lest the Rabble out of inveterate hatred should offer them any injury this I did and secured them so that not above one received any hurt Then I was ordered to get into Court and take some Notes of the Tryals which I did till they were over the Lady Powis read them and sent me to the Tower to her Lord with them to whom I shewed the little imperfect Remarques I had taken he seemed to like them well and to encourage me to be industrious in other business commended me highly for this though I deserv'd it not and gave me far better encouragement than I ever had either from his Lady or any body else promising on his Honour to make my fortune if I would be ruled then his Lordship sent me to shew them or rather to shew my self to my Lord Bellasis and the other Three Lords but I being a stranger and not well knowing where to find their several Lodgings took with me one John Porter the Lord Powis's Butler who went with me to each of the other Lords Lodgings to whom I privately shewed the Remarques they all desired they might be Printed and gave money towards it one a Guiney another Fifty Shillings one half a Guiney another fifteen or sixteen shillings and when I returned to my Lord Powis I told him what the other Lords had done and he also contributed and told me the Lord Castlemain should do so too and at the same time his Lordship told me some person employed by them had taken the whole Tryals and they were at one Turners a Book-Seller but a Catholick to be Printed and ordered my Notes to be compared with his and one intire Relation to be composed out of both as was afterwards done then was the Lord Arundel come to Lord Powis's Lodging and the Lord Peters desired his Lordship to come into his Bed-Chamber where I was and as soon as Lord Arundel espied me he did me the Honour to lay his hand on my head and promised I should be well rewarded for all my diligence and at the same time Lord Powis asked me whether I had a faculty of Writing abusively and like a Satyrist and was Master of such a Style as would look well in Print for said his Lordship that Sot Nevel is so very delatory it is not to be endured therefore if you dare undertake the Writing of some sound Pamphlets it might be of very great Use to us to which I replied that I was not a competent judge of my own abilities but would do my best Then Lord Powis told me Mrs. Cellier should be allowed Ten shillings per week to Dyet me and his Lordship would allow me three pound per week for my expences in business and what ever hapned to be beyond that I should put into a Bill and bring or send it to his Lordship and I should forthwith have it paid the said Three pound ten shillings per week was constantly paid me whilst I serv'd them Then I was advised by both the Lords to lodge at Powis-house which advice came very seasonably for I knew very well that I had given my Landlord just occasion to harbour strange thoughts of me and conceive suspitions to my disadvantage About the eighteenth of June the Countess who knew that I was then lodged in Powis-house and by her Lords order sent me with a Letter to the Lady Tukes Lodgings in Scotland-yard which Lady seemed to take particular notice of me and was pleased to say she liked me very well and gave me two Guineys and demanded if I durst undertake a desperate Enterprise I answered yes then she went into her Closet and wrote a Letter for the Countess of Powis and gave it me to carry her and so I took my leave In my Return I went to wait on my Lord Castlemain who asked where I had been I answer'd at the Lady Tukes and so told his Lordship how she received me at which he seemed to be well-pleased and smiled and demanded if the Countess of Powis had not delivered to me her self or caused to be deliver'd some Papers relating to a business of Oates for which one Knox and Lane were in Prison in the Gate-House To which I answer'd no Then said he I will write to the Countess about it and order you Money and give you directions how to proceed in it There I waited till his Lordship writ a Letter which I carried to Lady Powis but first being sent for up I gave her Ladyship the Letter who before she opened it told me Mrs. Cellier would give me Money to get Knox and Lane out of Prison I then asked what they were in Custody for The Lady modestly answered 't was by Oates's means but if I could get them out he should not reign long in his Roguery From thenceforth I undertook it and had all the business and Papers delivered me by one Lawson an Attorny of Clement's-Inn who had been endeavouring two Terms to remove them by Habeas Corpus but could not I forthwith went to the Gate-House and found means to supply them both with Money though they were close confin'd and by a course that I took upon advice with the Priests there they had Pen Inke and Paper conveyed to them both but especially Lane who writ the first Letter which was to this effect I will die before I will comply with that Villain Oates and if any good people will work my Liberty I will do the Catholicks the greatest Service imaginable by Discovering what I know of Oates This is from the bottom of my heart and what I will die with So help me God This Letter was taken from Lanes hand under the door by one Tempest then a Prisoner in the Gate-House and by him given to one Mrs. Ayry who brought it to me at Powis-house and I shewed it the Countess who was more transported with joy than I can express and breaking out