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A31465	Malice defeated, or, A brief relation of the accusation and deliverance of Elizabeth Cellier wherein her proceedings both before and during her confinement are particularly related and the Mystery of the meal-tub fully discovered : together with an abstract of her arraignment and tryal, written by her self, for the satisfaction of all lovers of undisguised truth.	Cellier, Elizabeth, fl. 1680.	1680 (1680)	Wing C1661; ESTC R17590	56,493	52

over to the Bench and I paid for his Habeas Corpus Bennet Duddle was call'd He attested that he had often seen Dangerfield and I together in the Gallery at Powis-House and had seen us write but he knew not what William Woodman was call'd And said he had carried Letters for me to the Tower and else-where but none for Dangerfield An Blake was call'd Who attested that I sent her to Dangerfield in New-gate and that he cry'd and pray'd her to speak to me to send him six Pounds and that she return'd to him and told him I would send him none Then Dangerfield told her he had been rack'd and expected worse usage that night and that she should be forc'd to turn Rogue and ruin us all And that if he did not turn Rogue he should be hang'd And that I bid her hide the Papers saying they were Dangerfields and might do him good and she put them into the MEAL-TUB Then Margaret Jenkins was call'd And said she saw Dangerfield in New-gate in Irons very poor that he told her he had eaten nothing in two dayes that she carried him half a Crown and another time five Shillings and after that Mony to pay his Fees and that she saw him in the Bench. Att. Gen. Did you not carry Letters between them Margaret Yes but knew not what was in them Att. Gen. Did you not carry two Vials of Opium to him Mar. I carri'd 2 Vials which he sent for but I know not what was in them L.C.J. Who sent for them Mar. Dangerfield sent a Note for them to Mr. Blasedal and when I brought them to him he tasted of them and set them up in his room Judge Who tasted of them Mar. Dangerfield did Att. Gen. Did you ever see Mrs. Cellier in the Bench with him Mar. No I never did Att. Gen. Did you ever see them together at Powis-House Mar. Yes once at Dinner and once at Supper L.C.J. Was any body with them Mar. Yes once her Husband and the other time three Gentlewomen Att. Gen. What do you know concerning Stroud Mar. She bid me tell Dangerfield that he must get acquainted with Stroud I tould him so and he reply'd that was done already for he had been acquainted with Stroud a long time and they us'd to go a robbing together And he told me that he fear'd neither Fire Sword nor Hell and he car'd not what he said nor swore for he had studied to be a Rogue ever since he was Ten Years old L.C.J. You will make a special Witness of him by and by Then the Attorney General would not let her speak any more but call'd Susan Edwards Att. Gen. What do you know against the Prisoner at the Bar Edwards I carried two Notes from her to Mr. Dangerfield in New-gate and two Books of Accompts and a Guiney and 20 s. in Silver and she bid me tell him now was the time that her Life lay in his hands Serj. Maynard Did not you carry her a Letter from him Susan Yes Att. Gen. What was in it Susan I know not for I cannot read written-hand but he told me he must turn Rogue and ruine all the Sect. Judge What Sect Susan I know not what Sect but he said if he did not turn Rogue he should be Hang'd Ser. Main But she bid you tell him her Life lay in his hands Cel. And yours too Sir if he turn Rogue and be believ'd as others have been of late But she 's no Witness for she robb'd me and the very Heathens would not allow false Servants to swear against their Masters Cel. By the Oath you have taken Where had you the Cloaths you wear Susan Of my Father they are none of yours I never see you have but two Suits at a time Cel. Did you ever see any thing Dishonourable by me Susan Yes He went into your Chamber one Sunday Morning L.C.J. Was her Husband there Sus No He was gone to Church L.C.J. He were best take care how he goes to Church Cel. My Lord I appeal to your Conscience as you sit there whether you think any thing but Innocence durst ask that Question And to prove it is so there is a Women has served me 26 Years be pleased to examine her A Lawyer within the Bar said To me it is a plain proof of her Innocence as to that point Serj. Maynard then made some malicious reflections thereupon Cel. Pray Sir is that