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A discoverie, to the praise of God, and joy of all true hearted Protestants, of a late intended plot by the papists, to subdue the Protestants. Being a true copy of a discourse between William O Conner a priest, and Anne Hussey an Irish gentlewoman: as it was brought and confirmed by oath in the Parliament house.
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A DISCOVERIE To the praise of God and joy of all true hearted Protestants of a late intended Plot by the Papists to subdue the Protestants Being a true Copy of a Discourse betweene William O Conner a Priest and Anne Hussey an Irish Gentlewoman as it was brought and confirmed by oath in the Parliament house CHRE PRECORESTO PIV SALVE DOMINE ANGELORVM Printed Anno 1641. A Discourse betwixt William O Conner a Priest and Servant to the Queen-mother and Anne Hussey an Irish Gentlewoman of the House of Galtrum usually working at Mistris Pinoks House a Schoolemistris on the backside of Lions Inne in the Strand at severall meetings of theirs since Easter 1640. in these words or to this effect I Anne Hussey comming to Goodwife Walker a stocking mender in the Strand who said to mee I would your Countryman were as honest as you that lyes at my house then I asked her who hee was Goodwife Walker answered mee and said hee is a Priest and a servant to the Queen-mother and if any had wit to search it out they would find out a great deal of Treason in him then I sayd to Goodwife Walker if you will bee true to mee and not discover me to bee a Protestant I will fetch it out of him if I can and Goodwife Walker promised that shee would not discover mee so the next day early in the morning I went up to his chamber at the said Goodwife Walkers house and was directed to it by her husband and when the Priest had opened his doore and I in his chamber he asked me if I knew him I answered no but I inquired for an Irishman that came with the Queen-mother and heareing that he was one I was bold to come up to him to entreat him to enquire for an Uncle of mine one Master Nicholas Hussey a Priest at the Spanish Ambassadours whether he was alive or come over into England William O Conner answered me why doe you not go and enquire your self I answered I being a woman was loath to goe amongst so many men Priest Are you a Catholike Hussey I was born and bred one P. What house of Ireland are you of H. Of the house of Galtrum P. They are Royall Catholikes and worthy people then he asked me what my name was I told him Anne Hussey so hee brought me to Mistris Pinocks house and so departed for that time At a second meeting on Saturday after William O Conner the Priest came againe to Mistris Pincoks house to aske for me and desired me goe drink with him at a Tavern which I refused but went with him to one Master Hils an Alehouse and there wee fell into this following discourse H. I told him I was troubled in minde about one thing that I desired to know P. You must relate it to a Priest H. If I knew an Irish Priest that would tell mee faithfully I would P. I am one my selfe and immediatly hee crossed me over the forehead H. I asked him whether the number of the Protestants or the Papists of England were the greatest P. He said the Papists were H. Then they will conquer our Country meaning Ireland P. First we must began with England H. How or in what manner will they begin with England and when will it be P. When the King goes to Scotland H. There is no hope of the Kings going to Scotland P. I 'le warrant you he doth H. Can you not procure me letters from beyond Sea to helpe me to be a Nun P. It is a hard taske for you to performe to be a Nun. H. Why I can live chaste I never mean to marry P. Although you doe not marry you may ly with a man H. I but that is sin P. But the Priest can forgive it H. I know he can P. Yes you may ly with a man steale kill a man or any man may kill a King for the advancement of the Church of Rome and the Priest can forgive him H. I have heard there is a Protestant book called a Bible and by their report it saith that whosoever sheds mans bloud by man shall his bloud be shed and we must feare God and honour the King and pray for the King that we may live a peaceable a quiet and a holy life P. For your life read not that book for I will not read it for a thousand worlds and further said whether doe you goe to Masse H. To a private house I doe goe P. I praise God there is many of them and bid me come next day being Sabbath day to St. Iameses and I should heare him say Masse before the Queene-mother H. I have businesse to morrow that I cannot goe thither to Masse nor to any other place but will some other time So ended our discourse at that time At another meeting c. H. At his request I went to his Chamber at Mistris Scarlotts house in Coven Garden in Blackmoore streete at the signe of the Sedan about a fortnight after one day in the after noone where I found him upon his Bed and hee gave mee three shirts of fine holland of about sixteene shillings an ell as they were judged to marke for him upon the breast or bosome in this manner following Iesus Maria. William O Conner At which time he shewed me his beads and other knacks and clothes made of black plush scarlet and as I thinke a hairecolour satten after this I left him and carried away the shirts to be marked but instead of marking them as hee directed I marked them only with a Crucifix and his name and the same night about nine of the clock he came to me for his Shirts and brought an Irish man with him in a long gray coate with a sword girt close to his side under his arme I asked the Priest who he was P. He is one of the number of the 7000. that is in private pay and in readinesse to aide the Catholikes and to cut the Protestants throats that should resist them H. What office hath this man with them P. Hee is one that blowes the Pipe with the Drum H. Let mee see it and immediatly hee drew it out and would have played on it but I desired him to forbeare lest hee was discovered which advise they liked well and praysed me highly and offered mee the lives of any that I would desire to bee saved And so they departed About the latter end of Iuly 1640. hee came to me at Mistris Pinock's house aforesayd and said hee came upon great occasion and in great haste and hee must immediatly returne back I asked him the occasion P. I have three Letters from the Queene mother to be delivered to three Ambassadors the Spanish the Venetian the French H. Wherefore P. To send to the Pope H. Can you doe nothing without the Popes leave P. Either by himselfe or his Legate wee must know when to begin H. To begin what P. The subduing of the Protestants H. I doe not like their fury if they once draw the sword they are like Lions P. What are they if their King be cut off H. You can never overcome the King by the sword P. If we cannot that way we can another H. How P. Doe you think my Lady and Queen is a fool H. I do not think she is a fool P. If no hand will doe it this hand shall H. Do what P. Kill him H. Who P. The King H. What you kill the King P. Ah! kill an hereticke at any time for the advancement of the mother-Church of Rome and swore by Saint Francis and Saint Dominick that he would doe it and promised to come againe on Munday after to pay me for marking of his shirts and to bestow some bracelets upon mee but hee never came to me afterwards This William O Conner the Priest would not suffer me to speake a word in all this discourse but in Irish and confessed he hath beene long employed by the Queene-mother in her businesse with all the Princes in Christendome and with the great Turke and he professed further to goodwife Walker as shee told me on Munday last much of his care in the keeping of the Queens secrets and that hee would bee burnt in a fire before he would reveale them FINIS