as it were into a Rapture Has God given us this unexpected help said she Well we will God-willing employ it to the best advantage charging me to use all expedition to get them both out and then I withdrew But as I understood the next day the good Countess was the greater part of that day on her knees to render thanks to Almighty God for this new occasion of strength that she supposed he had been pleased to bless their Cause with From that time I was very industrious in this business and had several Motions in the Kings Bench before I could get either of them to the Bar but at last I brought Lane out upon Bail to the great satisfaction of the whole Catholick Party but Knox I could not get out but have since been inform'd by himself that Nevel told some Friends of his that he did it and had Money from the Lords in the Tower for that purpose Now when I had got Lane out the Countess ordered me to bring him to Powis-house and lodge him there for the present and she
The Lord Peterborough 's Depositions and Defence at the Council-Board p. 61. 62. 63. c Depositions and Examinations of several Persons relating to the New-Plot p. 45. 46. and so on to the end of the Book THE NARRATIVE OF Mr. Tho. Dangerfield ABout the latter end of March last past one Mrs. White who had been a Prisoner divers times in Newgate and Convicted was released out of Prison by one Mrs. Cellier And the said Mrs. White in regard I had been very instrumental for her Enlargement came divers times to Newgate where I was Prisoner also to visit me where she discover'd That I did profess the Roman Catholick Faith and likewise That some difference had arisen between Captain Richardson and me upon which I had sworn a Revenge From that time I began to make it my business to inspect his Usage of Prisoners where I found some ground for drawing up Articles against him which accordingly I did and acquainted Mrs. White with it who told me I did very well and That she would bring a Lady to me who would give me great Incouragement in that Affair And about two days after she brought the said Mrs. Cellier who was very friendly to me and after a strict inquiry into the Cause of my Confinement as also concerning my Religion Parentage Education and Travels demanded If I were capable of undertaking Business I answered Yes then says she For the present let me see how you can draw up those Articles against Captain Richardson and thereupon gave me some Instructions for the same in Writing But it is to be suppos'd That Mrs. Cellier and Mrs. White from whom she had taken the said Instructions had throughly consulted my Condition and Capacity before Mrs. Cellier came to me and as I was inform'd Mrs. White and Mrs. Cellier soon after they were acquainted made diligent enquiry after the Prisoners in Newgate and asked If it were not possible to find a Man of Courage amongst them and one who would Reform and the said Mrs. White having such an opinion of me made this the chief occasion of Mrs. Cellier's Visit But I drew up Articles pursuant to the Directions I had received which together with those which I had drawn from my own Observation amounted to so considerable a Charge as if the Particulars could have been sufficiently proved it must certainly have been very prejudicial to Captain Richardson The Articles are too long and not worth while to be here inserted So I refer the Readers if they desire to satisfie their Curiosity to the Coffee-houses where they are to be seen at all times At the second time of Mrs. Cellier's coming I had finished them and she perused the Papers and liked them well and express'd much sorrow for my Misfortunes saying she would use all possible means for my Enlargement and told me she had something of far greater moment for me to undertake than that but in the mean time advised me to complain to Mr. Recorder of Captain Richardson for his hard usage of me in the Prison and told me That she would immediately go to Alderman Jeffreys and make by Alderman Jeffreys his means such Interest with Mr. Recorder as Captain Richardson could not oppose and that my Request should be granted The Sunday following I went to the Recorder where I found all performed that Mrs. Cellier had promised and I no sooner moved for any favour but it was granted especially that of having better usage whilst I continued in Prison which accordingly I found The next time Mrs. Cellier sent her Maid to me who in her Mistresses Name bad me be of good courage for I should in a short time be at Liberty about two days after her Mistress came and told me Mr. Williams the Solicitor was employed to get me Let out upon Bail but in the mean time that I should want for nothing and bad me as often as I had occasion for Money or other necessaries to send to her House in Arundel-Street and I should be Furnished as I often did do and was supplied accordingly About two days after Mrs. Cellier sent her Maid to me with a Message that her Mistress was gone to Peterley in Buckingham-shire about extraordinary business but would return in a day or two which business might if I were willing be much to my advantage the said Maid came to me every day after that either to bring me Money or to enquire of my health and condition When Mrs. Cellier return'd to Town she came to see me I being still in Newgate and said within a day or two I should be inlarged and at the same time at my entreaty she gave one Godfrey a Roman Catholick and a