The tryal and condemnation of Sir William Parkyns, kt., for the horrid and execrable conspiracy to assassinate His sacred Majesty King William, in order to a French invasion of this kingdom who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason, at the sessions-house in the Old-Baily, March 24, 1695/6 : together with a true copy of the papers delivered to the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, by Sir J. Freind [sic] and Sir W. Parkins, at the place of execution.
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             The tryal and condemnation of Sir William Parkyns, kt., for the horrid and execrable conspiracy to assassinate His sacred Majesty King William, in order to a French invasion of this kingdom who upon full evidence was found guilty of high treason, at the sessions-house in the Old-Baily, March 24, 1695/6 : together with a true copy of the papers delivered to the sheriffs of London and Middlesex, by Sir J. Freind [sic] and Sir W. Parkins, at the place of execution.
             Parkyns, William, Sir, 1649?-1696, defendant.
             Friend, John, Sir, d. 1696.
             England and Wales. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (London and Middlesex).
          
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           Parkyns, William, -- Sir, 1649?-1696.
           Friend, John, -- Sir, d. 1696.
           Trials (Treason) -- England.
        
      
    
     
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           I
           
             Do
             Appoint
          
           Brabazon
           Aylmer
           
             to
             Print
             and
             Publish
             the
             Tryal
             of
             Sir
          
           William
           Parkyns
           ,
           
             and
             that
             no
             other
             Person
             do
             Print
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             HOUBLON
             ,
             Mayor
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           THE
           TRYAL
           AND
           CONDEMNATION
           OF
           
             Sir
             William
             Parkyns
          
           ,
           Kt.
           
        
         
           FOR
           THE
           Horrid
           and
           Execrable
           Conspiracy
           To
           ASSASSINATE
           
             His
             Sacred
             Majesty
             King
             WILLIAM
          
           ,
           In
           Order
           to
           a
           French
           Invasion
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           :
           Who
           upon
           full
           Evidence
           was
           found
           Guilty
           of
           HIGH-TREASON
           ,
           AT
           THE
           Sessions-house
           in
           the
           
             Old-Baily
             ,
             March
          
           24.
           1695
           
           /
           6.
           
        
         
           Together
           with
           a
           True
           Copy
           of
           the
           Papers
           delivered
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           of
           London
           and
           Middlesex
           ,
           by
           Sir
           
             J.
             Freind
          
           and
           Sir
           
             W.
             Parkins
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Place
           of
           Execution
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Brabazon
             Aylmer
          
           ,
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Pigeons
          
           over
           against
           the
           
             Royal
             Exchange
          
           in
           Cornhil
           ,
           MDCXCVI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           TRYAL
           OF
           Sir
           William
           Parkins
           ,
           K
           nt
           .
           On
           Tuesday
           the
           24th
           .
           of
           March
           ,
           1695
           /
           6
           ,
           AT
           THE
           Sessions-House
           in
           the
           
             Old-Bayly
             ,
             London
          
           .
        
         
           The
           COURT
           (
           according
           to
           their
           Adjournment
           the
           preceeding
           day
           )
           met
           ,
           and
           proceeded
           to
           the
           Tryal
           of
           Sir
           
             William
             Parkins
          
           ,
           in
           this
           manner
           .
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             SET
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             If
             Your
             Lordship
             please
             ,
             My
             Wife
             came
             to
             see
             me
             in
             Prison
             ,
             and
             sent
             a
             Trunk
             ,
             with
             some
             Linnen
             ,
             and
             other
             Things
             necessary
             for
             my
             use
             ;
             And
             the
             Sheriffs
             of
             London
             finding
             them
             ,
             have
             seized
             ,
             and
             detain
             them
             :
             And
             I
             desire
             Your
             Lordship
             would
             please
             to
             Order
             them
             back
             again
             .
             The
             Trunk
             has
             in
             it
             many
             necessaries
             ,
             and
             all
             things
             have
             been
             torn
             from
             me
             :
             And
             I
             beg
             the
             favour
             of
             Your
             Lordship
             ,
             to
             Order
             it
             to
             be
             delivered
             back
             to
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             If
             Your
             Lordship
             please
             ,
             We
             were
             sent
             for
             to
             Mr.
             Secretary
             
             Trumbal's
             office
             ;
             and
             there
             was
             a
             Trunk
             opened
             ,
             with
             Plate
             and
             Houshold
             Linnen
             :
             And
             Mr.
             Secretary
             was
             pleased
             to
             deliver
             the
             said
             Trunk
             into
             our
             hands
             ,
             and
             to
             take
             my
             Brothers
             Hand
             in
             a
             Rec●ipt
             for
             it
             .
             We
             found
             it
             in
             the
             Secretaries
             Office
             ,
             and
             had
             a
             Warrant
             to
             bring
             it
             down
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             I
             believe
             your
             Trunk
             was
             seized
             in
             order
             to
             search
             for
             Treasonable
             Papers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             believe
             it
             was
             .
             I
             hope
             it
             shall
             be
             delivered
             back
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             J.
             H.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             in
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sheriff
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             Diaper
             Linnen
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             things
             ,
             and
             about
             an
             Hundred
             and
             F●●ty
             Ounces
             of
             Plate
             .
             We
             had
             it
             from
             Mr.
             Secretary
             Trumbals
             Office
             ,
             we
             did
             not
             seize
             it
             ,
             but
             fo●nd
             it
             in
             his
             Office
             ,
             and
             brought
             it
             down
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             He
             must
             have
             it
             again
             ,
             he
             ought
             to
             have
             wherewithal
             to
             subsist
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             necessar●
             support
             while
             in
             Prison
             ;
             let
             the
             Plate
             be
             sold
             ,
             for
             his
             support
             while
             he
             is
             in
             Prison
             .
             Care
             shall
             be
             ●aken
             of
             it
             ,
             Sir
             William
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             have
             nothing
             to
             subsist
             on
             ,
             unless
             I
             can
             make
             something
             of
             what
             is
             there
             .
             My
             Wife
             lacks
             necessaries
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             Four
             Children
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             nothing
             to
             subsist
             on
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Had
             you
             sent
             and
             complained
             of
             this
             before
             ,
             care
             should
             have
             been
             taken
             about
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             was
             told
             there
             was
             a
             Petition
             to
             Your
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             they
             talkt
             of
             an
             Order
             from
             the
             Council
             ;
             but
             when
             I
             came
             to
             inquire
             ,
             there
             was
             no
             Order
             of
             Council
             ,
             only
             to
             search
             and
             examine
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             I
             heard
             nothing
             of
             it
             ,
             Let
             the
             Money
             be
             advanced
             ;
             care
             shall
             be
             taken
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             thank
             your
             Lordship
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             ;
             which
             he
             did
             .
          
           
             Thou
             standest
             Indicted
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     The
                     Substance
                     of
                     the
                     INDICTMENT
                     .
                  
                   
                     London
                     ,
                     ss
                     .
                     THE
                     Jurors
                     ,
                     &c.
                     Present
                     .
                     
                       That
                       whereas
                       an
                       Open
                       ,
                       Notorious
                       ,
                       Publick
                       and
                       Cruel
                       War
                       for
                       a
                       great
                       Time
                       hath
                       been
                       ,
                       and
                       yet
                       is
                       Carried
                       on
                       and
                       Prosecuted
                       by
                       Land
                       and
                       by
                       Sea
                       by
                    
                     Lewis
                     
                       the
                       French
                       King
                       ,
                       against
                       the
                       most
                       Serene
                       ,
                       Illustrious
                       and
                       Excellent
                       Prince
                       ,
                       our
                       Lord
                       ,
                    
                     WILLIAM
                     
                       the
                       Third
                       ,
                       by
                       the
                       Grace
                       of
                       God
                       ,
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     Scotland
                     ,
                     France
                     and
                     Ireland
                     ,
                     
                       King
                       ,
                       Defender
                       of
                       the
                       Faith
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                     
                       During
                       all
                       which
                       time
                       the
                       said
                    
                     Lew
                     is
                     
                       the
                       French
                       King
                       ,
                       and
                       his
                       Subjects
                       ,
                       were
                       ,
                       and
                       yet
                       are
                       Enemies
                       of
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       and
                       His
                       Subjects
                       ,
                       One
                       Sir
                    
                     William
                     Parkins
                     ,
                     
                       late
                       of
                       the
                       County
                       of
                    
                     Middlesex
                     ,
                     
                       a
                       Subject
                       of
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       well
                       knowing
                       the
                       Premisses
                       ,
                       the
                       Fear
                       of
                       God
                       in
                       his
                       Heart
                       not
                       having
                       ,
                       nor
                       weighing
                       the
                       Duty
                       of
                       his
                       Allegiance
                       ,
                       but
                       being
                       moved
                       and
                       seduced
                       by
                       the
                       Instigation
                       of
                       the
                       Devil
                       ,
                       as
                       a
                       false
                       Traytor
                       against
                       the
                       said
                       most
                       Serene
                       and
                       Excellent
                       Prince
                       ,
                    
                     WILLIAM
                     
                       the
                       Third
                       now
                       King
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       &c.
                       his
                       Supream
                       ,
                       True
                       ,
                       Natural
                       and
                       Vndoubted
                       Lord
                       ,
                       the
                       Cordial
                       Love
                       ,
                       and
                       True
                       and
                       Due
                       Obedience
                       and
                       Allegiance
                       which
                       every
                       Subject
                       of
                       our
                       said
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       towards
                       Him
                       doth
                       bear
                       ,
                       and
                       of
                       right
                       ought
                       to
                       bear
                       ,
                       withdrawing
                       and
                       intending
                       to
                       extinguish
                       ,
                       and
                       minding
                       ,
                       and
                       with
                       all
                       his
                       strongth
                       designing
                       and
                       endeavouring
                       the
                       Government
                       of
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       under
                       Him
                       of
                       Right
                       Duly
                       and
                       Happily
                       Established
                       ,
                       altogether
                       to
                       Subvert
                       ,
                       Change
                       and
                       Alter
                       ,
                       and
                       His
                       Faithful
                       Subjects
                       and
                       Freemen
                       of
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       of
                    
                     England
                     
                       to
                       Subjugate
                       and
                       Enthrall
                       ,
                       in
                       an
                       intolerable
                       and
                       miserable
                       Servitude
                       to
                       the
                    
                     French
                     King
                     ,
                     
                       on
                       the
                       First
                       of
                    
                     July
                     ,
                     
                       in
                       the
                       Seventh
                       Year
                       of
                       the
                       Reign
                       of
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       and
                       divers
                       other
                       Dayes
                       and
                       Times
                       ,
                       as
                       well
                       before
                       as
                       afterwards
                       ,
                       in
                    
                     Covent-Garden
                     
                       and
                       elsewhere
                       ,
                       in
                       the
                       County
                       of
                    
                     Middlesex
                     ,
                     
                       Falsly
                       ,
                       Maliciously
                       ,
                       Devilishly
                       and
                       Traiterously
                       ,
                       did
                       Compass
                       ,
                       Imagine
                       ,
                       Contrive
                       and
                       Intend
                       ,
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       that
                       now
                       is
                       ,
                       then
                       his
                       Supream
                       ,
                       True
                       ,
                       Natural
                       and
                       Lawful
                       Lord
                       ,
                       of
                       and
                       from
                       His
                       Regal
                       State
                       ,
                       Title
                       ,
                       Honour
                       ,
                       Power
                       ,
                       Crown
                       Imperial
                       and
                       Government
                       of
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       Depose
                       and
                       altogether
                       Deprive
                       ,
                       and
                       Him
                       to
                       Kill
                       and
                       Murder
                       ;
                       and
                       to
                       move
                       excite
                       and
                       procure
                       ,
                       and
                       Aid
                       the
                       said
                    
                     Lewis
                     the
                     French
                     King
                     
                       and
                       his
                       Army
                       ,
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       to
                       Invade
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       and
                       to
                       make
                       and
                       cause
                       a
                       miserable
                       Slaughter
                       amongst
                       the
                       Faithful
                       Subjects
                       of
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King.
                       And
                       that
                       he
                       the
                       said
                    
                     William
                     Parkins
                     
                       to
                       the
                       said
                       Enemies
                       of
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       then
                       and
                       there
                       ,
                       was
                       Adhering
                       and
                       Assisting
                       ;
                       And
                       the
                       same
                       most
                       Wicked
                       and
                       Devilish
                       Treasons
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       to
                       fulfil
                    
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                       and
                       in
                       prosecution
                    
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                       of
                       that
                       Traiterous
                       Adhesion
                       ,
                       he
                       the
                       said
                    
                     William
                     Parkins
                     
                       as
                       such
                       a
                       false
                       Traitor
                       during
                       the
                       War
                       afo●esaid
                       ,
                    
                     (
                     viz.
                     )
                     
                       upon
                       the
                       First
                       day
                       of
                    
                     July
                     
                       in
                       the
                       Year
                       aforesaid
                       ,
                       and
                       at
                       other
                       Dayes
                       and
                       Tim●s
                       ,
                       as
                       well
                       before
                       as
                       afterward
                       ,
                       in
                    
                     Covent-Garden
                     
                       and
                       elsewhere
                       in
                       the
                       County
                       of
                    
                     Middlesex
                     ,
                     
                       ●id
                       Falsly
                       ,
                       Maliciously
                    
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                       and
                       with
                       Force
                       and
                       Arms
                       with
                       one
                    
                     Robert
                     Charnock
                     ,
                     
                       lately
                       Convi●ted
                       of
                       Treason
                       ,
                       and
                       with
                       divers
                       other
                       false
                       Traytors
                       ,
                       to
                       the
                       Jurors
                       aforesaid
                       unknown
                       ,
                       did
                       M●et
                       ,
                       Propose
                       ,
                       Consult
                       ,
                       and
                       Agree
                       ,
                       to
                       Procure
                       from
                       the
                       said
                    
                     Lewis
                     the
                     French
                     King
                     ,
                     
                       Forces
                       ,
                       ●ubjects
                       and
                       Souldiers
                       ,
                       great
                       numbers
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       of
                    
                     England
                     
                       to
                       Invade
                       ;
                       and
                       to
                       Levy
                       ,
                       ●rocure
                       and
                       Prepare
                       great
                       Armies
                       and
                       Armed
                       Men
                       against
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       ●●
                       be
                       raised
                       and
                       formed
                       ;
                       and
                       with
                       the
                       Enemies
                       aforesaid
                       ,
                       to
                       and
                       upon
                       such
                       Invasion
                       and
                       Ingress●
                       into
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       joyn
                       and
                       unite
                       Rebellion
                       and
                       War
                       against
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       within
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       make
                       ,
                       levy
                       ,
                       and
                       wage
                       ,
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       to
                       depose
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                     
                       And
                       further
                       ,
                       with
                       the
                       said
                       false
                       Traytors
                       ,
                       on
                       the
                       First
                       day
                       of
                    
                     July
                     
                       in
                       the
                       Year
                       aforesaid
                       ,
                       in
                    
                     Covent-Garden
                     
                       aforesaid
                       ,
                       Traiterously
                       did
                       Consult
                       ,
                       Consent
                       and
                       ●gree
                       ,
                       
                       to
                       send
                       the
                       said
                    
                     Robert
                     Charnock
                     ,
                     
                       as
                       a
                       Messenger
                       from
                       him
                       the
                       said
                       Sir
                    
                     William
                     Parkins
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       the
                       said
                       other
                       Traytors
                       ,
                       to
                       the
                       Jurors
                       unknown
                       ,
                       to
                       and
                       into
                       the
                       Kingdom
                       of
                    
                     France
                     ,
                     
                       &c.
                       to
                       the
                       late
                       King
                    
                     James
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       Propose
                       ,
                       Ask
                       and
                       Obtain
                       from
                       the
                       said
                    
                     Lewis
                     the
                     French
                     King
                     ,
                     
                       the
                       Forces
                       and
                       Armed
                       Men
                       aforesaid
                       ,
                       for
                       the
                       Invasion
                       aforesaid
                       to
                       be
                       made
                       ,
                       and
                       to
                       give
                       and
                       deliver
                       to
                       the
                       said
                       King
                    
                     James
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       other
                       the
                       said
                       Enemies
                       and
                       their
                       Adherents
                       ,
                       Intelligence
                       and
                       Notice
                       of
                       such
                       Traiterous
                       Intentions
                       and
                       Adhesion
                       ,
                       and
                       all
                       other
                       particular
                       Matters
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       relating
                       thereunto
                       :
                       And
                       also
                       Intelligence
                       from
                       them
                       of
                       the
                       said
                       intended
                       Invasion
                       ,
                       and
                       other
                       things
                       and
                       circumstances
                       concerning
                       the
                       Premisses
                       to
                       receive
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                     
                       And
                       in
                       order
                       to
                       the
                       better
                       Assistance
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       of
                       the
                       said
                       Enemies
                       of
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       King
                    
                     WILLIAM
                     ,
                     
                       in
                       the
                       War
                       aforesaid
                       :
                       And
                       to
                       excite
                       and
                       procure
                       the
                       said
                       Enemies
                       of
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       the
                       more
                       readily
                       and
                       boldly
                       to
                       Invade
                       this
                       Kingdom
                       of
                    
                     England
                     ,
                     
                       and
                       the
                       said
                       Treasons
                    
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                       of
                       him
                       the
                       said
                       Sir
                    
                     William
                     Parkins
                     ,
                     
                       to
                       perfect
                       and
                       bring
                       to
                       pass
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       he
                       the
                       said
                       Sir
                    
                     William
                     Parkins
                     
                       during
                       the
                       War
                       aforesaid
                       ,
                       did
                    
                     (
                     viz.
                     )
                     
                       on
                       the
                       10th
                       day
                       of
                    
                     February
                     ,
                     
                       with
                       the
                       said
                    
                     Robert
                     Charnock
                     
                       and
                       others
                       ,
                       meet
                       ,
                       consult
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       King
                    
                     WILLIAM
                     ,
                     
                       by
                       lying
                       in
                       wait
                       to
                       Assassinate
                       ,
                       Kill
                       and
                       Murder
                       ;
                       and
                       this
                       execrable
                       Assassination
                       the
                       easier
                       to
                       fulfil
                       and
                       bring
                       to
                       pass
                       ,
                       did
                       prepare
                       and
                       consult
                       with
                       other
                       false
                       Traytors
                       ,
                       of
                       the
                       wayes
                       ,
                       means
                       and
                       methods
                       ,
                       and
                       of
                       the
                       time
                       and
                       place
                       when
                       and
                       where
                       ,
                       and
                       in
                       what
                       manner
                       ,
                    
                     viz.
                     
                       by
                       lying
                       in
                       wait
                       they
                       might
                       more
                       easily
                       kill
                       and
                       slay
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       ;
                       and
                       did
                       Consent
                       and
                       Agree
                       with
                       the
                       said
                       false
                       Traytors
                       ,
                       that
                       Forty
                       Men
                       and
                       Horses
                       ,
                       part
                       of
                       the
                       Traytors
                       aforesaid
                       ,
                       some
                       of
                       them
                       by
                       the
                       said
                       Sir
                    
                     William
                     Parkins
                     
                       to
                       be
                       procured
                       ,
                       with
                       Musquets
                       ,
                       Carbines
                       and
                       Pistols
                       ,
                       charged
                       with
                       Gunpowder
                       ,
                       and
                       loaden
                       with
                       Bullets
                       ,
                       and
                       with
                       Swords
                       and
                       other
                       Arms
                       ,
                       to
                       lye
                       in
                       Wait
                       and
                       Ambush
                       against
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       in
                       His
                       Coach
                       ,
                       being
                       when
                       He
                       should
                       go
                       abroad
                       a
                       Hunting
                       ,
                       to
                       set
                       upon
                       and
                       Murder
                       ,
                       while
                       others
                       so
                       Armed
                       ,
                       the
                       Guards
                       attending
                       upon
                       Him
                       should
                       Kill
                       and
                       Murder
                       :
                       And
                       that
                       he
                       did
                       take
                       upon
                       him
                       to
                       provide
                       Five
                       Horses
                       for
                       those
                       Men
                       who
                       should
                       Kill
                       and
                       Murder
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       :
                       And
                       also
                       that
                       he
                       the
                       said
                       Sir
                    
                     William
                     Parkins
                     ,
                     
                       the
                       said
                       Treason
                       and
                       Trayterous
                       Conspiracies
                       to
                       execute
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       afterward
                       ,
                       to
                       wit
                       ,
                       the
                       Day
                       and
                       Year
                       last
                       abovesaid
                       ,
                       divers
                       Arms
                       ,
                       Musquets
                       ,
                       Carbines
                       ,
                       Swords
                       ,
                       and
                       other
                       Arms
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                     
                       Falsly
                       ,
                       Maliciously
                       ,
                       Secretly
                       and
                       Trayterously
                       ,
                       did
                       obtain
                       and
                       buy
                       ,
                       collect
                       and
                       procure
                       ,
                       and
                       cause
                       to
                       be
                       obtained
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       and
                       in
                       his
                       Custody
                       had
                       and
                       kept
                       ,
                       with
                       Intention
                       the
                       same
                       in
                       and
                       about
                       the
                       Detestable
                       ,
                       Horrid
                       and
                       Execrable
                       Assassination
                       ,
                       Killing
                       and
                       Murdering
                       of
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       ,
                       and
                       in
                       the
                       said
                       Invasion
                       to
                       employ
                       .
                       And
                       also
                       the
                       said
                       Trayterous
                       Imaginations
                       the
                       better
                       to
                       bring
                       to
                       pass
                       ,
                       he
                       the
                       said
                       Sir
                    
                     William
                     Parkins
                     ,
                     
                       in
                       the
                       Parish
                       aforesaid
                       ,
                       divers
                       Souldiers
                       and
                       Armed
                       Men
                       ,
                       and
                       Men
                       ready
                       to
                       be
                       Armed
                       when
                       the
                       said
                       Assassination
                       should
                       be
                       ,
                       did
                       levy
                       ,
                       enroll
                       and
                       retain
                       ,
                       and
                       cause
                       to
                       be
                       levyed
                       ,
                       enrolled
                       and
                       retained
                       :
                       And
                       those
                       said
                       Souldiers
                       and
                       Armed
                       Men
                       thus
                       Levyed
                       ,
                       Enrolled
                       and
                       Retained
                       ,
                       the
                       Treasons
                       aforesaid
                       to
                       bring
                       to
                       pass
                       ,
                       then
                       and
                       there
                       ordered
                       to
                       be
                       in
                       a
                       readiness
                       to
                       be
                       used
                       and
                       imployed
                       ,
                    
                     &c.
                     
                       against
                       the
                       Duty
                       of
                       his
                       Allegiance
                       ,
                       and
                       against
                       the
                       Peace
                       of
                       our
                       said
                       Sovereign
                       Lord
                       the
                       King
                       that
                       now
                       is
                       ,
                       His
                       Crown
                       and
                       Dignity
                       ;
                       as
                       also
                       against
                       the
                       Form
                       of
                       the
                       Statute
                       in
                       that
                       Case
                       Made
                       and
                       Provided
                       .
                    
                  
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Cr.
             
          
           
             How
             say'st
             thou
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Art
             thou
             guilty
             of
             this
             High
             Treason
             ,
             whereof
             thou
             standest
             Indicted
             ,
             or
             not
             guilty
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Not
             guilty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Culprit
             ,
             How
             wilt
             thou
             be
             Tryed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             By
             God
             and
             my
             Countrey
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             God
             send
             thee
             a
             good
             Deliverance
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
          
           
             I
             beg
             your
             Lordships
             favour
             for
             a
             word
             or
             two
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             kept
             in
             hard
             Prison
             .
             I
             was
             Committed
             ,
             and
             no
             Body
             was
             permitted
             to
             come
             to
             me
             till
             Friday
             last
             .
             And
             being
             here
             Charged
             with
             divers
             Facts
             ,
             it
             was
             necessary
             for
             me
             to
             have
             divers
             Witnesses
             ;
             and
             they
             are
             disperst
             :
             And
             therefore
             I
             beg
             of
             Your
             Lordship
             that
             my
             Tryal
             may
             be
             put
             off
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             get
             my
             Witnesses
             together
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             When
             had
             you
             notice
             of
             your
             Tryal
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             On
             Wednesday
             last
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             I
             had
             notice
             ,
             and
             not
             before
             then
             .
             But
             being
             kept
             so
             close
             Prisoner
             ,
             I
             had
             not
             the
             opportunity
             of
             any
             Council
             till
             Friday
             at
             Noon
             ;
             and
             then
             it
             being
             but
             two
             days
             ,
             and
             I
             in
             distress
             and
             hardship
             ,
             it
             was
             impossible
             for
             me
             to
             get
             my
             Witnesses
             together
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             Witnesses
             do
             you
             want
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             divers
             Witnesses
             to
             prove
             where
             I
             was
             from
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             when
             these
             things
             were
             done
             that
             are
             charged
             upon
             me
             ;
             but
             they
             are
             out
             of
             Town
             ,
             and
             I
             cannot
             get
             them
             together
             in
             so
             short
             a
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             When
             had
             he
             Notice
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baker
             .
          
           
             He
             had
             Notice
             on
             Wednesday
             last
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             
               Sollicitor
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Baker
             ,
             How
             was
             it
             that
             he
             had
             not
             Counsel
             sooner
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baker
             .
          
           
             I
             told
             him
             last
             Wednesday
             ,
             that
             I
             would
             procure
             an
             Order
             for
             Counsel
             ,
             and
             he
             should
             have
             it
             the
             next
             Morning
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             Burley
             came
             to
             me
             the
             next
             Morning
             ,
             and
             had
             the
             Order
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             You
             were
             told
             on
             Wednesday
             you
             might
             have
             what
             Counsel
             you
             would
             ,
             and
             you
             had
             an
             Order
             on
             Thursday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             could
             not
             have
             any
             ,
             without
             application
             to
             the
             Court
             at
             White-Hall
             ,
             and
             no
             Body
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             Friday
             before
             any
             Body
             came
             to
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             You
             had
             your
             Sollicitor
             ,
             you
             might
             have
             imployed
             some
             Body
             ,
             and
             have
             sent
             for
             your
             Witnesses
             ;
             you
             might
             have
             told
             your
             Sollicitor
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             have
             come
             to
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             could
             not
             get
             him
             till
             Thursday
             ,
             and
             I
             had
             no
             Body
             to
             send
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt
             ,
          
           
             If
             you
             had
             spoke
             to
             the
             Keeper
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             sent
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             did
             it
             as
             soon
             as
             I
             could
             :
             The
             Keeper
             was
             not
             always
             in
             the
             way
             .
             It
             was
             Execution
             day
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             not
             at
             home
             that
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             Holt.
             
          
           
             You
             say
             you
             have
             divers
             Witnesses
             ,
             but
             name
             none
             .
             How
             long
             is
             it
             since
             you
             were
             Committed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             This
             Day
             Fortnight
             I
             was
             Committed
             :
             A
             Fortnight
             ago
             ,
             My
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             H.
             
          
           
             And
             the
             Commitment
             charges
             you
             with
             High
             Treason
             .
             Were
             you
             not
             committed
             for
             High
             Treason
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             saw
             the
             Commitment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sollicitor
             Gen.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             he
             had
             fair
             time
             ;
             for
             he
             saw
             his
             Name
             in
             the
             Proclamation
             long
             before
             he
             was
             committed
             :
             He
             might
             have
             prepared
             from
             that
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             H.
             
          
           
             The
             Keeper
             dare
             not
             keep
             a
             Copy
             of
             the
             Commitment
             from
             you
             ;
             you
             might
             have
             had
             a
             Copy
             of
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             No
             body
             was
             permitted
             to
             come
             to
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             had
             it
             ,
             but
             the
             very
             Goaler
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baker
             .
          
           
             I
             gave
             Sir
             William
             notice
             of
             his
             Tryal
             ;
             and
             he
             said
             ,
             The
             Time
             was
             short
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             Petition
             for
             longer
             time
             .
             I
             told
             him
             it
             was
             appointed
             for
             that
             time
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             did
             believe
             he
             would
             not
             have
             longer
             Time
             given
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             H.
             
          
           
             We
             do
             not
             see
             any
             Reason
             to
             put
             off
             the
             Tryal
             upon
             these
             Suggestions
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             it
             is
             very
             hard
             .
             I
             humbly
             beg
             the
             Favour
             that
             I
             may
             have
             Counsel
             allowed
             me
             .
             I
             have
             no
             skill
             in
             Indictments
             ,
             I
             have
             no
             understanding
             in
             these
             matters
             ;
             I
             beg
             your
             Lordship
             to
             assign
             me
             Counsel
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             H.
             
          
           
             You
             are
             not
             ignorant
             ,
             that
             Counsel
             has
             always
             been
             refused
             ,
             when
             desired
             in
             these
             cases
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Here
             is
             a
             new
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             lately
             made
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             H.
             
          
           
             That
             Act
             does
             not
             yet
             commence
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             It
             wants
             but
             one
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             H.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             in
             our
             Power
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             it
             sooner
             :
             We
             cannot
             make
             it
             commence
             a
             day
             before
             the
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Will
             your
             Lordship
             please
             that
             it
             may
             be
             read
             ?
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             H.
             
          
           
             You
             shall
             have
             it
             read
             ,
             if
             you
             will.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             If
             your
             Lordship
             please
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           the
           Act
           was
           read
           accordingly
           .
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             H.
             
          
           
             Sir
             William
             ,
             This
             Law
             has
             no
             effect
             as
             yet
             ;
             but
             the
             Law
             stands
             as
             it
             did
             before
             the
             making
             of
             that
             Act.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             reasonable
             that
             I
             should
             have
             Counsel
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             H.
             
          
           
             But
             ,
             Sir
             William
             ,
             we
             must
             go
             according
             to
             Law.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             the
             Law
             is
             grounded
             upon
             Reason
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             had
             such
             short
             notice
             ,
             that
             I
             could
             not
             have
             time
             to
             prepare
             to
             make
             my
             Defence
             .
             I
             hope
             that
             which
             will
             be
             Reasonable
             to
             morrow
             ,
             is
             so
             to
             day
             :
             And
             no
             doubt
             your
             Lordship
             may
             Order
             it
             ,
             especially
             when
             your
             Lordship
             sees
             how
             straight
             it
             is
             upon
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             cannot
             make
             my
             Defence
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
               J.
            
             H.
             
          
           
             We
             cannot
             go
             against
             Law
             :
             We
             cannot
             make
             a
             Law
             ,
             but
             must
             go
             according
             to
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             But
             it
             is
             just
             and
             reasonable
             ,
             the
             Act
             savs
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             The
             Parliament
             have
             thought
             fit
             to
             make
             such
             a
             Law
             to
             commence
             the
             25th
             of
             this
             Month
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             not
             Law
             ,
             till
             the
             Parliament
             have
             appointed
             it
             to
             be
             Law
             ,
             and
             we
             cannot
             make
             it
             commence
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             If
             I
             had
             had
             convenient
             Notice
             ,
             I
             had
             been
             within
             the
             Compass
             of
             that
             Act
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             no
             other
             Man
             can
             want
             the
             Benefit
             of
             that
             Act
             but
             my self
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             We
             cannot
             alter
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             are
             bound
             by
             our
             Oaths
             to
             proceed
             according
             to
             the
             Law
             that
             is
             in
             being
             at
             present
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Pray
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             may
             not
             the
             Trial
             be
             put
             off
             for
             some
             little
             time
             ?
             I
             am
             utterly
             unprovided
             for
             making
             my
             Defence
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             You
             do
             not
             name
             any
             Witnesses
             that
             you
             want
             ,
             nor
             the
             time
             you
             can
             have
             them
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             name
             both
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             You
             have
             had
             as
             much
             Notice
             as
             any
             have
             had
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             You
             have
             had
             as
             much
             Notice
             as
             Sir
             
               John
               Friend
            
             had
             yesterday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             And
             as
             much
             as
             is
             necessary
             ,
             even
             after
             the
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             takes
             effect
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir.
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Sir.
             
