The full narrative and further discovery of Edward Tvrbervill of Skerr in the county of Glamorgan, Gent. of the horrid Popish Plot containing many remarkable passages concerning the trial of William late Viscount Stafford : with an account of the Gent. of Greys-Inn, who appeared in court before the Lord High Steward to invalidate Mr. Turbervill's evidence.
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             The full narrative and further discovery of Edward Tvrbervill of Skerr in the county of Glamorgan, Gent. of the horrid Popish Plot containing many remarkable passages concerning the trial of William late Viscount Stafford : with an account of the Gent. of Greys-Inn, who appeared in court before the Lord High Steward to invalidate Mr. Turbervill's evidence.
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           Jovis
           
             11.
             die
             Novembris
             ,
             1680.
             
          
        
         
           Ordered
           ,
        
         
           THat
           Mr.
           Turbervill
           have
           leave
           of
           this
           House
           to
           Print
           his
           Information
           relating
           to
           the
           Horrid
           Popish
           Plott
           .
        
         
           
             Will.
             Goldesborough
             .
             Cler.
             Dom.
             Com.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           BY
           vertue
           of
           this
           Order
           I
           appoint
           
             Norman
             Nelson
          
           to
           Print
           this
           NARRATIVE
           ,
           and
           and
           that
           no
           other
           Person
           print
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           
             Edw.
             Turbervill
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           FULL
           NARRATIVE
           And
           Further
           DISCOVERY
           OF
           
             EDWARD
             TVRBERVILL
          
           of
           Skerr
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Glamorgan
           ,
           Gent.
           
        
         
           OF
           THE
           Horrid
           Popish
           Plott
           .
        
         
           CONTAINING
           Many
           Remarkable
           Passages
           concerning
           the
           Trial
           of
           William
           late
           Viscount
           Stafford
           .
        
         
           WITH
           An
           Account
           of
           the
           Gent.
           of
           Greys-Inn
           ,
           who
           appeared
           in
           Court
           before
           the
           Lord
           High
           Steward
           to
           invalidate
           Mr.
           
           Turbervill's
           Evidence
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Norman
             Nelson
          
           ,
           at
           Grey's-Inn
           Gate
           in
           Holbourn
           .
           M.
           DC
           .
           LXXXI
           .
        
      
       
         
         
         
           To
           his
           GRACE
           JAMES
           Duke
           of
           Monmouth
           .
        
         
           May
           it
           please
           your
           Grace
           ,
        
         
           AS
           I
           have
           had
           the
           Honour
           to
           march
           under
           Your
           Banners
           in
           the
           Field
           ,
           so
           I
           now
           presume
           to
           appear
           under
           the
           Ensigns
           of
           Your
           Impartial
           Justice
           .
           I
           am
           fully
           satisfy'd
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           delivery
           of
           my
           Evidence
           ,
           I
           utter'd
           nothing
           but
           the
           Truth
           .
           So
           that
           if
           by
           this
           humble
           Address
           to
           Your
           Grace
           ,
           I
           presume
           to
           make
           You
           the
           Patron
           of
           Truth
           ,
           I
           hope
           Your
           Grace
           will
           pardon
           my
           Presumption
           ,
           when
           You
           shall
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           consider
           that
           I
           had
           no
           other
           way
           to
           make
           a
           publick
           acknowledgment
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           how
           deeply
           I
           am
           engag'd
           to
           Your
           Grace
           for
           those
           many
           Favours
           which
           You
           have
           bin
           pleas'd
           to
           showr
           upon
           my
           Vndeserts
           .
           And
           for
           those
           ill
           Reflections
           that
           have
           bin
           thrown
           upon
           me
           by
           the
           Guilty
           for
           my
           Duty
           to
           my
           Soveraign
           ,
           I
           value
           them
           but
           little
           ;
           and
           far
           the
           less
           ,
           as
           one
           that
           has
           some
           reason
           to
           believe
           that
           Your
           Grace
           
           has
           a
           better
           Opinion
           of
           me
           .
           That
           honour
           I
           shall
           alwayes
           study
           to
           advance
           by
           a
           studious
           observance
           of
           Your
           Graces
           Commands
           ,
           humbly
           hoping
           that
           to
           the
           rest
           of
           Your
           signal
           Favours
           ,
           You
           will
           be
           pleas'd
           to
           add
           the
           Acceptance
           of
           this
           small
           Offering
           from
        
         
           
             Your
             Graces
             Most
             Devoted
             and
             most
             Obedient
             Servant
             ,
             Edward
             Turbervill
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           IT
           cannot
           be
           expected
           that
           a
           Person
           ,
           who
           gives
           an
           Information
           to
           a
           Parliament
           ,
           taken
           up
           with
           Multiplicity
           of
           Important
           and
           Weighty
           Affairs
           ,
           should
           trouble
           such
           a
           Great
           and
           Solemn
           Assembly
           with
           more
           than
           what
           is
           at
           that
           time
           absolutely
           necessary
           ,
           the
           bare
           matter
           of
           Fact.
           But
           there
           are
           still
           many
           other
           Requisite
           and
           Material
           Circumstances
           ,
           which
           are
           reserv'd
           for
           a
           more
           Copious
           rehearsal
           .
           As
           to
           the
           First
           ,
           the
           forwardness
           of
           some
           Printers
           has
           bin
           too
           nimble
           for
           me
           .
           And
           therefore
           as
           to
           the
           Latter
           ,
           which
           was
           that
           which
           I
           alwayes
           intended
           to
           do
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           made
           publick
           those
           Additions
           and
           Recollections
           of
           Memorie
           ,
           which
           being
           Truths
           necessary
           to
           be
           known
           ,
           and
           full
           Answers
           to
           the
           Demands
           of
           Public
           Satisfaction
           ,
           I
           have
           here
           joyn'd
           to
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           made
           all
           into
           one
           Body
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           give
           some
           accompt
           of
           my self
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           Popish
           Priests
           and
           Traytors
           ,
           though
           careless
           enough
           at
           another
           time
           ,
           are
           very
           Inspective
           into
           the
           Credit
           and
           Conversations
           of
           those
           that
           appear
           as
           Evidence
           against
           them
           )
           I
           am
           to
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           That
           I
           was
           born
           at
           Skerr
           ,
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Glamorgan
           ;
           being
           descended
           from
           the
           Antient
           Family
           of
           the
           Turbervills
           ,
           that
           came
           in
           with
           William
           the
           Norman
           ,
           commonly
           call'd
           the
           Conquerour
           ,
           Of
           whom
           it
           is
           Recorded
           in
           Story
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Rufus
           the
           Son
           of
           King
           William
           ,
           that
           
             Paganus
             Turbervill
          
           ,
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Twelve
           Knights
           that
           assisted
           Fitz-Haimon
           in
           the
           Conquest
           of
           the
           County
           from
           one
           of
           the
           Princes
           of
           Wales
           .
        