Prisoner Money to relieve him and has ever since allowed him a weekly Pension the next day she sent her Maid with my Discharge under Mr. Recorders hand who had taken Bail for me and desired to know what the Charge of the House came to which I cast up and sent her and immediately after the Maid returned with the Money I paid the Charges of the Prison and was absolutely Discharged from thence but immediately or before I was well out of those rude limits I was Arrested and carried to the Counter which Mrs. Cellier was much troubled to hear of and the next day sent her Maid to me to know the cause of it which I told her and how much Money would purchase my Liberty with this the Maid went to her Mistress and immediately return'd with Money and this Answer That her Mistress had ordered business for me to do within two days of great consequence and if I could get out by that time she would purchase my enlargement at any rate but if not her Mistress could not tell whether ever I should be freed by her or no. Now upon these words I being as desirous of the fresh Air as any person could be who had suffered a years Imprisonment as I had done sent for a Solicitor and it being within the Term gave order for a Habe as Corpus which was prosecuted with such expedition by one Mr. Scarlet that the next being Munday morning it was allowed and I brought to the Kings Bench Bar and from thence turn'd over according to the course of that Court to the Kings Bench from whence I sent Mrs. Cellier this following Letter Madam I Am now in a greater Labyrinth than ever and am heartily sorry I have expos'd you to so much Charge that I am not capable either of congratulation or restitution wherefore I refer all to your good and charitable consideration c. Willoughby Her Answer by her Maid the same day was as followeth Sir I Suppose your expensive business has drein'd your Pockets I here send you 20 s. and promise since I have undertaken the thing I will see you at Liberty and not only so but make your Fortune if you will be ruled and in order to it I will be with you tomorrow I am E. C. By
declared himself a Papist At which words I cryed out Did not I tell you these were Treasonable Papers They ought to be secured and the person whose Chamber this is if he had been here and carryed either before the Council or a Secretary of State Stretch also Swore these to be the same Papers that were taken from behind the Beds-head and that he did verily believe they were put there by me It being late and the Council rising Mr. Justice Warcup took Bail for me to appear the next day at Four in the Afternoon Friday October 24 Afternoon at the Council Board The Council being met Mr. Mansel put in his Petition That the rest of his Witnesses might be heard upon which His Majesty was pleased to Order the Cause to be heard the next Council-Day Then I moved that till then I might be Bailed the King in Council Ordered that I should be taken into the Messengers Custody with which Order the Messenger acquainted me I stormed and said I was confident there was no such Order for I knew there were those persons that would not suffer me to be so treated But the Messenger insisted upon his Order and demanded my Sword which I refused to deliver but to another Messenger then I was conducted to the Messengers House But before my departure thence I did endeavour to prevail with Col. Warcup by offer of a reward to Bail me a third time desponding of my success in that ill affair but Mr. Justice refused my impertinent offer The Council that Night after a short Recess sate again And His Majesty was graciously pleased to appoint the business to be heard on Monday following at Four a Clock in the Afternoon And then I moved that Mansel might be Committed likewise but the Right Honourable the Lord Chancellor opposed the motion and so it fell Monday October 27. 1679. At the Council-Board About Five or Six of the Clock in the Afternoon Mr. Mansel and I were called in where after a short Repetition of the Charge against Mansel which was grounded upon those Papers I prepared to make my defence having received fresh instructions how to manage it and addressed my self to His Majesty affirming That there were in all Sixteen Papers found in his Chamber and desired to know what was become of all the rest besides those Nine And likewise what was done with the Box of Treasonable printed Pamphlets and two or three hundred Letters Adding that Mansel had got together a Company of Witnesses to disparage the Kings Evidence and to palliate his own Treasonable practices then I desired I might have leave to ask him some Questions which being granted I proceeded thus First Whether he did not frequent a Club held at one Streets House a Chandler in Westminster Market Secondly Whether he did not know one Disney Grange England Lisle and one Captain Brown Thirdly Whether he did not bring into that Club one Night a Scandalous Pamphlet called A Word without Doors and there publickly read it And Fourthly Whether after he had read it he did not utter Seditious words against his Royal Highness Mansel owned that he knew many of the Gentlemen that I had named but that they were all very honest Gentlemen and good Subjects and all of them Inhabitants in Westminster saving only Captain Brown who had been Lieutenant to Major Russel's Troop of Horse in his Royal Highnesses Regiment But all Treasonable Discourse with them or any other he did utterly disavow and was thereupon commanded to call the rest of his Witnesses Mr. Harris and Mrs. Harris first appeared who Witnessed as before that there were not Sixteen Papers but Nine only Bostock testified the same thing and further That these Papers then before the Honourable Board were the same Papers found behind the Beds-head and that he did verily believe I had placed them there Stretch being sick did not appear but his Depositions were read tending to the same effect Then Bedford was called in who gave a full relation how I came to him on Tuesday Night before to desire him to Lodge with me at some new Lodgings that I had lately taken He confirmed the Evidence of Mrs. Harris and the rest as to the manner of searching the Chamber and finding the Papers Adding further That he went to Mr. Celliers House to speak with me and told me what an ill thing I had done and how I had not only injured Mr. Mansel but himself by engaging him in so vile a business which now was so clearly laid open And therefore desired me to discover the whole truth to him and who had put me upon it To which I replyed not caring to enter into discourse with one who I knew had given Testimony against me That I doubted not but to come off for the Greatest man in England had ingaged me in it That he asked me whom I meant whether I meant the King To which I made no answer That he further told me he understood I held Correspondence with the Lord Powis in the Tower and that he had seen the Lady Powis her Coach the Saturday before standing before my Lodgings D'oiley was the next Witness that was called in who Deposed That he had prosecuted me at two several Sessions held in the Old Bayly for uttering false Guineys I was askt what I could say to that and answered That indeed I had been twice prosecuted there by D'oiley but all was out of pure malice I confessed that I had been Fined fifty pounds for the first offence and had obtained His Majesties Gracious Pardon but was acquitted the second time so that I hoped those matters would not be remembred against me now The Right Honourable the Earl of Essex demanding of me Who had sollicited His Majesty for my Pardon I answered Captain Richardson Afterwards John Cook my Boy was examined who testified That he was sent with a Message and a Note from me when I was in the Messengers hand to Mrs. Cellier desiring her to acquaint the said Lord Powis that I was taken in Custody for the old business that he knew of That two Months since I had lodged in the Lord Powis his house in Queen-street That he had several times waited on me to the Lord Powis his Lodgings in the Tower which he described to be in the Mint That he had rode behind the Coach to attend me thither That he had several times carried Letters or Papers from me to the said Lord Powis and brought me Answers back And lastly That the Lady Powis had several times been at Mrs. Cellier's and that particularly on Saturday was sevennight the said Lady had been alone with me in a lower Room in private Discourse above half an hour The Lord Chancellor was then pleased to ask me Whether I had been at the Lord Shaftsbury ' s To which I answered That I had been several times with him and had discoursed with his Lordship And I there repeated part of what passed betwixt us To which
the Plot and that it was there hatched by them and that I had Lodgings at Mrs. Celliers and lamented once unto him my wanting of Twenty Pound for some great design that I had been at the Lord Clarendon's whom I complained of as a Dilatory man That I asked Bedford if at their being together in Cliffords-Inn-Garden he did not receive from me a Gift of forty shillings and if I did not discourse to him so and so concerning the D. of York and the D. of Lauderdale and about Scotland and touching three hundred Horse that were to be raised by Sir VVilliam VValler Bedford denyed any Gift of forty shillings in the Garden but that he borrowed forty shillings at two other times That he never spake to me of either of these Dukes or of Scotland And as to the three hundred Horse he said he had given an account of it to a Minister of State I replyed That as to this of the three hundred Horse he spoke it also to Mr. Stanford the D. of Newburgh's Agent who if called upon was able to testifie the same Mr. Justice VVarcup coming in acquainted the Board that Mr. Cellier and his Son-in-Law Blazedale the Apothecary did both attend and that there were yet wanting the Examinations of some of their servants Upon which the Lord President directed him to take those Examinations Blasden called in and Sworn said That Margaret brought him a Note for Opium to cause Rest but he refusing to follow that Direction he mixed somthing that was less Dangerous which the Maid afterwards told him signified nothing and therefore ordered him to mix somwhat a great deal stronger Mr. Cellier being asked about the Paper of the Nativity saith He read it not himself but that his Daughter read it to him He remembred only somthing of Prophesie or a Man's Fortune That there were in it the words Horoscope Venus Mercury c. That the Man should be Hang'd at last but he knew no more of it or of whom it was but that he burned the Paper and Owned That he was a Roman Catholick and a French Merchant But Mr. Blasden in whose House the Paper was read said It set forth How that his Adventures should be very various and that he should come before some Judge and be in Danger in a