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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70153	The examination of Captain William Bedlow, deceased, relating to the Popish Plot taken in his last sickness, by Sir Francis North, Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas ; together with the narrative of Sir Francis North at the council board, and the letter of Sir Francis North to Mr. Secretary Jenkins relating to this examination.	Guilford, Francis North, Baron, 1637-1685.; Jenkins, Secretary.; Williams, William, Sir, 1634-1700.; Bedloe, William, 1650-1680.	1680 (1680)	Wing G2215; ESTC R519	4,087	15

Valladolid where they used to observe the favourable Conjuncture they had to Introduce their Religion into England which consisted in their having a Head who must be set up whatever came of it and If they let slip that opportunity they should never have such another For without a Head they could do nothing He said further He knew the Wickedness and Resolution of the Jesuits they stuck at nothing to compass their own ends They had attempted to Poison him but he had escaped When he had finished this Discourse which lasted about a quarter of an hour I asked him If the Company should now withdraw And he said Yes and Ordered his Nurses to go out and only his Wife to stay to tend him And thereupon all went out saving Mrs. Bedlow my self and my servant William Janes Then I told him I thought it convenient that what he should then say unto me should be upon Oath He replied That it was necessary it should be so and called for a Bible But my Servant having brought a Book with him Administred the Oath to him and laying his Paper upon a Chair by the Bedside writ down his Deposition as he delivered it When Mr. Bedlow had concluded and said That was all he had to Inform me of I took the Paper and Read it over distinctly to him and he approved it and Signed it laying the Paper upon a Pillow I thought it not fit considering his Condition to perplex him with Questions but took his Information as he offered it and held no Discourse with him when the Company was withdrawn but concerning the true setting down his Depositions and when he seemed to be weary to mind him of taking Cordials which his Wife reached to him as he desired them The next day Mr Bedlows Brother came to me and told me that his Brother desired a Copy of the Deposition he made before me But I told him I had well considered it and could not give him a Copy without the Kings leave But I would move the King in it and if He gave leave I would take care to send one to him And Mr Bedlows Brother then told me That it was his Brothers desire that I should represent to His Majesty his Condition and that his Sickness was very Chargeable and move His Majesty on his behalf for some Supply of money for his Subsistence which I promised to do This is all that I can recollect of what passed upon this Occasion and is in Substance true but the very Words or the Order I cannot positively remember FRA. NORTH To the Right Honourable Sir LYONELL JENKINS One of His Majesties Principal SECRETARIES of STATE Sir I Always intended to Write from hence to pay my thanks for the whole Circuit which was much more pleasant by your favour of holding Correspondence with me But now I have business of some Importance For as soon as I came to this City I received a Message from Mr. Bedlow by Sir John Knight That he being very ill and in the judgment of Physicians in great danger of Death had some business of great moment to impart to me I knowing the Man and the season would not refuse the pains to give him a Visit and being satisfied by Physicians that there was no Contagious quality in his Distemper though I did not much fear it I went well accompanied and in the presence of the Company he Declared That whatever he had said relating to the Plot was True And he being a dying Man had nothing lay upon his Conscience upon that score The greatest trouble he had was the danger the KING whom he loved above all things was in from the Papists at this time who would attempt His Life as soon as ever he should cease to be kind to them and many other Expressions of this kind After this I asked if he had any thing to impart to me in private He told me He had And having made the Company withdraw all but my Clerk I took the inclosed Examination upon Oath you may imagine I was not curious to perplex him with Questions I took it just as he delivered it Of what signification it will be I leave to wiser Men. I think my duty is to send it to you that you may Inform His Majesty of the Truth I shall wait upon you at Windsor upon Sunday next to receive your further Commands Your most humble and faithful Servant FRA. NORTH Ten at Night The Copy inclosed is hastily and ill Taken I shall bring the Original with me FINIS