Treason by the Statute of the 25. of Edward III. It is not in this Innocent Age. Susan She said she doubted not but the Plot would turn to a Presbyterian one and I heard Dangerfield say so too and that he would make it his Interest to find it out And she said if he did she should see him keep his Coach and Six Horses and then he should marry her Daughter L.C.J. What would he have Mother and Daughter too Susan then prated very impertinently Judge Will that Impudent Wench never have done prating Turn her out Then she went and stood among the Clerks Prating and behaving her self impudently till they scoft at her and thrust her out of Court Then the Lord Chief Justice made an excellent Speech of what sad Consequence it would be to admit such profligated Wretches to give Evidence and that the three Kingdoms might have cause to rue such a days work and that it would be an in-let to the greatest Villanies to destroy our Lives Liberties and Estates with much more to the like purpose Judge This Fellow will come no more L.C.J. Call him shall we stay all day Cryer Dangerfield Dangerfield Dangerfield c. After he had been called five or six times the Lord Chief Justice commanded a Tip-staff to go into the Hall and look for him Which he did and after a long time Dangerfield came with a Black-Box at which the Court laughed saying here comes the Black-Box here comes the Black-Box L.C.J. You have been long in going to the Temple Dang I went to the Exchange Here is my Pardon It was observ'd that his Hands did so shake and tremble that he could not open the BOX Cel. My Lord he is not Pardon'd Fellony Burglary Perjury nor Forgery And I will prove him notoriously Guilty of all these The Clerk read his Pardon and all these Crimes were omitted Cel. My Lord he is Convict of Fellony and Out-lawed thereupon Mr. Lane bring the Chelmsford Record he produc'd and prov'd it The Clerk read it which said he was Convict of Fellony and Burglary for breaking the House of Robert Tetterson Shoe-maker of Windsmore-Hill and taking thence a linnen bag worth a Penny and Four Pounds Ten Shillings in Mony he broke Prison and was Out-law'd thereupon Kings Counsel How do you know this is the Man Cel. He is the Man and I will prove it by the party that was Rob'd and the Constable out of whose hands he broke Call Robert Tetterson and James Eaton The Cryer called but they came not Cel. My Lord I fear he has

by making her Address to some good people and telling the manner of her usage they did contribute to the Gaolers demands and so she with great difficulty obtained her Liberty That the Jaylor has suffer'd persons after a Commitment Jane Voss The Jaylors own Entries in his Book of Commitments for the 7 th Month in the year 1667. to go forth with a Keeper and Steal to the intent of satisfying his Avarice upon which the said Prisoner was taken and the second time committed without any discharge from the first Commitment The Persons whose Names are on the Margent either are or have been Sufferers in this or some part of this kind which may be easily produced to give Testimony according to the Truth and no more These Articles were put into Parliament that April and they with the Prisoners Case were referr'd to the Judges where they still remain and the poor Prisoners are yet in hopes that their Honours will find a time to Examine both some there affirming there have been many more cruel things acted in that Mansion of Horror as the Story they tell of one Captain Clarke who being Prisoner only for Debt was lock'd up in a little dark hole two days and two Nights having no other company but the Quarters of two Executed persons the extream stench of which had perhaps kill'd him had he not took the miserable relief of holding a foul Chamber-Pot to his Nose Upon my receipt of the Articles I gave Willoughby two shillings six pence for which he was very thankful saying He had eaten nothing in two dayes and upon his frequent solicitations for Relief I did send him at several times whilst he was in Newgate sixteen shillings and no more till the day he went out and then I sent him money to pay his Fees by my Maid Margaret Jenkins and did pay sixteen shillings by her hand to fetch his Coat out of Pawn And about that time having been told by Mr. Kemish then Prisoner in the Kings-Bench that William Stroud there Prisoner pretended to know much of the Plot and had Papers in his Custody that would proved Beddo's actions to be Villany and a Letter of Beddo's own hand-writing expressing he knew no more of the Plot but what he had from his old acquaintance Mr. Oates nor did he ever see Sir Edmundbury Godfrey alive or dead and that it was very easie for him the said Stroud to be instructed and become the Kings Evidence if he were willing A Copy of this Letter Stroud gave to Mr. Keymish and I received it from him he saying moreover That Stroud told him that the Earl of S. was instructing of him and setting him up for a new Evidence and in order to it did daily send one Johnson a Servant of his Lordships to meet him in the Lodge as many persons are ready to testifie upon Oath and that the said Johnson frequently brought him money with promises of Pardon for the Murther he was then Condemn'd for and promised him Great Preferments if he would swear stoutly what he should be instructed in but that the said Stroud said he would not Forswear himself for all the world but when he was Sworn for a Witness he would tell the Truth and discover all Beddo's Villany I believing this to be meer Roguery invented to insnare Mr. Keymish and Mr. Anderson did pay Willoughbys alias Dangerfields Fees in Newgate intending to set him upon the discovery of it and he being at that Instant arrested I removed him by Habeas-Corpus to the Kings Bench and sent my Maid Margaret to him to bid him get acquainted with Stroud and use his utmost Endeavour to obtain a sight of the Papers and find out the truth of the transactions between the Earl of S and Stroud Willoughby then acknowledged that he had been a Criminal but exprest much sorrow for his past Crimes and made great protestations of future Amendment saying that Stroud and he had been long acquainted and that they often had been a Robbing together and he doubted not to Effect what I desired And in order to it would keep him company and every day set down what he could get out of him On the 12 th of May he was carried to the Bench and on the 20 th sent me this following account of that affair by Magaret Jenkins May the 13 th Stroud did acquaint me that about 15 years since he knew Bedlow who was then servant to Alderman Blackwel of Bristol and was so Poor he had scarce Shooes and Stockings to his Feet but Strode denyes he ever see Bedlow since till he and Oates came to the Kings-Bench to view the Prisoners and once since that Mr. Bedlow came with his Brother who was the night after wounded He denies the holding of any correspondence with Mr. Bedlow either by Letter or otherwise but sayes that one Philip Marsh who is either a friend or a Servant to Mr. Bedlow is his friend that is to say Strodes friend and that they said Phillip Marsh has often sent Letters to Strode in which Letters it has been desired that the answers thereto should be left at Bedlows lodging but the Contents of the said Letters either were not worth while to repeat or he was unwilling so to do May the 14. 1679. Strode told me this day that Bedlows occasion of giving him Money was to the intent he should conceal something he knew of Bedlow which if discovered would be of consequence enough to hang him if prosecuted on the same and the sums which Bedlow sent him were the greater for that Strode should take particular notice of the behaviour of the Priests which are here and who they did correspond with which Strode has done and has sent some to follow divers persons which have come to Mr. Anderson which persons and their abodes are as Strode sayes well enough known and hereupon swore Damn his soul if they should not be better known if ever he could obtain his liberty May the 15. Strode acquainted me that either his business was either past or in great probability so to be and when he could get his enlargement there were some in the world should soon feel the effects of his fury But amongst the rest Mr. Anderson who as Strode said was very uncertain of ever being so near his liberty but if there be ever any probability for Andersons liberty Strode makes no doubt but to prevent the same By this I find Strodes thoughts to be laden with venome as having been thwarted in his temper by some of the Catholicks and to his power he designs a Revenge on them but for what I know not May the 16. Strode did this day acquaint me that his wife had in a Cabinet at home in the Country the original papers which concerned Mr. Bedlow and when he can be at liberty to go home he will be very brisk in exposing the said matters contained in the said papers to a publick view but whilest he remains