         
           The
           Ancient
           Seat
           that
           belong'd
           to
           the
           Family
           ,
           was
           Coycey
           Castle
           ,
           which
           after
           it
           had
           continu'd
           in
           the
           Name
           
           for
           Thirteen
           Generations
           successively
           ,
           was
           at
           length
           carry'd
           away
           by
           Marriage
           into
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           Gamages
           ;
           and
           after
           that
           into
           That
           of
           the
           Earls
           of
           Leicester
           ,
           in
           whose
           Possession
           it
           now
           remains
           .
        
         
           During
           my
           Infancy
           ,
           my
           Father
           and
           Mother
           being
           both
           Papists
           ,
           and
           strict
           in
           their
           Way
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           height
           of
           Bigottisme
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           I
           was
           brought
           up
           in
           all
           the
           most
           exact
           Precepts
           and
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
           So
           that
           it
           was
           no
           small
           part
           of
           my
           Devotion
           ,
           not
           onely
           to
           hear
           ,
           but
           very
           often
           to
           say
           Prayers
           my self
           for
           the
           good
           Success
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Church
           (
           meaning
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           )
           which
           were
           to
           be
           Transacted
           in
           the
           Year
           1666.
           
           And
           I
           very
           well
           remember
           ,
           that
           one
           Night
           ,
           my
           Fathers
           House
           being
           full
           of
           Strangers
           ,
           I
           was
           lodg'd
           with
           two
           Priests
           ,
           who
           at
           the
           same
           time
           told
           me
           ,
           
             That
             I
             had
             had
             a
             greater
             Honour
             then
             if
             I
             had
             layn
             with
             two
             Angels
             .
             For
             that
             the
             Angels
             were
             but
             the
             Servants
             and
             Messengers
             of
             God
             ;
             but
             that
             a
             Priest
             could
             command
             him
             from
             his
             Heavenly
             Throne
             ,
             and
             give
             him
             to
             whom
             they
             pleas'd
             to
             be
             eaten
             .
          
           A
           piece
           of
           Blasphemy
           ,
           which
           I
           not
           being
           then
           able
           to
           contradict
           ,
           made
           me
           very
           much
           admire
           the
           vast
           power
           of
           those
           holy
           Incarnates
           :
           but
           having
           better
           since
           consider'd
           of
           it
           ,
           has
           not
           a
           little
           augmented
           my
           astonishment
           at
           the
           Irreligion
           of
           those
           pretended
           Votaries
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           Year
           1672
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Eighteenth
           of
           my
           Age
           ,
           being
           a
           Younger
           Brother
           ,
           I
           was
           recommended
           to
           wait
           upon
           the
           Lady
           Molineux
           ,
           Daughter
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Powis
           ,
           as
           her
           Gentleman
           Usher
           ;
           in
           which
           Capacity
           I
           was
           by
           her
           entertain'd
           ,
           and
           liv'd
           in
           the
           said
           Earl's
           House
           about
           Three
           Years
           .
           By
           which
           means
           ,
           and
           by
           my
           Sedulity
           in
           Attending
           and
           Assisting
           at
           Mass
           ,
           I
           became
           very
           intimate
           with
           Father
           
             William
             Morgan
          
           ,
           then
           Confessor
           to
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           Powis
           and
           his
           Family
           .
           This
           Morgan
           was
           also
           a
           Jesuit
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           were
           a
           kind
           of
           Provincial
           and
           Director
           of
           all
           the
           Jesuites
           in
           the
           several
           
           Counties
           of
           North-Wales
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           Shropshire
           and
           Staffordshire
           .
           I
           will
           not
           undertake
           to
           particularize
           all
           the
           Treasonable
           Discourses
           and
           Communications
           between
           this
           Jesuitical
           Confessor
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           Earl
           and
           his
           Lady
           ;
           but
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           this
           I
           have
           often
           heard
           the
           said
           Morgan
           several
           times
           repeat
           to
           the
           said
           Earl
           and
           his
           Lady
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Kingdom
             was
             in
             a
             high
             Feaver
             ,
             and
             that
             nothing
             but
             Blood-letting
             could
             restore
             it
             to
             Health
             ;
             for
             then
             the
             Catholick
             Religion
             would
             flourish
             .
          
           To
           which
           the
           said
           Earl
           would
           many
           times
           reply
           ,
           
             That
             it
             was
             not
             yet
             time
             ;
             However
             be
             made
             no
             question
             but
             that
             such
             means
             would
             be
             us'd
             with
             all
             convenient
             speed
          
           ;
           or
           words
           to
           that
           effect
           .
           And
           so
           confident
           they
           were
           of
           this
           Revolution
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           often
           heard
           the
           said
           Lady
           Powis
           tell
           the
           said
           Morgan
           both
           publickly
           and
           in
           private
           ,
           That
           when
           the
           true
           Religion
           (
           meaning
           that
           of
           Rome
           )
           should
           be
           resto●●●
           ,
           which
           she
           doubted
           not
           would
           be
           brought
           to
           pass
           in
           a
           short
           time
           ,
           she
           would
           perswade
           her
           Husband
           to
           make
           a
           Gift
           of
           a
           Parcel
           of
           Land
           to
           the
           value
           of
           300
           l.
           
             per
             Annum
          
           ,
           toward
           the
           Foundation
           and
           Maintenance
           of
           a
           Nunnery
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           a
           farther
           instance
           of
           their
           Confidence
           and
           Assurance
           in
           this
           Important
           Particular
           ,
           while
           I
           continu'd
           in
           the
           said
           Family
           ,
           there
           was
           one
           Madam
           Remige
           ,
           a
           French
           Woman
           ,
           and
           a
           Violent
           Papist
           ,
           living
           at
           the
           same
           time
           with
           my
           Lady
           .
           This
           Gentlewoman
           marry'd
           my
           Brother
           ,
           and
           was
           a
           Person
           in
           whom
           my
           Lady
           greatly
           confided
           ;
           upon
           which
           accompt
           the
           Countess
           would
           frequently
           take
           her
           along
           with
           her
           ,
           when
           she
           went
           into
           Confessor
           Morgan's
           Chamber
           ,
           at
           such
           time
           as
           they
           had
           their
           private
           Consults
           ;
           where
           I
           have
           also
           frequently
           observ'd
           Father
           
             Gawen
             ,
             Tow●●s
             ,
             Evans
             ,
             Sylliard
             ,
             Roberts
             ,
             Parry
             ,
             Owens
             ,
             White
             ,
          
           the
           Earl
           of
           Castlemain
           and
           other
           Priests
           and
           Jesuits
           to
           meet
           .
           When
           they
           met
           ,
           they
           were
           wont
           to
           shut
           up
           themselves
           sometimes
           for
           one
           ,
           sometimes
           for
           two
           hours
           ,
           more
           or
           less
           ;
           and
           when
           their
           Consults
           brake
           up
           ,
           the
           said
           Remige
           and
           Morgan
           
           the
           Confessor
           would
           seem
           to
           be
           in
           Raptures
           ,
           frequently
           repeating
           their
           joy
           for
           the
           hopes
           they
           had
           that
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           would
           suddainly
           be
           establish'd
           in
           England
           .
           Which
           they
           did
           not
           doubt
           but
           to
           bring
           to
           pass
           ,
           notwithstanding
           they
           had
           met
           with
           a
           very
           great
           Disappointment
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Peace
           made
           up
           with
           Holland
           .
           For
           ,
           said
           they
           ,
           if
           the
           Army
           at
           Black-Heath
           had
           bin
           sent
           into
           Holland
           to
           assist
           the
           French
           ,
           when
           they
           lay
           with
           their
           Armies
           about
           
             Amsterdam
             ,
             Holland
          
           had
           certainly
           bin
           Conquer'd
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           French
           would
           have
           bin
           able
           to
           have
           assisted
           them
           with
           his
           Forces
           to
           establish
           Popery
           in
           England
           .
           Which
           Assurances
           of
           theirs
           in
           these
           and
           many
           other
           Expressions
           of
           the
           same
           nature
           ,
           importing
           their
           Confidence
           to
           set
           up
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           they
           frequently
           repeated
           as
           well
           to
           my self
           ,
           and
           in
           my
           hearing
           .
           In
           prosecution
           of
           which
           Design
           ,
           the
           said
           Morgan
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           just
           cause
           to
           believe
           ,
           took
           several
           Journeys
           to
           London
           and
           several
           Parts
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           Voyages
           also
           into
           Ireland
           ,
           to
           give
           and
           take
           directions
           for
           carrying
           on
           the
           Grand
           Plott
           .
           Upon
           the
           Discovery
           whereof
           ,
           the
           said
           Madam
           Remige
           and
           her
           Husband
           ,
           having
           privately
           sold
           their
           Estate
           ,
           fled
           into
           France
           either
           in
           May
           or
           June
           last
           past
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           being
           apprehended
           :
           the
           said
           Madam
           Remige
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           assur'd
           by
           many
           Circumstances
           ,
           being
           privy
           to
           all
           or
           most
           of
           the
           Transactions
           of
           the
           Conspiracy
           .
        
         
           And
           for
           the
           Earl
           of
           Castlemaine
           himself
           ,
           about
           May
           last
           was
           Two
           Years
           ,
           I
           was
           present
           at
           Mass
           with
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           in
           
           Vere-Street
           ,
           when
           the
           said
           Earl
           said
           Mass
           in
           his
           Sacerdotal
           Habits
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Rites
           and
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           .
        
         
           Among
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Masses
           at
           which
           I
           assisted
           for
           this
           so
           earnestly
           expected
           Restoration
           ,
           it
           happen'd
           ,
           that
           one
           time
           a
           Spider
           fell
           into
           the
           Challice
           after
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           Wine
           :
           Which
           the
           Priest
           observing
           ,
           went
           on
           however
           with
           his
           Lurry
           ,
           till
           he
           came
           to
           the
           Consummation
           of
           the
           Wine
           ;
           at
           what
           time
           fearing
           that
           the
           
           Liquor
           of
           Life
           might
           prove
           the
           Potion
           of
           Death
           ,
           he
           made
           a
           full
           stop
           ,
           and
           sent
           me
           away
           to
           Father
           Morgan
           the
           Confessor
           ,
           to
           know
           what
           he
           should
           do
           ?
           Whereupon
           the
           Confessor
           considering
           well
           the
           danger
           of
           the
           draught
           ,
           in
           a
           very
           surly
           manner
           ,
           as
           being
           vex'd
           either
           at
           the
           Accident
           or
           the
           Carelesness
           of
           the
           Priest
           ,
           commanded
           me
           to
           bid
           him
           let
           it
           alone
           .
           Which
           caus'd
           me
           not
           a
           little
           to
           suspect
           the
           Credit
           of
           their
           Faith.
           For
           it
           was
           my
           belief
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           Venomous
           Animals
           in
           the
           World
           must
           of
           necessity
           lose
           their
           Poison
           in
           the
           real
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           .
           Nor
           did
           I
           observe
           that
           the
           said
           Spider
           was
           taken
           out
           ,
           wash'd
           and
           burnt
           ,
           and
           the
           ashes
           lockt
           up
           in
           the
           Sacrarie
           ,
           as
           ought
           to
           have
           bin
           done
           .
        
         
           Much
           about
           this
           time
           great
           Lamentations
           were
           made
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           my
           Lord
           and
           Lady
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           Priests
           that
           resorted
           to
           the
           House
           ,
           and
           many
           Curses
           pronounc'd
           against
           Capt.
           
             John
             Scudamore
          
           of
           Kent-Church
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Hereford
           ,
           for
           having
           apprehended
           and
           sent
           to
           Gaol
           one
           Eliot
           ,
           a
           Priest
           .
           Which
           was
           a
           great
           disturbance
           and
           disappointment
           of
           their
           designs
           ,
           and
           occasion'd
           them
           to
           take
           new
           Councels
           ,
           and
           make
           new
           Provisions
           for
           the
           carrying
           on
           of
           the
           Plott
           .
        
         
           Having
           thus
           continu'd
           very
           devout
           in
           this
           same
           Secular
           course
           of
           Superstition
           and
           false
           Worship
           for
           the
           space
           of
           Three
           years
           or
           thereabouts
           in
           the
           said
           Earl
           of
           
           Powis's
           House
           ,
           my
           Lady
           his
           Countess
           ,
           and
           the
           said
           Morgan
           were
           very
           pressing
           with
           their
           Arguments
           to
           perswade
           me
           to
           enter
           into
           Religious
           Orders
           .
           Particularly
           the
           said
           Countess
           highly
           encourag'd
           me
           thereto
           ,
           by
           willing
           me
           ,
           That
           if
           I
           would
           but
           follow
           my
           Studies
           ,
           and
           make
           my self
           Capable
           of
           Advancement
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           want
           Ecclesiastical
           preferment
           .
           Promising
           withal
           ,
           to
           take
           care
           of
           me
           her self
           :
           and
           further
           saying
           ,
           That
           she
           did
           not
           question
           but
           to
           get
           me
           made
           a
           Bishop
           in
           England
           by
           her
           Interest
           .
           For
           that
           upon
           the
           Restoration
           of
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           ,
           there
           would
           be
           great
           occasion
           for
           Men
           of
           Parts
           ,
           of
           whom
           to
           make
           Bishops
           ,
           and
           to
           
           employ
           in
           the
           Management
           of
           the
           Affairs
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           a
           Course
           of
           Life
           which
           no
           way
           corresponded
           with
           my
           humour
           ,
           altogether
           Martial
           :
           However
           ,
           being
           allur'd
           by
           the
           Hopes
           of
           Preferment
           ,
           and
           relying
           upon
           the
           Promises
           of
           my
           Lady
           ,
           I
           resolv'd
           to
           submit
           my self
           to
           the
           perswasions
           of
           the
           Countess
           ,
           who
           thereupon
           gave
           me
           Ten
           pounds
           to
           carry
           me
           to
           Doway
           .
           In
           order
           to
           this
           Religious
           Design
           ,
           as
           I
           then
           thought
           it
           ,
           I
           took
           Shipping
           for
           Newport
           ;
           Where
           I
           was
           no
           sooner
           Landed
           ,
           but
           I
           found
           my self
           presently
           in
           the
           embraces
           of
           two
           Fryers
           ,
           who
           upon
           Intelligence
           of
           my
           coming
           ,
           were
           sent
           to
           meet
           me
           .
           They
           seem'd
           to
           be
           very
           glad
           to
           see
           me
           ,
           caressing
           and
           entertaining
           me
           with
           all
           the
           Kindness
           I
           could
           expect
           ,
           all
           the
           way
           to
           Doway
           .
           Where
           being
           arriv'd
           ,
           I
           was
           presently
           admitted
           into
           the
           Convent
           of
           Recollects
           ,
           who
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           Franciscans
           ,
           that
           pretend
           to
           a
           Purity
           above
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           are
           therefore
           collected
           together
           to
           make
           that
           Profession
           .
        
         
           In
           this
           same
           Monasterie
           I
           spent
           about
           Three
           Weeks
           ;
           but
           instead
           of
           that
           Seraphic
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Purity
           of
           Religion
           which
           I
           expected
           ,
           observing
           nothing
           among
           those
           pretended
           Brethren
           ,
           but
           Malice
           ,
           Envy
           ,
           Backbiting
           and
           Detraction
           of
           one
           another
           ;
           and
           instead
           of
           refin'd
           Devotion
           ,
           nothing
           but
           refin'd
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           my
           Zeal
           grew
           cold
           ,
           and
           I
           began
           to
           think
           of
           nothing
           more
           ,
           than
           how
           to
           make
           my
           Escape
           .
        
         
           I
           observ'd
           their
           Nastiness
           ,
           in
           the
           Ceremonious
           burial
           of
           their
           Lice
           .
           For
           the
           Purity
           of
           their
           Religion
           not
           admitting
           them
           to
           shift
           their
           Habits
           ,
           once
           a
           Fortnight
           they
           make
           a
           great
           Fire
           ,
           and
           then
           shake
           their
           Nasty
           garments
           over
           it
           ,
           to
           the
           dismal
           consumption
           of
           Thousands
           and
           Ten
           Thousands
           ,
           singing
           certain
           Psalms
           or
           Hymns
           over
           the
           Funeral
           Piles
           of
           their
           Filthy
           numerous
           Vermin
           .
        
         
           I
           observ'd
           their
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           when
           they
           carry'd
           me
           to
           one
           of
           their
           Exercises
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           Disciplining
           
           themselves
           .
           For
           the
           performance
           of
           which
           piece
           of
           severity
           ,
           they
           betook
           themselves
           to
           a
           dark
           Gallery
           ,
           and
           there
           stood
           with
           their
           Cloaths
           tuck'd
           up
           about
           their
           Middles
           ,
           and
           their
           Lower
           parts
           all
           bare
           .
           Every
           one
           had
           a
           kind
           of
           Whip
           in
           his
           hand
           ,
           which
           is
           compos'd
           of
           an
           Iron
           chain
           of
           about
           a
           foot
           long
           ,
           with
           three
           other
           smaller
           chains
           branching
           from
           the
           bigger
           ,
           well
           furnish'd
           with
           Fishhooks
           .
           But
           I
           observ'd
           they
           layd
           on
           with
           so
           much
           mildness
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           favour
           to
           one
           another
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           had
           bin
           rather
           a
           Sport
           than
           a
           Penance
           .
           However
           ,
           I
           at
           that
           time
           would
           not
           seem
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           their
           remissness
           ,
           but
           looking
           upon
           it
           as
           my
           duty
           ,
           gave
           my
           next
           Neighbour
           ,
           an
           old
           Fat
           haunch'd
           Lay-Porker
           ,
           a
           clawing
           Lash
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           also
           to
           the
           Next
           to
           him
           ;
           which
           put
           all
           the
           rest
           into
           a
           very
           great
           Disorder
           .
           Upon
           which
           I
           ran
           away
           to
           my
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           lock'd
           my self
           in
           ,
           not
           without
           some
           bodily
           fear
           of
           what
           might
           have
           bin
           the
           reward
           of
           my
           pretended
           Mistake
           ,
           had
           I
           staid
           .
           But
           soon
           after
           the
           Father
           or
           Master
           of
           the
           Novitiates
           came
           to
           my
           Chamber
           ,
           and
           bid
           me
           not
           be
           surpriz'd
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           such
           a
           severe
           Penance
           ,
           as
           being
           the
           effect
           of
           an
           extraordinary
           zeal
           to
           subjugate
           and
           mortifie
           our
           Sins
           of
           the
           Flesh
           .
           Which
           would
           have
           bin
           a
           very
           sowr
           piece
           of
           Mortification
           indeed
           ,
           had
           the
           punishment
           bin
           as
           terrible
           as
           they
           made
           the
           World
           believe
           ,
           by
           the
           terrible
           visage
           of
           their
           Instruments
           of
           Execution
           .
        
         
           Believing
           therefore
           that
           neither
           Hypocrisie
           ,
           nor
           Nastiness
           were
           any
           Signs
           or
           Marks
           of
           True
           Religion
           ,
           I
           resol'vd
           to
           make
           my
           Escape
           from
           those
           Dens
           of
           Lice
           and
           Dissimulation
           ;
           which
           I
           did
           soon
           after
           ,
           though
           not
           without
           great
           difficulty
           .
           For
           whether
           they
           suspected
           my
           Intentions
           or
           no
           ,
           I
           cannot
           tell
           ;
           but
           this
           I
           am
           sure
           of
           ,
           that
           some
           few
           dayes
           before
           I
           got
           loose
           ,
           one
           Father
           Cudworth
           ,
           Guardian
           of
           the
           Monasterie
           ,
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           if
           I
           did
           not
           continue
           with
           them
           ,
           I
           should
           lose
           both
           my
           Life
           and
           my
           Friends
           :
           Adding
           farther
           ,
           That
           the
           King
           ,
           
           meaning
           his
           Majestie
           ,
           should
           not
           last
           long
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           Successor
           should
           be
           wholly
           for
           their
           purpose
           .
           And
           after
           my
           escape
           ,
           meeting
           with
           Father
           Cross
           ,
           the
           Provincial
           of
           the
           said
           Monks
           ,
           he
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           had
           he
           bin
           at
           Doway
           ,
           when
           I
           made
           my
           escape
           ,
           I
           should
           never
           have
           come
           into
           England
           again
           .
           With
           such
           a
           mortal
           hatred
           they
           pursue
           all
           those
           that
           have
           had
           the
           Opportunity
           to
           have
           any
           knowledg
           of
           their
           vain
           and
           abominable
           Superstitions
           .
        
         
           Upon
           my
           Return
           into
           England
           I
           found
           my
           Entertainment
           very
           cold
           .
           For
           the
           Earl
           of
           Powis
           ,
           and
           his
           Lady
           ,
           together
           with
           all
           the
           rest
           who
           had
           encourag'd
           me
           to
           betake
           my self
           to
           a
           Monastic
           Life
           ,
           were
           become
           my
           utter
           Enemies
           ,
           threatning
           to
           take
           away
           my
           Life
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           to
           get
           my
           Brother
           to
           dis-inherit
           me
           .
           Which
           vast
           .
           piece
           of
           their
           Malice
           and
           Revenge
           they
           easily
           wrought
           upon
           my
           Brother
           to
           accomplish
           .
        
         
           Being
           thus
           left
           Friendless
           and
           destitute
           in
           England
           ,
           I
           went
           over
           to
           Paris
           ,
           where
           I
           had
           another
           Brother
           that
           was
           a
           Benedictine
           Monk
           in
           that
           City
           .
        
         
           At
           Paris
           I
           staid
           a
           considerable
           time
           ,
           and
           during
           my
           Residence
           there
           ,
           came
           acquainted
           with
           one
           Father
           Clifford
           ,
           who
           told
           me
           among
           other
           things
           relating
           to
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           That
           the
           Lord
           Stafford
           was
           a
           Person
           of
           that
           undoubted
           and
           extraordinary
           Zeal
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           run
           the
           utmost
           hazards
           for
           the
           benefit
           and
           advantage
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           further
           saying
           ,
           That
           there
           were
           a
           great
           many
           devout
           and
           zealous
           people
           in
           Staffordshire
           ,
           that
           were
           Persons
           of
           Discretion
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           were
           fit
           to
           be
           entrusted
           in
           the
           management
           of
           any
           Affair
           that
           tended
           to
           the
           Support
           of
           the
           Roman
           Catholic
           Faith.
           
        
         
           Another
           time
           ,
           one
           Latham
           ,
           a
           Priest
           ,
           and
           Benedictine
           Monk
           ,
           being
           upon
           his
           departure
           with
           Cardinal
           Howard
           for
           Rome
           ,
           with
           great
           Confidence
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           though
           the
           Retinue
           of
           the
           Cardinal
           were
           at
           that
           time
           but
           ordinary
           and
           slender
           ,
           yet
           he
           did
           not
           doubt
           to
           see
           his
           Eminency
           return
           into
           England
           ,
           with
           a
           Splendor
           befitting
           his
           
           degree
           ,
           and
           dignify'd
           with
           the
           highest
           Characters
           that
           the
           Pope
           could
           bestow
           upon
           him
           .
           And
           that
           for
           his
           part
           ,
           though
           he
           had
           been
           proffer'd
           to
           be
           made
           Prior
           of
           the
           Benedictines
           at
           Paris
           ,
           he
           had
           refus'd
           it
           ;
           rather
           choosing
           to
           follow
           the
           Cardinal's
           Fortunes
           ,
           and
           to
           depend
           upon
           the
           Hopes
           of
           that
           preferment
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           well
           assur'd
           he
           should
           obtain
           by
           the
           means
           and
           favour
           of
           the
           Cardinal
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           was
           the
           general
           discourse
           among
           the
           Monks
           at
           Paris
           ,
           especially
           the
           English
           ,
           who
           should
           be
           an
           Abbot
           ,
           and
           who
           a
           Prior
           ,
           upon
           the
           suddain
           Restoration
           of
           the
           Catholic
           Religion
           in
           England
           .
           More
           then
           that
           ,
           an
           Eminent
           Monk
           of
           the
           great
           Abby
           of
           
             St.
             Germains
          
           declar'd
           in
           public
           ,
           That
           the
           English
           were
           a
           very
           unhappy
           Nation
           ,
           that
           had
           not
           a
           Man
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Courage
           to
           Restore
           Religion
           by
           taking
           away
           the
           Life
           of
           one
           Single
           Person
           .
           And
           that
           the
           World
           may
           be
           sensible
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           Degree
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           that
           did
           not
           concern
           it self
           in
           the
           Grand
           Design
           ,
           a
           Father
           of
           the
           Carthusians
           told
           me
           ,
           That
           were
           he
           not
           oblig'd
           by
           the
           Vow
           of
           his
           Order
           ,
           never
           to
           stirr
           from
           his
           Convent
           ,
           He
           himself
           ,
           although
           he
           were
           not
           of
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           person
           that
           would
           undertake
           the
           Work
           ,
           for
           the
           General
           Good
           of
           the
           Universal
           Church
           of
           God.
           One
           Mr.
           Rivers
           also
           ,
           a
           Gentleman
           well
           known
           to
           many
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           advis'd
           me
           to
           get
           the
           Recommendations
           of
           the
           Prior
           of
           the
           Benedictines
           at
           Paris
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Lord
           
             Thomas
             Somerset
          
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           Canon
           of
           St.
           Peters
           in
           Rome
           ,
           then
           at
           Paris
           ,
           with
           what
           other
           Recommendations
           I
           could
           get
           ,
           and
           to
           hasten
           to
           Rome
           ,
           by
           which
           means
           there
           was
           no
           question
           but
           I
           might
           get
           to
           be
           admitted
           into
           Cardinal
           
           Howard's
           Family
           ,
           who
           would
           shortly
           be
           in
           great
           Authority
           in
           England
           ;
           adding
           further
           ,
           That
           had
           he
           not
           engag'd
           himself
           to
           be
           Tutor
           to
           Sir
           
             Charles
             Shellies
          
           Children
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           was
           then
           going
           for
           
             La
             Fleche
          
           ,
           he
           would
           take
           the
           same
           course
           as
           he
           had
           propos'd
           to
           my self
           ;
           For
           that
           upon
           the
           Restoration
           of
           Religion
           ,
           they
           who
           had
           taken
           the
           most
           pains
           ,
           would
           be
           the
           best
           provided
           for
           .
        
         
         
           But
           these
           Arguments
           not
           prevailing
           ,
           I
           was
           by
           my
           Brother
           perswaded
           to
           return
           into
           England
           ;
           and
           in
           order
           to
           that
           Journey
           by
           my
           said
           Brother
           and
           the
           said
           Prior
           of
           the
           Benedictines
           ,
           recommended
           to
           the
           acquaintance
           of
           the
           Lord
           Stafford
           ,
           then
           at
           Paris
           ,
           by
           whom
           about
           the
           latter
           end
           of
           Novemb.
           1675.
           
           I
           was
           readily
           entertain'd
           ,
           and
           being
           look'd
           upon
           as
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           had
           the
           Honor
           of
           a
           Frequent
           and
           Free
           access
           to
           his
           Lordship
           .
           During
           my
           Attendance
           upon
           my
           Lord
           ,
           which
           was
           about
           three
           Weeks
           ,
           his
           Lordship
           having
           ,
           as
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           believe
           ,
           receiv'd
           some
           private
           Intimations
           from
           the
           Prior
           and
           my
           Brother
           ,
           began
           very
           gradually
           with
           me
           ,
           telling
           me
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           That
           being
           a
           Gentleman
           ,
           who
           had
           bin
           bred
           up
           to
           no
           Calling
           ,
           and
           was
           now
           deserted
           by
           my
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           ,
           I
           must
           inevitably
           fall
           into
           such
           ill
           Courses
           ,
           as
           would
           bring
           me
           to
           some
           unhappy
           end
           .
           For
           the
           preventing
           whereof
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           better
           for
           me
           to
           undertake
           an
           Action
           ,
           wherein
           if
           I
           succeeded
           ,
           it
           would
           make
           me
           happy
           in
           this
           World
           ;
           or
           if
           I
           miscarry'd
           ,
           would
           procure
           me
           an
           everlasting
           Crown
           in
           Heaven
           .
           Having
           thus
           rais'd
           my
           Expectations
           ,
           at
           another
           time
           he
           added
           ,
           That
           he
           had
           a
           piece
           of
           Service
           to
           propose
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           would
           not
           only
           restore
           me
           to
           the
           good
           Opinion
           of
           my
           own
           Relations
           ,
           but
           for
           ever
           oblige
           both
           them
           and
           their
           Posterity
           .
           As
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           embrace
           all
           Opportunities
           to
           advance
           my
           own
           Fortunes
           ,
           so
           it
           may
           be
           certainly
           thought
           ,
           that
           I
           was
           no
           less
           inquisitive
           ,
           what
           piece
           of
           Service
           it
           was
           ,
           that
           was
           expected
           from
           me
           .
           But
           my
           Lord
           Stafford
           ,
           being
           unwilling
           presently
           to
           commit
           so
           great
           a
           discovery
           to
           my
           knowledg
           ,
           would
           by
           no
           means
           open
           his
           Mind
           to
           me
           ,
           but
           exacted
           from
           me
           ,
           all
           the
           Imaginable
           Obligations
           to
           Secresie
           ,
           which
           I
           gave
           his
           Lordship
           in
           the
           most
           solemn
           manner
           he
           could
           possibly
           invent
           .
           Which
           being
           done
           ,
           he
           again
           repeated
           to
           me
           the
           great
           Advantages
           that
           would
           accrue
           both
           to
           my self
           and
           the
           whole
           Catholick
           Cause
           ,
           if
           I
           stood
           firm
           and
           prosper'd
           in
           what
           I
           
           was
           to
           undertake
           ;
           and
           then
           told
           me
           in
           direct
           Terms
           ,
           That
           I
           might
           make
           my self
           and
           the
           Nation
           happy
           ,
           by
           taking
           away
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           King
           of
           England
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           Heretick
           ,
           and
           consequently
           a
           Rebel
           to
           God
           Almighty
           .
           This
           being
           a
           Proposal
           very
           surprizing
           ,
           I
           desir'd
           his
           Lordship
           to
           allow
           me
           some
           short
           time
           to
           consider
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           promis'd
           withall
           to
           give
           him
           my
           answer
           at
           Diepe
           ;
           where
           his
           Lordship
           at
           that
           time
           had
           signify'd
           his
           intentions
           to
           me
           to
           embarque
           for
           England
           .
           Accordingly
           I
           went
           before
           to
           the
           place
           appointed
           :
           but
           my
           Lord
           altering
           his
           Journey
           ,
           went
           with
           Count
           Grammont
           to
           Calais
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           sent
           word
           to
           me
           ,
           expecting
           him
           at
           Diepe
           ,
           to
           make
           haste
           for
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           attend
           him
           at
           London
           .
           But
           then
           growing
           sensible
           of
           the
           Impiety
           of
           the
           Proposal
           made
           me
           ,
           and
           well
           knowing
           that
           my
           answer
           would
           be
           nothing
           satisfactory
           to
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           I
           resolv'd
           to
           go
           for
           England
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           avoid
           all
           farther
           Importunities
           from
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           by
           receiving
           any
           farther
           Obligations
           from
           Him
           ,
           I
           enter'd
           into
           the
           French
           Service
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           Honour
           to
           be
           admitted
           into
           the
           Duke
           of
           
           Monmouth's
           Regiment
           ,
           by
           a
           particular
           Recommendation
           from
           his
           Grace
           ,
           at
           the
           humble
           Request
           of
           my
           Worthy
           Friend
           Sir
           ▪
           
             Ed.
             Stradling
          
           .
        
         
           Having
           spent
           some
           time
           in
           the
           French
           Army
           ,
           I
           return'd
           for
           England
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Kind
           favour
           of
           
             Philip
             Hoby
          
           
             Esq
          
           continu'd
           with
           him
           at
           his
           house
           at
           Neath
           Abby
           in
           the
           County
           of
           Glamorgan
           ,
           till
           the
           late
           Levies
           of
           Souldiers
           for
           Flanders
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           I
           made
           haste
           away
           for
           London
           ,
           and
           understanding
           the
           Lord
           Powis
           was
           not
           a
           little
           in
           the
           favour
           of
           his
           Royal
           Highness
           the
           Duke
           of
           York
           ,
           I
           made
           my
           addresses
           to
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           to
           recommend
           me
           to
           the
           Duke
           for
           an
           Employment
           ,
           giving
           his
           Lordship
           an
           accompt
           of
           my
           Condition
           ,
           and
           desiring
           him
           to
           believe
           ,
           That
           though
           I
           could
           not
           conform
           to
           a
           Religious
           Life
           ,
           yet
           I
           made
           no
           question
           but
           by
           my
           Services
           in
           the
           Field
           I
           should
           retreive
           the
           good
           will
           of
           his
           Lordship
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           my
           Friends
           and
           Relations
           .
        
         
         
           His
           Lordship
           ,
           with
           a
           seeming
           Compassion
           made
           answer
           ,
           That
           I
           ought
           in
           the
           first
           place
           to
           implore
           the
           Heavenly
           Assistance
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           order
           thereunto
           ,
           I
           should
           go
           and
           make
           my
           Confession
           to
           the
           Earl
           of
           Castlemaine
           ,
           who
           was
           then
           in
           my
           Lords
           Chamber
           ready
           to
           say
           Mass
           .
           Accordingly
           I
           went
           and
           made
           my
           Confession
           in
           obedience
           to
           his
           Lordships
           Directions
           .
           But
           notwithstanding
           my
           compliance
           in
           Spirituals
           ,
           I
           was
           altogether
           neglected
           ,
           as
           to
           those
           Temporal
           Favors
           which
           I
           daily
           sought
           by
           his
           Lordships
           means
           .
           For
           which
           as
           I
           have
           just
           cause
           to
           suspect
           ,
           I
           have
           great
           Reason
           to
           thank
           his
           Countess
           ,
           who
           is
           so
           much
           a
           Romanist
           ,
           as
           never
           to
           trust
           a
           Person
           whom
           she
           has
           once
           injur'd
           .
        
         
           Thus
           finding
           the
           Professors
           of
           the
           Romish
           Religion
           so
           full
           of
           Treachery
           ,
           Malice
           ,
           Hypocrisie
           and
           Revenge
           ,
           I
           absolutely
           renounc'd
           all
           future
           hopes
           and
           dependencies
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           seriously
           resolv'd
           sincerely
           and
           heartily
           to
           conform
           to
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           And
           I
           hope
           there
           is
           no
           true
           Protestant
           will
           have
           the
           worse
           opinion
           of
           Me
           ,
           for
           listening
           to
           the
           Voice
           of
           Conscience
           ,
           and
           choosing
           to
           follow
           the
           Light
           of
           Truth
           ,
           because
           I
           was
           once
           a
           wanderer
           in
           the
           By-wayes
           of
           Popish
           Darkness
           .
           'T
           is
           not
           to
           be
           thought
           but
           that
           I
           must
           expect
           to
           be
           prosecuted
           and
           pursu'd
           by
           the
           Malice
           of
           their
           Tongues
           :
           For
           indeed
           it
           was
           a
           main
           endeavour
           of
           my
           former
           Friends
           and
           still
           unkind
           Relations
           ,
           because
           I
           could
           not
           confine
           my self
           to
           one
           of
           their
           Cloysters
           ,
           by
           exposing
           me
           to
           hardship
           and
           necessity
           ,
           to
           precipitate
           me
           into
           evil
           Courses
           ,
           that
           so
           I
           might
           become
           obnoxious
           to
           their
           Fury
           .
           But
           as
           I
           am
           one
           that
           know
           they
           can
           fix
           nothing
           upon
           me
           for
           Truth
           ,
           so
           I
           value
           not
           their
           Scandals
           or
           Reproaches
           ,
           from
           which
           I
           make
           no
           Question
           but
           to
           clear
           my self
           ,
           when
           ever
           there
           shall
           be
           occasion
           .
        
         
           At
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Tryal
           of
           William
           Viscount
           Stafford
           ,
           when
           I
           was
           to
           give
           my
           Evidence
           ,
           I
           was
           not
           a
           little
           concern'd
           
           at
           first
           ,
           not
           doubting
           but
           that
           all
           the
           Opposition
           in
           the
           World
           would
           be
           made
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           the
           Scandals
           and
           Reproaches
           would
           be
           thrown
           upon
           me
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Craft
           of
           Papistical
           Equivocations
           could
           fix
           upon
           my
           shoulders
           ;
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           I
           was
           not
           a
           little
           encourag'd
           ,
           when
           I
           saw
           who
           the
           persons
           were
           that
           after
           so
           long
           a
           preparation
           were
           brought
           to
           make
           their
           appearance
           against
           me
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           was
           the
           Lord
           
           Powis's
           Butler
           ,
           whose
           particular
           interest
           and
           dependance
           I
           leave
           to
           publick
           Censure
           .
        
         
           The
           second
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           Grey's-Inn
           ,
           who
           has
           often
           declar'd
           to
           the
           World
           his
           calamitous
           Condition
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           so
           Pocky
           and
           so
           poor
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           weary
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           reason
           provok'd
           several
           people
           to
           cut
           his
           Throat
           ,
           to
           the
           end
           he
           might
           be
           quit
           of
           his
           misery
           ;
           but
           by
           the
           charity
           of
           a
           Gentleman
           who
           is
           Physitian
           to
           the
           Lords
           in
           the
           Tower
           ,
           he
           was
           patch'd
           up
           and
           supported
           till
           he
           was
           call'd
           to
           the
           Barr
           ;
           by
           the
           credit
           whereof
           he
           marry'd
           a
           Wife
           with
           a
           small
           Fortune
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           almost
           spent
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           leave
           it
           to
           all
           the
           World
           to
           judge
           ,
           what
           such
           a
           man
           ,
           unprincipl'd
           ,
           would
           not
           do
           to
           gratifie
           a
           Person
           that
           had
           preserv'd
           him
           from
           Starving
           ,
           and
           to
           ingratiate
           himself
           with
           a
           Party
           ,
           which
           he
           thought
           would
           be
           prevalent
           ,
           and
           from
           which
           no
           doubt
           he
           had
           very
           large
           Promises
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           usual
           custome
           of
           those
           People
           .
        
         
           My
           Brother
           appear'd
           next
           ,
           who
           declar'd
           that
           my
           Elder
           Brother
           gave
           me
           Seven
           pounds
           never
           to
           see
           me
           more
           ;
           which
           Money
           he
           said
           I
           received
           ,
           after
           I
           went
           from
           Doway
           ;
           though
           in
           truth
           I
           never
           did
           .
           A
           very
           kind
           Brother
           to
           give
           ,
           and
           certainly
           a
           very
           much
           injur'd
           Brother
           to
           be
           satisfy'd
           with
           such
           a
           small
           pittance
           of
           his
           future
           Expectations
           for
           the
           continuance
           of
           such
           a
           Mortal
           Separation
           .
           But
           't
           is
           no
           wonder
           ,
           since
           the
           Difference
           in
           Religion
           engages
           Brother
           against
           Brother
           ,
           
           that
           they
           who
           could
           prevail
           with
           my
           Elder
           Brother
           to
           dis-inherit
           me
           ,
           could
           prevail
           with
           a
           Younger
           Brother
           to
           play
           the
           Fool
           in
           publick
           ,
           by
           appearing
           against
           me
           to
           so
           little
           purpose
           .
           However
           I
           believe
           he
           was
           deluded
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           I
           pardon
           him
           .
        
         
           The
           last
           that
           appear'd
           against
           me
           ,
           was
           my
           Lord
           
           Castlemaine's
           Steward
           ,
           which
           was
           more
           then
           his
           Lord
           himself
           could
           do
           ,
           and
           therefore
           a
           testimony
           of
           little
           value
           .
           He
           pretended
           ,
           That
           for
           Three
           Years
           he
           had
           not
           bin
           half
           a
           Week
           out
           of
           my
           Lord's
           Company
           ;
           though
           upon
           examination
           it
           was
           found
           that
           he
           had
           mistaken
           Fifteen
           Months
           in
           his
           accompt
           .
        
         
           From
           all
           which
           we
           may
           make
           this
           Judgment
           ,
           What
           a
           sort
           of
           People
           we
           have
           to
           deal
           with
           ,
           and
           what
           difficulties
           we
           labour
           under
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           not
           only
           requir'd
           to
           give
           in
           Evidence
           upon
           Oath
           ,
           but
           must
           be
           forc'd
           to
           prove
           by
           collateral
           Testimonies
           of
           our
           Lives
           and
           Conversations
           ,
           that
           Truth
           is
           Truth
           ;
           and
           that
           our
           Evidence
           must
           be
           cavill'd
           at
           by
           those
           that
           bring
           such
           poor
           and
           pitiful
           Sons
           of
           reproach
           to
           confront
           us
           .
           Hoewever
           ,
           it
           was
           my
           happiness
           ,
           that
           my
           Circumstances
           were
           attested
           by
           several
           Persons
           of
           great
           Estates
           ,
           and
           unquestionable
           Reputation
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .