
           but
           as
           to
           the
           beginning
           or
           middle
           of
           the
           Month
           ,
           none
           of
           them
           can
           speak
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           thing
           is
           plain
           he
           doth
           not
           contradict
           Mr.
           Oates
           his
           Testimony
           ,
           for
           he
           might
           be
           in
           the
           Country
           all
           the
           time
           his
           Witnesses
           aver
           ,
           and
           yet
           be
           in
           London
           at
           the
           time
           Mr.
           Oates
           had
           sworn
           .
        
         
           Then
           pag.
           69.
           
           Mr.
           Whitebread
           offers
           Witnesses
           to
           prove
           that
           D.
           Oates
           had
           sworn
           an
           untruth
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           was
           not
           
             probus
             Testis
          
           a
           credible
           Witness
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           had
           sworn
           Mr.
           Ireland
           was
           in
           London
           the
           middle
           of
           August
           and
           beginning
           of
           September
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           prove
           was
           false
           :
           but
           the
           Court
           let
           him
           know
           ,
           that
           having
           already
           received
           a
           Verdict
           it
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           heard
           again
           :
           yet
           pag.
           71.
           they
           were
           so
           favourable
           as
           to
           hear
           his
           Witnesses
           ,
           though
           to
           that
           point
           ;
           and
           72
           ,
           73.
           to
           76.
           some
           Witnesses
           that
           were
           not
           at
           
           Ireland's
           Tryal
           do
           aver
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Ireland
           was
           in
           Staffordshire
           from
           the
           fourth
           to
           the
           twenty
           sixth
           of
           August
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           could
           not
           be
           true
           what
           Mr.
           Oates
           had
           sworn
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           in
           London
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           August
           .
           Against
           this
           Evidence
           you
           have
           not
           onely
           D.
           Oates
           his
           Testimony
           upon
           his
           Oath
           ,
           but
           also
           
             Sarah
             Pain
             pag.
          
           78.
           and
           79.
           appeared
           in
           Court
           ,
           who
           there
           gave
           in
           the
           same
           Evidence
           she
           had
           done
           in
           the
           former
           Tryal
           of
           Mr.
           Ireland
           ,
           that
           she
           saw
           Mr.
           Ireland
           going
           into
           Mr.
           Groves
           his
           House
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           made
           a
           Curtisie
           to
           him
           ,
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           August
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           time
           that
           D.
           Oates
           charges
           him
           to
           be
           in
           Town
           .
           So
           that
           you
           have
           two
           Witnesses
           on
           Oath
           ,
           that
           contradict
           those
           brought
           by
           the
           Prisoners
           .
        
         
           But
           since
           they
           have
           made
           a
           great
           talk
           of
           this
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           have
           said
           that
           they
           had
           several
           Witnesses
           against
           two
           ,
           one
           of
           them
           being
           their
           Accuser
           ,
           and
           that
           some
           have
           thought
           this
           point
           not
           sufficiently
           cleared
           ,
           I
           have
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           the
           world
           here
           published
           what
           hath
           since
           come
           to
           my
           hands
           ,
           and
           not
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Tryals
           of
           these
           persons
           known
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           very
           great
           confirmation
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           D.
           Oates
           his
           Testimony
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           will
           give
           much
           satisfaction
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           A
           Letter
           from
           Mr.
           Jennison
           ,
           a
           Papist
           ,
           touching
           Mr.
           
           Ireland's
           being
           in
           London
           in
           August
           1678.
           which
           more
           clearly
           proves
           ,
           that
           what
           he
           asserted
           at
           his
           Tryal
           ,
           and
           not
           onely
           there
           ,
           but
           in
           
             Articulo
             mortis
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Gallows
           ,
           and
           what
           his
           Party
           affirmed
           in
           Court
           and
           offer'd
           to
           swear
           ,
           (
           that
           he
           was
           in
           Staffordshire
           and
           out
           of
           London
           from
           the
           fifth
           of
           August
           (
           78
           )
           to
           the
           seventh
           of
           September
           following
           ,
           )
           is
           a
           great
           untruth
           :
           which
           is
           a
           material
           strengthening
           to
           the
           Evidence
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           confirmation
           of
           Mr.
           Oates
           his
           Testimony
           .
           Which
           did
           come
           to
           light
           since
           the
           death
           of
           Mr.
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           is
           now
           published
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           those
           who
           might
           any
           ways
           doubt
           thereof
           ,
           and
           think
           that
           the
           King's
           Evidence
           was
           not
           full
           therein
           .
        
         
           
             READING
             
               Decemb.
               19.
               1678.
               
