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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40696	A brief discovery of the true mother of the pretended Prince of Wales, known by the name of Mary Grey to which is added a further discovery of the late conspiracy against His Majesties sacred person and government, &c., and deposed to a committee of Parliament / by William Fuller, Gent. ...	Fuller, William, 1670-1717?	1696 (1696)	Wing F2479; ESTC R18305	15,098	76

French Fleet been then very numerous and ready to Sail and all things in England and Scotland seemed in a posture to receive them and a French Army on the other side King William was almost ready to take his Journey for the Reducing of Ireland The said Mr. Crone with my self was sent to England now with several Commissions from King James by the way of France from Ireland The chief Commissions we brought was for Levying a War against the Prince and Princess of Orange and all such as resisted the Power and Authority of King James and to Impower Persons to Seize and Imprison the Persons of the said Prince and Princess of Orange By a Commission under the Great Seal dated at Dublin King James Authorized several Lords to Act as his Deputies during his Absence We likewise brought over several Commissions to constitute Commissioners of the Treasury Impowering them to Raise and Collect Moneys on King James's Account as also several Commissions for Colonels of Regiments of Foot and Horse By the way permit me to inform my Reader That in the above-mentioned Commission for Levying of War King James did Command and Authorize his loving Subjects by force of Arms to seize the Persons of the present King and his Royal Consort Queen Mary the Second Alive or Dead And Three Months before I came last from France Colonel Parker had undertaken to Shoot King William for which Intent he came to England and went into Lancashire there to continue until the King came that way on his Journey for Ireland that being the place proposed to Murther King William at And to Advise it there was many Letters sent to the Court of France desiring that the French Fleet might Sail at or near the time King William set out for Ireland At this last time Mr. Crone and my self brought over many Letters containing full Instructions for the intended Designs of Killing and Imprisoning their Majesties King William and Queen Mary and for the Raising of great Numbers of Men in several Places against them for King James and the French Interest I will first give you a short Narrative of the Contents of a few of the Letters I carried to France and so proceed to the Design before mentioned Several Letters I carried to and brought from France were made up as the Mould of a Button and so work'd over with Silk or Silver and worn on my Cloaths Others I brought over in the Pipes of Keys and some writ Obscurely which Writing was discovered by the Steem of a Compound of several Spirits Mettals and Sulphure boyl'd together and made Liquid the Writing was seen no longer than the said Steem was near the Paper on which it was Writ Many of the Letters I carried to King James his Queen and the French Court were from the chief of their Friends in England and were full of great Promises and large Incouragements to the French King But his Gallick Majesty well observed That whilst they were daily promising great Assistance to his Army when they Landed in England they were for the most part unwilling to part with any Money but continually desired Supplies from France Some in England to my certain Knowledge Writ to King James to assure him that they had taken the Oaths to King William on purpose to make themselves more able to serve King James`s Interest by delaying King William`s Affairs in the Houses of Parliament Of this and part of which I had discovered to His Sacred Majesty King William he was pleased to acquaint his Parliament in his Gracious Speech to both Houses a short time before he went for Ireland Adding in his Speech at the same time That he spoke it to let them and his Enemies know that he was not unacquainted with their Designs Now to return to my last Coming from France with Mr. Crone I having informed His Majesty of all I knew Mr. Crone was seized and sent Prisoner to the Tower the rest of the Conspirators and their Designs being known and narrowly observed His Majesty went for Ireland committing the Management to the Queen and the Ministers of State Yet although the Jacobites and the French Court were Blessed be Almighty God disappointed of the Kings being Kill'd on his Journey to Ireland they continued to go on with their other Designs Colonel Parker being also order'd for Ireland to Kill His Majesty there But the Government knowing their Intriegues took care to secure this Kingdom by Raising the Militia and securing of Conspirators before the French Fleet came on our Coast as they did and lay some time expecting to hear of their Friends in England being in Arms to receive them At this time several Lords and others were sent to the Tower and others whose Intriegues were discovered fled from Justice which occasioned several Proclamations to be Published for apprehending them and the Tower and all the Goals in London and several others were filled with Conspirators They finding their whole Design unravelled and that I had discovered all I knew and Mr. Crone was safe and to be suddenly Tryed which might make him Confess they instantly got me poysoned in hopes to have prevented Crone 's Tryal but it pleasing Almighty God to restore me to my Health again after Ten Weeks Sickness I was able to come to the Old-Baily where Mr. Crone was Tryed and Condemned for High Treason He had several Reprieves from time to time on his Promise of making a full Confession but as he was lingring it out about Six Months after his Conviction I Receiv'd a Letter at my Lodgings in the Pall-mall from the Earl of Melford King James's Secretary in which I was promised King James's Pardon and all the Favour I could desire from him and the Court of France and Five Hundred Pounds down if I would return to France and Recant from what I had done I carried this Letter to the King who sent me to the Lord Chief Justice Holt for his Advice how far I might proceed by Law thinking thereby to discover something more but his Lordship and several others were of Opinion that it was a Trick purely to invalidate my Evidence They still being apprehensive of Mr. Crone 's Confession which they knew must be so agreeable to my Informations that the Heads of King James's Friends had been intirely at King William's Mercy And this Matter highly concern'd the French Court for had Crone been just to Him that gave him his Life there might have been but small Incouragement from England to the French long since and consequently no Plotting now They of King James's Party as well has appeared to the Court made it their Indeavour to have Crone Hang'd to stop his Mouth and that as I am well informed occasioned his making almost a full Discovery Though he went for France as soon as he was let out of Newgate being invited back with great Promises as I before had been I must thank him for his Justice to me in his last and most