Sea-Fight Then I asked Cellier if he did not remember when in the presence of his Wife I said I was then come from my Lord Shaftsbury This he deny'd and also that he heard any Discourse extraordinary between me and Rigaut but that Rigaut had been twice at his House and that I and he played at some Game together He denied also that he saw any Dagger in his House or that ever any was hid under his Beds-side He acknowledged to have seen the Lady Powis at his House but not six times in all But Mr. Blasden said He had seen her Ladiships Coach a dozen times which he could see plain from his Shop but did not remember to have seen her Ladiship go into Mr. Cellier's above twice The Lord Peterborough was called in and having been told what was Objected against him as having encouraged me at his Lordship's House to go again to the Lord Shaftsbury and to be sure to Dispatch him the third time His Lordship flatly denied any such thing and then in a large Discourse appealed to the known Method of his Life and Conversation his Constant Services to the Crown and how little he had been concern'd in this Matter as being known by all Good men not to be capable of such a Thing That as to the Earl of Shaftsbury he came lately Over with great Expectation of his aid and favour in Parliament touching an unhappy Difference arisen with a great Ally meaning his Son-in-law's Father And that the Earl of Shaftsbury had already testified so much Countenance in this matter that he came over full of Inclinations to do that Lord greater Services than he can well express That before his Daughter was disposed of in Marriage a very Noble Lady the Lady Powis who had testified very great Inclinations to have her Married to her Ladiship 's Nephew upon which Obligation he then grew Intimate with the said Lady and being a Person that is not wont to forget his Friends in their Afflictions had often gone to that Lady to give her the best Comfort he could That waiting on her Ladiship when he came lately from Flanders she recommended to him just at parting a very Charitable Woman one Mrs. Cellier unto whom the late Dutchess of Tork was a Debtor in 5 or 600 l. That his Lordship being one of the Duke's Commissioners did promise to further her Business That in further Recommendation of this Woman the Lady added That she was a great Servant to the Duke and also to the King And also being a Woman of great Understanding and getting Acquaintance by her Opportunity of being a Midwife into many considerable Families she had wrought about several Incensed Persons to be of better Principles and Inclinations both to the King and the Duke And more particularly that this Woman had now found out a Man who was very able to discover any dangerous Practices against the King That Mrs. Cellier came soon after to his Lodgings that she gave a great Character of one Willoughby who had much improved himself abroad in the Service of the Prince of Orange and under the Duke de Villa Hermosa that this man coming over and resorting to the Coffee-Houses was much Suprized at the Rebellious discourses that he heard but that concealing his thoughts he grew Familiar with the most Mutinous who liked him so well that they carried him to their Clubs and private meetings and being admitted to their Secrets he found that great and dangerous things were preparing against the Parliament That she desired his Lordship but to procure a Warrant for making a Search and that all the whole matter would be Plainly discovered but she desired that this Warrant might be obtained without the King's knowledge That of all this Information his Lordship gave an Account to the Duke who refused to have any thing acted therein without the King's knowledge That I came with Mrs. Cellier to his Lodgings where the Duke saw me and I was afterwards handed to the King That when I came afterwards to his Lordship I mentioned the difficulty of getting a Warrant and Complaining of want of zeal in the King's Ministers I said I would yet do my business without a Warrant and by the Custom-house way That as concerning my Lord Shaftsbury I told him that there was some Woman about the Duke that Writ to the Earl of Shaftsbury all the dangerous things she could Invent and to make proof of this came afterwards to shew two Letters which his Lordship presently saw were Written in Sir Richard Bolstrode's hand and contained nothing touching the Duke but such matters of Common Intelligence from Brussels as he himself or any other man might
fitly write Whereupon he said I pretended to him that there was a third Letter of greater Importance which he had lost but as to those two Letters his Lordship said they were given to the King Soon after this I came to him at Midnight and said I was going to Prison To which his Lordship could only say That if I were guilty of any Crime he knew not how to help me but if I were to suffer by mistake the King's Ministers would soon discover it and set me again at Liberty His Lordship upon my question owned That he being at Dinner at Lamb's I came there to him about a Meeting to be had at Mr. Gadburies with Sir Robert Peyton and perhaps it might be upon a Letter from the Lady Powis as I had affirmed His Lordship did acknowledge That he gave his Servants charge to admit me when ever I came And that he did also call me Captain Willoughby but the occasion was that I telling his Lordship that I hoped his Majesty would gratifie and provide me as good an Imployment as I had refused from the other side his Lordship did say Doubtless His Majesty will provide for you and that when ever any Forces were sent abroad I should not neer to fear but that I should have a Company That he did not wonder at all at my confident Words since they had been the best Cards I had to play for my Life but that his Lordship's actions have been such as will except him from any shadow of reflection that can happen by such a Creature as I. As to the business of Sir Robert Peyton he would conceal nothing that the Council desired to know And first he said he knew not that Sir Robert was Privy to any thing relating to me but that Mrs. Cellier telling him as he said before the good Offices she had done the King and Duke with some that were Inflamed against him she named Sir Robert Peyton for One who told her That if he could be forgiven what was past he would come in and help the Government but that his greatest fear was from the Duke who was thought to be a Person of Animosity that could not Forgive That when his Lordship assured Mrs. Cellier of the contrary she told him that Sir Robert would not be willing to meet at any Publick Place but at Gadburies he would where accordingly they met where Sir Robert Peyton declared He would come into the Kings Service to all Purposes that he seem'd to complain of some hard Measure and doubted much of the Duke's reconciliation but his Lordship going far towards Sir Robert's satisfaction he afterwards met the Duke at his Lordship's Lodgings and had all the Assurance he could desire which is all that he knew or could say concerning Sir Robert Peyton Here I did acknowledge That I told his Lordship of an Ill Woman in the Duke's Family that corresponded with the Lord Shaftsbury and I had lost one of the Letters His Lordship told the Board That he could not but be troubled to have his name mentioned by such a Person as I was but yet if any whoever should come to morrow to him again and tell him of any dangerous Practices against the King and the Government whether by the Lord Shaftsbury or any other Lord whatsoever he should hold himself bound in duty to Hearken to any such Person and to Indeavour to discover such danger by all the waies he could Mr. John Webb of Missenden in the County of Bucks being call'd in said He knew me but remembred not when I went down to his House but that I was sent by Mrs. Cellier and not by my Lady Powis That he knew nothing of any Letters sent down by me or of one Mr. Jean or any other Priests at his House that I only went down to fetch up a Child Then I Objected That he knew Jean so well that at his last coming from home he brought him a Letter from Jean being then at Mrs. Cellier's Webb denying this the very Letter found by Sir William Waller was produced and read upon which Mr. Webb said It was possible but he had forgot it And I saying That Mrs. Celliers was by when that Letter was delivered to him Cellier denied it But I replyed That Webb knew all as well as what he would now excuse The Copy of the aforesaid Letter from H. Jean to me SIR I Received yours on Monday last and think my self much obliged to you for that you remember your Captive Friend it is some divertisment to my retired life to hear somtimes how affairs stand both that I may the better know how to set my steps that are laid for Innocent Men and learn also how to value an Innocent Solitude more than the Tumults of a confused World I perceive by yours the old Sticklers are still busy and strive to blind the peoples eyes with a Popish Plot that there own may not be seen When was there ever Mischief or Treason hatcht against Monarchy but under the Cloak of Religion and Zeal against Popery Things are so plain that who are not wilfully blind must needs see the good old Cause taking life again God bless the King and direct his Council That we may live in Peace and Justice under him This is the Prayer of SIR Your very humble Servant H. Jean Pray present my humble service to Mounsieur Cellier and his Lady John Porter Butler to my Lord Powis being sworn saies That he is a Protestant that he hath seen me at Powis-House several times and that I lodged there but not by the Knowledge of the Lord or Lady he remembred that Lane was also there by the name of Johnson He did confess he gave me a Bottle of Sherry at the Tower but not by the Lord's Order and that I dined there another day and that he did lead me to the Lodgings of the Lord Arundel and the Lord Bellasis John Lane being called in said That he lay at Powis-house for a Month or six Weeks by my Order and Mrs. Cellier's from whom he had his diet that he went by the Name of Johnson fearing to be arrested by Mr. Oates for what he had testifyed against him and in that fear he went down to Grayes near Graves-End and had a pair of Shoes given him by me who also got him out of Prison which was a chargeable work he said he made an Affidavit before Sir James Butler And being askt by one of the Lords Whether he had not before the house of Lords made two contrary Affidavits he acknowledged That out of fear he had done so but that the first drawn by me as Mr. Nevil had directed was true and the other false Mr. Knox being called in said He knew me from the time we met at Powis house going there in search of Lane who was to give the Evidence for him That the Examinant knowing in whose house he had been was much troubled in as much as he is a