               J.
               Friend
            
             was
             charged
             with
             single
             Facts
             ,
             about
             the
             time
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             charged
             with
             many
             things
             ,
             much
             more
             particular
             ,
             than
             he
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Sol.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             this
             Act
             does
             not
             meddle
             with
             Notice
             of
             Trial
             ,
             but
             it
             continues
             the
             same
             as
             it
             was
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             nothing
             at
             all
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             be
             my
             Counsel
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             So
             we
             will
             ,
             and
             do
             you
             all
             the
             Right
             we
             can
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             Petty
             Jury
             impannelled
             for
             his
             Trial
             was
             called
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoner
             was
             informed
             by
             the
             Court
             that
             he
             might
             challenge
             35
             ,
             without
             Cause
             shewn
             ,
             and
             as
             many
             as
             he
             would
             ,
             assigning
             a
             good
             Cause
             .
             Accordingly
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             amongst
             others
             challenged
             two
             ,
             assigning
             as
             a
             Cause
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             the
             King's
             Servants
             .
             But
             he
             was
             told
             by
             the
             Court
             that
             that
             was
             no
             Cause
             of
             Challenge
             ;
             but
             the
             King's
             Counsel
             did
             not
             insist
             on
             that
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             enough
             besides
             .
             And
             this
             was
             said
             ,
             that
             it
             might
             not
             go
             for
             a
             Precedent
             ,
             that
             this
             is
             a
             sufficient
             Reason
             for
             a
             Challenge
             .
             The
             Twelve
             that
             were
             sworn
             ,
             were
             ,
          
           
             
               
                 
                   William
                   Northee
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Tho.
                   Edlin
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Edward
                   Gold
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Sanderson
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Daniel
                   Thomas
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Ralph
                   Marsh
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Henry
                   Whitchcott
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Joseph
                   Whiston
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Robert
                   Bampton
                
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   Tho.
                   Ems
                   ,
                   of
                
                 Stanhopp
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Tho.
                   Sutton
                
                 .
              
               
                 
                   Nicholas
                   Rufford
                
                 .
              
            
          
           
             After
             which
             ,
             Proclamation
             for
             Information
             was
             made
             in
             usual
             manner
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             the
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Sir.
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             ,
             (
             which
             he
             did
             ;
             )
             You
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Jury
             look
             upon
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             and
             hearken
             to
             his
             Cause
             :
             He
             stands
             indicted
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
               ,
               &c.
            
             for
             that
             he
             as
             a
             false
             Traitor
             ,
             &c.
             (
             where
             the
             Indictment
             was
             again
             read
             .
             )
             Upon
             this
             Indictment
             he
             hath
             been
             Arraigned
             ,
             and
             thereunto
             hath
             pleaded
             not
             Guilty
             .
             Your
             Charge
             is
             to
             enquire
             whether
             he
             be
             Guilty
             of
             the
             High
             Treason
             ,
             whereof
             he
             stands
             indicted
             ,
             or
             not
             Guilty
             .
             If
             you
             find
             him
             Guilty
             ,
             then
             you
             are
             to
             inquire
             what
             Goods
             or
             Chattels
             ,
             Lands
             or
             Tenements
             he
             had
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             High
             Treason
             committed
             ,
             or
             at
             any
             time
             since
             .
             If
             you
             find
             him
             not
             Guilty
             ,
             you
             are
             to
             enquire
             whether
             he
             fled
             for
             it
             :
             If
             you
             find
             that
             he
             fled
             for
             it
             ,
             you
             are
             to
             enquire
             of
             his
             Goods
             and
             Chattels
             ,
             as
             if
             you
             had
             found
             him
             Guilty
             :
             If
             you
             find
             him
             not
             Guilty
             ,
             nor
             that
             he
             did
             fly
             for
             it
             ,
             say
             so
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             .
             Now
             hear
             your
             Evidence
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             say
             you
             ,
             Sir
             William
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             You
             were
             pleased
             to
             say
             that
             you
             would
             be
             my
             Counsel
             .
             If
             your
             Lordship
             sees
             any
             Fault
             in
             my
             Indictment
             that
             may
             be
             any
             Advantage
             to
             me
             I
             desire
             your
             Lordship
             to
             inform
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt
             ,
          
           
             I
             have
             read
             it
             ,
             and
             I
             observe
             none
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Mountague
             .
          
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             you
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Jury
             ,
             This
             Indictment
             does
             contain
             as
             heavy
             an
             Accusation
             as
             ever
             was
             brought
             against
             any
             one
             :
             For
             it
             charges
             the
             Prisoner
             not
             only
             with
             the
             traiterous
             Design
             of
             subverting
             the
             Government
             ,
             and
             of
             killing
             the
             King
             ;
             but
             also
             it
             charges
             the
             Prisoner
             with
             designing
             an
             Invasion
             upon
             these
             Kingdoms
             ,
             and
             an
             Assassination
             of
             the
             King's
             Person
             .
             The
             Indictment
             sets
             forth
             ,
             that
             the
             Prisoner
             did
             meet
             with
             Mr.
             Charnock
             and
             other
             false
             Traitors
             ;
             and
             there
             it
             was
             agreed
             how
             to
             procure
             some
             French
             Forces
             to
             land
             here
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             also
             to
             raise
             a
             Rebellion
             against
             his
             Majesty
             within
             this
             Kingdom
             .
             Mr.
             Charnock
             was
             sent
             as
             a
             Messenger
             from
             the
             Prisoner
             and
             the
             rest
             ,
             over
             to
             the
             late
             King
             James
             ,
             to
             acquaint
             him
             with
             this
             bloody
             Design
             ,
             and
             to
             desire
             him
             to
             procure
             and
             borrow
             of
             the
             French
             King
             as
             many
             Forces
             as
             he
             could
             spare
             ,
             to
             make
             this
             Descent
             upon
             these
             Kingdoms
             :
             and
             to
             facilitate
             his
             Descent
             ,
             they
             promised
             to
             get
             as
             many
             together
             as
             they
             could
             ,
             to
             meet
             him
             upon
             his
             Landing
             .
             And
             it
             was
             agreed
             that
             forty
             Men
             should
             be
             provided
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Prisoner
             was
             one
             ,
             to
             lie
             in
             wait
             ,
             and
             set
             upon
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Return
             from
             Hunting
             ,
             and
             to
             Assassinate
             him
             .
             Some
             were
             to
             fall
             upon
             the
             Guards
             ,
             while
             others
             murdered
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Coach.
             
          
           
             The
             Indictment
             further
             charges
             the
             Prisoner
             with
             providing
             several
             Horses
             and
             Arms
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             did
             provide
             five
             Horses
             for
             them
             that
             were
             to
             commit
             the
             Assassination
             .
             And
             the
             Indictment
             also
             does
             charge
             the
             Prisoner
             with
             getting
             together
             several
             Arms.
             To
             this
             Indictment
             the
             Prisoner
             has
             pleaded
             not
             Guilty
             .
             If
             you
             do
             not
             believe
             him
             Guilty
             of
             what
             the
             Indictment
             charges
             him
             with
             ,
             God
             forbid
             but
             he
             should
             be
             acquitted
             .
             But
             if
             you
             believe
             him
             Guilty
             ,
             the
             Nation
             does
             expect
             you
             should
             do
             Justice
             to
             the
             King
             and
             Kingdom
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             and
             you
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Jury
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             stands
             indicted
             of
             High
             Treason
             ,
             for
             compassing
             and
             endeavouring
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             adhering
             to
             his
             Majesty's
             Enemies
             .
             The
             Overt-acts
             laid
             in
             the
             Indictment
             to
             prove
             this
             Treason
             are
             these
             ;
             That
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             together
             with
             several
             others
             ,
             had
             several
             Meetings
             and
             Consultations
             ,
             wherein
             it
             was
             agreed
             to
             send
             a
             Messenger
             over
             to
             invite
             the
             French
             King
             to
             invade
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             to
             depose
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             subject
             this
             Kingdom
             to
             the
             Tyranny
             of
             a
             French
             Power
             .
             And
             further
             ,
             that
             he
             entred
             into
             a
             Conspiracy
             with
             several
             Persons
             to
             murder
             his
             Majesty
             .
             These
             are
             the
             Overt-acts
             to
             prove
             this
             Treason
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             .
             The
             Evidence
             to
             prove
             this
             will
             be
             in
             this
             manner
             :
             It
             will
             appear
             ,
             that
             the
             Prisoner
             had
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             late
             K.
             James
             to
             raise
             a
             Regiment
             of
             Horse
             in
             England
             ;
             and
             that
             in
             May
             last
             the
             Prisoner
             had
             a
             Meeting
             with
             several
             others
             at
             the
             Old
             King's-head
             in
             Leadenhall-street
             ,
             where
             there
             were
             present
             the
             Lord
             Ailesbury
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Montgomery
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Friend
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Fenwick
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkyns
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             Capt.
             Porter
             ,
             Mr.
             Cook
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             Goodman
             came
             in
             after
             Dinner
             .
             At
             that
             Meeting
             it
             was
             consulted
             among
             them
             ,
             how
             they
             should
             bring
             back
             the
             late
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             depose
             his
             present
             Majesty
             King
             William
             .
             And
             in
             order
             to
             that
             ,
             did
             resolve
             to
             send
             a
             Messenger
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             one
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             the
             late
             King
             James
             ,
             to
             desire
             him
             that
             he
             would
             obtain
             from
             the
             French
             King
             about
             ten
             thousand
             Men
             to
             invade
             this
             Kingdom
             ;
             eight
             thousand
             Foot
             ,
             a
             thousand
             Horse
             ,
             and
             a
             thousand
             Dragoons
             :
             And
             to
             incourage
             the
             late
             King
             James
             to
             do
             this
             ,
             they
             did
             assure
             him
             by
             their
             Messenger
             ,
             they
             would
             meet
             him
             with
             two
             thousand
             Horse
             upon
             his
             Landing
             .
             They
             all
             agreed
             they
             would
             do
             this
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Charnock
             did
             agree
             to
             go
             upon
             this
             Errand
             .
             About
             a
             Week
             after
             Mr.
             Charnock
             not
             being
             willing
             to
             go
             without
             good
             Assurance
             from
             them
             that
             sent
             him
             ,
             did
             desire
             there
             might
             be
             another
             Meeting
             .
             And
             accordingly
             there
             was
             another
             Meeting
             of
             the
             same
             Persons
             ,
             of
             which
             the
             Prisoner
             was
             one
             ;
             and
             that
             was
             at
             Mrs.
             
             Mountjoy's
             ,
             a
             Tavern
             in
             James-street
             .
             And
             at
             that
             Meeting
             they
             did
             all
             agree
             ,
             as
             formerly
             ,
             to
             continue
             the
             Resolution
             they
             had
             taken
             ,
             to
             send
             Mr.
             Charnock
             over
             to
             the
             late
             King
             James
             ,
             to
             assure
             him
             of
             their
             Assistance
             ,
             if
             he
             would
             give
             them
             notice
             when
             and
             where
             he
             would
             land
             .
             And
             they
             did
             take
             notice
             ,
             that
             that
             was
             a
             very
             proper
             time
             for
             such
             an
             Invasion
             to
             be
             attempted
             ;
             for
             the
             King
             was
             then
             gone
             into
             Flanders
             ,
             and
             most
             of
             the
             Forces
             were
             drawn
             thither
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             very
             much
             dissatisfied
             ;
             and
             therefore
             it
             would
             be
             very
             easy
             to
             accomplish
             such
             a
             Design
             at
             that
             time
             .
             And
             they
             did
             therefore
             desire
             Mr.
             Charnock
             to
             go
             upon
             that
             Errand
             ,
             and
             to
             desire
             that
             the
             late
             King
             James
             would
             be
             speedy
             in
             his
             Coming
             .
             After
             a
             few
             days
             Mr.
             Charnock
             did
             go
             to
             France
             ,
             and
             delivered
             his
             Message
             to
             the
             late
             King
             James
             ,
             who
             took
             it
             very
             kindly
             ,
             but
             said
             ,
             the
             French
             King
             could
             not
             spare
             so
             many
             Forces
             at
             that
             time
             .
             And
             he
             came
             over
             again
             ,
             and
             brought
             that
             Message
             to
             those
             Gentlemen
             that
             sent
             him
             .
             This
             was
             in
             May
             or
             June
             last
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             Conspiracy
             ceased
             at
             that
             time
             .
             But
             you
             will
             hear
             ,
             last
             Winter
             it
             was
             revived
             again
             ,
             and
             was
             attempted
             and
             
             carried
             on
             very
             near
             to
             a
             fatal
             Success
             .
             You
             will
             hear
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             that
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar
             has
             had
             as
             great
             a
             hand
             as
             any
             in
             this
             barbarous
             Conspiracy
             and
             Treason
             ;
             not
             only
             in
             the
             Invasion
             that
             he
             and
             the
             rest
             sent
             the
             Messenger
             over
             to
             procure
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             blackest
             part
             ,
             the
             Assassination
             of
             the
             King.
             About
             January
             last
             Sir
             
               G.
               Berclay
            
             ,
             Lieutenant
             of
             the
             Guards
             to
             the
             late
             King
             James
             in
             France
             ,
             was
             sent
             over
             into
             England
             ,
             to
             excite
             Persons
             to
             go
             on
             in
             the
             assassinating
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             and
             for
             his
             Assistance
             there
             were
             sent
             over
             ,
             before
             and
             after
             him
             ,
             about
             twenty
             Troopers
             of
             the
             late
             King
             
             James's
             Guards
             in
             France
             :
             and
             Sir
             
               G.
               Berclay
            
             ,
             to
             incourage
             Persons
             to
             ingage
             in
             this
             horrid
             Conspiracy
             ,
             brought
             over
             with
             him
             a
             pretended
             Authority
             from
             the
             late
             King
             James
             to
             justify
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             was
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             late
             King
             James
             .
             He
             communicates
             this
             Design
             of
             his
             to
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             Capt.
             Porter
             ,
             and
             others
             ;
             and
             amongst
             the
             rest
             to
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             having
             a
             great
             Confidence
             in
             him
             .
             He
             did
             acquaint
             him
             he
             had
             such
             a
             Commission
             ,
             and
             shewed
             it
             him
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Commission
             was
             to
             levy
             War
             against
             the
             King's
             Person
             ,
             which
             they
             took
             as
             a
             sufficient
             Authority
             to
             attack
             his
             Person
             .
             In
             order
             to
             the
             accomplishing
             this
             horrid
             Conspiracy
             ,
             several
             Meetings
             there
             were
             ,
             at
             which
             the
             Prisoner
             was
             present
             ,
             and
             very
             active
             ,
             sometimes
             at
             Capt.
             
             Porter's
             Lodgings
             ,
             at
             other
             times
             at
             the
             Nag's-head
             in
             Covent-Garden
             ,
             and
             the
             Sun-Tavern
             in
             the
             Strand
             .
             You
             will
             hear
             ,
             that
             at
             these
             Meetings
             they
             did
             propose
             several
             Ways
             and
             Methods
             to
             accomplish
             this
             Conspiracy
             ;
             and
             several
             Persons
             ,
             some
             of
             which
             have
             suffered
             the
             just
             Punishment
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             were
             appointed
             to
             go
             and
             view
             the
             Ground
             ,
             where
             most
             conveniently
             the
             King's
             Person
             might
             be
             assaulted
             .
             King
             ,
             that
             has
             been
             executed
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             Capt.
             Porter
             ,
             and
             one
             Knightly
             ,
             went
             to
             view
             the
             Ground
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             most
             convenient
             Place
             .
             And
             the
             Day
             before
             they
             went
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Meeting
             ,
             at
             which
             was
             present
             the
             Prisoner
             and
             several
             others
             ,
             where
             it
             was
             resolved
             upon
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             go
             and
             view
             the
             Ground
             ;
             and
             Capt.
             Porter
             ,
             Mr.
             Knightly
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             King
             ,
             accordingly
             went
             to
             see
             the
             most
             convenient
             Place
             .
             After
             that
             ,
             at
             Brentford
             ,
             they
             went
             over
             to
             Richmond
             ,
             where
             his
             Majesty
             used
             to
             go
             a
             hunting
             to
             divert
             himself
             .
             At
             last
             they
             pitch'd
             upon
             a
             Place
             ,
             a
             Lane
             between
             Brentford
             and
             Turnham-green
             ,
             and
             they
             thought
             that
             a
             convenient
             Place
             for
             doing
             this
             barbarous
             thing
             .
             And
             when
             they
             had
             viewed
             the
             Ground
             ,
             they
             were
             to
             come
             back
             in
             the
             Evening
             to
             the
             Nag's-head-Tavern
             ,
             where
             the
             rest
             were
             to
             meet
             ,
             to
             give
             them
             an
             Account
             of
             their
             Proceedings
             .
             Accordingly
             in
             the
             Evening
             they
             came
             back
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             said
             Place
             were
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             Sir
             
               G.
               Berclay
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             and
             others
             ;
             and
             there
             they
             had
             an
             Account
             of
             the
             thing
             ,
             and
             they
             did
             resolve
             it
             should
             be
             done
             in
             that
             Place
             ;
             and
             the
             manner
             was
             this
             ,
             That
             Sir
             
               G.
               Berclay
            
             ,
             with
             seven
             or
             eight
             chosen
             out
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             were
             to
             attack
             the
             King's
             Coach
             ,
             and
             (
             to
             kill
             the
             King
             ,
             while
             the
             other
             Party
             were
             to
             attack
             the
             Guards
             ;
             and
             the
             Number
             in
             all
             was
             to
             be
             about
             forty
             .
             This
             was
             agreed
             upon
             .
             And
             the
             first
             time
             they
             agreed
             upon
             to
             put
             this
             barbarous
             Design
             in
             execution
             ,
             was
             the
             15th
             of
             February
             ,
             upon
             a
             Saturday
             ,
             the
             day
             the
             King
             usually
             went
             a
             hunting
             .
             But
             it
             happened
             ,
             by
             very
             great
             Providence
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             did
             not
             go
             abroad
             that
             day
             .
             They
             contrived
             further
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             thing
             very
             sure
             ,
             that
             there
             should
             be
             two
             Persons
             ,
             whom
             they
             called
             Orderly
             Men
             ,
             that
             should
             be
             placed
             at
             Kensington
             ,
             to
             give
             notice
             when
             the
             King
             went
             abroad
             ,
             one
             Chambers
             ,
             and
             Durance
             a
             Fleming
             .
          
           
             And
             afterwards
             Durance
             was
             likewise
             imployed
             to
             view
             the
             Place
             at
             Turnham-Green
             and
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             those
             Places
             that
             were
             most
             convenient
             for
             the
             lodging
             and
             placing
             of
             their
             Men
             two
             or
             three
             in
             a
             House
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             not
             be
             observed
             to
             be
             in
             a
             readiness
             the
             Day
             they
             were
             to
             accomplish
             their
             Design
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             15th
             of
             February
             ,
             they
             being
             disappointed
             by
             the
             King
             's
             not
             going
             abroad
             ,
             they
             resolved
             to
             accomplish
             it
             upon
             the
             Saturday
             following
             ,
             the
             King
             usually
             going
             a
             Hunting
             upon
             Saturdays
             ,
             and
             therefore
             that
             Day
             was
             pitch'd
             upon
             .
             Accordingly
             on
             the
             Friday
             following
             there
             was
             another
             Meeting
             at
             the
             Nags-Head
             in
             Covent-Garden
             ,
             where
             were
             present
             Sir
             
               George
               Berclay
            
             ,
             Captain
             Porter
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoner
             .
             There
             they
             had
             some
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             were
             in
             doubt
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             first
             Disappointment
             they
             had
             received
             ,
             whether
             there
             were
             not
             some
             Discovery
             ,
             and
             the
             thing
             taken
             Air
             ;
             but
             they
             were
             soon
             resolved
             of
             that
             ,
             for
             it
             was
             said
             ,
             if
             the
             thing
             had
             been
             discovered
             they
             should
             not
             have
             been
             there
             to
             meet
             ;
             that
             seemed
             very
             probable
             ,
             and
             gave
             them
             new
             Assurance
             that
             they
             were
             not
             discovered
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             they
             resolved
             to
             put
             it
             in
             execution
             the
             next
             Day
             ,
             the
             Day
             which
             they
             had
             before
             resolved
             on
             ,
             being
             Saturday
             the
             22d
             of
             February
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             it
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             as
             had
             been
             resolved
             on
             before
             .
             At
             that
             meeting
             Captain
             Porter
             told
             them
             he
             had
             had
             a
             Misfortune
             ,
             that
             some
             of
             the
             Horses
             he
             had
             undertaken
             to
             provide
             were
             fallen
             Lame
             ;
             he
             acquainted
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             with
             it
             ;
             and
             he
             was
             careful
             to
             supply
             him
             with
             other
             Horses
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             he
             could
             get
             him
             a
             note
             to
             
             one
             Lewis
             ,
             Master
             of
             the
             Horse
             to
             the
             Lord
             Feversham
             ,
             for
             three
             Horses
             out
             of
             his
             Stable
             ;
             and
             accordingly
             did
             send
             him
             a
             Note
             for
             three
             Horses
             to
             be
             had
             from
             thence
             .
             February
             the
             2●d
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             the
             Time
             appointed
             to
             put
             it
             in
             Execution
             ,
             they
             met
             together
             ,
             and
             had
             notice
             from
             Kensington
             that
             the
             King
             did
             go
             a
             Hunting
             ;
             and
             then
             there
             was
             great
             Joy
             among
             them
             all
             ,
             for
             then
             they
             thought
             they
             should
             be
             sure
             to
             accomplish
             their
             Design
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             ordered
             all
             things
             to
             be
             got
             ready
             .
             But
             afterwards
             ,
             about
             twelve
             a
             Clock
             ,
             News
             came
             that
             the
             King
             did
             not
             go
             abroad
             ,
             that
             the
             Coaches
             were
             come
             back
             ,
             and
             the
             Horses
             all
             of
             a
             Foam
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             thought
             it
             had
             taken
             Air
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             were
             discovered
             ,
             and
             that
             put
             them
             into
             a
             great
             Consternation
             .
             Now
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             Account
             you
             will
             have
             by
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             of
             the
             Conspiracy
             for
             Assassinating
             the
             King
             ,
             at
             the
             several
             Meetings
             at
             which
             the
             Prisoner
             was
             present
             .
             There
             will
             be
             a
             little
             more
             Evidence
             if
             there
             be
             occasion
             ,
             to
             confirm
             this
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             part
             the
             Prisoner
             had
             in
             this
             barbarous
             Conspiracy
             :
             For
             it
             will
             appear
             to
             you
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             had
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             late
             King
             James
             to
             raise
             a
             Regiment
             of
             Horse
             ,
             and
             had
             sent
             a
             Messenger
             on
             purpose
             to
             invite
             the
             late
             Kings
             James
             over
             about
             May
             or
             June
             last
             ,
             and
             he
             had
             provided
             many
             Arms
             for
             that
             purpose
             .
             About
             Michaelmas
             last
             he
             sent
             a
             Parcel
             of
             choice
             Goods
             ,
             as
             he
             called
             them
             ,
             put
             into
             several
             Cases
             ,
             there
             were
             seven
             or
             eight
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             they
             were
             put
             into
             three
             large
             Cases
             ,
             and
             sent
             by
             his
             order
             from
             his
             House
             in
             Warwickshire
             ,
             to
             one
             
             Heywood's
             .
             It
             seems
             this
             Heywood
             married
             Mr.
             
             Charnock's
             Sister
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Charnock
             sent
             a
             Lettter
             to
             Heywood
             ,
             to
             desire
             him
             to
             lodg
             some
             Goods
             in
             his
             House
             of
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             ,
             for
             he
             durst
             not
             trust
             them
             in
             his
             own
             House
             in
             Warwickshire
             ,
             because
             he
             had
             no
             Servants
             to
             look
             after
             them
             ,
             and
             did
             desire
             they
             might
             be
             lodged
             in
             his
             House
             ,
             and
             he
             gave
             him
             a
             Letter
             directed
             to
             Heywood
             .
             And
             they
             were
             accordingly
             carried
             to
             
             Heywood's
             ,
             and
             locked
             up
             ,
             and
             privately
             kept
             till
             this
             horrid
             Conspiracy
             came
             out
             :
             and
             then
             the
             Prisoner
             sent
             his
             own
             Servant
             down
             the
             Tuesday
             after
             the
             Discovery
             ,
             and
             gave
             him
             order
             immediately
             to
             go
             down
             to
             Warwickshire
             ,
             to
             one
             Evans
             his
             Servant
             there
             ,
             to
             desire
             him
             to
             remove
             all
             those
             Goods
             away
             with
             all
             Expedition
             ,
             and
             to
             secure
             and
             hide
             them
             .
             Accordingly
             on
             Wednesday
             ,
             the
             Day
             after
             ,
             he
             came
             thither
             ,
             and
             acquainted
             Evans
             with
             his
             Message
             ;
             and
             they
             went
             on
             Ash-wednesday
             in
             the
             dark
             with
             a
             Cart
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             desired
             to
             stay
             till
             the
             next
             Day
             ;
             but
             they
             could
             not
             stay
             longer
             ,
             but
             would
             have
             the
             Goods
             removed
             that
             very
             Night
             ;
             and
             accordingly
             they
             were
             carried
             from
             thence
             to
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             House
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             buried
             in
             the
             Ground
             to
             preserve
             them
             ,
             being
             Goods
             of
             very
             great
             Value
             .
             But
             afterwards
             search
             being
             made
             in
             Sir
             
             William's
             House
             ,
             and
             when
             they
             came
             to
             be
             discovered
             ,
             and
             the
             Cases
             broke
             open
             ,
             you
             will
             hear
             they
             were
             Goods
             of
             great
             Concern
             ,
             of
             an
             extraordinary
             Nature
             ,
             32
             Carbines
             ,
             25
             Cases
             of
             Pistels
             ,
             and
             4
             dozen
             of
             Swords
             :
             So
             that
             this
             will
             make
             it
             apparent
             without
             dispute
             ,
             how
             far
             the
             Prisoner
             has
             ingaged
             in
             Levying
             of
             War
             ,
             and
             encouraging
             an
             Invasion
             .
             Further
             it
             will
             appear
             upon
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             a
             considerable
             number
             of
             Horses
             at
             his
             House
             in
             Hertfordshire
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             another
             House
             at
             Bushy
             in
             Hertfordshire
             ;
             some
             of
             these
             were
             brought
             up
             to
             the
             George-Inn
             in
             Holburn
             .
             But
             there
             is
             another
             thing
             I
             must
             open
             to
             you
             before
             that
             of
             the
             Horses
             :
             About
             Christmas
             last
             the
             Prisoner
             did
             acquaint
             one
             Mr.
             Sweet
             ,
             an
             Officer
             of
             the
             Excise
             ,
             (
             I
             am
             very
             sorry
             we
             should
             have
             any
             Officers
             any
             where
             trusted
             with
             High-Treason
             ,
             as
             he
             was
             )
             The
             Prisoner
             gave
             him
             an
             Account
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             assurance
             formerly
             that
             the
             late
             K.
             James
             would
             land
             ,
             but
             now
             he
             had
             it
             under
             his
             own
             Hand
             that
             he
             would
             land
             speedily
             ;
             and
             he
             had
             made
             Preparation
             on
             purpose
             to
             meet
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             great
             things
             were
             expected
             from
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             his
             own
             Troop
             ready
             that
             consisted
             chiefly
             of
             old
             Soldiers
             ,
             and
             several
             Persons
             would
             be
             Voluntiers
             under
             him
             .
             He
             told
             him
             he
             was
             to
             go
             into
             Leicestershire
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             were
             several
             Gentlemen
             from
             the
             North
             and
             the
             West
             to
             meet
             together
             ,
             to
             settle
             a
             Correspondence
             ,
             and
             to
             consult
             of
             Methods
             how
             to
             meet
             the
             late
             King
             upon
             his
             landing
             .
             And
             accordingly
             he
             did
             go
             ,
             and
             you
             will
             have
             an
             Account
             he
             came
             to
             Leicester
             on
             Friday
             night
             ,
             and
             Captain
             Scudmore
             went
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             staied
             all
             Saturday
             ,
             and
             part
             of
             Sunday
             .
             And
             while
             he
             was
             there
             ,
             there
             came
             several
             Persons
             to
             him
             ,
             particularly
             Capt.
             Yarborough
             Son
             of
             Sir
             
               Thomas
               Yarborough
            
             ,
             and
             another
             Person
             with
             him
             ;
             they
             came
             as
             far
             as
             York
             to
             meet
             with
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             Leicester
             and
             several
             other
             Persons
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             a
             great
             Resort
             to
             them
             at
             Leicester
             at
             that
             Time.
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             came
             back
             to
             Bushy
             on
             Monday
             Night
             ,
             and
             acquainted
             Sweet
             again
             ,
             that
             he
             had
             been
             his
             Journey
             to
             Leicester
             ,
             and
             met
             several
             Gentlemen
             from
             the
             North
             and
             the
             West
             ,
             and
             found
             them
             all
             fully
             engaged
             in
             the
             Design
             for
             the
             Service
             of
             the
             late
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             that
             there
             was
             no
             danger
             of
             the
             miscarrying
             of
             it
             ;
             this
             was
             in
             January
             last
             that
             this
             Expedition
             was
             made
             by
             the
             Prisoner
             .
          
           
           
             Afterwards
             you
             will
             have
             a
             farther
             Account
             of
             the
             Horses
             of
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             it
             was
             very
             unfortunate
             that
             those
             Horses
             were
             generally
             brought
             to
             Town
             the
             Evening
             before
             the
             Day
             the
             King
             was
             to
             be
             Assassinated
             .
             Feb.
             14.
             
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             being
             in
             Town
             the
             Day
             before
             ,
             sent
             to
             his
             Groom
             to
             bring
             up
             three
             of
             his
             Horses
             the
             14th
             of
             February
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ;
             which
             Horses
             were
             all
             furnished
             for
             Troopers
             ,
             and
             had
             Saddles
             and
             Pistols
             for
             that
             purpose
             :
             And
             his
             Servant
             brought
             them
             according
             to
             his
             Order
             ,
             and
             acquainted
             him
             Friday
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             February
             the
             14th
             that
             he
             had
             brought
             them
             (
             he
             lodged
             in
             
               Norfolk
               street
            
             with
             Mr.
             
               Charnock
               )
            
             ;
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             pretended
             to
             him
             at
             first
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             go
             out
             of
             Town
             that
             Evenening
             ;
             but
             then
             changed
             his
             Mind
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             he
             must
             get
             them
             ready
             on
             Saturday
             the
             15th
             ,
             the
             first
             Day
             the
             Assassination
             was
             intended
             :
             And
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             when
             his
             Man
             came
             to
             him
             to
             know
             when
             his
             Horses
             were
             to
             be
             got
             ready
             ,
             he
             told
             him
             he
             had
             changed
             his
             Mind
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             go
             that
             Day
             ,
             he
             would
             not
             go
             out
             of
             Town
             till
             Monday
             ;
             for
             the
             Design
             miscarried
             by
             the
             King
             's
             not
             going
             abroad
             ;
             and
             then
             Major
             Homes
             ,
             who
             was
             one
             of
             the
             Conspirators
             ,
             went
             out
             of
             Town
             with
             him
             ,
             as
             you
             will
             hear
             ,
             and
             they
             came
             to
             Town
             again
             the
             21th
             of
             February
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             day
             before
             the
             Day
             of
             the
             intended
             Assassination
             ;
             then
             there
             were
             more
             Horses
             brought
             up
             ,
             four
             or
             five
             ,
             and
             all
             of
             them
             with
             Pistols
             ,
             Jack-boots
             ,
             and
             other
             Furniture
             proper
             for
             Troopers
             .
             They
             came
             up
             on
             Friday
             to
             the
             George
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoner
             gave
             order
             to
             this
             particular
             Servant
             that
             came
             up
             with
             him
             ,
             
               James
               Ewbanck
            
             ,
             who
             was
             his
             Groom
             ,
             to
             go
             very
             early
             the
             next
             Morning
             to
             Kensington
             ,
             it
             was
             Saturday
             the
             22th
             ,
             and
             he
             was
             to
             go
             to
             one
             Brown
             ,
             as
             he
             said
             ,
             that
             was
             concerned
             in
             the
             King's
             Kitchin
             or
             his
             Confectionary
             ,
             and
             lived
             about
             two
             Doors
             above
             the
             Gate
             turning
             to
             the
             King's
             House
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             was
             to
             tell
             him
             he
             was
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             Servant
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             came
             from
             a
             Man
             that
             lodged
             at
             a
             Confectioners
             House
             over
             against
             Grays-Inn
             ,
             which
             ,
             by
             the
             Description
             of
             the
             Person
             ,
             will
             appear
             to
             be
             Sir
             
               George
               Berclay
            
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             give
             him
             an
             Answer
             .
             The
             Man
             went
             accordingly
             about
             eight
             a
             Clock
             ,
             and
             spoke
             with
             this
             Brown
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             that
             he
             was
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins's
             Man
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             came
             from
             the
             Gentleman
             that
             lodged
             at
             the
             Confectioners
             over
             against
             
               Grays-Inn
               .
               Brown
            
             said
             he
             had
             nothing
             to
             say
             to
             him
             ,
             but
             bid
             him
             give
             him
             his
             Almanack
             ,
             and
             wrote
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             be
             in
             Town
             himself
             in
             two
             Hours
             ,
             and
             bid
             him
             to
             carry
             that
             to
             the
             Man
             that
             lodged
             at
             the
             
             Confectioners's
             .
             This
             Man
             you
             will
             hear
             was
             one
             of
             those
             orderly
             Men
             lodged
             at
             Kensington
             to
             give
             Notice
             ;
             this
             Man
             went
             by
             the
             Name
             of
             Chambers
             ,
             he
             will
             tell
             you
             what
             he
             was
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             Scotchman
             ,
             spoke
             very
             broad
             ,
             by
             which
             it
             will
             appear
             very
             particularly
             and
             plainly
             it
             was
             Sir
             
               George
               Berclay
            
             .
             This
             Servant
             came
             back
             to
             his
             Master
             ,
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             asked
             him
             what
             he
             had
             done
             ;
             he
             told
             him
             that
             he
             had
             been
             at
             Kensington
             ,
             and
             that
             Brown
             had
             set
             it
             down
             in
             his
             Almanack
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             be
             in
             Town
             himself
             in
             two
             Hours
             .
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             bid
             him
             go
             to
             the
             Gentleman
             at
             the
             
             Confectioner's
             ,
             and
             tell
             him
             so
             much
             :
             and
             accordingly
             he
             went
             ,
             and
             brought
             Word
             to
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             that
             the
             Gentleman
             would
             be
             ready
             at
             home
             .
             Now
             you
             will
             find
             this
             was
             on
             Saturday
             Morning
             .
             About
             Eleven
             a
             Clock
             Captain
             Porter
             ,
             with
             one
             Mr.
             Lewis
             that
             I
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             came
             to
             the
             George-Inn
             ;
             and
             there
             Porter
             asked
             this
             Groom
             one
             Ewbank
             ,
             whether
             he
             had
             received
             above
             two
             Saddles
             or
             no
             ,
             for
             there
             had
             been
             Orders
             given
             for
             two
             and
             twenty
             Saddles
             to
             be
             carried
             to
             the
             George-Inn
             by
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins's
             Order
             to
             furnish
             other
             Horses
             besides
             his
             ,
             for
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             had
             told
             his
             Groom
             there
             were
             other
             Horses
             of
             his
             Friends
             that
             stood
             there
             ,
             and
             bid
             him
             take
             care
             to
             see
             them
             well
             fed
             .
             The
             22th
             of
             February
             when
             they
             came
             thither
             ,
             they
             thought
             there
             had
             been
             more
             Saddles
             delivered
             than
             those
             two
             ,
             and
             he
             asked
             his
             Groom
             if
             he
             had
             no
             more
             than
             two
             Saddles
             delivered
             ;
             no
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             I
             had
             but
             two
             .
             Now
             Gentlemen
             ,
             by
             the
             Evidence
             you
             will
             see
             he
             had
             provided
             thirty
             Saddles
             ,
             under
             the
             Notion
             of
             buying
             them
             for
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Marquess
             of
             Regiment
             ;
             Then
             ,
             says
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             there
             is
             a
             mistake
             ,
             I
             have
             had
             but
             Two
             and
             Twenty
             of
             the
             Thirty
             ,
             for
             there
             is
             but
             Two
             brought
             in
             here
             .
             This
             you
             will
             hear
             fully
             proved
             by
             the
             Evidence
             that
             will
             be
             given
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             .
             And
             that
             there
             may
             be
             no
             room
             to
             doubt
             but
             that
             the
             Prisoner
             was
             engaged
             in
             this
             horrid
             Conspiracy
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             proved
             to
             you
             by
             his
             Servants
             ,
             so
             many
             of
             his
             Horses
             coming
             up
             that
             day
             ,
             with
             Pistols
             and
             Jack-Boots
             ,
             and
             other
             Arms
             ,
             upon
             Friday
             at
             Four
             a
             Clock
             ;
             and
             that
             on
             Saturday
             ,
             after
             they
             were
             discovered
             and
             disappointed
             ,
             they
             ordered
             all
             away
             in
             great
             Hurry
             and
             Confusion
             .
             I
             have
             opened
             and
             stated
             to
             you
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             we
             shall
             call
             our
             Witnesses
             and
             give
             you
             no
             further
             Trouble
             .
          
           
             
               Call
               Captain
            
             Porter
             ,
             
               (
               who
               appeared
               and
               was
               sworn
               )
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Porter
             ,
             will
             you
             give
             the
             Court
             and
             Jury
             an
             Account
             of
             your
             Meeting
             at
             the
             King's-Head-Tavern
             in
             Leadenhall-street
             ,
             who
             were
             there
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             Meeting
             was
             about
             ,
             and
             what
             was
             there
             agreed
             upon
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             About
             the
             latter
             End
             of
             May
             ,
             or
             Beginning
             of
             June
             ,
             we
             had
             two
             Meetings
             ,
             one
             at
             the
             
               Old
               King's-Head
            
             ,
             in
             Leadenhall-street
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             at
             Mrs.
             Mountjoys
             at
             the
             Wonder-Tavern
             in
             James's-street
             .
             There
             was
             the
             Lord
             Aylisbury
             ,
             Lord
             Mountgomery
             ,
             Sir
             
               Jo
               
               Freind
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               Jo.
               Fenwick
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             and
             one
             Cook
             ,
             and
             my self
             ;
             Mr.
             Goodman
             came
             in
             after
             Dinner
             .
             There
             we
             consulted
             which
             was
             the
             best
             way
             for
             the
             late
             King
             James
             to
             come
             in
             again
             ;
             and
             all
             resolved
             to
             send
             a
             Messenger
             over
             to
             him
             ,
             to
             desire
             him
             to
             procure
             of
             the
             French
             King
             10000
             Men
             ,
             viz.
             1000
             Horse
             ,
             1000
             Dragoons
             ,
             and
             8000
             Foot
             :
             Mr.
             Charnock
             said
             ,
             if
             you
             send
             me
             over
             ,
             what
             shall
             I
             tell
             him
             you
             will
             do
             ?
             We
             all
             promised
             him
             ,
             if
             the
             late
             King
             would
             come
             over
             with
             such
             a
             Number
             of
             Men
             ,
             we
             would
             meet
             him
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             2000
             Horse
             ,
             wheresoever
             he
             would
             appoint
             us
             to
             meet
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Before
             you
             go
             upon
             the
             second
             Meeting
             ,
             did
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             agree
             to
             that
             Message
             ?
             By
             what
             Circumstance
             do
             you
             know
             that
             he
             agreed
             to
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Charnock
             said
             he
             would
             not
             go
             upon
             a
             foolish
             Message
             ,
             and
             therefore
             did
             put
             it
             to
             them
             again
             what
             they
             would
             do
             ;
             and
             we
             did
             all
             agree
             ,
             every
             one
             ,
             to
             be
             at
             the
             Head
             of
             2000
             Horse
             to
             meet
             the
             late
             King
             James
             on
             his
             Landing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             Did
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             agree
             to
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             he
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             was
             the
             second
             Meeting
             ?
             Go
             on
             to
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             Meeting
             was
             at
             Mrs.
             Mountjoy's
             ,
             where
             Mr.
             Charnock
             was
             ,
             and
             desired
             to
             see
             us
             before
             he
             went
             away
             ,
             and
             to
             know
             our
             Resolutions
             ,
             whether
             we
             were
             all
             agreed
             to
             what
             we
             had
             before
             resolved
             ;
             and
             we
             all
             promised
             him
             as
             before
             ;
             and
             then
             he
             said
             he
             would
             go
             in
             two
             or
             three
             Days
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             And
             did
             they
             agree
             to
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             they
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             they
             agree
             to
             their
             former
             Resolution
             taken
             at
             the
             first
             Meeting
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             They
             did
             all
             agree
             to
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             was
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt
             Porter
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             say
             the
             Lord
             Mountgomery
             and
             Mr.
             Goodman
             were
             there
             ,
             but
             all
             the
             rest
             were
             there
             that
             were
             at
             the
             first
             Meeting
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             you
             speak
             with
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Three
             or
             four
             days
             before
             I
             was
             brought
             to
             Prison
             about
             the
             Riot
             ,
             and
             he
             told
             me
             he
             had
             been
             with
             the
             Lord
             Aylisbury
             and
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             them
             that
             sent
             him
             ,
             and
             brought
             several
             Messages
             from
             the
             late
             King
             James
             to
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Now
             give
             an
             Account
             of
             the
             Effect
             of
             that
             Message
             .
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Charnock
             told
             me
             ,
             King
             James
             said
             the
             French
             King
             could
             not
             spare
             so
             many
             Men
             that
             Year
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Porter
             ,
             give
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Design
             for
             assassinating
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             what
             part
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar
             had
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Some
             Weeks
             before
             I
             heard
             of
             this
             designed
             Assassination
             ,
             I
             came
             to
             lodge
             at
             a
             House
             in
             Norfolk-street
             ,
             where
             Mr.
             Charnock
             lay
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             for
             the
             most
             part
             when
             he
             was
             in
             Town
             ;
             and
             most
             commonly
             in
             an
             Evening
             Mr.
             Charnock
             and
             I
             used
             to
             go
             to
             drink
             a
             Bottle
             .
             One
             Morning
             I
             was
             going
             out
             ,
             and
             met
             him
             ,
             and
             ask'd
             him
             where
             I
             should
             meet
             him
             at
             Night
             ?
             He
             told
             me
             he
             should
             be
             in
             private
             Company
             .
             Must
             not
             I
             be
             there
             ,
             said
             I
             ?
             if
             it
             be
             not
             very
             private
             ,
             let
             me
             go
             with
             you
             .
             No
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             some
             Gentlemen
             are
             come
             over
             from
             France
             ,
             and
             the
             Business
             is
             kept
             very
             private
             ,
             there
             is
             something
             going
             to
             be
             done
             .
             Then
             pray
             ,
             said
             I
             ,
             let
             me
             be
             concerned
             in
             it
             .
             Says
             he
             ,
             they
             see
             no
             body
             yet
             ;
             in
             a
             little
             time
             you
             will
             hear
             more
             of
             it
             .
             A
             little
             while
             after
             I
             was
             taken
             with
             the
             Gout
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Charnock
             came
             to
             see
             me
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             ,
             Sir
             
               George
               Berclay
            
             was
             come
             from
             France
             ,
             and
             several
             Officers
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             late
             King
             James
             to
             raise
             and
             levy
             War
             against
             the
             Body
             ,
             upon
             the
             Person
             of
             King
             William
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Who
             told
             you
             so
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Charnock
             .
             He
             ask't
             me
             whether
             I
             could
             procure
             any
             number
             of
             men
             ?
             I
             said
             a
             great
             many
             would
             ,
             but
             I
             could
             not
             trust
             them
             .
             Some
             days
             after
             they
             brought
             me
             to
             Sir
             
               G.
               Berclay
            
             and
             one
             Homes
             ,
             a
             little
             while
             after
             I
             was
             got
             well
             of
             the
             Gout
             .
             And
             then
             there
             were
             several
             Meetings
             ,
             one
             at
             the
             Globe
             Tavern
             ,
             one
             at
             the
             Nags-head
             ,
             where
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             was
             present
             ,
             one
             at
             the
             Sun
             Tavern
             in
             the
             Strand
             ,
             where
             we
             consulted
             the
             best
             way
             to
             assassinate
             the
             King
             as
             he
             came
             from
             Richmond
             .
             Mr.
             Charnock
             told
             me
             ,
             that
             Sir
             
               G.
               Berclay
            
             had
             received
             800
             l.
             of
             the
             Late
             King
             
             James's
             Secretary
             to
             buy
             Horses
             and
             Furniture
             for
             the
             Expedition
             .
             Mr.
             Charnock
             asked
             me
             how
             many
             I
             could
             bring
             ?
             he
             told
             me
             ,
             he
             could
             bring
             in
             twenty
             .
             I
             told
             him
             I
             could
             bring
             seven
             or
             eight
             .
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             was
             to
             furnish
             five
             Horses
             ,
             and
             to
             mount
             three
             of
             them
             with
             his
             own
             Men
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             two
             were
             to
             be
             mounted
             with
             my
             Men
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Charnock
             was
             to
             mount
             the
             rest
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             the
             Names
             of
             the
             men
             he
             was
             to
             mount
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             I
             never
             had
             the
             Names
             of
             the
             men
             from
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             done
             in
             this
             Consult
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             I
             ask'd
             Mr.
             Charnock
             why
             I
             might
             not
             see
             the
             Commission
             ;
             he
             said
             he
             never
             
             saw
             it
             himself
             ,
             but
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             had
             seen
             it
             .
             I
             ask'd
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             smoaking
             a
             Pipe
             ,
             whether
             he
             had
             seen
             it
             ;
             he
             told
             me
             he
             had
             seen
             and
             read
             it
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             for
             raising
             of
             War
             against
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             all
             written
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             You
             went
             to
             view
             the
             Ground
             ,
             did
             you
             not
             ?
             Give
             an
             account
             of
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             One
             of
             us
             went
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Water
             to
             view
             the
             Ground
             ,
             by
             a
             little
             Wood
             ;
             and
             another
             went
             on
             this
             side
             the
             Water
             .
             Sir
             
               George
               Berclay
            
             was
             of
             opinion
             that
             it
             was
             best
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Water
             ;
             he
             ordered
             one
             Captain
             Knightly
             to
             meet
             me
             and
             Capt.
             King
             ;
             we
             three
             went
             to
             view
             the
             Ground
             ;
             and
             when
             we
             came
             back
             to
             the
             Nags-Head
             ,
             where
             was
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               G.
               Berclay
            
             ,
             we
             told
             them
             we
             had
             view'd
             those
             places
             ,
             and
             lik'd
             them
             very
             well
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Attorn
               .
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Was
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             there
             at
             that
             Meeting
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Yes
             Sir
             ,
             he
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Porter
             ,
             give
             an
             account
             of
             the
             days
             you
             intended
             to
             do
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Saturday
             the
             15th
             and
             the
             22d
             ,
             the
             days
             the
             King
             used
             to
             go
             a
             Hunting
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Was
             there
             any
             Man
             at
             Kensington
             to
             give
             notice
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             there
             were
             two
             men
             ;
             one
             of
             them
             had
             his
             Lodging
             at
             Kensington
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             his
             Name
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             
               Porter
               .
               Chambers
            
             :
          
           
             and
             there
             was
             another
             man
             ,
             a
             Fleming
             ,
             who
             went
             every
             day
             to
             thrust
             himself
             among
             the
             Guards
             ,
             to
             bring
             us
             Intelligence
             daily
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             the
             reason
             it
             was
             not
             executed
             the
             first
             day
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Durant
             brought
             us
             notice
             the
             Guards
             were
             gone
             ;
             but
             afterwards
             notice
             was
             brought
             us
             that
             the
             King
             did
             not
             go
             ;
             upon
             which
             we
             adjourned
             till
             the
             next
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             the
             Method
             agreed
             upon
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             The
             Method
             was
             this
             .
             One
             Rookwood
             ,
             that
             came
             out
             of
             France
             upon
             this
             Expedition
             ,
             to
             head
             another
             Party
             ,
             mounted
             upon
             Sir
             G.
             Berclay's
             Horse
             ,
             Sir
             
               G.
               Berclay
            
             and
             my self
             were
             to
             mount
             those
             Horses
             sent
             us
             by
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             and
             we
             were
             to
             attack
             the
             Guards
             and
             the
             King's
             Coach.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             was
             the
             next
             Meeting
             ,
             after
             you
             were
             disappointed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             upon
             Friday
             before
             the
             22d
             ,
             at
             the
             Sun
             Tavern
             in
             the
             Strand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             was
             there
             at
             that
             Meeting
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             No
             body
             but
             Sir
             
               G.
               Berclay
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             and
             my self
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             And
             what
             was
             discoursed
             of
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             came
             in
             ,
             and
             told
             us
             the
             thing
             was
             discovered
             .
             I
             said
             ,
             I
             cannot
             fancy
             it
             could
             be
             discovered
             ,
             for
             we
             could
             not
             have
             been
             there
             if
             it
             had
             been
             known
             ;
             and
             thereupon
             we
             resolved
             to
             go
             on
             with
             it
             again
             :
             And
             I
             asked
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             if
             his
             Horses
             were
             in
             Town
             ?
             and
             he
             said
             they
             were
             to
             come
             that
             night
             .
             Said
             I
             ,
             my
             Horses
             are
             one
             sick
             ,
             and
             another
             lame
             .
             Said
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             known
             that
             ,
             I
             could
             have
             brought
             more
             Horses
             out
             of
             the
             Country
             ;
             but
             just
             now
             I
             have
             sent
             to
             Mr.
             Lewis
             ,
             Master
             of
             the
             Horse
             to
             the
             Lord
             Feversham
             ,
             I
             believe
             he
             will
             help
             me
             to
             more
             Horses
             .
             And
             I
             sent
             a
             note
             to
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             for
             two
             Horses
             to
             mount
             my
             men
             upon
             ;
             and
             he
             sent
             me
             two
             Horses
             ,
             and
             told
             me
             Mr.
             Lewis
             would
             help
             me
             to
             two
             or
             three
             more
             ,
             all
             three
             lusty
             Horses
             ;
             one
             was
             accoutred
             with
             Pistols
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             had
             only
             Saddles
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             see
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             I
             did
             not
             see
             him
             the
             22d
             :
             Some
             of
             us
             did
             meet
             at
             the
             
               Blue
               Posts
            
             at
             Spring-Garden
             ,
             and
             having
             notice
             that
             the
             thing
             was
             discovered
             ,
             I
             went
             out
             of
             Town
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             ever
             heard
             that
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             had
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             late
             King
             James
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             I
             heard
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ask
             him
             one
             Night
             why
             Scudmore
             and
             the
             rest
             would
             not
             go
             ?
             Said
             he
             ,
             they
             do
             not
             go
             ,
             because
             I
             do
             not
             go
             ;
             and
             I
             have
             other
             business
             to
             do
             ,
             I
             have
             a
             Regiment
             to
             look
             after
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Then
             the
             Prisonner
             was
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             number
             to
             Assassinate
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Not
             in
             Person
             ,
             for
             he
             said
             he
             had
             other
             business
             to
             look
             after
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Porter
             ,
             how
             many
             Horses
             had
             you
             from
             Mr.
             Lewis
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             I
             had
             none
             ;
             but
             only
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             sent
             me
             word
             ,
             if
             I
             wanted
             any
             I
             might
             have
             three
             ;
             for
             I
             told
             him
             I
             would
             have
             none
             till
             I
             heard
             the
             King
             went.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Had
             you
             a
             Note
             for
             the
             three
             Horses
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Not
             from
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Cranborn
             told
             me
             he
             had
             a
             Note
             ;
             I
             do
             not
             say
             I
             had
             a
             Note
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Sir
             William
             ,
             will
             you
             ask
             the
             Witness
             any
             Questions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Jury-man
             .
          
           
             We
             are
             desirous
             to
             know
             ,
             whether
             at
             any
             of
             the
             Meetings
             the
             Discourse
             was
             to
             Assassinate
             the
             King
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             At
             all
             the
             Meetings
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Did
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             discourse
             of
             the
             Assassination
             himself
             ?
             What
             did
             he
             say
             when
             such
             Discourses
             were
             had
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             I
             cannot
             say
             particularly
             what
             he
             said
             :
             But
             he
             agreed
             to
             it
             ,
             and
             said
             it
             was
             very
             necessary
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             bringing
             in
             the
             late
             King
             the
             more
             easily
             ;
             but
             he
             had
             other
             business
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             could
             not
             be
             there
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Will
             you
             ask
             him
             any
             Questions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baker
             .
          
           
             Captain
             Porter
             ,
             stand
             down
             .
          
        
         
           Then
           Adrian
           Sweet
           
             was
             sworn
          
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sol.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             ,
             will
             you
             give
             the
             Court
             and
             Jury
             an
             account
             what
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             said
             to
             you
             about
             the
             late
             King
             
             James's
             landing
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             you
             know
             of
             the
             Prisoner
             relating
             to
             that
             ,
             and
             what
             Discourse
             you
             had
             about
             the
             late
             King
             
             James's
             landing
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             told
             me
             he
             did
             expect
             the
             late
             King
             
             James's
             landing
             this
             Summer
             ;
             and
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             did
             say
             his
             own
             Troop
             was
             composed
             of
             old
             Soldiers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Let
             me
             ask
             you
             a
             little
             :
             How
             long
             have
             you
             known
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             About
             three
             years
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             this
             Discourse
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             About
             Christmas
             last
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             was
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             At
             his
             own
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             it
             he
             said
             to
             you
             about
             this
             matter
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             We
             were
             talking
             of
             the
             late
             King
             
             James's
             coming
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             said
             he
             had
             bought
             30
             Saddles
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             own
             Troop
             was
             composed
             of
             all
             old
             Soldiers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             But
             did
             he
             tell
             you
             of
             any
             Assurance
             he
             had
             of
             King
             
             James's
             landing
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             said
             he
             had
             the
             King's
             word
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Was
             there
             any
             Discourse
             of
             his
             going
             into
             Leicestershire
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             told
             me
             he
             was
             going
             into
             Leicestershire
             to
             meet
             some
             Friends
             ,
             and
             he
             did
             go
             :
             for
             afterwards
             he
             told
             me
             he
             had
             met
             them
             ,
             and
             that
             all
             was
             well
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             West
             was
             as
             well
             inclined
             to
             K.
             
             James's
             Interest
             as
             the
             North
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             Lord's
             Brother
             was
             concerned
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             other
             Discourse
             had
             you
             about
             this
             matter
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             more
             as
             to
             particulars
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Orders
             had
             you
             to
             come
             up
             to
             Town
             ?
             why
             do
             not
             you
             tell
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             as
             soon
             as
             I
             can
             .
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             sent
             me
             a
             Letter
             about
             the
             11th
             of
             February
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             come
             to
             him
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             and
             I
             came
             the
             next
             day
             to
             Sir
             William
             ,
             into
             Norfolk-street
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             was
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             At
             Mrs.
             Knoxes
             ,
             where
             Mr.
             Charnock
             lodged
             .
             He
             told
             me
             the
             business
             he
             had
             designed
             for
             me
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             think
             fit
             I
             should
             do
             ,
             because
             of
             my
             Family
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Attorn
               .
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             What
             directions
             had
             you
             from
             him
             when
             you
             went
             into
             the
             Country
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             gave
             me
             orders
             to
             go
             to
             his
             Lady
             with
             Directions
             to
             send
             up
             three
             of
             his
             strongest
             Horses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             was
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             In
             February
             ,
             about
             the
             11th
             or
             12th
             day
             .
             And
             at
             my
             going
             away
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             told
             me
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             not
             a
             Letter
             from
             him
             the
             Friday
             following
             ,
             I
             should
             come
             to
             Town
             again
             ;
             and
             he
             askt
             me
             if
             I
             had
             made
             provision
             for
             my
             Family
             ;
             I
             told
             him
             I
             had
             not
             :
             Thereupon
             he
             was
             angry
             ,
             and
             said
             I
             might
             go
             into
             the
             Country
             again
             then
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             was
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Friday
             night
             or
             Saturday
             morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             day
             of
             the
             Month
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             The
             13th
             or
             14th
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             You
             say
             you
             came
             Wednesday
             the
             11th
             :
             Wednesday
             was
             the
             12th
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             I
             came
             on
             Friday
             night
             ,
             on
             Saturday
             morning
             I
             went
             home
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             But
             on
             Saturday
             morning
             ,
             who
             did
             you
             speak
             with
             ?
             Did
             you
             speak
             with
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             left
             order
             I
             should
             come
             again
             at
             Eleven
             a
             Clock
             .
             There
             I
             met
             one
             Chambers
             ,
             whom
             I
             saw
             the
             night
             before
             ,
             and
             one
             Lee.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             You
             saw
             them
             the
             night
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             saw
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             discourse
             had
             you
             with
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             None
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Discourse
             had
             you
             in
             the
             Morning
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Chambers
             told
             me
             he
             had
             been
             at
             Kensington
             ,
             and
             saw
             Sir
             William
             ,
             and
             shewed
             me
             his
             Wounds
             ,
             and
             said
             those
             Wounds
             were
             sore
             ,
             and
             called
             for
             Revenge
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             did
             he
             tell
             you
             he
             was
             wounded
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             Boyn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             You
             say
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             told
             you
             his
             Troop
             consisted
             of
             all
             Old
             Souldiers
             ,
             did
             he
             tell
             you
             what
             use
             his
             Troop
             was
             for
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             I
             understood
             for
             what
             use
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             tell
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             Where
             did
             you
             Dine
             that
             Day
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             I
             Dined
             with
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             Mr.
             Chambers
             ,
             and
             one
             or
             two
             more
             that
             I
             did
             not
             know
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Sir
             William
             ,
             will
             you
             ask
             him
             any
             Questions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Did
             I
             tell
             you
             Mr.
             Sweet
             I
             had
             a
             Troop
             of
             Horse
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             name
             your
             own
             words
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             ;
             you
             said
             your
             own
             Troop
             was
             composed
             of
             Old
             Souldiers
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
            
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             How
             many
             Horses
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             hear
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
            
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             How
             many
             Horses
             was
             you
             to
             bid
             his
             Man
             to
             bring
             to
             Town
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Three
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               L.
               C.
            
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Was
             it
             three
             of
             his
             strongest
             Horses
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             three
             of
             his
             strongest
             Horses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             say
             any
             thing
             of
             Volunteers
             to
             joyn
             with
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             he
             did
             say
             he
             knew
             some
             Old
             Officers
             who
             would
             be
             Volunteers
             ,
             and
             would
             go
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Wil.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Where
             were
             these
             words
             spoken
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             In
             your
             Garden
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Wil.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             In
             what
             County
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             In
             Hartfordshire
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Wil.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Then
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             desire
             your
             Judgment
             ,
             whether
             words
             spoken
             in
             Hartfordshire
             ,
             will
             affect
             me
             here
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             If
             there
             be
             a
             Design
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             there
             be
             several
             Overt
             Acts
             ,
             some
             of
             them
             committed
             in
             one
             County
             ,
             and
             others
             in
             another
             ,
             the
             Party
             may
             be
             Indicted
             in
             either
             of
             the
             Counties
             ;
             and
             then
             the
             Overt-Act
             done
             in
             one
             County
             ,
             may
             be
             given
             in
             Evidence
             in
             the
             other
             :
             And
             in
             this
             Case
             it
             is
             requisite
             there
             should
             be
             some
             Evidence
             of
             an
             Overt-Act
             in
             Middlesex
             ,
             as
             there
             is
             of
             several
             Meetings
             at
             several
             Taverns
             ,
             in
             Hatton-Garden
             at
             the
             Globe
             ,
             the
             Sun-Tavern
             ,
             and
             the
             Naggs-Head
             .
             Now
             these
             Consults
             are
             Overt-Acts
             ,
             but
             still
             of
             the
             same
             Treason
             ;
             and
             if
             a
             Treason
             be
             committed
             in
             several
             Counties
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             may
             be
             Indicted
             in
             any
             one
             of
             these
             Counties
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             ,
             you
             did
             not
             say
             that
             I
             told
             you
             I
             had
             raised
             a
             Troop
             ,
             or
             would
             raise
             a
             Troop
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             But
             he
             does
             tell
             you
             farther
             ,
             he
             was
             with
             you
             ,
             and
             had
             Discourse
             with
             you
             in
             Norfolk-Street
             ,
             where
             you
             were
             in
             Company
             with
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             and
             others
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Wil.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             observe
             that
             Mr.
             Sweet
             said
             any
             thing
             of
             me
             in
             NorfolkStreet
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             You
             told
             him
             that
             you
             had
             some
             particular
             business
             for
             him
             ,
             but
             that
             you
             would
             have
             pity
             upon
             his
             Family
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Sir
             William
             ,
             will
             you
             ask
             him
             any
             more
             questions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Wil.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Call
             Ewbank
             .
          
        
         
           He
           appeared
           ,
           and
           was
           Sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             his
             Servant
             ,
             a
             Groom
             to
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             For
             how
             long
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Not
             a
             Twelvemonth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Give
             an
             account
             what
             Journey
             you
             took
             with
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkyns
            
             about
             Christmas
             last
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             In
             January
             last
             I
             went
             with
             him
             into
             Leicester
             Shire
             .
             We
             went
             from
             his
             own
             House
             at
             Stony-Stratford
             ,
             and
             lay
             there
             all
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             know
             what
             time
             exactly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Day
             of
             the
             Week
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             On
             Thursday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Whither
             did
             you
             go
             from
             Stony-Stratford
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             The
             next
             Night
             we
             went
             to
             Leicester
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             And
             what
             Gentlemen
             went
             with
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             
          
           
             One
             Captain
             Scudmore
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             You
             went
             the
             next
             day
             to
             Leicester
             ;
             how
             long
             did
             you
             stay
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             'Till
             Sunday
             Morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Company
             did
             you
             observe
             came
             to
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             knew
             none
             of
             them
             ,
             I
             was
             never
             there
             before
             ;
             there
             was
             one
             Yarbury
             ,
             his
             Man
             said
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Whence
             came
             he
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Out
             of
             Yorkshire
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Was
             there
             another
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             one
             in
             black
             Cloaths
             ,
             they
             said
             he
             was
             a
             Minister
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             see
             any
             other
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             much
             about
             my
             Horses
             ,
             I
             knew
             no
             body
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             But
             did
             you
             see
             any
             body
             come
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             Market
             day
             ,
             and
             several
             came
             up
             and
             down
             Stairs
             ,
             whether
             they
             went
             to
             my
             Master
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             cannot
             tell
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Whither
             did
             you
             come
             when
             you
             came
             back
             from
             Leicester-shire
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             To
             a
             Town
             called
             Susa
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             came
             you
             back
             to
             Bushy
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             The
             Night
             following
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             came
             with
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Captain
             Scudmore
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             did
             you
             come
             back
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             About
             Eight
             a
             Clock
             on
             Monday
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             After
             this
             ,
             when
             did
             you
             bring
             up
             Horses
             to
             the
             
               George
               Inn
            
             for
             your
             Master
             ,
             and
             how
             many
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Three
             Horses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             the
             first
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Sometime
             after
             that
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             know
             exactly
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             day
             of
             the
             Week
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Upon
             Friday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Month
             was
             it
             in
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             remember
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Was
             it
             
             Valentine's
             day
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             did
             you
             bring
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             George-Inn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             In
             Holbourn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Were
             there
             any
             Pistols
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             they
             were
             left
             in
             Town
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             were
             they
             left
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             know
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             you
             came
             to
             Town
             with
             those
             three
             Horses
             ,
             did
             you
             go
             to
             your
             Master
             presently
             ,
             and
             acquaint
             him
             with
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             said
             he
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             He
             said
             he
             thought
             he
             should
             go
             home
             that
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             go
             home
             ,
             or
             did
             he
             change
             his
             mind
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             We
             did
             not
             go
             'till
             Monday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             say
             he
             should
             go
             on
             Saturday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             He
             then
             said
             he
             would
             go
             home
             that
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             he
             go
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             On
             Monday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             went
             with
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Major
             Homes
             ,
             a
             fat
             thick
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             He
             went
             home
             with
             him
             on
             Monday
             ,
             did
             he
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             he
             come
             to
             Town
             again
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             On
             Friday
             Morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             many
             Horses
             did
             you
             bring
             up
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Four
             Horses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             came
             with
             him
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Major
             Homes
             ,
             and
             I
             ,
             and
             another
             Servant
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             A
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             How
             were
             those
             Horses
             furnished
             ?
          
        
         
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             
          
           
             With
             Pistols
             ;
             every
             Horse
             had
             Pistols
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             were
             they
             furnished
             besides
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             besides
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             bring
             any
             Boots
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             None
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             did
             you
             leave
             those
             Horses
             on
             Friday
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             George
             Inn.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Directions
             had
             you
             from
             your
             Master
             that
             Night
             ,
             to
             go
             any
             where
             the
             next
             Morning
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             One
             came
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             I
             must
             go
             to
             Kensington
             to
             one
             Brown.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Tell
             whom
             you
             were
             to
             go
             to
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             To
             one
             Brown.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             tell
             you
             that
             Brown
             was
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             He
             ordered
             me
             to
             go
             to
             such
             a
             place
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             place
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             To
             a
             House
             within
             a
             Door
             or
             two
             of
             the
             Gate
             that
             goes
             to
             the
             King's
             House
             to
             one
             Brown.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             say
             he
             belonged
             to
             the
             King's
             Kitchin
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             The
             Man
             lay
             there
             ,
             and
             the
             Man
             where
             he
             lodged
             belonged
             to
             the
             King's
             Kitchin.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             your
             Message
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             ,
             that
             I
             was
             to
             tell
             him
             ,
             I
             came
             from
             a
             Gentleman
             that
             lay
             at
             the
             Confectioners
             in
             Holbourn
             ,
             I
             knew
             the
             Gentleman's
             Face
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             say
             to
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             He
             bid
             me
             set
             up
             my
             Horse
             at
             the
             
               Red
               Lion
            
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             come
             to
             me
             presently
             ,
             so
             I
             called
             for
             a
             Tankard
             of
             Ale
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             came
             ,
             I
             have
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             no
             Buisness
             to
             send
             ;
             but
             he
             writ
             in
             my
             Almanack
             ,
             I
             will
             come
             to
             Town
             at
             9
             or
             10
             a
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             go
             back
             to
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             did
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             what
             Brown
             had
             set
             down
             in
             my
             Almanack
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Man
             was
             that
             ,
             what
             sized
             Man
             ,
             what
             manner
             of
             Man
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             A
             lusty
             man
             ,
             a
             great
             Nose
             ,
             wide
             Mouth
             ,
             swarthy
             Coloured
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Age
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             A
             middle
             aged
             Man.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             say
             to
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             He
             asked
             me
             if
             I
             had
             been
             at
             Kensington
             ?
             I
             said
             ,
             yes
             ;
             and
             that
             Mr
             Brown
             had
             writ
             in
             my
             Almanack
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             in
             Town
             at
             Nine
             or
             Ten
             a
             Clock
             .
             He
             askt
             me
             whether
             I
             was
             going
             ?
             I
             said
             to
             my
             Master
             ;
             and
             he
             bid
             me
             tell
             my
             Master
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             at
             his
             Chamber
             at
             Nine
             or
             Ten
             a
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             said
             your
             Master
             to
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             He
             bid
             me
             get
             the
             Horses
             ready
             ,
             for
             he
             would
             go
             home
             about
             two
             or
             three
             a
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             came
             your
             Master
             to
             the
             Inn
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             About
             12
             or
             1
             a
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             came
             with
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             One
             Lewis
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             know
             him
             ?
             What
             is
             he
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             had
             seen
             him
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             say
             he
             was
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             
             Feversham's
             Gentleman
             of
             his
             Horse
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Discourse
             was
             there
             at
             the
             same
             time
             ?
             What
             did
             your
             Master
             say
             about
             Saddles
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             He
             asked
             what
             Saddles
             were
             brought
             .
             I
             told
             him
             two
             ,
             and
             said
             they
             were
             the
             Gentlemans
             I
             left
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             Mr.
             Lewis
             say
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             He
             said
             there
             was
             some
             mistake
             then
             ,
             for
             he
             said
             he
             thought
             there
             were
             more
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             many
             were
             there
             in
             all
             ,
             did
             he
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Four
             and
             Twenty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             Mr.
             Lewis
             or
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             say
             four
             and
             Twenty
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             did
             not
             say
             how
             many
             there
             were
             of
             them
             ,
             but
             
               Mr.
               Lewis
            
             said
             there
             were
             four
             and
             Twenty
             ;
             to
             the
             best
             of
             my
             knowledge
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Where
             were
             those
             Saddles
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             know
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             saw
             them
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             were
             the
             two
             Saddles
             for
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             For
             two
             Horses
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             delivered
             them
             to
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             did
             they
             stand
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             
               Gorge
               Inn
            
             ,
             they
             were
             two
             Gentlemens
             Saddles
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             For
             what
             Horses
             were
             they
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             For
             Horses
             that
             were
             not
             my
             Masters
             :
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             speak
             any
             thing
             to
             you
             of
             the
             Horses
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             He
             bid
             me
             see
             the
             Hostler
             give
             them
             some
             Corn.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Were
             they
             your
             Masters
             Horses
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Not
             that
             I
             know
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             your
             Master
             give
             you
             those
             two
             Saddles
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             those
             two
             Saddles
             ,
             I
             might
             take
             them
             up
             ;
             my
             Master
             bid
             me
             see
             the
             Hostler
             give
             the
             two
             Horses
             their
             Corn.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Were
             they
             not
             your
             Masters
             Horses
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Not
             that
             I
             know
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             you
             go
             out
             of
             Town
             with
             those
             Horses
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             About
             Four
             a
             Clock
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             After
             this
             ,
             when
             did
             you
             hear
             from
             your
             Master
             next
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             On
             Monday
             after
             I
             had
             a
             Letter
             from
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             that
             Letter
             for
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             To
             go
             into
             Warwickshire
             ,
             to
             one
             Evans
             his
             Servant
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             tell
             you
             what
             it
             was
             for
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             did
             not
             read
             it
             ,
             it
             was
             sealed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             carry
             that
             Letter
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Eubank
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Eubank
             .
          
           
             I
             came
             to
             him
             on
             Tuesday
             about
             Four
             a
             Clock
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             Evans
             and
             you
             do
             after
             that
             Letter
             was
             deliver'd
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Evans
             went
             and
             fetched
             some
             Boxes
             from
             one
             
               Mr.
               Heywoods
            
             two
             Miles
             off
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             go
             with
             Evans
             to
             fetch
             those
             Boxes
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             No
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             bid
             you
             go
             with
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Man
             drove
             the
             Team
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             Stranger
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Was
             you
             there
             ,
             when
             they
             brought
             these
             Goods
             back
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             they
             do
             with
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Eubank
             .
          
           
             They
             buried
             them
             in
             the
             Garden
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             In
             the
             Boxes
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Yes
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             many
             Boxes
             were
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             think
             five
             or
             six
             .
             I
             did
             not
             know
             what
             was
             in
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             help
             to
             bury
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             help
             to
             bury
             them
             ;
             but
             my
             Brother
             Evans
             told
             us
             they
             were
             choice
             Goods
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             know
             what
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             of
             the
             Day
             or
             Night
             were
             the
             Boxes
             fetched
             by
             Evans
             from
             Mr.
             Heywoods
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             They
             went
             away
             about
             four
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             far
             is
             Mr.
             
             Heywood's
             House
             from
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             House
             in
             Warwickshire
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             About
             four
             miles
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             did
             they
             return
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             About
             10
             or
             11
             a
             Clock
             at
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             they
             Bury
             them
             then
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             I
             did
             see
             them
             buried
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Why
             did
             they
             bury
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Because
             they
             said
             they
             were
             choice
             Goods
             .
          
        
         
           
             Jury
             Man.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             understand
             he
             said
             he
             saw
             them
             buried
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
          
           
             Did
             you
             see
             them
             buried
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             saw
             some
             Earth
             put
             upon
             them
             ,
             but
             they
             put
             more
             the
             next
             Morning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             I
             will
             only
             ask
             you
             one
             Question
             .
             That
             Person
             at
             the
             Confectioners
             ,
             had
             he
             a
             lame
             Arm
             ,
             or
             no
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             I
             did
             not
             perceive
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attor
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Sir
             ,
             will
             you
             ask
             him
             any
             more
             Questions
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             He
             says
             ,
             Mr.
             Homes
             went
             out
             of
             Town
             with
             me
             ;
             you
             would
             insinuate
             as
             if
             it
             were
             Major
             Homes
             in
             the
             Proclamation
             ;
             who
             was
             it
             ?
             Was
             it
             not
             Mr.
             Homes
             in
             Holborn
             ?
             was
             he
             not
             all
             last
             Summer
             at
             my
             House
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Ewbank
             .
          
           
             Yes
             Sir
             ,
             he
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             You
             do
             very
             well
             to
             explain
             it
             .
             Have
             you
             any
             more
             questions
             to
             ask
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             No
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baker
             .
          
           
             Call
             Hipwell
             .
          
        
         
           He
           appears
           ,
           and
           is
           sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Is
             your
             Name
             Hipwell
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             Yes
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Where
             do
             you
             live
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             In
             Warwickshire
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             do
             you
             live
             with
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             Of
             my self
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Is
             your
             Name
             Hipwell
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             Yes
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             any
             thing
             of
             any
             Goods
             carried
             from
             Mr.
             
             Heywood's
             House
             to
             Sir
             
               Will.
               Parkins
            
             ?
             Give
             an
             account
             of
             what
             you
             know
             of
             that
             matter
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             I
             came
             from
             Lichfield
             Fair
             from
             my
             House
             to
             my
             Master
             on
             Wednesday
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             You
             said
             you
             had
             no
             Master
             ;
             Is
             he
             your
             Master
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             He
             is
             my
             Master
             when
             he
             pleases
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Hipwell
             ,
             pray
             give
             an
             account
             of
             what
             you
             know
             of
             Goods
             carried
             from
             Mr.
             
             Heywood's
             House
             ,
             and
             who
             came
             for
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             There
             was
             ,
             to
             my
             best
             remembrance
             ,
             either
             seven
             or
             eight
             Boxes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             came
             for
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             There
             came
             one
             of
             his
             Men
             ,
             one
             Richard
             ,
             and
             one
             Whetstone
             ,
             and
             one
             Marstone
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             Whetstone
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             a
             Tenant
             of
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins's
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             they
             bring
             to
             carry
             the
             Goods
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             A
             Waggon
             and
             two
             Mares
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             was
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             ,
             to
             my
             best
             remembrance
             ,
             about
             nine
             or
             ten
             at
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             you
             do
             there
             ?
             What
             Orders
             had
             you
             from
             your
             Master
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             My
             Master
             ,
             when
             I
             came
             home
             ,
             it
             was
             near
             seven
             a
             Clock
             ,
             and
             he
             gave
             me-order
             to
             go
             to
             Sowe
             to
             borrow
             a
             Mare
             of
             one
             
               Jo.
               Biles
            
             ,
             and
             I
             brought
             that
             Mare
             which
             I
             borrowed
             ,
             with
             me
             home
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             that
             Mare
             borrow'd
             for
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             use
             was
             there
             made
             of
             her
             afterwards
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             Before
             the
             Team
             came
             to
             fetch
             these
             Goods
             ,
             which
             was
             about
             nine
             or
             ten
             at
             Night
             ;
             my
             Master
             told
             me
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins's
             Man
             was
             to
             come
             to
             fetch
             Bedding
             and
             other
             Goods
             ,
             what
             they
             were
             he
             knew
             not
             ;
             and
             gave
             me
             order
             ,
             when
             he
             knockt
             at
             the
             Gate
             ,
             I
             should
             let
             him
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             were
             the
             Goods
             in
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             They
             were
             first
             in
             3
             Boxes
             ,
             and
             then
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins's
             Man
             did
             knock
             off
             the
             outside
             Lining
             of
             the
             Boxes
             ,
             which
             were
             Deal-boards
             ,
             and
             took
             out
             of
             two
             Boxes
             three
             lesser
             Boxes
             ,
             and
             two
             out
             of
             another
             ;
             I
             think
             there
             were
             eight
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             sure
             whether
             seven
             or
             eight
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             they
             carry
             them
             away
             that
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             They
             did
             carry
             them
             away
             that
             Night
             ;
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins's
             Man
             ,
             his
             Name
             was
             Richard
             ,
             and
             Whetstone
             ,
             they
             carried
             them
             away
             with
             them
             ;
             I
             lighted
             them
             down
             with
             a
             Candle
             and
             Lanthorn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             And
             this
             ,
             you
             say
             ,
             was
             Ash-wednesday
             at
             Night
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Hipwell
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             
               Ash
               wednesday
            
             at
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Sir
             William
             ,
             will
             you
             ask
             him
             any
             questions
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             No.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baker
             .
          
           
             Call
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
        
         
           He
           appeared
           ,
           and
           was
           sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             ,
             give
             an
             account
             to
             the
             Judge
             and
             Court
             of
             what
             you
             know
             of
             any
             Goods
             of
             Sir
             
               Will.
               Parkins
            
             lodged
             at
             your
             House
             ,
             and
             of
             a
             Letter
             directed
             to
             you
             about
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
           
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             Man
             came
             to
             me
             about
             Michaelmas
             last
             ,
             with
             a
             Letter
             from
             one
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ;
             the
             Effect
             of
             it
             was
             ,
             To
             desire
             me
             to
             lodge
             some
             Goods
             at
             my
             House
             ,
             because
             he
             was
             taking
             his
             Servants
             from
             his
             own
             House
             ,
             and
             was
             loth
             to
             leave
             them
             in
             an
             empty
             House
             ;
             and
             therefore
             he
             desired
             me
             to
             lodge
             them
             in
             my
             House
             ,
             which
             I
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             were
             the
             Goods
             put
             up
             in
             ?
             How
             were
             they
             put
             up
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
           
             I
             think
             ,
             in
             three
             Chests
             ,
             pretty
             big
             Chests
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             laid
             up
             together
             .
             There
             was
             Bedding
             ,
             and
             a
             Piece
             of
             Tapestry
             or
             two
             ,
             as
             I
             remember
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             that
             Letter
             come
             from
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
           
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             Man
             brought
             it
             ;
             his
             Name
             was
             
               Richard
               Evans
            
             ,
             I
             think
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Relation
             was
             Mr.
             Charnock
             to
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
           
             I
             married
             his
             Sister
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             And
             you
             took
             those
             Goods
             upon
             that
             Letter
             ,
             upon
             his
             Recommendation
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
           
             Yes
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Now
             give
             an
             account
             whether
             you
             did
             not
             see
             Mr.
             Charnock
             before
             Ash-wednesday
             ,
             and
             what
             Discourse
             there
             was
             between
             you
             about
             these
             Goods
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
           
             I
             came
             up
             to
             London
             upon
             the
             16th
             day
             of
             February
             ,
             and
             was
             in
             London
             the
             17th
             ,
             18th
             ,
             19th
             .
             and
             when
             I
             was
             in
             Town
             ,
             I
             went
             to
             Mr.
             Charnock
             to
             his
             Lodgings
             :
             I
             was
             hardly
             half
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             hour
             with
             him
             ,
             but
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             Sir
             I
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             had
             Goods
             at
             my
             House
             ;
             and
             I
             asked
             him
             when
             he
             would
             fetch
             them
             away
             ?
             As
             near
             as
             I
             can
             remember
             ,
             these
             were
             the
             words
             .
             Said
             I
             ,
             I
             cannot
             stay
             ;
             when
             shall
             I
             see
             you
             again
             ?
             Said
             he
             ,
             I
             shall
             have
             business
             at
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             will
             meet
             you
             at
             the
             
               Temple
               Coffee-house
            
             ,
             and
             bring
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             along
             with
             me
             ;
             which
             he
             did
             .
             They
             came
             to
             me
             about
             Eight
             or
             Nine
             a
             Clock
             on
             Tuesday
             Morning
             ;
             I
             think
             it
             was
             about
             Nine
             .
             Says
             he
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             is
             at
             my
             Lodgings
             ,
             just
             going
             out
             of
             Town
             ,
             and
             would
             desire
             to
             see
             you
             .
             And
             I
             went
             ,
             and
             there
             Sir
             William
             was
             ,
             and
             ready
             to
             go
             out
             of
             Town
             .
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             he
             had
             Goods
             at
             my
             House
             ,
             and
             asked
             him
             what
             he
             would
             do
             with
             them
             ?
             When
             he
             would
             take
             them
             away
             ,
             or
             dispose
             of
             them
             ?
             He
             said
             ,
             the
             first
             opportunity
             ;
             or
             to
             that
             effect
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             When
             was
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
           
             In
             February
             last
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             H.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
           
             The
             middle
             of
             February
             ;
             I
             think
             it
             was
             about
             the
             18th
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             desire
             the
             Goods
             might
             be
             removed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
           
             I
             asked
             him
             when
             he
             would
             take
             them
             away
             ?
             And
             he
             said
             he
             would
             take
             them
             away
             the
             first
             opportunity
             ,
             or
             to
             this
             effect
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             When
             was
             the
             time
             they
             came
             for
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Heywood
             .
          
           
             I
             think
             his
             Man
             came
             to
             my
             Wife
             on
             Shrove-Tuesday
             ,
             as
             near
             as
             I
             can
             remember
             ,
             as
             my
             Wife
             said
             when
             I
             came
             home
             :
             And
             she
             said
             my
             Husband
             is
             not
             at
             home
             ,
             but
             you
             may
             have
             them
             away
             when
             you
             will.
             And
             so
             the
             Man
             went
             away
             ,
             and
             came
             again
             the
             next
             Night
             ,
             which
             was
             Ash-Wednesday
             .
             I
             came
             home
             from
             a
             Fair
             about
             five
             or
             six
             a
             Clock
             ,
             and
             the
             Man
             came
             about
             six
             or
             seven
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             my
             Master
             desires
             to
             have
             the
             Goods
             away
             .
             I
             asked
             him
             when
             ?
             He
             said
             ,
             To
             Night
             .
             Said
             I
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             very
             unseasonable
             time
             ,
             to
             fetch
             them
             away
             to
             Night
             ;
             let
             them
             lye
             till
             the
             Morning
             .
             Says
             he
             ,
             the
             Waggon
             is
             coming
             ,
             let
             me
             have
             them
             to
             Night
             ;
             which
             I
             did
             .
             He
             said
             he
             had
             but
             two
             Horses
             ,
             and
             desir'd
             me
             to
             lend
             him
             a
             Horse
             ,
             which
             I
             did
             ;
             and
             I
             order'd
             my
             Servant
             to
             deliver
             the
             Goods
             ;
             which
             he
             did
             ,
             and
             they
             took
             them
             away
             :
             What
             was
             done
             with
             them
             afterwards
             I
             know
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baker
             .
          
           
             Call
             Whetstone
             .
          
        
         
           Who
           appear'd
           ,
           and
           was
           sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Pray
             give
             an
             account
             when
             you
             went
             with
             a
             Team
             to
             Mr.
             Heywoods
             House
             ,
             and
             what
             you
             know
             of
             that
             Matter
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whetstone
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             at
             Work
             ,
             and
             his
             Man
             came
             to
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Whose
             Man
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whetstone
             .
          
           
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             Man.
             And
             he
             desir'd
             I
             would
             go
             with
             him
             to
             Mr.
             
             Heywood's
             House
             for
             some
             Goods
             and
             Bedding
             ;
             which
             I
             did
             :
             Says
             he
             ,
             I
             will
             go
             the
             next
             way
             to
             the
             House
             ,
             and
             do
             you
             go
             with
             the
             Team
             ;
             and
             said
             ,
             I
             must
             not
             come
             to
             the
             House
             till
             it
             was
             later
             ;
             and
             so
             there
             he
             stopp'd
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             
               J.
               Holt.
            
             
          
           
             Who
             told
             you
             so
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whetstone
             .
          
           
             Sir.
             Will.
             Parkins's
             Man.
             So
             he
             went
             forward
             to
             the
             Gate
             ,
             and
             then
             came
             back
             ,
             and
             called
             me
             to
             come
             on
             .
             So
             I
             came
             to
             the
             House
             and
             loaded
             the
             Boxes
             and
             the
             Bedding
             that
             was
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             How
             many
             Boxes
             were
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whetstone
             
          
           
             I
             cannot
             tell
             whether
             seven
             or
             eight
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Whither
             did
             you
             carry
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whetstone
             .
          
           
             To
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             What
             did
             they
             do
             with
             them
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whetstone
             .
          
           
             They
             carried
             them
             away
             ,
             and
             threw
             them
             into
             the
             Ground
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Where
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whetstone
             .
          
           
             By
             the
             Wall
             side
             ,
             where
             they
             were
             found
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             were
             you
             present
             when
             they
             were
             found
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             Whetstone
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Then
             you
             can
             give
             an
             account
             of
             those
             choice
             Goods
             ,
             what
             they
             were
             .
             Give
             an
             account
             what
             they
             were
             .
          
        
         
           
             Whetstone
             .
          
           
             They
             were
             Arms.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             How
             many
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Whetstone
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             forgot
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Call
             Mr.
             Wats
             the
             Constable
             to
             give
             an
             account
             of
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Watts
          
           
             appeared
             ,
             and
             was
             Sworn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Wats
             ,
             was
             you
             present
             when
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             House
             was
             Searched
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Watts
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             What
             did
             you
             find
             in
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             Garden
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Watts
             .
          
           
             Arms.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             What
             quantity
             of
             Arms
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Watts
             .
          
           
             Four
             dozen
             of
             Sword
             ,
             Twenty
             four
             Carbines
             ,
             Twenty
             five
             Cases
             of
             Pistols
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             What
             kind
             of
             Swords
             were
             they
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Watts
             .
          
           
             They
             were
             broad
             Swords
             ,
             two-edged
             Swords
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Were
             they
             Hilted
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Watts
             .
          
           
             They
             were
             not
             ,
             but
             there
             was
             a
             Box
             of
             Hilts
             for
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Where
             did
             you
             find
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Watts
             .
          
           
             In
             a
             Border
             ,
             under
             the
             Wall.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Whose
             Wall
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Watts
             .
          
           
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             Wall.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             see
             the
             Boxes
             broke
             open
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Watts
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             I
             did
             ,
             I
             had
             them
             all
             at
             my
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Was
             you
             by
             when
             they
             were
             broken
             open
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Watts
             .
          
           
             I
             was
             not
             there
             at
             first
             ,
             but
             afterwards
             when
             they
             were
             broke
             open
             I
             was
             :
             The
             Company
             that
             was
             there
             ,
             broke
             them
             open
             ,
             and
             brought
             them
             to
             my
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             He
             had
             them
             in
             his
             House
             ;
             he
             is
             the
             Constable
             .
             Sir
             William
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             ask
             these
             Men
             any
             Questions
             ,
             do
             .
          
           
             Call
             
               Turtle
               ,
               Freeman
            
             .
             and
             Bedding
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Baker
             .
          
           
             Which
             will
             you
             have
             first
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Freeman
             .
          
        
         
           who
           was
           Sworn
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Freeman
             ,
             Where
             do
             you
             live
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             At
             the
             George
             Inn
             in
             Holbourn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             What
             are
             you
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             An
             Hostler
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Freeman
             ,
             do
             you
             give
             an
             account
             what
             Horses
             have
             been
             kept
             there
             of
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             ,
             and
             what
             time
             he
             was
             a
             Guest
             to
             the
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             he
             was
             a
             Guest
             to
             the
             House
             all
             last
             Summer
             ,
             before
             I
             came
             to
             the
             House
             ,
             several
             times
             ,
             sometimes
             more
             ,
             sometimes
             less
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             But
             this
             last
             Winter
             ,
             give
             an
             account
             about
             February
             last
             ,
             what
             Horses
             ,
             and
             what
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Sometimes
             there
             were
             three
             Horses
             ,
             sometimes
             four
             ,
             sometimes
             five
             ;
             the
             most
             that
             ever
             he
             had
             was
             five
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             the
             Five
             come
             in
             ?
             What
             time
             was
             that
             he
             had
             five
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             To
             my
             best
             remembrance
             ,
             the
             five
             were
             the
             Week
             before
             this
             Stir
             ;
             the
             Week
             before
             the
             Plot
             broke
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             The
             Week
             before
             the
             Proclamation
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Yes
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             Day
             was
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             On
             Friday
             Night
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             How
             many
             ?
             Five
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Who
             came
             with
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             I
             saw
             none
             but
             the
             Groom
             ,
             and
             one
             of
             his
             own
             Servants
             ,
             I
             saw
             no
             other
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             were
             they
             accoutred
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             
          
           
             Four
             of
             them
             with
             Holsters
             and
             small
             Pistols
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             a
             red
             Mare
             with
             a
             Port-Mantle
             ,
             and
             the
             Horse-Cloth
             wrapt
             up
             with
             one
             or
             two
             pair
             of
             Jack-boots
             ,
             and
             some
             Collers
             ,
             and
             a
             Horse-Cloth
             ,
             and
             I
             know
             not
             whether
             there
             were
             a
             Bridle
             or
             two
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             did
             these
             Horses
             go
             away
             again
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Saturday
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             And
             did
             you
             observe
             any
             Persons
             on
             Saturday
             morning
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             two
             men
             mounted
             two
             of
             the
             Horses
             ,
             who
             went
             out
             with
             the
             Horses
             two
             or
             three
             Hours
             :
             They
             went
             out
             about
             Nine
             or
             Ten
             ,
             and
             returned
             between
             Twelve
             and
             One.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             And
             what
             did
             you
             observe
             ,
             nothing
             at
             all
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Nothing
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             had
             rid
             very
             hard
             ,
             the
             Horses
             were
             very
             hot
             .
             I
             know
             not
             where
             they
             had
             been
             ,
             the
             Horses
             were
             very
             Sweaty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             remember
             what
             Horses
             were
             brought
             up
             the
             Week
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             How
             many
             were
             they
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Two
             or
             three
             .
             They
             very
             seldom
             stayed
             a
             Night
             ;
             if
             they
             stayed
             a
             Night
             it
             was
             a
             great
             chance
             indeed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Can
             you
             remember
             those
             that
             came
             the
             Week
             before
             ,
             how
             long
             they
             stay'd
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             three
             very
             good
             Horses
             stayed
             a
             Week
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             they
             come
             in
             no
             name
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             The
             Gentleman
             that
             brought
             the
             Horses
             paid
             the
             Bill
             ;
             only
             the
             Groom
             told
             me
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ordered
             they
             should
             be
             well
             fed
             ;
             but
             whether
             they
             were
             his
             Horses
             or
             no
             I
             know
             not
             ;
             I
             never
             received
             any
             Mony
             of
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             all
             the
             while
             they
             were
             in
             the
             Stable
             ;
             the
             Groom
             always
             paid
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             But
             did
             you
             never
             observe
             a
             Roan
             Horse
             that
             came
             in
             the
             Day
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             there
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             From
             whence
             came
             that
             Horse
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             From
             Mountague
             House
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             You
             mistake
             :
             Was
             it
             not
             
               Somerset
               house
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Somerset-house
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             it
             was
             Somerset-house
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             one
             Mr.
             Lewis
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             I
             suppose
             the
             Tapster
             does
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             How
             many
             Horses
             came
             from
             
               Somerset
               house
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Only
             the
             Roan
             Gelding
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             What
             kind
             of
             Horses
             were
             they
             ?
             What
             height
             was
             the
             Bay
             Gelding
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             I
             say
             the
             Roan
             Guilding
             was
             about
             14
             Hands
             high
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir.
             
               VV.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Then
             there
             was
             a
             Bay
             Gelding
             ,
             what
             sized
             Horse
             was
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             About
             fourteen
             Hands
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             They
             were
             no
             great
             sized
             Horses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             It
             might
             be
             they
             might
             be
             fourteen
             Hands
             and
             an
             half
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             But
             Hostler
             ,
             have
             you
             not
             known
             those
             Horses
             to
             be
             mine
             a
             long
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir
             I
             have
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             ,
             the
             Roan
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Freeman
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             not
             the
             Roan
             ,
             I
             cannot
             say
             whether
             I
             ever
             saw
             him
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Call
             the
             Tapster
             .
          
        
         
           
             [
             Turtle
          
           appeared
           ,
           and
           was
           Sworn
           .
           ]
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Give
             an
             account
             what
             you
             know
             of
             any
             Horses
             of
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             coming
             to
             the
             George-Inn
             .
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             used
             to
             set
             his
             Horses
             at
             our
             Inn
             ,
             this
             four
             or
             five
             Years
             .
             The
             last
             time
             of
             his
             coming
             to
             Town
             in
             February
             ,
             he
             came
             to
             Town
             with
             three
             Horses
             the
             first
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             of
             the
             Month
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             know
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Month.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             day
             of
             the
             Week
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             in
             February
             ,
             it
             was
             about
             a
             Week
             before
             the
             Plot
             ,
             the
             last
             of
             his
             coming
             to
             Town
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             the
             day
             of
             the
             Week
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             No
             truly
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             ,
             for
             I
             never
             kept
             an
             account
             of
             the
             Horses
             coming
             in
             or
             out
             .
             The
             last
             time
             of
             his
             coming
             with
             Horses
             ,
             he
             came
             with
             four
             or
             five
             Horses
             ,
             to
             the
             best
             of
             my
             Knowledge
             ,
             the
             Friday
             before
             the
             Plot
             broke
             out
             :
             And
             then
             he
             gave
             order
             to
             his
             Groom
             to
             have
             his
             Horses
             ready
             to
             go
             out
             of
             Town
             on
             Saturday
             morning
             ;
             but
             he
             did
             not
             go
             out
             with
             all
             his
             Horses
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Order
             .
             But
             two
             Gentlemen
             went
             out
             with
             two
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             staied
             about
             two
             or
             three
             Hours
             ,
             and
             they
             seemed
             hard
             rid
             .
             And
             these
             four
             or
             five
             Horses
             went
             out
             of
             Town
             in
             the
             Afternonn
             ;
             and
             he
             gave
             an
             account
             to
             his
             Servant
             that
             he
             intended
             to
             be
             in
             Town
             again
             about
             Sunday
             or
             Monday
             following
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             came
             Mr.
             Lewis
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             know
             him
             by
             that
             Name
             ;
             but
             when
             I
             served
             the
             Earl
             of
             Oxford
             ,
             I
             knew
             him
             to
             be
             the
             same
             ,
             the
             Gentleman
             of
             Horse
             to
             the
             Lord
             Feversham
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             did
             he
             come
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             there
             upon
             Saturday
             in
             the
             Yard
             ,
             but
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             did
             not
             see
             him
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             You
             are
             askt
             when
             did
             Lewis
             come
             .
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             He
             was
             in
             our
             Yard
             the
             first
             time
             I
             saw
             him
             ,
             asking
             for
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             if
             he
             were
             there
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             time
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             About
             Three
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             not
             see
             him
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             I
             saw
             him
             about
             an
             Hour
             before
             Sir
             
             William's
             Horses
             went
             away
             ,
             and
             I
             told
             him
             that
             when
             they
             returned
             again
             ,
             they
             were
             to
             go
             out
             of
             Town
             ,
             and
             designed
             to
             be
             in
             Town
             again
             on
             Sunday
             or
             Monday
             .
             And
             on
             Sunday
             ,
             about
             three
             a
             Clock
             ,
             Mr.
             Lewis
             came
             to
             enquire
             if
             Sir
             
             William's
             Horses
             were
             come
             to
             Town
             ?
             I
             told
             him
             ,
             No.
             Again
             ,
             on
             Monday
             about
             Nine
             he
             came
             to
             the
             Tap-house
             ,
             and
             askt
             if
             I
             heard
             any
             thing
             of
             their
             coming
             ?
             I
             answered
             ,
             No.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             were
             they
             accoutred
             ,
             when
             they
             came
             to
             Town
             on
             Friday
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             best
             of
             my
             knowledge
             ,
             two
             or
             three
             had
             Holsters
             ,
             and
             four
             or
             five
             Cases
             of
             Pistols
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             observe
             any
             other
             Furniture
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             I
             saw
             a
             pair
             or
             two
             of
             Jack-boots
             ,
             they
             rode
             in
             them
             ,
             the
             Groom
             rode
             in
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             see
             any
             more
             wrapt
             up
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             Do
             you
             know
             what
             time
             the
             Horses
             were
             Saddled
             ,
             that
             day
             ,
             the
             Saturday
             that
             they
             went
             away
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Let
             me
             ask
             you
             a
             Question
             or
             two
             .
             You
             say
             ,
             you
             observed
             there
             were
             three
             or
             four
             Cases
             of
             Pistols
             ;
             Did
             you
             not
             observe
             that
             I
             always
             used
             to
             ride
             with
             Pistols
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Sir
             :
             I
             know
             very
             well
             you
             did
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             And
             for
             those
             Boots
             ,
             were
             there
             any
             more
             than
             two
             pair
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             I
             saw
             but
             two
             pair
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Was
             there
             not
             a
             Gentleman
             that
             came
             to
             Town
             with
             me
             ?
             We
             alighted
             at
             Mr.
             
             Homes's
             House
             ,
             and
             sent
             the
             Boots
             thither
             ,
             they
             were
             the
             Boots
             we
             rode
             in
             .
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             you
             use
             to
             ride
             with
             three
             or
             four
             Cases
             of
             Pistols
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             And
             were
             not
             those
             small
             Horses
             ?
             What
             sized
             Horses
             were
             they
             ?
             Not
             one
             of
             them
             above
             fourteen
             Hands
             and
             a
             half
             ,
             some
             under
             fourteen
             ,
             they
             were
             Horses
             I
             used
             to
             ride
             upon
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             ever
             see
             Sir
             William
             come
             with
             so
             many
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             There
             used
             to
             be
             some
             at
             the
             Sword
             and
             Buckler
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             many
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             Four
             or
             five
             at
             a
             time
             .
             He
             has
             come
             with
             five
             or
             six
             at
             a
             time
             ,
             when
             he
             used
             to
             come
             with
             a
             Coach
             and
             four
             Horses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             long
             since
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             Seven
             or
             eight
             Years
             ago
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             How
             long
             have
             you
             lived
             at
             the
             George
             Inn
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             lived
             there
             about
             three
             Years
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             observe
             any
             other
             Horses
             come
             in
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             two
             or
             three
             Horses
             that
             were
             pretty
             sizable
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Whose
             were
             they
             ?
             Did
             any
             body
             own
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Man
             that
             seemed
             to
             own
             them
             ,
             that
             paid
             for
             their
             Meat
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             you
             know
             who
             that
             was
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Turtle
             .
          
           
             Truly
             I
             did
             not
             know
             him
             ,
             I
             never
             saw
             him
             in
             my
             life
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Sir
             William
             ,
             have
             you
             any
             Questions
             to
             ask
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             H.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             the
             Attourney
             and
             King's
             Witnesses
             have
             done
             ,
             now
             is
             your
             time
             to
             make
             your
             Defence
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             I
             rely
             upon
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             I
             am
             ignorant
             ,
             I
             know
             not
             how
             to
             defend
             my self
             ;
             Your
             integrity
             is
             such
             ,
             that
             I
             depend
             upon
             your
             Lordship
             to
             Sum
             up
             the
             Evidence
             to
             the
             Jury
             .
             As
             to
             the
             Assassination
             ,
             there
             is
             but
             one
             Witness
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             Captain
             Porter
             ;
             and
             he
             declares
             I
             had
             no
             hand
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             only
             to
             furnish
             four
             or
             five
             Horses
             ,
             but
             not
             any
             thing
             that
             I
             did
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             yes
             ;
             You
             agreed
             to
             that
             Resolution
             in
             several
             Debates
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             necessary
             to
             take
             off
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             I
             deny
             it
             .
             But
             there
             is
             but
             one
             Witness
             against
             me
             ,
             and
             the
             Law
             says
             there
             shall
             be
             two
             as
             to
             one
             Overt-Act
             ;
             and
             as
             to
             the
             Assssination
             ,
             there
             is
             only
             Captain
             Porter
             ,
             and
             no
             other
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             well
             ,
             that
             is
             true
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Regiment
             ,
             Captain
             Porter
             does
             not
             say
             I
             was
             to
             raise
             a
             Regiment
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             was
             told
             by
             a
             Gentleman
             that
             I
             was
             desired
             to
             be
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             but
             I
             could
             not
             ,
             for
             I
             had
             other
             business
             to
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             yes
             ,
             he
             said
             you
             had
             a
             Commission
             ,
             and
             had
             bought
             30
             Saddles
             ,
             and
             had
             a
             Troop
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Who
             said
             that
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Porter
             said
             you
             told
             him
             you
             had
             a
             Commission
             to
             raise
             a
             Regiment
             ,
             and
             you
             told
             Sweet
             your
             Troop
             did
             consist
             of
             old
             Soldiers
             ,
             and
             several
             Voluntiers
             besides
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Still
             nothing
             of
             a
             Regiment
             .
             I
             did
             not
             tell
             him
             I
             had
             raised
             a
             Troop
             ,
             or
             was
             to
             raise
             a
             Regiment
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             told
             him
             my
             Troop
             would
             consist
             ,
             ay
             would
             consistdf
             —
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             that
             you
             had
             bought
             30
             Saddles
             ,
             and
             that
             your
             Troop
             did
             consist
             of
             old
             Soldiers
             ;
             and
             that
             you
             did
             go
             into
             Leicestershire
             ,
             and
             told
             him
             how
             disposed
             in
             Leicestershire
             they
             were
             to
             your
             design
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             West
             stood
             as
             well
             affected
             as
             the
             North.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             That
             I
             went
             into
             Leicestershire
             ,
             and
             met
             several
             Gentlemen
             ;
             I
             hope
             this
             is
             no
             Evidence
             of
             Treason
             .
             He
             says
             I
             said
             they
             were
             well
             disposed
             ,
             he
             did
             not
             say
             well
             disposed
             to
             King
             James
             .
             Pray
             my
             Lord
             call
             him
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Let
             Mr.
             Sweet
             be
             called
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             ,
             What
             did
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             tell
             you
             of
             Leicestershire
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             said
             he
             had
             been
             there
             ,
             and
             met
             his
             Friends
             ,
             and
             all
             was
             well
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             name
             King
             James
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             not
             King
             James
             at
             that
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             was
             the
             discourse
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             named
             not
             King
             James
             ,
             but
             only
             mentioned
             the
             King's
             interest
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             you
             understand
             by
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             I
             understood
             him
             always
             King
             James
             .
             He
             said
             the
             West
             was
             as
             well
             inclined
             to
             the
             King's
             Interest
             as
             the
             North.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             tell
             you
             he
             was
             to
             go
             about
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             said
             he
             was
             to
             meet
             some
             Friends
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             and
             that
             some
             came
             as
             far
             to
             meet
             him
             as
             he
             went
             to
             meet
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             At
             the
             time
             he
             said
             he
             was
             to
             go
             to
             Leicestershire
             to
             meet
             his
             Friends
             ,
             was
             it
             at
             that
             time
             he
             had
             discourse
             with
             you
             about
             King
             James
             Landing
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             Sir.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             When
             Captain
             Scudmore
             was
             with
             him
             ,
             had
             you
             discourse
             with
             him
             before
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             Sir
             ;
             I
             never
             saw
             Captain
             Scudmore
             before
             in
             my
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             But
             when
             your
             first
             discourse
             was
             with
             him
             about
             King
             James
             his
             Landing
             ,
             what
             did
             he
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             told
             me
             now
             he
             did
             believe
             he
             would
             Land
             ,
             for
             he
             had
             his
             own
             Word
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             say
             of
             any
             Preparation
             that
             he
             had
             made
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             The
             Preparation
             was
             his
             own
             Troop
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             tell
             you
             he
             had
             a
             Troop
             ,
             or
             that
             he
             was
             to
             have
             one
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             I
             speak
             his
             own
             Words
             ;
             which
             were
             ,
             
               My
               Troop
               consists
               of
               all
               old
               Soldiers
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             And
             what
             did
             he
             speak
             of
             Voluntiers
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             said
             he
             had
             some
             Gentlemen
             that
             would
             follow
             him
             as
             Voluntiers
             ,
             and
             would
             go
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Mountague
             .
          
           
             When
             you
             had
             discourse
             of
             the
             present
             King
             ,
             what
             Name
             did
             he
             give
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             called
             him
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             W.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Consider
             that
             ,
             did
             you
             ever
             hear
             me
             call
             this
             King
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             since
             he
             was
             King
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             know
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             positive
             in
             that
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
          
           
             How
             long
             have
             you
             been
             acquainted
             with
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Three
             years
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             ever
             heard
             him
             call
             this
             King
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             use
             to
             call
             him
             ?
             You
             had
             frequent
             discourse
             with
             him
             about
             the
             present
             Government
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             would
             call
             him
             King
             William
             ,
             and
             the
             little
             Gentleman
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             What
             did
             he
             call
             him
             else
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             King
             William
             ,
             the
             little
             Gentleman
             ,
             our
             Governour
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             When
             did
             you
             hear
             me
             call
             him
             the
             little
             Gentleman
             ?
             Pray
             consider
             of
             it
             ;
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             always
             called
             him
             King
             William
             ,
             but
             never
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ,
             nor
             the
             little
             Gentleman
             ;
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             never
             used
             such
             an
             expression
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Recollect
             your self
             ,
             speak
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             ;
             did
             you
             ever
             hear
             him
             call
             him
             little
             Gentleman
             ,
             or
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             I
             am
             studying
             the
             time
             :
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             have
             heard
             him
             call
             him
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ,
             and
             King
             William
             too
             :
             but
             when
             he
             spoke
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             I
             understood
             him
             to
             mean
             King
             James
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Sir
             William
             ,
             when
             you
             came
             from
             Leicestershire
             ,
             you
             talked
             with
             him
             of
             the
             King's
             Friends
             ,
             and
             how
             well
             disposed
             they
             were
             for
             the
             King's
             Interest
             ,
             and
             he
             understood
             it
             of
             King
             James
             ;
             and
             you
             said
             ,
             the
             West
             was
             as
             well
             disposed
             as
             the
             North.
             Were
             you
             to
             go
             to
             Leicestershire
             to
             see
             whether
             the
             People
             were
             well
             disposed
             to
             King
             William
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             No
             ,
             My
             Lord
             ,
             nor
             King
             James
             neither
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Why
             did
             you
             concern
             your self
             with
             the
             King's
             Friends
             in
             the
             West
             and
             in
             the
             North
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Soll.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             When
             was
             it
             that
             Sir
             William
             spoke
             to
             you
             of
             the
             King
             's
             Landing
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             About
             Christmas
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Did
             I
             tell
             you
             positively
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             to
             land
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             You
             said
             ,
             you
             had
             his
             word
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             That
             cannot
             be
             ,
             it
             carries
             no
             Probability
             with
             it
             .
             It
             were
             strange
             ,
             if
             I
             should
             have
             it
             from
             the
             King
             's
             own
             Mouth
             ,
             when
             I
             never
             was
             out
             of
             England
             ;
             indeed
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             been
             out
             of
             England
             ,
             it
             had
             been
             something
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             He
             did
             not
             say
             from
             the
             King
             's
             own
             Mouth
             ,
             but
             you
             had
             the
             King's
             word
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Why
             did
             you
             send
             your
             Man
             to
             Kensington
             ,
             to
             speak
             with
             one
             Brown
             ?
             and
             what
             was
             that
             Person
             that
             lodged
             at
             the
             Confectioners
             in
             Holbourn
             ,
             over
             against
             Grays
             Inn
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             neither
             Brown
             nor
             the
             other
             :
             but
             I
             lent
             my
             Man
             ,
             at
             the
             Request
             of
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             who
             lodged
             at
             the
             same
             House
             with
             me
             :
             he
             desired
             me
             to
             lend
             him
             my
             Man
             to
             go
             on
             an
             Errand
             for
             him
             ,
             and
             I
             lent
             him
             my
             Man
             ,
             that
             was
             formerly
             his
             Servant
             ,
             and
             he
             knew
             the
             Man
             ;
             I
             knew
             neither
             of
             them
             ,
             nor
             their
             business
             ,
             nor
             whether
             there
             were
             any
             or
             no.
             He
             imployed
             him
             ,
             about
             what
             I
             know
             not
             ,
             nor
             their
             Business
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             any
             more
             to
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             think
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             there
             is
             but
             one
             positive
             Evidence
             as
             to
             any
             Overt-Act
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             do
             you
             think
             of
             the
             Design
             to
             bring
             in
             King
             James
             ,
             to
             assist
             him
             with
             Horses
             ,
             and
             providing
             Horses
             and
             Arms
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             no
             positive
             proof
             of
             that
             of
             Arms.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             of
             Arms
             ;
             about
             Michaelmas
             last
             there
             were
             Arms
             sent
             to
             your
             House
             ,
             which
             you
             sent
             to
             Mr.
             
             Charnock's
             Brother-in-Law
             .
             These
             Arms
             lay
             there
             till
             Ashwednesday
             at
             Night
             ,
             and
             then
             were
             fetcht
             away
             by
             Night
             ,
             and
             removed
             and
             buried
             at
             your
             House
             ,
             and
             taken
             up
             again
             ,
             and
             an
             account
             has
             been
             given
             what
             Arms
             they
             were
             ;
             there
             were
             four
             dozen
             of
             Swords
             ,
             there
             were
             Hilts
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             25
             Cases
             of
             Pistols
             ,
             and
             several
             Carbines
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             it
             does
             not
             appear
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             bought
             ,
             nor
             for
             what
             intent
             they
             were
             bought
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             But
             then
             he
             tells
             you
             ,
             your
             going
             to
             Leicestershire
             was
             understood
             to
             be
             for
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             settling
             his
             Interest
             there
             ,
             which
             by
             and
             by
             I
             must
             leave
             to
             the
             consideration
             of
             the
             Jury
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             Overt-Act
             :
             and
             when
             you
             came
             back
             ,
             you
             gave
             an
             account
             how
             they
             were
             disposed
             in
             the
             West
             as
             well
             as
             in
             the
             North.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             But
             is
             this
             an
             Overt-Act
             of
             Treason
             ,
             to
             tell
             how
             People
             stand
             affected
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             But
             your
             going
             with
             that
             Design
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             He
             does
             not
             prove
             that
             Design
             ,
             I
             went
             to
             see
             my
             Friends
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             ,
             did
             not
             he
             tell
             you
             he
             was
             to
             go
             into
             Leicestershire
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             to
             meet
             some
             of
             the
             King's
             Friends
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             tell
             you
             who
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             a
             Lord's
             Brother
             ;
             and
             when
             he
             came
             back
             ,
             he
             told
             me
             all
             was
             well
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             West
             was
             as
             well
             inclined
             as
             the
             North.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             To
             what
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             To
             the
             King's
             Interest
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             speak
             of
             a
             Lord's
             Brother
             ?
             what
             did
             he
             say
             of
             a
             Lord's
             Brother
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             There
             were
             several
             Persons
             concerned
             ,
             and
             among
             them
             a
             Lord's
             Brother
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Juryman
             
          
           
             I
             desire
             your
             Lordship
             to
             ask
             him
             ,
             for
             we
             took
             it
             so
             before
             in
             the
             course
             of
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             when
             he
             discoursed
             of
             the
             King
             's
             landing
             ,
             we
             took
             it
             of
             the
             late
             King
             James
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             ever
             mention
             King
             James
             ?
             Did
             he
             name
             King
             James
             or
             King
             William
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             never
             used
             to
             say
             King
             James
             ,
             but
             I
             took
             him
             to
             mean
             King
             James
             ,
             he
             called
             him
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Att.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             Who
             could
             land
             but
             King
             James
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Soll.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             About
             what
             time
             was
             that
             Discourse
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             About
             Christmas
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             If
             I
             did
             say
             the
             King
             is
             to
             land
             ,
             I
             hope
             this
             discourse
             cannot
             be
             interpreted
             Treason
             ,
             but
             words
             .
             He
             says
             ,
             I
             said
             I
             had
             it
             from
             the
             King
             's
             own
             Mouth
             ,
             which
             is
             impossible
             ;
             but
             if
             I
             had
             said
             ,
             I
             had
             it
             from
             the
             King
             's
             own
             Mouth
             ,
             and
             did
             tell
             him
             so
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             Overt-Act
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             interpreted
             Treason
             .
             And
             then
             for
             the
             other
             ,
             I
             am
             charged
             with
             being
             in
             a
             consultation
             for
             sending
             over
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             there
             is
             but
             one
             Witness
             ,
             there
             is
             only
             Mr.
             Porter
             for
             that
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             but
             one
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             two
             Witnesses
             ,
             but
             here
             is
             but
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             There
             are
             two
             as
             to
             that
             Particular
             .
             But
             I
             must
             tell
             you
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             if
             any
             Person
             does
             design
             and
             contrive
             that
             the
             Realm
             be
             invaded
             ,
             the
             King
             deposed
             ,
             and
             another
             set
             upon
             the
             Throne
             ,
             that
             is
             Treason
             ,
             and
             the
             same
             Species
             of
             Treason
             within
             the
             25th
             of
             Edw.
             3.
             as
             that
             of
             imagining
             ,
             compassing
             and
             designing
             his
             Death
             and
             Destruction
             is
             Now
             the
             question
             is
             ,
             Whether
             there
             be
             another
             Witness
             to
             prove
             Overt-Acts
             of
             this
             design
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             do
             not
             conceive
             there
             is
             ,
             the
             rest
             is
             but
             of
             words
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             That
             you
             bought
             Arms.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             But
             that
             does
             not
             appear
             ,
             nor
             wherefore
             they
             were
             bought
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             What
             occasion
             had
             you
             for
             such
             a
             quantity
             of
             Arms
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             After
             all
             ,
             I
             did
             not
             buy
             those
             Arms
             ,
             and
             I
             could
             prove
             to
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             if
             I
             had
             time
             ,
             that
             those
             Arms
             were
             in
             Boxes
             ,
             and
             all
             rusty
             ,
             when
             I
             came
             first
             to
             my
             house
             in
             Warwickshire
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             But
             why
             were
             they
             bury'd
             in
             your
             Garden
             ?
             they
             were
             at
             Mr.
             
             Heywood's
             house
             before
             ,
             and
             removed
             by
             your
             direction
             ,
             and
             then
             carry'd
             to
             your
             own
             House
             ,
             and
             bury'd
             in
             the
             Garden
             ,
             just
             when
             the
             Plot
             broke
             out
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             It
             is
             easily
             imagined
             ,
             that
             no
             body
             at
             such
             a
             time
             would
             care
             to
             have
             it
             known
             that
             he
             had
             Arms
             ,
             tho'
             never
             so
             innocent
             ,
             found
             upon
             him
             at
             that
             time
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             
               Soll.
               Gen.
            
             
          
           
             But
             you
             had
             Horses
             ,
             and
             Holsters
             ,
             and
             Furniture
             for
             Horses
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             used
             to
             come
             with
             three
             or
             four
             Horses
             ,
             according
             as
             I
             had
             Friends
             or
             Servants
             with
             me
             ;
             and
             I
             never
             used
             to
             keep
             less
             than
             seven
             or
             eight
             Horses
             this
             twenty
             Years
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             more
             ;
             and
             they
             were
             little
             Horses
             ,
             and
             no
             way
             fit
             for
             that
             service
             that
             is
             pretended
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Have
             you
             any
             thing
             more
             to
             say
             ,
             Sir
             William
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             hope
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Assassination
             ,
             I
             am
             clear
             .
             Perhaps
             the
             World
             may
             think
             I
             have
             had
             an
             Inclination
             to
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             perhaps
             they
             may
             not
             think
             amiss
             in
             it
             ;
             but
             I
             never
             had
             any
             opportunity
             of
             doing
             any
             thing
             ,
             nor
             never
             did
             any
             thing
             for
             him
             .
             And
             I
             hope
             ,
             by
             Interpretations
             ,
             my
             Life
             shall
             not
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             and
             I
             cannot
             believe
             it
             will
             please
             the
             King
             that
             I
             be
             found
             guilty
             upon
             slight
             Grounds
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             No
             question
             ,
             it
             will
             better
             please
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             every
             body
             else
             ,
             rather
             that
             you
             be
             found
             innocent
             than
             guilty
             ,
             if
             you
             be
             not
             guilty
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             .
             I
             hope
             ,
             you
             will
             not
             find
             me
             guilty
             upon
             Inferences
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             old
             saying
             ,
             
               Better
               five
               guilty
               Men
               escape
               ,
               than
               one
               innocent
               Man
               suffer
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             You
             are
             under
             a
             mistake
             in
             thinking
             it
             necessary
             to
             have
             two
             Witnesses
             to
             one
             Overt-Act
             ;
             for
             if
             one
             Witness
             be
             to
             one
             ,
             and
             another
             to
             another
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             Species
             of
             Treason
             ,
             it
             is
             all
             the
             Law
             requires
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             But
             this
             is
             not
             the
             same
             Species
             of
             Treason
             ,
             Levying
             War
             is
             one
             thing
             ,
             and
             Assassinating
             is
             another
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             But
             your
             design
             originally
             was
             restoring
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             deposing
             King
             William
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             That
             appears
             but
             by
             one
             Witness
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             One
             way
             by
             Assassination
             ,
             the
             other
             by
             Invasion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               W.
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Still
             it
             is
             but
             one
             Witness
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             One
             Witness
             ?
             it
             is
             two
             Witnesses
             for
             the
             design
             of
             the
             Invasion
             and
             restoring
             of
             King
             James
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Two
             Witnesses
             ?
             To
             what
             particular
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ?
             I
             beg
             your
             Lordship
             ;
             but
             one
             ,
             besides
             Circumstances
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             You
             said
             the
             King
             would
             come
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             So
             my
             Opinion
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             No
             ,
             not
             your
             Opinion
             ,
             you
             said
             you
             had
             his
             Word
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Was
             it
             possible
             for
             that
             to
             be
             true
             ?
             Which
             way
             should
             I
             have
             his
             Word
             ,
             when
             I
             was
             not
             out
             of
             England
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             But
             you
             had
             Horses
             ,
             and
             Arms
             ,
             and
             a
             Troop
             ,
             and
             you
             bought
             Saddles
             ,
             you
             had
             Thirty
             Saddles
             in
             order
             to
             furnish
             a
             Troop
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             Does
             any
             Body
             swear
             it
             was
             in
             order
             to
             that
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             When
             you
             talkt
             of
             the
             King
             's
             Landing
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             had
             his
             Word
             for
             it
             ;
             at
             the
             same
             time
             you
             had
             Thirty
             Saddles
             ,
             and
             you
             said
             your
             Troop
             did
             consist
             of
             old
             Soldiers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             It
             wou'd
             be
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             not
             done
             ;
             I
             hope
             your
             Lordship
             will
             consider
             that
             .
             The
             preservation
             of
             Subjects
             ,
             I
             hope
             ,
             will
             be
             more
             acceptable
             than
             the
             destruction
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             We
             will
             do
             the
             King
             right
             ,
             and
             you
             too
             .
             The
             King
             and
             Kingdom
             is
             very
             nearly
             concerned
             at
             this
             time
             .
             
               Sir
               William
            
             ,
             have
             you
             any
             more
             to
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             I
             think
             there
             is
             but
             one
             Witness
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             rest
             is
             nothing
             but
             Words
             ;
             and
             one
             Witness
             is
             not
             sufficient
             by
             the
             Law
             of
             England
             .
             This
             is
             all
             I
             have
             to
             say
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             I
             have
             told
             you
             my
             Opinion
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             your
             Lordship
             has
             known
             me
             many
             years
             ;
             my
             way
             was
             not
             for
             fighting
             ,
             but
             the
             Gown
             ;
             I
             was
             always
             a
             peaceable
             Man
             all
             my
             time
             ,
             and
             very
             unlike
             this
             all
             my
             time
             :
             And
             now
             in
             my
             Old
             Age
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             troubled
             with
             the
             Gout
             ,
             and
             have
             lost
             the
             use
             of
             my
             Right
             Hand
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             unlikely
             that
             I
             should
             do
             such
             a
             thing
             as
             this
             .
             Therefore
             I
             hope
             you
             will
             interpret
             all
             in
             a
             milder
             Sense
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             will
             be
             favourable
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             not
             inrerpret
             any
             thing
             to
             my
             destruction
             :
             And
             so
             I
             humbly
             submit
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Treby
             ,
          
           
             
               Sir
               William
            
             ,
             my
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             desires
             to
             have
             our
             Opinion
             .
             We
             ought
             to
             be
             tender
             in
             case
             of
             Blood
             ;
             your
             Life
             is
             at
             stake
             ,
             and
             we
             ought
             to
             be
             very
             careful
             concerning
             it
             .
             But
             in
             matters
             of
             Treason
             ,
             the
             Life
             of
             the
             King
             and
             of
             all
             the
             People
             are
             likewise
             at
             stake
             ;
             We
             must
             be
             indifferent
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             I
             will
             be
             so
             .
             The
             Question
             you
             propose
             ,
             is
             ,
             Whether
             there
             be
             Two
             Witnesses
             in
             this
             Case
             for
             the
             matter
             you
             are
             Indicted
             for
             ?
             The
             matter
             is
             compassing
             and
             imagining
             the
             King's
             Death
             .
             There
             is
             one
             Witness
             that
             does
             positively
             prove
             that
             you
             did
             agree
             to
             that
             design
             of
             Assassinating
             the
             King's
             Person
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             did
             promise
             ,
             provide
             ,
             and
             Contribute
             to
             furnish
             Horses
             and
             Men
             for
             that
             Action
             .
             This
             is
             proved
             but
             by
             One
             Witness
             it
             is
             true
             ;
             and
             if
             it
             went
             no
             further
             ,
             you
             Objection
             would
             have
             good
             ground
             ,
             there
             would
             be
             a
             defect
             of
             another
             Witness
             .
             But
             this
             compassing
             the
             King's
             Death
             may
             be
             made
             more
             evident
             by
             other
             Overt-Acts
             ,
             besides
             that
             of
             Assassinating
             .
             The
             Conspiring
             with
             a
             Foreign
             Prince
             to
             invade
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             providing
             Arms
             ,
             are
             Overt-Acts
             to
             compass
             the
             King's
             Death
             ;
             for
             it
             cannot
             be
             supposed
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             that
             would
             have
             an
             Insurrection
             and
             Invasion
             here
             against
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             did
             intend
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             He
             that
             would
             take
             away
             his
             defence
             ,
             and
             leave
             him
             to
             his
             mortal
             Enemies
             ,
             he
             can
             have
             no
             design
             that
             the
             King
             should
             survive
             ,
             and
             call
             him
             to
             an
             account
             ,
             and
             render
             vengeance
             to
             him
             .
             And
             therefore
             this
             being
             in
             its
             nature
             Treason
             ,
             the
             providing
             Arms
             ,
             and
             going
             up
             and
             down
             to
             raise
             Men
             ,
             to
             make
             insurrection
             is
             so
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             That
             is
             not
             said
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ;
             This
             is
             not
             said
             ,
             That
             I
             met
             with
             any
             ,
             with
             an
             intent
             to
             raise
             Men
             ,
             no
             ,
             by
             no
             Evidence
             :
             It
             is
             said
             I
             went
             to
             meet
             with
             some
             Friends
             ;
             Pray
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             go
             not
             beyond
             what
             the
             Evidence
             is
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Treby
             .
          
           
             Your
             Words
             I
             think
             I
             did
             take
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             do
             you
             no
             wrong
             .
             You
             said
             ,
             you
             went
             into
             Leicester-Shire
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             to
             meet
             your
             Friends
             ;
             He
             says
             ,
             the
             King's
             Friends
             .
             By
             Friends
             ,
             it
             is
             plain
             King
             James
             his
             Friends
             ,
             and
             not
             King
             
             William's
             ;
             As
             you
             spake
             of
             the
             King
             's
             Landing
             ,
             and
             that
             at
             Christmas
             last
             ,
             when
             every
             body
             knows
             King
             William
             was
             here
             ,
             and
             had
             been
             so
             for
             sometime
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             That
             of
             Landing
             was
             at
             Christmas
             ;
             the
             Journey
             was
             long
             after
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Treby
             .
          
           
             The
             coupling
             I
             make
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             at
             Christmas
             you
             used
             the
             Word
             King
             ,
             and
             he
             says
             you
             meant
             K.
             James
             ;
             now
             the
             question
             is
             ,
             if
             you
             meant
             by
             the
             Word
             King
             ,
             the
             same
             in
             January
             ,
             as
             in
             December
             .
             And
             you
             said
             further
             ,
             that
             you
             found
             the
             West
             as
             well
             inclined
             to
             the
             King
             as
             the
             North
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             Lord's
             Brother
             was
             concerned
             in
             it
             .
             If
             by
             King
             were
             meant
             King
             William
             ,
             how
             impertinent
             were
             this
             Discourse
             ?
             To
             say
             that
             the
             West
             was
             as
             well
             inclined
             to
             King
             William
             as
             the
             North
             ,
             and
             that
             a
             Lord's
             Brother
             was
             concerned
             ;
             in
             what
             ?
             in
             being
             true
             to
             King
             William
             ?
             What
             a
             strange
             kind
             of
             discoursing
             is
             this
             I
             was
             willing
             to
             hear
             you
             explain
             this
             as
             well
             as
             you
             can
             .
             But
             here
             is
             this
             of
             providing
             of
             Arms
             proved
             by
             Four
             or
             Five
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             secreting
             of
             them
             in
             this
             manner
             :
             And
             you
             have
             no
             Witnesses
             to
             prove
             that
             you
             provided
             these
             for
             
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Government
             .
             It
             is
             not
             lawful
             to
             provide
             Arms
             ,
             as
             you
             did
             :
             And
             to
             provide
             Arms
             for
             a
             whole
             Troop
             ,
             and
             secret
             them
             in
             this
             manner
             is
             the
             gleatest
             Evidence
             to
             me
             that
             there
             was
             no
             other
             use
             of
             them
             .
             Whether
             you
             had
             provided
             for
             a
             whole
             Troop
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             may
             not
             be
             skillful
             enough
             to
             know
             that
             ?
             But
             it
             is
             plain
             to
             me
             ,
             an
             Insurrection
             was
             intended
             .
             If
             you
             had
             found
             them
             in
             your
             House
             in
             Warwick-Shire
             ,
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             discovered
             them
             ,
             and
             have
             used
             them
             for
             the
             Government
             ;
             and
             that
             when
             you
             had
             a
             Commission
             ,
             and
             not
             before
             .
             Then
             he
             says
             ,
             you
             had
             a
             Troop
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             He
             only
             tells
             you
             my
             Troop
             would
             be
             composed
             ?
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just.
             Treby
             .
          
           
             Does
             he
             not
             say
             you
             had
             a
             Troop
             ,
             that
             consisted
             of
             Old
             Soldiers
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             It
             is
             to
             be
             ,
             not
             it
             was
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             say
             it
             did
             consist
             ,
             or
             would
             consist
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             He
             said
             his
             Troop
             was
             composed
             of
             all
             Old
             Soldiers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             Does
             it
             appear
             ?
             Here
             is
             but
             one
             Man.
             Does
             this
             Troop
             consist
             of
             Men
             in
             the
             Air
             ?
             Are
             none
             of
             these
             Men
             known
             ?
             Suppose
             I
             should
             tell
             him
             a
             brag
             ,
             a
             Lye
             ;
             shall
             I
             lose
             my
             Life
             for
             talking
             of
             a
             Troop
             in
             Nubibus
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Att.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Though
             we
             have
             not
             found
             your
             Men
             ,
             we
             have
             found
             your
             Arms.
             Your
             going
             into
             Leicester-Shire
             ,
             and
             bringing
             that
             word
             back
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             Fact.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             Where
             was
             it
             ,
             and
             when
             were
             they
             bought
             ,
             and
             made
             ready
             ?
             It
             does
             not
             appear
             ;
             and
             I
             do
             affirm
             ,
             and
             can
             prove
             to
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             if
             you
             give
             me
             but
             one
             days
             time
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             at
             my
             House
             in
             Warwick-Shire
             when
             I
             first
             came
             there
             ,
             Two
             years
             ago
             ,
             or
             I
             will
             be
             Crucified
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             not
             proved
             to
             your
             satisfaction
             that
             they
             were
             at
             my
             House
             in
             Warwick-Shire
             ,
             long
             before
             any
             thing
             of
             this
             discourse
             was
             had
             or
             thought
             on
             .
          
        
         
           
             J.
             Rookby
             ,
          
           
             If
             your
             Lordship
             desire
             my
             Opinion
             ,
             I
             suppose
             it
             is
             to
             the
             matter
             of
             Law
             propounded
             by
             
               Sir
               William
               Parkins
            
             .
             He
             says
             there
             ought
             to
             be
             Two
             Witnesses
             to
             the
             same
             Overt-Act
             .
             I
             take
             the
             Law
             to
             be
             this
             ,
             that
             there
             need
             not
             be
             Two
             Witnesses
             to
             the
             same
             Overt-Act
             ;
             But
             if
             there
             be
             One
             Witness
             to
             one
             Overt-Act
             ,
             and
             another
             to
             another
             Overt-Act
             of
             the
             same
             species
             of
             Treason
             ,
             this
             is
             Two
             Witnesses
             in
             Law.
             Now
             it
             seems
             to
             be
             one
             species
             of
             Treason
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             a
             compassing
             and
             designing
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             several
             ways
             ,
             one
             by
             Assassinating
             his
             Person
             ,
             the
             other
             by
             bringing
             in
             Foreign
             Forces
             ,
             and
             preparing
             Arms
             to
             meet
             that
             force
             here
             .
             Now
             here
             are
             many
             Witnesses
             to
             prove
             Arms
             prepared
             and
             found
             ,
             and
             some
             were
             present
             when
             the
             Boxes
             were
             opened
             ,
             and
             proved
             that
             these
             Arms
             were
             directed
             by
             you
             the
             Prisoner
             to
             be
             sent
             to
             
             Heywood's
             House
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             
               Mr.
               Charnock
            
             writ
             the
             Letter
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             by
             Sir
             William's
             directions
             ,
             and
             
               Sir
               William
               Parkin's
            
             Servants
             fetcht
             them
             away
             from
             this
             place
             ;
             this
             is
             as
             plain
             as
             any
             thing
             in
             the
             World
             :
             And
             this
             I
             take
             to
             be
             another
             Overt-Act
             ,
             and
             proved
             by
             several
             Witnesses
             ,
             touching
             the
             same
             Treason
             ,
             the
             compassing
             and
             imagining
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King.
             
               Sir
               William
               Parkins
            
             tells
             you
             of
             being
             Educated
             to
             the
             Gown
             ;
             I
             do
             not
             know
             what
             occasion
             a
             Gown-Man
             should
             have
             for
             so
             many
             Arms.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             If
             you
             please
             to
             let
             me
             send
             for
             some
             Witnesses
             ,
             I
             will
             prove
             that
             were
             there
             Two
             years
             ago
             .
          
        
         
           
             J.
             Rookby
             ,
          
           
             There
             was
             a
             design
             Two
             years
             ago
             ,
             and
             a
             design
             to
             destroy
             the
             King.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             I
             desire
             the
             Statute
             of
             Treason
             ,
             of
             25
             Edw.
             3.
             may
             be
             Read
             ,
             and
             the
             New
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Let
             it
             be
             read
             .
             It
             was
             read
             accordingly
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             There
             is
             another
             Statute
             ,
             of
             5
             Edw.
             6.
             more
             for
             your
             purpose
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkins
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             expected
             to
             have
             found
             it
             in
             this
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Then
             the
             other
          
           Statute
           
             was
             Read.
          
           
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             
               Sir
               William
            
             ,
             you
             have
             heard
             the
             Statute
             Read
             ,
             do
             you
             infer
             any
             thing
             from
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             It
             requires
             Two
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             not
             Two
             Witnesses
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             That
             I
             must
             leave
             to
             the
             Jury
             ,
             whether
             the
             Witnesses
             do
             not
             prove
             an
             Overt-Act
             to
             demonstrate
             a
             design
             you
             had
             to
             depose
             the
             King
             :
             For
             if
             so
             be
             here
             be
             a
             design
             to
             despose
             the
             King
             from
             his
             Throne
             ,
             and
             that
             be
             manifest
             by
             any
             Overt-Act
             ,
             that
             is
             High-Treason
             by
             this
             very
             Act.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             That
             I
             agree
             to
             ;
             but
             there
             must
             be
             two
             Witnesses
             to
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Nay
             ,
             suppose
             the
             design
             be
             to
             dethrone
             the
             King
             one
             way
             or
             another
             ,
             one
             way
             by
             an
             Assassination
             ,
             the
             other
             way
             by
             joyning
             in
             an
             Insurrection
             or
             Invasion
             ;
             there
             must
             be
             a
             Witness
             to
             each
             Overt-act
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             There
             must
             be
             two
             Witnesses
             to
             each
             Overt-act
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             To
             each
             ?
             No
             ,
             for
             the
             new
             Act
             which
             commences
             to
             Morrow
             ,
             declares
             it
             to
             be
             sufficient
             to
             have
             one
             Witness
             to
             one
             Overt-act
             ,
             and
             another
             to
             another
             Overt-act
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             But
             it
             must
             be
             one
             Species
             of
             Treason
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             J.
             Rookby
             ,
          
           
             That
             that
             I
             deliver'd
             my
             opinion
             in
             ,
             was
             ,
             that
             one
             Witness
             to
             one
             Overt
             Act
             ,
             and
             another
             to
             another
             Overt
             Act.
             of
             the
             same
             Species
             of
             Treason
             ,
             is
             good
             now
             ;
             and
             I
             am
             fully
             confirmed
             by
             this
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             which
             commences
             in
             a
             day
             or
             two
             .
             Let
             the
             Act
             be
             read
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             A
             design
             to
             depose
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             is
             manifest
             by
             some
             Overt
             Act
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             Overt
             Act
             to
             prove
             the
             design
             of
             deposing
             the
             King
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             designs
             to
             depose
             him
             from
             his
             Kingly
             State
             and
             Dignity
             ,
             if
             that
             design
             be
             manifest
             ,
             that
             is
             an
             Overt
             Act
             for
             designing
             his
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             But
             it
             must
             be
             manifested
             ,
             it
             must
             not
             be
             by
             interpretation
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             If
             that
             be
             proved
             ,
             if
             the
             next
             Overt
             Act
             be
             proved
             ,
             that
             you
             design
             the
             Kings
             deposition
             ,
             then
             it
             is
             apparent
             you
             design
             his
             Death
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             But
             they
             are
             different
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Treby
             ,
          
           
             Sir
             
               Will.
               Parkyns
            
             ,
             we
             have
             seen
             a
             King
             deposed
             ,
             and
             yet
             alive
             ,
             it
             is
             very
             true
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             the
             Success
             that
             always
             does
             it
             .
             But
             whenever
             Persons
             agree
             together
             to
             bring
             in
             Foreign
             Forces
             ,
             and
             prepare
             Arms
             to
             meet
             them
             ,
             and
             make
             Insurrection
             against
             the
             King
             in
             possession
             ;
             this
             is
             reckoned
             an
             Overt
             Act
             by
             my
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             Hales
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             Cook
             ;
             and
             yet
             those
             Men
             are
             reckoned
             to
             be
             the
             most
             tender
             Men
             in
             these
             Cases
             :
             And
             the
             reason
             is
             very
             plain
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             If
             your
             Lordship
             please
             ,
             let
             that
             be
             read
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Treby
             ,
          
           
             For
             any
             Act
             that
             has
             a
             natural
             tendency
             to
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             expression
             of
             an
             internal
             thought
             of
             compassing
             and
             imagining
             his
             Death
             :
             Providing
             of
             Arms
             ,
             and
             making
             an
             Insurrection
             against
             the
             King
             ,
             is
             an
             Overt
             Act
             ,
             and
             an
             agreeing
             to
             shoot
             him
             ,
             is
             an
             Overt
             Act.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             I
             desire
             it
             may
             be
             read
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             satisfyed
             .
          
        
         
           The
           new
           Act
           was
           then
           read
           .
        
         
           
             J.
             Rookby
             ,
          
           
             I
             believe
             in
             a
             great
             Cause
             in
             Parliament
             ,
             my
             L.
             
             Stafford's
             Case
             ,
             it
             was
             declared
             for
             Law
             ,
             that
             one
             Witness
             to
             one
             Overt
             Act
             ,
             and
             another
             to
             another
             ,
             was
             declared
             sufficient
             in
             Law.
             
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             I
             believe
             it
             has
             been
             done
             .
             But
             yet
             if
             your
             Lordship
             please
             ,
             here
             is
             a
             beneficial
             Law
             ,
             which
             ,
             if
             your
             Lordship
             had
             pleased
             to
             put
             off
             my
             Tryal
             another
             day
             ,
             I
             might
             have
             had
             the
             benefit
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             J.
             Rookby
             ,
          
           
             It
             would
             have
             been
             the
             same
             thing
             as
             to
             an
             Overt
             Act
             ,
             for
             this
             is
             only
             indicative
             of
             the
             same
             Law
             in
             several
             particulars
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             but
             I
             could
             have
             had
             Witnesses
             to
             have
             taken
             them
             off
             ;
             but
             here
             it
             turns
             upon
             the
             matter
             of
             Sweet
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             manifest
             ,
             he
             has
             spoken
             what
             cannot
             be
             true
             ,
             viz.
             that
             I
             had
             the
             Kings
             word
             for
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             J.
             Rookby
             ,
          
           
             If
             a
             Man
             write
             a
             Note
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             he
             will
             do
             a
             thing
             ,
             that
             might
             be
             said
             to
             be
             his
             word
             ,
             though
             by
             a
             Letter
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             If
             I
             had
             it
             from
             his
             own
             Mouth
             ,
             not
             else
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             It
             is
             not
             impossible
             but
             you
             might
             speak
             with
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             No
             ?
             It
             is
             impossible
             ;
             for
             can
             I
             speak
             from
             hence
             to
             France
             ?
             Mr.
             Charnock
             went
             over
             ,
             but
             I
             never
             went
             over
             .
          
        
         
           
             J.
             Rookby
             ,
          
           
             If
             any
             man
             should
             have
             said
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             last
             Month
             ,
             I
             believe
             there
             is
             an
             Assassination
             intended
             against
             K.
             William
             ,
             meerly
             because
             he
             had
             his
             Word
             for
             it
             ,
             we
             might
             say
             ,
             we
             had
             the
             King's
             Word
             for
             it
             ,
             that
             is
             a
             proper
             expression
             ,
             if
             it
             come
             by
             Letter
             or
             publick
             Fame
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             He
             might
             send
             you
             word
             so
             by
             a
             Message
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             He
             manifestly
             contradicts
             himself
             ,
             backward
             and
             forward
             ,
             in
             his
             Evidence
             .
             Captain
             Porter
             swears
             for
             to
             save
             his
             own
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             contradicts
             himself
             .
          
        
         
           
             J.
             Rookby
             .
          
           
             Captain
             
             Porter's
             Testimony
             has
             been
             sufficiently
             confirmed
             by
             the
             acknowledgment
             of
             dying
             Persons
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Sir
             William
             ,
             have
             you
             any
             more
             to
             say
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           Then
           the
           King
           's
           Learned
           Counsel
           summ'd
           up
           the
           Evidence
           to
           this
           Effect
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             you
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Jury
             ,
             I
             am
             of
             Counsel
             for
             the
             King
             in
             this
             matter
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             my
             turn
             to
             sum
             up
             the
             Evidence
             that
             has
             been
             given
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Barr.
             He
             stands
             indicted
             for
             compassing
             and
             imagining
             the
             death
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             for
             designing
             to
             depose
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             by
             an
             Insurrection
             ,
             incouraging
             and
             abetting
             the
             King's
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             doing
             what
             he
             could
             to
             procure
             an
             Invasion
             upon
             his
             own
             Countrey
             .
             Some
             of
             these
             Crimes
             run
             into
             one
             another
             ;
             designing
             the
             death
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             the
             Assassinating
             ,
             and
             deposing
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             amount
             to
             the
             very
             same
             thing
             ,
             it
             is
             compassing
             and
             imagining
             the
             death
             of
             the
             King.
             My
             Lords
             the
             Judges
             have
             given
             you
             their
             Opinion
             in
             that
             point
             of
             Law
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             agreeable
             to
             all
             the
             resolutions
             since
             the
             making
             of
             that
             Statute
             .
             I
             think
             this
             Statute
             made
             in
             the
             25
             Edw.
             3.
             was
             explained
             in
             the
             time
             of
             his
             Successor
             ,
             Rich.
             2d
             .
             but
             I
             am
             sure
             in
             the
             
             time
             of
             Henry
             4th
             .
             when
             it
             was
             designed
             to
             set
             up
             Richard
             ,
             it
             was
             adjudged
             High-Treason
             ,
             for
             compassing
             and
             designing
             the
             death
             of
             the
             King.
             For
             deposing
             of
             him
             ,
             was
             destroying
             him
             in
             his
             politick
             Capacity
             ,
             and
             Assassinating
             of
             him
             ,
             was
             to
             destroy
             him
             in
             his
             natural
             Capacity
             .
             The
             design
             was
             to
             overthrow
             the
             present
             Government
             establish'd
             by
             Law
             ,
             whereby
             every
             Man
             injoys
             his
             own
             Property
             ,
             every
             Man
             injoys
             his
             own
             Freedom
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             will
             be
             quiet
             ,
             may
             have
             their
             own
             Liberty
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             at
             any
             time
             they
             ever
             had
             it
             .
             But
             some
             People
             are
             very
             impatient
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             contented
             to
             have
             servitude
             themselves
             ,
             but
             would
             bring
             it
             upon
             their
             Fellow
             Subjects
             .
             And
             it
             would
             not
             be
             very
             ill
             ,
             if
             those
             that
             be
             in
             love
             with
             it
             ,
             would
             go
             where
             they
             may
             fill
             their
             Bellies
             with
             it
             ,
             in
             another
             place
             where
             they
             may
             have
             it
             ,
             and
             not
             bring
             it
             upon
             those
             that
             would
             be
             very
             impatient
             under
             it
             ,
             as
             we
             all
             are
             ,
             and
             I
             hope
             shall
             always
             be
             .
          
           
             To
             prove
             the
             Invasion
             ,
             we
             have
             Captain
             Porter
             ,
             and
             he
             tells
             you
             he
             had
             seen
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             Late
             K.
             James
             ,
             all
             written
             with
             his
             own
             hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             I
             beg
             your
             pardon
             ,
             he
             does
             not
             say
             such
             a
             word
             .
             I
             beg
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             the
             Witnesses
             may
             be
             called
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             Ch.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             If
             I
             remember
             right
             ,
             Mr.
             Porter
             said
             you
             had
             read
             the
             Commission
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             writ
             with
             K.
             
             James's
             own
             hand
             ,
             and
             he
             said
             it
             was
             because
             he
             could
             not
             trust
             his
             Ministers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             No
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             he
             said
             not
             so
             ;
             but
             all
             I
             said
             ,
             was
             that
             Scudmore
             was
             to
             take
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Pray
             Mr.
             Porter
             ,
             give
             my
             Lord
             and
             the
             Jury
             an
             account
             what
             Sir
             
               Will.
               Parkyns
            
             told
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             ,
          
           
             I
             askt
             Capt.
             Charnock
             ,
             if
             I
             might
             not
             see
             the
             Commission
             ;
             he
             told
             me
             he
             never
             saw
             it
             himself
             ,
             but
             that
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkyns
            
             had
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             was
             written
             with
             K.
             
             James's
             own
             Hand
             .
             He
             said
             ,
             Sir
             
               Will.
               Parkyns
            
             said
             it
             was
             to
             raise
             War
             against
             the
             King's
             Person
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             By
             whose
             Hand
             was
             it
             writ
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             ,
          
           
             With
             the
             King
             's
             own
             Hand
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Did
             he
             give
             you
             any
             reason
             why
             it
             was
             written
             with
             his
             own
             Hand
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Capt.
             Porter
             ,
          
           
             Because
             he
             would
             not
             trust
             his
             Ministers
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             I
             would
             not
             do
             Sir
             William
             wrong
             in
             any
             respect
             :
             I
             well
             rember
             Mr.
             Charnock
             told
             him
             he
             had
             seen
             it
             ,
             but
             I
             would
             not
             offer
             that
             as
             an
             Evidence
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             .
             But
             Captain
             Porter
             says
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkyns
            
             said
             he
             had
             seen
             it
             ,
             and
             said
             it
             was
             written
             with
             King
             
             James's
             own
             Hand
             .
             And
             Mr.
             Porter
             says
             ,
             they
             had
             meetings
             at
             several
             places
             ,
             and
             he
             names
             you
             the
             places
             where
             ;
             the
             
             Nags
             's
             
               -
               Head
            
             Tavern
             ,
             the
             Sun
             Tavern
             in
             the
             Strand
             ,
             the
             Globe
             Tavern
             in
             Hatton-Garden
             ;
             and
             particularly
             that
             it
             was
             agreed
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             King
             that
             was
             executed
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Knightly
             and
             himself
             ,
             should
             go
             and
             view
             a
             place
             that
             was
             most
             proper
             for
             the
             Assassination
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             to
             come
             and
             give
             an
             account
             what
             place
             they
             thought
             most
             proper
             .
             And
             that
             accordingly
             they
             did
             go
             to
             view
             a
             place
             ,
             and
             came
             home
             at
             Night
             ,
             and
             met
             at
             the
             Sun
             Tavern
             in
             the
             Strand
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkyns
            
             was
             there
             ;
             and
             there
             they
             gave
             an
             account
             what
             place
             they
             had
             viewed
             that
             was
             proper
             ,
             and
             all
             agreed
             to
             it
             .
             He
             says
             indeed
             ,
             that
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkyns
            
             was
             not
             to
             execute
             this
             design
             in
             Person
             ,
             but
             one
             Scudmore
             was
             to
             be
             a
             Man
             to
             be
             employed
             .
             And
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkyns
            
             did
             say
             it
             was
             very
             necessary
             to
             be
             done
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             would
             facilitate
             the
             introduction
             of
             K.
             James
             .
          
           
             There
             is
             likewise
             concurring
             Evidence
             with
             Captain
             Porter
             ;
             he
             says
             ,
             that
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkyns
            
             was
             to
             procure
             five
             Horses
             ,
             three
             for
             himself
             to
             mount
             Men
             upon
             ,
             two
             to
             lend
             Mr.
             Porter
             to
             mount
             Men
             upon
             ;
             and
             if
             there
             were
             further
             occasion
             for
             Horses
             ,
             he
             could
             procure
             them
             from
             one
             Mr.
             Lewis
             ,
             Gentleman
             to
             the
             Lord
             Feversham
             .
             Accordingly
             we
             have
             produced
             you
             three
             Witnesses
             ,
             
               Freeman
               ,
               Tartle
            
             ,
             &c.
             and
             they
             give
             you
             an
             account
             ,
             that
             upon
             Friday
             ,
             the
             day
             before
             the
             fixt
             day
             designed
             for
             the
             Assassination
             ,
             there
             did
             come
             three
             Horses
             to
             Town
             from
             Sir
             
               Will.
               Parkyns
            
             ;
             but
             the
             business
             being
             put
             off
             upon
             a
             disappointment
             ,
             they
             were
             sent
             out
             of
             Town
             again
             ,
             to
             return
             the
             Friday
             afterwards
             ,
             the
             day
             before
             the
             Discovery
             .
             Then
             four
             Horses
             were
             brought
             to
             Town
             ,
             and
             a
             fifth
             Horse
             was
             borrowed
             of
             this
             Lewis
             ,
             a
             Roan
             Gelding
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             Will.
             Parkyns
             ,
          
           
             Pray
             Sir
             ,
             observe
             what
             sort
             of
             Horses
             they
             were
             ,
             what
             heighth
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Soll.
             Gen.
             
          
           
             They
             were
             about
             fourteen
             hands
             high
             ,
             Sir
             William
             ,
             so
             four
             were
             brought
             to
             Town
             ,
             and
             the
             fifth
             was
             brought
             from
             Somerset-House
             ,
             so
             that
             there
             were
             the
             five
             Horses
             Captain
             Porter
             speaks
             of
             ,
             three
             whereof
             were
             to
             be
             mounted
             by
             Sir
             William
             Parkyn's
             own
             Men
             ,
             the
             other
             two
             were
             to
             be
             lent
             to
             Captain
             Porter
             to
             mount
             his
             Men.
             And
             this
             is
             concurring
             Witness
             to
             Captain
             
             Porter's
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             very
             near
             two
             Witnesses
             to
             prove
             this
             Species
             of
             Treason
             .
          
           
             And
             then
             Captain
             Porter
             goes
             further
             ,
             and
             he
             proves
             that
             Sir
             William
             told
             him
             that
             he
             had
             a
             Commission
             to
             raise
             a
             Regiment
             of
             Horse
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             was
             providing
             so
             to
             do
             .
          
           
           
             Then
             we
             call
             Mr.
             Sweet
             ,
             and
             he
             gives
             you
             an
             account
             that
             he
             had
             been
             acquainted
             with
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             for
             three
             Years
             past
             ;
             and
             that
             talking
             with
             him
             about
             the
             King
             ,
             his
             present
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             sometimes
             about
             K.
             James
             ,
             he
             says
             the
             King
             was
             to
             Land
             very
             speedily
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             a
             Troop
             consisting
             of
             old
             Soldiers
             ,
             and
             several
             Voluntiers
             to
             follow
             him
             .
             He
             said
             ,
             he
             was
             to
             take
             a
             Journey
             into
             Leicester-shire
             ,
             and
             accordingly
             he
             went.
             And
             when
             he
             return'd
             ,
             he
             told
             him
             he
             found
             the
             West
             as
             well
             inclined
             as
             the
             North.
             And
             this
             is
             all
             the
             Evidence
             we
             produce
             from
             Mr.
             Sweet
             .
          
           
             Then
             to
             prove
             he
             did
             go
             into
             Leicester-shire
             ,
             we
             produce
             his
             Servants
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             go
             accordingly
             ,
             and
             met
             with
             several
             Persons
             .
             What
             was
             done
             there
             they
             cannot
             prove
             ;
             but
             they
             corroborate
             Mr.
             
             Sweet's
             Testimony
             ,
             that
             he
             did
             go
             ,
             and
             we
             have
             all
             the
             reason
             to
             believe
             he
             went
             upon
             that
             design
             that
             Mr.
             Sweet
             said
             he
             did
             .
          
           
             Then
             ,
             as
             a
             further
             concurring
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             to
             raise
             a
             Regiment
             ,
             or
             a
             Troop
             ,
             whether
             a
             Troop
             or
             Regiment
             ,
             is
             not
             material
             ;
             here
             is
             the
             matter
             of
             his
             Arms.
             There
             were
             four
             Dozen
             of
             Swords
             found
             in
             his
             House
             ,
             thirty
             two
             Carbines
             ,
             and
             five
             and
             twenty
             Cases
             of
             Pistols
             ;
             these
             were
             hid
             in
             his
             Garden
             .
             We
             have
             trac'd
             these
             Arms
             ,
             and
             find
             they
             were
             sent
             from
             his
             House
             to
             Mr.
             
             Heywood's
             .
             But
             there
             he
             thought
             they
             did
             not
             lye
             very
             safe
             ,
             therefore
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             sent
             for
             them
             very
             privately
             ;
             and
             they
             were
             brought
             back
             to
             his
             House
             ,
             and
             there
             they
             were
             buried
             .
             The
             same
             Person
             says
             he
             saw
             them
             taken
             up
             afterwards
             ;
             so
             that
             they
             were
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Arms
             that
             he
             sent
             away
             ,
             and
             that
             were
             afterwards
             buried
             in
             his
             House
             .
             So
             that
             this
             is
             a
             concurring
             Evidence
             with
             what
             Mr.
             Sweet
             says
             ,
             and
             with
             what
             Captain
             Porter
             says
             .
             And
             these
             are
             three
             Witnesses
             to
             that
             Treason
             he
             had
             a
             Commission
             to
             prosecute
             .
          
           
             Now
             against
             all
             this
             ,
             he
             makes
             but
             very
             small
             Objection
             .
             For
             the
             matter
             of
             two
             Witnesses
             he
             has
             been
             over-ruled
             by
             the
             Court.
             For
             the
             Arms
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             they
             were
             in
             his
             House
             ,
             and
             he
             found
             them
             there
             when
             he
             came
             there
             first
             :
             But
             of
             this
             he
             has
             no
             manner
             of
             Evidence
             .
             But
             if
             they
             had
             been
             there
             when
             he
             came
             ,
             how
             came
             he
             at
             this
             time
             to
             secret
             them
             ?
             Why
             might
             they
             not
             have
             been
             as
             publick
             now
             as
             before
             ?
             He
             might
             have
             kept
             them
             ,
             and
             given
             some
             Reason
             why
             he
             did
             so
             .
             But
             when
             he
             gives
             no
             manner
             of
             Reason
             why
             he
             secreted
             them
             ,
             he
             gives
             you
             a
             just
             Suspicion
             that
             they
             were
             for
             that
             end
             for
             which
             the
             Witnesses
             say
             they
             were
             designed
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             Arm
             that
             number
             of
             Men
             he
             was
             to
             raise
             ,
             that
             were
             to
             be
             ready
             to
             assist
             King
             James
             when
             he
             came
             to
             Land
             here
             .
             So
             that
             if
             you
             believe
             what
             the
             Witnesses
             have
             sworn
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             with
             Submission
             ,
             you
             cannot
             but
             find
             him
             guilty
             of
             the
             Crimes
             for
             which
             he
             stands
             Indicted
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Cooper
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             has
             given
             us
             a
             good
             Caution
             ,
             which
             I
             shall
             take
             care
             to
             observe
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             not
             to
             strain
             either
             Fact
             or
             Law
             to
             his
             Prejudice
             .
             But
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             when
             a
             Crime
             of
             this
             nature
             is
             so
             far
             proved
             against
             the
             Prisoner
             ,
             as
             no
             Man
             can
             acquit
             him
             in
             his
             Judgment
             ;
             then
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             it
             is
             good
             Service
             to
             the
             Publick
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             so
             plain
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             out
             of
             doubt
             to
             the
             Juries
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             Satisfaction
             of
             all
             that
             think
             themselves
             concern'd
             in
             this
             Crime
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             is
             worth
             their
             while
             to
             hear
             this
             Tryal
             .
             My
             Lord
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             his
             Indictment
             is
             divided
             into
             Two
             Parts
             ;
             one
             that
             accuses
             him
             for
             Assassination
             ;
             The
             other
             to
             invite
             the
             French
             into
             this
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             to
             meet
             them
             with
             an
             Armed
             Force
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             first
             part
             ,
             I
             must
             do
             him
             that
             right
             ,
             there
             is
             but
             one
             positive
             Evidence
             for
             his
             being
             concern'd
             in
             the
             Assassination
             .
             But
             that
             Evidence
             says
             he
             agreed
             to
             it
             in
             several
             Meetings
             ;
             and
             in
             one
             that
             he
             said
             ,
             it
             was
             necessary
             in
             order
             to
             the
             other
             Design
             he
             was
             ingaged
             in
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             would
             facilitate
             the
             Descent
             of
             the
             late
             King
             James
             into
             this
             Kingdom
             .
             But
             that
             one
             Evidence
             is
             confirmed
             by
             several
             concurring
             Circumstances
             :
             By
             his
             sending
             for
             his
             Horses
             to
             Town
             the
             day
             before
             the
             first
             Saturday
             that
             the
             King
             was
             to
             be
             Assassinated
             :
             By
             his
             sending
             them
             out
             of
             Town
             upon
             that
             Disappointment
             ;
             and
             sending
             for
             them
             again
             before
             the
             second
             Saturday
             when
             the
             King
             was
             to
             be
             Assassinated
             :
             By
             his
             having
             more
             Horses
             than
             usual
             ,
             and
             taking
             care
             of
             three
             Horses
             that
             were
             none
             of
             his
             own
             ,
             brought
             by
             a
             Person
             unknown
             :
             And
             all
             these
             Eight
             Horses
             carried
             away
             that
             Saturday
             ,
             upon
             the
             Disappointment
             ,
             by
             the
             King
             's
             not
             going
             ,
             as
             they
             hoped
             he
             would
             ,
             a
             Hunting
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             must
             observe
             to
             you
             ,
             that
             upon
             the
             Message
             that
             was
             sent
             by
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             one
             of
             those
             Horses
             was
             brought
             from
             Somerset-House
             ,
             and
             brought
             by
             Mr.
             Lewis
             ,
             who
             it
             is
             apparent
             was
             privy
             to
             this
             Design
             .
             Besides
             this
             ,
             there
             is
             another
             Circumstance
             in
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             that
             has
             not
             been
             observed
             ;
             And
             that
             was
             the
             sending
             for
             Mr.
             Sweet
             up
             to
             Town
             before
             the
             second
             time
             that
             the
             King
             was
             to
             be
             Assassinated
             .
             The
             first
             time
             he
             came
             up
             ,
             he
             was
             asked
             in
             what
             Condition
             he
             had
             left
             his
             Family
             ,
             how
             they
             were
             provided
             for
             ;
             And
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             had
             left
             them
             without
             Mony
             :
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             then
             chid
             him
             ,
             and
             said
             he
             might
             as
             well
             have
             staid
             at
             home
             ;
             And
             said
             ,
             he
             had
             once
             a
             Design
             to
             have
             used
             him
             in
             a
             Matter
             he
             had
             for
             him
             to
             do
             in
             Town
             ,
             but
             he
             had
             Compassion
             on
             his
             Family
             ,
             and
             therefore
             would
             not
             make
             use
             of
             him
             .
             All
             these
             favour
             of
             that
             Design
             which
             Captain
             Porter
             positively
             accuses
             him
             for
             .
          
           
           
             But
             as
             to
             the
             other
             part
             of
             the
             Indictment
             ,
             which
             is
             his
             Design
             to
             meet
             the
             French
             with
             an
             Armed
             Power
             ,
             that
             is
             sworn
             to
             by
             two
             Witnesses
             .
             Captain
             Porter
             tells
             you
             he
             was
             at
             the
             two
             Consults
             ,
             where
             that
             was
             resolved
             upon
             ,
             the
             
               Old
               King's
               head
               Tavern
            
             in
             Leaden-Hall-street
             ,
             and
             at
             Mrs.
             
             Mountjoy's
             in
             James-street
             .
             They
             all
             agreed
             to
             meet
             the
             late
             King
             with
             2000
             Horse
             ,
             when
             he
             was
             to
             Land
             with
             a
             Foreign
             Power
             ;
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             was
             with
             them
             .
             And
             Mr.
             Sweet
             tells
             you
             ,
             Sir
             William
             acquainted
             him
             with
             the
             Design
             ,
             and
             said
             he
             had
             a
             Troop
             of
             old
             Soldiers
             ;
             My
             Troop
             ,
             in
             the
             Present
             Tense
             he
             spoke
             it
             :
             He
             did
             himself
             that
             right
             to
             examine
             into
             that
             matter
             :
             And
             the
             Evidence
             repeated
             it
             ,
             
               My
               Troop
               consists
               of
               all
               Old
               Soldiers
               ,
            
             and
             he
             was
             to
             have
             several
             Gentlemen
             Voluntiers
             that
             were
             to
             join
             him
             .
          
           
             As
             to
             the
             Joining
             with
             the
             French
             ,
             the
             Raising
             of
             Rebellion
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             Deposing
             the
             King
             ,
             which
             is
             Killing
             him
             in
             his
             Politick
             Capacity
             ,
             two
             Witnesses
             go
             home
             to
             that
             .
             And
             the
             Evidence
             as
             to
             that
             is
             corroborated
             by
             several
             strong
             Circumstances
             :
             The
             Journey
             that
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             said
             he
             would
             undertake
             into
             
               Leicester
               shire
            
             ,
             he
             did
             go
             :
             He
             comes
             back
             in
             February
             ,
             and
             makes
             report
             to
             Mr.
             Sweet
             of
             the
             Success
             of
             that
             Journey
             ;
             That
             the
             King's
             Friends
             (
             by
             which
             terms
             he
             meant
             the
             late
             King
             
             James's
             Friends
             )
             were
             well
             affected
             ,
             That
             the
             King
             would
             Land.
             That
             when
             he
             spoke
             of
             King
             William
             (
             as
             sometimes
             he
             did
             )
             he
             called
             him
             the
             Little
             Gentleman
             ,
             sometimes
             King
             William
             ,
             sometimes
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             :
             But
             whenever
             he
             spoke
             of
             the
             King
             by
             way
             of
             Execellency
             ,
             he
             always
             meant
             King
             James
             .
             And
             when
             he
             spoke
             of
             the
             King
             's
             Landing
             ,
             it
             could
             not
             be
             meant
             of
             King
             VVilliam
             ,
             as
             every
             body
             knows
             .
          
           
             The
             Prisoner
             has
             said
             in
             his
             defence
             ,
             that
             the
             Man
             that
             was
             sent
             to
             Kensington
             was
             formerly
             Mr.
             
             Charnock's
             Servant
             ,
             and
             that
             Mr.
             Charnock
             desired
             him
             to
             let
             him
             go
             on
             a
             Message
             for
             him
             .
             But
             yet
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             must
             observe
             ,
             that
             the
             Evidence
             swears
             positively
             that
             he
             was
             sent
             by
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Parkins
            
             ,
             and
             brought
             back
             the
             Message
             in
             his
             Almanack
             ,
             to
             the
             Person
             that
             lodged
             at
             the
             Confectioners
             ,
             to
             whom
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Parkins
            
             had
             directed
             him
             to
             resort
             ,
             to
             that
             Person
             that
             lodged
             at
             the
             Confectioners
             over
             against
             
               Grays-Inn
               Gate
            
             ;
             who
             did
             not
             remit
             him
             to
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             but
             to
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Parkins
            
             ,
             to
             tell
             him
             that
             he
             would
             be
             at
             home
             till
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Parkins
            
             should
             be
             ready
             for
             him
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Parkins
            
             has
             complain'd
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             could
             have
             had
             time
             to
             get
             his
             Evidence
             ,
             he
             could
             have
             proved
             that
             these
             Arms
             had
             been
             at
             his
             House
             two
             Years
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             sound
             them
             at
             his
             House
             .
             But
             if
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Parkins
            
             could
             prove
             that
             he
             had
             these
             Arms
             in
             his
             House
             two
             years
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             found
             them
             at
             his
             house
             ,
             we
             would
             confess
             ,
             and
             avoid
             it
             :
             They
             were
             recommended
             by
             a
             Letter
             from
             Mr.
             Charnock
             (
             a
             very
             suspicious
             Person
             in
             this
             matter
             )
             to
             be
             disposed
             of
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             hid
             ,
             and
             lay
             conceal'd
             at
             Mr.
             
             Heywood's
             House
             ,
             till
             this
             design
             was
             disappointed
             ,
             and
             then
             carried
             to
             Sir
             VVilliam
             Parkins's
             House
             ,
             and
             were
             buried
             in
             his
             own
             Garden
             for
             the
             better
             securing
             of
             them
             :
             And
             this
             on
             the
             breaking
             out
             of
             the
             Plot.
             Sir
             VVilliam
             says
             they
             were
             Rusty
             .
             But
             now
             it
             appears
             they
             were
             clean
             ,
             and
             the
             Hilts
             off
             ,
             packt
             up
             together
             ,
             and
             all
             fit
             for
             use
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             in
             the
             last
             place
             ,
             he
             has
             recourse
             to
             Arguments
             of
             Pity
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             most
             moving
             of
             all
             :
             He
             has
             told
             us
             of
             his
             Age
             ,
             and
             Family
             ,
             and
             Education
             .
             I
             am
             very
             unfit
             to
             answer
             such
             Arguments
             ,
             and
             unwilling
             to
             extinguish
             Pity
             :
             But
             this
             we
             must
             answer
             ,
             That
             he
             did
             not
             Pity
             himself
             at
             that
             time
             when
             he
             might
             have
             done
             it
             :
             And
             he
             should
             have
             had
             Pity
             upon
             his
             Country
             ,
             upon
             the
             Best
             of
             Kings
             and
             Men
             ,
             when
             they
             thought
             they
             had
             him
             in
             their
             Power
             .
             But
             then
             they
             had
             no
             Pity
             on
             him
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             plain
             they
             persisted
             in
             their
             Resolution
             ;
             after
             one
             Disappointment
             ,
             they
             proceeded
             to
             a
             second
             ,
             and
             so
             their
             Design
             was
             frustrated
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             This
             is
             the
             Sum
             of
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             of
             his
             Defence
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             I
             could
             recollect
             it
             .
             And
             though
             these
             Considerations
             may
             not
             quite
             extinguish
             your
             Pity
             ,
             yet
             we
             hope
             it
             will
             incline
             you
             to
             do
             the
             King
             and
             Kingdom
             Justice
             ;
             And
             this
             is
             all
             we
             shall
             ask
             of
             you
             .
          
        
         
           
             Then
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
          
           Holt
           
             directed
             the
          
           Jury
           
             to
             this
             Effect
          
           :
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             Just
             .
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             Jury
             ,
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Parkins
            
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             is
             as
             you
             have
             heard
             ,
             Indicted
             for
             High-Treason
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             for
             Compassing
             ,
             Imagining
             and
             Designing
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             present
             King.
             There
             have
             been
             several
             Witnesses
             produced
             ,
             to
             make
             this
             evident
             upon
             his
             Indictment
             .
             The
             first
             of
             them
             is
             Mr.
             Porter
             ,
             that
             has
             been
             a
             Witness
             heretofore
             against
             several
             upon
             the
             like
             Occasion
             .
             And
             he
             gives
             you
             this
             Account
             ,
             That
             about
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             May
             ,
             or
             beginning
             of
             June
             last
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Meeting
             of
             divers
             Persons
             at
             the
             Old
             Kings
             head
             Tavern
             in
             
               Leaden-Hall
               street
            
             ,
             in
             this
             City
             ,
             where
             they
             Dined
             together
             .
             There
             was
             Sir
             
               VVilliam
               Parkins
            
             himself
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Femwick
            
             ,
             and
             divers
             others
             that
             he
             has
             mentioned
             to
             you
             .
             At
             that
             Meeting
             they
             did
             Consult
             together
             which
             way
             the
             late
             K.
             James
             might
             be
             restor'd
             ;
             and
             it
             was
             thought
             very
             necessary
             that
             there
             should
             
             be
             a
             French
             Force
             sent
             over
             to
             act
             here
             in
             his
             behalf
             ,
             towards
             his
             Restoration
             .
             And
             they
             did
             among
             themselves
             agree
             and
             determin
             what
             number
             might
             be
             convenient
             ,
             and
             did
             propose
             10000
             Men
             :
             and
             that
             a
             Messenger
             should
             be
             sent
             over
             to
             K.
             James
             ,
             to
             endeavour
             to
             prevail
             with
             the
             French
             King
             to
             furnish
             him
             with
             such
             a
             number
             of
             Men
             ,
             to
             be
             sent
             over
             into
             England
             .
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             that
             was
             then
             in
             the
             Company
             ,
             was
             agreed
             upon
             among
             them
             to
             be
             the
             Messenger
             to
             go
             over
             to
             King
             James
             .
             He
             accepted
             of
             it
             on
             their
             Promise
             that
             they
             would
             raise
             among
             themselves
             2000
             Horse
             ,
             to
             meet
             King
             James
             at
             such
             time
             as
             he
             should
             Land.
             This
             being
             at
             that
             time
             determined
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Charnock
             having
             accepted
             of
             the
             Employment
             ,
             by
             what
             I
             perceive
             ,
             the
             Messenger
             did
             make
             a
             preparation
             to
             go
             forward
             .
             A
             few
             days
             after
             this
             ,
             about
             a
             Week
             ,
             or
             thereabouts
             ,
             there
             was
             another
             Meeting
             ,
             at
             which
             most
             of
             the
             same
             Persons
             were
             ,
             that
             were
             present
             at
             the
             former
             ,
             and
             among
             them
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             was
             one
             :
             And
             this
             was
             at
             one
             Mrs.
             
             Mountjoy's
             House
             ,
             that
             keeps
             a
             Tavern
             in
             St.
             
             James's
             
               -
               Street●
            
             :
             There
             they
             did
             discourse
             of
             what
             they
             had
             formerly
             agreed
             upon
             ,
             and
             did
             consider
             whether
             or
             no
             they
             should
             proceed
             in
             that
             Design
             ,
             that
             was
             before
             resolv'd
             upon
             in
             the
             former
             Meeting
             :
             And
             they
             did
             all
             of
             them
             agree
             to
             persevere
             in
             the
             same
             Design
             ,
             and
             did
             determin
             that
             Mr.
             Charnock
             should
             go
             over
             with
             that
             Message
             .
             Accordingly
             Mr.
             Charnock
             did
             go
             ;
             for
             Mr.
             Porter
             met
             him
             afterwards
             ,
             about
             five
             or
             six
             Weeks
             after
             ;
             and
             Mr.
             Charnock
             told
             him
             he
             had
             been
             there
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             had
             been
             with
             those
             several
             Gentlemen
             that
             were
             at
             those
             Meetings
             ,
             and
             had
             acquainted
             them
             with
             the
             success
             of
             his
             Errand
             ;
             which
             was
             ,
             that
             King
             James
             did
             tell
             him
             ,
             That
             at
             that
             juncture
             of
             time
             ,
             the
             French
             King
             had
             such
             occasion
             for
             his
             Forces
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             not
             that
             Year
             furnish
             him
             with
             them
             .
             So
             that
             is
             one
             thing
             proved
             by
             Mr.
             Porter
             against
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             in
             which
             Mr.
             Porter
             is
             very
             peremptory
             and
             positive
             .
          
           
             But
             then
             Mr.
             Porter
             tells
             you
             further
             ,
             That
             there
             was
             a
             design
             of
             Assassination
             set
             on
             foot
             ,
             and
             that
             Sir
             
               George
               Berclay
            
             was
             engaged
             in
             it
             ;
             who
             about
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             January
             last
             ,
             or
             the
             beginning
             of
             February
             ,
             was
             sent
             over
             hither
             with
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             Late
             King
             James
             .
             Sir
             
               George
               Barclay
            
             ,
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Captain
             Porter
             ,
             and
             divers
             others
             ,
             had
             several
             Meetings
             ,
             in
             several
             Places
             ;
             at
             the
             Globe
             Tavern
             in
             Holbourn
             ,
             the
             
             Nag's
             
               -
               Head
            
             ,
             the
             Sun
             Tavern
             in
             the
             Strand
             ,
             and
             other
             Places
             .
             And
             at
             these
             Meetings
             it
             was
             taken
             into
             consideration
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             best
             and
             most
             effectual
             way
             to
             bring
             about
             their
             Design
             ,
             to
             restore
             King
             James
             :
             And
             it
             was
             agreed
             among
             them
             all
             ,
             That
             the
             best
             course
             that
             could
             be
             taken
             ,
             was
             to
             kill
             King
             William
             :
             And
             at
             all
             these
             Consults
             ,
             at
             which
             these
             Resolutions
             were
             taken
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             vvas
             present
             .
             And
             when
             Mr.
             Porter
             was
             asked
             ,
             whether
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             did
             consent
             to
             that
             Resolution
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             he
             said
             he
             thought
             it
             very
             convenient
             .
             This
             is
             Sworn
             by
             Mr.
             Porter
             .
          
           
             This
             design
             of
             the
             Assassination
             being
             so
             resolved
             upon
             ,
             the
             next
             thing
             was
             ,
             how
             it
             might
             be
             effected
             :
             And
             there
             were
             several
             ways
             that
             were
             proposed
             .
             One
             way
             was
             to
             Assassinate
             him
             on
             the
             other
             side
             of
             the
             Water
             ,
             the
             King
             going
             frequently
             once
             a
             Week
             a
             Hunting
             ,
             when
             he
             had
             a
             mind
             to
             Divert
             himself
             ,
             using
             to
             come
             back
             in
             the
             Evening
             .
             Then
             it
             was
             proposed
             to
             do
             it
             by
             falling
             upon
             the
             Guards
             on
             this
             side
             of
             the
             Water
             .
             The
             place
             not
             being
             agreed
             on
             where
             it
             should
             be
             done
             ,
             they
             did
             send
             it
             seems
             three
             Persons
             to
             view
             the
             Ground
             ;
             there
             was
             Mr.
             Porter
             ,
             Mr.
             King
             ,
             and
             one
             Knightly
             .
             So
             some
             days
             before
             the
             15th
             of
             February
             ,
             these
             Persons
             viewed
             the
             Ground
             ;
             and
             having
             viewed
             the
             Ground
             ,
             they
             returned
             in
             the
             Evening
             to
             a
             Tavern
             ,
             where
             these
             Persons
             met
             together
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             Sir
             
               George
               Berclay
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ;
             and
             they
             made
             their
             Report
             upon
             the
             view
             of
             the
             Ground
             :
             And
             upon
             that
             Report
             those
             Persons
             made
             ,
             it
             was
             then
             agreed
             ,
             That
             the
             Attempt
             should
             be
             made
             on
             this
             side
             of
             the
             Water
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             a
             Lane
             that
             the
             King
             was
             to
             come
             through
             ;
             a
             Lane
             between
             
               Turnham
               Green
            
             and
             Brentford
             .
             And
             when
             the
             Attack
             was
             to
             be
             made
             thereabouts
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             was
             to
             furnish
             five
             Horses
             ,
             whereof
             three
             were
             to
             be
             mounted
             by
             Men
             of
             his
             own
             providing
             ,
             the
             other
             two
             by
             Men
             of
             Mr.
             
             Porter's
             providing
             .
             It
             was
             Mr.
             Porter
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             ,
             and
             one
             Rookwood
             ,
             that
             were
             to
             be
             principally
             engaged
             ;
             and
             the
             number
             of
             Men
             were
             to
             be
             about
             Forty
             ,
             or
             somewhat
             more
             :
             And
             Sir
             
               George
               Berclay
            
             with
             his
             Party
             ,
             were
             to
             Attack
             the
             King
             in
             his
             Coach
             ,
             while
             Rookwood
             and
             the
             other
             Party
             fell
             upon
             the
             Guards
             .
             Well
             ,
             the
             time
             agreed
             upon
             at
             first
             ,
             was
             Saturday
             the
             15th
             of
             February
             ,
             that
             day
             it
             was
             expected
             the
             King
             would
             go
             out
             a
             Hunting
             ;
             and
             there
             were
             two
             Men
             Planted
             at
             Kensington
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             to
             give
             notice
             when
             the
             King
             went
             ,
             and
             those
             Persons
             were
             to
             go
             and
             lye
             in
             small
             Parties
             thereabouts
             ;
             and
             when
             notice
             was
             given
             that
             he
             was
             out
             ,
             they
             were
             to
             make
             the
             Attack
             .
             But
             it
             seems
             this
             Design
             was
             disappointed
             by
             the
             King
             's
             not
             going
             abroad
             that
             day
             ,
             so
             they
             lost
             their
             end
             at
             that
             time
             .
             But
             it
             seems
             notwithstanding
             this
             ,
             the
             Design
             was
             not
             at
             an
             end
             ;
             they
             were
             not
             so
             discouraged
             at
             this
             disappointment
             ,
             but
             they
             did
             agree
             to
             make
             another
             Attempt
             :
             And
             there
             was
             another
             Meeting
             that
             Captain
             Porter
             tells
             you
             of
             ;
             And
             that
             was
             on
             Friday
             following
             ,
             the
             21st
             .
             of
             February
             ,
             at
             the
             Sun
             Tavern
             in
             the
             Strand
             ,
             if
             I
             mistake
             not
             :
             And
             at
             that
             Meeting
             was
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Sir
             
               George
               Berclay
            
             ,
             and
             Rookwood
             :
             And
             they
             did
             agree
             to
             do
             
             the
             Business
             the
             next
             day
             ,
             in
             the
             same
             manner
             and
             method
             they
             formerly
             had
             agreed
             to
             .
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             was
             not
             to
             be
             one
             himself
             ,
             tho
             he
             was
             to
             provide
             others
             .
             You
             are
             told
             further
             ,
             that
             Captain
             Porter
             having
             the
             misfortune
             to
             have
             two
             of
             his
             Horses
             fall
             Lame
             ,
             he
             acquainted
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             with
             it
             ;
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             promised
             to
             help
             him
             to
             two
             more
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Lewis
             was
             to
             furnish
             them
             .
          
           
             You
             are
             told
             further
             ,
             that
             before
             this
             ,
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             sent
             to
             Mr.
             Sweet
             to
             come
             to
             Town
             ;
             he
             sent
             to
             him
             about
             the
             11th
             of
             February
             ;
             Mr.
             Sweet
             comes
             to
             Town
             about
             the
             12th
             of
             February
             ;
             there
             he
             had
             Discourse
             with
             him
             ,
             and
             tells
             him
             he
             had
             some
             Work
             for
             him
             ;
             and
             ask'd
             him
             how
             he
             had
             left
             his
             Family
             ;
             whether
             he
             had
             settled
             his
             Family
             ?
             No
             ,
             says
             Sweet
             .
             Then
             says
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             you
             are
             not
             fit
             for
             that
             Employment
             that
             I
             intended
             for
             you
             ;
             you
             may
             go
             out
             of
             Town
             again
             .
             Then
             he
             comes
             the
             Friday
             following
             ;
             then
             his
             Groom
             was
             to
             bring
             some
             Horses
             to
             Town
             ,
             and
             he
             does
             bring
             four
             to
             Town
             .
             Then
             Mr.
             Sweet
             came
             to
             Town
             ;
             and
             on
             Saturday
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             says
             that
             he
             would
             go
             out
             of
             Town
             that
             Afternoon
             ;
             but
             he
             stayed
             till
             Monday
             ,
             and
             then
             he
             went
             out
             of
             Town
             .
             Friday
             following
             the
             Horses
             came
             to
             Town
             again
             ,
             and
             were
             set
             up
             at
             the
             
               George
               Inn.
            
             The
             next
             day
             was
             to
             be
             the
             Assassination
             .
             Mr.
             Lewis
             was
             to
             furnish
             Mr.
             Porter
             with
             two
             Horses
             ;
             five
             Horses
             were
             to
             be
             furnish'd
             upon
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             account
             ;
             and
             five
             Horses
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             had
             there
             at
             that
             time
             :
             This
             is
             proved
             to
             you
             by
             the
             Hostler
             .
             Then
             Mr.
             Lewis
             himself
             comes
             on
             Saturday
             in
             the
             Afternoon
             ,
             to
             speak
             with
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             to
             enquire
             for
             him
             ;
             but
             Sir
             William
             was
             not
             in
             the
             way
             .
             These
             are
             Circumstances
             that
             prove
             and
             confirm
             Captain
             
             Porter's
             Evidence
             ,
             as
             to
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             providing
             Horses
             :
             He
             had
             five
             Horses
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Lewis
             was
             the
             Person
             to
             furnish
             him
             with
             one
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             be
             might
             be
             prevailed
             upon
             to
             furnish
             Captain
             Porter
             with
             more
             :
             But
             it
             seems
             there
             was
             no
             occasion
             for
             more
             ,
             for
             the
             King
             did
             not
             go
             abroad
             that
             Saturday
             ;
             this
             was
             the
             last
             Saturday
             ,
             so
             the
             Design
             perfectly
             fell
             .
          
           
             Then
             further
             ,
             concerning
             the
             Commission
             ;
             he
             told
             you
             at
             first
             ,
             That
             he
             asked
             Mr.
             Charnock
             if
             he
             might
             see
             the
             Commission
             ;
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             had
             not
             seen
             it
             himself
             ,
             but
             that
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             had
             seen
             it
             .
             Mr.
             Porter
             was
             earnest
             with
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             to
             know
             if
             he
             had
             seen
             the
             Commission
             ;
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             told
             him
             he
             had
             seen
             it
             and
             read
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             Commission
             was
             writ
             with
             King
             
             James's
             own
             Hand
             :
             This
             Captain
             
               Porter
               tells
            
             you
             .
             And
             ,
             what
             was
             the
             substance
             of
             it
             ?
             
               To
               make
               War
               upon
               the
               Person
               of
               the
               King
            
             ;
             called
             in
             the
             Commission
             by
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             :
             He
             had
             read
             it
             ,
             and
             it
             was
             writ
             with
             King
             
             James's
             own
             Hand
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             business
             of
             the
             Assassination
             ,
             the
             Commission
             was
             the
             foundation
             upon
             which
             they
             went.
             This
             is
             the
             sum
             and
             substance
             of
             Captain
             
             Porter's
             Evidence
             ,
             so
             confirmed
             by
             these
             Circumstances
             .
          
           
             But
             then
             there
             is
             another
             Witness
             ,
             and
             that
             is
             Mr.
             Sweet
             ,
             an
             Acquaintance
             of
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ;
             and
             he
             tells
             you
             ,
             that
             about
             Christmas
             last
             ,
             he
             was
             assured
             by
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             that
             the
             King
             would
             Land.
             By
             the
             King
             he
             understood
             he
             meant
             the
             Late
             King
             James
             .
             He
             asked
             him
             how
             he
             knew
             it
             ?
             Says
             he
             ,
             I
             have
             his
             Word
             for
             it
             ;
             and
             ,
             says
             he
             ,
             I
             have
             30
             Saddles
             ,
             and
             I
             have
             a
             Troop
             of
             old
             Soldiers
             ;
             My
             Troop
             ,
             consists
             of
             all
             old
             Soldiers
             :
             This
             he
             positively
             says
             .
             And
             besides
             these
             ,
             there
             were
             to
             be
             some
             Voluntiers
             ,
             and
             they
             were
             to
             be
             old
             Officers
             .
             And
             he
             tells
             you
             ,
             he
             was
             to
             go
             into
             Leicestershire
             ,
             and
             he
             did
             go
             at
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             January
             ;
             and
             on
             Thursday
             he
             vvent
             to
             Stratford
             ,
             and
             lay
             there
             the
             first
             Night
             ,
             and
             the
             next
             day
             to
             Leicester
             :
             There
             went
             with
             him
             one
             Scudmore
             ,
             and
             afterwards
             there
             was
             with
             him
             one
             Yarbury
             :
             And
             when
             he
             came
             back
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             he
             found
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             the
             West
             very
             well
             affected
             to
             the
             King's
             Interest
             ,
             and
             as
             well
             disposed
             as
             those
             of
             the
             North.
             
          
           
             Then
             ,
             in
             the
             next
             place
             ,
             you
             are
             told
             ,
             that
             about
             Michaelmas
             last
             ,
             Mr.
             Charnock
             at
             his
             desire
             ,
             sends
             a
             Letter
             into
             Warwickshire
             ,
             to
             one
             Mr.
             Heywood
             ,
             to
             receive
             some
             Goods
             to
             his
             House
             that
             were
             to
             come
             from
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             and
             lay
             them
             up
             carefully
             :
             And
             accordingly
             were
             those
             Boxes
             ,
             those
             Chests
             sent
             ;
             and
             they
             continued
             to
             lye
             there
             until
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             February
             last
             ;
             at
             which
             time
             ,
             Mr.
             Heywood
             says
             ,
             he
             being
             in
             Town
             ,
             met
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             and
             spoke
             to
             him
             concerning
             those
             things
             at
             his
             House
             ,
             and
             ask'd
             him
             what
             he
             should
             do
             with
             them
             ,
             how
             shall
             I
             dispose
             of
             them
             says
             he
             ?
             Whereupon
             Sir
             William
             says
             ,
             we
             will
             shortly
             take
             care
             of
             them
             .
             Upon
             this
             Sir
             William
             sends
             his
             Servant
             into
             the
             Country
             ,
             and
             notice
             vvas
             given
             upon
             
               Ash
               Wednesday
            
             that
             those
             things
             should
             be
             removed
             ,
             and
             his
             Servant
             goes
             in
             the
             Evening
             vvith
             Cart
             and
             Horses
             to
             fetch
             them
             home
             :
             There
             these
             Chests
             and
             Boxes
             vvere
             found
             ,
             three
             great
             Chests
             ,
             out
             of
             vvhich
             the
             lesser
             vvere
             taken
             ,
             and
             all
             carried
             avvay
             about
             Nine
             or
             Ten
             a
             Clock
             at
             Night
             ,
             from
             that
             Place
             ,
             to
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             House
             in
             Warwickshire
             .
             When
             they
             were
             carried
             there
             ,
             they
             vvere
             buried
             ,
             till
             such
             time
             as
             they
             vvere
             aftervvards
             taken
             :
             When
             they
             vvere
             dug
             up
             ,
             upon
             the
             breaking
             open
             of
             the
             Chests
             ,
             it
             did
             appear
             vvhat
             sort
             of
             Goods
             they
             vvere
             ;
             truly
             they
             
             were
             Arms
             ,
             a
             considerable
             quantity
             of
             Arms
             ;
             There
             were
             four
             Dozen
             of
             Swords
             without
             Hilts
             ,
             25
             pair
             of
             Pistols
             ,
             and
             32
             Carbines
             ,
             and
             there
             was
             a
             parcel
             of
             Hilts
             ready
             to
             be
             put
             to
             the
             Swords
             .
             This
             Gentlemen
             ,
             is
             Sworn
             to
             you
             by
             the
             Evidence
             against
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             :
             It
             was
             in
             the
             Night
             ,
             about
             the
             time
             that
             the
             Plot
             broke
             out
             and
             was
             discover'd
             .
             And
             it
             seems
             the
             Arms
             were
             not
             rusty
             Arms
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             very
             bright
             and
             good
             Arms
             ,
             they
             did
             not
             want
             any
             scouring
             and
             cleansing
             ;
             bright
             Arms
             ,
             very
             fit
             for
             Service
             .
          
           
             And
             there
             is
             one
             Circumstance
             more
             ,
             that
             seems
             to
             affect
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             about
             the
             Assassination
             ;
             And
             that
             is
             a
             Letter
             that
             was
             sent
             on
             Saturday
             the
             15th
             of
             February
             to
             one
             call'd
             Brown
             ,
             at
             Kensington
             ,
             early
             in
             the
             Morning
             ,
             by
             Sir
             William
             Parkins's
             Man
             ;
             and
             this
             Brown
             writ
             in
             his
             Almanack
             ,
             and
             this
             was
             sent
             to
             a
             Man
             that
             Lodged
             at
             a
             Confectioners
             in
             Holbourn
             ,
             over
             against
             Grays-Inn-Gate
             ,
             (
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             remaining
             in
             Town
             )
             and
             he
             goes
             to
             that
             Person
             ,
             who
             seemed
             to
             be
             a
             
             Scotch-Man
             and
             talkt
             like
             a
             
             Scotch-Man
             ;
             and
             he
             bid
             him
             go
             to
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             and
             tell
             him
             he
             would
             be
             at
             home
             till
             he
             was
             ready
             to
             come
             to
             him
             .
             This
             now
             is
             the
             Substance
             of
             the
             Evidence
             given
             against
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             Now
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             says
             for
             himself
             ,
             that
             he
             does
             admit
             ,
             that
             for
             what
             Capt.
             Porter
             does
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             very
             positive
             Evidence
             ;
             but
             that
             is
             but
             one
             VVitness
             :
             And
             no
             Person
             by
             Law
             ,
             in
             Cases
             of
             High-treason
             ,
             ought
             to
             be
             Convicted
             upon
             the
             Testimony
             of
             one
             Witness
             ,
             let
             him
             be
             never
             so
             positive
             .
             For
             that
             he
             is
             in
             the
             right
             ;
             no
             man
             is
             to
             be
             Convicted
             by
             one
             Witness
             .
             But
             the
             Question
             is
             ,
             whether
             there
             be
             not
             two
             Witnesses
             for
             one
             and
             the
             same
             Treason
             ,
             which
             I
             told
             you
             at
             first
             was
             for
             Compassing
             ,
             Imagining
             and
             Designing
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             ?
             Capt.
             Porter
             is
             clear
             as
             to
             the
             Assassination
             ;
             and
             there
             is
             no
             other
             Witness
             to
             the
             same
             Overt-act
             ;
             But
             Sweet
             is
             for
             the
             Original
             Design
             ,
             which
             was
             the
             Restoring
             the
             late
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             for
             which
             Mr.
             Charnock
             was
             to
             be
             sent
             into
             France
             in
             May
             or
             June
             last
             ,
             and
             so
             it
             was
             determined
             at
             the
             Consult
             held
             as
             aforesaid
             .
             But
             then
             what
             does
             Mr.
             Sweet
             say
             to
             that
             ,
             which
             was
             still
             a
             part
             of
             the
             same
             Design
             ,
             tho'
             at
             another
             time
             ?
             Mr.
             Sweet
             speaks
             of
             King
             
             James's
             Landing
             ,
             of
             a
             Design
             of
             having
             a
             Force
             in
             readiness
             to
             meet
             King
             James
             ,
             and
             to
             Assist
             him
             after
             he
             had
             Landed
             :
             And
             this
             is
             now
             to
             the
             self-same
             purpose
             ,
             even
             as
             strictly
             as
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             himself
             can
             desire
             .
             Now
             if
             there
             were
             no
             more
             in
             the
             Case
             ,
             if
             we
             leave
             out
             the
             business
             of
             the
             Assassination
             ,
             and
             consider
             only
             what
             was
             determined
             at
             the
             Kings-Head
             ,
             and
             at
             Mrs.
             
             Mountjoy's
             Tavern
             ,
             and
             what
             was
             the
             advice
             of
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             afterwards
             ;
             That
             sure
             tended
             to
             the
             same
             End
             ,
             the
             bringing
             about
             the
             same
             sort
             of
             Design
             that
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             was
             ingaged
             in
             even
             in
             the
             Summer
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             be
             ready
             to
             Assist
             King
             James
             if
             he
             had
             Landed
             at
             that
             time
             .
             Now
             if
             the
             business
             of
             the
             Assassination
             had
             been
             left
             out
             of
             the
             Indictment
             ,
             and
             there
             had
             been
             no
             more
             than
             a
             design
             and
             purpose
             to
             Depose
             this
             King
             ,
             and
             set
             up
             the
             late
             King
             upon
             the
             Throne
             ;
             that
             had
             been
             High-treason
             within
             the
             Statute
             of
             Edw.
             3d.
             that
             were
             an
             Overt-act
             to
             prove
             a
             Design
             for
             the
             Deposing
             of
             King
             William
             .
             So
             that
             if
             the
             Assassination
             were
             out
             of
             the
             Case
             ,
             there
             had
             been
             a
             full
             Proof
             ,
             if
             Mr.
             Sweet
             does
             prove
             any
             such
             matter
             ,
             which
             by
             and
             by
             is
             to
             be
             considered
             .
             But
             then
             supposing
             the
             meeting
             at
             the
             Kings-Head
             ,
             and
             at
             Mrs.
             Mountjoys
             had
             been
             omitted
             ,
             then
             the
             Case
             had
             been
             no
             more
             than
             this
             ,
             than
             a
             design
             to
             Depose
             the
             King
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             an
             Overt-act
             of
             a
             design
             to
             Depose
             the
             King
             ,
             never
             that
             I
             know
             contradicted
             .
             But
             then
             there
             is
             several
             ways
             thought
             of
             .
             First
             the
             Design
             was
             by
             Arms
             ,
             without
             any
             relation
             to
             killing
             the
             King
             ,
             but
             only
             by
             Arms.
             Then
             they
             come
             to
             think
             further
             ,
             and
             to
             consider
             that
             the
             late
             King
             James
             cannot
             be
             Restored
             ,
             unless
             King
             William
             be
             Killed
             ;
             and
             then
             they
             determine
             upon
             That
             .
             Now
             the
             design
             of
             Restoring
             the
             late
             King
             by
             Arms
             ,
             is
             one
             Overt-act
             ;
             And
             the
             design
             of
             Assassinating
             the
             King
             ,
             is
             another
             Overt-act
             .
             So
             although
             ,
             the
             Law
             does
             require
             there
             should
             be
             two
             Witnesses
             to
             the
             same
             sort
             of
             Treason
             ;
             yet
             the
             Law
             does
             not
             require
             two
             Witnesses
             to
             every
             Overt-act
             :
             For
             if
             one
             Witness
             prove
             one
             Overt-act
             ,
             and
             another
             Witness
             prove
             another
             Overt-act
             ,
             there
             is
             two
             VVitnesses
             within
             the
             meaning
             of
             the
             Statute
             .
             And
             that
             has
             been
             always
             practical
             ,
             and
             never
             denied
             that
             I
             know
             of
             .
             Besides
             ,
             as
             my
             Brother
             mentioned
             before
             ,
             the
             New
             Act
             of
             Parliament
             ,
             that
             has
             not
             yet
             taken
             Effect
             ,
             says
             ,
             that
             there
             shall
             be
             one
             Witness
             to
             one
             Overt-act
             ,
             and
             another
             to
             another
             ,
             of
             the
             same
             Species
             of
             Treason
             .
             Now
             it
             doth
             appear
             ,
             that
             these
             are
             Overt-acts
             of
             the
             same
             Species
             of
             Treason
             .
          
           
             But
             then
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             does
             object
             ,
             that
             Mr.
             Sweet
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Witnesses
             besides
             Capt.
             Porter
             ,
             do
             not
             prove
             any
             Overt-act
             against
             him
             at
             all
             .
             Now
             then
             you
             are
             to
             consider
             the
             force
             of
             Mr.
             
             Sweet's
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             open
             to
             you
             first
             the
             Discourse
             at
             Christmas
             about
             the
             late
             King
             
             James's
             Landing
             .
             He
             told
             him
             he
             had
             his
             word
             for
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             his
             Troop
             consisted
             of
             such
             a
             Number
             ,
             and
             his
             providing
             of
             Arms.
             He
             says
             these
             are
             only
             Words
             .
             Now
             then
             consider
             also
             whether
             these
             words
             are
             not
             Overt-acts
             .
             That
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             had
             Arms
             ,
             beyond
             what
             he
             as
             a
             Private
             Man
             had
             occasion
             to
             use
             ,
             that
             is
             most
             
             plain
             ,
             he
             does
             not
             give
             any
             account
             about
             it
             .
             He
             says
             he
             wants
             Witnesses
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             had
             not
             time
             to
             provide
             Witnesses
             ;
             he
             does
             not
             give
             any
             account
             to
             what
             purpose
             he
             should
             have
             them
             ,
             or
             what
             he
             was
             to
             do
             with
             them
             .
             Being
             a
             private
             Man
             ,
             certainly
             he
             had
             not
             occasion
             for
             these
             Arms.
             Then
             the
             removing
             these
             Arms
             to
             Mr.
             
             Heywood's
             House
             ,
             and
             then
             afterwards
             carrying
             them
             away
             in
             the
             Night
             to
             his
             own
             House
             ,
             and
             burying
             them
             ,
             a
             little
             after
             the
             Plot
             was
             discovered
             ;
             then
             what
             kind
             of
             Arms
             these
             were
             .
             If
             providing
             of
             Arms
             were
             an
             Overt-act
             ,
             having
             of
             Arms
             was
             certainly
             an
             Overt-act
             .
             And
             then
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             he
             had
             a
             Troop
             ;
             his
             Troop
             consisted
             of
             old
             Soldiers
             ,
             and
             he
             had
             Arms.
             Now
             Mens
             Discourses
             and
             Words
             must
             explain
             their
             Actions
             .
             An
             indifferent
             Action
             may
             be
             explained
             by
             words
             .
             it
             is
             Lawful
             for
             a
             Man
             to
             Buy
             a
             Horse
             and
             Pistols
             ;
             but
             if
             he
             tell
             any
             one
             he
             will
             buy
             a
             Pistol
             ,
             and
             with
             that
             immediately
             go
             and
             Murther
             the
             King
             ;
             If
             he
             tell
             you
             he
             will
             buy
             a
             Horse
             ,
             and
             go
             with
             it
             and
             lie
             in
             wait
             for
             the
             King
             ,
             and
             kill
             the
             King
             ;
             There
             his
             own
             words
             are
             an
             Explication
             what
             he
             bought
             his
             Horse
             and
             Pistol
             for
             .
             Now
             when
             he
             says
             the
             late
             King
             is
             to
             Land
             ,
             and
             Arms
             are
             found
             upon
             him
             ,
             I
             must
             leave
             it
             to
             your
             Consideration
             to
             what
             purpose
             he
             would
             use
             his
             Arms
             ,
             seeing
             he
             gave
             no
             account
             what
             they
             were
             for
             .
             But
             he
             tells
             you
             he
             found
             them
             at
             his
             House
             in
             Warwickshire
             two
             Years
             ago
             .
             But
             to
             have
             such
             a
             quantity
             of
             Arms
             ,
             was
             no
             way
             suitable
             to
             the
             Circumstances
             he
             was
             in
             .
          
           
             Then
             another
             thing
             was
             his
             going
             into
             Leicestershire
             with
             Capt.
             Scudmore
             ;
             there
             meets
             him
             one
             Mr.
             Yarbury
             :
             And
             he
             comes
             back
             on
             Thursday
             ,
             and
             home
             to
             Bushy
             on
             Monday
             Night
             ;
             and
             tells
             Mr.
             Sweet
             he
             found
             the
             Gentlemen
             of
             that
             Country
             were
             very
             well
             affected
             to
             the
             King
             ,
             as
             well
             affected
             in
             the
             West
             as
             they
             were
             in
             the
             North.
             What
             King
             must
             he
             mean
             ?
             He
             had
             no
             Commission
             from
             King
             William
             ,
             he
             does
             not
             pretend
             to
             it
             ,
             to
             go
             into
             Leicestershire
             to
             know
             the
             Minds
             and
             Affections
             of
             Men
             there
             ;
             he
             had
             no
             Authority
             from
             King
             William
             to
             go
             upon
             such
             a
             design
             .
             And
             then
             speaking
             that
             the
             King
             would
             Land
             ,
             whether
             he
             means
             King
             James
             or
             no
             ,
             I
             must
             leave
             it
             to
             your
             Consideration
             .
             It
             is
             very
             true
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             fit
             that
             there
             should
             be
             any
             strained
             or
             forced
             Construction
             made
             ,
             when
             a
             Man
             is
             upon
             a
             Trial
             for
             his
             Life
             ;
             that
             is
             out
             of
             question
             ,
             you
             ought
             to
             have
             very
             satisfactory
             Evidence
             to
             convince
             you
             that
             a
             Prisoner
             is
             guilty
             of
             what
             he
             is
             charged
             with
             .
             But
             however
             you
             are
             to
             consider
             ,
             not
             only
             the
             things
             ,
             but
             the
             Circumstances
             that
             do
             attend
             those
             things
             ,
             and
             the
             Circumstances
             Men
             are
             under
             ,
             when
             they
             do
             or
             act
             any
             thing
             whatsoever
             .
             For
             to
             pretend
             in
             this
             case
             ,
             that
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             went
             to
             know
             the
             Affections
             of
             the
             People
             in
             Licestershire
             to
             King
             William
             ;
             and
             that
             he
             meant
             those
             in
             the
             West
             were
             as
             well
             affected
             to
             him
             as
             those
             in
             the
             North
             ,
             cannot
             be
             imagined
             .
             And
             Mr.
             Sweet
             tells
             you
             ,
             that
             always
             when
             he
             did
             speak
             of
             the
             Kings
             Landing
             ,
             he
             understood
             him
             to
             mean
             the
             Late
             King
             James
             .
             And
             indeed
             that
             must
             be
             meant
             :
             For
             King
             William
             was
             in
             England
             ,
             and
             Landed
             before
             ,
             and
             it
             does
             not
             appear
             that
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             had
             any
             design
             to
             engage
             himself
             in
             King
             
             William's
             Service
             .
             So
             that
             I
             must
             upon
             the
             whole
             matter
             leave
             it
             to
             your
             own
             consideration
             ;
             If
             you
             are
             satisfied
             that
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             is
             guilty
             of
             this
             Matter
             wherewith
             he
             is
             charged
             ,
             then
             you
             are
             to
             find
             him
             Guilty
             ;
             You
             have
             heard
             the
             Evidence
             ,
             and
             you
             are
             to
             consider
             of
             it
             .
             If
             you
             are
             not
             satisfied
             in
             the
             matter
             for
             which
             he
             stands
             charged
             in
             the
             Indictment
             ,
             then
             you
             are
             to
             acquit
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Then
             the
          
           Jury
           
             withdrew
             to
             consider
             of
             their
             Verdict
             ,
             and
             an
             Officer
             was
             Sworn
             to
             keep
             them
             ,
             according
             to
             Law
             ,
             till
             agreed
             ;
             and
             about
             a
             quarter
             of
             an
             Hour
             afterwards
             they
             returned
             into
             Court
             ,
             and
             the
             Prisoner
             was
             brought
             to
             the
             Barr.
             
          
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             Arr.
             
          
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Answer
             to
             your
             Names
             ,
             
               William
               Northey
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Northey
             ,
          
           
             Here
             ,
             (
             and
             so
             of
             the
             rest
             .
             )
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Arr.
             
          
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
             Are
             you
             agreed
             of
             your
             Verdict
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Jury
             .
          
           
             Yes
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Arr.
             
          
           
             Who
             shall
             say
             for
             you
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Jury
             .
          
           
             Our
             Foreman
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Arr.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             (
             which
             he
             did
             )
             Look
             upon
             the
             Prisoner
             ;
             How
             say
             ye
             ,
             Is
             he
             Guilty
             of
             the
             High-Treason
             ,
             whereof
             he
             stands
             Indicted
             ,
             or
             not
             Guilty
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Foreman
             .
          
           
             Guilty
             ,
             My
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Arr.
             
          
           
             What
             Goods
             or
             Chattels
             ,
             Lands
             or
             Tenements
             ,
             had
             he
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             High-Treason
             committed
             ,
             or
             at
             any
             time
             since
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Foreman
             .
          
           
             None
             that
             we
             know
             of
             .
             Goaler
             ,
             Look
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             is
             found
             Guilty
             of
             High-Treason
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Arr.
             
          
           
             Then
             hearken
             to
             your
             Verdict
             as
             the
             Court
             has
             recorded
             it
             .
             You
             say
             that
             
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             is
             Guilty
             of
             the
             High-Treason
             whereof
             he
             stands
             Indicted
             ;
             but
             that
             he
             had
             no
             Goods
             nor
             Chattels
             ,
             Lands
             nor
             Tenements
             ,
             at
             the
             time
             of
             the
             High-Treason
             committed
             ,
             or
             at
             any
             time
             since
             ,
             that
             you
             know
             of
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Discharge
             the
             Jury
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Arr.
             
          
           
             Gentlemen
             ,
             The
             Court
             discharges
             you
             ,
             and
             thanks
             you
             for
             your
             Service
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             Then
             we
             had
             best
             Adjourn
             the
             Court
             till
             five
             in
             the
             Evening
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Arr.
             
          
           
             Cryer
             ,
             Make
             Proclamation
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             if
             you
             please
             ,
             I
             desire
             I
             may
             have
             the
             liberty
             of
             Friends
             ,
             and
             Relations
             ,
             and
             a
             Minister
             to
             come
             to
             me
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             may
             be
             in
             private
             with
             me
             .
          
        
         
           
             L.
             C.
             J.
             Holt.
             
          
           
             You
             shall
             have
             an
             Order
             of
             Court
             for
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cryer
             .
          
           
             
               Oyes
               ,
               Oyes
               ,
               Oyes
            
             :
             All
             manner
             of
             Persons
             ,
             that
             have
             any
             thing
             more
             to
             do
             ,
             at
             this
             General
             Sessions
             of
             the
             Peace
             ,
             Sessions
             of
             Oyer
             and
             Terminer
             ,
             holden
             for
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ;
             and
             Goal-delivery
             of
             Newgate
             ,
             holden
             for
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             and
             County
             of
             Middlesex
             ,
             may
             depart
             from
             hence
             for
             this
             time
             ,
             and
             give
             their
             Attendance
             here
             again
             at
             five
             in
             the
             Evening
             ,
             and
             so
             God
             save
             the
             KING
             .
          
        
         
           
             About
             Six
             of
             the
             Clock
             ,
             the
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
             Mr.
             Common
             Serjant
             ,
             and
             several
             Justices
             of
             the
             City
             of
          
           London
           
             returned
             into
             Court
             ,
             and
             Proclamation
             being
             made
             for
             attendance
             ,
             the
             Prisoner
             was
             brought
             to
             the
             Bar.
             
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Cr.
             
          
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             Hold
             up
             thy
             Hand
             .
             Thou
             standest
             Convicted
             of
             High-Treason
             ,
             for
             Conspiring
             the
             Death
             of
             our
             Sovereign
             Lord
             King
             William
             III.
             What
             hast
             thou
             to
             say
             for
             thy self
             why
             Judgment
             should
             not
             pass
             against
             thee
             to
             dye
             according
             to
             Law
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             nothing
             more
             to
             say
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cl.
             of
             Cr.
             
          
           
             All
             manner
             of
             Persons
             are
             commanded
             to
             keep
             Silence
             while
             Judgment
             is
             giving
             ,
             upon
             pain
             of
             Imprisonment
             .
          
        
         
           
             Then
             Sentence
             was
             Pronounced
             againct
             Sir
          
           John
           Friend
           ,
           
             and
             Sir
          
           William
           Parkins
           together
           .
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Com.
             Serj.
             
          
           
             You
             the
             Prisoners
             at
             the
             Bar
             ,
             Sir
             
               John
               Friend
            
             and
             Sir
             
               William
               Parkins
            
             ,
             have
             been
             Indicted
             for
             High-treason
             ,
             in
             conspiring
             the
             Death
             of
             the
             King
             ;
             for
             Tryal
             thereof
             you
             have
             put
             your selves
             upon
             your
             Countrey
             ,
             which
             Countrey
             have
             found
             you
             Guilty
          
           
             The
             Crimes
             you
             are
             Convicted
             of
             ,
             are
             the
             greatest
             a
             Man
             can
             commit
             .
             Murder
             and
             Robbery
             are
             Injuries
             but
             to
             private
             Persons
             :
             But
             to
             contrive
             the
             Destruction
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             is
             letting
             in
             Ruin
             upon
             Thousands
             of
             People
             .
             For
             Robbery
             and
             Murder
             there
             may
             be
             something
             pleaded
             for
             Justification
             ,
             as
             for
             private
             Revenge
             &c.
             
             But
             to
             Set
             ,
             Conspire
             ,
             and
             Debate
             the
             Destruction
             of
             a
             Prince
             ,
             the
             best
             of
             Men
             ,
             the
             Father
             of
             his
             Countrey
             ,
             no
             Man
             ever
             had
             any
             colour
             of
             Excuse
             for
             that
             .
             I
             would
             not
             add
             to
             your
             Unhappiness
             ,
             I
             am
             sorry
             for
             the
             severe
             Judgment
             that
             you
             have
             brought
             upon
             your selves
             .
             All
             that
             remains
             for
             me
             to
             do
             ,
             is
             ,
             to
             Pronounce
             on
             you
             the
             Sentence
             .
             And
             the
             Court
             doth
             award
             ,
          
           
             
               THat
               You
               ,
               and
               each
               of
               You
               ,
               be
               carried
               to
               the
               Place
               from
               whence
               you
               came
               ,
               and
               from
               thence
               be
               drawn
               on
               a
               Hardle
               to
               the
               Place
               of
               Execution
               ,
               and
               be
               there
               severally
               Hanged
               ,
               but
               cut
               down
               while
               you
               are
               alive
               ;
               that
               your
               Privy
               Members
               be
               cut
               off
               ;
               that
               your
               Bowels
               be
               taken
               out
               ,
               and
               burnt
               before
               your
               Faces
               ;
               that
               your
               Heads
               be
               sever'd
               from
               your
               Bodies
               ,
               and
               your
               Bodies
               be
               divided
               into
               four
               Quarters
               ,
               and
               your
               Quarters
               to
               be
               at
               the
               King's
               Disposal
               :
               And
               the
               Lord
               have
               Mercy
               on
               your
               Souls
               .
            
          
        
         
           Then
           the
           Court
           Adjourned
           to
           the
           22d
           .
           day
           of
           April
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           A
           True
           Copy
           of
           the
           Papers
           delivered
           by
           Sir
           
             John
             Freind
          
           ,
           and
           Sir
           
             William
             Parkins
          
           ,
           to
           the
           Sheriffs
           of
           London
           and
           Middlesex
           ,
           at
           Tyburn
           ,
           the
           Place
           of
           Execution
           ,
           April
           the
           Third
           ,
           1696.
           
        
         
           
             Sir
             JOHN
             FREIND
             
               's
               Paper
            
             .
          
           
             KNowing
             that
             I
             must
             immediately
             give
             Account
             to
             God
             of
             all
             my
             Actions
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             ought
             to
             be
             especially
             careful
             of
             what
             I
             say
             in
             these
             Last
             Hours
             ,
             I
             do
             solemnly
             profess
             ,
             That
             what
             I
             here
             deliver
             is
             from
             my
             very
             Soul
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             Heartiness
             and
             Sincerity
             of
             a
             Dying
             Christian
             .
          
           
             The
             Cause
             I
             am
             brought
             hither
             to
             suffer
             for
             ,
             I
             do
             firmly
             believe
             to
             be
             the
             Cause
             of
             God
             and
             True
             Religion
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             best
             and
             utmost
             of
             my
             Knowledge
             and
             Information
             agreeable
             to
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             evermore
             heard
             do
             require
             a
             firm
             Duty
             and
             Allegiance
             to
             our
             Sovereign
             ;
             and
             that
             as
             no
             Foreign
             ,
             so
             neither
             any
             Domestick
             Power
             can
             alienate
             our
             Allegiance
             .
             For
             it
             is
             altogether
             new
             and
             unintelligible
             to
             me
             ,
             that
             the
             King's
             Subjects
             can
             depose
             and
             dethrone
             him
             on
             any
             account
             ,
             or
             constitute
             any
             that
             have
             not
             an
             immediate
             Right
             in
             his
             place
             .
             We
             ought
             ,
             I
             think
             ,
             not
             to
             do
             this
             ;
             and
             surely
             when
             it
             is
             done
             ,
             to
             assist
             him
             in
             the
             Recovery
             of
             his
             Right
             ,
             is
             justifiable
             and
             our
             Duty
             .
             And
             however
             things
             may
             seem
             at
             present
             ,
             I
             do
             believe
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             I
             heartily
             pray
             ,
             That
             he
             shall
             be
             one
             day
             Restored
             to
             his
             Rightful
             Throne
             and
             Dominions
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             any
             sudden
             Descent
             of
             his
             Majesty
             upon
             these
             his
             Dominions
             ,
             in
             order
             to
             the
             Recovery
             of
             them
             ,
             I
             declare
             I
             had
             no
             certain
             knowledge
             of
             it
             ,
             nor
             can
             I
             tell
             what
             grounds
             there
             was
             to
             believe
             it
             ,
             so
             little
             reason
             had
             I
             to
             be
             in
             a
             present
             Preparation
             for
             it
             .
             I
             suppose
             it
             is
             not
             expected
             I
             should
             here
             endeavour
             to
             clear
             my self
             of
             the
             Assassination
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             the
             Thing
             alledg'd
             against
             me
             ;
             however
             ,
             it
             was
             mention'd
             ,
             through
             what
             means
             I
             know
             not
             :
             As
             it
             was
             insinuated
             to
             my
             disadvantage
             ,
             I
             forgive
             such
             as
             were
             therein
             instrumental
             :
             And
             I
             do
             also
             from
             the
             very
             bottom
             of
             my
             Soul
             ,
             freely
             forgive
             ,
             and
             beg
             of
             God
             to
             do
             so
             too
             ,
             such
             as
             were
             any
             ways
             accessary
             towards
             the
             taking
             away
             my
             Life
             ,
             which
             I
             really
             look
             upon
             to
             be
             their
             Misfortune
             more
             than
             mine
             .
          
           
             I
             profess
             my self
             ,
             and
             I
             thank
             God
             I
             am
             so
             ,
             a
             Member
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             though
             ,
             God
             knows
             ,
             a
             most
             unworthy
             and
             unprofitable
             part
             of
             it
             ;
             of
             that
             Church
             which
             suffers
             so
             much
             at
             present
             for
             a
             strict
             adherence
             to
             Lovalty
             ,
             the
             Laws
             ,
             and
             Christian
             Principles
             .
          
           
             
               For
               this
               I
               Suffer
               ,
               and
               for
               this
               I
               Dye
               .
            
          
           
             Though
             I
             have
             a
             perfect
             Charity
             for
             people
             of
             all
             Professions
             ,
             and
             do
             heartily
             wish
             well
             ,
             and
             would
             endeavour
             so
             to
             do
             ,
             to
             all
             my
             Fellow-Subjects
             ,
             of
             what
             Persuasions
             soever
             .
             And
             indeed
             ,
             I
             have
             met
             with
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Uprightness
             and
             Sincerity
             among
             some
             people
             of
             very
             different
             Opinions
             in
             Religious
             Matters
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             hope
             and
             desire
             it
             may
             not
             be
             taken
             as
             an
             uncharitable
             Censure
             ,
             or
             undue
             Reflection
             ,
             that
             I
             objected
             to
             the
             Legality
             of
             Popish
             Evidence
             ,
             being
             advised
             so
             to
             do
             for
             my
             better
             Security
             ,
             upon
             the
             foundation
             of
             a
             Statute
             Law.
             
          
           
             Having
             owned
             my self
             a
             Member
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             I
             must
             take
             this
             opportunity
             ,
             and
             I
             do
             it
             for
             God's
             Glory
             ,
             to
             apply
             my self
             to
             you
             that
             are
             Royalists
             of
             that
             Church
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             same
             Faith
             and
             Principles
             with
             my self
             :
             And
             I
             beg
             of
             you
             for
             God's
             sake
             ,
             and
             the
             love
             of
             your
             Souls
             ,
             to
             be
             very
             constant
             and
             serious
             in
             all
             Religious
             Offices
             ,
             and
             holy
             Duties
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             and
             Service
             ,
             which
             I
             have
             too
             much
             neglected
             ,
             as
             I
             own
             to
             my
             great
             Sorrow
             :
             Let
             no
             Excuse
             ,
             no
             Dangers
             ,
             prevent
             or
             hinder
             you
             in
             these
             most
             necessary
             and
             serious
             Matters
             ;
             and
             be
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             very
             careful
             and
             circumspect
             in
             all
             your
             Actions
             ,
             Behaviour
             ,
             and
             Conversation
             ,
             as
             I
             earnestly
             exhorted
             all
             that
             came
             to
             me
             .
          
           
             I
             have
             ,
             I
             thank
             God
             ,
             a
             great
             deal
             of
             Satisfaction
             in
             my
             present
             Sufferings
             ,
             and
             have
             found
             it
             so
             ever
             since
             I
             have
             been
             under
             them
             :
             And
             blessed
             be
             God
             it
             doth
             continually
             increase
             upon
             me
             .
             And
             I
             do
             now
             lay
             down
             my
             Life
             with
             all
             Chearfulness
             and
             Resignation
             ,
             in
             sure
             and
             certain
             Hope
             of
             a
             Resurrection
             to
             Eternal
             Life
             ,
             through
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             through
             whose
             Merits
             alone
             I
             hope
             for
             the
             Pardon
             of
             my
             Sins
             ,
             and
             the
             Salvation
             of
             my
             Soul.
             
          
           
             
               And
               so
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               into
               thy
               Hands
               I
               commend
               my
               Spirit
               ,
               for
               thou
               hast
               redeemed
               me
               ,
               O
               Lord
               ,
               thou
               God
               of
               Truth
               .
            
          
           
             
               And
               I
               do
               heartily
               and
               humbly
               beseech
               Thee
               Almighty
               God
               ,
               and
               my
               most
               Gracious
               Father
               ,
               to
               forgive
               and
               bless
               this
               Sinful
               Nation
               ;
               Deliver
               it
               from
               the
               Guilt
               of
               Rebellion
               ,
               Blood
               ,
               and
               Perjury
               ,
               that
               is
               now
               on
               all
               sides
               more
               than
               ever
               ,
               and
               from
               all
               those
               other
               Hainous
               Sins
               which
               cry
               aloud
               .
               Preserve
               and
               Bless
               this
               Church
               .
               Comfort
               our
               Distressed
               King
               ;
               Restore
               him
               to
               his
               Right
               ,
               and
               his
               Misled
               Subjects
               to
               their
               Allegiance
               :
               Bless
               also
               his
               Royal
               Consort
               ,
               Our
               Gracious
               Queen
            
             Mary
             ;
             
               his
               Royal
               Highness
               the
               Prince
               of
            
             Wales
             ,
             
               That
               he
               may
               grow
               in
               Stature
               ,
               and
               in
               Favour
               with
               God
               and
               Man
               ;
               Support
               and
               Strengthen
               all
               those
               that
               suffer
               in
               any
               kind
               for
               a
               good
               Cause
               ;
               give
               them
               Patience
               under
               all
               their
               Afflictions
               ,
               and
               a
               happy
               Deliverance
               out
               of
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Forgive
               all
               mine
               Enemies
            
             .
          
           
             
               Pardon
               my
               former
               neglect
               ,
               and
               remissness
               in
               Religious
               Worship
               ,
               and
               Holy
               Duties
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               Sins
               I
               have
               been
               guilty
               of
               to
               this
               very
               moment
               .
               Consider
               my
               Contrition
               ,
               Accept
               my
               Tears
               ;
               And
               now
               thou
               art
               pleased
               to
               take
               me
               hence
               ,
               take
               me
               into
               thy
               Favour
               ,
               and
               grant
               that
               my
               Soul
               may
               be
               without
               spot
               presented
               unto
               Thee
               ,
               through
               the
               Merits
               of
               thy
               most
               dearly
               Beloved
               Son
               ,
               Jesus
               Christ
               our
               Lord.
            
             Amen
             .
          
           
             
               John
               Freind
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Sir
             WILLIAM
             PARKINS's
             Paper
             .
          
           
             IT
             hath
             not
             been
             my
             custom
             to
             use
             many
             words
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             not
             be
             long
             upon
             this
             Occasion
             ,
             having
             Business
             of
             much
             greater
             Consequence
             to
             employ
             my
             thoughts
             upon
             .
             I
             thank
             God
             I
             am
             now
             in
             a
             full
             disposition
             to
             Charity
             ,
             and
             therefore
             shall
             make
             no
             Complaints
             ,
             either
             of
             the
             Hardships
             of
             my
             Trial
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Rigours
             put
             upon
             me
             .
             However
             one
             circumstance
             I
             think
             my self
             obliged
             to
             mention
             ;
             it
             was
             Sworn
             against
             me
             by
             Mr.
             Porter
             ,
             That
             I
             had
             own'd
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             I
             had
             Seen
             and
             Read
             a
             Commission
             from
             the
             King
             ,
             to
             Levy
             War
             upon
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             :
             Now
             I
             must
             declare
             ,
             That
             the
             Tenour
             of
             the
             King's
             Commission
             ,
             which
             I
             saw
             ,
             was
             general
             ,
             and
             directed
             to
             all
             his
             Loving
             Subjects
             ,
             to
             Raise
             and
             Levy
             War
             against
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             and
             his
             Adherents
             ,
             and
             to
             Seize
             all
             Forts
             ,
             Castles
             ,
             &c.
             which
             ,
             I
             suppose
             ,
             may
             be
             a
             customary
             Form
             of
             giving
             Authority
             to
             make
             War
             ;
             but
             I
             must
             confess
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             much
             acquainted
             with
             Matters
             of
             that
             nature
             :
             But
             as
             for
             any
             Commission
             particularly
             levelled
             against
             the
             Person
             of
             the
             Prince
             of
             Orange
             ,
             I
             neither
             saw
             nor
             heard
             of
             any
             such
             .
          
           
             It
             's
             true
             I
             was
             privy
             to
             the
             Design
             upon
             the
             Prince
             ,
             but
             was
             not
             to
             act
             in
             it
             ;
             and
             am
             fully
             satisfied
             that
             very
             few
             ,
             or
             none
             ,
             knew
             of
             it
             ,
             but
             those
             who
             undertook
             to
             do
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             freely
             acknowledge
             ,
             and
             think
             it
             for
             my
             Honour
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             I
             was
             entirely
             in
             the
             Interest
             of
             the
             King
             ,
             being
             always
             firmly
             perswaded
             of
             the
             Justice
             of
             his
             Cause
             ,
             and
             looked
             upon
             it
             as
             my
             Duty
             ,
             both
             as
             a
             Subject
             ,
             and
             an
             English-man
             ,
             to
             Assist
             him
             in
             the
             Recovery
             of
             his
             Throne
             ,
             which
             I
             believed
             him
             to
             be
             Deprived
             of
             ,
             contrary
             to
             all
             Right
             and
             Justice
             ;
             taking
             the
             Laws
             and
             Constitutions
             of
             my
             Country
             for
             my
             Guide
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             my
             Religion
             ,
             I
             Dye
             in
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             in
             which
             I
             was
             Educated
             .
          
           
             And
             as
             I
             freely
             Forgive
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             so
             whoever
             I
             may
             any
             ways
             have
             injured
             ,
             I
             heartily
             ask
             them
             Pardon
             .
          
           
             
               William
               Parkins
               .