            
          
           
             Dear
             Sir
             ,
          
        
         
           
             YOurs
             I
             had
             bearing
             date
             the
             fifteenth
             of
             this
             Instant
             ,
             and
             have
             not
             missed
             a
             Post
             I
             could
             send
             to
             you
             by
             .
             I
             am
             not
             ignorant
             of
             the
             offer
             made
             by
             his
             Majestie
             's
             Proclamation
             ,
             and
             lay
             hold
             of
             nothing
             but
             pardon
             for
             concealing
             what
             circumstances
             I
             have
             known
             so
             long
             :
             yet
             did
             not
             altogether
             conceal
             it
             neither
             ,
             for
             I
             told
             my
             Cousin
          
           Smith
           
             of
             it
             within
             two
             or
             three
             days
             ,
             of
             the
             breaking
             out
             of
             this
             damnable
             Conspiracy
             ,
             which
             how
             much
             it
             weighs
             I
             am
             not
             sit
             to
             judge
             .
             The
             speaking
             of
             Truth
             is
             an
             Action
             that
             rewards
             it self
             ;
             and
             I
             would
             not
             ,
             were
             it
             to
             gain
             a
             million
             ,
             nay
             a
             million
             of
             worlds
             if
             possible
             ,
             draw
             the
             least
             drop
             of
             Innocent
             bloud
             upon
             me
             ,
             for
             I
             know
             it
             is
             a
             crying
             sin
             ,
             therefore
             I
             pray
             God
             avert
             it
             from
             me
             .
             All
             that
             I
             can
             tell
             you
             ,
             as
             I
             hope
             for
             forgiveness
             of
             my
             sins
             ,
             and
             eternal
             Salvation
             ,
             is
             (
             if
             you
             will
             distinguish
             betwixt
             the
             times
             )
             what
             follows
             .
             Being
             come
             from
          
           Windsor
           ,
           
             where
             I
             promised
             my self
             the
             happiness
             and
             satisfaction
             of
             seeing
             you
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             take
             my
             leave
             before
             my
             Journey
             for
             the
          
           North
           ,
           
             which
             ,
             to
             the
             best
             of
             my
             memory
             ,
             was
             about
             the
             latter
             end
             of
          
           August
           ,
           
             I
             went
             to
             do
             the
             same
             to
             Mr.
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             whom
             then
             (
             with
             all
             the
             rest
             )
             I
             did
             believe
             a
             man
             of
             the
             best
             conversation
             and
             life
             in
             the
             world
             ;
             for
             you
             know
             the
             Law
             does
             presume
             every
             man
             good
             ,
             unless
             he
             be
             proved
             otherwise
             .
             After
             my
             salute
             ,
             and
             I
             had
             told
             him
             I
             had
             been
             at
          
           Windsor
           ,
           
             his
             Interragatory
             or
             Question
             was
             ,
             What
             News
             ?
             My
             return
             was
             the
             usual
             ,
             No
             News
             but
             good
             .
             Then
             he
             proceeded
             to
             ask
             me
             (
             to
             the
             best
             of
             my
             memory
             )
             How
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             and
             the
             Court
             diverted
             .
             I
             replyed
             ,
             that
             I
             heard
             his
             Majesty
             took
             much
             delight
             in
             Hawking
             and
             Fishing
             ,
             but
             chiefly
             in
             the
             latter
             ,
             which
             his
             Majesty
             followed
             early
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             as
             I
             heard
             ,
             accompanied
             onely
             with
             two
             or
             three
             Lords
             ,
             or
             other
             Attendants
             .
             I
             wonder
             ,
             says
             Mr.
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             why
             his
             Majesty
             should
             be
             so
             thin
             guarded
             ,
             he
             were
             easily
             taken
             off
             ,
             or
             removed
             ;
             or
             some
             words
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             so
             sounding
             .
             God
             forbid
             ,
             I
             returned
             .
             No
             ,
             subjoyns
             he
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             say
             it
             is
             lawfull
             ;
             and
             something
             else
             which
             I
             cannot
             call
             to
             mind
             ,
             that
             did
             qualifie
             the
             former
             words
             ,
             that
             I
             did
             then
             think
             his
             meaning
             was
             ,
             he
             was
             sorry
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             should
             go
             so
             weakly
             guarded
             .
             I
             then
             took
             it
             by
             that
             handle
             ,
             having
             no
             other
             reason
             ,
             for
             I
             did
             believe
             him
             a
             Saint
             ,
             never
             hearing
             him
             or
             any
             of
             them
             ,
             as
             I
             hope
             for
             everlasting
             life
             ,
             defend
             or
             maintain
             in
             the
             least
             that
             damnable
             Doctrine
             of
             Deposing
             Kings
             :
             but
             now
             I
             know
             that
             passage
             may
             be
             taken
             by
             the
             other
             handle
             ,
             and
             I
             'm
             not
             fit
             to
             judge
             how
             far
             ;
             yet
             you
             know
             words
             are
             to
             be
             taken
             in
             the
             milder
             sense
             ,
             unless
             they
             be
             positive
             ,
             which
             these
             with
             their
             qualification
             that
             followed
             ,
             and
             the
             time
             they
             were
             spoke
             in
             ,
             I
             humbly
             conceive
             ,
             with
             submission
             to
             better
             judgments
             ,
             were
             not
             ;
             for
             if
             I
             had
             believed
             they
             were
             ,
             they
             should
             have
             seen
             light
             sooner
             .
             I
             suppose
             there
             is
             clearer
             Evidence
             then
             this
             from
             Mr.
          
