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             An account of the late horrid conspiracy to depose Their present Majesties, K. William and Q. Mary, to bring in the French and the late King James, and ruine the city of London ... also, some brief reflections on the trials of the Lord Preston, Major Ashton, and Mr. Elliot, who were chiefly concern'd therein, and found guilty / by a gentleman who was present at their trials.
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           William -- III, -- King of England, 1650-1702.
           Mary -- II, -- Queen of England, 1662-1694.
           James -- II, -- King of England, 1633-1701.
           Elliott, John, d. 1691.
           Preston, Richard Graham, -- Viscount, 1648-1695.
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           AN
           ACCOUNT
           OF
           THE
           
             Late
             horrid
             Conspiracy
          
           TO
           DEPOSE
           Their
           Present
           MAJESTIES
           K.
           WILLIAM
           and
           Q.
           MARY
           ,
           To
           bring
           in
           the
           FRENCH
           and
           the
           Late
           King
           JAMES
           ,
           and
           ruine
           the
           City
           of
           London
           .
        
         
           WITH
           A
           Relation
           of
           the
           miraculous
           Discovery
           thereof
           .
        
         
           ALSO
           Some
           brief
           Reflections
           on
           the
           Trials
           of
           the
           Lord
           Preston
           ,
           Major
           Ashton
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Elliot
           ,
           who
           were
           chiefly
           concern'd
           therein
           ,
           and
           found
           Guilty
           .
        
         
           By
           a
           Gentleman
           who
           was
           present
           at
           their
           Trials
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             J.
             Humph●ys
          
           ,
           1691.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           ,
           TO
           All
           that
           love
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           King
           William
           and
           Queen
           Mary
           ,
           and
           Old
           England
           .
        
         
           I
           
             Need
             not
             tell
             you
             ,
             Gentlemen
             ,
             how
             many
             and
             how
             restless
             Endeavours
             have
             been
             used
             by
             the
             Enemies
             of
             our
             dear
          
           Country
           
             and
             dearer
          
           Religion
           ,
           
             to
             destroy
             both
             ever
             since
             the
          
           Reformation
           .
           
             You
             cannot
             but
             remember
             with
             due
             regret
             and
             concern
             ,
             what
             deep
             Designs
             have
             been
             frequently
             laid
             for
             this
             Purpose
             ,
             within
             the
             reach
             of
             your
             own
          
           Observations
           ,
           
           
             (
             not
             to
             look
             back
             to
             King
          
           James
           
             the
             First
             ,
             or
             Queen
          
           Elizabeth
           ,
           
             of
             blessed
             and
          
           eternal
           memory
           .
           )
           
             Nor
             are
             you
             ,
             I
             am
             confident
             ,
             of
             so
             easie
             and
             implicit
             a
             Faith
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             perswaded
             by
             all
             the
             popular
          
           Harangues
           
             in
             the
             World
             to
             contradict
             your
             own
             senses
             :
             And
             indeed
             ,
             they
             only
             may
             inform
             us
             how
             much
             we
             have
             hitherto
             been
             the
          
           Care
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           
             and
             what
             need
             there
             was
             of
             our
             being
             so
             ,
             since
             we
             have
             taken
             so
             little
             of
             our selves
             ,
             but
             with
             a
             sort
             of
          
           Stupidity
           ,
           
             which
             looks
             like
          
           Incantation
           ,
           
             for
             the
             most
             part
             sate
             tame
             and
             quiet
             ,
             Expectants
             when
             the
             hanging
             Sword
             would
             drop
             on
             our
             Heads
             ,
             which
             so
             slender
             a
             Thread
             as
             to
             outward
             view
             only
             supported
             ;
             though
             we
             ought
             to
             believe
             there
             was
             an
          
           Arm
           within
           the
           Clouds
           ,
           
             which
             would
             not
             suffer
             it
             to
             wound
             any
             further
             than
             its
          
           Commission
           :
           
             For
             indeed
             ,
             what
             else
             has
             hitherto
             preserved
             us
             under
             the
             two
             last
             and
             the
             present
             Reign
             ?
             For
             whether
             the
             Throne
             has
             been
             filled
             by
             an
             open
          
           Papist
           ,
           
             or
             a
             pretended
          
           Protestant
           ,
           
             or
             one
             who
             is
          
           really
           
             such
             :
             One
             thing
             is
             certain
             ,
             that
          
           Popery
           ,
           
             with
             its
             infeparable
             Companion
             ,
             has
             been
             all
             along
             struggling
             to
             get
             uppermost
             ,
             and
             like
             a
             true
          
           Politician
           ,
           
             was
             indeed
             nearest
             the
             obtaining
             its
             desire
             ,
             when
             it
             appeared
             farthest
             from
             it
             .
             The
          
           Popish
           Plot
           
             in
             King
          
           Charles
           
             's
             Reign
             ,
             although
             it
             obtain
             not
             its
             immediate
             Design
             ,
             yet
             in
             the
             Effects
             thereof
             ,
             went
             a
             great
          
           length
           
             towards
             our
             ruine
             ,
             like
             Gunpowder
             in
             a
          
           Vault
           ,
           
             doing
             incomparably
             the
             more
             mischief
             by
             being
          
           stifled
           .
           
             All
             know
             what
             an
             odd
          
           Branch
           
             was
             grafted
             upon
             it
             ,
             and
             how
             unnatural
             a
          
           Fruit
           
             it
             bore
             ;
             the
          
           Jugglers
           ,
           
             who
             managed
             that
          
           Show
           ,
           
             pretending
             to
             change
          
           Papist
           into
           Presbyterian
           :
           
             Just
             as
             effectual
             a
             Miracle
             as
             their
             turning
          
           Bread
           into
           Flesh
           ,
           
             while
             't
             is
          
           Bread
           
             still
             .
             However
             ,
             this
             is
             more
             certain
             ,
             That
          
           
           
             they
             went
             on
             so
             fairly
             ,
             as
             to
          
           Juggle
           
             one
             King
             (
             't
             is
             more
             than
             probable
             )
             out
             of
             his
          
           Life
           ,
           
             and
             the
             other
             out
             of
             his
          
           Throne
           ;
           
             for
             indeed
             he
             was
             little
             better
             than
             spirited
             away
             by
             the
          
           Kidnapping
           
             Priests
             and
             Jesuites
             ,
             the
             Merchandise
             of
          
           Rome
           
             being
             sometimes
             the
             Bodies
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Souls
             of
             Men.
             And
             one
             would
             have
             thought
             a
          
           fair
           riddance
           
             there
             had
             been
             now
             made
             for
             good
             and
             all
             ,
             the
             vacant
             Throne
             being
             filled
             by
             the
             Consent
             and
             Applauses
             of
             all
             goodmen
             ,
             with
             two
             Protestant
             Princes
             ,
             whose
             actions
             as
             well
             as
             words
             have
             declared
             them
             as
             true
          
           Defenders
           of
           the
           Faith
           ,
           
             as
             of
             the
          
           undoubted
           Rights
           and
           Liberties
           
             of
             their
             Kingdoms
             .
             But
             neither
             must
             these
             expect
             to
             sit
             in
             quiet
             ,
             like
             the
             ancient
          
           Heroes
           ,
           
             they
             seem
             born
             for
          
           Troubles
           ,
           
             and
             made
             on
             purpose
             to
             wade
             through
          
           Danger
           and
           Honour
           .
           
             And
             were
             their
             Enemies
             and
             the
             Protestant
             Religion's
             (
             whose
             Life
             and
             very
             Being
             seems
             very
             much
             bound
             up
             in
             Theirs
             )
             but
             all
             before
             'em
             ;
             Were
             there
             no
             danger
             but
             from
             the
          
           Sword
           of
           France
           ,
           
             or
             the
             late
             King's
          
           Valour
           ,
           
             there
             would
             not
             be
             so
             much
             reason
             for
             our
             apprehension
             and
             concern
             .
             But
             when
             those
             inestimable
          
           Lives
           ,
           
             as
             well
             as
             all
             our
             own
             ,
             all
             that
             we
             have
             hazarded
             ,
             whatever
             i●
          
           dear
           
             to
             us
             ,
             have
          
           paid
           
             for
             ,
             continue
             to
          
           Pray
           ,
           
             and
             are
             ready
             to
          
           fight
           
             for
             ;
             when
             all
             this
             ,
             and
             the
          
           Interest
           
             of
             all
          
           Europe
           ,
           
             shall
             be
             still
             in
             as
             much
             danger
             as
             ever
             ,
             from
             a
             sort
             of
             People
             ,
             that
          
           Mercy
           is
           thrown
           away
           ,
           and
           Pardon
           lost
           upon
           'em
           ;
           
             I
             cannot
             doubt
             ,
             but
             we
             shall
             all
             be
             inspired
             with
             a
             just
             Iudignation
             against
             them
             :
             That
             the
             Law
             will
             be
             ,
             now
             in
             earnest
             let
             loose
             upon
             them
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             shall
             no
             longer
             by
             a
             foolish
          
           pity
           
             towards
             them
             ,
             endanger
             our
             own
             utter
             Ruine
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Now
             as
             to
             what
             their
             Designs
             are
             ,
             and
             have
             been
             for
             some
             time
             past
             ,
             these
             Papers
             may
             give
             some
             satisfaction
             ,
             till
             a
             larger
             account
             shall
             be
             thought
             fit
             to
             be
             made
             publick
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           An
           ACCOUNT
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           NO
           one
           can
           imagine
           that
           a
           Plot
           of
           so
           dangerous
           a
           nature
           ,
           and
           large
           an
           extent
           as
           this
           appears
           to
           be
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           brought
           on
           the
           Stage
           by
           so
           wonderful
           a
           
             turn
             of
             Providence
          
           ,
           could
           be
           of
           yesterdays
           growth
           ,
           but
           as
           Trees
           which
           shoot
           their
           Roots
           deep
           into
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           spread
           wide
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           may
           be
           easily
           guest
           to
           be
           of
           no
           very
           
             late
             planting
          
           ;
           so
           ,
           for
           a
           Reason
           not
           unlike
           ,
           we
           may
           believe
           the
           original
           of
           this
           Design
           is
           to
           be
           fetcht
           much
           higher
           than
           its
           Discovery
           ,
           and
           the
           event
           would
           be
           apt
           to
           make
           one
           think
           there
           was
           really
           more
           in
           the
           Memorial
           ,
           we
           have
           been
           told
           was
           last
           Summer
           presented
           to
           the
           
             French
             King
          
           ,
           than
           some
           persons
           would
           have
           us
           imagin
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           may
           be
           worth
           another
           Enquiry
           what
           became
           of
           
             that
             Plot
          
           ,
           for
           which
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           Proclamations
           plainly
           declaring
           ,
           that
           there
           were
           ill
           Designs
           then
           on
           foot
           against
           the
           Government
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           persons
           actually
           seiz'd
           and
           committed
           for
           the
           same
           ;
           there
           was
           never
           any
           suffered
           besides
           one
           Blockhead
           that
           was
           not
           worth
           a
           saving
           ▪
           Whether
           the
           reason
           of
           this
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           acquitting
           all
           those
           committed
           upon
           that
           account
           without
           any
           Trial
           ,
           at
           which
           time
           my
           Lord
           C
           —
           ,
           and
           Presto●
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           were
           dismist
           of
           their
           Confinements
           ▪
           Whether
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           were
           ,
           That
           the
           Government
           was
           resolv'd
           to
           try
           whether
           an
           
             Excess
             of
             Merc●
          
           and
           Mildness
           would
           work
           any
           thing
           on
           those
           concern'd
           ,
           or
           intended
           to
           let
           them
           run
           to
           the
           end
           of
           their
           Line
           ,
           and
           more
           clearly
           discover
           themselves
           to
           
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           is
           not
           our
           present
           business
           to
           enquire
           .
           What
           's
           perhaps
           more
           sure
           ,
           is
           that
           as
           deep
           as
           these
           ●oles
           lay
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           work
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           but
           their
           Design
           were
           known
           some
           time
           since
           ,
           to
           some
           
             Ministers
             of
             State
          
           ,
           (
           at
           least
           one
           )
           and
           that
           few
           steps
           they
           took
           or
           Feet
           they
           advanced
           ,
           were
           Secrets
           to
           them
           against
           whom
           they
           were
           level'd
           ;
           which
           shews
           us
           ,
           that
           the
           present
           Government
           wants
           not
           those
           who
           can
           manage
           things
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           perhaps
           not
           much
           less
           dexterously
           than
           a
           Cecil
           or
           a
           Walsingham
           ,
           and
           has
           further
           had
           a
           large
           and
           a
           happy
           Influence
           in
           opening
           some
           persons
           Eyes
           ,
           which
           Prejudice
           had
           so
           long
           either
           blinded
           or
           changed
           their
           colour
           in
           relation
           to
           the
           Honour
           and
           Integrity
           of
           a
           certain
           Noble
           Person
           ,
           who
           after
           all
           the
           hot
           and
           hasty
           Censures
           past
           upon
           him
           ,
           has
           been
           the
           chief
           or
           sole
           manager
           of
           this
           Detection
           and
           Discovery
           .
        
         
           Whoever
           were
           behind
           the
           Scenes
           in
           this
           Plot
           ,
           we
           are
           certain
           enough
           who
           were
           publickly
           engaged
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           main
           Go-betweens
           and
           Agitat●rs
           for
           the
           Cause
           ,
           which
           were
           so
           lately
           tried
           for
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           so
           justly
           found
           guilty
           ,
           were
           my
           L.
           Preston
           ,
           one
           commonly
           called
           Major
           Ashton
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Elliot
           .
        
         
           Ashton
           had
           been
           employ'd
           formerly
           by
           Major-General
           
             W
             —
          
           ,
           before
           the
           late
           King's
           abdication
           ,
           and
           had
           married
           one
           Mr.
           
           Rigby's
           Daughter
           ,
           but
           whether
           or
           no
           embark'd
           in
           the
           same
           design
           ,
           time
           may
           discover
           .
        
         
           For
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           ,
           he
           has
           been
           sufficiently
           known
           e're
           this
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           it
           would
           not
           be
           either
           beyond
           Truth
           or
           Modesty
           to
           affirm
           ,
           He
           had
           been
           better
           have
           suffer'd
           the
           former
           Errors
           of
           his
           Management
           to
           have
           been
           forgotten
           ,
           than
           by
           thus
           meddling
           in
           things
           of
           such
           a
           dangerous
           nature
           ,
           given
           liberty
           and
           occasion
           to
           look
           backward
           ,
           and
           thereby
           draw
           on
           his
           own
           Head
           nothing
           but
           Infamy
           ,
           and
           
           ruine
           .
           It
           will
           be
           readily
           granted
           ,
           that
           the
           Family
           of
           the
           Grahams
           have
           been
           not
           a
           little
           obliged
           to
           the
           late
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           that
           Gratitude
           ,
           where
           it
           leads
           us
           no
           farther
           than
           Justice
           ,
           is
           a
           very
           Noble
           and
           B●●utiful
           Virtue
           ;
           but
           then
           a
           
             Mistaken
             Gratitude
          
           and
           Honour
           ought
           not
           sure
           to
           carry
           us
           into
           such
           Actions
           as
           are
           pernicious
           to
           the
           Society
           ,
           under
           which
           we
           enjoy
           protection
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           Country
           towards
           which
           we
           have
           far
           deeper
           and
           stronger
           Obligations
           than
           we
           can
           possibly
           have
           to
           any
           
             particular
             Person
          
           .
           For
           I
           'd
           fain
           know
           ,
           whether
           it
           wou'd
           be
           any
           excuse
           for
           a
           Man
           who
           shou'd
           set
           Fire
           to
           his
           own
           
           Father's
           house
           ,
           or
           the
           publick
           Magazine
           of
           his
           City
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           formerly
           been
           obliged
           by
           the
           Robbers
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           or
           declar'd
           Enemys
           of
           the
           other
           .
           Now
           how
           fit
           a
           person
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           was
           for
           an
           Employment
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           and
           as
           it
           shou'd
           seem
           the
           general
           Agitator
           of
           the
           whole
           Affair
           ,
           will
           easily
           appear
           ,
           if
           we
           consider
           his
           Character
           .
           He
           is
           undoubtedly
           ,
           to
           do
           an
           
             Enemy
             Justice
          
           ,
           a
           person
           of
           the
           highest
           Form
           for
           most
           Accomplishments
           becoming
           a
           Gentleman
           .
           —
           His
           Wit
           is
           much
           above
           the
           ordinary
           Standard
           ,
           he
           is
           extreamly
           well
           verst
           in
           business
           ,
           and
           as
           indefatigable
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           what
           he
           undertakes
           .
           He
           has
           been
           generally
           thought
           a
           Man
           of
           Courage
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           appear'd
           to
           some
           more
           dejected
           than
           was
           usual
           at
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Tryal
           ,
           't
           was
           no
           great
           wonder
           when
           he
           found
           all
           his
           fine
           work
           unravel'd
           ,
           the
           Cause
           ruin'd
           beyond
           a
           possibility
           of
           recovery
           ,
           and
           his
           own
           Life
           at
           the
           mercy
           of
           offended
           Law
           ,
           and
           injur'd
           Justice
           .
           After
           all
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           own'd
           he
           is
           a
           great
           
             Master
             of
             address
          
           ,
           and
           his
           words
           are
           so
           charming
           ,
           his
           motions
           so
           graceful
           ,
           that
           a
           fitter
           person
           cou'd
           hardly
           be
           found
           out
           ,
           or
           even
           
           made
           on
           purpose
           to
           bewitch
           Men
           from
           their
           duty
           and
           Alegience
           ,
           and
           for
           my
           part
           I
           rather
           wonder
           such
           a
           man
           as
           he
           ,
           has
           not
           made
           
             more
             Proselites
          
           to
           his
           Masters
           Interest
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           has
           made
           
             so
             many
          
           .
           And
           if
           at
           his
           Tryal
           he
           show'd
           not
           so
           great
           a
           
             Strength
             of
             mind
          
           as
           may
           have
           appear'd
           in
           other
           parts
           of
           his
           Life
           ,
           I
           believe
           we
           may
           blame
           his
           Ingenuity
           for
           it
           ,
           it
           being
           probable
           that
           one
           who
           knew
           himself
           so
           deeply
           and
           
             palpably
             guilty
          
           could
           hardly
           have
           Face
           enough
           to
           insist
           much
           upon
           his
           Innocence
           .
           Add
           to
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           's
           a
           reputed
           Protestant
           ,
           and
           had
           been
           formerly
           Embassador
           in
           France
           ,
           from
           the
           King
           of
           England
           .
           The
           other
           two
           ,
           being
           but
           
             Vnder
             Wheels
          
           ,
           to
           this
           great
           Mover
           ,
           will
           not
           deserve
           so
           much
           time
           ,
           or
           notice
           ,
           in
           this
           short
           Paper
           ,
           nor
           are
           so
           loaden
           with
           Commendations
           as
           we
           find
           he
           is
           in
           almost
           all
           the
           Letters
           ,
           made
           publick
           at
           the
           Tryal
           from
           the
           Heads
           of
           the
           Party
           ,
           nor
           are
           they
           of
           so
           fair
           a
           Character
           as
           his
           Lordship
           has
           had
           given
           him
           .
           For
           these
           yet
           
             behind
             the
             Curtain
          
           ,
           time
           may
           draw
           it
           aside
           and
           discover
           'em
           ,
           nor
           can
           any
           one
           think
           ,
           that
           a
           design
           of
           this
           
             Nature
             and
             Extent
          
           ,
           had
           only
           three
           or
           four
           Persons
           imbarkt
           therein
           .
           Thus
           much
           therefore
           must
           for
           the
           present
           satisfie
           for
           the
           Characters
           of
           the
           chief
           Managers
           of
           this
           Conspiracy
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           Subject
           and
           Method
           thereof
           ,
           it
           can
           appear
           from
           nothing
           better
           ,
           or
           clearer
           than
           the
           Original
           
             Papers
             and
             Letters
          
           of
           the
           very
           Conspirators
           and
           Managers
           under
           their
           own
           Hand-Writing
           .
           And
           indeed
           there
           need
           no
           Colours
           to
           heighten
           or
           advance
           it
           .
           —
           The
           Devil
           is
           ugly
           enough
           of
           himself
           ,
           cou'd
           the
           Painter
           describe
           him
           like
           what
           he
           really
           is
           ,
           nor
           needs
           the
           addition
           of
           Tail
           
           and
           Horns
           to
           make
           him
           more
           terrible
           .
           The
           Truth
           is
           ,
           't
           was
           a
           Home-stroak
           ,
           and
           there
           wanted
           no
           good
           will
           ,
           either
           in
           the
           design
           or
           management
           .
           
             'T
             was
             neither
             less
             nor
             more
             ,
             than
             the
             overthrowing
             the
             Government
             ,
             Deposing
             ,
             if
             not
             Murthering
             Their
             Majesties
             ,
             
               Whom
               God
               long
               preserve
               ,
               to
               the
               Confusion
               of
               their
               Enemies
               ,
            
             bringing
             in
             an
             Army
             of
             French
             and
             Strangers
             ,
             and
             joyning
             them
             on
             their
             Invasion
             ,
             after
             having
             betray'd
             the
             Strength
             and
             Condition
             of
             the
             Nation
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             given
             an
             exact
             Account
             of
             our
             Fleet
             and
             Forts
             ,
             laying
             Designs
             for
             the
             Destruction
             of
             both
             ,
             and
             taking
             a
             particular
             and
             remarkable
             care
             to
             
               plague
               London
               .
            
             —
          
           Which
           Favour
           the
           Honest
           Citizens
           can't
           be
           forgetful
           of
           ,
           and
           some
           here
           at
           home
           of
           another
           Character
           ,
           one
           would
           almost
           think
           had
           been
           aiming
           at
           ,
           a
           little
           before
           the
           Plot
           was
           ripened
           .
        
         
           This
           in
           general
           —
           More
           particularly
           the
           Scene
           was
           laid
           as
           deep
           and
           as
           subtily
           as
           Hell
           it self
           could
           contrive
           it
           (
           though
           the
           Traytors
           concern'd
           ,
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           say
           here
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           in
           the
           
             Gunpowder
             Treason
             ,
             'T
             was
             the
             Devil
             who
             discover'd
             it
             )
          
           to
           destroy
           in
           a
           few
           Weeks
           ,
           or
           Months
           ,
           all
           that
           which
           has
           been
           so
           long
           and
           so
           firmly
           building
           ,
           by
           the
           wonderful
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           united
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           Valour
           of
           the
           Nation
           at
           the
           expence
           of
           so
           much
           Blood
           and
           Treasure
           ,
           as
           it
           has
           already
           cost
           us
           .
           Here
           at
           home
           it
           appears
           to
           have
           been
           carry'd
           on
           ever
           since
           ,
           and
           before
           the
           Bravado
           of
           the
           French
           on
           our
           Coasts
           the
           last
           Summer
           ;
           for
           some
           of
           the
           Letters
           taken
           ,
           mightily
           lament
           the
           disappointment
           they
           met
           with
           at
           that
           time
           ,
           and
           assure
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           that
           
           't
           was
           for
           want
           of
           no
           
             good
             will
             ,
             but
             only
             a
             handsome
             opportunity
             ▪
             that
             they
             lent
             not
             their
             utmost
             assistance
             to
             destroy
             it
             —
          
           But
           you
           wou'd
           not
           have
           Men
           Rebel
           when
           they
           can't
           do
           't
           ,
           and
           joyn
           the
           French
           at
           Portsmouth
           or
           Devonshire
           ,
           when
           fast
           in
           the
           Tower
           of
           London
           .
           However
           they
           saved
           
             their
             Stakes
          
           ,
           and
           by
           this
           time
           it
           seems
           were
           got
           ●e●dy
           for
           another
           Game
           ,
           their
           only
           trouble
           being
           (
           as
           they
           express
           it
           )
           that
           their
           Confinements
           had
           retarded
           the
           Affair
           ,
           but
           promising
           with
           double
           vigour
           to
           prosecute
           it
           as
           soon
           as
           discharged
           of
           their
           Imprisonment
           ,
           and
           recover
           the
           ground
           which
           they
           had
           thereby
           lost
           .
        
         
           But
           one
           grand
           Obstacle
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           the
           Plotters
           met
           with
           in
           the
           prosecution
           of
           their
           Designs
           .
           They
           knew
           very
           well
           the
           Mortal
           and
           Unchangeable
           Aversion
           rooted
           in
           the
           very
           Souls
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           English
           against
           Popery
           ,
           ever
           since
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           liked
           ,
           at
           least
           ,
           never
           the
           better
           for
           what
           knowledge
           they
           had
           thereof
           ,
           during
           the
           short
           visit
           it
           lately
           made
           us
           :
           Accordingly
           they
           could
           not
           but
           imagine
           this
           would
           be
           a
           
             terrible
             Obstacle
          
           to
           their
           design
           of
           reinstating
           the
           late
           King
           James
           in
           his
           Throne
           ,
           whom
           the
           English
           can
           hardly
           think
           much
           better
           or
           truer
           for
           having
           been
           so
           long
           under
           the
           French
           King's
           Pupillage
           ,
           nor
           could
           believe
           it
           so
           much
           as
           possible
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           return
           without
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           not
           only
           in
           England
           ,
           but
           very
           probably
           throughout
           all
           Europe
           .
           This
           Objection
           ,
           which
           lay
           so
           full
           against
           the
           very
           center
           of
           their
           design
           ,
           they
           found
           it
           necessary
           to
           obviate
           e're
           they
           could
           proceed
           one
           step
           further
           ;
           and
           though
           all
           the
           
           World
           else
           thinks
           it
           impossible
           that
           King
           James
           shou'd
           should
           ever
           now
           return
           without
           Popery
           at
           his
           Heels
           ,
           the
           Agitatars
           of
           this
           design
           undertake
           to
           prove
           it
           possible
           —
           which
           was
           all
           it
           seems
           they
           would
           so
           much
           as
           pretend
           to
           ;
           tho
           with
           what
           Reason
           ,
           or
           to
           what
           end
           ,
           I
           can't
           imagine
           ,
           only
           the
           cause
           would
           bear
           no
           more
           ,
           scarcely
           that
           it self
           ;
           for
           tho
           we
           believe
           't
           is
           possible
           ,
           and
           barely
           so
           ,
           for
           a
           Man
           to
           leap
           over
           the
           Bridg
           and
           not
           be
           drowned
           ,
           or
           Tumble
           from
           a
           precipiece
           and
           not
           be
           Crushed
           to
           Pieces
           ,
           (
           of
           both
           which
           we
           have
           Instances
           )
           yet
           none
           but
           a
           Mad-Man
           wou'd
           offer
           to
           repeat
           the
           Experiment
           ,
           in
           hopes
           of
           the
           same
           Event
           .
           But
           that
           the
           Villany
           might
           proceed
           Methodically
           ,
           they
           had
           a
           formal
           Consult
           ,
           and
           Conference
           between
           divers
           Lords
           and
           Gentlemen
           :
           
             Tories
             as
             well
             as
             Whiggs
          
           (
           those
           are
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Paper
           which
           gives
           an
           Account
           thereof
           ;
           Seized
           among
           others
           in
           Ashtons
           Bosom
           )
           wherein
           it
           was
           Actually
           prov'd
           ;
           possible
           that
           he
           might
           return
           without
           any
           
             Injury
             to
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
             .
             —
          
           And
           wherein
           were
           several
           fine
           Chimeras
           proposed
           ,
           which
           had
           King
           James
           Conquer'd
           the
           Country
           ,
           and
           Recover'd
           His
           Throne
           by
           the
           French
           Arms
           ,
           would
           have
           signified
           just
           as
           much
           as
           his
           Promise
           at
           his
           first
           coming
           to
           the
           Crown
           ,
           and
           his
           Oath
           at
           the
           Coronation
           ,
           to
           protect
           the
           Government
           as
           then
           Establish'd
           ,
           in
           Church
           and
           State.
           —
           But
           now
           ,
           they
           tell
           ye
           ,
           he
           had
           bit
           upon
           the
           Bridle
           ,
           and
           known
           the
           smart
           on
           't
           ,
           and
           if
           he
           ever
           came
           back
           agen
           ,
           he
           had
           learnt
           more
           wit
           ,
           then
           to
           take
           such
           evil
           Courses
           as
           had
           formerly
           Broke
           and
           Ruin'd
           him
           ,
           Yes
           undoubtedly
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           any
           Highway-Man
           or
           Murderer
           Pardoned
           ,
           
           during
           his
           happy
           Reign
           ,
           wou'd
           leave
           the
           Road
           ,
           or
           Cutting-Throats
           ,
           for
           having
           been
           once
           in
           sight
           of
           the
           Gallows
           .
           One
           wou'd
           think
           the
           former
           Jaunt
           of
           almost
           Twenty
           Years
           long
           ,
           had
           been
           enough
           to
           have
           taught
           some
           Persons
           
             Wit
             and
             Honesty
          
           ;
           if
           ever
           they
           wou'd
           have
           been
           capable
           of
           either
           :
           Or
           at
           least
           ,
           that
           the
           sound
           Ruffle
           they
           met
           with
           from
           the
           People
           of
           England
           before
           they
           came
           to
           the
           Throne
           ,
           should
           have
           taught
           'em
           ,
           when
           fix'd
           in
           it
           ,
           how
           to
           behave
           themselves
           there
           ,
           and
           what
           Measures
           to
           use
           with
           a
           Nation
           ;
           who
           ,
           tho
           't
           is
           not
           an
           easie
           matter
           to
           anger
           'em
           ,
           when
           once
           they
           are
           so
           ,
           never
           Bite
           but
           their
           Teeth
           meet
           ;
           and
           tho
           you
           cut
           their
           Heads
           off
           ,
           won't
           let
           go
           their
           hold
           .
           There
           's
           a
           Proverb
           of
           a
           certain
           King
           ,
           a
           
             little
             wiser
          
           then
           him
           we
           are
           discoursing
           of
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           with
           Truth
           and
           Manners
           enough
           apply'd
           —
           at
           least
           to
           some
           of
           his
           Old
           Courtiers
           ,
           and
           those
           inseparable
           Friends
           ,
           who
           will
           to
           he
           sure
           alwaies
           have
           his
           Ears
           and
           
             Heart
             —
             Bray
             a
             Fool
             in
             a
             Morter
             ,
             yet
             he
             won't
             depart
             from
             his
             Folly
             :
          
           Which
           was
           one
           unlucky
           Objection
           ,
           which
           I
           doubt
           ,
           those
           Men
           of
           Projects
           ,
           and
           Reason
           ,
           forgot
           to
           answer
           at
           this
           Conference
           ;
           tho
           it
           seems
           ,
           several
           there
           present
           ,
           who
           pretended
           great
           Zeal
           for
           the
           
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           (
           and
           without
           doubt
           ,
           much
           according
           to
           knowledge
           )
           went
           away
           as
           intirely
           satisfied
           in
           the
           point
           in
           Controversie
           ,
           as
           one
           who
           has
           never
           made
           any
           experiment
           of
           Matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           is
           with
           some
           fine
           Hypothesis
           of
           mounting
           to
           the
           World
           in
           the
           Moon
           ,
           in
           a
           Chariot
           of
           Ganza's
           .
           In
           the
           mean
           while
           they
           must
           give
           other
           Men
           leave
           to
           doubt
           of
           what
           they
           were
           pleas'd
           to
           be
           satisfied
           with
           ,
           so
           long
           at
           least
           till
           
           they
           can
           produce
           one
           Instance
           of
           a
           Bigotted
           
             Popish
             Prince
          
           ,
           who
           kept
           his
           word
           with
           his
           Protestant
           Subjects
           ,
           longer
           then
           his
           Interest
           persuaded
           him
           to
           observe
           it
           ;
           or
           he
           wanted
           Power
           to
           break
           it
           .
           However
           ,
           so
           much
           we
           may
           learn
           by
           the
           Title
           of
           the
           Conferrence
           before
           mentioned
           :
           that
           it
           is
           not
           being
           of
           one
           Party
           ,
           or
           t'other
           ,
           makes
           a
           Man
           Honest
           :
           That
           Loyalty
           is
           not
           Ty'd
           up
           to
           one
           side
           or
           Interest
           .
           That
           there
           are
           Traytors
           of
           both
           sides
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           those
           who
           love
           the
           Government
           ,
           ought
           heartily
           to
           agree
           in
           their
           Defence
           of
           it
           ,
           tho
           they
           differ
           in
           their
           Sentiments
           ,
           as
           to
           other
           things
           ,
           unless
           they
           'd
           have
           both
           that
           and
           their selves
           Ruin'd
           by
           the
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           .
        
         
           After
           this
           Consult
           ,
           we
           may
           believe
           they
           push'd
           on
           more
           vigorously
           than
           formerly
           ,
           and
           have
           brought
           things
           to
           bear
           so
           well
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           several
           Letters
           of
           Treasonable
           Correspondence
           ,
           they
           rest
           almost
           secured
           of
           Success
           ;
           provided
           ,
           they
           might
           be
           but
           powerfully
           assisted
           by
           the
           French
           ,
           in
           that
           manner
           and
           time
           they
           proposed
           ,
           and
           had
           drawn
           up
           in
           a
           Scheme
           of
           the
           whole
           .
           And
           if
           they
           did
           their
           part
           ,
           and
           a
           certain
           Person
           easie
           enough
           to
           be
           guest
           at
           ,
           did
           but
           appear
           in
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           express
           it
           in
           one
           of
           their
           Cants
           )
           they
           doubted
           not
           but
           
             before
             next
          
           Easter
           Term
           ,
           
             the
             Causes
             would
             come
             to
             a
             Final
             Hearing
             .
          
           That
           is
           before
           that
           time
           ,
           we
           had
           been
           all
           involved
           in
           
             Blood
             and
             Confusion
          
           ,
           and
           as
           miserable
           as
           these
           Plotters
           and
           their
           Masters
           cou'd
           make
           us
           .
        
         
         
           To
           that
           end
           ,
           
             Exact
             Lists
          
           were
           sent
           of
           all
           our
           
             Naval
             preparations
          
           ,
           what
           Ships
           in
           Repair
           ,
           and
           what
           not
           ,
           from
           the
           First
           ,
           to
           Sixth
           Rates
           ,
           not
           omitting
           so
           much
           as
           the
           very
           Yatchts
           and
           Tenders
           .
           So
           that
           an
           Account
           also
           added
           of
           such
           Commanders
           as
           were
           most
           likely
           to
           be
           drawn
           to
           the
           
             French
             Interest
          
           —
           So
           that
           we
           need
           now
           no
           longer
           puzzle
           our selves
           to
           guess
           which
           way
           so
           many
           French-Pistols
           creep
           in
           among
           us
           ;
           (
           Twenty
           Four
           of
           which
           ,
           have
           within
           this
           few
           days
           been
           Received
           in
           no
           larger
           a
           Sum
           then
           Forty
           Pound
           .
           )
           And
           yet
           more
           Villanous
           ;
           Directions
           were
           prepared
           for
           the
           
             French
             Fleet
          
           ,
           how
           ,
           and
           where
           to
           Fight
           ,
           and
           destroy
           Oars
           ,
           their
           Numbers
           proportion'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Time
           of
           their
           setting
           out
           ,
           and
           appearing
           upon
           our
           Coast
           at
           furthest
           in
           March
           ,
           or
           the
           beginning
           of
           April
           ,
           to
           hinder
           the
           
             Dutch
             Fleet
          
           and
           Ours
           from
           Joyning
           .
           They
           were
           to
           
             look
             to
             Spithead
          
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           
             Burn
             the
             Shipping
          
           there
           ,
           and
           take
           the
           Town
           .
           To
           which
           end
           ,
           a
           most
           
             Exact
             Accovnt
          
           was
           drawn
           up
           for
           them
           of
           all
           the
           Force
           in
           Portsmouth
           .
           The
           State
           of
           the
           different
           Forts
           ,
           as
           
             South-Sea
             ,
             Trevanion
          
           ,
           &c.
           As
           the
           Number
           of
           Men
           in
           Garrison
           ,
           and
           the
           Facility
           of
           putting
           a
           design
           of
           that
           Nature
           in
           Execution
           .
           London
           ,
           to
           be
           sure
           ,
           among
           the
           rest
           ,
           is
           never
           to
           be
           forgotten
           Nothing
           is
           to
           be
           done
           till
           those
           proud
           Citizens
           be
           humbled
           
             —
             Carthago
             est
             delenda
          
           —
           Destroy
           that
           ,
           or
           that
           will
           Destroy
           Rome
           or
           at
           least
           till
           things
           are
           Ripe
           enough
           ,
           and
           the
           Rebellion
           strong
           enough
           ,
           let
           French
           Ships
           alwaies
           lie
           ready
           on
           purpose
           to
           Plague
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           their
           Fire
           had
           not
           been
           enough
           before
           .
        
         
         
           But
           they
           knew
           what
           would
           be
           most
           acceptable
           to
           the
           Person
           who
           employ'd
           them
           ,
           who
           whilst
           he
           remain'd
           at
           Helm
           ,
           was
           so
           true
           a
           
             Pater
             Patriae
          
           ,
           who
           always
           so
           dearly
           lov'd
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           between
           which
           and
           him
           there
           was
           so
           little
           Love
           ever
           lost
           .
           Further
           if
           it
           should
           come
           to
           a
           Battle
           ,
           the
           very
           place
           was
           agreed
           on
           where
           they
           should
           fight
           the
           English
           ,
           not
           so
           high
           as
           last
           Summer
           ,
           near
           the
           Beachy
           ,
           but
           rather
           in
           the
           Chaps
           of
           the
           Channel
           .
           And
           all
           this
           with
           the
           landing
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           and
           the
           publick
           defection
           of
           his
           Traytors
           at
           home
           ,
           who
           were
           immediately
           to
           come
           in
           to
           their
           assistance
           ,
           to
           be
           put
           in
           Execution
           as
           soon
           as
           possible
           after
           the
           departure
           of
           the
           King
           for
           Holland
           ,
           a
           Proclamation
           being
           prepared
           (
           perhaps
           with
           as
           much
           as
           
           Coleman's
           Declaration
           for
           dissolving
           the
           Parliament
           )
           to
           the
           same
           effect
           with
           what
           was
           discours'd
           in
           the
           Consult
           before
           mentioned
           ,
           setting
           all
           the
           Varnish
           possible
           on
           the
           Cause
           ;
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           to
           be
           as
           surely
           established
           and
           defended
           as
           it
           was
           before
           ,
           they
           only
           to
           have
           the
           Government
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           poor
           harmless
           Catholicks
           to
           be
           left
           to
           nothing
           but
           their
           Devotions
           .
           The
           
             Dispensing
             Power
          
           and
           Prerogative
           to
           be
           left
           where
           it
           was
           before
           that
           Controversie
           begun
           ;
           all
           Persons
           being
           also
           required
           to
           come
           under
           the
           French
           Standard
           ,
           and
           
             turn
             Traytors
          
           by
           such
           a
           day
           ,
           on
           pain
           of
           being
           used
           as
           if
           they
           were
           so
           .
           In
           order
           to
           effect
           which
           Designs
           ,
           and
           carry
           on
           a
           Correspondence
           with
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           several
           particular
           
           Cants
           being
           invented
           ,
           under
           which
           to
           cover
           their
           Treasonable
           Practices
           .
           Some
           of
           the
           Letters
           were
           writ
           on
           pretence
           of
           Trade
           ;
           advising
           their
           Correspondents
           by
           all
           means
           to
           chuse
           such
           Factors
           as
           were
           bold
           and
           Industrious
           ,
           to
           fix
           probable
           ends
           ,
           and
           chuse
           fit
           means
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           an
           issue
           ,
           which
           they
           added
           ,
           was
           the
           life
           of
           Trade
           as
           well
           as
           Government
           .
           Above
           all
           ,
           to
           be
           quick
           and
           expeditious
           as
           possible
           in
           their
           Resolutions
           and
           Actions
           ,
           the
           Sea
           being
           now
           open
           ,
           whereas
           a
           few
           Months
           hence
           't
           would
           be
           very
           dangerous
           sailing
           .
           Others
           were
           disguised
           in
           a
           Story
           of
           Tenants
           or
           Landlords
           ,
           acquainting
           the
           Person
           to
           whom
           't
           is
           writ
           ,
           that
           many
           of
           the
           Freeholders
           were
           dissatifyed
           with
           their
           usage
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           Others
           related
           to
           a
           Law-Suit
           ,
           as
           has
           been
           already
           mentioned
           ;
           some
           were
           Letters
           of
           Civility
           and
           Compliment
           ,
           as
           from
           one
           acquaintance
           to
           another
           ,
           assuing
           them
           that
           their
           Elder
           Brother
           and
           most
           of
           their
           Family
           were
           their
           true
           Friends
           ,
           and
           would
           continue
           so
           ;
           enquiring
           for
           their
           little
           Daughter
           ,
           whom
           tho'
           they
           had
           not
           yet
           seen
           ,
           they
           had
           heard
           described
           very
           pretty
           and
           Witty.
           All
           this
           under
           seigned
           Names
           .
           To
           Mr.
           Reading
           and
           Mrs.
           Reading
           ,
           Mr.
           Charleton
           and
           others
           .
        
         
           Besides
           these
           they
           had
           several
           Characte●s
           and
           Keys
           affixed
           to
           them
           ,
           the
           more
           covertly
           to
           carry
           on
           the
           main
           business
           ;
           one
           wherein
           all
           the
           Letters
           of
           the
           Alphabet
           were
           made
           use
           of
           to
           signifie
           Persons
           and
           things
           ,
           one
           Letter
           standing
           for
           the
           K
           of
           France
           ,
           
           another
           for
           
             K.
             James
          
           ,
           a
           3d.
           for
           the
           K.
           of
           England
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Luxemburgh
           ,
           the
           Marquess
           with
           them
           ,
           Duke
           Powis
           and
           his
           Dutchess
           ,
           
             England
             ,
             Scotland
             ,
             Ireland
             ,
             Holland
             ,
             Dunkirk
             ,
             &c.
          
           the
           Marquis
           of
           Carmarthen
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Devonshire
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Clarendon
           ,
           Lord
           Preston
           ,
           and
           several
           other
           great
           Persons
           ,
           both
           their
           Friends
           and
           Enemies
           .
           But
           this
           was
           observable
           in
           most
           of
           their
           Letters
           ,
           that
           although
           they
           began
           with
           some
           of
           those
           sorts
           of
           Cants
           already
           mentioned
           ,
           and
           carried
           on
           the
           Humour
           pretty
           well
           ,
           yet
           before
           the
           Conclusion
           ,
           they
           used
           generally
           such
           high
           and
           profound
           expressions
           of
           respect
           and
           veneration
           as
           could
           agree
           to
           none
           with
           any
           common
           propriety
           of
           Speech
           ,
           but
           those
           of
           the
           first
           Quality
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           they
           thought
           their
           Soveraigns
           .
           One
           good
           Man
           being
           so
           zealous
           in
           the
           Cause
           ,
           as
           to
           protest
           he
           could
           venture
           his
           hopes
           of
           Heaven
           upon
           it
           ,
           or
           an
           expression
           little
           below
           it
           ,
           if
           not
           the
           very
           same
           .
           But
           after
           all
           that
           could
           be
           written
           ,
           said
           or
           done
           ,
           London
           still
           sticks
           in
           their
           Stomachs
           ,
           whose
           Citizens
           or
           Clergy
           they
           could
           by
           no
           means
           be
           pleased
           with
           ,
           the
           Clergy
           being
           as
           the
           significant
           memorandums
           express
           it
           ,
           almost
           all
           
             stark
             naught
             ,
             and
             the
             very
             worst
             of
             the
             whole
             Nation
             .
          
           I
           wonder
           wherein
           have
           the
           Clergy
           of
           London
           obliged
           the
           Lord
           Preston
           so
           highly
           ,
           that
           he
           's
           pleas'd
           to
           do
           them
           the
           honour
           of
           so
           
             ill
             a
             Character
          
           ?
           Not
           that
           't
           is
           a
           new
           thing
           for
           Malefactors
           to
           give
           thofe
           who
           detect
           and
           prosecute
           'em
           ,
           ill
           Names
           ,
           while
           they
           stile
           none
           Honest
           Fellows
           but
           such
           as
           are
           as
           great
           Villains
           as
           themselves
           .
           In
           
           the
           mean
           time
           it
           seems
           all
           the
           Luidores
           yet
           receiv'd
           are
           not
           sufficient
           :
           Money
           is
           the
           Life
           of
           the
           Cause
           all
           the
           World
           over
           ,
           which
           the
           Jacobites
           want
           as
           well
           as
           we
           ,
           and
           those
           Horse-leeches
           still
           cry
           ,
           Give
           ,
           Give
           ,
           without
           being
           ever
           satisfied
           .
           Poor
           King
           James
           ,
           must
           he
           pay
           Pensions
           still
           when
           he
           himself
           is
           but
           a
           Pensioner
           ?
           The
           mischief
           is
           ,
           his
           Brass
           Money
           won't
           go
           in
           England
           ,
           nay
           would
           be
           out
           of
           fashon
           in
           Ireland
           ,
           had
           the
           Teagues
           any
           other
           among
           them
           —
           So
           thick
           are
           the
           Complaints
           ,
           and
           so
           bold
           the
           Beggars
           ,
           that
           one
           may
           easily
           conclude
           
             their
             King
          
           can't
           live
           without
           them
           ,
           nor
           they
           without
           him
           .
           
             My
             Lord
             will
             acquaint
             you
             with
             my
             occasions
             —
             I
             have
             told
             my
             Lord
             my
             occasions
             .
             The
             B●arer
             knows
             how
             I
             have
             been
             prest
             ,
             How
             well
             I
             have
             deserv'd
             —
          
           and
           much
           more
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           which
           the
           World
           will
           shortly
           see
           in
           the
           printed
           Tryals
           .
        
         
           After
           all
           this
           ,
           people
           may
           chuse
           whether
           theyl'l
           believe
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           a
           Plot
           ,
           they
           may
           say
           and
           swear
           (
           and
           yet
           not
           be
           perjur'd
           )
           that
           this
           is
           as
           great
           a
           Sham
           as
           the
           Popish
           Plot
           in
           78
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           who
           dye
           for
           it
           as
           ●●rand
           Martyrs
           as
           Coleman
           ,
           and
           as
           innocent
           as
           the
           Jesuits
           ;
           nay
           ,
           had
           not
           all
           this
           been
           so
           strangely
           discover'd
           ,
           things
           had
           run
           on
           in
           the
           same
           current
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Agitators
           but
           got
           safely
           off
           with
           their
           Papers
           ,
           or
           but
           got
           them
           dispos'd
           of
           safely
           into
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           Sea
           ;
           had
           all
           this
           happen'd
           ,
           and
           the
           
             French
             Fleet
          
           according
           to
           appointmnet
           appear'd
           on
           our
           Coast
           as
           they
           did
           the
           last
           Summer
           ,
           who
           dared
           
           have
           dreamt
           of
           a
           Plot
           in
           't
           ,
           any
           more
           than
           the
           last
           time
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           came
           for
           any
           thing
           else
           but
           to
           fish
           for
           a
           few
           Herrings
           on
           our
           Coast
           ,
           or
           make
           fine
           Lines
           across
           the
           Channel
           in
           a
           Sunshiny
           day
           ?
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           should
           have
           closed
           the
           account
           of
           this
           cursed
           Design
           ,
           had
           not
           a
           new
           and
           strange
           accident
           given
           us
           new
           confirmations
           thereof
           .
           No
           longer
           since
           than
           the
           last
           Week
           ,
           were
           taken
           two
           Gentlemen
           coming
           ashore
           from
           France
           in
           a
           small
           Sloop
           near
           Lewis
           in
           Sussex
           —
           Sir.
           
