The tryals of Robert Green, Henry Berry, & Lawrence Hill for the murder of Sr. Edmond-bury Godfrey kt., one of His Majesties justices of the peace for the county of Middlesex at the Kings-Bench bar at Westminster, before the Right Honourable Sir William Scroggs ... on Monday the 10th of February 1678/9 : where, upon full evidence they were convicted, and received sentence accordingly on Tuesday, the next day following.
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             The tryals of Robert Green, Henry Berry, & Lawrence Hill for the murder of Sr. Edmond-bury Godfrey kt., one of His Majesties justices of the peace for the county of Middlesex at the Kings-Bench bar at Westminster, before the Right Honourable Sir William Scroggs ... on Monday the 10th of February 1678/9 : where, upon full evidence they were convicted, and received sentence accordingly on Tuesday, the next day following.
             Green, Robert, d. 1679.
             Berry, Henry, d. 1679.
             Hill, Lawrence, d. 1679.
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           Godfrey, Edmund Berry, -- Sir, 1621-1678.
           Popish Plot, 1678.
        
      
    
     
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               February
               10.
               
               1671-79
               .
            
          
        
         
           I
           Do
           appoint
           ROBERT
           PAWLET
           to
           Print
           the
           TRYALS
           of
           
             Robert
             Green
             ,
             Henry
             Berry
          
           and
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
          
           :
           And
           that
           no
           other
           Person
           presume
           to
           Print
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             WILLIAM
             SCROGGS
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
           
             
               VERITAS
               EX
               CINERIBVS
               REVIVISCIT
            
             
               AETATIS
               SVÆ
               57
            
             
               The
               true
               Effigies
               of
               S
               r
               EDMOND
               BURY
               GODFREYE
               
                 Knight
                 and
                 Iustice
              
               of
               the
               Peace
               who
               was
               MURTHERED
               by
               Papists
               the
               12
               th
               day
               of
               October
               Anno.
               Domini
               .
               1678.
               
               AETATIS
               .
               SUAE
               57.
               
            
             
               Sold
               by
               Arthur
               Tooker
               Stationer
               Print
               Map
               ,
               And
               ,
               Picture
               Seller
               At
               The
               Royal
               Hand
               &
               Globe
               Near
               Chareing
               Cross
            
             
               F
               :
               H
               :
               Van.
               Houe
               .
               Sculp
               :
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           TRYALS
           OF
           ROBERT
           GREEN
           ,
           HENRY
           BERRY
           ,
           &
           LAWRENCE
           HILL
           ,
           For
           the
           Murder
           of
           S
           R.
           
             Edmond
             bury
             Godfrey
          
           K
           nt
           .
        
         
           One
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Justices
           of
           the
           Peace
           for
           the
           County
           of
           MIDDLESEX
           ;
           At
           the
           Kings-Bench
           Bar
           at
           Westminster
           ,
           Before
           the
           Right
           Honourable
           Sir
           WILLIAM
           SCROGGS
           K
           nt
           .
           Lord
           CHIEF
           JUSTICE
           of
           that
           Court
           ,
           And
           the
           rest
           of
           His
           Majesties
           Judges
           there
           ;
           On
           Monday
           the
           10
           th
           .
           of
           February
           1678-79
           .
        
         
           Where
           ,
           upon
           full
           Evidence
           they
           were
           Convicted
           ,
           and
           received
           Sentence
           accordingly
           ,
           on
           Tuesday
           the
           next
           day
           following
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Robert
             Pawlet
          
           at
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Bible
           in
           Chancery-Lane
           near
           Fleet-street
           ,
           1679.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           TRYALS
           OF
           ROBERT
           GREEN
           ,
           HENRY
           BERRY
           and
           LAWRENCE
           HILL
           ,
           For
           the
           Murder
           of
           Sir
           Edmond
           bury
           Godfrey
           Knight
           .
        
         
           ON
           WEDNESDAY
           the
           5
           th
           .
           of
           February
           1678.
           
           
             Robert
             Green
             ,
             Henry
             Berry
          
           and
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
          
           were
           brought
           from
           His
           Majesties
           Goal
           of
           Newgate
           to
           the
           Bar
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Kings-Bench
           ,
           to
           be
           Arraigned
           for
           the
           Murder
           of
           Sir
           EDMONDBURY
           GODFREY
           ,
           upon
           an
           Indictment
           found
           by
           the
           Grand
           Jury
           for
           the
           County
           of
           Middlesex
           ,
           on
           Monday
           the
           morrow
           of
           the
           Purification
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin
           Mary
           ;
           and
           the
           Court
           proceeded
           thus
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just.
             Wild
          
           Arraign'd
           the
           Prisoners
           .
        
         
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Crown
        
         
           
             Robert
             Green
             ,
          
           
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             Berry
             ,
          
           
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
             ,
          
           
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           they
           severally
           did
           .
        
         
           You
           stand
           Indicted
           by
           the
           Names
           of
           
             Robert
             Green
          
           late
           of
           the
           Parish
           of
           St.
           
             Mary
             le
             Strand
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Middlesex
           Labourer
           .
           
             Henry
             Berry
          
           late
           of
           the
           same
           Parish
           and
           County
           Labourer
           .
           And
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
          
           late
           of
           the
           same
           Parish
           and
           County
           Labourer
           ;
           for
           
           that
           you
           three
           ,
           together
           with
           Girald
           late
           of
           the
           same
           Parish
           and
           County
           Clerk
           :
           
             Dominick
             Kelly
          
           late
           of
           the
           same
           Parish
           and
           County
           Clerk
           :
           And
           
             Phillibert
             Vernatt
          
           late
           of
           the
           same
           Parish
           and
           County
           Labourer
           ,
           who
           are
           withdrawn
           *
           Not
           having
           the
           fear
           of
           God
           before
           your
           eys
           ,
           but
           being
           moved
           and
           seduced
           by
           the
           instigation
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           the
           twelfth
           day
           of
           October
           ,
           in
           the
           Thirtieth
           year
           of
           the
           Raign
           of
           our
           Soveraign
           Lord
           Charles
           the
           Second
           ,
           by
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           of
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             France
          
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           King
           ,
           Defender
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           &c.
           at
           the
           Parish
           of
           St.
           
             Mary
             le
             Strand
          
           aforesaid
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Middlesex
           aforesaid
           ,
           in
           and
           upon
           Sir
           
             Edmond-bury
             Godfrey
          
           Knight
           ,
           in
           the
           Peace
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           said
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           then
           and
           there
           being
           feloniously
           ,
           voluntarily
           ,
           and
           of
           your
           malice
           aforethought
           ,
           did
           make
           an
           assault
           ;
           and
           that
           thou
           the
           aforesaid
           
             Robert
             Green
          
           a
           certain
           Linnen
           Handkerchief
           of
           the
           value
           of
           six
           pence
           about
           the
           neck
           of
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Edmond-bury
             Godfrey
          
           ,
           then
           and
           there
           feloniously
           ,
           wilfully
           ,
           and
           of
           thy
           malice
           aforethought
           ,
           didst
           fold
           and
           fasten
           ;
           and
           that
           thou
           the
           said
           
             Robert
             Green
          
           ,
           with
           the
           Handkerchief
           aforesaid
           ,
           by
           thee
           the
           said
           
             Robert
             Green
          
           in
           and
           about
           the
           neck
           of
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Edmond-bury
             Godfrey
          
           in
           manner
           and
           form
           aforesaid
           ,
           folded
           and
           fastned
           then
           and
           there
           him
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Edmond-bury
             Godfrey
          
           ,
           didst
           choak
           and
           strangle
           ,
           of
           which
           said
           choaking
           and
           strangling
           of
           him
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Edmond-bury
             Godfrey
          
           in
           manner
           and
           form
           aforesaid
           ,
           he
           the
           said
           Sir
           
             Edmond-bury
             Godfry
          
           then
           and
           there
           instantly
           dyed
           :
           And
           that
           you
           the
           said
           
             Henry
             Berry
          
           ,
           and
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
          
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           said
           
             Girald
             ,
             Dominick
             Kelly
          
           and
           
             Phillibert
             Vernatt
          
           ,
           then
           and
           there
           feloniously
           ,
           voluntarily
           ,
           and
           of
           your
           malice
           aforethought
           ,
           were
           present
           ,
           aiding
           ,
           abetting
           ,
           comforting
           and
           mantaining
           the
           aforesaid
           
             Robert
             Green
          
           ;
           the
           aforesaid
           Sir
           
             Edmondbury
             Godfrey
          
           in
           manner
           and
           form
           aforesaid
           ,
           feloniously
           ,
           voluntarily
           ,
           and
           of
           his
           malice
           aforethought
           ,
           to
           kill
           and
           murder
           ;
           and
           so
           you
           the
           said
           
             Robert
             Green
             ,
             Henry
             Berry
          
           and
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
          
           ,
           together
           with
           the
           said
           
             Girald
             ,
             Dominick
             Kelly
          
           and
           
             Phillibert
             Vernatt
          
           ,
           in
           manner
           and
           form
           aforesaid
           ,
           the
           aforesaid
           Sir
           
             Edmond-bury
             Godfrey
          
           ,
           feloniously
           ,
           wilfully
           ,
           and
           of
           your
           malice
           aforethought
           ,
           did
           kill
           and
           murder
           ,
           against
           the
           Peace
           of
           our
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           .
           
             How
             sayst
             thou
          
           Robert
           Green
           ,
           
             art
             thou
             guilty
             of
             this
             Felony
             and
             Murder
             whereof
             thou
             standst
             Indicted
             ,
             and
             hast
             been
             now
             Arraigned
             ,
             or
             not
             guilty
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Green
             ,
          
           
             Not
             Guilty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             Culprit
             ,
             How
             wilt
             thou
             be
             Tryed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Green.
             
          
           
             By
             God
             and
             my
             Countrey
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             God
             send
             thee
             a
             good
             Deliverance
             .
             How
             sayst
             thou
             
               Henry
               Berry
            
             ,
             art
             thou
             guilty
             of
             the
             Felony
             and
             Murder
             whereof
             thou
             standest
             Indicted
             ,
             and
             hast
             been
             now
             Arraigned
             ;
             or
             not
             guilty
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Not
             Guilty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             Culprit
             ,
          
           
             How
             wilt
             thou
             be
             Try'd
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             By
             God
             and
             my
             Countrey
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Cr.
             
          
           
             God
             send
             thee
             a
             good
             Deliverance
             .
             How
             sayst
             thou
             
               Lawrence
               Hill
            
             ,
             art
             thou
             guilty
             of
             the
             Felony
             &
             Murder
             whereof
             thou
             stand'st
             Indicted
             ,
             and
             hast
             been
             Arraign'd
             ,
             or
             not
             guilty
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Not
             Guilty
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             Culprit
             ,
          
           
             How
             wilt
             thou
             be
             try'd
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             By
             God
             and
             my
             Countrey
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             God
             send
             thee
             a
             good
             Deliverance
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cap.
             Richardson
             .
          
           
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             when
             they
             must
             be
             brought
             up
             to
             be
             try'd
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just.
             Wild.
             
          
           
             Upon
             Friday
             next
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             You
             shall
             have
             a
             Rule
             to
             bring
             them
             up
             on
             Friday
             .
          
        
         
           But
           on
           Thursday
           the
           6
           th
           .
           of
           
             February
             Mr.
             Attorney
             General
          
           mov'd
           the
           Court
           that
           it
           might
           be
           defer'd
           till
           Monday
           ,
           that
           the
           King's
           Evidence
           might
           be
           the
           more
           ready
           ,
           which
           was
           granted
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           On
           Monday
           the
           10
           th
           .
           of
           February
           1678.
           the
           said
           
             Robert
             Green
             ,
             Henry
             Berry
          
           and
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
          
           ,
           were
           brought
           again
           to
           the
           Barr
           for
           their
           Tryal
           ,
           which
           proceeded
           as
           followeth
           .
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Make
             Proclaimation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             O
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Again
             ,
             Again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             O
             Yes
             ,
             O
             Yes
             .
             Our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             doth
             straightly
             Charge
             and
             Command
             all
             manner
             of
             Persons
             to
             keep
             silence
             upon
             pain
             of
             Imprisonment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Make
             an
             
               O
               Yes
            
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             
               O
               Yes
            
             ,
             If
             any
             one
             can
             inform
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Serjeant
             at
             Law
             ,
             the
             Kings
             Attourney
             General
             ,
             or
             this
             Inquest
             now
             to
             be
             taken
             of
             the
             Felony
             and
             Murder
             whereof
             
               Robert
               Green
               ,
               Henry
               Berry
            
             and
             
               Lawrence
               Hill
            
             ,
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Barr
             stand
             Indicted
             ,
             let
             them
             come
             forth
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             heard
             ,
             for
             now
             the
             Prisoners
             stand
             at
             the
             Barr
             upon
             their
             Delivery
             .
             And
             all
             others
             that
             are
             bound
             by
             Recognizance
             to
             give
             Evidence
             against
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Barr
             ,
             let
             them
             come
             forth
             and
             give
             their
             Evidence
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             forfeit
             their
             Recognizance
             .
          
        
         
         
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Crown
           .
        
         
           
             Robert
             Green
             ,
          
           
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Henry
             Berry
             ,
          
           
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
             ,
          
           
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           they
           severally
           did
           .
        
         
           Those
           good
           Men
           that
           you
           shall
           hear
           call'd
           ,
           and
           personally
           appear
           ,
           are
           to
           pass
           between
           our
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           King
           and
           You
           upon
           Tryal
           of
           your
           several
           Lives
           and
           Deaths
           ;
           If
           therefore
           You
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           You
           will
           challenge
           Them
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           Them
           ,
           your
           time
           is
           to
           speak
           unto
           them
           when
           they
           come
           to
           the
           Book
           to
           be
           sworn
           ,
           and
           before
           they
           are
           sworn
           .
           Cryer
           ,
           Make
           an
           
             O
             Yes
          
           .
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             
               O
               Yes
            
             ,
             You
             good
             Men
             that
             are
             Impannel'd
             to
             enquire
             between
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             
               Robert
               Green
               ,
               Henry
               Berry
            
             and
             
               Lawrence
               Hill
            
             ,
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             answer
             to
             your
             Names
             ,
             and
             save
             your
             Issues
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Sir
             William
             Roberts
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             Vouz
             avez
             ,
             Sir
             William
             Roberts
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Roberts
            
             to
             the
             Book
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Roberts
            
             look
             upon
             the
             Prisoners
             :
             You
             Prisoners
             look
             upon
             the
             Jury
             .
             You
             shall
             well
             and
             truly
             Trie
             ,
             and
             true
             Deliverance
             make
             between
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             whom
             you
             shall
             have
             in
             charge
             ,
             and
             a
             true
             Verdict
             give
             according
             to
             your
             Evidence
             .
             
               So
               help
               you
               God.
            
             
          
        
         
           And
           the
           same
           Oath
           was
           administred
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           their
           Names
           were
           as
           follow
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Roberts
            
             Bar
             nt
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Richard
               Fisher
            
             Bar
             nt
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Michael
               Heneage
            
             K
             nt
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Bridges
            
             K
             nt
             .
          
           
             William
             Avery
             
               Esq
            
          
           
             Charles
             Umphrevile
             
               Esq
            
          
           
             John
             Bathurst
             
               Esq
            
          
           
             Richard
             Gowre
             
               E
               
                 Esq
              
            
          
           
             Thomas
             Henslowe
             
               Esq
            
          
           
             John
             Sharpe
             
               Esq
            
          
           
             John
             Haynes
             
               Esq
            
             &
          
           
             Walter
             Moyle
             
               Esq
            
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Cryer
             ,
             Count
             these
             .
             Sir.
             
               William
               Roberts
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             One
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Walter
             Moyle
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             Twelve
             ,
             Good
             men
             and
             true
             ,
             stand
             together
             ,
             and
             hear
             your
             Evidence
             .
             Gentlemen
             ,
             are
             you
             all
             sworn
             ?
             and
             you
             that
             are
             not
             sworn
             ,
             pray
             withdraw
          
           
             The
             Standing-place
             for
             the
             Jury
             being
             so
             throng'd
             ,
             that
             those
             who
             were
             sworn
             had
             not
             room
             to
             stand
             together
             ;
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Crown
             was
             Order'd
             to
             make
             Proclamation
             thus
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             Cryer
             make
             proclamation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             O
             yes
             ,
             My
             Lords
             the
             Kings
             Justices
             ,
             doth
             straitly
             charge
             and
             command
             all
             persons
             ,
             that
             are
             not
             of
             the
             Jury
             ,
             to
             withdraw
             forthwith
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             one
             hundred
             Pounds
             a
             man.
             
          
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             
               Robert
               Green
            
             hold
             up
             thy
             hand
             ,
             
               Henry
               Berry
            
             hold
             up
             thy
             hand
             ,
             
               Lawrence
               Hill
            
             hold
             up
             thy
             hand
             .
             Which
             they
             severally
             did
             .
          
        
         
           Gentlemen
           ,
           you
           that
           are
           sworn
           look
           upon
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           and
           hearken
           to
           their
           Charge
           :
           You
           shall
           understand
           ,
           that
           they
           stand
           indicted
           by
           the
           names
           of
           
             Robert
             Green
          
           ,
           late
           of
           the
           Parish
           of
           Saint
           
             Mary
             le
             Strand
          
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Middlesex
           ,
           Labourer
           ;
           
             Henry
             Berry
          
           late
           of
           the
           same
           Parish
           and
           County
           ,
           Labourer
           ,
           and
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
          
           late
           of
           the
           same
           Parish
           and
           County
           ,
           Labourer
           ;
           for
           that
           they
           ,
           together
           with
           ,
           
             &c.
             (
             as
             before
          
           )
           against
           the
           peace
           of
           our
           Soveraign
           Lord
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           Crown
           and
           Dignity
           .
           Upon
           this
           Indictment
           they
           have
           been
           arraigned
           ,
           they
           have
           thereunto
           severally
           pleaded
           
             Not
             Guilty
          
           ,
           and
           for
           their
           trials
           have
           severally
           put
           themselves
           upon
           God
           and
           their
           Country
           ,
           which
           Country
           you
           are
           .
           Your
           charge
           is
           to
           inquire
           ,
           whether
           the
           Prisoners
           at
           the
           Bar
           ,
           
             Robert
             Green
             ,
             Henry
             Berry
          
           ,
           and
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
          
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           them
           are
           guilty
           of
           the
           Felony
           and
           Murder
           ,
           whereof
           they
           stand
           indicted
           ,
           or
           not
           guilty
           ,
           and
           for
           them
           which
           you
           shall
           find
           guilty
           ,
           you
           shall
           inquire
           what
           Goods
           or
           Chattels
           ,
           Lands
           or
           Tenements
           ,
           they
           had
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Felony
           committed
           ,
           or
           at
           any
           time
           since
           .
           If
           you
           find
           them
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           them
           not
           guilty
           ,
           you
           shall
           inquire
           ,
           whether
           they
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           you
           find
           so
           not
           guilty
           ,
           fled
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           if
           you
           find
           ,
           that
           they
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           them
           fled
           for
           the
           same
           ,
           you
           shall
           enquire
           of
           their
           Goods
           and
           Chattels
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           had
           found
           them
           guilty
           :
           But
           ,
           If
           you
           find
           them
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           them
           not
           guilty
           ,
           nor
           that
           they
           did
           flie
           for
           it
           ,
           say
           so
           ,
           and
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           hear
           your
           Evidence
           .
           Cryer
           make
           Proclamation
           .
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             O
             yes
             ,
             If
             any
             one
             will
             give
             evidence
             on
             behalf
             of
             our
             Sovereign
             Lord
             the
             King
             ,
             against
             
               Robert
               Green
               ,
               Henry
               Berry
            
             ,
             and
             
               Lawrence
               Hill
            
             ,
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             let
             them
             come
             forth
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             heard
             .
          
        
         
         
           Then
           Sir
           
             Thomas
             Stringer
          
           ,
           Serjeant
           at
           Law
           of
           Counsel
           with
           the
           King
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           opened
           the
           Indictment
           thus
           ;
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Serjeant
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             you
             Gentlemen
             of
             this
             Jury
             ,
             The
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             
               Robert
               Green
               ,
               Henry
               Berry
            
             ,
             and
             
               Lawrence
               Hill
            
             ,
             stand
             indicted
             for
             that
             they
             with
             one
             Girald
             a
             Priest
             ,
             one
             Kelly
             ,
             and
             one
             Vernat
             ,
             did
             the
             twelfth
             of
             October
             last
             ,
             at
             the
             Parish
             of
             Saint
             
               Mary
               le
               Strand
            
             in
             this
             County
             ,
             feloniously
             ,
             willfully
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             malice
             afore
             thought
             ,
             assault
             the
             Person
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             Knight
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             
               Prisoner
               ,
               Robert
               Green
            
             ,
             did
             put
             about
             the
             Neck
             of
             the
             said
             Sir
             Edmondbury
             a
             twisted
             Handkerchief
             ,
             and
             did
             with
             that
             twisted
             Handkercheif
             so
             choak
             and
             strangle
             the
             said
             Sir
             Edmondbury
             ,
             that
             he
             immediately
             died
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             other
             Prisoners
             ,
             
               Henry
               Berry
            
             and
             
               Lawrence
               Hill
            
             ,
             with
             the
             other
             persons
             
               Girald
               ,
               Kelly
            
             ,
             and
             Vernat
             ,
             were
             aiding
             and
             assisting
             the
             said
             
               Robert
               Green
            
             to
             murder
             the
             said
             Sir
             Edmondbury
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             with
             the
             said
             other
             persons
             ,
             the
             said
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             did
             kill
             and
             murder
             against
             the
             Kings
             Peace
             ,
             his
             Crown
             and
             Dignity
             .
             To
             this
             they
             have
             pleaded
             not
             guilty
             ,
             and
             for
             their
             trial
             have
             put
             themselves
             upon
             their
             Country
             ,
             which
             Country
             you
             are
             .
             If
             we
             prove
             them
             ,
             or
             any
             of
             them
             guilty
             ,
             you
             are
             to
             find
             it
             so
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           Sir
           
             William
             Jones
          
           ,
           his
           Majesties
           Attorny
           General
           ,
           opened
           the
           Evidence
           in
           this
           manner
           ,
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Atorney
             General
             .
          
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             you
             Gentlemen
             of
             this
             Jury
             ,
             the
             Prisoners
             who
             stand
             now
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             are
             indicted
             for
             murther
             .
             Murder
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             the
             first
             ,
             so
             is
             it
             the
             greatest
             Crime
             ,
             that
             is
             prohibited
             in
             the
             Second
             Table
             .
             It
             is
             a
             Crime
             of
             so
             deep
             a
             stain
             ,
             that
             nothing
             can
             wash
             it
             away
             but
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Offender
             ,
             and
             unless
             that
             be
             done
             ,
             the
             Land
             in
             which
             it
             is
             shed
             ,
             will
             continue
             polluted
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             as
             murder
             is
             always
             a
             very
             great
             crime
             ,
             so
             the
             murder
             ,
             which
             is
             now
             to
             be
             tryed
             before
             your
             
             Lordship
             ,
             is
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             the
             most
             hainous
             and
             most
             barbarous
             that
             ever
             was
             committed
             .
             The
             murder
             was
             committed
             upon
             a
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             upon
             a
             Magistrate
             ,
             and
             I
             wish
             he
             had
             not
             therefore
             been
             murdered
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             a
             Protestant
             Magistrate
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             spend
             much
             of
             your
             time
             in
             making
             my
             observations
             before
             hand
             ,
             because
             I
             must
             in
             this
             Case
             crave
             leave
             to
             do
             it
             in
             the
             conclusion
             of
             the
             Evidence
             .
             For
             I
             ,
             that
             have
             made
             a
             strict
             examination
             into
             this
             matter
             ,
             do
             find
             ,
             that
             I
             shall
             better
             spend
             my
             time
             in
             making
             observations
             ,
             and
             shewing
             how
             the
             Witnesses
             do
             agree
             after
             the
             Evidence
             given
             than
             before
             .
             Therefore
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             shall
             at
             present
             only
             make
             a
             short
             Narrative
             of
             the
             fact
             ,
             to
             shew
             you
             the
             course
             of
             our
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             be
             the
             better
             understood
             and
             remembred
             by
             the
             Jury
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             upon
             the
             discovery
             of
             the
             late
             horrid
             Plot.
             —
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           .
           And
           present
           Plot
           too
           ,
           Mr.
           Attorny
           :
           But
           pray
           go
           on
           .
        
         
           
             Mr
             ,
             Attorney
             General
             .
          
           
             If
             your
             Lordship
             please
             ,
             you
             may
             call
             it
             so
             ,
             for
             t
             is
             to
             be
             feared
             they
             have
             not
             yet
             given
             it
             over
             :
             But
             upon
             the
             discovery
             of
             that
             Plot
             (
             call
             it
             late
             or
             present
             )
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             (
             whom
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             the
             Jury
             all
             knew
             ,
             and
             every
             man
             ,
             that
             lived
             there
             abouts
             ,
             must
             needs
             remember
             to
             have
             been
             a
             very
             useful
             and
             active
             Justice
             of
             the
             Peace
             )
             had
             taken
             several
             examinations
             about
             this
             matter
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             some
             more
             than
             now
             are
             extant
             :
             (
             but
             we
             have
             proof
             he
             had
             some
             )
             and
             was
             very
             industrious
             in
             finding
             out
             the
             principal
             Actors
             in
             this
             Plot
             ,
             among
             whom
             ,
             some
             Priests
             and
             Jesuits
             foreseeing
             their
             own
             danger
             ,
             and
             likewise
             the
             overthrow
             of
             a
             design
             which
             they
             had
             been
             so
             long
             in
             contriving
             ,
             they
             had
             several
             Consultations
             how
             to
             prevent
             the
             discovery
             .
             And
             as
             they
             are
             men
             ,
             who
             never
             stick
             at
             blood
             but
             rather
             account
             it
             meritorious
             to
             shed
             it
             ,
             though
             never
             so
             unjustly
             when
             their
             Interest
             may
             be
             profited
             by
             it
             ,
             they
             did
             resolve
             to
             secure
             themselves
             and
             their
             design
             by
             takeing
             away
             the
             life
             of
             this
             Gentleman
             .
             In
             order
             thereunto
             they
             had
             several
             meetings
             ,
             and
             the
             place
             of
             their
             meeting
             ,
             you
             will
             find
             by
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             to
             be
             at
             the
             Plow
             Ale-house
             ,
             and
             there
             they
             did
             consult
             how
             to
             take
             away
             the
             life
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             And
             they
             made
             several
             attempts
             to
             do
             it
             :
             one
             while
             they
             dogg'd
             him
             into
             the
             fields
             ,
             another
             while
             they
             sent
             people
             to
             spie
             when
             he
             came
             abroad
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             follow
             him
             into
             some
             dark
             Alley
             ,
             or
             other
             obsure
             or
             unfrequented
             place
             ,
             and
             there
             dispatch
             him
             ;
             and
             at
             last
             ,
             after
             many
             attempts
             ,
             they
             succeeded
             in
             that
             wicked
             one
             ,
             when
             the
             Murder
             was
             committed
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             there
             are
             contained
             in
             this
             Indictment
             six
             Offenders
             ,
             all
             principals
             ,
             three
             of
             them
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             are
             Preists
             ,
             or
             at
             least
             two
             of
             them
             are
             so
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             Father
             Girald
             an
             Irish
             man
             ,
             Father
             Kelly
             likewise
             of
             the
             same
             Nation
             ,
             and
             one
             Vernat
             ,
             whether
             a
             Preist
             or
             Lay-man
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             .
             These
             Preists
             (
             as
             they
             are
             always
             the
             first
             that
             contrive
             mischeife
             ,
             so
             they
             are
             always
             the
             first
             that
             fly
             punishment
             )
             have
             taken
             care
             for
             themselves
             and
             run
             away
             ,
             and
             left
             their
             blind
             followers
             ,
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             whom
             they
             had
             drawn
             into
             this
             bloody
             act
             ,
             alone
             to
             answer
             for
             it
             .
          
           
             The
             day
             ,
             when
             this
             murder
             was
             committed
             ,
             was
             Saturday
             the
             12th
             of
             October
             last
             ;
             and
             I
             must
             desire
             your
             Lordship
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             for
             upon
             that
             much
             of
             the
             Evidence
             will
             depend
             .
             And
             we
             shall
             prove
             ,
             that
             as
             they
             did
             before
             send
             several
             times
             to
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey's
            
             house
             to
             get
             intelligence
             of
             his
             going
             abroad
             ,
             so
             this
             very
             day
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             Hill
             one
             of
             the
             prisoners
             at
             the
             bar
             came
             to
             his
             house
             upon
             pretence
             of
             business
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             as
             we
             guess
             ,
             and
             have
             reason
             to
             believe
             ,
             to
             learn
             whither
             he
             went
             that
             day
             :
             Green
             (
             another
             of
             the
             prisoners
             )
             had
             been
             there
             before
             on
             the
             same
             errand
             .
             And
             so
             much
             we
             shall
             prove
             to
             you
             by
             the
             people
             of
             the
             house
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             happened
             about
             noon
             ,
             or
             some
             time
             in
             the
             afternoon
             of
             the
             same
             day
             (
             as
             we
             have
             it
             by
             the
             confession
             of
             one
             of
             the
             parties
             )
             to
             be
             at
             an
             house
             near
             Saint
             Clements
             Church
             ,
             where
             these
             murtherers
             had
             notice
             he
             was
             ,
             and
             had
             prepared
             a
             trap
             for
             him
             as
             he
             came
             back
             .
             They
             had
             appointed
             men
             to
             watch
             him
             and
             give
             them
             notice
             when
             he
             did
             come
             back
             ,
             and
             whatever
             his
             business
             was
             at
             the
             house
             that
             he
             was
             in
             (
             for
             it
             cannot
             yet
             be
             known
             )
             he
             staid
             there
             till
             about
             seven
             or
             eight
             a
             clock
             at
             night
             :
             And
             your
             Lordship
             knows
             that
             at
             that
             time
             of
             the
             year
             it
             is
             then
             dark
             .
             
             He
             coming
             from
             about
             St.
             Clements
             Church
             towards
             his
             own
             house
             near
             Charing-Cross
             ,
             notice
             was
             given
             to
             the
             Murderers
             of
             his
             approach
             near
             to
             Sommerset-house
             .
             And
             thus
             they
             had
             laid
             their
             Bloudy
             contrivance
             :
             Some
             of
             them
             were
             appointed
             to
             meet
             him
             at
             the
             Back-gate
             of
             Sommerset-House
             ,
             and
             to
             inform
             him
             that
             there
             was
             a
             Quarrel
             in
             the
             Yard
             ,
             and
             He
             being
             a
             man
             alwayes
             careful
             to
             keep
             the
             Peace
             and
             Punish
             them
             that
             broke
             it
             ,
             they
             thought
             it
             a
             very
             apt
             means
             to
             train
             him
             into
             the
             Yard
             .
             And
             when
             He
             came
             near
             the
             back-gate
             they
             did
             accordingly
             acquaint
             him
             that
             Two
             of
             the
             Queens
             Servants
             were
             fighting
             in
             the
             yard
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             needed
             his
             presence
             to
             part
             and
             quiet
             them
             .
             He
             at
             first
             ,
             thought
             it
             might
             be
             but
             some
             ordinary
             idle
             scuffle
             ,
             and
             was
             not
             willing
             to
             go
             down
             ,
             but
             being
             very
             much
             importun'd
             by
             them
             ,
             down
             he
             went
             through
             the
             back-gate
             into
             the
             yard
             ,
             where
             were
             indeed
             two
             men
             scuffling
             together
             ,
             but
             counterfeitly
             ,
             the
             one
             was
             Berry
             the
             Prisoner
             here
             ,
             the
             other
             was
             Kelly
             the
             Priest
             that
             is
             run
             away
             .
             And
             when
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             come
             ,
             and
             within
             their
             reach
             ,
             then
             ,
             as
             it
             was
             before
             contrived
             ,
             the
             Fray
             of
             it self
             ended
             ,
             and
             Berry
             goes
             to
             the
             lower
             water-gate
             ,
             and
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             (
             who
             was
             in
             that
             soul
             fact
             ,
             but
             hath
             since
             repented
             ,
             and
             hath
             made
             this
             discovery
             )
             to
             the
             uppergate
             ,
             to
             keep
             back
             any
             casual
             passengers
             for
             a
             little
             while
             ,
             till
             such
             time
             as
             the
             murder
             was
             over
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             Things
             being
             thus
             prepared
             ,
             whilest
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             stood
             still
             ,
             or
             was
             returning
             ,
             having
             no
             more
             to
             do
             there
             ,
             after
             the
             scuffle
             was
             thus
             appeased
             ,
             Green
             one
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             ,
             coming
             behind
             him
             ,
             puts
             a
             Cravat
             ,
             or
             a
             Twisted
             linnen
             cloth
             ,
             (
             which
             he
             had
             ready
             for
             the
             purpose
             )
             about
             his
             Neck
             .
             And
             He
             ,
             Hill
             ,
             and
             those
             holy
             Fathers
             Girald
             and
             Kelly
             (
             with
             great
             veneration
             be
             it
             spoken
             ,
             for
             men
             of
             their
             Order
             to
             stain
             their
             hands
             with
             the
             bloud
             of
             an
             Innocent
             Gentleman
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             so
             Treacherous
             a
             manner
             )
             All
             set
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             very
             manfully
             ,
             being
             Four
             upon
             one
             ,
             and
             he
             altogether
             surprized
             ,
             threw
             him
             down
             and
             Strangled
             him
             .
             And
             this
             was
             done
             (
             as
             it
             is
             easie
             to
             imagine
             )
             without
             much
             noise
             ,
             so
             that
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             many
             that
             were
             near
             the
             place
             might
             be
             ignorant
             of
             it
             and
             did
             not
             hear
             it
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             Though
             the
             thing
             was
             done
             with
             a
             great
             Zeal
             ,
             and
             a
             very
             good
             will
             to
             dispatch
             him
             ,
             yet
             it
             so
             happened
             ,
             that
             when
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             came
             back
             from
             keeping
             Sentinel
             at
             the
             Gate
             ,
             there
             was
             some
             life
             left
             in
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             he
             did
             stir
             his
             
             feet
             ,
             and
             thereby
             they
             perceived
             that
             he
             was
             not
             quite
             dead
             .
             But
             to
             make
             through
             work
             with
             him
             ,
             Green
             ,
             (
             who
             begun
             ,
             and
             was
             to
             give
             an
             accomplishment
             to
             this
             bloudy
             fact
             )
             takes
             hold
             of
             his
             Head
             and
             twists
             his
             Neck
             round
             ,
             and
             stamps
             upon
             his
             Breast
             ,
             the
             marks
             of
             which
             outragious
             cruelty
             did
             plainly
             appear
             in
             his
             body
             after
             it
             was
             found
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             after
             they
             had
             thus
             kill'd
             him
             ,
             Girald
             the
             Priest
             thought
             he
             was
             not
             yet
             dead
             enough
             ,
             and
             was
             very
             willing
             to
             run
             him
             through
             with
             Sir
             Edmundbury's
             own
             Sword
             ,
             but
             that
             was
             not
             liked
             by
             the
             rest
             ,
             lest
             it
             might
             be
             discovered
             by
             a
             great
             effusion
             of
             bloud
             in
             that
             place
             :
             and
             so
             they
             forbore
             it
             for
             that
             time
             .
             Having
             thus
             dispatch'd
             him
             ,
             they
             removed
             him
             to
             the
             Chamber
             of
             Hill
             where
             they
             kept
             him
             some
             time
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             to
             another
             Chamber
             .
             I
             will
             not
             be
             particular
             herein
             because
             the
             Witness
             will
             give
             the
             best
             account
             of
             it
             .
             But
             after
             some
             time
             ,
             (
             I
             desire
             it
             may
             be
             observed
             )
             't
             was
             on
             Monday
             night
             (
             two
             nights
             after
             the
             fact
             was
             committed
             )
             they
             brought
             him
             into
             another
             Room
             and
             laid
             him
             there
             ,
             with
             a
             Cloak
             thrown
             over
             him
             .
             And
             I
             mention
             this
             last
             so
             particularly
             ,
             because
             he
             then
             happened
             to
             be
             seen
             by
             another
             witness
             here
             present
             ,
             who
             concurs
             as
             to
             his
             lying
             there
             dead
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             saw
             him
             by
             the
             help
             of
             a
             dark
             Lauthorn
             ,
             of
             which
             ,
             and
             other
             Circumstances
             ,
             I
             shall
             have
             occasion
             to
             make
             use
             hereafter
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             After
             he
             had
             lain
             in
             Sommerset-House
             some
             days
             ,
             they
             thought
             it
             was
             high
             time
             to
             remove
             him
             ,
             or
             rather
             to
             expose
             him
             :
             for
             having
             now
             killed
             him
             they
             did
             endeavour
             to
             kill
             his
             Reputation
             ,
             and
             lay
             the
             blame
             of
             this
             foul
             murder
             upon
             the
             innocent
             Gentleman
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             had
             killed
             himself
             :
             And
             on
             Wednesday
             night
             ,
             which
             by
             computation
             was
             the
             16
             th
             of
             October
             ,
             they
             carried
             him
             out
             of
             Sommerset-House
             in
             this
             manner
             .
             Hill
             having
             late
             in
             the
             night
             procured
             a
             Sedan
             ,
             they
             made
             a
             shift
             by
             bending
             the
             body
             to
             a
             fit
             posture
             to
             crowd
             him
             into
             it
             ;
             and
             Berry
             one
             of
             the
             murderers
             and
             Porter
             of
             Sommerset-House
             was
             of
             all
             men
             most
             proper
             to
             help
             them
             out
             with
             privacy
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             was
             agreed
             between
             them
             ,
             that
             whenever
             a
             man
             should
             come
             before
             and
             make
             an
             hem
             ,
             it
             should
             be
             a
             sign
             to
             Berry
             to
             open
             the
             Gate
             .
             And
             my
             Lord
             ,
             having
             put
             him
             into
             the
             Sedan
             ,
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             and
             Girald
             first
             carryed
             him
             out
             in
             it
             to
             
               Covent
               Garden
            
             ,
             and
             there
             they
             rested
             ,
             being
             something
             wearied
             with
             their
             burden
             ,
             and
             two
             more
             supplied
             their
             rooms
             ,
             and
             carried
             him
             to
             Long-Acre
             .
             Then
             Girald
             and
             Praunce
             took
             him
             up
             again
             and
             
             carried
             him
             to
             the
             Grecian
             Church
             near
             So-ho
             :
             And
             when
             they
             had
             him
             there
             ,
             they
             got
             an
             horse
             ready
             and
             mounted
             him
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             Hill
             was
             set
             behind
             him
             to
             hold
             him
             up
             ;
             by
             which
             means
             they
             carried
             him
             to
             the
             place
             where
             he
             was
             found
             ,
             and
             there
             to
             accomplish
             the
             last
             part
             of
             their
             design
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             murder
             his
             Reputation
             after
             they
             had
             killed
             his
             body
             ,
             they
             took
             his
             own
             Sword
             and
             run
             him
             through
             ,
             and
             left
             him
             in
             such
             a
             manner
             ,
             as
             that
             (
             according
             to
             the
             weakness
             of
             their
             understanding
             )
             the
             world
             should
             conclude
             he
             had
             killed
             himself
             .
             In
             that
             condition
             was
             the
             Gentleman
             found
             .
             I
             have
             but
             little
             more
             at
             present
             to
             trouble
             you
             with
             ,
             and
             that
             shall
             be
             to
             shew
             you
             what
             the
             murtherers
             did
             after
             they
             had
             committed
             this
             fact
             .
             They
             gave
             an
             account
             of
             it
             the
             next
             morning
             to
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             ,
             who
             went
             no
             further
             than
             the
             Sedan
             went
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             the
             Grecian
             Church
             :
             and
             the
             Priests
             were
             so
             far
             from
             any
             remorse
             ,
             and
             had
             so
             little
             of
             humanity
             ,
             (
             I
             believe
             there
             is
             none
             can
             think
             had
             much
             of
             Divinity
             )
             that
             they
             did
             in
             a
             paper
             set
             down
             a
             Narrative
             of
             this
             Heroick
             Act
             :
             and
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             by
             this
             time
             it
             is
             sent
             to
             Rome
             ,
             where
             it
             finds
             as
             great
             Approbation
             ,
             and
             causes
             as
             great
             Joy
             as
             their
             other
             Acts
             of
             a
             like
             nature
             have
             heretofore
             done
             .
             Some
             days
             after
             the
             Fact
             was
             done
             ,
             and
             to
             their
             everlasting
             honour
             thus
             by
             themselves
             recorded
             ,
             some
             of
             these
             Priests
             had
             a
             meeting
             at
             the
             
               Queens
               head
            
             at
             Bow
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             the
             Paper
             produced
             and
             read
             ,
             at
             which
             they
             were
             very
             merry
             ,
             and
             were
             so
             loud
             that
             some
             of
             the
             house
             overheard
             them
             ,
             and
             do
             yet
             remember
             that
             they
             read
             and
             were
             merry
             at
             a
             paper
             which
             concerned
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             This
             will
             be
             the
             course
             of
             our
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             though
             your
             Lordship
             and
             the
             Jury
             will
             easily
             believe
             that
             most
             of
             these
             particulars
             must
             arise
             from
             one
             who
             was
             party
             to
             the
             Fact
             ,
             yet
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             will
             undertake
             before
             I
             have
             done
             ,
             so
             to
             fortifie
             almost
             every
             patticular
             he
             delivers
             ,
             with
             a
             concurrent
             proof
             of
             other
             Testimony
             ,
             and
             the
             things
             will
             so
             depend
             upon
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             have
             such
             a
             Connexion
             that
             little
             doubt
             will
             remain
             in
             any
             mans
             mind
             that
             is
             come
             hither
             without
             prepossession
             ,
             but
             that
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             murthered
             at
             Sommerset-House
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             persons
             who
             stand
             now
             Indicted
             for
             it
             were
             the
             murtherers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             ,
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             if
             your
             Lordship
             pleases
             ,
             according
             as
             Mr.
             Attorney
             hath
             opened
             it
             ,
             we
             desire
             we
             may
             call
             our
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             first
             we
             will
             call
             Mr.
             Oates
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Cryer
             ,
          
           
             Mr.
             Oates
             ,
             Lay
             your
             hand
             on
             the
             Book
             .
             The
             Evidence
             you
             shall
             give
             for
             our
             Soveraign
             Lord
             the
             King
             against
             
               Robert
               Green
               ,
               Henry
               Berry
            
             and
             
               Laurence
               Hill
            
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             shall
             be
             the
             Truth
             ,
             the
             whole
             Truth
             ,
             and
             nothing
             but
             the
             Truth
             .
             So
             help
             you
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Pray
             Mr.
             Oates
             will
             you
             give
             my
             Lord
             and
             the
             Jury
             an
             account
             what
             Transactions
             there
             were
             between
             you
             and
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             and
             that
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             is
             all
             we
             call
             him
             for
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             call
             this
             Gentleman
             to
             prove
             ,
             what
             Examinations
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             had
             taken
             ,
             and
             what
             was
             his
             own
             opinion
             of
             himself
             about
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             ,
             I
             suppose
             the
             Use
             you
             make
             of
             it
             is
             this
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             that
             might
             be
             one
             of
             the
             motives
             to
             these
             persons
             to
             do
             this
             act
             because
             he
             was
             forward
             in
             the
             discovery
             of
             their
             Plot.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             Just
             .
          
           
             Come
             Mr.
             Oates
             ,
             pray
             tell
             your
             knowledge
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Oates
             ,
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             upon
             the
             sixth
             of
             September
             last
             ,
             I
             did
             go
             before
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             and
             there
             upon
             Oath
             gave
             in
             several
             depositions
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             I
             had
             made
             Oath
             of
             those
             Depositions
             ,
             we
             took
             the
             Record
             along
             with
             us
             home
             again
             .
             And
             on
             the
             28
             th
             .
             of
             September
             ,
             after
             we
             had
             taken
             two
             or
             three
             Copies
             of
             this
             Record
             ,
             we
             went
             before
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             again
             ,
             and
             Swore
             all
             the
             Copies
             we
             had
             taken
             ,
             and
             so
             made
             them
             Records
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             after
             that
             ,
             the
             business
             was
             made
             known
             to
             the
             Council
             by
             my self
             ,
             and
             upon
             Monday
             Mr.
             Godfrey
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             which
             was
             I
             think
             the
             30
             th
             .
             of
             September
             ,
             and
             did
             tell
             me
             what
             affronts
             he
             had
             received
             from
             some
             great
             persons
             (
             whose
             names
             I
             name
             not
             now
             )
             for
             being
             so
             zealous
             in
             this
             business
             .
             And
             my
             Lord
             ,
             he
             told
             me
             that
             others
             who
             were
             well
             inclin'd
             to
             have
             the
             discovery
             made
             ,
             did
             think
             that
             he
             had
             not
             been
             quick
             enough
             in
             the
             Prosecution
             ,
             but
             had
             been
             too
             remiss
             ,
             and
             did
             threaten
             him
             that
             they
             would
             complain
             to
             the
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             was
             to
             sit
             the
             21
             th
             .
             of
             October
             following
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             that
             week
             before
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             missing
             ,
             he
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             that
             several
             Popish
             Lords
             ,
             some
             of
             whom
             are
             now
             in
             the
             Tower
             ,
             had
             threatned
             him
             ,
             and
             asked
             him
             what
             he
             had
             to
             do
             with
             it
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             shall
             name
             their
             names
             when
             time
             shall
             come
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             this
             is
             all
             I
             can
             say
             ,
             He
             was
             in
             a
             great
             fright
             and
             told
             me
             he
             went
             in
             fear
             of
             his
             life
             by
             the
             Popish
             party
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             been
             dog'd
             several
             days
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             tell
             you
             that
             he
             was
             dogg'd
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Oates
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             did
             ,
             and
             I
             did
             then
             ask
             him
             why
             he
             did
             not
             take
             him
             man
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             poor
             weak
             Fellow
             I
             then
             ask'd
             him
             why
             he
             did
             not
             get
             a
             good
             brisk
             Fellow
             to
             attend
             him
             ,
             but
             he
             made
             no
             great
             matter
             of
             it
             ,
             he
             said
             he
             did
             not
             fear
             them
             ,
             if
             they
             came
             fairly
             to
             work
             ,
             but
             yet
             he
             was
             often
             threatened
             ,
             and
             came
             sometimes
             to
             me
             to
             give
             him
             some
             encouragement
             ,
             and
             I
             did
             give
             him
             what
             encouragement
             I
             could
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             suffer
             in
             a
             just
             Cause
             and
             the
             like
             :
             but
             he
             would
             often
             tell
             me
             he
             was
             in
             continual
             danger
             of
             being
             hurt
             by
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             We
             desire
             
               Mr.
               Robinson
            
             may
             be
             sworn
             .
             Which
             was
             done
             accordingly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Pray
             Sir
             ,
             will
             you
             tell
             the
             Court
             and
             the
             Jury
             ,
             what
             discourse
             you
             had
             with
             Sir.
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             and
             what
             apprehensions
             he
             had
             concerning
             this
             business
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tho.
             Robinson
          
           Esquire
           ,
           Chief
           Prothonotary
           of
           the
           Court
           of
           Common-pleas
           .
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           Sir
           
             Edmondbury
             Godfrey
          
           and
           I
           were
           of
           a
           very
           ancient
           acquaintance
           for
           above
           forty
           years
           ,
           we
           were
           bred
           up
           together
           at
           Westminster
           -
           School
           and
           continued
           in
           that
           acquaintance
           all
           along
           ,
           except
           in
           the
           time
           of
           the
           War
           ,
           and
           were
           for
           many
           years
           together
           in
           Commission
           for
           the
           peace
           ,
           both
           for
           this
           County
           and
           this
           City
           ,
           We
           met
           at
           the
           Quarter-Sessions
           for
           Westminster
           the
           seventh
           of
           October
           ,
           which
           was
           Monday
           ,
           as
           I
           take
           it
           ,
           and
           meeting
           there
           ,
           we
           went
           after
           the
           Court
           was
           up
           and
           dined
           with
           the
           head
           Bayly
           ,
           as
           the
           custome
           is
           ;
           where
           Sir
           
             Edmondbury
             Godfrey
          
           and
           I
           did
           discourse
           several
           things
           about
           this
           Plot
           ;
           I
           said
           to
           Sir
           
             Edmondbury
             Godfrey
          
           ,
           I
           understand
           you
           have
           taken
           several
           examinations
           about
           this
           Plot
           ,
           that
           is
           now
           made
           publick
           ,
           truely
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           I
           have
           ,
           but
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           I
           shall
           have
           little
           thanks
           for
           my
           paines
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           words
           :
           saith
           he
           ,
           I
           did
           it
           very
           unwillingly
           and
           would
           fain
           have
           had
           it
           done
           by
           others
           ;
           why
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           you
           did
           but
           what
           was
           your
           duty
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           it
           was
           a
           very
           good
           act
           :
           pray
           ,
           Sir
           ,
           have
           you
           the
           examinations
           about
           you
           ,
           will
           you
           please
           to
           let
           me
           see
           them
           ;
           no
           ,
           I
           have
           them
           not
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           I
           delivered
           them
           to
           a
           person
           of
           quality
           ,
           but
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           have
           them
           you
           shall
           see
           them
           .
           But
           ,
           said
           
             I
             ,
             I
          
           should
           be
           
           very
           glad
           to
           understand
           ,
           Sir
           Edmondbury
           ,
           that
           the
           depth
           of
           the
           matter
           were
           found
           out
           ,
           I
           am
           afraid
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           of
           that
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           not
           ,
           but
           discoursing
           further
           ,
           he
           said
           to
           me
           ,
           
             Upon
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             I
             believe
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             the
             first
             Martyr
             .
          
           Why
           so
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           are
           you
           afraid
           ?
           No
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           fear
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           come
           fairly
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           not
           part
           with
           my
           Life
           tamely
           .
           Why
           do
           not
           you
           go
           with
           a
           man
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           if
           you
           have
           that
           fear
           upon
           you
           ?
           Why
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           love
           it
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           clog
           to
           a
           man
           ,
           but
           ,
           said
           I
           ,
           you
           should
           do
           well
           to
           keep
           a
           man
           :
           I
           observe
           you
           never
           go
           with
           one
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             But
             did
             he
             tell
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             believe
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             the
             first
             Martyr
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Robinson
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             He
             did
             say
             ,
             upon
             his
             Conscience
             he
             did
             believe
             he
             should
             be
             the
             first
             Martyr
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             all
             I
             can
             say
             of
             this
             business
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Then
             if
             your
             Lordship
             please
             we
             will
             in
             the
             next
             place
             call
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             ,
             who
             was
             drawn
             in
             to
             be
             present
             at
             this
             businesse
             ,
             and
             who
             knew
             of
             all
             the
             fact
             ,
             and
             will
             give
             you
             an
             account
             of
             the
             whole
             matter
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
          
           was
           sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Pray
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             begin
             at
             the
             very
             beginning
             .
             The
             meetings
             you
             had
             at
             the
             
             Plow-Ale-House
             ,
             and
             the
             sending
             to
             Sir
             Edmondbury's
             House
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Story
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch
             Just
             ,
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             ,
             pray
             tell
             us
             the
             first
             motives
             that
             were
             used
             to
             you
             to
             do
             this
             thing
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             time
             it
             was
             mentioned
             ,
             who
             they
             were
             that
             first
             mentioned
             it
             ,
             and
             where
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             it
             was
             about
             a
             fortnight
             or
             three
             weeks
             before
             he
             was
             murdered
             ,
             we
             met
             several
             times
             at
             the
             Plow-Ale-House
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             ,
          
           
             Just
             ,
             With
             whom
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             With
             
               Mr.
               Girald
               ,
               Mr.
               Green
            
             ,
             and
             
               Mr.
               Kelly
               .
               Girald
            
             and
             Kelly
             did
             intice
             me
             in
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             it
             was
             no
             Sin.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Girald
             and
             Kelly
             did
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             Girald
             and
             Kelly
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             VVhat
             are
             they
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Two
             Priests
             :
             And
             they
             said
             it
             was
             no
             sin
             ,
             it
             was
             a
             charitable
             act
             :
             They
             said
             he
             was
             a
             busie
             man
             ,
             and
             had
             done
             ,
             and
             would
             do
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             mischief
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             a
             
             deed
             of
             Charity
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             told
             the
             rest
             besides
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             was
             it
             they
             said
             thus
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             They
             said
             it
             at
             the
             Plow
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Water-side
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Well
             said
             ,
             how
             long
             was
             it
             before
             he
             died
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             A
             week
             or
             a
             fortnight
             before
             he
             was
             murdered
             ,
             and
             
               Green
               ,
               Hill
            
             ,
             and
             Girald
             met
             there
             together
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             discourse
             had
             you
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             There
             they
             resolved
             that
             the
             first
             that
             could
             meet
             with
             him
             should
             give
             notice
             to
             the
             rest
             to
             be
             ready
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             when
             they
             went
             out
             on
             Saturday
             —
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             But
             before
             you
             come
             to
             that
             ,
             do
             you
             know
             of
             any
             dogging
             of
             him
             into
             the
             fields
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             it
             was
             before
             that
             I
             heard
             them
             say
             ,
             they
             would
             and
             had
             dogged
             him
             into
             the
             fields
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             .
             Just
             .
          
           
             Who
             did
             you
             hear
             say
             so
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Girald
             ,
             Kelly
             ,
             and
             Green
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             That
             Green
             is
             one
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Which
             way
             did
             they
             dog
             him
             ?
             what
             Fields
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             
               Red
               Lion
            
             fields
             ,
             and
             those
             by
             Holborn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Why
             did
             they
             not
             kill
             him
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Because
             they
             had
             not
             opportunity
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             of
             any
             sending
             to
             his
             House
             ,
             or
             going
             to
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             One
             time
             I
             do
             know
             of
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             Saturday
             morning
             ,
             Mr.
             Kelly
             came
             to
             give
             me
             notice
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             gone
             abroad
             to
             dog
             him
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             they
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             Hill
             or
             Green
             did
             go
             to
             his
             House
             and
             ask
             for
             him
             ,
             but
             the
             Maid
             told
             him
             he
             was
             not
             up
             ,
             and
             then
             went
             away
             ,
             and
             said
             he
             would
             call
             by
             and
             by
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             that
             in
             the
             morning
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             about
             nine
             or
             ten
             a
             clock
             in
             the
             morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             And
             had
             we
             been
             there
             before
             or
             after
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             You
             had
             been
             there
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Pray
             stay
             till
             such
             time
             as
             we
             have
             done
             with
             our
             Evidence
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             all
             free
             liberty
             to
             ask
             him
             any
             Question
             ,
             but
             you
             must
             stay
             till
             we
             have
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             As
             soon
             as
             they
             heard
             he
             was
             within
             ,
             they
             came
             out
             and
             staid
             for
             his
             coming
             out
             ,
             and
             dogg'd
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             .
             Just
             .
          
           
             Did
             all
             three
             of
             them
             go
             to
             his
             House
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Who
             was
             it
             did
             go
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Only
             one
             ,
             either
             Hill
             ,
             or
             Green.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             Just
             .
          
           
             How
             do
             you
             know
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             They
             told
             me
             so
             themselves
             ,
             for
             they
             came
             to
             give
             me
             notice
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just.
             
          
           
             Who
             told
             you
             so
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             Girald
             and
             Green
             both
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Did
             Green
             tell
             you
             that
             he
             had
             been
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             He
             told
             me
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             I
             am
             not
             certain
             which
             .
             And
             so
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             after
             that
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             out
             they
             dogg'd
             him
             that
             day
             up
             and
             down
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Who
             dogg'd
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             
               Girald
               ,
               Green
            
             and
             Hill
             dogg'd
             him
             into
             St.
             Clements
             ;
             and
             about
             seven
             a
             clock
             ,
             Green
             came
             and
             gave
             me
             notice
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             at
             Saint
             Clements
             ,
             and
             I
             came
             to
             Somerset-House
             as
             fast
             as
             I
             could
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             .
             Just
             .
          
           
             Where
             were
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             At
             my
             own
             house
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             .
             Just
             .
          
           
             How
             far
             did
             you
             live
             from
             Somerset-House
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             I
             lived
             in
             Princes-Street
             ,
             not
             far
             from
             Somerset-House
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Who
             was
             it
             gave
             you
             notice
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             Green.
             He
             told
             me
             that
             Girald
             and
             Kelly
             were
             watching
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             at
             Saint
             Clements
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             .
             Just
             .
          
           
             VVhere
             vvas
             he
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             At
             Saint
             Clements
             ,
             my
             Lord
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             VVhere
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             not
             there
             ,
             they
             told
             me
             so
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             ;
             and
             about
             eight
             or
             nine
             a
             clock
             Hill
             came
             before
             up
             the
             Street
             ,
             and
             gave
             us
             notice
             ,
             that
             we
             must
             be
             ready
             .
             And
             so
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             as
             soon
             as
             Hill
             had
             given
             us
             notice
             ,
             he
             went
             up
             to
             the
             Gate
             ,
             and
             staid
             there
             till
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             came
             by
             ,
             and
             then
             told
             him
             ,
             there
             were
             two
             men
             a
             quarrelling
             ,
             and
             desired
             him
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             trie
             whether
             he
             could
             pacifie
             them
             ;
             he
             was
             very
             unwilling
             ;
             but
             pray
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             (
             saith
             Hill
             )
             you
             being
             a
             Justice
             of
             the
             Peace
             may
             qualifie
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             vvent
             dovvn
             till
             he
             came
             to
             the
             bottome
             of
             the
             Railes
             ,
             and
             vvhen
             he
             came
             to
             the
             bottome
             of
             the
             Railes
             ,
             Green
             tvvisted
             his
             Handkerchief
             ,
             and
             threvv
             it
             about
             his
             
             neck
             ,
             and
             threw
             him
             behind
             the
             Rayles
             ,
             and
             there
             throttled
             him
             ,
             and
             punched
             him
             ,
             and
             then
             Girald
             would
             have
             thrust
             his
             Sword
             through
             him
             ,
             but
             the
             rest
             would
             not
             permit
             him
             ,
             for
             fear
             it
             should
             discover
             them
             by
             the
             blood
             .
             And
             about
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             after
             ,
             I
             came
             down
             ,
             and
             found
             he
             was
             not
             quite
             dead
             ;
             for
             I
             laid
             my
             hand
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             his
             Leggs
             tottered
             and
             shook
             ,
             and
             then
             Green
             wrung
             his
             Neck
             quite
             round
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             was
             it
             that
             took
             him
             by
             the
             Neck
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             Green
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             Just.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             see
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             but
             he
             did
             tell
             me
             afterwards
             that
             he
             did
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Who
             ,
             Green
             himself
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             for
             he
             boasted
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Pray
             what
             did
             he
             do
             to
             him
             besides
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             He
             punch'd
             him
             with
             his
             Knee
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             see
             him
             to
             do
             this
             ?
             How
             do
             you
             know
             he
             did
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             He
             and
             the
             rest
             told
             me
             so
             afterwards
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Where
             were
             you
             at
             that
             time
             that
             the
             Handkerchief
             was
             twisted
             about
             his
             Neck
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             As
             soon
             as
             he
             came
             down
             I
             went
             towards
             the
             Gate
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Who
             ordered
             you
             to
             stand
             at
             the
             Gate
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             Hill.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Serj.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             You
             watch'd
             the
             Water-Gate
             ,
             who
             watch'd
             the
             Staires
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             That
             was
             Berry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Pray
             give
             an
             accompt
             what
             they
             did
             afterwards
             .
          
        
         
           
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Why
             afterwards
             —
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             told
             you
             that
             Green
             twisted
             his
             Neck
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             All
             spoke
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Did
             
               Hill
               ?
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             .
             Yes
             ,
             he
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             How
             came
             you
             to
             understand
             that
             he
             punch'd
             his
             Breast
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Green
             spoke
             of
             it
             himself
             ,
             and
             so
             did
             the
             others
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             were
             about
             his
             Body
             when
             you
             came
             down
             to
             the
             Gate
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             All
             Four.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Name
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Hill
             ,
             Green
             ,
             Girald
             and
             Kelly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Was
             Berry
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             He
             came
             to
             them
             a
             while
             after
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             When
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Before
             they
             carried
             him
             into
             the
             house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             How
             can
             you
             tell
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Because
             he
             helpt
             them
             to
             carry
             him
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             G.
             
          
           
             Where
             was
             Berry
             before
             they
             carried
             him
             into
             the
             house
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             about
             the
             Staires
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Who
             was
             it
             that
             carried
             him
             up
             into
             the
             Room
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             We
             all
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Pray
             name
             all
             that
             were
             in
             the
             Company
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             
               There
               was
            
             Giral'd
             ,
             Green
             ,
             Hill
             ,
             Kelly
             ,
             Berry
             
               and
               I.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             set
             their
             hands
             to
             do
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             We
             all
             did
             help
             ;
             Hill
             went
             before
             and
             opened
             the
             Door
             ,
             and
             we
             carried
             him
             into
             the
             Room
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Whose
             Room
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             at
             a
             Chamber
             of
             
             Hill's
             in
             Dr.
             
             Godwin's
             house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Was
             Hill
             Godwin's
             man
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             had
             been
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Did
             Berry
             help
             to
             carry
             him
             in
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Berry
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Serj.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Was
             there
             any
             discourse
             of
             a
             Sword
             to
             be
             thrust
             through
             him
             at
             that
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Girald
             said
             he
             would
             thrust
             a
             Sword
             through
             him
             ,
             but
             they
             would
             not
             let
             him
             for
             fear
             of
             discovery
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             became
             of
             the
             Body
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             lay
             there
             till
             Monday
             Night
             ,
             and
             on
             Monday
             it
             was
             removed
             into
             Somerset-House
             ,
             and
             upon
             Monday
             Night
             Hill
             did
             shew
             me
             it
             with
             a
             Dark
             Lanthorn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             were
             in
             the
             Room
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Girald
             ,
             and
             Hill
             ,
             and
             Kelly
             ,
             and
             all
             were
             there
             .
             And
             on
             Tuesday
             Night
             it
             was
             brought
             back
             again
             :
             Mr.
             Hill
             would
             have
             carried
             him
             into
             his
             own
             Lodging
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             6.
             J
             
          
           
             Whither
             did
             they
             carry
             him
             on
             Monday
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Into
             Somerset-house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             Is
             not
             
             Hill's
             Chamber
             in
             Somerset-house
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Serj.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Describe
             the
             Room
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             you
             can
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             not
             certain
             of
             the
             Room
             ,
             and
             so
             cannot
             describe
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             But
             was
             not
             
             Hill's
             Chamber
             in
             Somerset-house
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             in
             the
             lower
             part
             of
             the
             house
             in
             a
             Court.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             When
             you
             saw
             him
             in
             this
             Room
             ,
             pray
             ,
             what
             was
             thrown
             over
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             something
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             what
             ;
             for
             I
             durst
             not
             stay
             long
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             What
             light
             was
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Only
             a
             Dark
             Lanthorn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             carried
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Hill
             carried
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Are
             you
             sure
             you
             saw
             the
             Body
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             am
             certain
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             became
             of
             it
             after
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             On
             Tuesday
             Night
             it
             was
             carried
             to
             Hill's
             ,
             the
             Chamber
             where
             he
             was
             first
             brought
             after
             he
             was
             murdered
             ;
             but
             there
             was
             some
             body
             there
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             could
             not
             carry
             it
             into
             the
             Room
             but
             they
             carried
             him
             to
             a
             Room
             just
             over
             against
             ,
             I
             think
             they
             were
             Sir
             
               John
               Arundell's
            
             Lodgings
             ,
             I
             can't
             tell
             .
             There
             it
             lay
             till
             Wednesday
             Night
             ,
             and
             about
             Nine
             a
             Clock
             on
             Wednesday
             Night
             they
             were
             removing
             the
             body
             into
             the
             Room
             where
             it
             first
             lay
             ;
             and
             I
             happened
             to
             come
             as
             they
             were
             removing
             it
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             affrighted
             ,
             and
             run
             away
             :
             But
             I
             spoke
             ,
             and
             Berry
             came
             back
             again
             ,
             and
             got
             the
             Body
             up
             into
             the
             Room
             ,
             and
             about
             Twelve
             a
             Clock
             they
             carried
             it
             away
             in
             the
             Sedan
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             brought
             the
             Sedan
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Hill
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             put
             him
             into
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             We
             all
             set
             our
             Hands
             to
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             carryed
             him
             out
             first
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             I
             and
             Girald
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Out
             of
             which
             Gate
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             The
             Upper-Gate
             of
             the
             Upper-Court
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             How
             came
             you
             to
             have
             the
             Gate
             opened
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Berry
             opened
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             How
             came
             he
             to
             open
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Some
             body
             hem'd
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             the
             Sign
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             was
             it
             that
             carryed
             the
             Sedan
             first
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             I
             and
             Girald
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             went
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Green
             and
             Kelly
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             How
             far
             did
             you
             carry
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Into
             Covent-Garden
             ,
             and
             there
             we
             rested
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             And
             who
             took
             him
             up
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Green
             and
             Kelly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             How
             far
             did
             they
             carry
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             They
             carryed
             him
             to
             Long-Acre
             .
             Then
             we
             took
             him
             up
             and
             carryed
             him
             to
             Soe-hoe
             Church
             ,
             and
             there
             Hill
             met
             us
             with
             an
             horse
             ,
             and
             wee
             help'd
             the
             body
             up
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             was
             it
             that
             rid
             behind
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             Hill.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             you
             do
             with
             your
             Sedan
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             We
             set
             it
             in
             a
             new
             house
             till
             we
             came
             back
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             You
             say
             you
             saw
             him
             on
             horseback
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             ,
             in
             what
             posture
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Astride
             ,
             his
             leggs
             were
             forced
             open
             ,
             and
             Hill
             held
             him
             up
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Did
             I
             hold
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             you
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Did
             the
             others
             go
             with
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             My
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Who
             did
             go
             with
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Green
             ,
             Hill
             ,
             Girald
             ,
             and
             Kelly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Pray
             will
             you
             tell
             my
             Lord
             and
             the
             Jury
             ,
             what
             accompt
             they
             gave
             you
             the
             next
             morning
             concerning
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             had
             disposed
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             They
             told
             me
             —
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Who
             told
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Hill
             ,
             Kelly
             ,
             and
             Girald
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             they
             tell
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             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.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Pray
             tell
             now
             the
             story
             of
             your
             meeting
             at
             Bow.
             What
             was
             the
             house
             called
             you
             met
             at
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             the
             Sign
             of
             the
             
               Queens
               Head.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             was
             it
             that
             did
             meet
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             They
             were
             Priests
             ,
             I
             can't
             so
             well
             remember
             their
             names
             ,
             they
             are
             written
             down
             in
             this
             paper
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             Look
             on
             the
             paper
             yourself
             ,
             you
             can
             read
             I
             suppose
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             one
             Luson
             a
             Priest
             ,
             I
             think
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Where
             did
             he
             live
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             with
             Vernatt
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             the
             occasion
             of
             your
             meeting
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Vernatt
             told
             me
             only
             it
             was
             to
             be
             merry
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             the
             man
             of
             the
             House
             his
             name
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             One
             Casshes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             dine
             there
             ?
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             had
             you
             for
             dinner
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             We
             had
             a
             Barrel
             of
             Oysters
             ,
             and
             a
             dish
             of
             Fish
             :
             I
             bought
             the
             Fish
             my self
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             day
             was
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             The
             Friday
             after
             the
             Proclamation
             ,
             that
             all
             the
             Papists
             were
             to
             be
             gone
             out
             of
             Town
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             Tell
             what
             company
             you
             had
             there
             ,
             and
             what
             Discourse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             Mr.
             Vernatt
             ,
             and
             I
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Girala
             ,
             and
             that
             other
             Priest
             ,
             and
             one
             Mr.
             Dethicke
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Who
             sent
             for
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Vernatt
             sent
             a
             Note
             for
             him
             by
             a
             Cobler
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             come
             upon
             that
             Note
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             He
             came
             presently
             .
             And
             when
             he
             was
             come
             ,
             then
             they
             read
             all
             the
             writing
             of
             the
             murder
             ;
             for
             Mr.
             Vernatt
             should
             have
             been
             one
             at
             the
             doing
             of
             it
             but
             something
             happen'd
             he
             could
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Vernatt
             was
             very
             sorrowful
             at
             the
             reading
             of
             it
             ,
             was
             he
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             If
             he
             was
             ,
             it
             was
             because
             he
             was
             not
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             How
             did
             he
             behave
             himself
             ?
             Did
             he
             read
             it
             with
             any
             Pleasure
             and
             Delight
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             We
             were
             all
             very
             merry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             can
             you
             say
             about
             any
             body
             's
             over-hearing
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             a
             Drawer
             came
             and
             listned
             at
             the
             Door
             ,
             and
             I
             hearing
             the
             Door
             a
             little
             rustle
             ,
             went
             to
             the
             Door
             ,
             and
             catch'd
             him
             listing
             ,
             and
             said
             I
             to
             him
             ,
             Sirrah
             ,
             I
             could
             find
             in
             my
             Heart
             to
             kick
             you
             down
             Stairs
             ;
             and
             away
             he
             went.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             Was
             Vernatt
             with
             you
             there
             that
             night
             he
             was
             murdered
             ,
             the
             Saturday
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             there
             was
             only
             the
             Six
             I
             have
             named
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Jones
             .
          
           
             You
             say
             that
             you
             met
             at
             the
             Plow
             the
             first
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Jones
             .
          
           
             And
             there
             you
             were
             told
             ,
             That
             it
             was
             very
             charitable
             act
             to
             kill
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             was
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Was
             it
             agreed
             there
             that
             he
             should
             be
             kill'd
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             agreed
             there
             ;
             and
             the
             first
             that
             met
             him
             were
             to
             give
             notice
             to
             the
             rest
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Who
             were
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Girald
             ,
             Kelly
             ,
             Green
             
               and
               I.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             Just.
             
          
           
             When
             came
             Hill
             and
             Berry
             into
             this
             Cause
             ?
             How
             came
             they
             acquainted
             with
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             They
             were
             in
             it
             before
             I.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Who
             told
             you
             they
             were
             in
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Girald
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             told
             me
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just.
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Hill
             and
             Berry
             were
             not
             at
             the
             Plow
             ,
             Where
             did
             you
             first
             hear
             them
             speak
             of
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Girald
             and
             I
             have
             been
             at
             
             Berry's
             house
             divers
             times
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             But
             there
             were
             two
             meetings
             at
             the
             Plow
             ,
             were
             there
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Yes
             ,
             there
             were
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             And
             Hill
             was
             at
             the
             last
             meeting
             ,
             was
             he
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             was
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Now
             I
             would
             ask
             you
             this
             Question
             ,
             by
             the
             favour
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             Was
             there
             any
             Reward
             proposed
             by
             these
             Priests
             for
             the
             doing
             of
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Girald
             and
             Vernatt
             did
             speak
             of
             a
             great
             Reward
             that
             was
             to
             be
             given
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Pray
             ,
             how
             much
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             remember
             what
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Cannot
             you
             tell
             how
             much
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             to
             be
             a
             good
             Reward
             from
             my
             Lord
             Bellasis
             ,
             as
             they
             said
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             You
             had
             several
             meetings
             you
             say
             ,
             Did
             you
             there
             resolve
             what
             should
             be
             the
             way
             of
             doing
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Girald
             was
             resolved
             to
             kill
             him
             that
             Night
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             could
             not
             get
             him
             into
             a
             more
             convenient
             Place
             ,
             he
             would
             kill
             him
             with
             his
             own
             Sword
             in
             the
             Street
             that
             leads
             to
             his
             own
             house
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             Who
             was
             that
             ,
             that
             resolved
             so
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             Girald
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             The
             Priest
             rather
             then
             fail
             was
             resolved
             to
             do
             that
             act
             of
             Charity
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             I
             would
             now
             ask
             you
             a
             Question
             ,
             which
             though
             it
             does
             not
             prove
             the
             persons
             Guilty
             ,
             yet
             gives
             a
             great
             strength
             to
             the
             Evidence
             .
             Do
             you
             know
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ,
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             now
             know
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Had
             you
             ever
             any
             Conference
             with
             him
             before
             you
             was
             committed
             to
             Prison
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Never
             in
             all
             my
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Were
             you
             ever
             in
             his
             Company
             in
             your
             life
             before
             ,
             that
             you
             know
             of
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             not
             that
             I
             remember
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             you
             shall
             see
             how
             far
             he
             will
             agree
             with
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             Now
             they
             may
             ask
             him
             any
             Questions
             ,
             if
             they
             please
             ,
             for
             we
             have
             done
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Let
             them
             if
             they
             will.
             