           Oates
           ,
           
             that
             better
             knew
             him
             then
             I.
             
          
        
         
           Taken
           from
           the
           Original
           Letter
           ,
           
           
             June
             21.
             
             (
             79.
             )
          
           
             Robert
             Jennison
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Some
           Observations
           or
           Remarks
           upon
           the
           foregoing
           Letter
           .
        
         
           FIrst
           ,
           the
           words
           spoken
           by
           Mr.
           Ireland
           to
           Mr.
           Jennison
           ,
           though
           then
           with
           a
           Plain-meaning
           man
           ,
           and
           one
           ignorant
           of
           their
           Plot
           ,
           though
           a
           Papist
           ,
           they
           might
           receive
           that
           candid
           interpretation
           he
           put
           upon
           them
           ;
           yet
           since
           it
           hath
           been
           made
           known
           ,
           we
           may
           very
           well
           have
           a
           suspicion
           that
           Mr.
           Ireland
           made
           those
           Queries
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           horrid
           Design
           of
           murthering
           the
           King
           ,
           which
           they
           then
           expected
           to
           be
           effected
           by
           the
           four
           Ruffians
           ,
           which
           made
           Ireland
           say
           ,
           hearing
           how
           slenderly
           he
           was
           guarded
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           then
           be
           easily
           taken
           off
           .
        
         
           But
           not
           to
           strain
           words
           against
           a
           man
           ,
           when
           such
           positive
           proofs
           have
           been
           brought
           to
           condemn
           him
           ,
           we
           bring
           not
           here
           this
           Letter
           so
           much
           to
           prove
           the
           Plot
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           a
           very
           strong
           concurrent
           Evidence
           against
           Mr.
           Ireland
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           being
           in
           London
           in
           August
           ,
           which
           he
           denied
           ,
           and
           his
           Evidence
           seemed
           to
           make
           good
           :
           and
           therefore
           as
           to
           that
           I
           desire
           you
           will
           consider
           ,
        
         
           That
           the
           King
           went
           to
           Windsor
           the
           thirteenth
           or
           fourteenth
           of
           August
           (
           78
           )
           as
           is
           proved
           by
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Southwell
          
           and
           by
           Sir
           
             Tho.
             Dolman
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Trials
           ;
           it
           was
           indeed
           the
           fourteenth
           .
        
         
           That
           Mr.
           Jennison
           in
           his
           Letter
           writes
           thus
           ,
           Being
           come
           from
           Windsor
           ,
           I
           went
           to
           take
           my
           leave
           of
           Mr.
           Ireland
           ,
           before
           I
           took
           my
           Journey
           into
           the
           North
           :
           and
           Mr.
           Ireland
           asked
           ,
           What
           news
           from
           Windsor
           ?
           How
           does
           the
           King
           pass
           his
           time
           ,
           
             &
             c
          
           ?
           which
           notoriously
           proves
           that
           his
           discourse
           with
           Ireland
           was
           ,
           when
           the
           King
           was
           at
           Windsor
           ,
           and
           after
           Mr.
           Jennison
           came
           from
           thence
           ,
           and
           before
           he
           went
           into
           the
           North
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           betwixt
           the
           nineteenth
           of
           August
           and
           the
           fourth
           of
           September
           ,
           and
           implies
           that
           it
           was
           immediately
           after
           his
           coming
           from
           
           Windsor
           by
           the
           Question
           ,
           What
           news
           from
           thence
           ?
           And
           it
           is
           the
           more
           likely
           that
           it
           was
           immediately
           after
           ,
           because
           Mr.
           Jennison
           himself
           says
           ,
           he
           is
           sure
           it
           was
           a
           good
           while
           before
           he
           went
           into
           the
           North.
           
        
         
           That
           this
           time
           nearly
           agrees
           with
           Sarah
           Pain
           's
           Testimony
           at
           
           Ireland's
           Trial.
           See
           the
           Trial
           ,
           fol.
           57.
           
        
         
           That
           Ireland
           was
           try'd
           the
           seventeenth
           of
           December
           (
           78.
           )
           and
           Mr.
           
           Jennison's
           Letter
           was
           writ
           from
           Reading
           in
           Berks
           (
           whither
           he
           was
           gone
           in
           obedience
           to
           the
           Proclamation
           ,
           being
           a
           Papist
           then
           ,
           but
           has
           since
           Conform'd
           )
           the
           nineteenth
           following
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           could
           not
           then
           have
           any
           knowledge
           of
           that
           Trial
           ,
           or
           of
           what
           Ireland
           had
           insisted
           upon
           .
        
         
           That
           when
           Mr.
           Jennison
           wrote
           this
           Letter
           ,
           he
           was
           under
           an
           apprehension
           that
           he
           had
           offended
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           danger
           for
           having
           concealed
           
           Ireland's
           discourse
           ,
           of
           the
           easiness
           of
           taking
           off
           the
           King
           at
           Windsor
           ,
           which
           seems
           to
           be
           the
           main
           occasion
           of
           his
           writing
           that
           Letter
           to
           his
           Friend
           in
           nature
           of
           a
           Confession
           .
        
         
           I
           need
           say
           no
           more
           ,
           for
           I
           question
           not
           but
           that
           all
           the
           world
           will
           say
           this
           is
           a
           very
           great
           concurrent
           Testimony
           and
           strengthening
           to
           the
           King's
           Evidence
           ,
           as
           to
           that
           point
           of
           Mr.
           
           Ireland's
           being
           in
           London
           ,
           notwithstanding
           what
           the
           Staffordshire
           Witnesses
           had
           said
           in
           the
           Prisoner's
           behalf
           .
           And
           as
           to
           the
           verity
           of
           this
           you
           may
           be
           easily
           informed
           ,
           Mr.
           Jennison
           being
           a
           known
           person
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           credit
           and
           reputation
           .
        
         
           Then
           pag.
           87.
           
           Mr.
           Gawen
           starts
           a
           point
           of
           Law
           ,
           whether
           as
           to
           himself
           he
           may
           be
           legally
           condemned
           for
           Treason
           ,
           being
           accused
           for
           one
           thing
           in
           Staffordshire
           ,
           and
           for
           another
           thing
           in
           London
           ,
           so
           that
           there
           is
           but
           one
           Witness
           to
           either
           .
           But
           the
           Court
           cleared
           this
           point
           to
           him
           by
           Sir
           
             Hen.
             Vanes
          
           Case
           ,
           and
           pag.
           88.
           told
           him
           that
           the
           Law
           was
           settled
           therein
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           two
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           Witnesses
           to
           two
           several
           acts
           done
           ,
           in
           two
           several
           places
           ,
           yet
           it
           was
           to
           the
           same
           Treason
           .
           For
           Dugdale
           swears
           to
           his
           killing
           the
           King
           ,
           altering
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           bringing
           in
           of
           Popery
           ;
           and
           Oates
           swears
           he
           saw
           his
           hand
           to
           the
           Consult
           ,
           which
           was
           for
           the
           same
           Treason
           ,
           viz.
           for
           the
           Murther
           of
           the
           King
           ,
           raising
           an
           Army
           ,
           and
           the
           bringing
           in
           of
           Popery
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           same
           Treason
           :
           so
           that
           it
           was
           plain
           there
           were
           two
           Witnesses
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           his
           Plea
           not
           to
           be
           admitted
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           whole
           substance
           of
           their
           Defence
           and
           what
           they
           have
           to
           say
           for
           themselves
           .
           I
           need
           not
           use
           any
           Arguments
           to
           shew
           the
           weakness
           of
           it
           ,
           't
           is
           obvious
           to
           all
           that
           reade
           or
           hear
           their
           Trials
           .
           And
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           which
           is
           so
           punctually
           sworn
           against
           them
           ,
           they
           can
           say
           nothing
           ,
           but
           onely
           their
           own
           constant
           denials
           of
           their
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           asseverations
           of
           their
           Innocency
           :
           but
           how
           far
           that
           will
           prevail
           with
           impartial
           men
           ,
           I
           shall
           leave
           themselves
           to
           judge
           :
           but
           I
           am
           sure
           there
           were
           twelve
           men
           of
           one
           mind
           ,
           that
           thought
           them
           guilty
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           confident
           that
           there
           are
           twelve
           thousand
           of
           the
           same
           opinion
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           those
           who
           say
           to
           the
           contrary
           ,
           must
           speak
           it
           out
           of
           Ignorance
           or
           Prejudice
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           proofs
           against
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           them
           very
           home
           and
           positive
           :
           and
           first
           pag.
           6.
           and
           7.
           
           Mr.
           Dugdale
           is
           brought
           to
           prove
           the
           Plot
           in
           general
           ,
           which
           he
           again
           swears
           to
           as
           to
           their
           several
           Consultations
           and
           design
           of
           murthering
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           massacring
           the
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           bringing
           in
           of
           Popery
           :
           to
           which
           also
           Mr.
           Prance
           concurs
           .
           Then
           as
           to
           the
           particular
           Charge
           against
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           ,
           Dr.
           Oates
           swears
           pag.
           10.
           that
           he
           carried
           several
           Letters
           from
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           to
           persons
           beyond
           the
           Seas
           ,
           in
           one
           of
           which
           he
           saw
           under
           his
           own
           hand
           ,
           
             That
             now
             they
             had
             a
             fair
             opportunity
             to
             begin
             and
             give
             the
             blow
             ,
          
           with
           many
           other
           expressions
           plain
           enough
           concerning
           the
           Plot
           ;
           and
           these
           he
           saw
           signed
           
             Richard
             Langhorn
          
           :
           and
           then
           he
           farther
           swears
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           Orders
           from
           the
           Provincial
           to
           give
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           an
           account
           of
           the
           Resolutions
           and
           passages
           that
           were
           form'd
           and
           done
           at
           this
           Consult
           of
           the
           twenty
           fourth
           of
           April
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           gave
           him
           an
           account
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Resolution
           of
           killing
           the
           King
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           said
           Langhorn
           lift
           up
           his
           hands
           and
           eyes
           ,
           and
           pray'd
           to
           God
           to
           give
           to
           it
           a
           good
           success
           .
           Then
           pag.
           11.
           he
           swears
           he
           saw
           in
           his
           Chamber
           ,
           in
           the
           Inner-Temple
           ,
           lying
           on
           the
           side
           of
           his
           Desk
           ,
           certain
           Commissions
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           heard
           to
           have
           been
           sent
           over
           to
           him
           for
           several
           persons
           in
           England
           ,
           which
           they
           called
           Patents
           ;
           and
           that
           upon
           Dr.
           Oates
           his
           desire
           to
           see
           them
           ,
           he
           permitted
           him
           to
           peruse
           several
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           ,
           and
           there
           saw
           one
           Commission
           to
           the
           Lord
           Arundel
           of
           Wardour
           ,
           and
           another
           to
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           ,
           the
           one
           to
           be
           
             Lord
             High
             Chancellour
          
           ,
           the
           other
           to
           be
           
             Lord
             High
             Treasurer
             of
             England
          
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Lord
           Bellasis
           to
           be
           General
           ,
           to
           the
           Lord
           Peters
           to
           be
           Lieutenant-General
           ,
           and
           one
           for
           Mr.
           Coleman
           to
           be
           
             Secretary
             of
             State
          
           ,
           and
           for
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           himself
           to
           be
           
             Advocate
             of
             the
             Army
          
           :
           and
           that
           these
           were
           signed
           
             Johannes
             Paulus
             de
             Oliva
          
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           a
           Brief
           granted
           by
           the
           Pope
           .
           These
           Commissions
           were
           signed
           with
           the
           Jesuits
           mark
           .
           And
           that
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           told
           him
           he
           had
           sent
           one
           of
           these
           Commissions
           by
           his
           Son
           ,
           to
           be
           delivered
           to
           the
           Lord
           Arundel
           of
           
           Wardour's
           Son
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           was
           delivered
           .
           And
           pag.
           13.
           he
           swears
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           being
           employed
           as
           Solicitour
           for
           several
           of
           the
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Society
           ,
           that
           upon
           his
           solicitation
           of
           the
           Benedictine
           Monks
           ,
           they
           had
           promised
           him
           6000
           li.
           for
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           the
           Cause
           ,
           and
           that
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           promised
           in
           his
           hearing
           ,
           to
           do
           his
           utmost
           for
           the
           procuring
           the
           said
           money
           .
           And
           also
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           much
           disgusted
           with
           Sir
           
             George
             Wakeman
          
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           not
           contented
           with
           10000
           li.
           to
           poison
           the
           King
           :
           and
           pag.
           14.
           he
           swears
           that
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           call'd
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             George
             Wakeman
          
           a
           covetous
           man
           ,
           and
           that
           since
           it
           was
           a
           publick
           concern
           ,
           it
           was
           no
           matter
           if
           he
           had
           done
           it
           for
           nothing
           ,
           but
           that
           he
           was
           a
           narrow-spirited
           and
           narrow-soul'd
           Physician
           .
           Then
           an
           Instrument
           being
           produced
           in
           Court
           ,
           signed
           by
           
             Paulus
             de
             Oliva
          
           ,
           Mr.
           Oates
           swore
           that
           the
           Commissions
           he
           saw
           were
           signed
           by
           the
           same
           hand
           ,
           and
           had
           all
           the
           same
           mark
           :
           but
           they
           were
           all
           convey'd
           away
           ,
           and
           this
           being
           onely
           concerning
           an
           Ecclesiastical
           business
           was
           left
           ;
           however
           ,
           this
           shews
           he
           used
           to
           receive
           Patents
           from
           ,
           and
           had
           Commerce
           with
           the
           Superiour
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           in
           Rome
           .
           And
           this
           was
           found
           in
           Mr.
           
           Langhorn's
           Chamber
           a
           long
           time
           after
           Mr.
           Oates
           had
           given
           in
           his
           Testimony
           .
        
         
           Then
           pag.
           19.
           
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           swears
           ,
           he
           went
           with
           Mr.
           Coleman
           to
           Mr.
           
           Langhorn's
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           there
           Mr.
           Coleman
           gave
           him
           his
           Letters
           to
           
             Le
             Chese
          
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Pope's
           Nuntio
           ,
           and
           to
           others
           ,
           open
           ,
           to
           reade
           ,
           and
           to
           register
           in
           a
           Book
           by
           him
           kept
           for
           that
           purpose
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           saw
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           reade
           these
           Letters
           ,
           which
           were
           concerning
           
           the
           design
           they
           had
           in
           hand
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           registred
           them
           in
           a
           Book
           in
           his
           Closet
           ,
           whilst
           he
           and
           Mr.
           Coleman
           walked
           in
           the
           outer
           Room
           ,
           and
           that
           afterwards
           Coleman
           sealed
           up
           these
           Letters
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           to
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ,
           who
           was
           to
           carry
           them
           to
           
             Le
             Chese
          
           ,
           the
           King
           of
           France
           his
           Confessour
           ;
           and
           that
           some
           of
           the
           expressions
           in
           those
           Letters
           were
           ,
           
             That
             all
             things
             were
             now
             in
             a
             readiness
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             onely
             wanted
             money
             :
             That
             the
             Catholicks
             were
             now
             in
             safety
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             places
             and
             offices
             had
             been
             disposed
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             the
             Garrisons
             were
             already
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             or
             would
             be
             put
             into
             their
             hands
             suddenly
             :
             And
             that
             now
             they
             had
             a
             fair
             opportunity
             ,
             having
             a
             King
             so
             easy
             to
             believe
             what
             was
             dictated
             to
             him
             by
             their
             party
             ;
             and
             that
             if
             they
             mist
             the
             opportunity
             ,
             they
             might
             despair
             of
             ever
             introducing
             Popery
             into
          
           England
           .
           This
           was
           the
           effect
           of
           most
           of
           the
           Letters
           ,
           and
           with
           them
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           was
           made
           acquainted
           ,
           and
           register'd
           them
           in
           a
           Book
           .
           Pag.
           20.
           he
           swears
           he
           brought
           Letters
           from
           Harcourt
           to
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           to
           be
           register'd
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           receiv'd
           ,
           and
           register'd
           accordingly
           ;
           for
           he
           wrote
           by
           him
           to
           Harcourt
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           receiv'd
           the
           Letters
           by
           Mr.
           Williams
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           the
           name
           that
           Bedlow
           then
           went
           by
           )
           and
           that
           he
           would
           transcribe
           them
           ,
           and
           return
           them
           to
           him
           again
           .
           Now
           these
           Letters
           were
           one
           of
           them
           declared
           to
           be
           from
           the
           Rectour
           of
           the
           Irish
           Colledge
           at
           Salamanca
           ,
           which
           specified
           that
           the
           Lord
           Bellasts
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Lords
           concerned
           ,
           and
           the
           whole
           party
           should
           be
           in
           a
           readiness
           ;
           and
           to
           have
           it
           communicated
           with
           all
           expedition
           :
           for
           that
           they
           had
           sent
           some
           Irish
           Cashier'd
           Souldiers
           ,
           with
           many
           other
           Lay-Brothers
           ,
           under
           the
           notion
           of
           Pilgrims
           for
           
             S.
             Jago
          
           ,
           who
           were
           to
           take
           shipping
           at
           the
           Groin
           ,
           and
           to
           land
           at
           Milford-Haven
           in
           Wales
           ,
           and
           there
           to
           meet
           and
           join
           with
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           .
           The
           other
           Letter
           was
           from
           Sir
           
             William
             Godolphin
          
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           had
           brought
           out
           of
           Spain
           ,
           directed
           to
           the
           Lord
           Bellasis
           ,
           which
           was
           about
           the
           same
           design
           ,
           and
           was
           also
           register'd
           by
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           in
           a
           Book
           which
           he
           saw
           near
           3
           inches
           thick
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           guesses
           two
           thirds
           of
           the
           Book
           might
           be
           wrote
           out
           .
        
         
           Now
           by
           this
           judge
           you
           whether
           the
           Indictment
           of
           High
           Treason
           be
           not
           proved
           against
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           ,
           and
           whether
           he
           be
           not
           guilty
           of
           this
           Treason
           and
           Conspiracy
           of
           bringing
           in
           Popery
           ,
           of
           levying
           War
           ,
           and
           killing
           the
           King
           ,
           by
           two
           several
           witnesses
           ,
           who
           have
           so
           positively
           sworn
           it
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           defence
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           makes
           for
           himself
           ,
           is
           no
           other
           then
           what
           his
           Brethren
           in
           Iniquity
           had
           done
           before
           him
           ,
           to
           deny
           the
           fact
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavour
           to
           invalidate
           the
           credit
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           ,
           by
           intrapping
           them
           in
           point
           of
           time
           and
           place
           .
           And
           to
           this
           end
           pag.
           14
           ,
           15
           ,
           16
           ,
           &c.
           he
           asks
           Mr.
           Oates
           many
           questions
           little
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           and
           onely
           to
           amuse
           the
           Auditours
           .
           Then
           pag.
           27.
           he
           would
           make
           Mr.
           Oates
           an
           Approver
           ,
           as
           having
           been
           pardoned
           for
           the
           same
           Crime
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           witnesses
           had
           received
           rewards
           and
           gratifications
           for
           swearing
           against
           them
           :
           thus
           making
           no
           defence
           as
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           onely
           endeavouring
           to
           support
           themselves
           upon
           the
           incompetency
           of
           the
           Witnesses
           .
           But
           all
           these
           objections
           or
           cavillings
           were
           well
           answered
           by
           my
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           ,
           who
           let
           him
           know
           ,
           that
           unless
           he
           could
           prove
           any
           reward
           to
           be
           given
           by
           contract
           or
           subornation
           ,
           it
           could
           not
           make
           an
           objection
           if
           there
           were
           any
           given
           ,
           for
           that
           allowance
           or
           sustenance
           was
           usually
           given
           of
           old
           to
           Approvers
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           The
           next
           thing
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           endeavours
           ,
           is
           to
           invalidate
           Mr.
           Oates
           his
           testimony
           ,
           by
           making
           him
           to
           be
           forsworn
           in
           point
           of
           time
           ;
           and
           he
           brings
           the
           same
           witnesses
           from
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           ,
           as
           were
           brought
           in
           the
           behalf
           of
           the
           five
           Jesuits
           the
           day
           before
           ,
           to
           prove
           he
           was
           at
           
             S.
             Omars
             April
          
           and
           May
           ,
           and
           so
           could
           not
           be
           in
           London
           ;
           and
           they
           being
           the
           same
           evidence
           ,
           and
           swearing
           to
           the
           same
           point
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           repeat
           them
           :
           onely
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           one
           of
           them
           pag.
           33.
           being
           asked
           how
           he
           came
           to
           take
           more
           notice
           of
           Mr.
           Oates
           being
           at
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           all
           April
           and
           May
           ,
           and
           not
           in
           June
           and
           July
           as
           well
           ,
           answers
           plainly
           ,
           (
           not
           being
           well
           instructed
           ,
           or
           more
           simple
           then
           the
           rest
           )
           that
           it
           was
           because
           the
           question
           he
           came
           for
           did
           not
           fall
           upon
           that
           time
           ,
           which
           still
           gives
           more
           light
           to
           the
           suspicion
           ,
           that
           they
           came
           with
           their
           Lessons
           in
           their
           mouths
           to
           save
           the
           Lives
           of
           these
           men
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           speak
           truth
           .
           But
           to
           confront
           these
           witnesses
           ,
           Mr.
           Oates
           produced
           in
           Court
           the
           same
           that
           had
           the
           day
           before
           sworn
           they
           had
           seen
           him
           in
           London
           both
           in
           April
           and
           May
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           sufficiently
           clear'd
           his
           testimony
           by
           7
           Witnesses
           .
        
         
           Then
           pag.
           46.
           
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           produces
           the
           Woman
           that
           kept
           the
           White-horse
           Tavern
           ,
           where
           Mr.
           Oates
           had
           said
           the
           Consult
           was
           held
           ,
           and
           she
           averrs
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Room
           in
           her
           House
           would
           hold
           above
           a
           dozen
           ,
           and
           that
           therefore
           there
           could
           not
           meet
           50
           or
           18
           or
           20
           persons
           there
           at
           a
           time
           .
           To
           answer
           this
           three
           several
           Witnesses
           strangers
           stood
           up
           in
           Court
           ,
           and
           being
           sworn
           attested
           ,
           the
           first
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           sixteen
           to
           Dine
           often
           in
           one
           Room
           of
           that
           House
           :
           the
           second
           ,
           that
           he
           knew
           two
           Rooms
           ,
           one
           backward
           ,
           the
           other
           forward
           ,
           where
           thirty
           might
           Dine
           at
           a
           time
           :
           and
           the
           third
           ,
           that
           at
           a
           Wedding
           he
           knew
           of
           above
           twenty
           that
           Dined
           together
           in
           one
           Room
           next
           the
           Street
           .
           So
           that
           this
           Evidence
           did
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           no
           kindness
           :
           for
           she
           that
           was
           so
           peremptory
           in
           this
           falshood
           ,
           might
           give
           a
           suspicion
           that
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           witnesses
           might
           be
           false
           in
           their
           averrments
           .
        
         
           Then
           pag.
           57.
           
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           goes
           about
           to
           prove
           by
           several
           witnesses
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             Tho.
             Preston
          
           ,
           Mr.
           Poole
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             John
             Warner
          
           did
           not
           come
           over
           with
           Mr.
           Oates
           as
           he
           had
           attested
           ,
           and
           this
           rests
           indeed
           on
           Mr.
           Oates
           his
           single
           testimony
           ;
           but
           this
           being
           onely
           circumstantial
           ,
           and
           not
           any
           way
           contradictory
           to
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           it
           ought
           not
           ,
           nor
           could
           not
           legally
           invalidate
           his
           evidence
           :
           For
           it
           is
           not
           much
           to
           the
           purpose
           ,
           whether
           Sir
           
             John
             Warner
          
           ,
           Sir
           
             Tho.
             Preston
          
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Pool
           came
           over
           with
           Mr.
           Oates
           or
           no
           ;
           or
           if
           he
           did
           commit
           any
           mistake
           therein
           ,
           these
           men
           not
           being
           indicted
           :
           but
           it
           had
           been
           more
           then
           a
           circumstantial
           matter
           ,
           to
           have
           proved
           Mr.
           Oates
           to
           have
           been
           actually
           at
           
             S.
             Omars
          
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Consult
           ,
           the
           24.
           of
           April
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           stuck
           against
           him
           ,
           had
           he
           not
           well
           clear'd
           that
           matter
           by
           7
           substantial
           witnesses
           ,
           who
           have
           sworn
           they
           saw
           him
           in
           London
           about
           the
           same
           time
           .
           So
           that
           all
           this
           consider'd
           ,
           I
           think
           there
           is
           none
           ,
           except
           he
           be
           much
           prejudic'd
           ,
           who
           reads
           these
           ,
           but
           will
           judge
           Mr.
           Langhorn
           to
           have
           had
           a
           fair
           Trial
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           Jury
           proceeded
           to
           find
           him
           guilty
           of
           Treason
           by
           the
           plain
           proof
           and
           testimony
           of
           two
           witnesses
           ,
           back'd
           by
           other
           circumstances
           ,
           among
           which
           ,
           the
           Letter
           found
           amongst
           
           Harcourt's
           papers
           was
           one
           ,
           that
           proved
           the
           Consult
           to
           be
           the
           same
           time
           ,
           and
           clearly
           hints
           also
           the
           design
           to
           be
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           Oates
           had
           sworn
           it
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           I
           think
           there
           is
           none
           that
           truely
           considers
           the
           fair
           Trials
           of
           these
           wicked
           Conspiratours
           ,
           and
           justly
           weighs
           
           every
           thing
           that
           hath
           been
           proved
           against
           them
           ,
           that
           will
           think
           these
           men
           innocent
           ,
           or
           that
           there
           hath
           not
           been
           a
           most
           horrid
           and
           hellish
           design
           amongst
           them
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           not
           yet
           given
           over
           ,
           and
           which
           we
           yet
           hope
           God
           will
           more
           fully
           discover
           and
           bring
           to
           light
           in
           mercy
           to
           this
           Nation
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           glory
           of
           his
           Name
           .
           Will
           you
           still
           be
           wilfully
           blind
           ,
           and
           will
           you
           shut
           your
           eyes
           against
           all
           this
           clear
           light
           ,
           and
           cry
           it
           is
           no
           Plot
           ?
           Do
           not
           you
           see
           them
           still
           endeavouring
           to
           Fire
           the
           City
           ,
           as
           witness
           those
           Servants
           hired
           by
           Stubbs
           ,
           as
           hath
           been
           manifestly
           made
           known
           ,
           and
           almost
           miraculously
           prevented
           ?
           Do
           they
           not
           still
           go
           on
           in
           their
           wicked
           design
           against
           the
           Life
           of
           His
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ?
           and
           will
           you
           have
           your
           throats
           cut
           ere
           you
           will
           believe
           ?
           Shall
           the
           stout
           denials
           of
           those
           that
           suffer
           ,
           and
           the
           obstinacy
           of
           these
           Traytors
           ,
           in
           confessing
           nothing
           at
           their
           Deaths
           ,
           stagger
           you
           in
           your
           opinion
           of
           their
           being
           guilty
           ,
           against
           such
           full
           proof
           and
           evidence
           ?
           Consider
           the
           Principles
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           Doctrine
           these
           Fathers
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           have
           publickly
           taught
           and
           maintained
           ,
           the
           deposing
           and
           killing
           of
           Kings
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           lawfull
           in
           that
           case
           to
           make
           use
           of
           Equi
           vocations
           and
           Lies
           ,
           and
           that
           thereby
           they
           do
           God
           good
           service
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           for
           the
           propagation
           of
           the
           Faith
           :
           and
           are
           not
           all
           Vows
           ,
           Oaths
           and
           Sacraments
           dispensed
           with
           by
           the
           Pope
           on
           that
           occasion
           ?
           Have
           we
           not
           seen
           and
           heard
           of
           many
           examples
           of
           the
           same
           ,
           enough
           to
           have
           fill'd
           a
           Volume
           ,
           and
           not
           untruly
           affixed
           upon
           them
           ,
           but
           what
           have
           been
           really
           and
           publickly
           committed
           by
           them
           ?
           What
           heed
           then
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           to
           the
           denials
           of
           these
           men
           at
           their
           Deaths
           ?
           or
           what
           credit
           to
           be
           given
           to
           their
           Speeches
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           yet
           liberty
           given
           them
           to
           deceive
           the
           people
           ;
           and
           that
           by
           their
           obstinacy
           they
           may
           perswade
           them
           into
           a
           belief
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Plot
           ,
           till
           the
           Sword
           is
           at
           their
           Throats
           ?
           But
           I
           will
           conclude
           in
           the
           
           Recorder's
           words
           ,
           that
           I
           hope
           the
           fair
           Trials
           these
           persons
           have
           had
           ,
           and
           the
           publishing
           of
           them
           for
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           all
           those
           who
           will
           look
           into
           them
           ,
           will
           not
           onely
           confirm
           all
           who
           are
           Protestants
           ,
           but
           will
           prevail
           upon
           those
           whom
           they
           have
           inveagled
           into
           their
           perswasion
           ,
           to
           desert
           such
           a
           Religion
           ,
           till
           such
           time
           as
           they
           alter
           their
           principles
           from
           the
           bloudiness
           and
           inhumanity
           they
           are
           stained
           with
           ,
           and
           which
           these
           men
           have
           instilled
           into
           all
           their
           Proselytes
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .