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             A second letter to Mr. Miles Prance in reply to the ghost of Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey
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           Godfrey, Edmund Berry, -- Sir, 1621-1678.
           Popish Plot, 1678.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           Second
           Letter
           TO
           Mr.
           MILES
           PRANCE
           ,
           In
           REPLY
           to
           the
           GHOST
           OF
           Sir
           Edmond-bury
           Godfrey
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             PRANCE
             ,
          
        
         
           SInce
           my
           last
           to
           you
           of
           the
           23
           past
           ,
           I
           have
           seen
           a
           prolix
           ,
           railing
           ,
           and
           impertinent
           Pamphlet
           ,
           intituled
           ,
           Sir
           
             E.
             B.
          
           G's
           .
           Ghost
           ,
           and
           pretended
           to
           be
           an
           Answer
           to
           my
           said
           Letter
           .
           And
           conceiving
           You
           are
           better
           acquain●ed
           with
           Ghosts
           than
           my self
           ,
           I
           thought
           fit
           to
           direct
           my
           Answer
           to
           that
           Ghost
           to
           You
           ,
           and
           thereby
           shew
           the
           ridiculousness
           thereof
           ,
           as
           also
           vindicate
           the
           Truths
           contained
           in
           my
           said
           former
           Letter
           ,
           and
           shew
           You
           and
           the
           world
           further
           circumstances
           to
           justifie
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           therefore
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           method
           of
           my
           former
           Letter
           ,
           I
           shall
           proceed
           by
           these
           Heads
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           not
           understanding
           what
           the
           Ghost
           means
           ,
           by
           arraigning
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           unless
           he
           would
           assert
           that
           all
           that
           are
           legally
           ,
           (
           are
           likewise
           justly
           hanged
           ;
           )
           and
           so
           consequently
           ,
           that
           the
           Mother
           and
           her
           two
           Sons
           were
           ju●tly
           hanged
           in
           Glocestershire
           ,
           for
           the
           Murder
           of
           the
           Lady
           Viscountess
           
           Campden's
           Steward
           ,
           though
           he
           afterwards
           appeared
           alive
           ;
           And
           I
           do
           not
           find
           that
           ever
           his
           appearance
           arraign'd
           the
           Justice
           of
           the
           Nation
           And
           remitting
           the
           consideration
           of
           Mr.
           B●owns
           ,
           the
           Chyrurgions
           ,
           and
           Mrs
           
           Curtis's
           Evidence
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Blood
           ,
           to
           its
           proper
           place
           ;
           and
           affirming
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           )
           that
           Mrs.
           Celliers
           ,
           Mrs.
           
             Mary
             Gibbon
          
           the
           Newgate
           Priests
           ,
           
             James
             Magragh
          
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Irish
           men
           ,
           or
           Irish
           Evidences
           ,
           or
           other
           Papist
           or
           Papists
           ,
           or
           Popishly
           affected
           persons
           whatsoever
           ;
           as
           also
           those
           concerned
           in
           the
           late
           Sham
           of
           his
           having
           hang'd
           himself
           ,
           are
           strangers
           to
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           the
           least
           knowledge
           or
           intimation
           of
           the
           Contents
           of
           my
           said
           former
           Letter
           ,
           nor
           any
           way
           concerned
           therein
           ,
           or
           in
           or
           with
           any
           part
           thereof
           ;
           (
           as
           the
           said
           Ghost
           most
           falsly
           and
           maliciously
           insinuates
           .
           )
           I
           take
           notice
           that
           the
           said
           Ghost
           seems
           to
           admit
           so
           much
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           said
           Letter
           ,
           as
           that
           it
           was
           reported
           divers
           days
           before
           the
           dead
           Body
           was
           found
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           murdered
           in
           Somerset-house
           by
           the
           Papists
           ,
           and
           which
           report
           was
           made
           even
           the
           next
           morning
           after
           he
           was
           missing
           ,
           (
           being
           Sunday
           13
           Octob.
           1678
           )
           Now
           I
           would
           fain
           have
           this
           Ghost
           to
           inform
           the
           world
           who
           first
           raised
           that
           Report
           :
           But
           as
           to
           Mr.
           
           Dugdale's
           Letter
           of
           it
           I
           cannot
           give
           it
           any
           better
           Answer
           ,
           than
           that
           as
           his
           Evidence
           hath
           since
           been
           disbelieved
           in
           matters
           of
           greater
           consequence
           ,
           so
           he
           not
           producing
           any
           such
           Letter
           ,
           you
           must
           give
           me
           leave
           also
           to
           suspect
           him
           in
           this
           .
           But
           as
           to
           the
           other
           Evidences
           of
           Mr.
           Birch
           and
           the
           rest
           ,
           Theirs
           I
           believe
           to
           be
           very
           true
           ;
           for
           it
           's
           no
           miracle
           that
           a
           Report
           so
           cunningly
           raised
           ,
           (
           without
           any
           ground
           )
           might
           as
           industriously
           be
           promulged
           to
           most
           parts
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           before
           the
           respective
           days
           they
           speak
           of
           ,
           especially
           when
           the
           Plot
           had
           filled
           all
           mens
           heads
           with
           Fears
           and
           Jeolousies
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           had
           not
           been
           in
           the
           power
           or
           art
           of
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           or
           any
           of
           his
           Tribe
           ,
           to
           have
           suggested
           the
           least
           Surmise
           to
           contradict
           his
           being
           
             Felo
             de
             se
          
           .
        
         
         
           Next
           ,
           whereas
           my
           Letter
           saith
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           truly
           )
           that
           the
           Coroner's
           Jury
           were
           first
           of
           opinion
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           declared
           ,
           he
           was
           
             Felo
             de
             se
          
           ,
           and
           that
           much
           Art
           and
           Skill
           was
           used
           to
           procure
           their
           Verdict
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
           This
           Ghost
           ,
           instead
           of
           contradicting
           that
           Truth
           ,
           would
           insinuate
           ,
           as
           if
           that
           Letter
           reflected
           upon
           the
           Reputation
           of
           the
           Jurors
           ,
           when
           as
           there
           was
           no
           such
           thing
           imply'd
           or
           intended
           ,
           they
           being
           known
           to
           be
           honest
           men
           ,
           of
           good
           Reputation
           ,
           and
           free
           from
           Fraud
           or
           Guile
           ,
           and
           consequently
           the
           easier
           to
           be
           over-reach'd
           ,
           by
           the
           Cunning
           of
           those
           and
           that
           Party
           ,
           whose
           interest
           it
           was
           to
           deceive
           them
           ,
           and
           who
           never
           leave
           any
           stone
           unturned
           to
           attain
           their
           designs
           .
           And
           I
           cannot
           but
           observe
           how
           skilful
           and
           industrious
           these
           People
           still
           are
           ,
           to
           hide
           and
           prevent
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           man's
           Death
           from
           clearly
           appearing
           and
           shining
           forth
           ,
           as
           without
           doubt
           it
           would
           ,
           and
           must
           do
           ,
           was
           not
           the
           matter
           now
           (
           as
           formerly
           )
           puzled
           with
           Legends
           ,
           and
           long
           Stories
           ,
           nothing
           to
           the
           purpose
           And
           as
           to
           the
           Coroner's
           Warrant
           for
           burying
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           recited
           in
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           it
           's
           Notorious
           they
           are
           common
           Tricks
           ,
           used
           by
           men
           of
           his
           Profession
           ,
           who
           (
           if
           any
           money
           is
           like
           to
           come
           )
           will
           usually
           adjourn
           the
           Jury
           ,
           and
           then
           make
           such
           Warrants
           ,
           (
           they
           knowing
           ,
           that
           if
           the
           Verdict
           be
           
             Felo
             de
             se
          
           ,
           it
           's
           then
           out
           of
           their
           power
           to
           give
           leave
           to
           bury
           the
           Corps
           .
           )
           And
           it
           would
           be
           very
           material
           ,
           if
           the
           Coroner
           would
           declare
           what
           he
           received
           for
           that
           Jobb
           ,
           and
           of
           whom
           ,
           and
           what
           Evidence
           he
           had
           to
           induce
           the
           Jury
           to
           find
           (
           as
           the
           Inquisition
           imports
           )
           that
           he
           was
           strangled
           with
           a
           Linen
           Cloth
           ,
           a
           matter
           of
           Fact
           never
           so
           much
           as
           spoken
           of
           ,
           until
           You
           came
           in
           with
           your
           Evidence
           ,
           which
           was
           not
           in
           some
           weeks
           after
           .
           And
           I
           do
           again
           aver
           ,
           That
           the
           Body
           was
           required
           by
           the
           Jurors
           to
           be
           opened
           ,
           and
           was
           refused
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           Body
           was
           in
           their
           and
           the
           Coroner's
           power
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Ghost
           insinuates
           )
           such
           power
           was
           concealed
           from
           ,
           and
           denied
           the
           Jury
           .
           And
           it
           's
           very
           probable
           the
           Coroner
           of
           
           Westminster's
           assistance
           was
           refused
           ,
           for
           some
           such
           indirect
           doings
           ,
           for
           that
           there
           was
           not
           the
           least
           difference
           betwixt
           the
           Coroners
           in
           relation
           to
           their
           Jurisdictions
           ,
           and
           the
           Westminster
           Coroner
           came
           not
           voluntarily
           of
           himself
           ,
           but
           was
           importuned
           to
           be
           there
           by
           Mr.
           Wigg
           ,
           and
           divers
           others
           of
           the
           chief
           Inhabitants
           of
           St
           :
           
           Martyn's
           Parish
           .
           And
           particularly
           ,
           the
           Reverend
           Dr.
           Lloyd
           (
           who
           preached
           the
           Funeral
           Sermon
           )
           spoke
           to
           the
           Coroner
           of
           Westminster
           before
           he
           went
           ,
           so
           that
           it
           had
           been
           proper
           to
           have
           given
           the
           matters
           mentioned
           in
           that
           Sermon
           in
           evidence
           before
           the
           Jury
           .
           And
           it
           's
           observable
           ,
           the
           person
           mentioned
           to
           give
           the
           Information
           to
           the
           Doctor
           of
           the
           two
           wounds
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           that
           two
           hours
           before
           it
           was
           found
           ,
           was
           never
           produced
           ;
           For
           if
           he
           had
           ,
           and
           that
           Sir
           
             E.
             B.
             G.
          
           had
           been
           murthered
           ,
           such
           person
           might
           have
           been
           secured
           ,
           and
           thereby
           the
           Murderers
           detected
           .
           But
           I
           suppose
           the
           Ghost
           will
           not
           pretend
           either
           that
           Sermon
           ,
           or
           the
           Pamphlet
           printed
           by
           
             Nat.
             Thompson
          
           to
           be
           legal
           ,
           or
           (
           indeed
           )
           any
           Evidence
           at
           all
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           being
           come
           to
           the
           several
           Paragraphs
           of
           my
           Letter
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           them
           in
           order
           as
           they
           are
           placed
           ,
           and
           give
           the
           Ghost
           particular
           Answers
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           I.
           As
           to
           Sir
           
             E.
             B.
          
           G.'s
           Perambulations
           therein
           mentioned
           to
           be
           on
           the
           Saturday
           he
           was
           first
           missing
           ,
           they
           are
           true
           in
           every
           particular
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           proved
           by
           divers
           able
           ,
           credible
           and
           undeniable
           Witnesses
           .
           And
           how
           vain
           it
           is
           for
           the
           Ghost
           to
           ask
           ,
           Why
           these
           Witnesses
           did
           not
           come
           in
           sooner
           at
           the
           Tryal
           of
           
             Greene
             ,
             Berry
          
           and
           Hill
           ,
           do
           you
           judge
           ,
           when
           all
           the
           world
           remembers
           the
           great
           Torrent
           that
           carried
           all
           before
           it
           in
           favour
           of
           the
           Plot
           ,
           and
           the
           murder
           of
           Sir
           
             E.
             B.
             G.
          
           by
           the
           Papists
           ,
           without
           which
           (
           as
           
             T.
             O.
          
           was
           heard
           to
           say
           )
           his
           Plot
           had
           failed
           ;
           And
           when
           it
           is
           duly
           considered
           ,
           that
           the
           two
           persons
           that
           first
           found
           the
           Body
           ,
           (
           for
           no
           other
           cause
           )
           suffered
           much
           in
           their
           Persons
           and
           Estates
           ,
           by
           a
           long
           and
           chargeable
           Imprisonment
           .
           And
           all
           others
           that
           then
           seemed
           to
           doubt
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           that
           man's
           being
           murdered
           by
           the
           Papists
           ,
           were
           stigmatized
           with
           the
           odious
           Names
           of
           Papists
           ,
           and
           Discouragers
           (
           if
           not
           Promoters
           )
           of
           the
           Plot
           ;
           It
           will
           appear
           no
           wonder
           ,
           if
           people
           were
           unwilling
           to
           discover
           their
           knowledges
           ,
           or
           to
           come
           voluntarily
           (
           without
           process
           )
           to
           give
           their
           Evidence
           .
           And
           how
           can
           it
           be
           imagined
           those
           three
           unfortunate
           men
           ,
           being
           kept
           close
           Prisoners
           ,
           could
           make
           inquiry
           after
           proper
           Evidences
           ,
           or
           (
           against
           the
           common
           vogue
           )
           draw
           into
           suspition
           the
           assertion
           of
           his
           being
           murdered
           by
           the
           Papists
           .
        
         
           II.
           The
           Ghost
           hath
           so
           much
           ingenuity
           to
           grant
           the
           2d
           Paragraph
           of
           my
           Letter
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           place
           and
           posture
           he
           was
           found
           in
           ,
           but
           would
           avoid
           the
           inaccessableness
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           pretending
           a
           Lane
           near
           ,
           when
           as
           that
           Lane
           is
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           unpassable
           ,
           with
           two
           on
           a
           Horse
           ,
           and
           comes
           not
           within
           500
           yards
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           and
           the
           Mounds
           thither
           very
           high
           ,
           and
           the
           Constable
           and
           his
           Assistants
           ,
           (
           though
           they
           lived
           in
           the
           Parish
           ,
           and
           well
           knew
           the
           way
           )
           were
           forced
           to
           break
           a
           Gap
           in
           the
           Mounds
           ,
           though
           they
           were
           singly
           Hors'd
           .
           And
           whereas
           the
           Ghost
           alledges
           ,
           That
           you
           do
           not
           depose
           he
           was
           carried
           to
           the
           place
           wholly
           on
           Horseback
           ,
           he
           hath
           run
           himself
           into
           a
           worse
           Dilemma
           ,
           having
           made
           no
           provision
           of
           men
           
           (
           either
           as
           to
           strength
           or
           number
           )
           to
           carry
           so
           great
           and
           weighty
           a
           Corps
           ,
           in
           the
           dead
           of
           the
           night
           ,
           over
           such
           Mounds
           and
           Fences
           ;
           But
           let
           all
           inquisitive
           People
           ,
           desirous
           of
           Truth
           ,
           take
           the
           pain
           ,
           but
           to
           go
           to
           the
           place
           (
           and
           that
           without
           any
           burthen
           on
           their
           backs
           )
           they
           will
           soon
           be
           convinced
           of
           the
           Assertion
           of
           the
           difficulty
           (
           if
           not
           impossibility
           )
           of
           the
           bringing
           a
           Dead
           Corps
           thither
           ,
           either
           on
           Foot
           or
           on
           Horseback
           .
           And
           the
           pretensions
           of
           the
           Ghost's
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           limberness
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Joynts
           ,
           does
           not
           answer
           that
           part
           of
           my
           Letter
           which
           relates
           to
           the
           impossibility
           of
           his
           being
           put
           into
           a
           Sedan
           .
           For
           his
           Body
           ,
           when
           found
           ,
           was
           stiff
           ;
           so
           that
           what
           limberness
           happened
           or
           appeared
           afterwards
           ,
           hath
           no
           relation
           to
           the
           Question
           .
           For
           it
           's
           a
           certain
           Maxim
           ,
           a
           dead
           limber
           Body
           cannot
           be
           stiff'ned
           .
           And
           pray
           ,
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           give
           us
           an
           account
           what
           became
           of
           the
           Sedan
           ,
           and
           the
           Cords
           ?
           and
           how
           you
           could
           carry
           it
           with
           Cords
           ;
           for
           the
           meanest
           Sedan-man
           in
           Town
           will
           tell
           you
           it
           is
           impracticable
           ,
           or
           rather
           impossible
           ;
           And
           you
           may
           ,
           if
           you
           please
           ,
           make
           an
           experiment
           with
           a
           Cord.
           
        
         
           III.
           As
           to
           the
           Body
           being
           full
           of
           Bloud
           ,
           when
           found
           ;
           the
           Ghost
           endeavours
           to
           disprove
           that
           Assertion
           ,
           by
           the
           Evidence
           of
           Mr.
           Brown
           the
           Constable
           ,
           the
           two
           Chyrurgeons
           and
           Mrs.
           Curtiss
           ,
           and
           produceth
           the
           Evidence
           given
           at
           the
           Tryal
           of
           
             Green
             ,
             Berry
          
           and
           Hill
           ,
           and
           an
           extrajudicial
           Affidavit
           since
           made
           by
           Mr.
           Brown
           ,
           and
           another
           by
           Mrs.
           Curtiss
           ,
           to
           countenance
           such
           his
           denyal
           .
           But
           ,
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           (
           when
           you
           see
           the
           Ghost
           )
           tell
           him
           the
           matter
           of
           the
           Bloud
           will
           (
           and
           I
           assure
           you
           and
           all
           the
           world
           it
           will
           )
           be
           proved
           by
           divers
           credible
           and
           undeniable
           Evidence
           ;
           And
           that
           I
           may
           pacifie
           the
           Ghost
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           he
           is
           to
           understand
           that
           Mr.
           Brown
           ,
           the
           two
           Chyrurgeons
           ,
           and
           Mrs.
           Curtiss
           ,
           are
           no
           competent
           (
           nor
           can
           be
           material
           )
           Witnesses
           in
           this
           case
           .
           For
           Mr.
           Brown
           ;
           as
           he
           did
           a
           rash
           and
           unaccountable
           act
           (
           to
           give
           it
           no
           worse
           name
           )
           in
           removing
           the
           Body
           before
           the
           Coroner
           and
           Jury
           saw
           it
           ,
           (
           which
           hath
           occasion'd
           all
           this
           dispute
           ;
           ,
           )
           so
           he
           must
           not
           think
           to
           help
           himself
           by
           Affidavits
           ,
           or
           to
           justifie
           one
           Ill
           Act
           by
           another
           ;
           And
           besides
           ,
           as
           he
           unadvisedly
           (
           and
           contrary
           to
           all
           Law
           and
           Practice
           )
           removed
           the
           Body
           before
           the
           Coroner
           and
           Jury
           came
           ;
           so
           he
           did
           the
           same
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           (
           about
           Eight
           a
           clock
           at
           night
           )
           when
           the
           Candle
           was
           blown
           out
           ;
           whereby
           it
           was
           impossible
           for
           him
           to
           look
           for
           any
           Bloud
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           find
           it
           ;
           And
           neither
           he
           or
           the
           Chyrurgeons
           (
           by
           any
           day-light
           )
           saw
           the
           place
           where
           the
           Body
           was
           found
           ,
           or
           where
           the
           Sword
           was
           pulled
           out
           ,
           until
           after
           10
           a
           Clock
           the
           next
           day
           ,
           before
           which
           time
           much
           of
           the
           Bloud
           was
           taken
           up
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           trampl'd
           out
           of
           sight
           by
           the
           great
           concourse
           of
           the
           People
           which
           came
           thither
           .
           And
           as
           for
           Mrs.
           Curtiss
           ,
           she
           only
           saw
           the
           Body
           after
           it
           was
           brought
           home
           ,
           when
           as
           the
           Body
           was
           stript
           at
           the
           White-House
           ,
           and
           a
           Blanket
           borrow'd
           there
           to
           wrap
           the
           Body
           in
           ,
           So
           the
           world
           may
           judge
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           her
           Affidavit
           .
           But
           (
           Mr
           Prance
           )
           it
           will
           be
           fully
           proved
           ,
           that
           the
           Body
           was
           full
           of
           Bloud
           ;
           and
           that
           the●
           were
           Cakes
           or
           Gobbets
           of
           dry
           Bloud
           found
           in
           his
           Cloaths
           ,
           which
           (
           with
           his
           Body
           )
           stunk
           extremely
           .
           And
           it
           will
           be
           also
           fully
           and
           effectually
           proved
           ,
           that
           his
           Eyes
           ,
           Nostrils
           ,
           and
           Corners
           of
           his
           Mouth
           ,
           were
           Fly
           blown
           ;
           tho'
           the
           Ghost
           (
           without
           the
           least
           colour
           of
           reason
           )
           pretends
           it
           to
           be
           contrary
           to
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           ;
           when
           as
           common
           experience
           daily
           evinces
           the
           contrary
           .
           And
           I
           do
           observe
           ,
           that
           the
           Ghost
           omits
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           Two
           material
           Circumstances
           in
           this
           3
           d.
           Paragraph
           ,
           (
           viz.
           )
           The
           first
           as
           to
           the
           Swords
           crashing
           against
           the
           Back-bone
           :
           The
           second
           ,
           as
           to
           that
           part
           of
           the
           Sword
           which
           was
           in
           his
           Body
           being
           discoloured
           .
           And
           pray
           ,
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           do
           You
           (
           or
           the
           Ghost
           )
           give
           the
           reasons
           thereof
           ,
           and
           of
           its
           Point
           being
           Rusty
           ;
           As
           also
           ,
           what
           was
           ,
           or
           could
           be
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           Spots
           in
           the
           Shirt
           ,
           Wastcoat
           and
           Drawers
           ,
           of
           Greenish
           Colour
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           Mrs.
           Curtisses
           Affidavit
           .
        
         
           IV.
           As
           to
           the
           4th
           .
           Paragraph
           of
           my
           Letter
           ,
           I
           perceive
           the
           Ghost
           admits
           ,
           that
           when
           a
           man
           is
           Strangled
           or
           Hanged
           ,
           his
           Eyes
           will
           be
           extorted
           ;
           and
           admits
           ,
           that
           Sir
           
             E.
             B.
          
           Godfrey's
           Eyes
           (
           when
           found
           )
           were
           shut
           ;
           only
           he
           seems
           to
           quarrel
           with
           the
           colour
           of
           his
           Face
           ;
           And
           ,
           seeing
           he
           admits
           his
           Face
           not
           Black
           (
           as
           all
           Hanged
           mens
           are
           ,
           when
           cold
           )
           I
           care
           not
           to
           contest
           ,
           whether
           his
           Face
           was
           Pale
           or
           Ruddy
           ,
           or
           a
           little
           Swell'd
           ,
           or
           not
           ,
           those
           being
           very
           inconsiderable
           Circumstances
           .
           But
           his
           denying
           the
           putrefaction
           charged
           in
           that
           Paragraph
           ,
           and
           the
           consequences
           deduced
           from
           thence
           ,
           is
           not
           only
           a
           great
           untruth
           ,
           but
           is
           directly
           opposite
           to
           the
           Evidence
           given
           by
           Mr.
           Skillard
           ,
           at
           the
           Tryal
           before
           mentioned
           .
           Page
           37
           ,
           38.
           
        
         
           V.
           As
           to
           the
           5th
           .
           Paragraph
           ;
           The
           Ghost
           is
           so
           far
           from
           answering
           the
           Assertions
           therein
           ,
           as
           that
           he
           only
           quibbles
           at
           words
           ;
           and
           begging
           the
           Question
           ,
           deduces
           thence
           impertinent
           and
           ridiculous
           Arguments
           .
           For
           it
           will
           be
           proved
           ,
           that
           his
           Shoes
           were
           glazed
           at
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           Soles
           ,
           and
           which
           must
           of
           necessity
           be
           occasioned
           by
           his
           walking
           on
           the
           Grass
           .
           And
           (
           Mr.
           Prance
           )
           if
           you
           and
           the
           Ghost
           will
           walk
           thither
           ,
           you
           will
           easily
           experience
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           may
           any
           body
           else
           satisfie
           himself
           in
           this
           speculation
           ;
           As
           also
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Grass-seeds
           that
           stuck
           in
           the
           seams
           of
           his
           Shoes
           ;
           which
           is
           so
           far
           from
           being
           impossible
           at
           that
           time
           of
           the
           year
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           
           Ghost
           would
           argue
           )
           as
           that
           it
           will
           be
           proved
           by
           undeniable
           Evidence
           .
           But
           (
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           )
           pray
           ask
           the
           Ghost
           how
           he
           came
           there
           without
           a
           speck
           of
           Dirt
           ?
           and
           who
           pick'd
           the
           Horse-hairs
           off
           his
           Cloaths
           ;
           and
           let
           him
           contrive
           (
           if
           he
           can
           )
           a
           probable
           or
           rational
           way
           for
           a
           Dead
           Man
           on
           Horse-back
           .
           to
           hold
           up
           his
           Legs
           ,
           or
           to
           save
           them
           or
           his
           Cloaths
           from
           the
           dirt
           :
           For
           though
           a
           man
           may
           walk
           thither
           very
           clean
           ,
           yet
           it●s
           impossible
           at
           that
           time
           of
           the
           year
           to
           ride
           ,
           either
           without
           being
           dirtied
           and
           some
           Horse
           hairs
           sticking
           on
           his
           Cloaths
           :
           But
           perhaps
           the
           next
           account
           from
           the
           Ghost
           will
           be
           ,
           that
           he
           either
           rid
           with
           Gambadoes
           ,
           or
           else
           a
           pair
           of
           Fisher-mens
           Boots
           .
        
         
           VI.
           As
           to
           the
           sixth
           Paragraph
           ,
           Pray
           Mr.
           Prance
           tell
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           his
           railing
           against
           Popish
           Nurses
           and
           Popish
           Midwives
           is
           no
           answer
           to
           the
           Assertions
           in
           that
           Paragraph
           :
           for
           all
           the
           women
           in
           the
           Town
           are
           competent
           Judges
           thereof
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           the
           Ghost
           will
           not
           say
           they
           are
           all
           Papists
           .
           But
           pray
           tell
           the
           Ghost
           he
           takes
           no
           notice
           of
           the
           heighth
           of
           the
           Collar
           ,
           and
           its
           being
           fast
           button'd
           about
           his
           Neck
           when
           found
           .
           Nor
           the
           conclusion
           of
           that
           Paragraph
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           suppose
           he
           admits
           it
           to
           be
           all
           true
           .
        
         
           VII
           And
           as
           to
           the
           7
           and
           last
           Paragraph
           ,
           which
           relates
           only
           to
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           Yours
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           
           Bedlow's
           Evidence
           ;
           I
           must
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           what
           You
           and
           He
           swear
           ,
           are
           very
           contradictory
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           than
           I
           hinted
           in
           my
           said
           Letter
           :
           And
           though
           part
           of
           it
           be
           as
           He
           and
           You
           were
           informed
           ,
           yet
           You
           and
           He
           swear
           the
           Informations
           were
           received
           from
           the
           Persons
           actually
           concerned
           in
           the
           Murder
           ,
           and
           who
           had
           confidence
           enough
           in
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           (
           though
           he
           refused
           4000l
           to
           help
           to
           kill
           him
           ,
           and
           2000l
           to
           help
           carry
           him
           away
           ,
           )
           as
           to
           shew
           him
           the
           dead
           Body
           ,
           and
           so
           were
           under
           no
           temptation
           of
           mis-informing
           either
           him
           or
           your self
           .
           And
           pray
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           will
           You
           let
           the
           world
           know
           what
           reward
           You
           were
           to
           have
           for
           that
           Job
           :
           For
           certainly
           You
           deserved
           as
           much
           as
           Mr.
           Bedlow
           ,
           and
           needed
           more
           ,
           you
           having
           a
           Wife
           and
           Children
           ,
           and
           he
           a
           Batchelor
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           having
           gone
           through
           each
           Paragraph
           of
           my
           Letter
           ,
           and
           answered
           the
           Ghost
           to
           your
           satisfaction
           ;
           I
           should
           leave
           here
           ,
           fearing
           I
           have
           been
           too
           tedious
           already
           :
           But
           I
           cannot
           omit
           to
           take
           further
           notice
           of
           Mrs.
           
           Curtis's
           Affidavit
           ,
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           drops
           of
           Wax
           found
           upon
           the
           Cloaths
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           cannot
           say
           but
           she
           may
           swear
           true
           ;
           but
           this
           I
           do
           aver
           ,
           that
           if
           it
           be
           so
           ,
           those
           drops
           were
           put
           upon
           the
           Cloaths
           long
           after
           he
           was
           found
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           Jury
           had
           sat
           on
           the
           Body
           ;
           for
           there
           was
           no
           such
           thing
           then
           on
           the
           Cloaths
           :
           And
           I
           suppose
           this
           was
           some
           Artifice
           used
           by
           those
           ,
           who
           ,
           either
           out
           of
           Interest
           or
           Design
           ,
           were
           desirous
           to
           confirm
           his
           being
           murthered
           at
           Somerset-house
           ,
           and
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           great
           lie
           and
           impertinent
           story
           then
           invented
           ,
           and
           given
           out
           (
           amongst
           others
           ,
           )
           that
           he
           was
           laid
           under
           the
           High
           Altar
           there
           ;
           And
           if
           my
           Information
           fail
           not
           ,
           there
           were
           other
           such
           like
           tricks
           used
           ,
           which
           I
           shall
           make
           bold
           to
           acquaint
           those
           more
           nearly
           concerned
           therein
           ,
           than
           your self
           ;
           and
           shall
           give
           them
           to
           understand
           ,
           that
           it
           's
           no
           wonder
           a
           man
           in
           Sir
           
             E.
             B.
          
           G's
           circumstances
           ,
           should
           kill
           himself
           ,
           such
           accidents
           being
           no
           News
           to
           that
           Family
           ,
           wherein
           Melancholly
           and
           Distraction
           (
           that
           often
           produces
           such
           effects
           .
           )
           hath
           been
           predominant
           ,
           and
           might
           occasion
           the
           words
           he
           spake
           to
           Sir
           
             Tho.
             Robinson
          
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           being
           the
           first
           Martyr
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Mr.
           Prance
           ,
           for
           a
           Conclusion
           ,
           If
           you
           were
           guilty
           of
           the
           murder
           of
           Sir
           
             E.
             B.
             G.
          
           how
           durst
           you
           (
           as
           you
           did
           )
           on
           the
           Friday
           after
           he
           was
           found
           ,
           go
           to
           Primrose-Hill
           to
           see
           the
           Body
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           afraid
           it
           should
           at
           your
           approach
           have
           bled
           afresh
           ?
           And
           how
           came
           you
           (
           after
           
             Green
             ,
             Bury
          
           ,
           and
           Hill
           were
           hanged
           ,
           )
           to
           declare
           in
           answer
           to
           a
           solemn
           Question
           ,
           that
           you
           knew
           nothing
           of
           the
           death
           of
           Sir
           
             E.
             B.
             G.
          
           Pray
           remember
           me
           to
           your
           old
           Friend
           and
           Lodger
           Mr.
           Renn
           ,
           My
           Respects
           also
           to
           your
           Wife
           ,
           not
           forgetting
           your
           little
           Daughter
           ,
           who
           gave
           you
           so
           good
           advice
           before
           you
           took
           your
           Journey
           into
           Nottinghamshire
           ,
           and
           help'd
           to
           take
           Beddingfield
           ,
           who
           was
           bury'd
           14
           months
           .
        
         
           
             Cambridge
             ,
             
               March
               13.
               1681.
               
            
          
           I
           am
           
             Your
             Loving
             Friend
             ,
             Trueman
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             N.
             Thompson
          
           ,
           1682.