             R.
             P.
          
           who
           by
           the
           greatness
           of
           his
           Genius
           ,
           and
           meer
           strength
           of
           his
           own
           natnral
           Reason
           (
           both
           of
           'em
           as
           weighty
           Motives
           as
           the
           Jesuits
           Arguments
           )
           left
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           for
           the
           Roman
           ,
           in
           the
           Reign
           of
           the
           late
           King
           James
           ,
           and
           would
           fain
           have
           had
           his
           Children
           Educated
           the
           same
           way
           ,
           had
           not
           their
           virtuous
           and
           prudent
           Mother
           placed
           them
           out
           of
           his
           reach
           .
           The
           other
           Collonel
           M.
           and
           old
           experienced
           Officer
           :
           Both
           going
           to
           a
           great
           Papists
           House
           in
           those
           parts
           ,
           One
           of
           these
           a
           Man
           of
           Interest
           and
           Money
           ,
           might
           have
           done
           excellently
           well
           ,
           lying
           there
           Perdue
           till
           the
           Plot
           had
           ripen'd
           ;
           then
           to
           have
           rais'd
           Forces
           for
           advancing
           the
           design
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           of
           more
           Brains
           and
           Experience
           ,
           when
           rais'd
           to
           have
           commanded
           them
           .
           With
           these
           were
           found
           several
           Letters
           of
           dangerous
           consequence
           ,
           which
           it
           's
           said
           ,
           confirm
           exactly
           what
           has
           been
           formerly
           discover'd
           .
           And
           here
           we
           are
           like
           to
           meet
           with
           something
           of
           Ingenuity
           ,
           tho'
           not
           much
           Wit
           ,
           and
           the
           having
           been
           
           with
           King
           James
           at
           the
           Boyne
           ,
           (
           or
           rather
           running
           away
           with
           him
           there
           ,
           )
           actually
           and
           publickly
           acknowledg'd
           .
        
         
           It
           may
           be
           worth
           also
           to
           remark
           the
           subtle
           ways
           the
           Conspirators
           took
           to
           prevent
           Discovery
           .
           They
           indeed
           did
           almost
           as
           much
           as
           Men
           cou'd
           do
           ,
           who
           had
           no
           mind
           to
           be
           hang'd
           ,
           to
           keep
           themselves
           safe
           ,
           and
           had
           provided
           against
           every
           thing
           but
           Providence
           .
           Here
           at
           Land
           they
           made
           use
           of
           Iron-heels
           ,
           opening
           and
           shutting
           with
           a
           sort
           of
           a
           Spring
           ,
           to
           be
           cover'd
           with
           Leather
           ,
           and
           worn
           in
           a
           Shoe
           ,
           wherein
           to
           conceal
           their
           Treasonable
           Letters
           and
           Papers
           .
           But
           these
           too
           ,
           were
           discover'd
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Person
           who
           made
           'em
           ,
           who
           lately
           was
           seiz'd
           ,
           and
           in
           custody
           for
           the
           same
           .
           What
           they
           did
           at
           Sea
           to
           the
           same
           end
           and
           purpose
           ,
           was
           very
           strangely
           render'd
           ineffectual
           ,
           and
           prov'd
           only
           a
           strong
           presumption
           against
           '
           em
           .
        
         
           And
           from
           hence
           't
           will
           be
           an
           easy
           Transition
           to
           the
           wonderful
           Discovery
           of
           this
           so
           deep
           and
           well-laid
           Design
           .
           In
           which
           ,
           perhaps
           there
           may
           be
           some
           passages
           not
           yet
           ripe
           for
           publick
           notice
           .
           What
           has
           yet
           appear'd
           on
           the
           open
           Stage
           in
           relation
           to
           this
           great
           Affair
           ,
           is
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
        
         
           After
           the
           Scene
           had
           been
           laid
           ,
           and
           the
           Scheme
           of
           their
           Design'd
           fix'd
           as
           above-mention'd
           ,
           and
           the
           Assurances
           and
           Protestations
           of
           the
           most
           confiderable
           Persons
           therein
           engaged
           ,
           given
           under
           their
           own
           hands
           to
           be
           witnesses
           against
           'em
           ;
           My
           Lord
           Preston
           and
           his
           two
           other
           Accomplices
           ,
           Major
           Ashton
           and
           Mr.
           Elliott
           ,
           &c.
           prepared
           
           for
           France
           ,
           with
           an
           account
           of
           the
           whole
           Negotiation
           .
           In
           order
           whereunto
           ,
           a
           Vessel
           was
           to
           be
           hired
           to
           convey
           them
           to
           France
           ,
           and
           one
           being
           found
           sit
           for
           the
           purpose
           ,
           the
           Master
           was
           to
           be
           bargain'd
           with
           for
           the
           price
           ;
           who
           at
           the
           first
           meeting
           ,
           wherein
           he
           engaged
           safely
           to
           transport
           em
           thither
           ,
           demanded
           200
           l.
           for
           his
           reward
           :
           At
           the
           second
           Meeting
           ,
           he
           fell
           to
           100
           l.
           Ashton
           and
           Elliott
           ,
           agreeing
           with
           him
           for
           the
           same
           ;
           the
           Mony
           to
           be
           deposited
           in
           Mrs.
           
           Burdet's
           hand
           till
           the
           Service
           should
           be
           performed
           ;
           accordingly
           93
           Guinea's
           and
           a
           6
           d.
           were
           paid
           in
           ,
           the
           odd
           six
           pence
           being
           broke
           ,
           and
           one
           piece
           left
           with
           Mrs.
           Burdet
           ,
           the
           other
           Mr.
           Ashton
           had
           with
           him
           ,
           which
           he
           was
           to
           deliver
           to
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           Ship
           as
           soon
           as
           ever
           he
           had
           landed
           his
           Passengers
           at
           any
           Port
           in
           France
           ,
           and
           on
           his
           return
           and
           bringing
           that
           piece
           to
           Mr.
           Burdet
           ,
           on
           the
           application
           and
           agreement
           thereof
           with
           the
           other
           piece
           in
           her
           custody
           ,
           he
           was
           immediately
           to
           receive
           the
           Hundred
           pounds
           .
           According
           to
           this
           Agreement
           ,
           the
           Master
           prepared
           his
           Smack
           for
           the
           Voyage
           ,
           and
           all
           things
           being
           ready
           ,
           they
           came
           to
           Surry-stairs
           late
           in
           the
           Evening
           ,
           to
           avoid
           suspicion
           ,
           calling
           a
           Sculler
           ,
           with
           whom
           these
           3
           ,
           the
           Skipper
           and
           my
           Lords
           Man
           row'd
           Through-Bridge
           to
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           over
           against
           it
           near
           Pickle-herring-Stairs
           ,
           went
           aboard
           the
           Smack
           there
           provided
           .
           But
           the
           weather
           being
           cold
           ,
           the
           Water-man
           ,
           as
           is
           usual
           ,
           lent
           them
           his
           Coats
           to
           keep
           them
           warm
           ,
           which
           it
           being
           late
           ,
           and
           he
           in
           haste
           to
           return
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           they
           to
           get
           rid
           of
           him
           ,
           were
           there
           forgotten
           ;
           
           and
           on
           his
           recollecting
           himself
           ,
           and
           returning
           ,
           denyed
           ,
           on
           which
           he
           was
           forc'd
           to
           go
           home
           without
           them
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           Vessel
           went
           down
           the
           River
           ,
           as
           fast
           as
           Wind
           and
           Tide
           cou'd
           carry
           it
           ,
           and
           soon
           came
           to
           Long-Reach
           ,
           where
           then
           lay
           the
           George-Frigat
           at
           Anchor
           ,
           of
           whom
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           had
           some
           apprehensions
           ,
           and
           therefore
           desired
           the
           Master
           to
           hide
           them
           till
           they
           past
           that
           danger
           ,
           which
           he
           did
           under
           the
           Quarter-hatches
           on
           the
           Ballast
           ,
           whence
           they
           return'd
           above-Deck
           ,
           when
           out
           of
           sight
           of
           the
           Frigat
           .
           But
           at
           the
           Block-houses
           at
           Graves-End
           ,
           my
           Lord
           was
           again
           for
           hiding
           ,
           and
           accordingly
           retired
           to
           his
           old
           hole
           ;
           a
           Pinnace
           being
           just
           coming
           aboard
           them
           ,
           which
           the
           Master
           thought
           was
           only
           come
           to
           Press
           ,
           as
           Captain
           Billop
           who
           was
           in
           her
           ,
           pretended
           all
           his
           business
           there
           was
           ,
           who
           coming
           aboard
           with
           a
           Press-Warrant
           ,
           humoured
           the
           business
           exactly
           ,
           and
           askt
           the
           Master
           if
           he
           had
           any
           Men
           aboard
           ?
           He
           reply'd
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           Protection
           ,
           which
           he
           produced
           :
           The
           Captain
           tells
           him
           he
           was
           sorry
           for
           it
           ,
           but
           must
           look
           further
           ;
           and
           going
           into
           the
           Hold
           ,
           found
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           and
           the
           other
           two
           a
           top
           of
           the
           Ballast
           ,
           whom
           he
           immediately
           search'd
           for
           Papers
           ,
           whilst
           one
           of
           the
           Sea-men
           who
           came
           with
           him
           discover'd
           
             Mr.
             Ashton
          
           thrusting
           somewhat
           into
           his
           Bosom
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           immediately
           inform'd
           the
           Captain
           ,
           who
           questioning
           him
           concerning
           
           Ashton
           with
           
             Presence
             of
             Mind
          
           enough
           replyed
           ,
           't
           was
           only
           his
           Handkerchief
           ,
           which
           he
           immediately
           pull'd
           out
           of
           his
           Bosom
           ;
           but
           the
           Captain
           not
           thinking
           fit
           to
           trust
           him
           ,
           clapt
           his
           Hand
           after
           ,
           and
           found
           something
           much
           more
           valuable
           ,
           to
           wit
           ,
           that
           famous
           Packet
           of
           Letters
           which
           did
           all
           their
           businesses
           ,
           with
           a
           small
           leaden
           Plummet
           fix'd
           with
           a
           Packthred
           ,
           sufficient
           to
           have
           sunk
           it
           deep
           enough
           for
           ever
           
             telling
             Tales
          
           agen
           ;
           which
           way
           they
           would
           soon
           have
           sent
           it
           ,
           had
           not
           their
           Fear
           confin'd
           'em
           to
           a
           place
           where
           it
           was
           impossible
           for
           them
           to
           put
           a
           thing
           of
           that
           Nature
           in
           execution
           .
           But
           there
           were
           yet
           found
           further
           Evidences
           against
           them
           ;
           for
           exactly
           in
           the
           
             same
             place
          
           whence
           these
           Papers
           were
           taken
           up
           by
           Ashton
           ,
           the
           same
           Seaman
           who
           discovered
           him
           doing
           it
           ,
           observed
           something
           else
           lying
           on
           the
           Ballast
           ,
           which
           proved
           a
           couple
           of
           Seals
           ,
           both
           my
           Lord
           
           Preston's
           ;
           one
           the
           
             Seal
             of
             his
             Office
          
           ,
           as
           Secretary
           of
           State
           to
           King
           James
           ,
           the
           other
           his
           
             own
             Coat
             of
             Arms
          
           ;
           both
           which
           he
           deliver'd
           to
           his
           Captain
           ;
           observing
           at
           the
           same
           time
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           in
           great
           Confusion
           ,
           pale
           and
           trembling
           ,
           and
           scarce
           able
           to
           speak
           a
           Word
           .
           However
           my
           Lord
           and
           the
           others
           treated
           the
           Captain
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Complaisance
           and
           Respect
           ,
           desiring
           him
           to
           go
           ashore
           with
           them
           for
           some
           Refreshment
           ,
           who
           not
           judging
           that
           so
           convenient
           ,
           yet
           civilly
           proffer'd
           to
           accompany
           them
           for
           that
           end
           aboard
           the
           
             George
             Frigat
          
           ,
           which
           lay
           in
           their
           way
           to
           London
           (
           and
           of
           which
           they
           had
           now
           no
           reason
           any
           longer
           to
           be
           afraid
           .
           )
           But
           finding
           all
           those
           Subterfuges
           render'd
           ineffectual
           by
           the
           prudence
           of
           the
           Captain
           ,
           they
           resolve
           to
           attack
           him
           on
           the
           two
           other
           sides
           ,
           on
           one
           of
           which
           most
           of
           Mankind
           lies
           open
           ,
           with
           Arguments
           of
           Profit
           and
           Honour
           ,
           offering
           him
           some
           
             Hundreds
             of
             Guinea's
          
           only
           to
           
             Dispose
             of
             those
             Papers
          
           he
           had
           taken
           ,
           which
           he
           might
           easily
           do
           ,
           without
           giving
           any
           
           suspicion
           to
           those
           about
           him
           ,
           my
           Lord
           having
           another
           Parcel
           of
           Letters
           of
           less
           concern
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           might
           fix
           the
           Plummet
           that
           was
           on
           the
           others
           ,
           and
           easily
           make
           'em
           pass
           for
           those
           he
           had
           first
           taken
           :
           Adding
           further
           ,
           That
           't
           would
           be
           a
           
             gen●r●us
             thing
             for
             the
             Captain
             to
             go
             along
             with
             them
             .
          
           But
           none
           of
           all
           this
           prevailed
           ,
           he
           still
           continued
           faithful
           to
           his
           Trust
           ,
           and
           altogether
           unmoveable
           ;
           and
           the
           Pinnace
           brush'd
           away
           roundly
           towards
           London
           ,
           which
           Elliot
           observing
           ,
           swore
           they
           row'd
           as
           if
           they
           were
           carrying
           them
           all
           to
           Prison
           .
           And
           when
           they
           came
           under
           the
           Bridge
           ,
           wish'd
           heartily
           't
           would
           fall
           down
           and
           crush
           'em
           all
           to
           the
           bottom
           —
           But
           't
           was
           the
           same
           thing
           ,
           the
           Bridg
           was
           as
           stubborn
           as
           the
           Captain
           was
           before
           ,
           and
           stood
           still
           in
           the
           same
           place
           where
           it
           has
           been
           this
           two
           or
           three
           hundred
           year
           ,
           while
           the
           Pinnaces
           were
           tugg'd
           lustily
           ,
           and
           soon
           brought
           their
           Fare
           to
           Whitehall
           ;
           where
           ,
           just
           as
           they
           were
           stepping
           out
           of
           the
           Boat
           ,
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           clapt
           some
           Mony
           into
           the
           Hands
           of
           two
           of
           the
           Smack's
           Men
           ,
           who
           were
           brought
           up
           with
           them
           ,
           bidding
           'em
           when
           examin'd
           ,
           say
           ,
           That
           the
           Ship
           was
           
             bound
             for
          
           Flanders
           ,
           
             not
             for
          
           France
           .
        
         
           No
           sooner
           were
           they
           landed
           here
           ,
           but
           Captain
           Billop
           waited
           on
           my
           Lord
           Nottingham
           with
           the
           Packet
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           seiz'd
           ,
           which
           he
           having
           open'd
           and
           look'd
           over
           ,
           deliver'd
           all
           of
           'em
           to
           the
           Captain
           again
           ,
           who
           carried
           them
           to
           the
           Lord
           President
           the
           Marquess
           of
           Caermarthen
           ,
           who
           also
           opening
           and
           marking
           'em
           ,
           carry'd
           'em
           to
           the
           King
           ,
           after
           which
           my
           Lord
           Sidney
           had
           them
           in
           his
           Custody
           ,
           wherein
           appearing
           Treason
           enough
           to
           have
           hanged
           all
           the
           Plotters
           in
           England
           ,
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           was
           sent
           back
           to
           the
           
             place
             from
             whence
             he
             came
          
           so
           lately
           before
           ,
           the
           Tower
           of
           London
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           two
           likewise
           committed
           .
        
         
         
           'T
           was
           not
           long
           after
           this
           ,
           before
           they
           were
           acquainted
           their
           Tryal
           was
           coming
           on
           ,
           and
           time
           given
           'em
           accordingly
           to
           prepare
           for
           the
           same
           .
           The
           
             Bill
             was
             found
          
           against
           'em
           with
           little
           hesitation
           on
           
             Thursday
             ,
             January
             15th
          
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           day
           they
           were
           arraigned
           at
           the
           Old-Baily
           ,
           my
           Lord's
           Petition
           to
           have
           the
           Tryal
           
             put
             off
             till
             Monday
          
           not
           being
           granted
           him
           .
           For
           indeed
           't
           was
           already
           more
           than
           time
           to
           let
           the
           Enemies
           of
           the
           Government
           know
           ,
           that
           it
           
             could
             be
             angry
          
           ,
           and
           dared
           both
           bring
           'em
           to
           Justice
           for
           their
           Treasons
           ,
           and
           punish
           'em
           for
           the
           same
           .
           Besides
           ,
           Delays
           in
           this
           case
           might
           on
           many
           accounts
           be
           dangerous
           ,
           and
           would
           serve
           only
           to
           encourage
           the
           Accomplices
           of
           these
           Traytors
           ,
           and
           dishearten
           the
           true
           Friends
           of
           the
           King
           and
           Kingdom
           .
           On
           his
           Arraignment
           ,
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           insisted
           on
           his
           fruitless
           Peerage
           ,
           (
           he
           being
           only
           a
           Knight
           in
           England
           ,
           though
           a
           Viscount
           in
           Scotland
           )
           which
           had
           been
           prejudged
           in
           an
           higher
           place
           ,
           the
           
             House
             of
             Lords
          
           having
           before
           thrown
           it
           out
           ,
           and
           which
           there
           was
           no
           great
           likelyhood
           should
           ever
           be
           allowed
           him
           ,
           since
           his
           Patent
           was
           dated
           at
           St.
           Germains
           ,
           after
           King
           James
           his
           Abdication
           ;
           and
           had
           it
           been
           allowed
           for
           good
           here
           ,
           't
           is
           certain
           ,
           those
           who
           had
           done
           it
           could
           not
           have
           cleared
           themselves
           from
           such
           consequences
           as
           would
           have
           been
           most
           pernicious
           and
           invideous
           to
           themselves
           and
           the
           Nation
           .
           —
           However
           this
           took
           up
           some
           time
           ,
           and
           about
           an
           hour
           or
           two's
           Argument
           was
           employed
           therein
           ,
           but
           after
           all
           ,
           it
           was
           over-ruled
           by
           the
           Bench
           ,
           as
           any
           one
           would
           easily
           guess
           it
           could
           be
           no
           otherwise
           .
           He
           moved
           also
           for
           a
           Copy
           of
           his
           Indictment
           ,
           and
           brought
           Presidents
           ,
           but
           those
           were
           answered
           ,
           and
           his
           Request
           not
           granted
           ,
           but
           a
           
           Copy
           of
           the
           Pannel
           he
           had
           according
           to
           custom
           .
           The
           next
           day
           being
           the
           17th
           of
           
             January
             Ann.
             Dom.
          
           1691.
           he
           came
           to
           his
           Tryal
           ,
           at
           which
           was
           a
           vast
           Concourse
           of
           all
           degrees
           present
           ,
           particularly
           ,
           besides
           the
           Lords
           Chief
           Justices
           ,
           and
           their
           Brethren
           ,
           several
           Noble
           Lords
           of
           the
           Garter
           ,
           several
           Lords
           of
           their
           Majesties
           most
           honourable
           Privy-Council
           and
           others
           ,
           my
           Lord
           President
           ,
           Lord
           Sidny
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           here
           I
           would
           not
           be
           mistaken
           in
           what
           short
           Reflections
           I
           intend
           to
           make
           on
           the
           Tryals
           of
           the
           petsons
           then
           accused
           and
           now
           convicted
           of
           this
           Conspiracy
           ,
           as
           if
           my
           Intent
           were
           to
           forestal
           the
           publick
           Accounts
           which
           will
           shortly
           be
           given
           of
           the
           same
           .
           Were
           this
           an
           Age
           like
           such
           as
           we
           have
           seen
           which
           would
           not
           bear
           Truth
           ,
           and
           the
           Tryals
           such
           as
           wou'd
           force
           any
           one
           who
           saw
           or
           read
           'em
           to
           wonder
           how
           so
           many
           Mad-men
           broke
           out
           of
           Bedlam
           ,
           and
           got
           possession
           of
           the
           Bench
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           had
           we
           no
           expectation
           of
           a
           true
           Account
           of
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           then
           indeed
           something
           of
           that
           Nature
           tho'
           from
           a
           private
           hand
           might
           be
           both
           necessary
           and
           grateful
           .
           But
           now
           all
           things
           have
           been
           managed
           as
           becomes
           a
           
             Court
             of
             Justice
          
           ,
           not
           as
           formerly
           with
           the
           
             Decency
             of
             a
             Bear-garden
          
           ,
           no
           doubt
           but
           the
           publick
           will
           be
           soon
           gratified
           with
           a
           true
           and
           exact
           History
           of
           the
           Tryal
           of
           the
           persons
           lately
           convicted
           ,
           which
           make
           so
           much
           noise
           in
           the
           World.
           All
           I
           pretend
           to
           here
           is
           from
           my
           own
           personal
           observation
           and
           knowledg
           to
           compare
           a
           little
           these
           Tryals
           with
           those
           of
           the
           
             former
             Reigns
          
           ,
           and
           to
           shew
           the
           vast
           difference
           in
           the
           management
           of
           the
           whole
           in
           respect
           both
           of
           
             Court
             ,
             Bar
          
           and
           Evidence
           .
        
         
         
           In
           the
           opening
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           here
           was
           no
           affected
           Exaggeration
           of
           Matters
           ,
           nor
           Ostentation
           of
           a
           putid
           Eloquence
           one
           after
           another
           ,
           as
           in
           former
           Tryals
           ,
           like
           so
           many
           Geese
           cackling
           in
           a
           row
           ;
           here
           was
           nothing
           besides
           fair
           matter
           of
           Fact
           or
           natural
           and
           just
           Reflections
           from
           thence
           arising
           .
           What
           few
           Witnesses
           the
           Prisoners
           had
           were
           not
           affronted
           or
           cross-bitten
           in
           their
           legal
           Evidence
           .
           The
           Prisoners
           themselves
           were
           treated
           with
           that
           Humanity
           ever
           due
           to
           those
           who
           are
           unfortunate
           ,
           though
           the
           most
           criminal
           persons
           in
           the
           World.
           There
           was
           so
           much
           Reason
           upon
           the
           Bench
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           no
           need
           of
           Rayling
           ,
           and
           those
           at
           the
           Bar
           had
           such
           usage
           as
           if
           they
           came
           thither
           to
           be
           
             tryed
             for
             their
             Lives
          
           ,
           not
           
             baited
             to
             death
          
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           t
           was
           the
           clearest
           and
           highest
           the
           Nature
           of
           the
           thing
           cou'd
           possibly
           bear
           —
           Plain
           Proof
           ,
           undeniable
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           a
           desperate
           Plot
           at
           home
           ,
           Correspondence
           with
           Enemies
           abroad
           ,
           inviting
           them
           hither
           ,
           shewing
           'em
           where
           to
           fall
           upon
           us
           ,
           betraying
           the
           Strength
           of
           the
           Nation
           to
           'em
           our
           Ships
           and
           Forts
           ,
           corrupting
           and
           seducing
           those
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           taking
           whatever
           measures
           could
           possibly
           be
           thought
           on
           for
           our
           common
           Ruin.
           And
           this
           seized
           in
           the
           very
           Bosoms
           of
           the
           grand
           Conspirators
           in
           their
           own
           undeniable
           Hand-writing
           ,
           nay
           their
           Seals
           ,
           even
           their
           
             double
             Seals
          
           together
           with
           it
           .
           These
           Men
           had
           fairer
           play
           than
           Noble
           Sidny
           ,
           &c.
           who
           were
           hanged
           by
           help
           of
           a
           
             Marginal
             Note
          
           ,
           for
           controversial
           Papers
           of
           twenty
           years
           standing
           ,
           to
           which
           they
           made
           both
           
             Keys
             and
             Characters
          
           ,
           abused
           the
           Court
           as
           much
           as
           
           Dryden's
           Poem
           ,
           and
           by
           a
           rare
           new
           Law-figure
           (
           for
           't
           wou'd
           puzzle
           one
           to
           find
           it
           in
           
           all
           Vossius
           his
           Rhetorick
           )
           called
           Innuendo
           ,
           extreamly
           obliged
           the
           late
           King
           Charles
           ,
           by
           turning
           him
           into
           a
           Tarquin
           .
           No
           Art
           nor
           Trick
           was
           there
           used
           to
           make
           them
           plead
           guilty
           ,
           as
           with
           —
           n
           ,
           nor
           
             one
             Murder
          
           committed
           to
           facilitate
           another
           as
           with
           the
           great
           and
           unfortunate
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           ,
           whose
           Blood
           even
           yet
           in
           vain
           crys
           for
           Vengeance
           .
           Every
           thing
           here
           was
           in
           its
           due
           place
           and
           order
           ;
           the
           Patriots
           on
           the
           Bench
           ,
           and
           the
           Malefactors
           at
           the
           Bar
           ;
           not
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           as
           we
           have
           seen
           formerly
           ,
           when
           the
           Persons
           Arraigned
           have
           as
           far
           and
           as
           visibly
           out-weighed
           the
           Judges
           in
           Sense
           ,
           as
           in
           Probity
           and
           Honour
           .
           The
           Juries
           here
           were
           neither
           frighted
           nor
           surprized
           ,
           nor
           such
           as
           would
           be
           so
           ;
           the
           Defence
           made
           by
           the
           Prisoners
           for
           the
           most
           part
           so
           weak
           and
           enervate
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           below
           themselves
           ,
           that
           it
           plainly
           appeared
           the
           fruitless
           Effort
           of
           a
           
             Guilty
             Mind
          
           ,
           and
           't
           was
           easie
           enough
           to
           read
           their
           Sentence
           in
           their
           Foreheads
           ,
           pronounc'd
           by
           a
           
             Judge
             within
          
           ,
           greater
           than
           those
           who
           fill'd
           the
           visible
           Tribunal
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           whole
           ,
           my
           Lord
           Preston
           ,
           was
           ,
           after
           a
           fair
           Hearing
           ,
           on
           a
           long
           and
           full
           Evidence
           ,
           found
           Guilty
           ,
           about
           Seven
           in
           the
           Evening
           of
           the
           same
           day
           he
           was
           Tryed
           .
           Major
           Ashton
           ,
           after
           a
           Defence
           which
           took
           up
           more
           time
           ,
           on
           the
           Monday
           after
           ,
           being
           Jan.
           19.
           
           And
           on
           the
           same
           day
           
           Elliot's
           Tryal
           was
           put
           off
           until
           another
           time
           ;
           but
           whether
           any
           of
           them
           will
           obtain
           or
           deservk
           their
           Lives
           by
           an
           ingenuous
           Discovery
           of
           all
           the
           Particulars
           of
           a
           Plot
           ,
           so
           wide
           and
           deep
           as
           this
           will
           appear
           to
           whoever
           hears
           or
           reads
           the
           Letters
           which
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           it
           ,
           a
           little
           longer
           time
           will
           very
           probably
           decide
           :
           Till
           when
           ,
           here
           has
           been
           sufficient
           
           already
           brought
           to
           light
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           reality
           of
           the
           Plot
           it self
           ,
           the
           horrid
           and
           desperate
           Designs
           thereby
           to
           be
           perpetrated
           ,
           the
           manner
           of
           its
           management
           ,
           and
           strange
           Discovery
           ;
           enough
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           ,
           to
           satisfie
           all
           persons
           ,
           who
           in
           this
           point
           really
           want
           satisfaction
           ,
           and
           are
           not
           themselves
           either
           Well-willers
           to
           the
           Design
           ,
           or
           actually
           concerned
           therein
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