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             In
             the
             first
             place
             I
             humbly
             pray
             that
             Mr.
             
             Praunce's
             Evidence
             may
             not
             stand
             good
             against
             me
             ,
             as
             being
             perjured
             by
             his
             own
             Confession
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             I
             suppose
             my
             Lord
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             unknown
             to
             you
             that
             he
             made
             such
             an
             open
             Confession
             before
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Look
             you
             Sir
             ,
             I
             will
             tell
             you
             for
             that
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             know
             that
             ever
             he
             made
             a
             Confession
             to
             contradict
             what
             he
             had
             said
             upon
             his
             Oath
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             He
             was
             upon
             his
             Oath
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             had
             accused
             you
             upon
             Oath
             ,
             but
             afterwards
             ,
             you
             say
             he
             confessed
             that
             it
             was
             not
             true
             ;
             but
             that
             Confession
             that
             it
             was
             not
             true
             ,
             was
             not
             upon
             Oath
             :
             How
             is
             he
             then
             guilty
             of
             Perjury
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             if
             a
             man
             can
             swear
             a
             thing
             ,
             and
             after
             deny
             it
             ,
             he
             is
             certainly
             perjured
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             If
             a
             man
             hath
             great
             horrors
             of
             Conscience
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             is
             full
             of
             fears
             ,
             and
             the
             guilt
             of
             such
             a
             thing
             disorders
             his
             mind
             ,
             so
             as
             no
             make
             him
             go
             back
             from
             what
             he
             had
             before
             discovered
             upon
             Oath
             ,
             you
             can't
             say
             that
             man
             is
             perjured
             if
             ▪
             he
             don't
             forswear
             it
             :
             But
             I
             believe
             no
             body
             did
             believe
             his
             denyal
             ,
             
             because
             his
             first
             discovery
             was
             so
             particular
             ,
             that
             every
             man
             did
             think
             his
             general
             denyal
             did
             only
             proceed
             from
             the
             disturbance
             of
             his
             mind
             .
             But
             have
             you
             any
             mind
             to
             ask
             him
             any
             Questions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             We
             can
             prove
             ,
             that
             immediately
             after
             he
             retracted
             his
             recantation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Try
             if
             you
             can
             trap
             him
             in
             any
             Question
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Pray
             what
             hour
             was
             it
             ,
             that
             I
             went
             to
             Sir
             Edmundbury
             Godfrey's
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             About
             9
             or
             10
             a
             Clock
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             certain
             in
             the
             hour
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             no
             ,
             a
             man
             cannot
             be
             precise
             to
             an
             hour
             ;
             but
             prove
             you
             what
             you
             can
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             a
             great
             many
             Witnesses
             besides
             the
             Justice
             of
             my
             Cause
             ,
             that
             I
             was
             not
             out
             of
             my
             house
             that
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             You
             shall
             be
             heard
             for
             that
             ,
             but
             the
             present
             matter
             is
             ,
             Whether
             you
             will
             ask
             him
             any
             Questions
             or
             no
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             't
             is
             all
             false
             that
             he
             sayes
             ,
             and
             I
             deny
             every
             word
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             it
             shall
             not
             be
             good
             against
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             Mr.
             Berry
             ,
             will
             you
             ask
             him
             any
             Questions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             who
             was
             in
             my
             house
             at
             that
             time
             you
             speak
             of
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             your
             Wife
             there
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             persons
             besides
             .
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Who
             were
             they
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             divers
             people
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             Ale-house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             But
             who
             ?
             Can
             you
             name
             any
             of
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             Girald
             ,
             and
             Kelly
             and
             I.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             did
             you
             not
             all
             know
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             knew
             him
             as
             he
             pass'd
             up
             and
             down
             in
             the
             house
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             what
             an
             Answer
             is
             that
             ?
             what
             do
             you
             mean
             by
             his
             passing
             up
             and
             down
             in
             the
             house
             ?
             .
             Did
             you
             never
             drink
             with
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Drink
             with
             him
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ?
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ?
             Why
             people
             don't
             use
             to
             drink
             as
             they
             go
             along
             .
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             in
             other
             Company
             that
             came
             to
             my
             house
             ,
             no
             acquaintance
             of
             mine
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             C.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Was
             not
             Mr.
             Praunce
             known
             by
             you
             all
             Three
             ?
             Which
             of
             you
             can
             deny
             it
             ?
             What
             say
             you
             Hill
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             did
             know
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             say
             you
             Green
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Greene.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             did
             know
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             But
             yet
             my
             Lord
             ,
             we
             shall
             prove
             in
             the
             Course
             of
             our
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             upon
             their
             Examinations
             ,
             they
             did
             deny
             they
             ever
             knew
             him
             ;
             But
             because
             the
             Prisoners
             give
             us
             this
             Occasion
             ,
             I
             desire
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             may
             give
             an
             Account
             of
             one
             thing
             .
             He
             was
             Concerned
             in
             this
             very
             Fact
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             no
             other
             way
             to
             get
             any
             Proof
             of
             it
             ,
             than
             by
             the
             discovery
             of
             one
             among
             themselves
             .
             He
             was
             once
             of
             that
             Religion
             ,
             or
             else
             he
             had
             never
             been
             Concerned
             in
             this
             thing
             .
             And
             your
             Lordship
             will
             find
             ,
             that
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             ,
             whilc
             he
             was
             of
             that
             Religion
             ,
             and
             not
             sure
             of
             his
             Pardon
             ,
             was
             under
             some
             Disturbances
             and
             Fears
             ,
             which
             prevailed
             with
             him
             to
             come
             before
             the
             KING
             ,
             and
             deny
             what
             he
             had
             Sworn
             .
             But
             my
             Lord
             ,
             which
             is
             very
             Observable
             ,
             this
             Gentleman
             that
             had
             made
             that
             denyal
             before
             the
             KING
             ,
             was
             so
             far
             Convinc'd
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             done
             amiss
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             so
             troubled
             that
             he
             had
             done
             it
             ,
             that
             he
             desired
             Capt.
             Richardson
             (
             as
             soon
             as
             he
             Returned
             back
             to
             Prison
             )
             to
             carry
             him
             back
             to
             the
             KING
             again
             :
             for
             he
             must
             go
             back
             ,
             and
             make
             good
             that
             Confession
             which
             he
             at
             first
             had
             made
             ▪
             For
             it
             was
             every
             word
             True.
             And
             being
             for
             the
             KING
             ,
             we
             desire
             Capt.
             Richardson
             may
             be
             Sworn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             Can
             you
             tell
             where
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             dogg'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             No
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             cannot
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             You
             say
             they
             did
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             they
             Dogg'd
             him
             up
             and
             down
             ;
             Did
             not
             they
             tell
             you
             from
             whence
             they
             Dogg'd
             him
             ,
             when
             they
             kill'd
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             Just
             .
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Richardson
            
             ,
             were
             you
             by
             when
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             denyed
             all
             that
             he
             had
             Confessed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Richardson
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             upon
             the
             Sunday
             Night
             before
             the
             Prorogation
             of
             the
             last
             Parliament
             ,
             I
             Received
             a
             Letter
             from
             one
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Council
             ,
             to
             bring
             up
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             before
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Committee
             for
             his
             Examination
             .
             When
             I
             brought
             him
             thither
             ,
             I
             found
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             was
             disturbed
             ,
             and
             
             desired
             to
             speak
             with
             the
             KING
             ;
             and
             I
             carried
             him
             into
             the
             Kings
             Closet
             ,
             where
             he
             fell
             down
             on
             his
             Knees
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             
               He
               was
               Innocent
               ,
               and
               they
               were
               all
               Innocent
            
             ;
             and
             that
             was
             the
             Substance
             of
             all
             he
             said
             .
             I
             then
             had
             him
             up
             to
             the
             Council
             ,
             where
             he
             said
             the
             same
             thing
             .
             The
             Lords
             asked
             him
             ,
             Whether
             any
             body
             had
             been
             Tampering
             with
             him
             ,
             he
             answered
             no.
             My
             Lord
             ,
             when
             I
             came
             home
             ,
             I
             was
             no
             sooner
             got
             within
             the
             Doors
             ,
             but
             he
             begg'd
             of
             me
             (
             for
             Gods
             sake
             )
             to
             go
             back
             to
             the
             KING
             ,
             and
             to
             acquaint
             Him
             ,
             not
             only
             that
             what
             he
             had
             now
             said
             ,
             
               was
               False
            
             ;
             but
             that
             all
             which
             he
             had
             sworn
             before
             ,
             
               was
               Truth
            
             .
             And
             if
             his
             Majesty
             would
             send
             him
             a
             Pardon
             ,
             he
             would
             make
             a
             great
             Discovery
             .
             And
             my
             Lord
             ,
             more
             than
             that
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             It
             was
             Fear
             ,
             that
             made
             him
             Recant
             ;
             and
             he
             gave
             a
             full
             satisfaction
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             only
             out
             of
             an
             Apprehension
             that
             his
             Life
             was
             not
             secure
             ,
             that
             his
             Trade
             would
             be
             lost
             among
             the
             
               Roman
               Catholicks
            
             ;
             and
             in
             case
             he
             had
             his
             Pardon
             ,
             and
             were
             Saved
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             been
             in
             danger
             of
             being
             Murthered
             by
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Now
             you
             have
             an
             Account
             
               Mr.
               Hill
            
             how
             he
             came
             to
             Deny
             ,
             and
             how
             soon
             he
             Recanted
             his
             Denyal
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Jones
             .
          
           
             You
             are
             upon
             your
             Oath
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             Is
             this
             all
             true
             that
             he
             hath
             said
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             it
             is
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             How
             hath
             he
             behaved
             himself
             since
             that
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Richardson
             .
          
           
             As
             soberly
             as
             can
             be
             ,
             since
             he
             had
             his
             Pardon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             General
             .
          
           
             Pray
             ,
             since
             that
             time
             ,
             have
             you
             had
             any
             Discourse
             with
             him
             ?
             And
             how
             did
             he
             Carry
             himself
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Richardson
             .
          
           
             Very
             soberly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             General
             .
          
           
             Did
             he
             express
             any
             Abhorrence
             of
             the
             Practice
             of
             that
             Church
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Richardson
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             he
             did
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             General
             .
          
           
             I
             hope
             it
             will
             make
             all
             People
             Abhor
             and
             forsake
             them
             in
             time
             ,
             if
             these
             be
             their
             Practises
             .
             In
             the
             next
             place
             my
             Lord
             ,
             we
             will
             call
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ,
             who
             ,
             though
             he
             was
             not
             present
             at
             the
             Murther
             ,
             yet
             he
             
             saw
             the
             Body
             after
             it
             was
             Dead
             in
             Somerset-House
             ,
             which
             goes
             to
             the
             Matter
             as
             to
             the
             Place
             ;
             and
             he
             will
             give
             you
             some
             Circumstances
             which
             will
             very
             much
             Corroborate
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             VVild.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             it
             before
             they
             carryed
             him
             in
             ,
             after
             they
             had
             kill'd
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Brother
             ,
             I
             think
             they
             say
             ,
             between
             eight
             and
             nine
             they
             Decoy'd
             him
             down
             through
             the
             Water-gate
             .
             VVas
             it
             not
             so
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             VVild.
             
          
           
             How
             long
             had
             they
             kill'd
             him
             before
             they
             carryed
             him
             into
             the
             Room
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             About
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             Hour
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             VVild.
             
          
           
             Had
             he
             his
             Sword
             about
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             it
             was
             found
             run
             through
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             VVild.
             
          
           
             Did
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             himself
             draw
             his
             Sword
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             he
             was
             Strnngled
             by
             Surprize
             ,
             by
             getting
             a
             thing
             about
             his
             Neck
             ,
             and
             prevented
             him
             of
             drawing
             his
             Sword.
             
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             .
          
           
             They
             were
             Persons
             that
             were
             ready
             prepared
             for
             him
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             Permit
             him
             to
             Defend
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Serjeant
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             before
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             be
             Sworn
             ,
             I
             desire
             a
             little
             to
             open
             what
             we
             call
             him
             to
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             there
             were
             four
             Priests
             that
             did
             design
             this
             Murther
             .
             
               Le
               Faire
            
             ,
             and
             VVelsh
             ,
             and
             Girald
             and
             Kelly
             ,
             besides
             the
             other
             Priests
             ;
             and
             they
             Treated
             with
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             for
             
               Four
               Thousand
               Pounds
            
             to
             undertake
             to
             Kill
             a
             Gentleman
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             he
             did
             Promise
             to
             undertake
             it
             ,
             but
             failing
             of
             his
             Promise
             ,
             afterwards
             .
             
               Le
               Faire
            
             met
             him
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             it
             was
             done
             .
             And
             told
             him
             ,
             he
             should
             have
             half
             that
             Reward
             to
             help
             to
             carry
             him
             off
             ;
             and
             withall
             ,
             carryed
             him
             into
             the
             Room
             where
             the
             Body
             was
             .
             And
             he
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             that
             Praunce
             was
             in
             the
             Room
             when
             he
             saw
             him
             ;
             and
             though
             he
             never
             knew
             Praunce
             before
             ,
             yet
             when
             he
             met
             with
             him
             in
             the
             Lobby
             of
             the
             Lords
             House
             ,
             he
             knew
             him
             again
             ,
             and
             Charged
             him
             as
             the
             Man
             that
             Committed
             this
             Fact.
             And
             he
             will
             Acquaint
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             
             that
             
               Le
               Faire
            
             saw
             the
             Body
             likewise
             ,
             and
             gave
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             an
             Accompt
             of
             the
             Murther
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             Circumstances
             that
             Praunce
             now
             Relates
             it
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           was
           Sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ,
             Pray
             do
             you
             direct
             your
             Discourse
             to
             the
             Jury
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Just
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             ,
             Pray
             do
             you
             Ask
             him
             your
             Questions
             ,
             that
             you
             may
             put
             him
             in
             that
             Method
             you
             would
             have
             him
             take
             ,
             to
             give
             his
             Evidence
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             Gen.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             would
             first
             Ask
             him
             this
             Question
             :
             What
             Conference
             he
             had
             with
             any
             persons
             ,
             Priests
             or
             Others
             ,
             about
             Murdering
             any
             body
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             and
             the
             Jury
             ,
             I
             have
             at
             other
             times
             ,
             and
             in
             other
             places
             ,
             proved
             what
             Familiarity
             I
             have
             had
             with
             the
             Priests
             and
             Jesuits
             ;
             and
             〈◊〉
             I
             have
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             Others
             ,
             about
             it
             ,
             yet
             I
             have
             done
             my
             Duty
             in
             endeavouring
             so
             to
             do
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             several
             times
             Treated
             with
             ,
             not
             only
             about
             the
             Plot
             ,
             but
             by
             several
             Persons
             about
             Murdering
             of
             a
             Gentleman
             .
             They
             never
             told
             me
             who
             it
             was
             that
             was
             to
             be
             Murdered
             ;
             but
             if
             I
             would
             Undertake
             it
             ,
             they
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               Le
               Faire
            
             ,
             and
             Prichard
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Kaines
             ,
             and
             several
             other
             Priests
             ,
             who
             discoursed
             with
             me
             about
             it
             ,
             would
             find
             out
             some
             to
             Assist
             me
             ,
             and
             my
             Reward
             should
             be
             very
             Considerable
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             When
             was
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             in
             October
             last
             ,
             about
             the
             beginning
             ,
             or
             latter
             end
             of
             September
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Well
             Sir
             ,
             Go
             on
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             I
             did
             Adhere
             to
             them
             all
             along
             ,
             for
             I
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             Discover
             two
             Years
             ago
             ,
             but
             was
             prevented
             ;
             and
             I
             only
             drill'd
             them
             on
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             Party
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             prevent
             them
             .
             But
             they
             would
             never
             Discover
             the
             Party
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             General
             .
          
           
             Prithee
             come
             to
             this
             particular
             part
             of
             the
             Story
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             Afterwards
             they
             set
             me
             to
             insinuate
             my self
             into
             the
             Acquaintance
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             not
             telling
             me
             they
             had
             any
             design
             upon
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Who
             did
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             Le
             Fair
             ,
             and
             Pritchard
             ,
             and
             VVelsh
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Girald
             was
             not
             one
             ,
             was
             he
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             No
             my
             Lord.
             But
             they
             told
             me
             that
             afterwards
             they
             would
             have
             me
             introduce
             them
             into
             his
             Acquaintance
             .
             And
             I
             had
             been
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             Six
             or
             Seven
             dayes
             together
             with
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             at
             his
             House
             ,
             and
             had
             got
             much
             into
             his
             Acquaintance
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             By
             what
             means
             did
             you
             get
             into
             his
             Acquaintance
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             I
             pretended
             to
             get
             Warrants
             for
             the
             Good
             Behaviour
             against
             persons
             ,
             that
             there
             were
             none
             such
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Just
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             and
             what
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             the
             Week
             before
             the
             Saturday
             that
             he
             was
             Kill'd
             ;
             and
             I
             was
             there
             every
             day
             but
             Saturday
             .
             On
             the
             Friday
             I
             went
             to
             the
             
             Grey-Hound-Tavern
             ,
             and
             I
             sent
             my
             Boy
             to
             see
             if
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             were
             at
             Home
             .
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             not
             at
             Home
             then
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Just
             .
          
           
             When
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             The
             very
             Day
             before
             he
             was
             Kill'd
             .
             If
             he
             had
             been
             at
             Home
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             gone
             over
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             desired
             him
             to
             come
             over
             to
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Were
             the
             Priests
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             there
             was
             Pritchard
             ,
             and
             
               Le
               Faire
            
             ,
             and
             VVelch
             ,
             and
             Kaines
             ,
             and
             another
             ;
             five
             Jesuites
             :
             and
             as
             I
             said
             ,
             I
             sent
             my
             Boy
             to
             see
             if
             he
             were
             at
             home
             ,
             and
             he
             brought
             me
             word
             he
             was
             not
             ;
             and
             if
             he
             had
             ,
             I
             was
             to
             have
             gone
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             have
             fetch'd
             him
             thither
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             Insinuate
             themselves
             into
             his
             Acquaintance
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             they
             had
             Tongue
             enough
             to
             wheedle
             themselves
             into
             any
             one
             Acquaintance
             .
             So
             he
             not
             being
             at
             home
             ,
             we
             came
             into
             the
             City
             ,
             two
             of
             the
             Jesuites
             and
             I.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Which
             two
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             
               Le
               Faire
            
             and
             VVelsh
             .
             The
             next
             Morning
             .
             
             
               Le
               Faire
            
             came
             to
             my
             Chamber
             ,
             and
             I
             was
             not
             then
             within
             ;
             but
             by
             Accident
             I
             met
             him
             ,
             about
             four
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             Lincolnes-Inn-Fields
             .
             We
             went
             to
             the
             Palsgraves
             Head
             Tavern
             ;
             where
             falling
             into
             Discourse
             ,
             he
             told
             me
             there
             vvas
             a
             Gentleman
             that
             vvas
             to
             be
             put
             out
             of
             the
             vvay
             ;
             that
             vvas
             the
             Phrase
             he
             used
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             really
             say
             Murther
             him
             ;
             for
             they
             don't
             count
             it
             Murther
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             No
             ,
             they
             put
             it
             into
             softer
             Termes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             They
             told
             me
             it
             vvas
             to
             be
             done
             to
             Night
             .
             I
             asked
             vvho
             it
             vvas
             ,
             they
             said
             it
             vvas
             a
             very
             material
             Man
             :
             For
             he
             had
             all
             the
             Informations
             that
             Mr.
             Oates
             .
             and
             Dr.
             Tongue
             had
             given
             in
             ;
             that
             several
             had
             been
             imployed
             in
             the
             doing
             of
             it
             ,
             that
             several
             Attempts
             had
             been
             made
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             had
             miss'd
             several
             Opportunities
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             done
             it
             till
             then
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             should
             not
             be
             taken
             out
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             and
             the
             Papers
             taken
             from
             him
             ,
             the
             business
             would
             be
             so
             Obstructed
             ,
             and
             go
             near
             to
             be
             Discovered
             ,
             to
             that
             Degree
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             not
             be
             able
             to
             bring
             this
             Design
             to
             pass
             ,
             but
             must
             stay
             till
             another
             Age
             before
             they
             should
             Effect
             it
             .
             I
             asked
             him
             again
             ,
             who
             it
             was
             ,
             he
             sayd
             he
             would
             not
             tell
             me
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             a
             very
             material
             Man.
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             that
             according
             to
             my
             Promise
             I
             would
             Assist
             ;
             but
             in
             such
             a
             Case
             ,
             I
             should
             need
             a
             great
             many
             Men
             to
             be
             with
             me
             ,
             he
             being
             so
             considerable
             a
             Person
             .
             I
             asked
             him
             then
             ,
             where
             the
             Money
             was
             ,
             that
             was
             formerly
             promised
             ?
             he
             told
             me
             no
             worse
             a
             Man
             was
             Engaged
             for
             it
             ,
             than
             my
             Lord
             Bellasis
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Coleman
             had
             order
             to
             pay
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             What
             was
             that
             Reward
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             Four
             Thousand
             pound
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Who
             was
             it
             that
             first
             named
             this
             Gentleman
             to
             you
             to
             be
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             They
             never
             named
             him
             to
             me
             at
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             know
             when
             you
             first
             knew
             it
             to
             be
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             I
             parted
             with
             him
             then
             ,
             but
             came
             not
             according
             to
             my
             Promise
             .
             I
             was
             to
             meet
             him
             at
             the
             Cloysters
             at
             Somerset-House
             that
             night
             ;
             but
             I
             knew
             their
             Design
             was
             to
             Murder
             some
             body
             ,
             and
             I
             would
             not
             come
             .
             
             I
             saw
             him
             no
             more
             till
             Monday
             Night
             ,
             then
             I
             met
             him
             in
             Red-Lyon-Court
             ,
             where
             he
             put
             up
             his
             Cane
             to
             his
             Nose
             ;
             as
             who
             should
             say
             ,
             I
             was
             to
             blame
             in
             not
             keeping
             my
             Promise
             .
             And
             we
             went
             together
             to
             the
             Grey-Hound-Tavern
             in
             Fleet-street
             ,
             where
             he
             charged
             me
             with
             my
             breach
             of
             Promise
             .
             I
             told
             him
             I
             was
             taken
             up
             by
             other
             Company
             ,
             and
             unless
             they
             would
             tell
             me
             who
             it
             was
             I
             was
             to
             Kill
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             no
             hand
             in
             it
             :
             For
             I
             did
             not
             know
             but
             that
             it
             might
             be
             my
             own
             particular
             Friend
             .
             And
             I
             would
             not
             murther
             any
             private
             person
             ,
             unless
             I
             knew
             who
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             for
             what
             Reason
             .
             Well
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             we
             will
             tell
             you
             more
             anon
             if
             you
             meet
             me
             to
             night
             at
             Somerset-House
             ,
             at
             nine
             a
             Clock
             .
             I
             did
             meet
             him
             exactly
             at
             that
             time
             in
             the
             Cloysters
             ,
             where
             we
             walk't
             and
             talk't
             a
             great
             while
             .
             And
             then
             he
             took
             me
             into
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             ,
             you
             have
             don
             ill
             ,
             that
             you
             did
             not
             help
             in
             this
             business
             ;
             but
             if
             you
             will
             help
             to
             carry
             him
             off
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             half
             the
             Reward
             .
             Why
             said
             I
             ,
             
               Is
               he
               Murdered
               ?
               Yes
            
             ,
             said
             he
             ;
             
               May
               not
               I
               see
               him
            
             ,
             sayd
             I
             ?
             
               Yes
               ,
               you
               may
            
             ,
             sayd
             he
             :
             and
             so
             took
             me
             by
             the
             hand
             ,
             and
             led
             me
             into
             the
             Room
             through
             a
             dark
             Entry
             .
             In
             the
             Room
             were
             a
             great
             many
             ,
             I
             can't
             tell
             who
             they
             all
             were
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             many
             were
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             There
             might
             stand
             a
             great
             many
             behind
             one
             another
             .
             I
             saw
             Four
             or
             Five
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             What
             kind
             of
             Light
             had
             they
             ,
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             middle-sized
             Lanthorn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Was
             it
             a
             small
             Light
             ,
             or
             a
             great
             Light
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             small
             Light.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Had
             they
             no
             Light
             ,
             but
             that
             Lanthorn
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             No
             :
             And
             they
             did
             not
             open
             it
             till
             I
             had
             had
             a
             turn
             about
             in
             the
             Room
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             .
          
           
             Did
             they
             discourse
             of
             carrying
             him
             away
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             they
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Did
             you
             know
             him
             ,
             when
             he
             lay
             Dead
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             your
             Lordship
             shall
             hear
             how
             I
             came
             to
             know
             him
             .
             One
             stept
             to
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             threw
             off
             the
             thing
             that
             laid
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             I
             went
             and
             Lookt
             upon
             him
             ;
             
             and
             he
             had
             got
             about
             his
             Neck
             ,
             such
             a
             kind
             of
             a
             fashion'd
             Cravat
             as
             this
             about
             my
             Neck
             ;
             and
             I
             went
             to
             try
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             get
             my
             Finger
             in
             betwixt
             .
             So
             I
             saw
             him
             ,
             his
             Bosome
             was
             all
             open
             ,
             and
             I
             knew
             him
             presently
             :
             For
             those
             Jesuits
             that
             were
             there
             ,
             were
             not
             those
             who
             had
             employed
             me
             to
             insinuate
             my self
             into
             his
             Acquaintance
             ;
             and
             so
             they
             thought
             I
             had
             not
             known
             him
             .
             I
             Asked
             who
             it
             was
             ,
             they
             said
             it
             was
             a
             man
             that
             belong'd
             to
             a
             person
             of
             Quality
             .
             I
             was
             mightily
             struck
             and
             daunted
             ,
             when
             I
             knew
             him
             :
             I
             would
             sain
             have
             perswaded
             them
             to
             have
             Tyed
             Weights
             at
             his
             Head
             and
             Feet
             ,
             and
             Thrown
             him
             into
             the
             River
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             I
             would
             have
             dragg'd
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             took
             him
             up
             there
             .
             But
             they
             did
             not
             think
             that
             so
             safe
             .
             No
             (
             said
             they
             )
             
               we
               will
               put
               it
               upon
               himself
               ,
               there
               are
               none
               but
               Friends
               concerned
               .
            
             I
             Asked
             
               Le
               Faire
            
             ,
             how
             they
             would
             get
             him
             out
             ?
             They
             said
             ,
             
               In
               a
               Chair
            
             .
             Then
             I
             Asked
             them
             ,
             which
             way
             they
             would
             get
             him
             into
             the
             Chair
             ,
             and
             out
             of
             the
             Gate
             .
             They
             said
             
               The
               Porter
               was
               to
               sit
               up
               to
               let
               them
               Out
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             What
             Porter
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             The
             Porter
             of
             the
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Who
             ,
             Berry
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
             As
             for
             that
             Hill
             ,
             or
             the
             Old
             Man
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             know
             that
             I
             ever
             had
             any
             particular
             knowledge
             of
             them
             ;
             but
             only
             I
             looked
             upon
             them
             as
             ill-designing
             men
             ,
             seeing
             them
             in
             the
             Chappel
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Chief
             Just
             .
          
           
             Did
             you
             see
             ere
             a
             one
             of
             the
             Three
             Prisoners
             there
             at
             that
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             .
          
           
             No
             my
             Lord
             :
             But
             I
             have
             such
             a
             Remembrance
             of
             Faces
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             tell
             ,
             if
             I
             saw
             them
             again
             ,
             any
             that
             I
             did
             see
             there
             ,
             though
             the
             Light
             was
             but
             small
             .
             They
             told
             me
             
               They
               had
               Strangl'd
               him
            
             ;
             but
             how
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             know
             .
             When
             they
             press'd
             me
             to
             help
             to
             carry
             him
             out
             ,
             I
             then
             Excused
             my self
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             It
             was
             too
             Early
             to
             carry
             him
             out
             yet
             ;
             but
             about
             Eleven
             or
             Twelve
             a
             Clock
             would
             be
             a
             better
             time
             .
             And
             I
             assured
             them
             I
             would
             come
             again
             .
             Said
             
               Le
               Faire
            
             to
             me
             ,
             
               Upon
               the
               Sacrament
               you
               took
               on
               Thursday
               ,
               you
               will
               be
               at
               the
               Carrying
               Off
               of
               this
               Man
               at
               Night
               .
            
             I
             promised
             him
             I
             would
             .
             And
             he
             went
             away
             ,
             and
             left
             me
             there
             .
             I
             made
             what
             speed
             away
             I
             could
             ,
             for
             I
             was
             very
             Unsatisfied
             in
             my self
             ;
             
             having
             so
             great
             a
             charge
             upon
             me
             ,
             as
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Alter
             ,
             which
             after
             the
             discovery
             of
             the
             Plot
             ,
             was
             Administred
             to
             me
             twice
             a
             Week
             to
             conceal
             it
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             tell
             how
             to
             discover
             :
             I
             went
             then
             to
             Bristol
             ,
             but
             very
             restless
             and
             disturbed
             in
             my
             mind
             ;
             and
             being
             perswaded
             by
             what
             God
             was
             pleased
             to
             put
             into
             my
             mind
             ,
             calling
             to
             remembrance
             that
             some
             Murders
             had
             been
             already
             committed
             ,
             and
             greater
             ones
             were
             dayly
             intended
             ,
             I
             was
             at
             last
             convinc't
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             longer
             forbear
             discovery
             .
             I
             wrote
             to
             the
             Secretary
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             went
             to
             the
             Parliament
             and
             gave
             in
             my
             information
             .
             And
             one
             day
             I
             met
             with
             Mr.
             Praunce
             in
             the
             Lobby
             ,
             and
             knew
             him
             ,
             and
             apprehended
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             I
             will
             ask
             you
             one
             question
             ,
             Had
             you
             any
             discourse
             with
             Mr.
             Praunce
             between
             the
             time
             you
             saw
             him
             with
             the
             Body
             ,
             and
             the
             day
             he
             was
             apprehended
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ,
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             never
             saw
             him
             to
             this
             day
             ,
             to
             have
             any
             converse
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild
             ,
          
           
             Did
             not
             you
             see
             Hill
             that
             night
             when
             you
             were
             to
             have
             carried
             him
             away
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ,
          
           
             No
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild
             ,
          
           
             Nor
             Green
             ,
             nor
             Berry
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ,
          
           
             Green
             I
             did
             see
             about
             the
             Court
             ,
             and
             Berry
             I
             was
             told
             was
             to
             open
             the
             Gate
             that
             Monday
             night
             .
             But
             my
             Lord
             ,
             when
             they
             found
             I
             did
             not
             come
             again
             ,
             they
             desisted
             that
             night
             ,
             and
             kept
             it
             off
             longer
             ,
             for
             fear
             I
             should
             come
             again
             to
             stop
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             He
             did
             not
             refuse
             to
             help
             them
             ,
             but
             promised
             to
             do
             it
             and
             failed
             :
             and
             they
             finding
             that
             he
             had
             failed
             them
             ,
             would
             not
             let
             the
             body
             lye
             where
             it
             was
             for
             fear
             of
             discovery
             ,
             but
             removed
             back
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             ,
          
           
             What
             did
             Praunce
             say
             ,
             when
             you
             first
             took
             notice
             of
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ,
          
           
             I
             understood
             aftewards
             that
             he
             was
             taken
             upon
             suspicion
             ,
             because
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             his
             Maid
             had
             made
             a
             discovery
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             about
             that
             time
             out
             of
             his
             Lodgings
             .
             And
             while
             he
             was
             there
             in
             the
             Constables
             hands
             Mr.
             Oates
             came
             by
             ,
             and
             he
             desired
             to
             see
             him
             ;
             and
             presently
             after
             I
             came
             thither
             ,
             and
             the
             Constable
             asked
             him
             ,
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             will
             you
             see
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ?
             No
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             :
             Then
             he
             put
             his
             Hat
             over
             his
             eyes
             that
             I
             might
             not
             see
             his
             face
             ,
             and
             kept
             
             it
             so
             .
             The
             press
             being
             great
             ,
             and
             being
             desirous
             to
             be
             private
             my self
             ,
             I
             spoke
             to
             the
             Guard
             to
             put
             all
             out
             that
             had
             no
             business
             there
             ,
             and
             they
             cried
             out
             ,
             that
             all
             should
             avoid
             the
             Room
             but
             
               Mr.
               Bedlow
            
             and
             his
             Friends
             .
             And
             when
             he
             was
             going
             out
             with
             the
             rest
             ,
             he
             lift
             up
             his
             Hat
             to
             see
             his
             way
             ;
             and
             though
             before
             I
             did
             not
             mind
             him
             ,
             yet
             I
             happened
             at
             his
             passing
             by
             me
             to
             cast
             my
             eyes
             upon
             his
             face
             ,
             and
             presently
             knew
             him
             ,
             and
             cried
             ,
             Oh!
             pray
             Sir
             stay
             ,
             you
             are
             one
             of
             my
             friends
             that
             must
             stay
             here
             .
             And
             I
             presently
             charged
             my
             Guards
             to
             take
             charge
             of
             him
             .
             Saith
             the
             Constable
             ,
             he
             is
             my
             Prisoner
             :
             Is
             he
             so
             ,
             said
             I
             ?
             Then
             you
             have
             a
             very
             good
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             pray
             look
             safe
             to
             him
             .
             And
             then
             when
             I
             went
             into
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             I
             made
             out
             my
             charge
             against
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             ,
          
           
             Now
             if
             the
             Prisoners
             have
             any
             questions
             to
             ask
             
               Mr.
               Bedlow
            
             ,
             they
             may
             have
             free
             liberty
             to
             do
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill
             ,
          
           
             I
             never
             saw
             him
             before
             in
             my
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             any
             of
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ,
          
           
             I
             know
             
               Mr.
               Berry
            
             ,
             and
             Green
             very
             well
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Pray
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             was
             the
             Dark-Lanthorn
             at
             Hill's
             Lodging
             ,
             or
             at
             the
             other
             place
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
          
           
             At
             the
             other
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Look
             you
             here
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             They
             carried
             him
             to
             Hill's
             on
             Saturday
             night
             ,
             and
             he
             lay
             there
             till
             Monday
             night
             :
             What
             time
             on
             
             Monday-night
             was
             it
             that
             they
             removed
             him
             into
             Somerset-house
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
          
           
             I
             was
             not
             there
             when
             they
             did
             remove
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             did
             you
             see
             him
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
          
           
             About
             Nine
             or
             Ten
             a
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             it
             that
             you
             saw
             him
             there
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             ,
          
           
             It
             was
             after
             Nine
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
          
           
             They
             had
             then
             removed
             him
             to
             Somerset-house
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Hill
             asked
             what
             they
             intended
             to
             do
             with
             the
             Body
             ?
             They
             said
             ,
             they
             would
             carry
             it
             out
             that
             night
             ,
             but
             they
             did
             not
             .
             But
             there
             the
             Dark-Lanthorn
             was
             ,
             and
             on
             
             Tuesday-night
             they
             removed
             him
             back
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Now
             my
             Lord
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             we
             shall
             go
             on
             to
             call
             some
             Witnesses
             that
             were
             not
             present
             at
             the
             Murder
             ;
             for
             direct
             Evidence
             ,
             as
             to
             that
             ,
             can
             come
             only
             out
             of
             the
             
             mouth
             of
             some
             that
             were
             concerned
             in
             it
             ;
             but
             to
             corroborate
             by
             concurrent
             circumstances
             ,
             the
             Testimony
             which
             hath
             been
             already
             given
             .
             And
             first
             we
             shall
             call
             the
             Constable
             ,
             to
             prove
             that
             he
             found
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             in
             the
             Fields
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             in
             which
             Mr.
             Praunce
             says
             they
             told
             him
             they
             left
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             ,
             you
             promised
             you
             would
             prove
             ,
             that
             when
             these
             persons
             were
             examined
             ,
             they
             did
             deny
             before
             the
             House
             of
             Lords
             ,
             that
             they
             knew
             Praunce
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             in
             that
             we
             were
             mistaken
             ,
             I
             understand
             now
             ,
             it
             was
             only
             Berry
             denied
             that
             he
             did
             know
             Girald
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             did
             you
             never
             know
             Mr.
             Gerald
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             ,
          
           
             Never
             in
             my
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             have
             not
             you
             seen
             Girald
             with
             Berry
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             have
             ,
             but
             they
             usually
             went
             by
             several
             Names
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             ever
             see
             Girald
             in
             
             Hill's
             company
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Was
             there
             no
             Sentinel
             set
             that
             
             Monday-night
             ,
             that
             
             Saturday-night
             ,
             and
             that
             
             Wednesday-night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             certain
             ,
             I
             took
             notice
             of
             none
             ;
             if
             there
             were
             any
             ,
             they
             were
             at
             
             Berry's
             House
             ,
             and
             he
             opened
             the
             Gate
             ,
             when
             we
             came
             out
             with
             the
             Sedan
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Berry
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             could
             take
             order
             with
             the
             Sentinel
             ,
             and
             give
             them
             some
             entertainment
             in
             his
             own
             Lodg.
             
          
        
         
           Then
           Mr.
           Brown
           the
           Constable
           was
           Sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             ,
          
           
             Pray
             ,
             in
             what
             posture
             did
             you
             find
             Sir
             Edmundbury
             Godfrey
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Brown
             ,
          
           
             I
             found
             him
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             in
             a
             Ditch
             ,
             with
             his
             Sword
             through
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             end
             of
             it
             was
             two
             handfulls
             out
             of
             his
             back
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Was
             he
             Bloody
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Brown
             ,
          
           
             There
             was
             no
             Blood
             at
             all
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             Blood
             in
             the
             Ditch
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Was
             the
             Sword
             sticking
             in
             his
             Body
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Brown
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             but
             there
             was
             no
             Blood
             at
             all
             when
             it
             was
             taken
             out
             ;
             they
             had
             run
             it
             into
             another
             place
             ,
             but
             that
             happened
             to
             be
             against
             a
             Rib
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             could
             not
             go
             through
             ;
             but
             there
             was
             no
             blood
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             ,
          
           
             Was
             there
             any
             bruises
             on
             his
             Breast
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Brown
             ,
          
           
             He
             did
             look
             black
             about
             the
             Breast
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             would
             ask
             ,
             whether
             his
             Neck
             were
             broken
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Brown
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             suppose
             it
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             do
             you
             know
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Brown
             ,
          
           
             It
             was
             very
             weak
             ,
             and
             one
             might
             turn
             his
             Head
             from
             one
             Shoulder
             to
             the
             other
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Where
             was
             his
             Stick
             and
             Gloves
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Brown
             ,
          
           
             They
             were
             on
             the
             Bank-side
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Whose
             Sword
             was
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Brown
             ,
          
           
             His
             Servants
             said
             it
             was
             his
             own
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               G.
            
             
          
           
             Pray
             ,
             had
             he
             any
             Money
             in
             his
             Pocket
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Brown
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Gold
             and
             Silver
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Ay
             ,
             Ay
             ,
             for
             they
             count
             Theft
             Sin
             ,
             but
             not
             Murder
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild
             ,
          
           
             They
             left
             that
             ,
             to
             let
             men
             think
             he
             murdered
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             will
             you
             ask
             this
             Witness
             any
             questions
             before
             he
             goes
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Richardson
             ,
          
           
             They
             say
             they
             will
             ask
             him
             none
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Then
             we
             desire
             to
             call
             the
             Chyrurgeons
             that
             view'd
             and
             opened
             the
             Body
             ,
             Mr.
             Skillard
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Cambridge
             ;
             both
             whom
             were
             Sworn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             We
             begin
             with
             Mr.
             Skillard
             ,
             Pray
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             inform
             my
             Lord
             and
             the
             Jury
             ,
             Did
             you
             see
             the
             Body
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             did
             view
             the
             Body
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             When
             ?
             what
             time
             did
             you
             see
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             ,
          
           
             About
             Twelve
             of
             the
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             day
             of
             the
             Week
             was
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             ,
          
           
             On
             Friday
             ,
             the
             next
             day
             after
             he
             was
             found
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att
             G.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             observe
             his
             Breast
             ?
             how
             was
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             .
          
           
             His
             breast
             was
             all
             beaten
             with
             some
             obtuse
             weapon
             ,
             either
             with
             the
             feet
             or
             hands
             ,
             or
             something
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             observe
             his
             neck
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             it
             was
             distorted
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             How
             far
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             .
          
           
             You
             might
             have
             taken
             the
             Chin
             and
             have
             set
             it
             upon
             either
             Shoulder
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             observe
             the
             wound
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             did
             .
             It
             went
             in
             at
             one
             place
             and
             stopt
             at
             a
             Rib
             ,
             the
             other
             place
             it
             was
             quite
             through
             the
             Body
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             think
             he
             was
             killed
             by
             that
             wound
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             for
             then
             there
             would
             have
             been
             some
             evacuation
             of
             Blood
             ,
             which
             there
             was
             not
             .
             And
             besides
             his
             bosome
             was
             open
             ,
             and
             he
             had
             a
             Flannel
             Wastcoat
             and
             a
             Shirt
             on
             ;
             and
             neither
             those
             ,
             nor
             any
             of
             his
             Clothes
             were
             penetrated
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             But
             are
             you
             sure
             his
             neck
             had
             been
             broken
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Because
             some
             have
             been
             of
             opinion
             ,
             that
             he
             hanged
             himself
             ,
             and
             his
             Relations
             to
             save
             his
             estate
             run
             him
             through
             ;
             I
             would
             desire
             to
             ask
             the
             Chyrurgeon
             what
             he
             thinks
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             more
             done
             to
             his
             neck
             than
             an
             ordinary
             suffocation
             ;
             the
             wound
             went
             through
             his
             very
             heart
             ,
             and
             there
             would
             have
             appeared
             some
             blood
             ,
             if
             it
             had
             been
             done
             quickly
             after
             his
             death
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Did
             it
             appear
             by
             the
             view
             of
             the
             body
             that
             he
             was
             strangled
             or
             hanged
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             a
             lean
             man
             ,
             and
             his
             muscles
             if
             he
             had
             died
             of
             the
             wound
             ,
             would
             have
             been
             turgid
             :
             and
             then
             again
             all
             strangled
             people
             never
             swell
             ,
             because
             there
             is
             a
             sudden
             deprivation
             of
             all
             the
             spirits
             ,
             and
             a
             hindring
             of
             the
             Circulation
             of
             the
             blood
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             How
             long
             do
             you
             believe
             he
             might
             be
             dead
             before
             you
             saw
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Skillard
             .
          
           
             I
             believe
             four
             or
             five
             days
             .
             And
             they
             might
             have
             kept
             him
             a
             week
             and
             he
             never
             swell'd
             at
             all
             ,
             being
             a
             lean
             man.
             And
             when
             we
             ript
             him
             up
             ,
             he
             began
             for
             to
             putrify
             ,
             we
             made
             two
             incisions
             to
             give
             it
             vent
             ,
             and
             the
             liquor
             that
             was
             in
             his
             body
             did
             a
             little
             smell
             .
             The
             very
             lean
             flesh
             was
             so
             
             near
             turned
             into
             putrefaction
             ,
             that
             it
             stuck
             to
             the
             Instrument
             when
             we
             cut
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             here
             is
             another
             Chyrurgeon
             ,
             Mr.
             Cambridge
             ;
             Pray
             Sir
             are
             you
             sworn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Cambridge
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             am
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             When
             did
             you
             see
             the
             body
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Cambridge
             .
          
           
             Upon
             friday
             ,
             the
             very
             same
             day
             the
             Gentleman
             did
             .
             I
             found
             his
             neck
             dislocated
             ,
             and
             his
             breast
             very
             much
             beaten
             and
             bruised
             .
             And
             I
             found
             two
             punctures
             under
             his
             left
             Pap
             ,
             the
             one
             went
             against
             the
             Rib
             ,
             the
             other
             quite
             through
             the
             body
             under
             the
             left
             Pap.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att
               G.
            
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             believe
             that
             wound
             was
             the
             occasion
             of
             his
             death
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Cambridge
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             believe
             it
             was
             given
             him
             after
             his
             death
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             And
             his
             neck
             was
             broke
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Cambridge
             .
          
           
             His
             neck
             was
             dislocated
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             that
             is
             broken
             .
             Now
             my
             Lord
             we
             shall
             call
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfreys
            
             Maid
             ,
             
               Elizabeth
               Curtis
            
             .
             Swear
             her
             .
             Which
             was
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Your
             Lordship
             knows
             that
             Mr
             Praunce
             did
             say
             in
             the
             beginning
             ,
             that
             they
             had
             been
             several
             times
             at
             his
             House
             inquiring
             for
             him
             :
             now
             we
             call
             this
             person
             to
             tell
             you
             what
             she
             knows
             about
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             
               Elizabeth
               Curtis
            
             ,
             look
             upon
             the
             Prisoners
             ,
             and
             tell
             my
             Lord
             and
             the
             Jury
             whether
             you
             know
             any
             of
             them
             or
             no.
             
          
        
         
           
             Elizabeth
             Curtis
             .
          
           
             This
             man
             that
             I
             now
             hear
             called
             Green
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             was
             at
             my
             Masters
             about
             a
             fortnight
             before
             he
             died
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             to
             do
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Eliz.
             Curtis
             .
          
           
             I
             don't
             know
             ,
             but
             he
             asked
             for
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             of
             the
             day
             was
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Eliz.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             It
             was
             in
             the
             morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Eliz
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             He
             asked
             for
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             came
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             Good
             morrow
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             in
             English
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             spoke
             to
             him
             in
             French
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             understand
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             ,
          
           
             I
             desire
             she
             may
             consider
             well
             ,
             and
             look
             upon
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Eliz.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             That
             is
             the
             man.
             
          
        
         
           
             Green.
             
          
           
             Upon
             my
             Soul
             I
             never
             saw
             him
             in
             all
             my
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Eliz.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             He
             had
             a
             darker
             coloured
             Perriwig
             when
             he
             was
             there
             ,
             and
             was
             about
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             talking
             with
             my
             Master
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Are
             you
             sure
             this
             was
             the
             man
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             am
             ,
             and
             that
             other
             man
             Hill
             was
             there
             that
             Saturday
             morning
             ,
             and
             did
             speak
             with
             him
             before
             he
             went
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             That
             you
             will
             deny
             too
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             do
             you
             know
             he
             was
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             I
             was
             in
             the
             Parlor
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             making
             up
             the
             fire
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Had
             you
             ever
             seen
             him
             before
             that
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             No
             ,
             never
             before
             that
             time
             .
             I
             went
             into
             the
             Parlor
             to
             carry
             my
             Master
             his
             Break-fast
             ,
             and
             brought
             a
             bunch
             of
             Keys
             with
             me
             in
             ,
             and
             there
             Hill
             was
             with
             him
             .
             And
             I
             went
             up
             stairs
             about
             some
             business
             ,
             and
             came
             down
             again
             wanting
             the
             Keys
             ,
             which
             I
             had
             left
             upon
             the
             Table
             ;
             and
             Hill
             was
             all
             that
             time
             with
             my
             Master
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             G.
             
          
           
             How
             do
             you
             know
             he
             was
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             I
             was
             in
             the
             Parlor
             and
             stirred
             up
             the
             fire
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             there
             a
             good
             while
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Jones
             ,
          
           
             How
             long
             after
             did
             you
             see
             him
             again
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             Not
             till
             I
             saw
             him
             in
             Newgate
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Jones
             ,
          
           
             How
             long
             was
             that
             afterwards
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             A
             month
             ago
             .
             But
             it
             is
             not
             the
             man
             that
             brought
             the
             note
             to
             my
             Master
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             note
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             A
             note
             that
             a
             man
             brought
             to
             my
             Master
             that
             night
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             is
             become
             of
             that
             Note
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             ,
             my
             Master
             had
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Prithee
             ,
             tell
             us
             the
             story
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             There
             was
             a
             man
             came
             to
             my
             Masters
             House
             ,
             and
             asked
             if
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             were
             within
             .
             He
             said
             he
             had
             a
             Letter
             for
             him
             ;
             and
             shewed
             it
             me
             ,
             it
             was
             tied
             up
             in
             a
             knot
             .
             
             I
             told
             him
             my
             Master
             was
             within
             ,
             but
             busy
             ;
             but
             said
             I
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             I
             will
             carry
             it
             into
             him
             :
             he
             did
             so
             ,
             and
             I
             gave
             it
             to
             my
             Master
             ;
             when
             I
             went
             out
             again
             ,
             the
             man
             staid
             and
             asked
             for
             an
             Answer
             :
             I
             went
             in
             again
             and
             told
             my
             Master
             that
             the
             man
             required
             an
             Answer
             .
             Prithee
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             tell
             him
             I
             don't
             know
             what
             to
             make
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild
             ,
          
           
             When
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             On
             Friday
             night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild
             ,
          
           
             When
             ?
             The
             Friday
             night
             before
             he
             was
             murdered
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             Swear
             that
             Hill
             was
             there
             the
             Saturday
             morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             G.
             
          
           
             In
             what
             Clothes
             was
             he
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             The
             same
             Clothes
             that
             he
             hath
             now
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild
             ,
          
           
             Are
             you
             sure
             they
             are
             the
             same
             Clothes
             ?
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             G.
             
          
           
             Here
             is
             a
             great
             Circumstance
             my
             Lord.
             I
             asked
             her
             what
             Clothes
             he
             was
             in
             when
             he
             came
             to
             Sir
             Edmondbury's
             ;
             and
             she
             saith
             ,
             the
             same
             that
             he
             hath
             now
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             ever
             shifted
             your
             Clothes
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill
             ,
          
           
             No
             indeed
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             But
             for
             the
             man
             that
             brought
             the
             Note
             ,
             I
             cannot
             Swear
             it
             is
             he
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill
             ,
          
           
             But
             she
             did
             say
             when
             she
             came
             to
             see
             me
             in
             Newgate
             ,
             that
             she
             never
             saw
             me
             in
             my
             life
             ;
             and
             my
             Lord
             I
             hope
             I
             have
             sufficient
             VVitnesses
             to
             prove
             where
             I
             was
             that
             morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             She
             says
             ,
             she
             cannot
             Swear
             you
             were
             the
             man
             that
             brought
             the
             Note
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill
             ,
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             desire
             she
             will
             tell
             me
             about
             what
             time
             it
             was
             I
             was
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             E.
             Curtis
             ,
          
           
             It
             was
             about
             nine
             or
             ten
             a
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             That
             agrees
             with
             Mr.
             Praunces
             exactly
             in
             point
             of
             time
             .
             Now
             if
             your
             Lordship
             please
             ,
             we
             will
             proceed
             and
             call
             Mr.
             
               Lancellot
               Stringer
            
             ,
             and
             
               Mr.
               Vincent
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             ,
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             we
             do
             call
             these
             Witnesses
             to
             prove
             ,
             that
             these
             men
             had
             meetings
             with
             
               Mr.
               Praunce
            
             at
             the
             Plow
             .
          
        
         
         
           [
           Then
           was
           
             Lancelot
             Stringer
          
           sworn
           .
           ]
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Pray
             tell
             my
             Lord
             and
             the
             Jury
             whether
             you
             know
             Mr.
             Prance
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Have
             you
             seen
             him
             at
             the
             Plow
             at
             any
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             have
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             In
             what
             company
             there
             ?
             Was
             Mr.
             Green
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Which
             was
             he
             ?
             
               He
               points
               to
               him
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             And
             who
             else
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             that
             Hill.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             often
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Several
             times
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             long
             before
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             murdered
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             tell
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             remember
             any
             other
             company
             was
             with
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             there
             were
             several
             other
             company
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Name
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             Mr.
             Fitz-Girald
             and
             Mr.
             Hill.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             And
             yet
             Hill
             saith
             he
             never
             saw
             Girald
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             And
             there
             was
             Kelly
             ,
             he
             was
             another
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             Prance
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             know
             Vernatt
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             now
             ?
             What
             say
             you
             to
             it
             Mr.
             Hill
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Green
             ?
             Were
             you
             never
             at
             the
             Plow
             ,
             drinking
             with
             Mr.
             Prance
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             several
             times
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             say
             you
             ,
             Mr
             Green
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Green.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             drank
             with
             him
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             Girald
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             I
             know
             one
             Girald
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Now
             will
             your
             Lordship
             please
             to
             let
             me
             prove
             ,
             that
             at
             the
             Council
             he
             owned
             he
             knew
             Girald
             and
             Kelly
             ,
             and
             now
             't
             is
             proved
             he
             hath
             been
             in
             
             Kelly's
             company
             ,
             he
             says
             he
             does
             not
             know
             Girald
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             that
             was
             a
             mistake
             ,
             for
             I
             do
             know
             Kelly
             by
             sight
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             I
             knew
             two
             Men
             that
             used
             the
             Chappel
             very
             much
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             one
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             ,
             Witness
             ,
             say
             you
             have
             seen
             Girald
             and
             them
             together
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             have
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             many
             times
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             tell
             how
             many
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             several
             times
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             seen
             them
             twice
             together
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             have
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Now
             to
             settle
             it
             I
             would
             ask
             him
             ,
             with
             your
             Lordships
             favour
             ,
             when
             he
             came
             to
             live
             with
             his
             Master
             .
             You
             ,
             young
             Man
             ,
             when
             did
             you
             come
             to
             live
             with
             your
             Master
             at
             the
             Plow
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             with
             him
             two
             years
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Rec.
             
          
           
             But
             when
             was
             it
             you
             came
             last
             to
             live
             at
             the
             Plow
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             In
             
             Bartholomew-tide
             last
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             but
             five
             Weeks
             before
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             Murdered
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             ,
             Green
             ,
             know
             Mr.
             Girald
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Green.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Then
             pray
             Swear
             Mr.
             
               Vincent
               .
               [
               Which
               was
               done
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Come
             ,
             pray
             Sir
             ,
             do
             you
             live
             at
             the
             Plow
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Then
             pray
             ,
             do
             you
             tell
             my
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             Jury
             ,
             if
             you
             know
             any
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             and
             which
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             Mr.
             Green.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             any
             body
             else
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             know
             Hill
             ,
             and
             I
             know
             Mr.
             Berry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Rec.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             seen
             these
             persons
             at
             your
             House
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             have
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             With
             whom
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             I
             can't
             tell
             every
             body
             with
             whom
             they
             were
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Were
             they
             there
             with
             Praunce
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             know
             one
             Girald
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Hath
             he
             been
             at
             your
             house
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             he
             hath
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Who
             was
             with
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             I
             can't
             tell
             justly
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             know
             Kelly
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Hath
             he
             been
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             hath
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             In
             what
             Company
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             With
             Praunce
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             And
             with
             any
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Vincent
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             but
             I
             can't
             tell
             particularly
             with
             whom
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Now
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             as
             these
             were
             meetings
             before
             the
             fact
             was
             committed
             to
             consult
             how
             to
             do
             it
             ;
             so
             we
             at
             the
             beginning
             told
             you
             of
             a
             meeting
             after
             it
             was
             done
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             at
             Bow.
             We
             shall
             therefore
             call
             some
             Witnesses
             as
             to
             that
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             
               Richard
               Cary
            
             ,
             and
             
               William
               Evans
            
             .
             First
             swear
             
               Richard
               Cary.
               [
               Which
               was
               done
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Do
             you
             remember
             you
             were
             sent
             of
             a
             message
             from
             the
             Queens-Head
             at
             Bow
             ,
             and
             whether
             ?
             Pray
             tell
             my
             Lord
             ,
             and
             the
             Jury
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cary.
             
          
           
             I
             remember
             it
             very
             well
             ;
             there
             were
             three
             Gentlemen
             that
             sent
             for
             me
             to
             the
             Queens-Head
             ,
             and
             I
             being
             sent
             for
             did
             come
             ,
             and
             when
             I
             came
             up
             stairs
             ,
             they
             asked
             me
             if
             I
             knew
             Poplar
             ,
             I
             said
             I
             knew
             it
             very
             well
             .
             Then
             they
             asked
             me
             if
             I
             knew
             Mr.
             Dethick
             ,
             I
             told
             them
             I
             thought
             I
             did
             .
             Then
             said
             they
             ,
             you
             must
             carry
             this
             Letter
             to
             
               George
               Dethick
            
             ,
             
               Esq
            
             at
             Poplar
             ,
             and
             deliver
             it
             to
             his
             own
             hands
             ,
             and
             to
             no
             body
             else
             .
             Accordingly
             away
             I
             went
             ,
             and
             carried
             the
             Letter
             :
             I
             went
             to
             the
             door
             ,
             and
             asked
             if
             he
             were
             within
             ;
             his
             Man
             said
             he
             was
             above
             stairs
             ,
             but
             they
             would
             call
             him
             to
             me
             ;
             and
             calling
             him
             to
             me
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             said
             I
             ,
             there
             are
             some
             Gentlemen
             at
             the
             Queens-Head
             at
             Bow
             that
             have
             sent
             me
             with
             a
             Letter
             to
             you
             .
             So
             he
             looked
             upon
             the
             Letter
             ,
             and
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             go
             and
             tell
             them
             I
             will
             be
             with
             them
             presently
             .
             So
             ,
             may
             it
             please
             you
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             came
             again
             ,
             and
             when
             I
             came
             ,
             the
             Gentlemen
             were
             there
             still
             .
             Well
             ,
             said
             they
             ,
             go
             and
             drink
             a
             Glass
             of
             Claret
             ,
             which
             stood
             upon
             the
             Table
             ,
             and
             they
             gave
             me
             Six-pence
             ,
             and
             I
             went
             away
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Pray
             look
             upon
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             can
             you
             remember
             whether
             that
             man
             was
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Cary.
             
          
           
             There
             were
             three
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             he
             looks
             like
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             do
             you
             remember
             this
             was
             the
             man
             you
             sent
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             this
             was
             the
             same
             man
             that
             was
             sent
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             call
             the
             other
             .
          
        
         
         
           [
           Then
           
             William
             Evans
          
           ,
           the
           Boy
           of
           the
           House
           at
           the
           Queens-Head
           ,
           was
           sworn
           ]
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Hark
             you
             ,
             do
             you
             remember
             any
             Company
             that
             was
             at
             your
             Masters
             house
             two
             or
             three
             Months
             agon
             ?
          
        
         
           
             W.
             Evans
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Do
             you
             remember
             that
             you
             heard
             them
             talk
             any
             thing
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             W.
             Evans
             .
          
           
             They
             pull'd
             out
             a
             Paper
             and
             read
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             You
             Boy
             ,
             do
             you
             know
             Mr.
             Dethick
             ?
          
        
         
           
             W.
             Evans
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Was
             he
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             W.
             Evans
             .
          
           
             He
             did
             come
             to
             them
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             What
             had
             they
             to
             Dinner
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             W.
             Evans
             .
          
           
             They
             had
             Flounders
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Who
             bought
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             W.
             Evans
             .
          
           
             One
             of
             them
             ,
             I
             can't
             tell
             who
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             What
             had
             they
             else
             ?
          
        
         
           
             W.
             Evans
             .
          
           
             A
             Barrel
             of
             Oysters
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Pray
             give
             my
             Lord
             an
             accompt
             what
             you
             observed
             and
             heard
             .
          
        
         
           
             W.
             Evans
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             know
             nothing
             but
             that
             they
             pull'd
             out
             a
             Paper
             ,
             and
             read
             it
             ,
             and
             named
             Sir
             Edmondbury
             Godfrey's
             Name
             .
             And
             while
             I
             was
             at
             the
             door
             ,
             some
             body
             came
             and
             threatned
             to
             kick
             me
             down
             stairs
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             He
             saith
             just
             as
             Mr.
             Praunce
             said
             in
             every
             particular
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Now
             if
             it
             please
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             we
             desire
             to
             call
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Southwell
            
             ,
             to
             prove
             what
             Mr.
             Praunce
             said
             before
             the
             Council
             ,
             and
             how
             particular
             he
             was
             ;
             and
             did
             to
             some
             of
             the
             Lords
             ,
             who
             were
             sent
             with
             him
             to
             Somerset-House
             ,
             point
             out
             the
             places
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             We
             call
             him
             to
             shew
             ,
             that
             when
             Praunce
             was
             examined
             before
             the
             King
             ,
             he
             was
             sent
             with
             some
             of
             the
             Lords
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Southwell
            
             ,
             to
             Somerset-House
             ,
             where
             he
             pointed
             with
             his
             Finger
             ,
             and
             shewed
             the
             places
             where
             all
             was
             done
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             shall
             shew
             your
             Lordship
             and
             the
             Jury
             ,
             how
             exact
             he
             was
             in
             every
             thing
             .
          
        
         
         
           Then
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Southwell
          
           was
           sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Pray
             Sir
             Robert
             ,
             will
             you
             tell
             your
             knowledge
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             was
             upon
             the
             twenty
             fourth
             of
             December
             waiting
             upon
             his
             Majesty
             in
             Council
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Praunce
             was
             sent
             for
             ,
             to
             speak
             his
             knowledge
             concerning
             this
             Murder
             ,
             and
             he
             then
             gave
             a
             general
             Account
             of
             things
             ,
             which
             ,
             because
             it
             did
             relate
             to
             that
             Bench
             ,
             and
             this
             Corner
             ,
             and
             that
             Room
             ,
             and
             that
             Passage
             ,
             and
             that
             Gallery
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             understood
             by
             the
             Board
             ,
             and
             thereupon
             his
             Majesty
             thought
             fit
             to
             appoint
             my
             Lord
             Duke
             of
             Monmouth
             ,
             and
             the
             Earl
             of
             Ossory
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Vice-Chamberlain
             to
             the
             Queen
             ,
             to
             go
             thither
             ,
             and
             take
             the
             Examination
             upon
             the
             place
             ,
             and
             Report
             it
             to
             the
             Board
             :
             And
             I
             ,
             being
             Clerk
             of
             of
             the
             Council
             ,
             though
             not
             in
             waiting
             at
             that
             time
             ,
             and
             having
             taken
             notice
             of
             what
             Mr.
             Praunce
             had
             there
             deposed
             ,
             I
             did
             wait
             upon
             those
             Lords
             ,
             and
             took
             the
             Examination
             upon
             the
             Place
             .
             And
             what
             I
             did
             take
             upon
             the
             place
             ,
             This
             was
             done
             here
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             ,
             I
             drew
             up
             into
             a
             Report
             ,
             and
             the
             Report
             is
             Signed
             by
             those
             two
             Noble
             Lords
             ,
             and
             was
             read
             that
             Afternoon
             at
             the
             Board
             ;
             and
             to
             that
             I
             referr
             my self
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Pray
             Sir
             Robert
             ,
             Did
             he
             shew
             the
             particular
             places
             to
             those
             Lords
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             did
             .
             First
             ,
             the
             Bench
             whereon
             they
             were
             sitting
             when
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             coming
             down
             ;
             then
             the
             Corner
             into
             which
             they
             drew
             him
             when
             they
             had
             strangled
             him
             ;
             then
             the
             place
             where
             one
             Berry
             went
             to
             stay
             ,
             which
             was
             at
             the
             Stairs
             that
             lead
             to
             the
             Upper
             Court
             ,
             then
             a
             little
             door
             at
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Stables
             ,
             which
             lead
             up
             a
             pair
             of
             Stairs
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             head
             of
             the
             Stairs
             a
             long
             dark
             Entry
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             top
             of
             those
             Staires
             ,
             a
             door
             on
             the
             left
             hand
             ,
             which
             being
             opened
             ,
             shew'd
             us
             eight
             steps
             ,
             which
             lead
             up
             to
             the
             Lodgings
             that
             were
             Dr.
             Godwins
             :
             In
             which
             Hill
             was
             said
             to
             be
             inhabitant
             for
             seven
             years
             before
             .
             And
             
             assoon
             as
             we
             were
             gone
             two
             steps
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             little
             Closet
             or
             Cabinet
             on
             the
             right
             hand
             ,
             in
             which
             there
             was
             a
             Bed
             ,
             and
             there
             he
             shewed
             my
             Lords
             ,
             This
             is
             the
             place
             where
             we
             handed
             him
             up
             first
             ,
             and
             here
             we
             left
             him
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             in
             the
             care
             of
             Hill
             for
             two
             nights
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             You
             were
             there
             ,
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Southwell
            
             upon
             the
             place
             ,
             when
             he
             shew'd
             them
             these
             things
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             Yes
             Sir
             ,
             I
             was
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             Was
             it
             answerable
             to
             what
             he
             had
             declared
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Council
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             it
             was
             answerable
             to
             all
             things
             he
             had
             said
             in
             the
             morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             And
             suitable
             to
             what
             he
             says
             now
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             suitable
             to
             what
             he
             sayes
             now
             ,
             but
             only
             now
             he
             sayes
             more
             than
             he
             said
             then
             .
             And
             as
             to
             what
             he
             sayes
             about
             the
             Chambers
             of
             Sir
             
               John
               Arundell
            
             ,
             they
             could
             not
             be
             Sir
             
             John's
             Lodgings
             ,
             for
             they
             were
             not
             capable
             of
             receiving
             a
             Person
             of
             that
             Quality
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             I
             said
             ,
             I
             did
             believe
             they
             did
             belong
             to
             Sir
             
               John
               Arundell
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             Just
             .
          
           
             They
             were
             Lodgings
             perhaps
             that
             belong'd
             to
             his
             Servants
             ,
             though
             not
             to
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Sir
             Robert
             ,
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             ,
             whether
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             when
             he
             shew'd
             these
             places
             ,
             and
             made
             these
             Descriptions
             ,
             did
             he
             do
             it
             with
             any
             hesitancy
             ,
             or
             did
             he
             do
             it
             readily
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             Hitherto
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             he
             went
             directly
             and
             positively
             ,
             as
             if
             any
             body
             should
             walk
             to
             Westminster-Hall
             door
             .
             But
             afterwards
             ,
             when
             the
             Lords
             did
             desire
             to
             know
             whither
             the
             Body
             was
             carried
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             it
             was
             into
             some
             Room
             of
             the
             house
             by
             the
             Garden
             ;
             for
             this
             is
             an
             Outer
             part
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             which
             any
             body
             may
             do
             any
             thing
             in
             ,
             without
             their
             knowledge
             that
             are
             within
             .
             And
             he
             undertook
             to
             lead
             them
             
             to
             the
             place
             as
             well
             as
             he
             could
             ;
             and
             so
             away
             we
             went
             through
             the
             long
             dark
             Entry
             that
             leads
             into
             the
             Outer
             Court
             of
             the
             Great
             House
             ;
             and
             crossing
             the
             Quadrangle
             ,
             he
             leads
             us
             to
             the
             Piazza
             ,
             and
             down
             a
             pair
             of
             Stairs
             ,
             and
             so
             far
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             went
             ;
             then
             ,
             assoon
             as
             we
             were
             down
             the
             Stairs
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             great
             Square
             Court
             ,
             then
             he
             began
             to
             stagger
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             did
             not
             know
             his
             way
             ,
             but
             there
             was
             no
             way
             but
             to
             go
             on
             hovvever
             ,
             and
             on
             vve
             vvent
             ,
             and
             coming
             cross
             the
             Court
             ,
             vve
             came
             into
             several
             Rooms
             ,
             and
             going
             through
             them
             ,
             vve
             came
             up
             Stairs
             again
             ,
             and
             so
             into
             several
             other
             Rooms
             again
             .
             Sure
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             vve
             vvere
             here
             ,
             but
             I
             can't
             tell
             ,
             and
             he
             vvas
             in
             a
             great
             Distraction
             vvhat
             Room
             he
             savv
             the
             Body
             in
             ;
             but
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             thus
             far
             ,
             I
             am
             certain
             I
             am
             right
             ;
             vvhich
             vvas
             according
             to
             the
             Paper
             ,
             and
             I
             refer
             my self
             to
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             But
             ,
             you
             say
             ,
             that
             what
             he
             had
             said
             to
             the
             Lords
             in
             the
             Council
             ,
             was
             the
             same
             that
             he
             said
             when
             you
             were
             by
             upon
             the
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             .
             Just
             .
          
           
             His
             doubtfulness
             of
             the
             Room
             does
             assert
             ,
             and
             give
             Credit
             to
             his
             Testimony
             ,
             and
             Confirms
             it
             to
             any
             honest
             man
             in
             England
             .
             Here
             ,
             saith
             he
             ,
             I
             will
             not
             be
             positive
             ,
             but
             having
             sworn
             the
             other
             things
             which
             he
             well
             remembred
             ,
             positively
             ,
             he
             is
             made
             the
             more
             Credible
             for
             his
             doubtfulness
             of
             a
             thing
             which
             he
             does
             not
             remember
             ,
             which
             a
             man
             that
             could
             swear
             any
             thing
             would
             not
             stick
             at
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             there
             but
             by
             night
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Light
             he
             had
             was
             a
             dark
             Lanthorn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Now
             ,
             Sir
             Robert
             ,
             I
             would
             ask
             you
             one
             Question
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             Do
             you
             remember
             that
             Hill
             was
             Examined
             at
             the
             Council
             about
             this
             matter
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Robert
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             these
             are
             the
             Notes
             that
             I
             took
             upon
             these
             Mens
             Examinations
             ,
             if
             your
             Lordship
             pleases
             they
             may
             be
             read
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             
               Sir
               Robert
            
             ,
             We
             ask
             you
             but
             as
             to
             one
             particular
             thing
             ,
             therefore
             if
             you
             please
             to
             look
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             refresh
             your
             Memory
             ,
             you
             may
             read
             it
             to
             your self
             ,
             and
             tell
             us
             only
             the
             substance
             ;
             which
             he
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Now
             Sir
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             Do
             you
             remember
             that
             Hill
             was
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir.
             Rob.
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             find
             he
             was
             Examined
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             not
             he
             deny
             there
             that
             he
             knew
             Kelly
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             knew
             Girald
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Rob.
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             do
             find
             it
             here
             set
             down
             that
             he
             did
             deny
             he
             knew
             Kelly
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             knew
             Girald
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             I
             said
             I
             knew
             one
             Girald
             ,
             but
             not
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             But
             before
             the
             Council
             he
             said
             he
             knew
             Girald
             ,
             not
             one
             Girald
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Chief
             Just
             .
          
           
             This
             way
             of
             Answering
             is
             like
             the
             Examination
             that
             was
             taken
             lately
             amongst
             some
             of
             them
             .
             A
             Person
             was
             asked
             when
             he
             saw
             such
             a
             Priest
             ?
             He
             denied
             that
             he
             had
             seen
             him
             in
             fourteen
             dayes
             .
             But
             then
             comes
             one
             and
             proves
             to
             his
             face
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             with
             him
             in
             Company
             all
             Night
             ,
             within
             a
             Week
             and
             Iess
             .
             I
             ,
             sayes
             he
             ,
             that
             's
             true
             ,
             but
             I
             said
             I
             had
             not
             seen
             him
             in
             Fourteen
             Dayes
             .
             And
             so
             they
             may
             take
             Oaths
             to
             serve
             the
             King
             faithfully
             all
             the
             Dayes
             of
             their
             Lives
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Nights
             they
             may
             murther
             him
             ,
             and
             keep
             their
             Oaths
             for
             all
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             I
             would
             know
             ,
             whether
             the
             Girald
             you
             know
             be
             a
             Priest
             or
             no
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             He
             is
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Then
             you
             do
             not
             know
             Girald
             the
             Priest
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Call
             Mr.
             
               Thomas
               Stringer
            
             .
             And
             he
             was
             sworn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Pray
             Mr.
             Stringer
             ,
             will
             you
             tell
             my
             Lord
             and
             the
             Jury
             what
             it
             was
             that
             Mr.
             Berry
             said
             about
             any
             directions
             he
             had
             to
             keep
             all
             Persons
             out
             of
             Somerset-House
             ,
             about
             the
             twelfth
             or
             fourteenth
             of
             October
             last
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             T.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             upon
             his
             Examination
             before
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Committee
             ,
             Berry
             did
             say
             he
             had
             Orders
             from
             the
             Queen
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Queen
             ,
             That
             he
             should
             suffer
             no
             Strangers
             ,
             nor
             any
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             to
             come
             into
             Somerset-House
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             was
             it
             he
             was
             to
             keep
             them
             out
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             T.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             The
             12th
             13th
             and
             14th
             of
             October
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             ,
             three
             days
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             T.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Two
             or
             three
             days
             .
             And
             he
             said
             that
             the
             Prince
             did
             come
             ,
             and
             he
             did
             refuse
             him
             ,
             and
             sent
             him
             back
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             Did
             he
             say
             he
             ever
             had
             any
             such
             Directions
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             T.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             No
             :
             he
             said
             he
             never
             before
             had
             any
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             very
             unlucky
             thing
             that
             he
             had
             it
             then
             .
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             The
             Prince
             might
             have
             gone
             in
             if
             he
             would
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             T.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             You
             said
             you
             did
             refuse
             him
             ,
             you
             had
             order
             to
             let
             none
             come
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Had
             you
             any
             such
             Order
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             had
             such
             an
             Order
             from
             the
             Queen's
             Gentleman-Usher
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just.
             
          
           
             Had
             you
             never
             had
             such
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             have
             had
             before
             ,
             since
             the
             Queen
             came
             to
             Somerset-House
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Stringer
             swears
             you
             said
             you
             had
             not
             any
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             had
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Why
             did
             you
             deny
             it
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             I
             did
             not
             deny
             it
             ;
             besides
             ,
             there
             were
             several
             went
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             proved
             indeed
             ,
             five
             or
             six
             did
             go
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             For
             how
             many
             days
             had
             you
             that
             Order
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Two
             days
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Which
             two
             days
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             The
             eleventh
             and
             twelfth
             ,
             I
             think
             thereabouts
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             Did
             you
             say
             before
             the
             Lords
             ,
             that
             you
             never
             had
             such
             Orders
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Berry
             ,
             When
             you
             were
             examined
             before
             the
             Lords
             ,
             Did
             you
             not
             say
             you
             never
             had
             such
             Orders
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             say
             so
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             as
             I
             know
             of
             ;
             for
             they
             did
             not
             examine
             me
             about
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             You
             said
             you
             would
             prove
             it
             under
             his
             own
             Hand
             .
             Prove
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Stringer
             ,
             Did
             he
             write
             his
             Name
             to
             his
             Examination
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             T.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             did
             to
             one
             Examination
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Pray
             look
             upon
             that
             ,
             Is
             that
             his
             Hand
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             T.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             This
             was
             read
             to
             him
             before
             he
             Signed
             it
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             did
             Sign
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             I
             would
             sain
             shew
             it
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             see
             whether
             he
             Would
             own
             it
             or
             no.
             
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             that
             is
             my
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           the
           Clerke
           of
           the
           Crown
           read
           it
           .
        
         
           
             Cler.
             of
             th'
             Cr.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             subscribed
             by
             
               Henry
               Berry
            
             .
             The
             Information
             of
             
               Henry
               Berry
            
             ,
             Porter
             at
             the
             Gate
             of
             Somerset-House
             ;
             taken
             before
             the
             Right
             Honourable
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Winchester
             .
             This
             Deponent
             saith
             ,
             That
             about
             the
             12th
             ,
             13th
             ,
             and
             14th
             of
             October
             last
             ,
             he
             had
             Order
             to
             tell
             all
             Persons
             of
             Quality
             ,
             that
             the
             Queen
             was
             private
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             not
             to
             come
             in
             ;
             and
             this
             Deponent
             saith
             ,
             The
             Queen
             continued
             so
             private
             for
             two
             days
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Where
             is
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Examination
             wherein
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             never
             had
             any
             such
             Order
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             T.
             Sringer
             .
          
           
             He
             did
             say
             so
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             not
             in
             that
             that
             hath
             his
             Hand
             to
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             Pray
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             observe
             this
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             reflecting
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             I
             Would
             have
             no
             more
             made
             of
             it
             than
             the
             thing
             will
             bear
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             They
             only
             bring
             it
             ,
             and
             make
             use
             of
             it
             against
             Berry
             ,
             as
             a
             pretence
             of
             his
             .
          
        
         
           
             M.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             a
             very
             reflecting
             Evidence
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Surely
             there
             is
             no
             body
             here
             that
             offers
             it
             as
             such
             :
             We
             use
             it
             only
             to
             this
             purpose
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             Berry
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             Party
             to
             this
             Murder
             ,
             did
             use
             all
             the
             means
             that
             he
             could
             to
             keep
             it
             private
             ;
             and
             ●ndeavoured
             to
             prevent
             Strangers
             coming
             in
             that
             Night
             to
             discover
             it
             ,
             and
             therefore
             pretended
             these
             Orders
             .
          
           
             If
             he
             had
             any
             such
             Orders
             ,
             I
             suppose
             he
             will
             prove
             them
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             say
             he
             had
             them
             ;
             but
             't
             is
             a
             great
             Evidence
             ,
             when
             he
             pretended
             to
             such
             privacie
             ,
             that
             he
             and
             his
             Fellows
             had
             something
             to
             do
             that
             was
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             known
             by
             every
             body
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Record
             .
          
           
             He
             may
             make
             use
             of
             any
             body's
             Name
             ,
             and
             pretend
             what
             he
             will
             ;
             but
             I
             suppose
             he
             will
             prove
             it
             from
             the
             Gentleman-Usher
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             true
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             We
             have
             one
             Witness
             more
             to
             call
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             one
             Farr
             .
             Call
             
               Stephen
               Farr
            
             .
          
           
             Which
             was
             done
             ,
             and
             he
             sworn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             He
             is
             a
             Neighbour
             to
             Berry
             ,
             and
             will
             give
             your
             Lordship
             an
             Account
             what
             Applications
             have
             been
             made
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             tamper
             with
             him
             for
             Money
             ,
             to
             keep
             away
             ,
             and
             not
             give
             Evidence
             in
             this
             Cause
             .
             Pray
             Sir
             ,
             are
             you
             Mr.
             
             Berry's
             Neighbour
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Farr
             .
          
           
             Yes
             Sir
             ,
             I
             am
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Pray
             then
             tell
             what
             you
             know
             .
          
        
         
           
             Farr
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             him
             very
             well
             ,
             his
             Wife
             hath
             been
             with
             me
             last
             Week
             ,
             and
             asked
             me
             if
             I
             knew
             what
             time
             he
             was
             with
             me
             on
             Wednesday
             ,
             the
             16th
             of
             October
             .
             I
             desired
             time
             to
             recollect
             my self
             :
             And
             she
             called
             four
             or
             five
             times
             after
             ,
             and
             I
             did
             recollect
             my
             Memory
             and
             told
             her
             ,
             That
             I
             was
             not
             with
             him
             at
             all
             that
             Wednesday
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             this
             was
             reasonable
             ,
             and
             fair
             enough
             to
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             so
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             but
             pray
             had
             you
             no
             Money
             offered
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Farr
             .
          
           
             No
             Sir
             ,
             none
             at
             all
             ;
             and
             I
             told
             her
             I
             could
             not
             remember
             that
             I
             was
             with
             him
             that
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             may
             remember
             it
             very
             well
             ,
             when
             I
             came
             from
             the
             Queen
             ,
             I
             came
             to
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Farr
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             was
             out
             of
             Town
             that
             Wednesday
             ,
             from
             two
             a
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             till
             nine
             at
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             well
             ,
             this
             is
             nothing
             :
             The
             Woman
             was
             willing
             if
             she
             could
             ,
             to
             have
             counterproved
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             what
             she
             did
             was
             fair
             ;
             she
             offered
             no
             Money
             ,
             nor
             did
             it
             in
             an
             indirect
             way
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att
             Gen.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             We
             have
             now
             done
             with
             our
             Evidence
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             leave
             it
             till
             we
             hear
             what
             they
             say
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             do
             you
             say
             for
             your selves
             ,
             you
             shall
             have
             all
             the
             free
             liberty
             you
             will
             desire
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             place
             ,
             I
             take
             God
             to
             be
             my
             Witness
             ,
             that
             
             I
             am
             wholly
             innocent
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Matter
             that
             is
             charged
             upon
             me
             :
             And
             as
             to
             what
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             I
             dogg'd
             Sir
             
               Edmund-Bury
               Godfrey
            
             ;
             I
             can
             prove
             that
             I
             went
             into
             my
             Lodging
             at
             eight
             a
             clock
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             stir
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Come
             ,
             call
             your
             Witnesses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             ,
             Katherine
             Lee
             ,
             Mrs.
             Broadstreet
             ,
             and
             Daniel
             Gray
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Let
             them
             come
             in
             there
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           
             Mary
             Tilden
          
           was
           first
           examined
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen
             
          
           
             This
             is
             Doctor
             
             Godwin's
             Niece
             ,
             and
             his
             House-keeper
             .
          
        
         
           
             L
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             what
             do
             you
             ask
             her
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             what
             you
             can
             say
             about
             my
             being
             in
             my
             Lodging
             ,
             and
             not
             going
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             He
             hath
             lived
             in
             our
             Family
             seven
             or
             eight
             Years
             .
          
        
         
           
             L
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Your
             Family
             ,
             What
             is
             your
             Family
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             
          
           
             With
             my
             Uncle
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Who
             is
             Your
             Uncle
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             Doctor
             Godwin
             ;
             we
             left
             him
             in
             the
             House
             always
             when
             we
             were
             absent
             from
             it
             ,
             he
             was
             always
             a
             trusty
             Servant
             ,
             never
             kept
             ill
             hours
             ,
             always
             came
             home
             by
             eight
             a
             Clock
             at
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Always
             ,
             For
             how
             long
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             Ever
             since
             we
             came
             over
             last
             into
             England
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             When
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             In
             April
             last
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Were
             you
             there
             that
             Night
             Sir
             
               Edmund-Bury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             kill'd
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             VVhat
             Night
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             I
             don't
             know
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             heard
             of
             it
             in
             the
             Town
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             VVhen
             did
             you
             first
             hear
             of
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             
          
           
             The
             Thursday
             that
             he
             was
             found
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Did
             you
             not
             hear
             of
             it
             on
             the
             Wednesday
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             VVho
             could
             tell
             you
             the
             Wednesday
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             in
             the
             Town
             it
             was
             said
             he
             was
             missing
             from
             Saturday
             ,
             and
             a
             Thursday
             he
             was
             found
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             can
             you
             say
             concerning
             Hill
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             not
             out
             after
             eight
             a
             clock
             that
             night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             a
             very
             good
             Servant
             to
             my
             Unkle
             ,
             and
             never
             kept
             ill
             hours
             ,
             but
             always
             came
             in
             by
             eight
             a
             clock
             or
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Were
             not
             you
             out
             your self
             that
             night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             No
             not
             I
             ,
             never
             out
             after
             that
             hour
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Pray
             how
             can
             you
             give
             such
             an
             accompt
             of
             Mr.
             Hill
             ,
             as
             if
             he
             was
             always
             in
             your
             company
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             He
             came
             in
             to
             wait
             at
             Table
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             stir
             out
             afterwards
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Pray
             what
             Religion
             are
             you
             of
             ?
             are
             you
             a
             Papist
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             ,
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             I
             come
             here
             to
             make
             a
             profession
             of
             my
             Faith.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Are
             you
             a
             Roman
             Catholick
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             a
             dispensation
             to
             eat
             Suppers
             on
             Saturday-nights
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             I
             hope
             you
             did
             not
             keep
             him
             company
             after
             Supper
             all
             night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             No
             I
             did
             not
             ,
             but
             he
             came
             in
             to
             wait
             at
             Table
             at
             Supper
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             I
             thought
             you
             had
             kept
             fasting
             on
             Saturday-nights
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             not
             on
             Saturday-nights
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             How
             many
             Dishes
             of
             Meat
             had
             you
             to
             Supper
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             We
             had
             no
             Meat
             ,
             though
             we
             did
             not
             fast
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Can
             you
             speak
             positively
             as
             to
             this
             night
             ,
             the
             Saturday
             that
             he
             was
             kill'd
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             at
             home
             that
             night
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             And
             where
             was
             he
             the
             Sunday
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             at
             home
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             And
             you
             are
             sure
             he
             was
             at
             home
             every
             night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             while
             we
             were
             in
             Town
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Where
             was
             you
             all
             that
             Wednesday-night
             you
             speak
             of
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             at
             home
             in
             my
             Lodging
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             How
             is
             it
             possible
             for
             you
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             Hill
             ,
             who
             was
             not
             your
             constant
             Companion
             ,
             did
             not
             go
             out
             afterwards
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             he
             was
             not
             my
             constant
             Companion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             How
             then
             can
             you
             charge
             your
             Memory
             that
             he
             was
             at
             home
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Come
             ,
             you
             are
             to
             speak
             truth
             ,
             though
             you
             are
             not
             upon
             your
             Oath
             .
             Can
             you
             charge
             your
             memory
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             he
             came
             in
             constantly
             at
             eight
             a
             clock
             at
             night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             can
             ,
             because
             I
             saw
             him
             come
             in
             constantly
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             came
             in
             ,
             I
             always
             sent
             my
             Maid
             to
             bar
             the
             door
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Maid
             ,
             can
             you
             say
             that
             he
             was
             always
             at
             home
             at
             night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             I
             can
             say
             he
             never
             was
             abroad
             after
             eight
             at
             night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             Why
             you
             did
             not
             watch
             him
             till
             he
             went
             to
             bed
             ,
             did
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             We
             were
             always
             up
             till
             eleven
             a
             clock
             at
             night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Was
             he
             in
             your
             company
             all
             that
             while
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             I
             beg
             your
             pardon
             ;
             if
             your
             Lordship
             saw
             the
             Lodgings
             ,
             you
             would
             say
             it
             were
             impossible
             for
             any
             to
             go
             in
             or
             out
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             must
             know
             it
             within
             .
             We
             were
             constant
             in
             our
             hours
             of
             going
             to
             Supper
             ;
             our
             doors
             were
             never
             opened
             after
             he
             came
             in
             to
             wait
             at
             Supper
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             You
             may
             say
             any
             thing
             to
             a
             Heretick
             for
             a
             Papist
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             mighty
             improbable
             business
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             Where
             was
             he
             a
             Wednesday-night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             At
             home
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             They
             have
             a
             general
             Answer
             for
             all
             Questions
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Who
             kept
             the
             Key
             of
             your
             Lodgings
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             The
             Maid
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Hath
             Hill
             never
             kept
             the
             Key
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             the
             Maid
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             How
             do
             you
             know
             but
             that
             the
             Maid
             might
             let
             him
             out
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             Mrs.
             Broadstreet
             said
             at
             first
             there
             was
             but
             one
             Key
             ;
             but
             before
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monmouth
             she
             said
             there
             was
             six
             or
             seven
             Keys
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Look
             you
             what
             tricks
             you
             put
             upon
             us
             to
             blind
             
             us
             .
             You
             come
             and
             tell
             us
             that
             he
             was
             every
             night
             at
             home
             by
             eight
             a
             clock
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             stir
             out
             ,
             for
             there
             was
             but
             one
             Lock
             ,
             and
             the
             Maid
             kept
             the
             Key
             ;
             and
             yet
             there
             were
             three
             or
             four
             Keys
             to
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             but
             one
             Key
             to
             that
             which
             kept
             the
             door
             fast
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Praunce
             ,
             how
             many
             Keys
             were
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             She
             confessed
             there
             were
             four
             or
             five
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             it
             that
             you
             carried
             him
             out
             of
             
             Somerset-House
             on
             Wednesday-night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Prance
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             about
             ten
             or
             eleven
             of
             the
             clock
             .
             Hill
             went
             to
             fetch
             the
             horse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             We
             had
             never
             been
             out
             of
             our
             Lodgings
             after
             eight
             a
             Clock
             ,
             since
             we
             came
             to
             Town
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             When
             were
             you
             out
             of
             Town
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             In
             October
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             now
             ,
             Mistris
             ,
             you
             have
             spoil'd
             all
             ;
             for
             in
             October
             this
             business
             was
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             You
             have
             undone
             the
             man
             ,
             instead
             of
             saving
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ;
             I
             only
             mistook
             the
             Month.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             You
             Woman
             (
             speaking
             to
             Mrs
             Broadstreet
             what
             Month
             was
             it
             you
             were
             out
             of
             Town
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
          
           
             In
             September
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             'T
             is
             apparent
             you
             consider
             not
             what
             you
             say
             ,
             or
             you
             come
             hither
             to
             say
             any
             thing
             will
             serve
             the
             turn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             ,
             for
             I
             was
             out
             of
             Town
             in
             September
             ,
             came
             to
             Town
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             September
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             You
             must
             remember
             what
             you
             said
             ,
             that
             you
             came
             to
             England
             in
             April
             last
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             time
             he
             was
             always
             within
             at
             eight
             a
             clock
             at
             night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             Except
             that
             time
             that
             we
             were
             out
             of
             Town
             ,
             which
             was
             in
             September
             the
             Summer-time
             .
             And
             it
             is
             impossible
             but
             if
             the
             Body
             was
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             as
             Praunce
             said
             it
             was
             ,
             but
             I
             must
             see
             him
             ,
             or
             some
             of
             us
             must
             .
             I
             used
             to
             go
             every
             day
             into
             that
             little
             Room
             for
             something
             or
             other
             ,
             and
             I
             must
             needs
             see
             him
             if
             he
             were
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             You
             told
             me
             just
             now
             you
             were
             not
             upon
             Confession
             ;
             and
             I
             tell
             you
             now
             so
             ,
             you
             are
             not
             .
             Then
             Mrs.
             Broadstreet
             was
             examined
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Jones
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             Woman
             ,
             what
             say
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
          
           
             We
             came
             to
             Town
             upon
             a
             Monday
             ,
             
             Michaelmas-day
             was
             the
             Sunday
             following
             ;
             and
             from
             that
             time
             neither
             he
             nor
             the
             Maid
             used
             to
             be
             abroad
             after
             eight
             a
             clock
             :
             we
             kept
             very
             good
             hours
             ,
             and
             he
             always
             waited
             at
             Supper
             ,
             and
             never
             went
             abroad
             after
             he
             came
             in
             to
             wait
             at
             Supper
             :
             and
             the
             Lodging
             was
             so
             little
             ,
             that
             nothing
             could
             be
             brought
             in
             ,
             but
             they
             must
             know
             that
             were
             within
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             lower
             Room
             than
             the
             Chamber
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             even
             with
             the
             Dining-Room
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             say
             you
             ,
             Sir
             
               Robert
               Southwell
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Ro.
             Southwell
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             extraordinary
             little
             place
             ;
             as
             soon
             as
             you
             get
             up
             eight
             steps
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             little
             square
             Entry
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             this
             Room
             on
             the
             one
             hand
             ,
             and
             the
             Dining-Room
             on
             the
             other
             .
             I
             think
             there
             is
             a
             pair
             of
             staires
             to
             go
             down
             at
             one
             corner
             of
             the
             Entry
             ,
             as
             I
             think
             ,
             but
             the
             Body
             was
             laid
             in
             a
             little
             square
             Room
             at
             the
             head
             of
             the
             steps
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             And
             must
             you
             go
             into
             the
             Room
             to
             go
             to
             the
             Dining-Room
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             't
             is
             a
             distinct
             Room
             ;
             but
             the
             Key
             was
             always
             in
             the
             door
             ,
             and
             every
             day
             some
             body
             went
             into
             it
             for
             something
             or
             another
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Will
             you
             undertake
             to
             say
             it
             was
             always
             in
             the
             door
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             it
             constantly
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             For
             my
             own
             part
             I
             will
             not
             judge
             you
             :
             but
             that
             his
             Body
             should
             be
             carried
             there
             about
             nine
             a
             clock
             at
             night
             a
             Saturday-night
             ,
             and
             remain
             there
             till
             Monday-night
             ,
             't
             is
             very
             suspitious
             ,
             that
             if
             you
             were
             in
             the
             House
             ,
             as
             you
             say
             you
             were
             ,
             and
             used
             to
             go
             into
             that
             Room
             every
             day
             ,
             you
             must
             either
             hear
             it
             brought
             in
             ,
             or
             see
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
          
           
             But
             we
             did
             neither
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             well
             you
             are
             not
             Indicted
             .
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
          
           
             you
             know
             all
             these
             things
             to
             be
             false
             ,
             
               Mr
               Praunce
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             I
             lay
             nothing
             to
             your
             charge
             ;
             but
             you
             said
             before
             the
             Duke
             of
             Monmouth
             ,
             that
             Hill
             was
             gone
             from
             his
             Lodgings
             before
             that
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             say
             you
             ,
             Sir
             
               Rob.
               Southwell
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Sr.
             Rob.
             South
             .
          
           
             There
             arose
             a
             little
             quarrel
             between
             them
             about
             the
             time
             that
             Mr.
             Hill
             did
             leave
             those
             Lodgings
             .
             Prance
             said
             it
             was
             a
             Fortnight
             after
             ;
             Hill
             said
             when
             he
             was
             upon
             his
             Examination
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             Saturday
             that
             Sr.
             Edmondbury
             was
             missing
             ,
             he
             was
             treating
             with
             his
             Landlord
             ,
             and
             from
             that
             time
             ,
             to
             the
             time
             he
             went
             to
             his
             new
             House
             ,
             it
             was
             about
             a
             Week
             or
             a
             Fortnight
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             But
             he
             did
             pretend
             he
             was
             gone
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
          
           
             No
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             To
             Witnesses
             upon
             Oath
             Sware
             it
             ,
             and
             you
             said
             it
             your self
             ,
             and
             gave
             it
             under
             your
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ?
             —
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Nay
             you
             will
             not
             hear
             ,
             but
             you
             will
             talk
             ,
             you
             say
             one
             thing
             now
             ,
             and
             you
             set
             another
             under
             your
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             not
             a
             Brother
             that
             is
             in
             the
             Proclamation
             ,
             one
             Broadstreet
             a
             Priest
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             a
             Brother
             whose
             name
             is
             Broadstreet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Is
             he
             not
             a
             Priest
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Proclamation
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
          
           
             I
             hope
             ,
             I
             must
             not
             Impeach
             my
             Brother
             here
             I
             said
             upon
             my
             Oath
             he
             came
             to
             Town
             a
             Monday
             ,
             and
             Michaelmas
             day
             was
             the
             Sunday
             following
             ,
             and
             
               Lawrence
               Hill
            
             went
             away
             a
             Fortnight
             after
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sr.
             Rob.
             South
             .
          
           
             She
             Swore
             then
             two
             or
             three
             Days
             after
             Michaelmas
             Day
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             You
             must
             know
             we
             can
             understand
             you
             through
             all
             your
             Arts.
             It
             was
             not
             convenient
             for
             you
             at
             that
             time
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Hill
             went
             away
             about
             a
             Fortnight
             after
             Michaelmas
             ,
             for
             then
             the
             thing
             that
             was
             charged
             to
             be
             done
             part
             of
             it
             in
             your
             House
             ,
             would
             have
             been
             within
             the
             Fortnight
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             the
             12
             th
             of
             October
             ,
             but
             then
             you
             said
             only
             two
             or
             three
             Days
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sr.
             Rob.
             South
             .
          
           
             She
             did
             say
             my
             Lord
             ,
             that
             about
             Miclemas
             two
             or
             three
             or
             four
             Days
             after
             he
             went
             away
             :
          
        
         
           
             Broadstreet
             .
          
           
             I
             begg
             your
             pardon
             ,
             I
             only
             said
             I
             could
             not
             tell
             the
             time
             exactly
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Well
             have
             you
             any
             more
             to
             say
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             never
             a
             Day
             but
             I
             went
             into
             that
             Room
             for
             something
             or
             other
             ,
             and
             if
             any
             body
             came
             to
             see
             me
             ,
             there
             was
             so
             little
             space
             that
             the
             Footmen
             were
             always
             forced
             to
             be
             in
             that
             Room
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Were
             you
             there
             upon
             Sunday
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mary
             Tilden
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolb.
             
          
           
             Well
             I
             will
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             call
             another
             Witness
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Katharine
             Lee.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             can
             you
             say
             ,
             Maid
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Lee.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             did
             never
             miss
             him
             out
             of
             the
             House
             at
             those
             Hours
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             May
             be
             you
             did
             not
             look
             for
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lee.
             
          
           
             I
             did
             go
             down
             every
             Night
             to
             the
             Door
             to
             see
             if
             it
             were
             lockt
             ,
             and
             I
             went
             into
             the
             Parlor
             to
             see
             that
             things
             were
             safe
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             You
             are
             a
             Roman
             Catholick
             ,
             are
             you
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Lee.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             am
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Might
             not
             he
             go
             out
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             you
             never
             the
             wiser
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Lee.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             for
             I
             did
             not
             watch
             him
             continually
             .
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Richardson
             .
          
           
             All
             that
             she
             says
             may
             be
             true
             by
             the
             Place
             .
             The
             Servants
             keep
             down
             a
             paire
             of
             Stayres
             in
             the
             Kitchin
             ,
             and
             any
             one
             may
             come
             in
             or
             go
             out
             having
             so
             many
             Keys
             ,
             and
             they
             not
             know
             it
             that
             are
             below
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lee.
             
          
           
             I
             went
             into
             the
             Chamber
             every
             morning
             as
             I
             went
             to
             Market
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             Have
             a
             care
             what
             you
             say
             ,
             and
             mind
             the
             Question
             I
             ask
             you
             ,
             Were
             you
             there
             on
             the
             Sunday
             in
             that
             Room
             where
             they
             say
             Sr.
             Edmondbury
             Godfrey's
             Body
             was
             laid
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Lee.
             
          
           
             I
             cannot
             say
             that
             I
             was
             in
             that
             Room
             ,
             but
             I
             called
             in
             at
             the
             Door
             every
             Day
             ,
             and
             I
             was
             the
             last
             up
             every
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             I
             le
             say
             that
             for
             thee
             ,
             thou
             hast
             spoke
             with
             more
             care
             then
             any
             of
             them
             all
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           
             Daniel
             Gray
          
           was
           Examined
        
         
           
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             
          
           
             What
             can
             you
             say
             ?
             What
             Questions
             do
             you
             ask
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             I
             desire
             him
             to
             speak
             what
             he
             can
             say
             ,
             where
             I
             was
             those
             5
             Days
             that
             Sr.
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             missing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gray
             .
          
           
             I
             kept
             my
             Brother
             Hill
             Company
             ,
             from
             the
             8
             th
             of
             October
             ,
             till
             he
             took
             his
             House
             ,
             which
             was
             about
             the
             22
             or
             23.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             time
             did
             you
             use
             to
             go
             to
             Bed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Gray
             .
          
           
             About
             9
             or
             10
             a
             Clock
             at
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             time
             did
             he
             go
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Gray
             .
          
           
             When
             I
             did
             ,
             but
             I
             did
             not
             see
             him
             go
             to
             Bed.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Where
             did
             you
             ly
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Gray
             .
          
           
             At
             my
             owne
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             Just
             .
          
           
             And
             you
             went
             home
             about
             8
             or
             9
             a
             Clock
             at
             Night
             to
             go
             to
             Bed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Gray
             .
          
           
             Yes
             I
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Jones
             .
          
           
             You
             say
             he
             took
             his
             House
             the
             8
             th
             of
             October
             ,
             when
             did
             he
             go
             thither
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Gray
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             took
             his
             House
             the
             8
             th
             of
             October
             ,
             but
             he
             did
             not
             go
             thither
             till
             the
             one
             or
             two
             and
             twentieth
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             J.
             Dolb.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             cannot
             tell
             what
             he
             did
             at
             night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gray
             .
          
           
             No
             not
             I.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolbin
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             were
             in
             his
             Company
             till
             8
             or
             9
             a
             Clock
             at
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Gray
             .
          
           
             Yes
             my
             Lord
             I
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             How
             far
             did
             you
             live
             off
             of
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Gray
             .
          
           
             About
             a
             Bows
             shoot
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Look
             you
             Mr.
             Hill
             he
             does
             you
             no
             service
             at
             all
             ,
             for
             he
             sayes
             he
             left
             you
             about
             8
             or
             9
             a
             Clock
             at
             Night
             ,
             and
             he
             does
             not
             know
             what
             you
             did
             afterwards
             .
             Have
             you
             any
             more
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Robert
             How.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Come
             what
             say
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             How.
             My
             Lord
             ,
          
           
             I
             met
             with
             Mr.
             Hill
             the
             5
             th
             of
             October
             ,
             he
             asked
             me
             whither
             I
             was
             going
             ,
             I
             told
             him
             home
             ,
             I
             wish
             said
             he
             you
             would
             go
             a
             little
             back
             with
             me
             ,
             I
             am
             about
             taking
             of
             an
             House
             ,
             and
             I
             would
             have
             you
             view
             the
             Repairs
             ,
             accordingly
             we
             did
             go
             ,
             and
             treated
             in
             the
             House
             
             about
             an
             agreement
             ,
             for
             said
             he
             I
             will
             not
             agree
             with
             you
             ,
             to
             the
             Landlord
             ,
             till
             we
             know
             what
             must
             be
             repaired
             .
             On
             Tuesday
             morning
             we
             met
             again
             about
             8
             a
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             day
             of
             the
             Month
             was
             that
             ?
          
           
             How.
             the
             Eight
             .
             And
             a
             Wednesday
             about
             Noon
             we
             began
             to
             work
             for
             him
             ,
             to
             repaire
             his
             House
             ,
             and
             wee
             wrought
             that
             Week
             every
             Day
             ,
             and
             for
             twelve
             Days
             and
             an
             half
             in
             all
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             every
             Day
             with
             us
             looking
             after
             Coals
             or
             Beer
             or
             something
             .
             on
             Saturday
             the
             12
             th
             of
             October
             we
             Dined
             together
             ,
             and
             parted
             with
             him
             about
             one
             or
             two
             a
             Clock
             ,
             and
             about
             two
             a
             Clock
             I
             went
             back
             again
             to
             my
             Work
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             he
             was
             going
             towards
             
               Covent
               Garden
            
             in
             St.
             James
             ,
             but
             he
             came
             back
             again
             ,
             and
             I
             was
             gon
             first
             ,
             I
             asked
             my
             Man
             whether
             he
             was
             gon
             or
             no
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             was
             there
             ,
             but
             did
             not
             stay
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             How.
             
          
           
             A
             little
             before
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             Hour
             did
             your
             Man
             say
             that
             he
             was
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             How.
             
          
           
             About
             an
             Hour
             before
             they
             left
             Work.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             How.
             
          
           
             About
             four
             a
             Clock
             I
             think
             it
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Can
             you
             say
             where
             he
             was
             that
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             How.
             
          
           
             No
             I
             cannot
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             Religion
             are
             you
             of
             ,
             are
             you
             not
             a
             Protestant
             ?
          
        
         
           
             How.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             I
             think
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             askes
             you
             ,
             are
             you
             a
             Protestant
             .
          
        
         
           
             How.
             
          
           
             I
             was
             never
             bred
             up
             in
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Prance
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             a
             Catholick
             my
             Lord
             ,
             he
             was
             the
             Queens
             Carpenter
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Nay
             now
             you
             spoyl
             all
             ,
             you
             must
             do
             Pennance
             for
             this
             ,
             what
             deny
             your
             Church
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             it
             a
             Saturday
             Morning
             I
             was
             with
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             How.
             
          
           
             About
             nine
             a
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             How
             long
             did
             he
             stay
             ?
          
        
         
           
             How.
             
          
           
             From
             nine
             to
             two
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             C.
             J
             
          
           
             Are
             you
             sure
             't
             was
             Nine
             ?
          
        
         
           
             How
             
          
           
             No
             man
             can
             swear
             punctually
             to
             an
             hour
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             think
             you
             of
             Ten
             ?
          
        
         
           
             How.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             thereabouts
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Recorder
             .
          
           
             If
             I
             am
             rightly
             informed
             by
             the
             Clerks
             ,
             he
             is
             Outlawed
             for
             Recusancy
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Is
             he
             so
             ?
             pray
             let
             us
             know
             that
             .
          
        
         
           Harcourt
           ,
           one
           of
           the
           Clerks
           of
           the
           Crown
           Office.
           
        
         
           My
           Lord
           ,
           I
           have
           made
           out
           several
           Writs
           against
           him
           ,
           for
           several
           years
           together
           ,
           and
           could
           never
           get
           any
           of
           them
           Returned
           .
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             He
             tells
             you
             that
             I
             was
             with
             him
             from
             Nine
             a
             clock
             on
             Saturday
             morning
             ,
             till
             One.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             J.
             Jones
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             is
             but
             as
             true
             as
             he
             is
             a
             Protestant
             ,
             and
             how
             true
             that
             is
             ,
             you
             know
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Here
             is
             another
             witness
             ,
             Mr.
             Cutler
             .
          
        
         
           
             Tho.
             Cutler
             .
          
           
             Upon
             the
             Twelfth
             of
             
               October
               ,
               Lawrence
               Hill
            
             did
             come
             into
             my
             house
             about
             four
             or
             five
             a
             clock
             in
             the
             evening
             ,
             and
             he
             staid
             there
             till
             between
             Seven
             or
             Eight
             ,
             and
             then
             his
             wife
             came
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             said
             some
             Gentlewoman
             was
             ready
             for
             her
             Supper
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             went
             home
             ;
             and
             I
             saw
             him
             no
             more
             ,
             till
             the
             day
             after
             he
             was
             taken
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Look
             you
             here
             ,
             he
             speaks
             only
             about
             Seven
             or
             Eight
             a
             clock
             .
             Well
             ,
             have
             you
             any
             thing
             more
             to
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             one
             
               Richard
               Lazinby
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lazinby
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             was
             with
             him
             on
             Saturday
             the
             twelfth
             of
             October
             at
             the
             door
             ,
             about
             twelve
             a
             clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             And
             you
             dined
             with
             him
             and
             How.
             
          
        
         
           
             Lazinby
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             did
             not
             see
             him
             afterwards
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Lazinby
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             did
             see
             him
             on
             Wednesday
             night
             ,
             from
             five
             to
             seven
             at
             night
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             he
             carried
             out
             of
             Somerset-House
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             About
             eleven
             or
             twelve
             a
             clock
             at
             night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lazinby
             .
          
           
             That
             is
             the
             last
             time
             I
             was
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             have
             you
             any
             more
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Here
             is
             one
             Mr.
             Archbold
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Archbold
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             had
             occasion
             for
             a
             Taylor
             ,
             and
             I
             came
             to
             this
             mans
             house
             ,
             to
             seek
             for
             one
             Mr.
             Gray
             ,
             that
             had
             formerly
             wrought
             for
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             When
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Archbold
             .
          
           
             That
             was
             on
             Monday
             night
             .
             And
             he
             having
             formerly
             wrought
             for
             me
             ,
             I
             found
             him
             at
             this
             mans
             house
             ;
             so
             Mr.
             Gray
             asked
             me
             ,
             What
             News
             ?
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             Very
             good
             News
             ;
             For
             Praunce
             was
             taken
             for
             the
             Murder
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmundbury
               Godfrey
            
             .
             Sayes
             Hill
             ,
             I
             am
             glad
             of
             that
             ,
             I
             wish
             they
             were
             all
             taken
             .
             I
             came
             the
             next
             day
             after
             ,
             and
             they
             told
             me
             he
             was
             taken
             out
             of
             his
             Bed
             ,
             for
             the
             Marder
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmund
               bury
               Godfrey
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Was
             it
             that
             very
             night
             that
             you
             came
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             taken
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Archbold
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             it
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             You
             said
             he
             spoke
             of
             it
             before
             you
             at
             seven
             a
             clock
             ,
             and
             you
             left
             him
             about
             nine
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             taken
             that
             night
             ,
             what
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             then
             I
             had
             time
             enough
             to
             make
             my
             Escape
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             thought
             my self
             Guilty
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             As
             no
             doubt
             you
             would
             ,
             if
             you
             had
             thought
             they
             would
             have
             been
             so
             nimble
             with
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Archbold
             .
          
           
             He
             knew
             it
             the
             day
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             have
             you
             any
             more
             to
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Hill.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             ,
             that
             Ravenscroft
             that
             is
             sent
             away
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Then
             the
             Marshal
             must
             send
             for
             him
             ,
             if
             he
             be
             a
             witness
             for
             the
             Prisoner
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             What
             can
             you
             say
             for
             your self
             ,
             Mr.
             Green
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Greene.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             would
             call
             my
             Landlord
             and
             his
             wife
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             are
             their
             Names
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Greene.
             
          
           
             
               James
               Warrier
            
             ,
             and
             his
             wife
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Call
             in
             Greene's
             wife
             ,
             and
             all
             her
             Witnesses
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           Mrs.
           Hill
           ,
           the
           Prisoners
           wife
           ,
           offered
           a
           Paper
           to
           the
           Court
           ,
           containing
           Observations
           upon
           the
           Indictment
           ,
           which
           she
           desired
           them
           to
           read
           ;
           but
           it
           was
           refused
           ,
           and
           she
           bid
           to
           give
           it
           her
           Husband
           .
           Then
           James
           Warrier
           
             was
             examined
          
           .
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             say
             you
             to
             your
             Landlord
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Greene.
             
          
           
             I
             ask
             him
             no
             Questions
             at
             all
             ,
             but
             desire
             him
             to
             tell
             what
             he
             knows
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             say
             ,
             that
             the
             twelfth
             of
             October
             ,
             he
             was
             at
             my
             house
             half
             an
             hour
             after
             seven
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             not
             out
             of
             my
             house
             till
             after
             ten
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             can
             you
             remember
             that
             day
             ?
             What
             day
             of
             the
             week
             was
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             Saturday
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             do
             you
             remember
             it
             was
             so
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             recollected
             my
             memory
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             By
             what
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             By
             my
             work
             ,
             and
             every
             thing
             exactly
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             you
             begin
             to
             recollect
             your self
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             A
             pretty
             while
             ago
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             long
             after
             Sir
             
               Edmund
               bury
               Godfrey
            
             was
             murdered
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             A
             month
             after
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             made
             you
             to
             recollect
             your self
             a
             month
             after
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             Because
             he
             was
             in
             Prison
             in
             the
             Gatehouse
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             When
             was
             he
             taken
             up
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             taken
             up
             in
             Somerset-house
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             my
             house
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             But
             when
             did
             you
             recollect
             your self
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             When
             he
             was
             in
             Prison
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             But
             I
             pray
             remember
             the
             time
             when
             you
             did
             recollect
             your self
             ,
             and
             the
             occasion
             that
             made
             you
             recollect
             your self
             when
             he
             was
             taken
             up
             .
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             I
             remember
             it
             very
             well
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             been
             in
             my
             house
             but
             14
             dayes
             before
             he
             was
             taken
             up
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             not
             taken
             up
             for
             the
             Mudrer
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmund
               bury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             till
             the
             24
             of
             December
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             J.
             Wyld
             .
          
           
             Pray
             did
             you
             never
             think
             of
             this
             till
             he
             was
             in
             Prison
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             when
             he
             was
             taken
             up
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             But
             pray
             when
             you
             came
             to
             recollect
             your self
             ,
             how
             did
             you
             come
             to
             do
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             I
             recollected
             it
             by
             my
             work
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             But
             what
             gave
             you
             occasion
             to
             recollect
             your self
             since
             he
             was
             in
             Gaol
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Tho.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             he
             was
             put
             into
             Gaol
             ,
             for
             refusing
             to
             take
             the
             Oaths
             ;
             but
             he
             was
             not
             at
             all
             charged
             with
             the
             Death
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmund-bury
               Godfrey
            
             at
             that
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             When
             was
             he
             put
             in
             for
             the
             Death
             of
             Sir
             Edmundbury
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             The.
             Stringer
             .
          
           
             The
             24
             th
             of
             December
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Then
             there
             is
             all
             the
             remaining
             part
             of
             October
             ,
             all
             November
             ,
             and
             the
             former
             part
             of
             December
             was
             past
             ,
             how
             could
             you
             recollect
             your self
             of
             the
             particular
             day
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             I
             call'd
             it
             to
             mind
             by
             my
             work
             .
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Richardson
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             will
             rectifie
             this
             mistake
             :
             since
             their
             Arraignment
             ,
             I
             went
             to
             them
             ,
             to
             know
             what
             Witnesses
             they
             had
             ,
             and
             Greene
             told
             me
             of
             his
             Landlord
             and
             Landlady
             ;
             I
             then
             asked
             them
             ,
             If
             they
             could
             say
             any
             thing
             as
             to
             this
             particular
             day
             ?
             And
             they
             said
             they
             could
             not
             do
             him
             any
             good
             at
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             I
             did
             not
             then
             call
             it
             to
             memory
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             you
             call
             it
             to
             memory
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             I
             did
             say
             I
             could
             not
             do
             it
             then
             presently
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             done
             since
             in
             five
             or
             six
             dayes
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             could
             you
             recollect
             it
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             time
             he
             came
             into
             my
             house
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             week
             before
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             work
             that
             was
             done
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             could
             the
             work
             do
             as
             to
             this
             ?
             Can
             you
             tell
             by
             that
             ,
             any
             thing
             that
             is
             done
             at
             any
             time
             ?
             Where
             were
             you
             the
             ninth
             of
             November
             last
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             Truly
             I
             can't
             tell
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Why
             how
             came
             you
             then
             to
             recollect
             what
             you
             did
             the
             twelfth
             of
             October
             ,
             when
             you
             did
             not
             know
             where
             you
             were
             the
             ninth
             of
             November
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             I
             can
             tell
             a
             great
             many
             tokens
             ,
             he
             was
             but
             14
             or
             15
             dayes
             in
             our
             house
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             do
             the
             twelfth
             of
             October
             ,
             that
             you
             remember
             so
             particularly
             that
             day
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             I
             remember
             other
             dayes
             besides
             that
             ;
             but
             I
             say
             I
             never
             knew
             the
             man
             out
             after
             nine
             a
             clock
             ,
             in
             my
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             any
             body
             else
             ,
             for
             this
             man
             I
             can't
             tell
             what
             to
             make
             on
             't
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Greene.
             
          
           
             Here
             is
             the
             man's
             wife
             to
             give
             Evidence
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             First
             consider
             what
             you
             say
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             To
             tell
             you
             the
             truth
             ,
             I
             thought
             the
             man
             so
             clear
             of
             this
             Fact
             ,
             that
             I
             never
             trouble
             my
             head
             with
             it
             ;
             but
             when
             Captain
             Richardson
             came
             to
             my
             house
             ,
             I
             told
             him
             that
             he
             was
             never
             in
             our
             house
             by
             day-time
             ,
             except
             being
             Cus●ion-layer
             in
             the
             Chappel
             ,
             he
             used
             to
             come
             at
             half
             an
             hour
             after
             eleven
             ,
             and
             many
             times
             he
             did
             desire
             me
             ,
             because
             we
             were
             
             Protestants
             ,
             to
             put
             in
             a
             little
             flesh
             meat
             with
             ours
             ;
             sometimes
             he
             would
             sit
             down
             and
             eat
             his
             meat
             in
             the
             Kitchin
             ,
             and
             his
             Wife
             with
             him
             ;
             and
             his
             Wife
             would
             say
             to
             him
             ,
             't
             is
             a
             troublesom
             time
             ,
             pray
             see
             that
             you
             come
             home
             betimes
             .
             I
             did
             not
             at
             all
             remember
             the
             day
             of
             the
             month
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             nor
             the
             Action
             ;
             but
             my
             Husband
             and
             I
             have
             since
             remembred
             .
             We
             were
             desired
             by
             them
             once
             to
             eat
             a
             Fowl
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             my
             Husband
             did
             command
             me
             the
             Sunday
             after
             to
             invite
             them
             to
             dinner
             with
             us
             ,
             and
             I
             went
             in
             the
             morning
             very
             early
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             and
             bought
             a
             dozen
             of
             Pidgeons
             ,
             and
             put
             them
             in
             a
             Pye
             ,
             and
             we
             had
             a
             Loine
             of
             Pork
             roasted
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             was
             gone
             to
             the
             Chappel
             on
             Saturday
             in
             the
             afternoon
             ,
             his
             Wife
             came
             to
             me
             and
             said
             ,
             my
             Husband
             is
             not
             well
             ,
             and
             when
             he
             comes
             home
             will
             ask
             for
             something
             of
             Broth
             ;
             and
             away
             she
             went
             to
             Market
             to
             buy
             something
             to
             make
             Broth
             of
             .
             While
             she
             was
             at
             Market
             ,
             her
             Husband
             came
             home
             ,
             and
             asked
             where
             his
             Wife
             was
             ?
             why
             ,
             Mr.
             Greene
             ,
             said
             I
             ,
             she
             is
             gone
             to
             Market
             :
             what
             an
             old
             Fool
             ,
             said
             he
             ,
             is
             this
             ,
             to
             go
             out
             so
             late
             ,
             such
             a
             night
             as
             this
             is
             ?
             but
             said
             he
             again
             ,
             I
             will
             go
             to
             the
             Coffee-house
             ,
             and
             drink
             a
             Dish
             of
             Coffee
             ,
             and
             pray
             tell
             my
             wife
             so
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             she
             returned
             ,
             and
             by
             that
             time
             she
             had
             been
             above
             a
             little
             while
             ,
             he
             came
             in
             again
             .
             And
             Mr.
             Greene
             being
             there
             ,
             my
             Husband
             came
             in
             ,
             and
             called
             to
             me
             ,
             prithee
             ,
             sweetheart
             ,
             what
             hast
             thou
             got
             for
             my
             Supper
             ?
             prithee
             ,
             said
             I
             ,
             sweetheart
             thou
             art
             always
             calling
             for
             thy
             Victuals
             when
             thou
             comest
             in
             .
             Then
             Mr.
             Greene
             goes
             to
             the
             stairs
             ,
             and
             calls
             to
             his
             Wife
             ,
             and
             bids
             her
             bring
             him
             down
             some
             victuals
             ,
             and
             she
             brings
             down
             the
             Bread
             and
             Cheese
             ,
             and
             he
             stayed
             there
             till
             it
             was
             nine
             a
             Clock
             ;
             and
             then
             saith
             Mr.
             Greene
             to
             his
             Wife
             ,
             let
             us
             go
             up
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             a
             Fire
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             day
             was
             this
             all
             this
             while
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             it
             was
             the
             Saturday
             fortnight
             after
             Michaelmas
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Why
             might
             it
             not
             be
             that
             day
             three
             weeks
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             that
             day
             he
             was
             missing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             G.
             
          
           
             Why
             there
             was
             no
             Alarum
             taken
             of
             it
             a
             Sunday
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             you
             begin
             to
             recollect
             what
             day
             it
             was
             ,
             that
             they
             said
             he
             was
             missing
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             On
             Friday
             morning
             our
             Milkman
             came
             and
             told
             us
             ,
             that
             one
             Mr.
             Godfrey
             was
             found
             murdered
             ;
             now
             I
             knew
             one
             of
             the
             Exchange
             of
             that
             name
             ,
             and
             thought
             it
             might
             be
             he
             .
             And
             when
             we
             went
             up
             with
             him
             to
             his
             Chamber
             ,
             we
             sate
             there
             till
             the
             Tattooe
             beat
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             All
             the
             thing
             is
             ,
             how
             do
             you
             know
             it
             was
             this
             Saturday
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             War.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             the
             Saturday
             fortnight
             after
             Michaelmas
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             J.
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Are
             you
             sure
             it
             was
             the
             Saturday
             fortnight
             after
             Michaelmas
             day
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Warier
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             we
             did
             look
             upon
             the
             Almanack
             ,
             and
             reckon
             it
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             M.
             J.
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Then
             that
             was
             the
             10
             th
             of
             October
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Why
             you
             told
             him
             you
             could
             do
             him
             no
             good
             ,
             and
             indeed
             you
             do
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             M.
             J.
             Jones
             .
          
           
             You
             and
             your
             wife
             speak
             of
             the
             same
             time
             ,
             don't
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Warrier
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             L
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             any
             more
             Greene
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Richardson
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             the
             Maid
             ,
             let
             her
             come
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             VVhat
             say
             you
             Maid
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Maid
             .
          
           
             I
             can
             say
             that
             he
             came
             in
             the
             Saturday
             fortnight
             after
             Quarter-day
             ,
             pretty
             betimes
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Can
             you
             speak
             of
             any
             other
             time
             besides
             that
             Saturday
             fortnight
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Maid
             .
          
           
             I
             can
             tell
             he
             came
             in
             every
             night
             before
             9
             a
             clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             Greene.
             
          
           
             I
             can
             take
             my
             Oath
             I
             was
             never
             out
             of
             my
             Lodging
             after
             9
             a
             clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hill.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             here
             is
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             now
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             ,
             what
             can
             you
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             .
          
           
             VVhat
             I
             can
             say
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             is
             this
             ;
             This
             
               Lawrence
               Hill
            
             ,
             I
             have
             known
             him
             13
             or
             14
             Years
             ,
             and
             he
             served
             my
             elder
             Brother
             so
             long
             very
             faithfully
             .
             Afterwards
             he
             lived
             with
             Dr.
             Godwin
             towards
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             two
             last
             Years
             ,
             and
             he
             married
             my
             Mothers
             Maid
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             VVhat
             Religion
             are
             you
             of
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             .
          
           
             My
             Father
             and
             Mother
             were
             Protestants
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             are
             a
             Papist
             ,
             are
             you
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             not
             said
             I
             am
             a
             Papist
             yet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             I
             say
             you
             are
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ravense
             .
          
           
             Do
             you
             so
             ,
             then
             pray
             go
             to
             Southwark
             and
             see
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             At.
             G.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             he
             hath
             taken
             the
             Oaths
             of
             Allegiance
             and
             Supremacy
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             pray
             Sir
             go
             on
             with
             your
             Story
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             .
          
           
             If
             it
             please
             you
             ,
             upon
             a
             Saturday
             ,
             a
             little
             before
             Christmass
             ,
             there
             was
             somebody
             taken
             ,
             I
             think
             it
             was
             one
             M.
             Praunce
             ,
             for
             I
             never
             saw
             the
             man
             ,
             neither
             do
             I
             know
             him
             
             at
             all
             :
             and
             it
             was
             reported
             that
             he
             was
             taken
             upon
             the
             Death
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmund-Bury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             and
             I
             was
             glad
             to
             hear
             it
             .
             My
             house
             was
             in
             the
             Savoy
             .
             and
             my
             Fathers
             house
             is
             in
             Holborn
             ;
             and
             I
             used
             often
             to
             go
             and
             see
             my
             father
             ,
             and
             coming
             home
             again
             ,
             I
             went
             to
             see
             the
             Maid
             at
             her
             new
             House
             ,
             she
             had
             not
             been
             long
             there
             ,
             and
             she
             was
             standing
             at
             the
             Dore
             of
             the
             House
             .
             I
             asked
             her
             what
             News
             ?
             says
             she
             ,
             here
             hath
             been
             a
             man
             here
             that
             tells
             us
             that
             Praunce
             hath
             discover'd
             several
             of
             the
             Murderers
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmund-Bury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             and
             they
             talk
             up
             and
             down
             strangely
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             ask
             me
             whether
             my
             Husband
             be
             acquainted
             with
             him
             ?
             then
             said
             I
             to
             her
             ,
             is
             he
             ?
             she
             answered
             me
             very
             well
             ,
             they
             have
             been
             often
             together
             ,
             and
             so
             she
             told
             me
             the
             people
             did
             mutter
             and
             talk
             of
             her
             Husband
             ;
             but
             said
             I
             ,
             what
             says
             your
             Husband
             to
             it
             ?
             says
             she
             ,
             he
             desies
             Praunce
             and
             all
             his
             works
             .
             Said
             I
             ,
             where
             is
             your
             Husband
             ?
             said
             she
             ,
             he
             is
             within
             ;
             I
             was
             very
             glad
             to
             hear
             it
             ,
             for
             ,
             said
             I
             ,
             he
             living
             in
             
               Somerset
               House
            
             ,
             and
             being
             acquainted
             with
             Praunce
             ,
             I
             am
             glad
             to
             hear
             that
             your
             Husband
             can
             be
             so
             Couragious
             ;
             so
             I
             went
             away
             and
             came
             again
             thither
             the
             next
             morning
             ,
             and
             found
             he
             was
             taken
             the
             night
             before
             .
             All
             that
             I
             say
             then
             ,
             is
             that
             it
             ,
             was
             a
             good
             Evidence
             of
             his
             innocency
             ,
             that
             when
             he
             had
             notice
             of
             it
             he
             did
             not
             Fly.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             So
             then
             your
             discourse
             was
             after
             Archbold
             had
             been
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             .
          
           
             Archbold
             was
             there
             before
             me
             ,
             and
             had
             spoken
             this
             in
             their
             Company
             .
             I
             spake
             with
             her
             that
             night
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             morning
             too
             ;
             and
             all
             that
             I
             say
             is
             ,
             it
             Fight
             be
             a
             sign
             of
             Guilt
             ,
             as
             no
             doubt
             it
             is
             ,
             
               Adam
               ubi
               es
            
             ?
             and
             Couragiousness
             is
             a
             sign
             of
             innocency
             ,
             then
             this
             man
             is
             innocent
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             say
             she
             told
             you
             they
             were
             acquainted
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             have
             one
             thing
             more
             to
             say
             .
             Upon
             the
             occasion
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             this
             Woman
             hath
             been
             often
             with
             me
             ,
             and
             hath
             desired
             to
             know
             of
             me
             what
             Defence
             she
             should
             make
             ,
             for
             I
             saw
             
             Hill's
             Wife
             and
             
             Berry's
             Wife
             were
             all
             simple
             people
             without
             Defence
             for
             themselves
             ,
             and
             they
             did
             desire
             that
             I
             would
             Examin
             and
             see
             some
             of
             the
             Witnesses
             and
             see
             how
             it
             was
             ,
             and
             she
             had
             gotten
             me
             some
             papers
             ,
             and
             I
             Conferred
             them
             together
             ,
             there
             are
             witnesses
             that
             will
             attest
             the
             Copy
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             At.
             G.
             
          
           
             What
             is
             all
             this
             to
             the
             purpose
             ?
             only
             this
             Gentleman
             hath
             a
             mind
             to
             shew
             that
             he
             can
             speak
             Latin.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             .
          
           
             I
             thank
             God
             I
             can
             speak
             Latin
             as
             well
             as
             any
             man
             in
             the
             Court.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             VVell
             ,
             all
             this
             is
             nothing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ravenscroft
             .
          
           
             I
             declare
             it
             my self
             ,
             if
             this
             man
             were
             Guilty
             ,
             rather
             than
             I
             would
             speak
             for
             him
             ,
             if
             there
             wanted
             a
             Hangman
             ,
             I
             would
             do
             it
             my self
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Well
             Berry
             ,
             what
             have
             you
             to
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             I
             desire
             
               Nicholas
               Trollop
            
             ,
             and
             
               Nicholas
               Wright
            
             ,
             and
             
               Gabriel
               Hasket
            
             ,
             and
             
               Elizabeth
               Wilkes
            
             ,
             and
             
               Corporal
               Collet
            
             may
             be
             called
             .
          
        
         
           Corporal
           William
           Collet
           
             first
             Examined
          
           .
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Did
             not
             you
             place
             a
             Sentinel
             on
             wednesday
             night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             What
             wednesday
             do
             you
             speak
             of
             Sir
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             That
             night
             the
             Queen
             went
             from
             
               Somerset
               House
            
             to
             Whitehall
             .
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
             This
             
               Nicholas
               Trollop
            
             I
             placed
             there
             first
             ,
             the
             16.
             of
             October
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             do
             you
             remember
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             Because
             I
             have
             been
             called
             to
             an
             account
             before
             ,
             and
             have
             given
             good
             Reasons
             for
             it
             .
             Our
             Company
             was
             at
             
               Somerset
               House
            
             when
             the
             King
             came
             from
             New-market
             ,
             and
             the
             Queen
             went
             to
             Whitehall
             .
             Afterwards
             we
             were
             bid
             to
             fetch
             our
             Sentinels
             off
             about
             3
             or
             4
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             afternoon
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             leave
             any
             Souldiers
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             we
             did
             not
             ,
             all
             our
             Company
             went
             to
             Whitehall
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Are
             you
             sure
             there
             were
             no
             Souldiers
             that
             night
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             we
             were
             commanded
             with
             a
             party
             to
             go
             thither
             again
             that
             night
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             you
             do
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             I
             placed
             the
             Sentinels
             by
             the
             Porters
             order
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Who
             was
             that
             ,
             Berry
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             it
             was
             one
             that
             used
             to
             go
             about
             ,
             and
             give
             Orders
             where
             we
             should
             set
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             How
             did
             you
             place
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             This
             man
             I
             placed
             from
             7
             to
             10
             ,
             then
             
               Nicolas
               Wright
            
             releived
             him
             at
             10
             ,
             and
             stayed
             till
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             At
             what
             place
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             
          
           
             To
             the
             Strand-ward
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Justice
             Wild.
             
          
           
             That
             was
             the
             Gate
             they
             carried
             him
             out
             at
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             hear
             ,
             whereabouts
             did
             you
             set
             the
             Sentinels
             ?
             within
             the
             gate
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             within
             the
             wicket
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             That
             way
             he
             was
             carried
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Nicholas
             Wright
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             no
             Sedan
             came
             out
             in
             my
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Trollop
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             one
             came
             in
             in
             my
             time
             while
             I
             stood
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Was
             it
             an
             empty
             Sedan
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Trollop
             .
          
           
             I
             suppose
             it
             was
             ,
             but
             we
             had
             no
             Order
             to
             keep
             any
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             might
             know
             whether
             it
             was
             an
             empty
             Sedan
             or
             no
             ,
             by
             the
             going
             of
             it
             through
             the
             Wicket
             .
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             an
             empty
             Sedan
             that
             stands
             there
             every
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Trollop
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             set
             down
             within
             the
             Gate
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             Jones
             .
          
           
             If
             any
             Sedan
             had
             gone
             out
             ,
             you
             would
             not
             have
             staid
             them
             ,
             would
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             we
             had
             no
             Order
             to
             stop
             any
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             How
             can
             you
             then
             be
             positive
             ,
             that
             no
             one
             did
             go
             out
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Trollop
             .
          
           
             None
             did
             go
             out
             again
             in
             my
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Could
             not
             the
             Porter
             open
             the
             Gate
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             he
             could
             ,
             but
             I
             should
             have
             seen
             him
             then
             :
             he
             did
             not
             open
             it
             in
             my
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             Let
             me
             ask
             you
             but
             one
             Question
             ;
             Did
             not
             you
             go
             to
             drink
             ,
             nor
             tipple
             all
             that
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Trollop
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             nor
             walk
             a
             Pikes
             length
             off
             the
             Place
             of
             Centry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             Has
             not
             Berry
             an
             House
             there
             ,
             hard
             by
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Trollop
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             but
             I
             did
             not
             drink
             one
             drop
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             How
             can
             you
             remember
             so
             particularly
             ,
             so
             long
             ago
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Trollop
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             I
             was
             twice
             before
             the
             Committee
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             But
             how
             long
             agoe
             was
             it
             ,
             that
             you
             were
             questioned
             about
             this
             thing
             ,
             after
             this
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Trollop
             .
          
           
             A
             matter
             of
             a
             Month
             ,
             or
             Six
             Weeks
             .
          
        
         
           
             Collet
             .
          
           
             For
             we
             were
             examined
             before
             Praunce
             was
             taken
             up
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             You
             Trollop
             ,
             Can
             you
             say
             whether
             it
             was
             the
             Sedan
             that
             used
             to
             be
             within
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Trollop
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             cannot
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             brought
             in
             in
             my
             time
             ,
             and
             did
             not
             go
             out
             again
             .
          
        
         
           [
           Then
           Gabriell
           Hasket
           
             was
             examined
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             You
             Stood
             there
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             from
             One
             to
             Four.
             
          
        
         
           
             Hasket
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             after
             the
             Clock
             struck
             One
             ,
             I
             was
             put
             Sentinell
             ,
             and
             stood
             till
             Four.
             
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hasket
             .
          
           
             That
             Night
             the
             King
             came
             from
             New-market
             ,
             and
             the
             Queen
             went
             from
             Somerset-house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             day
             of
             the
             Month
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hasket
             .
          
           
             The
             Sixteenth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             day
             of
             the
             Week
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hasket
             .
          
           
             Wednesday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Did
             not
             you
             drink
             at
             
             Berry's
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hasket
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Did
             you
             see
             Berry
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hasket
             .
          
           
             No
             I
             did
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             gone
             before
             you
             came
             .
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             fast
             enough
             a
             Bed
             at
             that
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             what
             say
             you
             more
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             Here
             is
             my
             Maid
             ,
             
               Elizabeth
               Minshaw
            
             ,
             to
             give
             her
             Evidence
             ,
             where
             I
             was
             that
             Night
             the
             Queen
             went
             from
             Somerset-house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Jones
             .
          
           
             What
             can
             you
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Minshaw
             .
          
           
             May
             it
             please
             you
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             my
             Master
             was
             within
             Doors
             ,
             and
             about
             the
             Gate
             ,
             when
             the
             Queen
             went
             away
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Who
             is
             your
             Master
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Minshaw
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Berry
             .
             He
             was
             about
             the
             Gates
             all
             the
             Forenoon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             When
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Minshaw
             .
          
           
             The
             16
             th
             .
             Octob.
             Wednesday
             .
             And
             assoon
             as
             the
             Queen
             was
             gone
             ,
             my
             Master
             went
             out
             to
             Bowls
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             came
             home
             again
             ,
             he
             said
             he
             had
             been
             at
             Bowls
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             What
             time
             did
             he
             come
             home
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Minshaw
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             Dusky
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             not
             absent
             all
             Night
             an
             hour
             ,
             till
             he
             went
             to
             Bed.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             he
             go
             to
             Bed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Minshaw
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             suppose
             he
             went
             to
             Bed
             about
             Twelve
             a
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Wild.
             
          
           
             They
             do
             not
             charge
             him
             with
             any
             thing
             but
             what
             was
             done
             about
             the
             Gate
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             What
             time
             did
             you
             go
             to
             bed
             that
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Minshaw
             .
          
           
             Why
             I
             went
             to
             Bed
             about
             Twelve
             a
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             And
             you
             saw
             him
             no
             more
             that
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Minshaw
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             but
             he
             must
             go
             through
             my
             Room
             to
             go
             to
             Bed
             at
             Night
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             suppose
             he
             was
             a
             Bed.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Hill.
             
          
           
             I
             desire
             Mr.
             Praunce
             may
             Swear
             why
             he
             did
             deny
             all
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Stand
             up
             ,
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             that
             Gentlewoman
             does
             desire
             to
             know
             ,
             what
             induced
             you
             to
             deny
             what
             you
             had
             said
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             because
             of
             my
             Trade
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ;
             and
             for
             fear
             of
             losing
             my
             Employment
             from
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             the
             Catholicks
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             most
             of
             my
             business
             ,
             and
             because
             I
             had
             not
             my
             Pardon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Hill.
             
          
           
             I
             desire
             he
             may
             Swear
             whether
             he
             were
             not
             tortured
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Answer
             her
             ,
             were
             you
             tortured
             to
             make
             this
             Confession
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             Captain
             Richardson
             hath
             used
             me
             as
             civilly
             as
             any
             man
             in
             England
             ;
             all
             that
             time
             that
             I
             have
             been
             there
             ,
             I
             have
             wanted
             for
             nothing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             See
             what
             he
             says
             ;
             That
             he
             did
             not
             make
             this
             Confession
             by
             any
             Torture
             ,
             but
             he
             made
             his
             Recantation
             through
             fear
             ,
             and
             the
             thoughts
             of
             death
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             no
             Pardon
             ;
             and
             fear
             that
             he
             might
             live
             in
             want
             ,
             by
             the
             loss
             of
             the
             Trade
             ,
             prevailed
             with
             him
             to
             deny
             what
             he
             had
             confessed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Hill.
             
          
           
             It
             was
             reported
             about
             Town
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             tortured
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Jones
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             it
             was
             no
             such
             thing
             ;
             it
             was
             only
             the
             tortures
             of
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             for
             being
             an
             Actor
             in
             so
             great
             a
             Sin.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Hill.
             
          
           
             There
             are
             several
             about
             the
             Court
             ,
             that
             heard
             him
             cry
             out
             :
             And
             he
             knows
             all
             these
             things
             to
             be
             as
             false
             ,
             as
             God
             is
             true
             ;
             and
             you
             will
             see
             it
             declared
             hereafter
             ,
             when
             't
             is
             too
             late
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Do
             you
             think
             he
             would
             Swear
             Three
             men
             out
             of
             their
             Lives
             for
             nothing
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Hill.
             
          
           
             I
             desire
             he
             may
             be
             Sworn
             to
             that
             particular
             thing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ju.
             Jon.
             
          
           
             He
             is
             upon
             his
             Oath
             already
             ,
             and
             Swears
             all
             this
             upon
             his
             Oath
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             I
             am
             dissatisfied
             ;
             my
             Witnesses
             were
             not
             rightly
             examined
             ,
             they
             were
             modest
             ,
             and
             the
             Court
             laught
             at
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             The
             Sentinels
             that
             were
             at
             the
             Gate
             all
             Night
             ,
             let
             nothing
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Why
             you
             could
             open
             the
             Gate
             your self
             .
          
        
         
           
             Berry
             .
          
           
             He
             says
             ,
             he
             could
             have
             seen
             if
             the
             Gate
             had
             been
             open
             ;
             and
             that
             as
             he
             saw
             ,
             the
             Gates
             were
             never
             open'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Just
             .
             Dolben
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             the
             Jury
             have
             heard
             all
             ,
             and
             will
             consider
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mrs.
             Hill.
             
          
           
             Here
             is
             another
             Witness
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ;
             Mr.
             Chevins
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Ch.
             Just
             .
          
           
             Well
             Sir
             ,
             what
             say
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Chevins
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             nothing
             to
             say
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             heard
             Mr.
             Praunce
             deny
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             Why
             he
             does
             not
             deny
             that
             now
             .
             Well
             ,
             have
             you
             any
             more
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Chevins
             .
          
           
             We
             have
             no
             more
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             must
             crave
             leave
             to
             speak
             a
             word
             ,
             or
             two
             ;
             and
             the
             Evidence
             having
             been
             so
             very
             long
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             exceeding
             short
             .
             I
             intended
             (
             when
             I
             began
             to
             open
             the
             Evidence
             )
             to
             have
             made
             some
             Observations
             after
             the
             Evidence
             ended
             ;
             to
             shew
             how
             each
             part
             of
             it
             did
             agree
             ,
             and
             how
             the
             Main
             was
             strengthned
             by
             concurrent
             Circumstances
             .
             But
             in
             truth
             ,
             the
             King's
             Evidence
             did
             fall
             out
             much
             better
             than
             I
             could
             expect
             ,
             and
             the
             defence
             of
             the
             Prisoners
             much
             weaker
             than
             I
             could
             foresee
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             the
             proof
             against
             the
             Prisoners
             is
             so
             strong
             ;
             and
             so
             little
             hath
             been
             alleadged
             by
             them
             in
             their
             Defence
             ,
             that
             it
             would
             be
             but
             loss
             of
             time
             to
             do
             ,
             what
             I
             at
             first
             intended
             .
             Only
             I
             will
             observe
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             doth
             agree
             with
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             as
             far
             forth
             as
             is
             possible
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             those
             parts
             of
             the
             Fact
             of
             which
             he
             pretends
             to
             have
             any
             knowledge
             .
             Yet
             had
             they
             never
             any
             communication
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             as
             both
             have
             Sworn
             .
             And
             your
             Lordship
             will
             observe
             in
             how
             many
             particulars
             they
             do
             agree
             ;
             namely
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Dark
             Lanthorn
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Covering
             of
             the
             Body
             in
             the
             Room
             ;
             how
             they
             intended
             to
             carry
             the
             Body
             out
             in
             a
             Sedan
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             .
             So
             that
             if
             they
             had
             laid
             their
             heads
             together
             to
             contrive
             a
             Story
             ,
             they
             could
             hardly
             have
             agreed
             in
             so
             many
             circumstances
             ;
             and
             yet
             this
             they
             do
             without
             discoursing
             with
             each
             other
             beforehand
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             must
             likewise
             observe
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             the
             Servants
             of
             the
             Plow
             Ale-house
             concur
             as
             to
             the
             Meetings
             there
             :
             The
             Maid
             agrees
             as
             to
             the
             Prisoners
             coming
             to
             Sir
             Edmondbury
             Godfrey's
             House
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             time
             ,
             viz.
             that
             Saturday
             Morning
             ;
             nay
             ,
             to
             the
             very
             Hours
             of
             Nine
             ,
             or
             Ten
             a
             Clock
             ;
             
             That
             the
             Constables
             Relation
             of
             the
             posture
             in
             which
             the
             Body
             was
             found
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             doth
             perfectly
             agree
             with
             the
             Account
             that
             the
             Murtherers
             gave
             thereof
             to
             Mr.
             Praunce
             the
             next
             Morning
             .
             The
             Chirurgions
             do
             agree
             with
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             manner
             of
             Sir
             
               Edmonbury
               Godfrey's
            
             being
             killed
             ,
             the
             strangling
             ,
             the
             bruising
             of
             his
             Stomach
             ,
             the
             twisting
             of
             his
             Neck
             .
             And
             the
             Witnesses
             from
             Bow
             make
             it
             out
             ,
             that
             Dethick
             was
             sent
             for
             ;
             that
             they
             had
             a
             Dinner
             there
             .
             The
             Boy
             proves
             that
             he
             over-heard
             them
             reading
             something
             about
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             very
             Merry
             ;
             and
             that
             for
             his
             listning
             ,
             he
             was
             threatned
             to
             be
             kickt
             down
             stairs
             .
          
           
             So
             that
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             there
             never
             was
             an
             Evidence
             that
             was
             better
             fortified
             with
             circumstances
             than
             this
             :
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             bold
             to
             say
             ,
             here
             is
             certainly
             as
             much
             Evidence
             ,
             as
             the
             matter
             is
             capable
             of
             .
             It
             is
             not
             to
             be
             expected
             that
             they
             should
             call
             Witnesses
             to
             be
             by
             ,
             when
             they
             do
             such
             foul
             Facts
             ;
             so
             that
             none
             can
             Swear
             directly
             the
             very
             Fact
             ,
             but
             such
             a
             one
             as
             was
             an
             Actor
             in
             it
             .
             All
             Circumstances
             relating
             to
             the
             Fact
             ,
             both
             before
             ,
             and
             after
             ,
             are
             made
             out
             by
             concurrent
             testimony
             .
             And
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             must
             observe
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             a
             Murther
             committed
             through
             zeal
             to
             a
             false
             Religion
             ,
             and
             that
             Religion
             was
             a
             bond
             of
             secrecy
             .
             We
             all
             know
             ,
             his
             Majesty
             hath
             been
             graciously
             pleased
             by
             his
             Proclamation
             ,
             to
             propose
             a
             Pardon
             ,
             and
             a
             Reward
             to
             the
             Discoverers
             .
             And
             yet
             almost
             without
             effect
             ;
             Their
             zeal
             to
             their
             false
             Religion
             was
             a
             greater
             obstacle
             ,
             than
             the
             Proclamation
             was
             an
             incitement
             ,
             to
             the
             Discovery
             .
             And
             I
             do
             believe
             ,
             if
             Mr.
             Praunce
             had
             not
             had
             some
             inclination
             to
             change
             his
             Religion
             ,
             you
             had
             still
             been
             without
             so
             clear
             a
             Discovery
             of
             this
             Work
             of
             Darkness
             ,
             as
             now
             you
             have
             .
             I
             shall
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             conclude
             to
             the
             Jury
             with
             that
             saying
             ,
             that
             I
             remember
             in
             the
             Book
             of
             Judges
             ,
             (
             in
             the
             case
             of
             a
             Murther
             too
             ,
             though
             of
             another
             Nature
             ,
             )
             Judg.
             19.
             30.
             
             
               The
               People
               said
               there
               was
               no
               such
               deed
               done
               ,
               nor
               seen
               ,
               from
               the
               day
               that
               the
               Children
               of
               Israel
               came
               out
               of
               Egypt
               :
            
             And
             I
             may
             say
             ,
             there
             was
             never
             such
             a
             barbarous
             Murther
             committed
             in
             England
             ,
             since
             the
             People
             of
             England
             were
             freed
             from
             the
             Yoke
             of
             the
             Pope's
             Tyranny
             ;
             and
             as
             't
             is
             said
             there
             ,
             so
             say
             I
             now
             ,
             
               Consider
               of
               it
               ,
               take
               advice
               ,
               and
               speak
               your
               minds
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             would
             only
             make
             one
             Observation
             to
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             which
             is
             this
             ;
             I
             do
             not
             find
             they
             do
             in
             the
             least
             pretend
             to
             tax
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             that
             any
             Person
             hath
             bribed
             him
             to
             give
             this
             Evidence
             ;
             nor
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             the
             least
             Reward
             ever
             proposed
             to
             him
             to
             bear
             Witness
             against
             them
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             as
             the
             hopes
             of
             that
             Reward
             contained
             in
             the
             King's
             Proclamation
             ;
             yet
             Mr.
             Praunce
             ,
             if
             he
             had
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             bear
             false
             Witness
             ,
             might
             have
             laid
             hold
             of
             that
             opportunity
             ;
             but
             so
             far
             was
             he
             from
             pretending
             to
             discover
             any
             thing
             ,
             that
             he
             denied
             all
             when
             he
             was
             first
             apprehended
             .
             But
             after
             he
             was
             in
             Hold
             ,
             and
             likely
             to
             be
             brought
             to
             Justice
             ,
             and
             lying
             under
             the
             conviction
             of
             a
             Guilty
             Conscience
             ,
             then
             ,
             and
             not
             till
             then
             does
             he
             discover
             it
             .
          
           
           
             There
             is
             no
             Objection
             in
             the
             world
             to
             be
             made
             ,
             but
             that
             since
             this
             Discovery
             ,
             Mr.
             Praunce
             hath
             retracted
             what
             he
             said
             before
             ,
             but
             he
             gives
             you
             a
             very
             good
             account
             of
             it
             ;
             the
             Terrors
             of
             Conscience
             he
             then
             lay
             under
             ,
             the
             Fears
             that
             he
             should
             not
             be
             pardoned
             ,
             and
             the
             apprehensions
             he
             had
             from
             the
             Threats
             on
             their
             side
             ,
             and
             the
             danger
             of
             his
             utter
             ruine
             ,
             put
             him
             upon
             that
             Denial
             .
          
           
             But
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             He
             tells
             you
             likewise
             ,
             That
             as
             soon
             as
             ever
             he
             was
             brought
             back
             to
             the
             Prison
             ,
             he
             owned
             all
             he
             had
             said
             at
             first
             ,
             and
             desired
             he
             might
             be
             carried
             back
             again
             to
             Testifie
             the
             Truth
             of
             what
             he
             had
             first
             Sworn
             to
             .
             This
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             he
             gives
             you
             an
             Account
             of
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Account
             does
             the
             Keeper
             of
             the
             Prison
             give
             too
             .
             I
             have
             nothing
             to
             say
             more
             ,
             but
             onely
             just
             to
             observe
             the
             many
             Circumstances
             whereby
             Mr.
             Praunce
             his
             Testimony
             is
             fortified
             .
             Mr.
             Bedlow
             does
             agree
             with
             him
             in
             every
             Circumstance
             as
             far
             as
             his
             knowledge
             went
             :
             The
             Maid
             of
             the
             House
             agrees
             with
             his
             Testimony
             ;
             that
             says
             ,
             She
             saw
             Green
             at
             Sir
             Edmondbury
             Godfrey's
             several
             times
             ,
             though
             here
             he
             denies
             he
             knew
             him
             .
             That
             she
             saw
             Hill
             there
             that
             very
             Morning
             her
             Master
             was
             missed
             :
             That
             he
             talked
             with
             her
             Master
             a
             Quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             :
             That
             she
             knew
             him
             by
             a
             very
             good
             token
             ;
             not
             onely
             by
             his
             Face
             ,
             but
             also
             that
             he
             had
             the
             same
             Clothes
             on
             then
             he
             hath
             now
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Praunce
             hath
             likewise
             told
             you
             of
             another
             Circumstance
             ,
             the
             meeting
             at
             the
             Plow-Alehouse
             ,
             where
             they
             laid
             the
             whole
             Design
             of
             Intrapping
             Sir
             
               Edmondbury
               Godfrey
            
             :
             and
             herein
             he
             is
             Fortified
             by
             the
             Concurrent
             Testimony
             of
             the
             Master
             of
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             the
             Servant
             too
             ,
             though
             they
             now
             deny
             that
             ever
             they
             had
             been
             in
             his
             Company
             there
             ;
             or
             that
             they
             so
             much
             as
             knew
             Girald
             ;
             though
             when
             they
             were
             examined
             at
             the
             Council-Board
             ,
             they
             said
             ,
             they
             knew
             Girald
             ,
             but
             not
             Kelley
             :
             and
             now
             they
             are
             prest
             with
             it
             here
             ,
             Hill
             retreats
             to
             this
             ,
             That
             he
             knows
             one
             Girald
             ,
             but
             not
             Girald
             the
             Priest
             .
          
           
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             think
             the
             Matter
             is
             so
             fully
             ,
             and
             so
             plainly
             proved
             beyond
             exception
             ,
             that
             there
             needs
             no
             great
             Repetition
             in
             the
             Case
             :
             It
             is
             impossible
             that
             Mr.
             Praunce
             a
             man
             of
             that
             mean
             Capacity
             should
             invent
             a
             Story
             with
             so
             many
             Circumstances
             ,
             all
             so
             consistent
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             not
             truth
             at
             the
             bottom
             of
             it
             .
             He
             shews
             you
             the
             particular
             places
             ,
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             where
             they
             decoyed
             him
             in
             ,
             and
             how
             they
             disposed
             of
             him
             ,
             to
             the
             time
             they
             carried
             him
             out
             .
             And
             in
             each
             of
             these
             Circumstances
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             the
             least
             improbability
             or
             cause
             to
             disbelieve
             him
             .
             It
             hath
             been
             already
             so
             fully
             repeated
             ,
             and
             the
             plainness
             of
             the
             Evidence
             is
             so
             convincing
             ,
             that
             I
             need
             not
             make
             more
             Observations
             upon
             it
             ;
             But
             submit
             it
             to
             your
             Lordship
             and
             the
             Jury
             .
          
        
         
           
             Then
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             directed
             the
             Jury
             in
             this
             manner
             :
          
           
             
               Lord
               Chief
               Justice
               .
            
             
               Look
               you
               ,
               Gentlemen
               of
               the
               Jury
               ,
               This
               is
               an
               Inquisition
               for
               Innocent
               Blood
               that
               hath
               been
               shed
               ,
               and
               your
               business
               is
               to
               see
               if
               you
               can
               find
               out
               the
               Murderers
               .
            
             
               We
               would
               not
               add
               Innocent
               Blood
               to
               Innocent
               Blood
               :
               but
               on
               the
               other-side
               ,
               If
               you
               have
               received
               Satisfaction
               so
               much
               as
               the
               Nature
               of
               the
               Thing
               can
               bear
               ,
               then
               the
               Land
               is
               defiled
               ,
               unless
               this
               be
               satisfied
               .
            
             
               Now
               for
               that
               I
               will
               urge
               the
               Witness
               and
               their
               Testimony
               no
               further
               than
               it
               does
               appear
               ;
               for
               You
               and
               VVe
               are
               all
               upon
               our
               Oaths
               to
               do
               uprightly
               ,
               neither
               to
               Spare
               Murderers
               ,
               nor
               Condemn
               the
               Innocent
               .
            
             
             
               In
               the
               first
               place
               ,
               VVe
               began
               with
               Mr.
               Oates
               ,
               and
               he
               told
               you
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               some
               Converse
               with
               Sir
               
                 Edmondbury
                 Godfrey
              
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               was
               threatn'd
               by
               some
               ,
               and
               had
               no
               good
               will
               for
               his
               pains
               ,
               in
               taking
               those
               Examinations
               he
               had
               taken
               ,
               and
               he
               was
               afraid
               his
               Life
               was
               in
               danger
               .
               This
               he
               tells
               you
               was
               the
               Discourse
               before-hand
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               produced
               to
               lead
               you
               to
               consider
               what
               sort
               of
               persons
               they
               were
               ,
               of
               whom
               he
               was
               likely
               to
               have
               these
               Fears
               ;
               for
               his
               Fears
               did
               arise
               from
               his
               having
               done
               his
               part
               ,
               as
               a
               Justice
               of
               Peace
               ,
               in
               taking
               the
               Examinations
               upon
               Oath
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               Testimony
               of
               the
               Fact
               they
               produce
               first
               Mr.
               Praunce
               ,
               wherein
               you
               will
               do
               well
               to
               observe
               all
               the
               degrees
               that
               he
               goes
               by
               ,
               before
               the
               Fact
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Circumstances
               in
               the
               Transaction
               of
               that
               Affair
               ,
               and
               the
               Parties
               by
               whom
               it
               was
               to
               be
               Acted
               :
               First
               he
               tells
               you
               how
               long
               it
               was
               before
               they
               could
               entice
               him
               to
               consent
               to
               such
               a
               Villany
               as
               this
               was
               ,
               To
               Murder
               a
               Man
               ;
               he
               tells
               you
               by
               whom
               he
               was
               thus
               enticed
               ,
               which
               makes
               the
               Story
               more
               probable
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               by
               Girald
               and
               Kelley
               (
               two
               Priests
               )
               and
               he
               tells
               it
               you
               still
               more
               probably
               by
               their
               Doctrine
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               no
               sin
               ;
               but
               it
               was
               rather
               an
               Act
               of
               Charity
               to
               kill
               a
               Man
               that
               had
               done
               ,
               and
               was
               like
               to
               do
               them
               mischief
               :
               So
               that
               if
               you
               consider
               the
               persons
               that
               Preached
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               the
               Doctrine
               they
               taught
               ,
               it
               carries
               a
               great
               shew
               and
               presumption
               of
               Truth
               in
               it self
               .
               When
               they
               had
               met
               together
               at
               the
               Plow
               several
               times
               (
               which
               was
               deny'd
               by
               some
               of
               them
               ,
               but
               is
               most
               manifestly
               proved
               by
               the
               Master
               of
               the
               House
               ,
               and
               the
               Boy
               )
               and
               the
               wisht
               for
               time
               was
               come
               ;
               for
               they
               were
               to
               watch
               the
               opportunity
               ,
               and
               Mr.
               Praunce
               was
               to
               be
               at
               home
               ,
               and
               they
               would
               call
               him
               to
               give
               his
               helping
               hand
               ;
               he
               tells
               you
               ,
               That
               Mr.
               Hill
               did
               go
               that
               Morning
               ;
               for
               though
               he
               talks
               of
               an
               Errand
               before
               ,
               yet
               to
               keep
               to
               that
               which
               is
               most
               pressing
               in
               the
               Evidence
               ,
               he
               went
               to
               Sir
               Edmondbury's
               House
               .
               This
               he
               seems
               to
               deny
               ;
               but
               the
               Maid
               does
               Swear
               it
               expresly
               upon
               him
               ;
               and
               says
               ,
               She
               came
               first
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               went
               up
               Stairs
               ,
               and
               then
               came
               back
               again
               ,
               and
               still
               he
               was
               there
               .
               And
               she
               swears
               positively
               she
               knows
               him
               by
               his
               Face
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Clothes
               he
               then
               
               had
               on
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               same
               Clothes
               he
               hath
               on
               now
               ,
               and
               that
               that
               is
               the
               Man
               that
               was
               with
               her
               Master
               ;
               and
               this
               ,
               which
               they
               cannot
               disprove
               ,
               half
               proves
               the
               matter
               .
            
             
               VVhat
               had
               he
               to
               do
               at
               Sir
               Edmondbury
               Godfry's
               House
               ?
               But
               that
               would
               be
               an
               hard
               puzling
               Question
               to
               be
               put
               to
               him
               ;
               VVhat
               did
               you
               there
               ?
               And
               therefore
               he
               is
               to
               deny
               it
               ;
               but
               the
               Maid
               proves
               it
               upon
               him
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Praunce
               .
               So
               that
               I
               would
               have
               you
               consider
               how
               many
               VVitnesses
               you
               have
               to
               one
               thing
               or
               another
               ,
               all
               conducing
               to
               this
               point
               .
            
             
               You
               have
               first
               Mr.
               Oates
               ,
               that
               tells
               you
               the
               Discourse
               that
               passed
               between
               Mr.
               
                 Edmondbury
                 Godfrey
              
               and
               him
               ,
               the
               Maid
               tells
               you
               ,
               that
               both
               these
               Men
               were
               there
               ,
               one
               at
               one
               time
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               at
               another
               ;
               and
               you
               have
               Mr.
               Praunce
               that
               knew
               the
               whole
               Affair
               ,
               who
               tells
               you
               so
               likewise
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               were
               resolved
               to
               do
               the
               VVork
               that
               day
               ,
               in
               so
               much
               that
               if
               they
               could
               not
               doe
               it
               ,
               as
               they
               had
               before
               contrived
               it
               (
               and
               Sir
               
                 Edmondbury
                 Godfrey
              
               was
               sensible
               that
               he
               was
               Dogg'd
               up
               and
               down
               )
               Girald
               did
               resolve
               to
               dogg
               him
               to
               his
               own
               Door
               ,
               and
               kill
               him
               in
               the
               Lane
               that
               leads
               to
               his
               House
               ,
               he
               would
               have
               run
               him
               through
               himself
               ;
               and
               this
               Girald
               is
               one
               of
               those
               Priests
               ,
               whose
               Church
               counts
               it
               no
               sin
               ,
               but
               an
               Act
               of
               Charity
               ,
               to
               Murther
               a
               Christian
               ,
               to
               propagate
               Christianity
               .
            
             
               When
               they
               had
               way-laid
               him
               and
               watcht
               his
               coming
               ,
               from
               what
               place
               Mr.
               Praunce
               cannot
               tell
               ;
               for
               he
               knows
               nothing
               but
               what
               they
               told
               him
               ,
               and
               they
               only
               named
               in
               general
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               Lodg'd
               in
               St.
               Clements
               ;
               and
               thereupon
               one
               comes
               to
               acquaint
               him
               ,
               that
               they
               would
               intice
               him
               in
               at
               the
               VVatergate
               ,
               by
               
               Sommerset-House
               ,
               and
               they
               would
               do
               it
               with
               art
               enough
               ,
               for
               they
               never
               want
               a
               contrivance
               for
               so
               charitable
               an
               Act
               ;
               and
               it
               was
               upon
               this
               pretence
               ,
               that
               there
               were
               Two
               men
               a
               wrangling
               and
               fighting
               ,
               and
               then
               he
               being
               a
               Justice
               of
               the
               Peace
               ,
               was
               a
               Person
               that
               would
               part
               the
               Fray
               easily
               .
            
             
             
               And
               it
               was
               a
               probable
               invention
               :
               for
               Sir
               
                 Edmundbury
                 Godfrey
              
               was
               a
               Man
               that
               was
               as
               willing
               to
               do
               all
               acts
               of
               Justice
               as
               any
               one
               ,
               and
               as
               little
               afraid
               to
               do
               it
               ;
               for
               the
               Witness
               tells
               you
               before
               ,
               that
               he
               said
               ,
               if
               they
               did
               do
               him
               a
               mischief
               ,
               they
               must
               do
               it
               basely
               ,
               for
               he
               did
               not
               fear
               the
               best
               of
               them
               upon
               fair
               play
               .
               Then
               when
               he
               was
               desired
               to
               get
               himself
               a
               Man
               to
               follow
               him
               ,
               he
               slighted
               the
               advice
               :
               And
               we
               all
               know
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               a
               Man
               of
               singular
               Courage
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               was
               the
               easier
               to
               lay
               a
               trap
               for
               him
               .
               Then
               saith
               Praunce
               ,
               When
               he
               was
               got
               in
               ,
               Berry
               and
               I
               were
               to
               have
               several
               Posts
               ,
               which
               we
               were
               to
               go
               to
               ,
               I
               to
               one
               place
               ,
               and
               Berry
               to
               another
               ;
               and
               I
               staid
               ,
               saith
               he
               ,
               till
               Green
               threw
               the
               Cravat
               about
               his
               Neck
               ,
               and
               was
               assisted
               by
               Girald
               and
               the
               rest
               that
               were
               there
               .
               And
               then
               ,
               as
               soon
               as
               we
               could
               imagine
               the
               thing
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               Berry
               comes
               in
               ,
               and
               Praunce
               comes
               back
               from
               his
               standing
               ,
               and
               by
               some
               Motions
               findes
               that
               he
               was
               alive
               ,
               and
               that
               till
               Green
               twisted
               his
               Neck
               round
               ;
               which
               the
               Chirurgions
               say
               was
               plainly
               a
               Broken
               Neck
               ,
               and
               nothing
               of
               the
               Wounds
               which
               were
               in
               his
               Body
               were
               given
               him
               while
               he
               was
               alive
               .
            
             
               When
               they
               had
               done
               this
               ,
               he
               tells
               you
               ,
               they
               carried
               him
               to
               Mr.
               
               Hill's
               Chamber
               :
               
                 Berry
                 ,
                 Girald
                 ,
                 Kelly
              
               and
               the
               rest
               ,
               all
               helpt
               him
               in
               ,
               and
               there
               they
               leave
               him
               .
               Then
               Praunce
               goes
               away
               .
               This
               was
               on
               Saturday-night
               .
               Then
               Praunce
               comes
               again
               on
               Munday-night
               ,
               and
               finds
               him
               removed
               to
               another
               Chamber
               hard
               by
               ,
               where
               he
               saw
               him
               by
               the
               light
               of
               a
               Dark
               Lanthorn
               ,
               with
               something
               thrown
               over
               his
               face
               ;
               and
               afterwards
               on
               Tuesday-night
               following
               ,
               they
               did
               remove
               him
               back
               to
               
               Hill's
               Lodgings
               ,
               and
               there
               he
               lay
               till
               Wednesday-night
               ,
               when
               they
               carried
               him
               out
               .
            
             
               Saith
               Praunce
               ,
               I
               saw
               him
               that
               night
               ;
               I
               was
               the
               Man
               that
               help'd
               to
               carry
               him
               out
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               Praunce
               and
               Girald
               that
               carried
               him
               first
               ,
               and
               it
               was
               Green
               and
               Kelly
               who
               went
               before
               ,
               and
               took
               him
               up
               afterward
               .
               He
               tells
               you
               ,
               they
               set
               him
               upon
               an
               Horse-back
               ,
               and
               Hill
               behind
               him
               .
               They
               carried
               him
               out
               in
               a
               Chair
               ,
               which
               was
               a
               thing
               that
               used
               to
               come
               
               in
               and
               go
               out
               there
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               less
               notice
               would
               be
               taken
               of
               it
               .
               I
               will
               observe
               to
               you
               afterwards
               on
               the
               Prisoners
               behalf
               ,
               what
               is
               said
               for
               them
               to
               all
               this
               .
            
             
               But
               as
               to
               Praunce
               ,
               you
               see
               he
               hath
               given
               you
               an
               Account
               from
               the
               top
               to
               the
               bottom
               ,
               from
               the
               first
               Transaction
               between
               them
               ,
               from
               the
               time
               of
               his
               being
               called
               by
               them
               to
               help
               in
               the
               Murder
               ,
               and
               from
               his
               seeing
               the
               Handkerchief
               twisted
               about
               his
               Neck
               ,
               his
               Neck
               twisted
               round
               ;
               how
               they
               disposed
               of
               his
               Body
               at
               first
               ,
               what
               removes
               they
               made
               ,
               and
               when
               they
               carried
               him
               out
               ,
               who
               were
               in
               company
               ,
               who
               relieved
               them
               ,
               and
               what
               became
               of
               him
               at
               last
               .
            
             
               He
               says
               ,
               he
               saw
               him
               set
               up
               before
               Hill
               on
               Horseback
               ,
               and
               they
               told
               him
               ,
               they
               had
               thrown
               him
               in
               a
               Ditch
               ,
               and
               Girald
               had
               run
               him
               through
               with
               his
               own
               Sword
               ,
               and
               in
               that
               posture
               ,
               and
               in
               that
               place
               ,
               the
               Constable
               found
               him
               :
               The
               Chirurgions
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               by
               the
               twisting
               of
               his
               Neck
               ,
               and
               the
               Strangling
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               kill'd
               ,
               and
               not
               by
               the
               Wounds
               ;
               and
               the
               very
               bruisings
               which
               Praunce
               speaks
               of
               ,
               were
               found
               upon
               the
               view
               of
               the
               Body
               .
               So
               that
               here
               is
               not
               any
               one
               thing
               ,
               that
               is
               not
               backt
               either
               in
               some
               particular
               circumstance
               or
               other
               ;
               besides
               Mr.
               
               Praunce's
               Testimony
               ,
               who
               (
               alone
               )
               could
               give
               the
               Narrative
               of
               the
               Fact.
               
            
             
               And
               it
               is
               no
               Argument
               against
               Mr.
               Praunce
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               he
               should
               not
               be
               believed
               ,
               because
               he
               was
               a
               party
               ,
               or
               because
               he
               after
               denyed
               what
               he
               first
               said
               :
               First
               ,
               because
               you
               can
               have
               no
               body
               to
               discover
               such
               a
               Fact
               ,
               but
               only
               one
               that
               was
               privy
               to
               it
               :
               So
               that
               we
               can
               have
               no
               Evidence
               ,
               but
               what
               arises
               from
               a
               party
               to
               the
               Crime
               :
               and
               in
               the
               next
               place
               ,
               his
               denyal
               after
               he
               had
               confessed
               it
               to
               me
               ,
               does
               not
               at
               all
               sound
               as
               an
               act
               of
               falshood
               ,
               but
               fear
               ;
               it
               is
               not
               a
               good
               Argument
               to
               say
               that
               he
               is
               not
               to
               be
               believed
               ,
               because
               he
               denyed
               what
               he
               once
               said
               :
               for
               he
               tells
               you
               ,
               he
               had
               not
               his
               Pardon
               ,
               he
               was
               in
               great
               Consternation
               ;
               the
               horrour
               of
               the
               Fact
               it self
               ,
               and
               the
               loss
               of
               his
               Trade
               and
               Livelihood
               
               was
               enough
               to
               do
               it
               .
               But
               how
               short
               was
               his
               denyal
               ,
               and
               how
               quick
               was
               his
               Recantation
               !
               for
               he
               denyed
               it
               before
               the
               King
               not
               upon
               Oath
               :
               he
               Swore
               it
               upon
               Oath
               ,
               but
               he
               denies
               it
               upon
               his
               Word
               only
               ;
               but
               by
               that
               time
               he
               got
               home
               to
               Newgate
               with
               Captain
               Richardson
               ,
               he
               fell
               down
               on
               his
               knees
               ,
               and
               begg'd
               him
               for
               God's
               sake
               to
               carry
               him
               back
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               for
               what
               I
               did
               say
               at
               first
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               is
               true
               ,
               and
               this
               denyal
               is
               false
               .
               And
               here
               could
               be
               no
               tampering
               ,
               no
               contrivance
               made
               use
               of
               ;
               no
               ,
               't
               is
               plain
               there
               could
               be
               no
               art
               used
               to
               make
               him
               retract
               from
               his
               first
               Testimony
               .
               And
               these
               are
               the
               particulars
               as
               to
               Praunce
               his
               Evidence
               .
            
             
               Then
               comes
               Mr.
               Bedlow
               ,
               and
               tells
               you
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               commanded
               by
               
                 le
                 Faire
              
               ,
               and
               the
               Priests
               he
               was
               acquainted
               with
               ,
               to
               insinuate
               himself
               into
               the
               acquaintance
               of
               Sir
               
                 Edmundbury
                 Godfrey
              
               ;
               they
               did
               not
               tell
               him
               why
               ;
               they
               themselves
               knew
               privately
               wherefore
               ,
               and
               they
               did
               intend
               him
               as
               an
               instrument
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               as
               appears
               afterwards
               .
               He
               tells
               you
               ,
               he
               got
               into
               his
               acquaintance
               ,
               by
               pretending
               to
               go
               for
               Warrants
               for
               the
               good
               Behaviour
               and
               the
               Peace
               ,
               as
               he
               knew
               Sir
               
                 Edmundbury
                 Godfrey
              
               was
               willing
               to
               have
               the
               Peace
               kept
               ;
               and
               he
               was
               with
               him
               every
               day
               almost
               ,
               for
               a
               Week
               or
               more
               .
            
             
               Then
               the
               Priests
               come
               a
               little
               nearer
               ,
               and
               tamper'd
               with
               him
               to
               kill
               a
               man
               ,
               an
               ill
               man
               for
               their
               turn
               ,
               and
               that
               Mr.
               Bedlow
               should
               be
               very
               well
               rewarded
               ,
               he
               should
               have
               Four
               thousand
               pounds
               to
               kill
               that
               Gentleman
               ;
               but
               still
               they
               kept
               the
               name
               secret
               .
               He
               promised
               them
               fair
               ,
               but
               broke
               his
               word
               .
               Afterwards
               he
               meets
               this
               Companion
               that
               he
               had
               most
               confidence
               in
               ,
               and
               being
               tax'd
               with
               his
               breach
               of
               Promise
               ,
               said
               he
               ,
               I
               had
               business
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               come
               .
               Well
               ,
               said
               his
               Companion
               ,
               you
               should
               have
               been
               as
               good
               as
               your
               word
               ;
               but
               the
               thing
               is
               done
               ,
               the
               person
               is
               killed
               ,
               and
               I
               would
               have
               you
               help
               to
               carry
               him
               away
               .
               He
               promises
               to
               do
               it
               ,
               and
               to
               meet
               him
               at
               
               Somerset-house
               ;
               accordingly
               he
               
               comes
               upon
               Munday
               in
               the
               Evening
               ,
               and
               about
               9
               or
               10
               of
               the
               Clock
               at
               night
               ,
               Mr.
               Bedlow
               swears
               ,
               that
               in
               this
               Chamber
               that
               Praunce
               says
               he
               was
               laid
               in
               ,
               he
               did
               see
               the
               Body
               ,
               by
               the
               help
               of
               a
               dark
               Lanthorn
               ;
               and
               his
               Face
               was
               covered
               with
               a
               Cloak
               or
               a
               Mantle
               ,
               or
               some
               such
               thing
               thrown
               over
               him
               .
            
             
               And
               these
               two
               men
               ,
               viz.
               Mr.
               Praunce
               and
               Mr.
               Bedlow
               ,
               as
               the
               Counsel
               have
               observed
               ,
               had
               not
               any
               Confederacy
               together
               ,
               for
               they
               both
               swear
               ,
               that
               they
               never
               had
               any
               converse
               at
               all
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               be
               so
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               impossible
               for
               two
               men
               so
               to
               agree
               in
               a
               tale
               with
               all
               circumstances
               ,
               if
               they
               never
               conversed
               together
               ,
               but
               it
               must
               be
               true
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               hardly
               possible
               for
               any
               man
               to
               invent
               such
               a
               Story
               ,
               for
               Praunce
               it
               is
               ,
               I
               believe
               .
               I
               finde
               it
               is
               no
               hard
               thing
               for
               the
               Priests
               to
               contrive
               such
               an
               Action
               ;
               but
               for
               two
               Witnesses
               to
               agree
               in
               so
               many
               material
               Circumstances
               with
               one
               another
               ,
               that
               had
               never
               conversed
               together
               ,
               is
               impossible
               .
            
             
               If
               all
               this
               had
               been
               a
               Chimaera
               ,
               and
               not
               really
               so
               ,
               then
               Praunce
               must
               be
               one
               of
               the
               notablest
               Inventors
               in
               the
               world
               :
               And
               there
               must
               have
               been
               the
               mightiest
               chance
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               Mr.
               Bedlow
               and
               he
               should
               agree
               so
               in
               all
               things
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Maid
               should
               swear
               that
               Hill
               was
               there
               that
               Morning
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Constable
               should
               finde
               the
               Body
               ,
               just
               as
               they
               told
               Praunce
               they
               had
               left
               him
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               upon
               the
               matter
               you
               have
               two
               Witnesses
               almost
               in
               every
               thing
               ;
               for
               Mr.
               Bedlow
               ,
               seeing
               him
               in
               the
               place
               murdered
               ,
               is
               a
               plain
               Evidence
               that
               the
               thing
               was
               done
               ;
               and
               all
               the
               other
               Witnesses
               ,
               speaking
               to
               Circumstances
               both
               before
               and
               after
               ,
               make
               the
               Evidence
               plain
               ,
               that
               these
               were
               the
               Persons
               who
               did
               it
               .
               And
               I
               see
               nothing
               incoherent
               in
               all
               Mr.
               
               Praunce's
               Testimony
               .
            
             
             
               I
               would
               not
               urge
               this
               so
               ,
               if
               I
               was
               not
               satisfied
               in
               my
               own
               Conscience
               that
               the
               Relation
               is
               true
               in
               the
               Prisoners
               defence
               ,
               there
               is
               but
               one
               thing
               ,
               that
               hath
               any
               sort
               of
               weight
               ;
               for
               the
               young
               Gentlevvoman
               talking
               of
               his
               being
               constantly
               at
               home
               at
               eight
               of
               the
               Clock
               ,
               is
               nothing
               ,
               for
               she
               says
               they
               always
               go
               to
               Bed
               about
               nine
               a
               Clock
               ,
               and
               they
               give
               no
               Answer
               to
               this
               ,
               but
               that
               it
               could
               not
               be
               done
               in
               their
               House
               but
               they
               must
               know
               of
               it
               ;
               but
               doe
               not
               show
               how
               that
               must
               needs
               be
               ;
               so
               that
               all
               their
               Evidence
               is
               slight
               ,
               and
               answers
               it self
               ,
               or
               else
               not
               possible
               to
               be
               true
               .
               All
               the
               Testimony
               that
               is
               considerable
               in
               this
               matter
               ,
               is
               that
               which
               Berry
               produces
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               concerning
               the
               Sentinells
               who
               kept
               the
               Guard
               that
               Wednesday
               Night
               the
               Body
               was
               carried
               out
               ,
               and
               he
               says
               there
               was
               no
               Sedan
               carried
               out
               .
               And
               although
               this
               Evidence
               be
               produced
               but
               by
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               yet
               't
               is
               to
               the
               Benefit
               of
               them
               all
               three
               ;
               for
               if
               it
               were
               certain
               and
               infallibly
               true
               ,
               that
               the
               Sentinells
               did
               so
               watch
               at
               the
               Gate
               ,
               that
               no
               Mortal
               could
               go
               out
               of
               the
               place
               ;
               and
               if
               the
               darkness
               of
               the
               Night
               might
               not
               hinder
               him
               from
               seeing
               what
               might
               go
               out
               ;
               or
               that
               Mr.
               Berrys
               Voice
               being
               known
               to
               him
               ,
               he
               might
               not
               call
               to
               him
               ,
               and
               so
               Mr.
               Berry
               might
               open
               the
               Gate
               without
               any
               great
               Caution
               ,
               or
               more
               particular
               Observation
               by
               the
               Sentinel
               ,
               so
               that
               this
               might
               escape
               his
               observation
               or
               remembrance
               ,
               and
               yet
               that
               the
               Sentinel
               be
               an
               honest
               Man
               and
               speak
               true
               as
               he
               thinks
               to
               his
               best
               remembrance
               ,
               which
               I
               leave
               to
               your
               consideration
               .
               But
               there
               is
               one
               thing
               the
               other
               Sentinel
               tells
               you
               ,
               that
               about
               eight
               or
               nine
               a
               Clock
               (
               for
               he
               went
               off
               at
               tenn
               )
               there
               was
               a
               Sedan
               brought
               in
               ,
               and
               he
               did
               not
               see
               it
               go
               out
               ;
               and
               so
               says
               he
               that
               watched
               from
               tenn
               to
               one
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               the
               only
               thing
               which
               hath
               any
               Color
               in
               it
               ,
               in
               behalf
               of
               the
               Prisoners
               .
               But
               he
               that
               says
               there
               was
               no
               body
               went
               out
               ,
               says
               also
               that
               he
               never
               saw
               the
               Sedan
               ;
               but
               the
               Sentinel
               that
               was
               relieved
               ,
               says
               ;
               that
               he
               saw
               it
               go
               in
               .
               Now
               how
               far
               that
               single
               Testimony
               of
               
                 Nicolas
                 Wright
              
               the
               Sentinel
               will
               weigh
               ,
               who
               says
               that
               none
               went
               out
               ,
               I
               leave
               with
               you
               ,
               which
               may
               be
               mistaken
               either
               by
               reason
               of
               the
               darkness
               of
               
               the
               Night
               ,
               or
               those
               other
               Particulars
               I
               have
               observ'd
               to
               you
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               is
               all
               that
               can
               overthrow
               the
               whole
               series
               of
               the
               Evidence
               that
               hath
               been
               given
               by
               Mr.
               Prance
               ,
               upon
               whom
               I
               find
               not
               the
               least
               reflection
               ,
               except
               you
               will
               call
               that
               one
               ,
               which
               to
               me
               as
               it
               is
               circumstanced
               ,
               is
               rather
               an
               Argument
               for
               him
               then
               against
               him
               ,
               
                 viz
                 ▪
              
               his
               going
               off
               from
               what
               he
               said
               .
               And
               what
               
                 Sr.
                 Robert
                 Southwel
              
               says
               is
               regardable
               ,
               that
               when
               he
               shewed
               them
               the
               Place
               where
               he
               was
               strangled
               ,
               the
               House
               to
               which
               he
               was
               first
               carried
               ,
               he
               did
               it
               very
               readily
               and
               confidently
               ,
               but
               was
               puzled
               to
               find
               out
               the
               Room
               where
               he
               was
               removed
               ,
               when
               he
               saw
               him
               by
               the
               dark
               Lanthorn
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               possitively
               assert
               where
               it
               was
               ,
               which
               shews
               the
               integrity
               of
               the
               Man
               ,
               who
               would
               else
               have
               gone
               through
               without
               bogling
               ;
               for
               if
               all
               were
               a
               Ly
               ,
               why
               should
               he
               stick
               at
               one
               thing
               more
               then
               another
               ,
               but
               have
               shewn
               some
               Room
               or
               other
               ?
               but
               when
               he
               was
               confident
               ,
               he
               appeared
               so
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               was
               doubtful
               he
               appeared
               so
               ,
               and
               so
               shewed
               himself
               an
               honest
               Man.
               
            
             
               These
               are
               the
               particular
               matters
               ,
               and
               as
               near
               as
               I
               can
               remember
               ,
               all
               that
               hath
               been
               materially
               offered
               for
               the
               Prisoners
               against
               the
               Kings
               Evidence
               .
               For
               the
               Testimony
               of
               the
               Landlord
               Warrier
               and
               his
               Wife
               ,
               it
               is
               plainly
               spoken
               of
               another
               time
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               the
               Saturday
               after
               the
               Thursday
               he
               was
               found
               ,
               the
               19
               th
               of
               October
               .
               So
               that
               they
               speak
               nothing
               but
               what
               is
               true
               ,
               and
               yet
               nothing
               to
               the
               Purpose
               ;
               for
               the
               Question
               is
               of
               that
               which
               was
               done
               the
               12
               th
               ,
               but
               they
               speak
               of
               a
               time
               when
               the
               Tragedy
               was
               passed
               ,
               so
               that
               there
               is
               only
               the
               single
               Evidence
               of
               one
               Witness
               ,
               the
               Sentinel
               ,
               which
               must
               be
               opposed
               to
               all
               the
               concurring
               Evidence
               given
               against
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Berry
               .
            
             
               There
               was
               Sentinells
               placed
               at
               every
               one
               of
               the
               Gates
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Just
               .
            
             
               That
               is
               nothing
               ,
               for
               we
               speak
               only
               of
               this
               Gate
               ,
               
               the
               great
               Gate
               ,
               but
               I
               will
               tell
               you
               what
               there
               is
               that
               does
               not
               arise
               from
               these
               Witnesses
               ,
               but
               from
               the
               nature
               of
               the
               thing
               they
               were
               about
               ,
               and
               the
               Persons
               that
               transacted
               it
               ,
               that
               gives
               credit
               to
               the
               Testimonys
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               ,
               so
               as
               to
               incline
               any
               one
               to
               believe
               them
               ,
               as
               things
               stand
               at
               this
               day
               in
               reference
               to
               the
               known
               design
               of
               the
               Priests
               to
               subvert
               our
               Religion
               ,
               for
               they
               must
               justify
               one
               ill
               by
               another
               ,
               and
               the
               mischiefs
               they
               have
               done
               will
               not
               be
               safe
               ,
               unless
               they
               do
               more
               .
            
             
               And
               for
               the
               Priests
               being
               the
               Preachers
               of
               Murder
               ,
               and
               your
               sin
               ,
               that
               '
               t
               is
               Charity
               to
               kill
               any
               man
               that
               stands
               in
               their
               way
               .
               Their
               Doctrine
               will
               make
               you
               easily
               believe
               their
               Practice
               ,
               and
               their
               Practice
               proves
               their
               Doctrine
               ;
               such
               courses
               as
               these
               we
               have
               not
               known
               in
               England
               till
               it
               was
               brought
               out
               of
               their
               Catholick
               Countrys
               ;
               what
               belongs
               to
               secret
               Stranglings
               and
               Poysonings
               ,
               are
               strange
               to
               us
               ,
               though
               common
               in
               Italy
               .
               But
               now
               your
               Priests
               are
               come
               hither
               to
               be
               the
               Popes
               Bravo
               and
               to
               Murther
               Men
               for
               the
               honor
               of
               his
               Holiness
               ;
               and
               as
               they
               are
               Inhumane
               ,
               so
               they
               are
               Unmanly
               too
               :
               for
               Sr.
               
                 Edmondbury
                 Godfry
              
               had
               not
               been
               afraid
               of
               two
               or
               three
               of
               your
               Priests
               ,
               if
               they
               would
               have
               dealt
               fairely
               with
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               Berry
               
            
             
               He
               was
               a
               Gentleman
               that
               I
               never
               spoke
               with
               in
               all
               my
               life
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               Ch.
               Just
               .
            
             
               You
               must
               say
               and
               believe
               as
               your
               Priest
               will
               have
               you
               ,
               and
               in
               such
               actions
               as
               these
               ,
               as
               your
               Priests
               suggest
               to
               you
               ,
               so
               does
               the
               Devil
               to
               your
               priests
               ;
               If
               you
               are
               upon
               the
               matter
               necessitated
               to
               what
               they
               will
               have
               you
               think
               ;
               for
               though
               your
               Priests
               Preach
               up
               freedom
               of
               Will
               ,
               yet
               they
               allow
               none
               to
               the
               understanding
               .
               They
               hold
               you
               may
               do
               good
               or
               evil
               ,
               but
               will
               not
               suffer
               you
               to
               understand
               right
               and
               wrong
               ,
               for
               you
               cannot
               be
               perfectly
               theirs
               ,
               if
               you
               have
               any
               thing
               of
               your
               own
               to
               guide
               your selves
               by
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               that
               every
               body
               of
               that
               party
               is
               apt
               to
               say
               their
               
               Priests
               own
               no
               such
               thing
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               notoriously
               known
               to
               all
               the
               World
               that
               they
               both
               Print
               it
               and
               Practise
               it
               .
               What
               shall
               any
               of
               you
               dispute
               the
               Power
               of
               a
               Pope
               saith
               a
               Jesuite
               ,
               or
               of
               a
               Pope
               and
               a
               Council
               say
               the
               most
               moderate
               Priests
               ?
               Have
               you
               power
               to
               say
               how
               far
               you
               will
               be
               a
               Papist
               and
               how
               far
               not
               ?
               you
               may
               as
               well
               bound
               the
               Sea
               ,
               and
               bid
               it
               go
               thus
               far
               and
               no
               farther
               ,
               as
               limit
               the
               Popes
               Authority
               .
               I
               wonder
               any
               Man
               should
               be
               of
               that
               Perswasion
               ,
               and
               yet
               keep
               his
               Reason
               ,
               much
               less
               turn
               from
               our
               Religion
               to
               theirs
               ,
               if
               he
               considers
               how
               they
               impose
               ,
               and
               what
               Mischiefs
               and
               Blood
               you
               are
               involved
               in
               ,
               by
               your
               Priests
               that
               have
               Allarmed
               the
               Nation
               .
               For
               I
               will
               affirm
               ,
               the
               greatest
               mischief
               the
               Papists
               have
               received
               ,
               come
               from
               their
               Priests
               ,
               who
               have
               such
               unworthy
               and
               unmanly
               ways
               of
               setting
               up
               their
               Religion
               :
               What
               do
               they
               think
               it
               an
               Act
               of
               Charity
               to
               kill
               men
               ,
               or
               is
               the
               Christian
               Religion
               or
               yours
               ,
               to
               be
               promoted
               by
               such
               means
               as
               these
               ?
               No
               Gentlemen
               ,
               't
               is
               the
               fault
               of
               your
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               a
               monstrous
               mistake
               in
               you
               ,
               if
               you
               think
               that
               you
               have
               any
               power
               of
               your
               own
               ,
               whilst
               you
               continue
               in
               their
               persvvasion
               .
            
             
               I
               know
               some
               will
               ascribe
               all
               to
               Conscience
               that
               guides
               them
               ,
               and
               that
               even
               these
               mischiefs
               are
               but
               the
               effects
               of
               their
               Religious
               obedience
               ;
               but
               they
               are
               indeed
               the
               Consequences
               of
               the
               blindness
               of
               their
               obedience
               .
               I
               wonder
               how
               any
               Man
               can
               have
               the
               Face
               thus
               to
               disorder
               a
               whole
               Nation
               ,
               and
               yet
               pretend
               Conscience
               for
               it
               .
               Let
               no
               Man
               tell
               me
               ,
               Oh!
               Sir
               ,
               We
               desire
               none
               of
               these
               Mischiefs
               you
               talk
               of
               :
               What
               ,
               not
               if
               Religion
               requires
               it
               ,
               or
               if
               the
               Pope
               says
               it
               does
               ?
               Hath
               not
               the
               Council
               of
               Lateran
               decreed
               ,
               that
               every
               Popish
               Prince
               ought
               to
               root
               out
               Heresie
               upon
               pain
               of
               Damnation
               ?
               You
               must
               :
               can
               you
               go
               and
               tell
               the
               Pope
               how
               far
               you
               will
               believe
               ,
               or
               what
               you
               ought
               to
               do
               ?
               You
               may
               as
               well
               tell
               me
               that
               if
               he
               vvere
               once
               with
               us
               ,
               and
               had
               the
               Power
               he
               once
               had
               ,
               he
               would
               leave
               us
               to
               our selves
               ,
               and
               that
               if
               he
               had
               the
               same
               Ability
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               have
               the
               same
               Tyranny
               .
            
             
             
               And
               therefore
               all
               the
               Roman
               Catholik
               Gentlemen
               in
               England
               would
               do
               very
               well
               to
               consider
               ,
               how
               much
               it
               concerns
               Christianity
               not
               to
               give
               offence
               ;
               And
               if
               they
               cannot
               at
               this
               time
               live
               in
               a
               Protestant
               Kingdom
               with
               security
               to
               their
               Neighbours
               ,
               but
               cause
               such
               fears
               and
               dangers
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               Conscience
               sake
               ,
               let
               them
               keep
               their
               Consciences
               ,
               but
               leave
               the
               Kingdom
               .
               If
               they
               say
               ,
               why
               should
               not
               we
               stay
               here
               while
               we
               do
               no
               mischief
               ;
               alas
               that
               's
               not
               in
               your
               power
               .
               You
               cannot
               be
               quiet
               in
               your
               own
               Religion
               ,
               unless
               you
               disturb
               ours
               ;
               and
               therefore
               ,
               if
               to
               shew
               your
               Consciences
               ,
               you
               acquit
               the
               Country
               ,
               and
               let
               the
               inconveniencies
               light
               on
               your selves
               only
               ,
               I
               should
               then
               think
               you
               had
               Zeal
               ,
               though
               not
               according
               to
               Knowledge
               ;
               and
               not
               ascribe
               it
               to
               any
               Plot
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               simplicities
               of
               understanding
               .
            
             
               But
               in
               short
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               monstrous
               Evidence
               of
               the
               whole
               Plot
               it self
               by
               this
               fact
               ;
               for
               we
               can
               ascribe
               it
               to
               none
               ,
               but
               such
               ends
               as
               these
               ,
               that
               such
               a
               man
               must
               be
               kill'd
               ;
               for
               it
               must
               be
               either
               because
               he
               knew
               something
               the
               Priests
               would
               not
               have
               him
               tell
               ,
               or
               they
               must
               do
               it
               in
               Defiance
               of
               Justice
               ,
               and
               in
               terrour
               to
               all
               them
               that
               dare
               execute
               it
               upon
               them
               ;
               which
               carries
               a
               great
               Evidence
               in
               its
               self
               ,
               and
               which
               I
               leave
               to
               your
               consideration
               ,
               having
               remembred
               as
               well
               as
               I
               could
               ,
               the
               proofs
               against
               them
               ,
               and
               all
               that
               is
               considerable
               for
               them
               .
               Add
               to
               this
               ,
               the
               Condition
               that
               we
               are
               in
               at
               this
               time
               ,
               and
               the
               eagerness
               of
               the
               pursuit
               that
               these
               Priests
               make
               to
               gain
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               that
               for
               my
               own
               part
               I
               must
               put
               it
               into
               my
               Litany
               ,
               
                 That
                 God
                 would
                 deliver
                 me
                 from
                 the
                 delusion
                 of
                 Popery
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Tyranny
                 of
                 the
                 Pope
                 :
              
               for
               it
               is
               a
               Yoke
               which
               we
               who
               have
               known
               Freedom
               cannot
               endure
               ,
               and
               a
               Burden
               which
               none
               but
               that
               Beast
               who
               was
               made
               for
               Burden
               ,
               will
               bear
               .
               So
               I
               leave
               it
               to
               your
               Consideration
               upon
               the
               whole
               matter
               ,
               whether
               the
               Evidence
               of
               the
               Fact
               does
               not
               satisfie
               your
               Consciences
               ,
               that
               these
               men
               are
               Guilty
               .
               And
               I
               know
               you
               will
               do
               like
               honest
               men
               on
               both
               sides
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             the
             Jury
             withdrew
             to
             consider
             of
             their
             Verdict
             ,
             and
             after
             a
             short
             space
             returned
             again
             .
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               the
               Cr.
               
            
             
               Gentlemen
               ,
               answer
               to
               your
               Names
               .
               Sir
               
                 William
                 Roberts
              
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sir
               William
               Roberts
               .
            
             
               Here
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               rest
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               Gentlemen
               ,
               are
               you
               all
               agreed
               of
               your
               Verdict
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               Omnes
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               Who
               shall
               say
               for
               you
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Omnes
               .
            
             
               Our
               Foreman
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Greene
              
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               ,
               (
               which
               he
               did
               )
               Look
               upon
               the
               Prisoner
               ;
               how
               say
               you
               ,
               is
               
                 Robert
                 Greene
              
               Guilty
               of
               the
               Felony
               and
               Murder
               whereof
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               ,
               or
               not
               Guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               What
               Goods
               or
               Chattels
               ,
               Lands
               or
               Tenements
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               None
               to
               our
               knowledge
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Berry
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               ,
               (
               which
               he
               did
               )
               Look
               upon
               the
               Prisoner
               .
               How
               say
               you
               ,
               is
               
                 Henry
                 Berry
              
               Guilty
               of
               the
               Felony
               and
               Murder
               whereof
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               ,
               or
               not
               Guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               What
               Goods
               or
               Chattels
               ,
               Lands
               or
               Tenements
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               None
               to
               our
               knowledge
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               
                 Lawrence
                 Hill
              
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               ,
               (
               which
               he
               did
               )
               How
               say
               you
               ,
               is
               
                 Lawrence
                 Hill
              
               ,
               Guilty
               of
               the
               Felony
               and
               Murder
               whereof
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               ,
               or
               not
               Guilty
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               What
               Goods
               or
               Chattels
               ,
               Lands
               or
               Tenements
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Foreman
               .
            
             
               None
               to
               our
               knowledge
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               Hearken
               to
               your
               Verdict
               as
               the
               Court
               hath
               recorded
               it
               .
               You
               say
               that
               
                 Robert
                 Greene
              
               is
               Guilty
               of
               the
               Felony
               and
               Murder
               whereof
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               .
               You
               say
               that
               
                 Henry
                 Berry
              
               is
               Guilty
               of
               the
               Felony
               and
               Murder
               whereof
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               .
               You
               say
               that
               
                 Lawrence
                 Hill.
              
               is
               Guilty
               of
               the
               Felony
               and
               Murder
               whereof
               he
               stands
               Indicted
               ;
               And
               that
               neither
               they
               ,
               nor
               any
               of
               them
               ,
               had
               any
               Goods
               or
               Chattels
               ,
               Lands
               or
               Tenements
               ,
               at
               the
               time
               of
               the
               Felony
               committed
               ,
               or
               at
               any
               time
               since
               to
               your
               knowledge
               .
               And
               so
               you
               say
               all
               .
            
          
           
             
               Omnes
               .
            
             
               Yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Lord
               Ch.
               Just
               .
            
             
               Gentlemen
               ,
               You
               have
               found
               the
               same
               Verdict
               that
               I
               would
               have
               found
               if
               I
               had
               been
               one
               with
               you
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               were
               the
               last
               word
               I
               were
               to
               speak
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               I
               should
               have
               pronounced
               them
               Guilty
               .
            
          
           
             At
             which
             words
             ,
             the
             whole
             Assembly
             gave
             a
             great
             shout
             of
             Applause
             .
          
           
             
             
               Mr.
               Att.
               Gen.
               
            
             
               Will
               your
               Lordship
               please
               to
               give
               Judgment
               this
               Evening
               ,
               I
               know
               it
               is
               not
               usual
               the
               same
               day
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Justice
               Wild.
               
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               I
               am
               ready
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               
            
             
               No
               Brother
               ,
               I
               am
               to
               sit
               at
               
                 Nisi
                 prius
              
               this
               Afternoon
               ,
               and
               't
               is
               time
               we
               broke
               up
               the
               Court.
               
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               Cap.
               Richardson
               ,
               you
               shall
               have
               a
               Rule
               to
               bring
               them
               up
               to
               morrow
               ;
               and
               then
               the
               Court
               broke
               up
               .
            
          
           
             On
             Tuesday
             the
             11
             th
             .
             of
             February
             ,
             the
             Prisoners
             were
             brought
             again
             to
             the
             Bar
             in
             order
             to
             receive
             their
             Sentence
             ;
             and
             the
             Court
             proceeded
             thus
             .
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Recorder
               ,
            
             
               My
               Lord
               ,
               as
               I
               was
               directed
               by
               Mr.
               Attorney
               ,
               these
               Prisoners
               being
               Convicted
               of
               Murder
               ,
               I
               do
               for
               the
               King
               pray
               Judgment
               upon
               them
               ;
               but
               I
               must
               first
               acquaint
               your
               Lordship
               ,
               that
               immediately
               after
               their
               Conviction
               ,
               one
               of
               the
               Officers
               ,
               a
               Tipstaffe
               ,
               pretending
               it
               was
               his
               Fee
               ,
               took
               their
               Cloaths
               off
               their
               backs
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               
            
             
               Who
               is
               that
               Officer
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               Recorder
               ,
            
             
               One
               Ashby
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               
            
             
               Call
               him
               ,
               Why
               do
               you
               offer
               to
               meddle
               with
               these
               mens
               Cloaths
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Ashby
               .
            
             
               It
               hath
               been
               an
               ancient
               Custom
               this
               40
               years
               ,
               some
               of
               us
               have
               known
               it
               ,
               that
               the
               Marshal
               hath
               the
               upper
               Garment
               of
               all
               Prisoners
               tried
               at
               this
               Bar.
               
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               
            
             
               Is
               there
               any
               such
               Custom
               Mr.
               Waterhouse
               ?
               
            
          
           
             
               Waterhouse
               .
            
             
               No
               my
               Lord
               ,
               that
               I
               know
               of
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               
            
             
               Here
               is
               Mr.
               Waterhouse
               that
               hath
               known
               the
               practice
               of
               the
               Court
               this
               Threescore
               years
               ,
               says
               there
               is
               no
               such
               thing
               .
               Either
               restore
               them
               their
               Cloaths
               ,
               or
               we
               will
               take
               some
               other
               course
               with
               you
               .
               Are
               they
               in
               your
               Custody
               pray
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               J.
               Dolben
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               not
               know
               that
               my
               Lord
               ,
               I
               think
               they
               always
               plead
               in
               Custody
               of
               the
               Marshal
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               J.
               Wyld
               .
            
             
               But
               this
               seems
               a
               very
               barbarous
               thing
               ,
               to
               take
               their
               Cloaths
               off
               their
               backs
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               J.
               Dolb.
               
            
             
               It
               doth
               so
               Brother
               ,
               and
               they
               must
               be
               restored
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               yes
               ,
               you
               must
               restore
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Ashby
               .
            
             
               They
               shall
               be
               ,
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               Mr.
               Recorder
               .
            
             
               I
               pray
               your
               Judgment
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               
            
             
               Ask
               them
               what
               they
               can
               say
               to
               hinder
               Judgment
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               
                 Robert
                 Greene
              
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               ,
               (
               which
               he
               did
               )
               Thou
               hast
               been
               Indicted
               of
               Felony
               and
               Murder
               ,
               thou
               hast
               been
               thereupon
               Arraigned
               ,
               thou
               hast
               pleaded
               thereunto
               not
               guilty
               ,
               and
               for
               thy
               Trial
               thou
               hast
               put
               thy self
               upon
               God
               and
               thy
               Country
               ,
               which
               Country
               hath
               found
               thee
               guilty
               ,
               what
               hast
               thou
               to
               say
               for
               thy self
               ,
               why
               the
               Court
               should
               not
               proceed
               to
               give
               Judgment
               of
               Death
               upon
               thee
               ,
               and
               award
               Execution
               according
               to
               the
               Law
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Cap.
               Richardson
               .
            
             
               What
               have
               you
               to
               say
               for
               your self
               ?
            
          
           
             
               Greene.
               
            
             
               I
               declare
               to
               all
               the
               world
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               as
               innocent
               of
               the
               thing
               charged
               upon
               me
               ,
               as
               the
               Child
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Mothers
               Womb.
               I
               die
               innocent
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               care
               for
               death
               ,
               I
               go
               to
               my
               Saviour
               ,
               and
               I
               desire
               all
               that
               hear
               me
               to
               pray
               for
               me
               .
               I
               never
               saw
               the
               man
               to
               my
               knowledge
               alive
               or
               dead
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               
                 Henry
                 Berry
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               ,
               (
               which
               he
               did
               )
               Thou
               hast
               been
               Indicted
               of
               Felony
               and
               Murder
               ,
               &c.
               
               What
               canst
               thou
               say
               ?
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Berry
               .
            
             
               I
               do
               declare
               I
               am
               not
               guilty
               of
               any
               thing
               in
               the
               World
               of
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
               
            
             
               We
               do
               not
               expect
               much
               from
               you
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               no
               great
               matter
               ;
               for
               your
               Confession
               will
               do
               us
               little
               good
               ,
               but
               only
               for
               your selves
               .
               We
               regard
               it
               not
               otherwise
               ,
               because
               the
               Evidence
               was
               so
               plain
               ,
               that
               all
               mankind
               is
               satisfied
               there
               is
               no
               scruple
               in
               the
               thing
               ;
               and
               we
               know
               you
               have
               either
               downright
               denials
               ,
               or
               evasions
               ,
               or
               equivocating
               terms
               for
               every
               thing
               ;
               yet
               in
               plain
               dealing
               ,
               every
               one
               that
               heard
               your
               Trial
               hath
               great
               satisfaction
               ;
               and
               for
               my
               own
               particular
               ,
               I
               have
               great
               satisfaction
               that
               you
               are
               every
               one
               of
               you
               guilty
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               
                 Lawrence
                 Hill
              
               ,
               hold
               up
               thy
               hand
               ,
               (
               which
               he
               did
               )
               Thou
               hast
               been
               Indicted
               of
               Felony
               and
               Murder
               ,
               &c.
               
               What
               canst
               thou
               say
               ?
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             
               Hill.
               
            
             
               I
               have
               nothing
               to
               say
               for
               my self
               ,
               but
               that
               God
               Almighty
               knows
               my
               Innocence
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cl.
               of
               Cr.
               
            
             
               Cryer
               ▪
               make
               an
               O
               yes
               .
            
          
           
             
               Cryer
               ,
            
             
               O
               yes
               ,
               Our
               Soveraign
               Lord
               the
               King
               doth
               straitly
               charge
               and
               command
               all
               manner
               of
               persons
               to
               keep
               silence
               whilst
               Judgement
               is
               giving
               upon
               the
               Prisoners
               Convicted
               ,
               upon
               pain
               of
               Imprisonment
               ;
               Peace
               about
               the
               Court.
               
            
             
             
               Then
               Mr.
               Justice
               Wyld
               ,
               who
               as
               second
               Judge
               in
               that
               Court
               ,
               pronounceth
               the
               Sentence
               in
               all
               Criminal
               Matters
               ,
               (
               except
               High
               Treason
               )
               spoke
               to
               the
               Prisoners
               thus
               :
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               J.
               Wyld
               ,
            
             
               You
               that
               are
               the
               Prisoners
               at
               the
               Bar
               ,
               you
               have
               all
               three
               been
               Indicted
               for
               a
               detestable
               Murder
               ,
               and
               thereunto
               have
               pleaded
               not
               guilty
               ,
               and
               put
               your selves
               for
               your
               Trial
               upon
               your
               Country
               ,
               and
               your
               Country
               ,
               upon
               a
               clear
               and
               pregnant
               Evidence
               ,
               I
               believe
               to
               the
               Satisfaction
               of
               all
               good
               men
               ,
               that
               were
               indifferent
               ,
               have
               found
               you
               guilty
               .
               I
               have
               little
               Comfort
               to
               say
               any
               thing
               to
               you
               ,
               because
               I
               observe
               your
               Obstinacy
               at
               the
               Bar
               ;
               but
               it
               is
               so
               generally
               among
               you
               all
               ,
               you
               will
               confess
               nothing
               to
               the
               Death
               .
            
          
           
             
               Greene.
               
            
             
               God
               forbid
               Sir.
               
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               J.
               Wyld
               .
            
             
               But
               though
               I
               am
               of
               another
               Perswasion
               than
               you
               ,
               and
               know
               you
               have
               no
               Charity
               for
               me
               ,
               yet
               I
               have
               Charity
               for
               you
               .
               And
               if
               I
               shall
               say
               any
               thing
               ,
               it
               is
               out
               of
               a
               zealous
               Affection
               I
               have
               for
               your
               Souls
               ;
               God
               knows
               ,
               I
               speak
               it
               upon
               no
               other
               grounds
               ;
               though
               the
               Offence
               be
               horrid
               ,
               yet
               I
               commiserate
               your
               persons
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               Nature
               of
               your
               Offence
               it
               is
               Murder
               ;
               He
               that
               sheds
               mans
               blood
               ,
               by
               Man
               shall
               his
               blood
               be
               shed
               ;
               for
               in
               the
               Image
               of
               God
               created
               he
               him
               .
               So
               saith
               God
               to
               Noah
               ,
               intimating
               and
               declaring
               thereby
               ,
               That
               the
               intention
               of
               God
               Almighty
               in
               the
               making
               of
               that
               Law
               ,
               was
               the
               preservation
               of
               mankind
               :
               and
               that
               he
               will
               not
               admit
               or
               suffer
               his
               Image
               to
               be
               defaced
               or
               destroyed
               .
               If
               it
               shall
               be
               accounted
               Treason
               against
               Earthly
               Princes
               to
               deface
               their
               Images
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               much
               more
               Treason
               against
               the
               great
               God
               of
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               to
               deface
               his
               Image
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               King
               of
               Kings
               and
               Lord
               of
               Lords
               .
               The
               Greatness
               of
               this
               Sin
               struck
               such
               a
               damp
               and
               horrour
               upon
               the
               Soul
               of
               Cain
               ,
               that
               it
               made
               him
               cry
               out
               ,
               his
               Punishment
               was
               greater
               than
               he
               could
               bear
               ,
               or
               ,
               as
               our
               Bibles
               have
               it
               in
               the
               Margin
               ,
               his
               Iniquity
               was
               greater
               than
               could
               be
               forgiven
               ;
               and
               it
               shall
               come
               to
               pass
               ,
               that
               whosoever
               meeteth
               me
               ,
               shall
               slay
               me
               .
               Being
               Conscious
               to
               himself
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               just
               and
               lawful
               ,
               that
               whosoever
               did
               meet
               with
               him
               should
               slay
               him
               .
               And
               God
               himself
               doth
               set
               forth
               the
               hainousness
               of
               this
               offence
               ,
               when
               he
               tells
               him
               ,
               his
               Brothers
               blood
               cry'd
               to
               him
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               cried
               unto
               God
               from
               the
               Earth
               ,
               for
               Vengeance
               .
               Blood
               it
               is
               of
               a
               crying
               nature
               ,
               and
               will
               never
               cease
               crying
               ,
               till
               it
               find
               out
               the
               Man-slayer
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               an
               Offence
               so
               hainous
               in
               the
               Eye
               of
               God
               ,
               that
               he
               will
               not
               endure
               it
               in
               a
               Beast
               ;
               God
               saith
               ,
               he
               will
               require
               it
               of
               a
               Beast
               .
               And
               doth
               God
               require
               Blood
               of
               a
               Beast
               ,
               a
               brutish
               Creature
               void
               of
               all
               
               Reason
               ,
               and
               will
               he
               not
               require
               it
               much
               more
               of
               Man
               ,
               whom
               he
               hath
               endued
               with
               those
               two
               great
               Faculties
               of
               Reason
               and
               Understanding
               ?
               And
               certainly
               if
               Murder
               in
               general
               be
               enquired
               after
               ,
               I
               may
               well
               say
               this
               of
               yours
               ,
               there
               hath
               not
               been
               committed
               a
               more
               impudent
               and
               barbarous
               Murder
               in
               this
               Civiliz'd
               Nation
               by
               one
               Subject
               upon
               another
               .
               And
               observe
               how
               you
               did
               effect
               this
               Murder
               ,
               with
               baseness
               enough
               .
               See
               the
               baseness
               of
               it
               :
               As
               the
               Devil
               was
               the
               Father
               of
               Lies
               ,
               so
               he
               was
               a
               Murderer
               from
               the
               beginning
               ;
               and
               you
               first
               begun
               your
               Murder
               with
               an
               Hellish
               studied
               and
               premeditated
               Lie.
               Knowing
               that
               this
               Gentleman
               was
               a
               person
               very
               vigorous
               in
               the
               Execution
               of
               his
               place
               ,
               that
               would
               omit
               no
               Opportunity
               of
               doing
               his
               Office
               ;
               you
               pretend
               you
               have
               occasion
               for
               him
               ,
               and
               by
               this
               means
               draw
               him
               into
               your
               snare
               ;
               where
               what
               you
               do
               ,
               you
               do
               cowardly
               and
               basely
               ,
               first
               disarm
               him
               ,
               then
               fall
               all
               upon
               him
               ,
               and
               murder
               him
               ;
               as
               the
               Prophet
               David
               saith
               of
               the
               ungodly
               man
               ,
               first
               gets
               the
               Righteous
               man
               in
               his
               Net
               ,
               and
               then
               ravisheth
               him
               .
            
             
               Had
               such
               a
               thing
               as
               this
               been
               acted
               by
               us
               Protestants
               in
               any
               Popish
               Country
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               I
               doubt
               there
               would
               scarce
               have
               been
               one
               of
               us
               left
               alive
               .
               They
               would
               not
               have
               taken
               this
               course
               that
               hath
               been
               taken
               with
               you
               ,
               to
               admit
               us
               to
               a
               fair
               Trial
               ;
               no
               ,
               they
               would
               have
               made
               their
               own
               hands
               their
               Avengers
               :
               But
               God
               be
               praised
               ,
               we
               are
               of
               another
               Religion
               ,
               and
               of
               another
               Perswasion
               .
               We
               leave
               Vengeance
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               under
               him
               to
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               who
               beareth
               not
               the
               Sword
               in
               vain
               ,
               as
               you
               now
               find
               .
            
             
               If
               I
               could
               abstract
               folly
               from
               wickedness
               ,
               certainly
               it
               was
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               pieces
               of
               folly
               and
               sottishness
               in
               the
               world
               :
               For
               what
               could
               be
               your
               end
               in
               it
               ?
               Did
               you
               think
               that
               all
               the
               Magistrates
               in
               England
               were
               lodged
               in
               Sir
               
                 Edmondbury
                 Godfrey
              
               ?
               that
               if
               he
               were
               taken
               out
               of
               the
               way
               ,
               there
               were
               not
               men
               of
               Spirit
               and
               Courage
               ,
               as
               faithful
               and
               diligent
               as
               he
               was
               ?
               Trouble
               not
               your selves
               ,
               nor
               let
               those
               of
               your
               Perswasion
               trouble
               themselves
               ,
               there
               are
               a
               numerous
               Company
               of
               Magistrates
               in
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               that
               will
               do
               the
               same
               thing
               ,
               and
               act
               in
               ,
               and
               execute
               their
               Offices
               with
               the
               same
               Courage
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               to
               the
               manner
               of
               the
               Murder
               ,
               whom
               have
               you
               destroy'd
               ?
               A
               Magistrate
               ;
               For
               what
               ?
               For
               the
               Execution
               of
               his
               Office.
               One
               that
               was
               a
               Conservator
               of
               the
               Peace
               ;
               and
               whose
               study
               it
               was
               to
               preserve
               you
               in
               Peace
               ,
               on
               him
               you
               have
               violated
               the
               Peace
               ,
               and
               nothing
               less
               would
               satisfie
               you
               than
               his
               precious
               Life
               .
               An
               Affront
               to
               the
               Law
               ,
               to
               the
               Magistrate
               ,
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               to
               the
               Nation
               ;
               yea
               to
               
               God
               himself
               ,
               upon
               whom
               an
               higher
               Affront
               could
               hardly
               have
               been
               put
               .
               For
               the
               Magistrate
               is
               Gods
               Ordinance
               ,
               God
               hath
               set
               him
               up
               to
               avenge
               himself
               upon
               the
               wicked
               ,
               and
               to
               reward
               the
               good
               ;
               and
               he
               doth
               not
               bear
               ,
               as
               it
               is
               a
               sign
               by
               you
               he
               hath
               not
               born
               ,
               the
               Sword
               in
               vain
               .
            
             
               I
               might
               say
               much
               more
               concerning
               the
               hainousness
               of
               this
               Offence
               ;
               but
               had
               I
               the
               tongue
               of
               Men
               and
               Angels
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               say
               enough
               to
               set
               out
               the
               horrour
               of
               it
               .
               And
               now
               let
               me
               tell
               you
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               speak
               this
               to
               insult
               and
               domineer
               over
               you
               ;
               I
               praise
               God
               I
               am
               of
               another
               spirit
               ;
               he
               knows
               I
               have
               another
               end
               in
               what
               I
               say
               ,
               and
               my
               end
               is
               meerly
               this
               ,
               to
               perswade
               you
               from
               the
               foulness
               of
               your
               fact
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               good
               use
               of
               it
               ;
               that
               the
               horridness
               of
               your
               sin
               ,
               may
               make
               the
               greater
               and
               deeper
               impressions
               on
               your
               Spirits
               ;
               and
               so
               make
               your
               repentance
               more
               sincere
               and
               efficacious
               .
               Had
               you
               as
               many
               years
               to
               live
               as
               you
               have
               hours
               ,
               it
               were
               little
               enough
               to
               bewail
               this
               horrid
               Offence
               .
               But
               on
               the
               other
               side
               ,
               as
               that
               will
               be
               little
               enough
               ,
               yet
               let
               me
               give
               you
               this
               comfort
               ,
               you
               have
               time
               enough
               ,
               if
               you
               make
               a
               good
               use
               of
               it
               ,
               to
               make
               your
               peace
               with
               God.
               
            
             
               Pray
               let
               me
               dehort
               you
               from
               one
               thing
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               this
               ,
               Do
               not
               be
               of
               the
               Opinion
               of
               those
               wicked
               miscreants
               the
               Jesuites
               ,
               that
               have
               put
               you
               upon
               this
               matter
               ;
               for
               I
               have
               so
               much
               Charity
               for
               you
               as
               to
               believe
               ,
               they
               made
               it
               a
               matter
               of
               Religion
               to
               you
               ,
               and
               justifiable
               upon
               that
               account
               .
               Do
               not
               think
               so
               ,
               for
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               is
               indispensible
               ,
               and
               no
               power
               under
               Heaven
               can
               License
               to
               murder
               .
               So
               that
               though
               the
               Offence
               in
               them
               is
               abominable
               ,
               yet
               in
               you
               't
               is
               an
               Offence
               too
               ,
               and
               an
               horrid
               one
               .
               And
               when
               you
               have
               consider'd
               it
               as
               such
               ,
               I
               then
               desire
               you
               to
               take
               a
               right
               course
               to
               make
               your
               peace
               with
               God
               :
               For
               you
               must
               pass
               under
               another
               Judgment
               than
               that
               of
               man
               ,
               and
               that
               shortly
               you
               must
               stand
               before
               the
               Judge
               of
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               .
               And
               therefore
               if
               by
               this
               means
               you
               can
               prevent
               that
               future
               Judgment
               ,
               you
               will
               have
               Just
               cause
               to
               thank
               God
               that
               you
               had
               your
               punishment
               here
               on
               earth
               .
               Therefore
               let
               me
               advise
               you
               to
               spend
               every
               minute
               you
               have
               left
               ,
               in
               a
               free
               acknowledgment
               of
               all
               your
               Offences
               :
               For
               certainly
               some
               sin
               went
               before
               ,
               or
               this
               had
               never
               come
               after
               .
               One
               sin
               dogs
               another
               ,
               and
               makes
               way
               for
               the
               Commission
               of
               another
               .
            
             
               And
               what
               must
               you
               rely
               upon
               ?
               not
               upon
               any
               trash
               or
               trompery
               ,
               not
               upon
               any
               merit
               of
               your
               own
               ,
               there
               is
               but
               one
               Saviour
               and
               Mediatour
               ,
               the
               Lord
               Jesus
               Christ
               .
               And
               I
               would
               advise
               you
               in
               the
               words
               of
               that
               great
               Cardinal
               ,
               one
               that
               was
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               men
               
               of
               your
               Religion
               ,
               Bellarmine
               I
               mean
               ,
               who
               ,
               having
               made
               a
               scrutiny
               ,
               which
               was
               the
               safest
               way
               for
               securing
               Heaven
               ,
               made
               the
               conclusion
               thus
               ,
               
                 To
                 trust
                 Only
                 upon
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 for
                 Life
                 and
                 Salvation
              
               ;
               which
               I
               advise
               you
               to
               do
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               now
               done
               what
               I
               intended
               to
               say
               to
               you
               ;
               and
               what
               I
               have
               said
               ,
               I
               spoke
               to
               deliver
               my
               own
               Soul
               ,
               and
               upon
               no
               other
               account
               .
               I
               now
               pronounce
               the
               Judgment
               which
               the
               Law
               hath
               appointed
               to
               pass
               upon
               such
               Malefactors
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               this
               ;
            
             
               That
               you
               go
               from
               hence
               to
               the
               place
               from
               whence
               you
               came
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               to
               the
               place
               of
               Execution
               ,
               where
               you
               shall
               be
               severally
               hanged
               by
               the
               Neck
               ,
               till
               you
               are
               severally
               dead
               ;
               and
               the
               Lord
               have
               mercy
               upon
               your
               Souls
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hill
               ,
            
             
               I
               humbly
               beg
               one
               favour
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               have
               the
               priviledge
               to
               see
               my
               Wife
               and
               Children
               ,
               and
               my
               Brother
               ,
               before
               I
               dye
               ,
               sometimes
               .
            
          
           
             
               L
               ,
               C
               ,
               J
               ,
            
             
               God
               forbid
               else
               ,
            
          
           
             
               Hill
               ,
            
             
               Any
               day
               I
               hope
               my
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               L
               ,
               C
               ,
               J
               ,
            
             
               Captain
               Richardson
               ,
               let
               them
               have
               the
               liberty
               of
               seeing
               their
               Friends
               ,
               but
               do
               it
               with
               care
               and
               caution
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr.
               J
               ,
               Wyld
               ,
            
             
               And
               I
               will
               say
               this
               more
               to
               you
               ,
               if
               you
               will
               have
               any
               Religious
               Protestant
               Divines
               to
               come
               to
               you
               ,
               they
               shall
               be
               sent
               you
               ,
               but
               none
               of
               your
               Priests
               .
            
          
           
             
               Hill
               ,
            
             
               I
               desire
               only
               my
               Relations
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mr
               ,
               J.
               Wyld
               ,
            
             
               You
               shall
               have
               them
               ,
               and
               we
               offer
               you
               the
               others
               .
            
          
           
             
               Green
               ,
            
             
               I
               have
               no
               Relations
               that
               are
               Catholicks
               ,
               but
               two
               ,
               and
               they
               are
               not
               Priests
               .
               God
               bless
               the
               King
               ;
               and
               I
               desire
               all
               good
               people
               to
               pray
               for
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               L
               ,
               C
               ,
               J
               ,
            
             
               Mr.
               Astry
               let
               the
               Rule
               be
               entred
               for
               their
               Execution
               on
               Monday
               next
               .
            
             
               
                 Cl
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Crown
              
               ,
               Captain
               Richardson
               ,
               you
               shall
               have
               the
               Rule
               for
               their
               Execution
               on
               Monday
               next
               .
            
          
           
             Then
             the
             Keeper
             carried
             away
             the
             Prisoners
             to
             the
             Gaol
             to
             be
             reserved
             till
             their
             Execution
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           On
           Friday
           the
           21
           st
           .
           of
           February
           following
           ,
           the
           Prisoners
           ,
           
             Robert
             Greene
          
           and
           
             Lawrence
             Hill
          
           ,
           were
           Executed
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Sentence
           pronounced
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A63219-e460
           
             Speaking
             to
             a
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Crown-Office
             .