any of her Letters As to the long Letter marked Numb 3. he protests he cannot Decipher it nor can positively say for whom it was to have been directed yet thinks it was to have been carried by Castarres to Fergusn and by him to the chief men concerned in the Design Upon inquiring what is become of the parcel of Books which are the Printed Case of the Earl of Argile and in what method they were brought over from Holland he confessed that they had been shipped on board of a Vessel called to the best of his memory the Success of Colchester bound for London and that Spence was afterwards to come in the Passage Boat designed to have come to Graves-end but that the wind having been very cross he came on shoar at or somewhat near Harwich from whence he came by Land to London Upon asking what was meant by the Figures 80 and 81 in the Letters marked Numb 5. he said he did not well remember but when I told him that I knew by the Cypher Money was meant by 50 and Officers by 51. he confessed that it was so whereupon I did observe to him that as the late Earl was to have had Money so he was to have been furnished with Officers for the carrying on the Rebellion in Scotland which also he confessed but said withal that this Letter was intended for his Lady which he knew by a mark on the back and shewed it to me The Examination of Robert Blaney of the Middle Temple Esq 29 June 83. THis Examinant Deposeth and saith That this Deponent was invited about Christmas last on Wednesday the 27th day of December last as near as he can remember by Iohn Row late Sword-bearer of the City of Bristol to Dine with Collonel Iohn Rumzey at his House in Soho Square where were present the said Colonel Romzey Robert West Richard Goodenough Ioseph Tyley of Lincolns Inn Esq Christopher Battiscomb Gent. and the said Iohn Row and this Examinant where being together after dinner and much Wine and other strong drink drank in the said company a Discourse was began but by whom this Examinant cannot remember about the times being very bad and dangerous for Sober Men and what Remedies were fit to redress Grievances and rid our selves of Arbitrary Power or to that effect and it was there likewise discoursed and said but by whom in particular this Examinant cannot exactly remember it being so long since that we should never be well till we were rid of two people by whom as this Examinant did apprehend were meant His Majesty and his Royal Highness the Duke of York And it was likewise said That if the Great People did but agree to Joyn and Rise or words to that effect it might be done for the Countries were all willing and ready then as this Examinant doth remember by some one it was in the said company proposed and as he verily believes by the said Mr. West that either a Deed of Bargain and Sale or Lease and Release one of them it was should be executed to bar both Him in Possession and Him in Remainder by which as this Examinant did then apprehend was meant the taking off His Majesty and his Royal Highness and so he believes the rest of the said company did also And a glass of Wine did pass round the said Table as a Health to the Executing of the said Bargain and Sale or Lease and Release which he cannot tell but one oâ— them it was And this Examinant further saith that he never was present at any other Consultation with the before-named persons or any others about the Death of the King or his Royal Highness or the raising of any Rebellion that this Examinant can remember except that being very frequently as a familiar Acquaintance with the said Mr. West he hath often asked him and the said Colonel Rumzey whether the great Men would do any thing and whether any business would be done or he used words to that effect but they did constantly as this Examinant remembers answer him No that nothing would be done and the said Colonel Rumzey seemed as this Examinant did apprehend to be very shy of him this Examinant and much like Discourse this Examinant hath had with the said Goodenoughs but never was as he remembers acquainted with the prosecution or particulars of such a Design in the least And one Nathaniel Wade also this Examinant hath had some such Discourse with about freeing our selves from Arbitrary Power and Popery by a general Rising but any particular ways and methods for the same or otherwise this Examinant never knew of or was privy to And further at present this Deponent cannot recollect Robert Blaney 29 Jun. 83. Iurat coram me L. JENKINS The further Examination of Robert Blaney July 1. 83. WHo saith That he saw Ferguson since the Earl of Shaftsburies death in the House of one Bourne a Brewer living in Queen-street over against the Lord Keepers that it was about a quarter of a year since that Ferguson was in a Night-gown and therefore he believes he lay in that House that the Discourse they had was about the Earl of Shaftsbury and his death This Examinant saith that about three weeks after the Earl of Shaftsbury had concealed himself he saw him at a Merchants House whose name he remembers not but the House is in Woodstreet near St. Albans Church the corner House having a little Yard before it next door to a House that was one Mr. Biddolphs He saith he knows nothing of the manner of the Earl of Shaftsburies Escape nor of Fergusons nor knows no other places but the above-mentioned where either of them were at any time concealed He remembers that he was twice or thrice at the Sign of the Sugar-loaf near the Devil Tavern with Ferguson and once with another person who he thinks was young Shute about the time the Earl of Shaftsbury absented himself but that Ferguson was not then disguised but in the Habit he used commonly to wear which was a Russet colour Campane Coat and a brown short Perewig Thomas Lee Dyer of Old-street his Confession 1 and 2 July 1685. I Having been often in the Company of Mr. Iohn Atherton he told me about May last that Mr. Goodenough must speak with me and Mr. William Thomas We went to the Salutation Tavern in Lumbard-street Mr. Goodenough came to tell us and then drew out some Papers but I saw not what was in them and there told us that our Rights and Priviledges were Invaded and that some Gentlemen had taken into consideration how to retrieve them or words to that effect and did then ask us whether we were willing to assist and then told us that the City and Suburbs were divided into Twenty parts and did desire us to see what men we could get and told us that we must discourse with them about a Forreign Invasion at first and if that took then we might know of them whether they would
Duke of Monmouth yet when the Anabaptists were once up they would not lay down their Arms till they had their own terms And this Examinant further saith That to the best of his remembrance he was informed by Colonel Romzey that the Managers of the general Insurrection had one or more Meetings at the House of Mr. Thomas Shepard Merchant in Abchurch-Lane or St. Clements-Lane in Lumbard-steet London and that if the Money were paid to the Scots the said Mr. Shepard was to return it into Holland and this Examinant to the best of his remembrance once to twice asked Mr. Shepard whether any Money were paid who answered it was promised several times but he had not any assurance of its being paid And this Examinant believes the said Mr. Shepard did know of the intended Assassination of the King and Duke but doth not remember that this Examinant had any particular Discourse with the said Mr. Shepard about it the said Shepard having failed to meet this Examinant Col. Romzey and others several times when he had promised to do so And this Examinant further saith That Mr. Ferguson to the best of this Examinant's remembrance told this Examinant since the King went to Windsor that there had been some thoughts of Surprizing Windsor with 500 Horse but upon consideration it seemed impracticable but he named no Persons to this Examinant And the said Ferguson desired this Examinant to speak to Mr. Richard Goodenough to meet Sir Thomas Armstrong which this Examinant did and this Examinant believes the said Goodenough and Sir Tho. Armstrong have had several Meetings and the said Goodenough hath Communicated to Sir Thomas Armstrong the design last carrying on for Raising 3000 Men out of the Twenty Divisions of the City and Suburbs and the Progress that was made in it And this Examinant further saith That at one of the Meetings concerning the last mentioned Design Mr. Richard Goodenough Reported one Man but would not name him would undertake to bring 1000 Men out of the Hamlets and if occasion were to give satisfaction he would shew them all a Footbal Match or other Pastime but the said Goodenough reported withal that he found most Persons insist upon terms and required to know what ease and advantage they should have in matters of Religion their Liberties and Properties and what assurance they should have of their being performed before they would actually engage in Arms for they would not Fight to change Persons only but Things But whether any thing was done in order to give them such satisfaction this Examinant knows not And this Examinant further saith That the fundamentals in this Examinant's last Examination mentioned to be prepared by Mr. Wade Col. Romzey and this Examinant were only rough drawn up by the said Mr. VVade's own Hand and this Examinant did not write them nor had any Copy of them because if they had been approved of it was intended to have drawn them into form and therefore this Examinant cannot set them forth exactly but to the best of this Examinant's remembrance the substance of them was to the effect following 1. That the People should annually meet at a certain time to Choose Members of Parliament without any Writ or particular Direction to do so 2. That the Parliament should Meet at and Sit for a stated time and not be Dissolved Prorogued or Adjourned but by their own Consent and that no Prorogation or Adjournment should hinder their Meeting before the day to which they were Prorogued or Adjourned if there were occasion 3. That the Parliament should consist of a House of Lords and a House of Commons but the exact number of both or either of them this Examinant doth not remember 4. That only such Nobility should be Hereditary as were assisting in this Design the rest should be only for Life and upon their Death the House of Lords be supplied from time to time with new ones out of the House of Commons but whether by the Election of the Lords or of the Prince this Examinant doth not remember 5. The Militia should be in the Parliament and the Parliament have the Nomination if not the Election of all Judges Sheriffs Justices of the Peace and other greater or lesser Officers Civil or Military 6. That what Acts passed in both Houses should be a Law for one Year without the Prince's Consent and what Acts passed both Hoâ—ses in two several Parliaments should be a Perpetual Law without his Consent 7. That a Council to the Prince should be Elected out of the Parliament a certain Number of the Lords to be Elected by the Commons and a certain Number of the Commons to be Elected by the Lords but the Number of the Council or of either Lords or Commons to be of it this Examinant doth not remember And this Examinant further saith That before the said Ferguson went for Holland this Examinant pressing him to know whether the Duke of Monmouth were acquainted with the Design against the King and Duke and would not Hang all Persons concerned in it if it succeeded the said Ferguson said what if I get it under his Hand that he shall not To which this Examinant answered It would be sufficient Satisfaction but when the said Ferguson returned from Holland and this Examinant pressed him again to have Security fit to be relied on he asked this Examinant Whether that were fit to be proposed to the Duke And this Examinant saying If he durst not propose it he thought other Men ought not to venture upon it Whereupon the said Ferguson said That he had mentioneâ— something concerning the King to the Duke of Monmouth but not Assassinating him to which the Duke Answered somewhat sternly You must look upon me in the Capacity of a Son Which answer for some time dampt the Design and alwayes clog'd it But at length it was resolved that if the Duke did prosecute the Actors in it that the Duke himself should be killed if it could be done And this Examinant believes Colonel Romzey was present at or made acquainted by this Examinant with the said Discourse And this Examinant further saith That the said Ferguson to the best of his remembrance told this Examinant that some thoughts had been formerly of making an Attempt upon the King and Duke the last Lord Mayors Day either going out of the Coach into Guild-Hall or in the Hall at Dinner which might be done with Men with Swords only or in their return from thence at Ludgate or Pauls-Church-Yard but for the great hazards in either of these wayes nothing was resolved on And this Examinant further saith That this Examinant perceiving that little or no preparations were made for the last Designed Attempt in the Newmarket-Journey told the said Ferguson of it to which the said Ferguson answered That he should have a Sum of Money for it when things were fixt but not else for a Sum had been Deposited in a Mans hand but named not whose for the former designed
Lords about him and Armstrong designed great Offices to themselves and will not endure to hear of Terms but cry all shall be left to a Parliament whereupon this Examinant saying to him it were but just to discover all their Intrigues but the being an Informer is an ugly thing Colonel Romzey replyed it is true our people are not worth venturing for and the other people are not worth saving besides it would give a great blow to the Protestant interest all the world over And further saith not Robert West The Examination of William Hone Ioyner taken before Sir William Turner Knight and Alderman of the City of London and one of his Majesties Iustices of the Peace the 4th day of July 1683. THis Examinant saith that about the Fire time at Newmarket Mr. Richard Goodenough came to him to Cliffords-Inn where he was at Work at one Mr. Cark's Chamber and ask'd him to go along with him and told him he wanted some Labourers This Examinant then asked him if it were honest Upon which Mr. Goodenough clucht his Fist and struck it towards his Mouth twice or thrice and told him it was to seise the King and the Duke and that there would be 20 l. apiece to buy Horse and Arms. This Examinant then told him he was well settled in his Trade and did not care to trouble himself He then further told this Examinant that they had taken care to secure the City and then they appointed to meet the next day at the Amsterdam Coffee-House where they met together and from thence they two went to one Sergeants a Cooks-shop at the Sign of the Roe-Buck at the Corner of Bartholomew-Lane where they Diaed and whilst they were there there came in one Keeling and one Rombald who had but one eye and after some Discourse Mr. Keeling said let us go and Mr. Goodenough said we want Clothes Mr. Keeling replied he had Clothes for half a dozen and further said let us make what we can and go Mr. Goodenough answered no and pointing to Rombald said there is one knows the temper of the People better This Examinant further saith that Mr. Goodenough Mr. Rombald and Mr. Keeling went from thence to a Tavern in Bartholomew-lane where this Examinant came to them but heard no Discourse at that time but drank and went his way This Examinant further saith that a Fortnight after Witsontide he met Mr. Ioseph Keeling and his Brother in Threadneedle-Street near the Exchange and they would needs Drink with him and he went with them to the Flanders Coffee-House and then Mr. Iosâ—as Kâ—eling told him his Brother was a stout Man and could bring together thirty Mâ—n for his share and then they went all three into a Room above-stairs and then Mr. Iosias Keeling said these words to him You know the business of the Rye this Examinant at that time knew the meaning of the Rye but not the place they called the Rye And they being three together they fell into Discourse concerning the King and the Duke of York and how they should dispose of them and depose the King and they being hot in this discourse this Examinant said he was for saving the Duke and securing the King afterwards the two Keelings sent this Examinant to look for Goodenough and told him they must needs speak with him presently and after this Examinant had been from place to place to find him and missing of him he returned back to the Tavern where he found the said two Keelings and Goodenough and some others who this Examinant doth not know and there the said Goodenough and both the said Keelings retired into a private Room but what passed between them this Examinant doth not know neither hath he seen them since This Examinant further saith that about Michaelmas last was twelve month as he remembers Mr. Goodenough spoke to him to make a private place between his Roof and tâ—e Ceeling Joists of his House with intent as he told this Examinant to put Mony in it because the times were dangerous So this Examinant cut the Rafters and untyled part of the House and made such a private place and made a Frame and a Door for a Man to go in and the Brick-layer Tyled it over and over the Door but what use the said Goodenough afterward made of it this Examinant knows not This Examinant saith that the Persons engaged in this Conspiracy are Mr. Richard and Francis Goodenough 〈◊〉 Robert West the two Rombalds and one Adderton a Glasier and Lee a Dyar and both the Keelings and a Crape-Weaver who lives about Chiswel-Street This Examinant saith that he hath work'd for the said Mr. West at his Chamber in the Temple and one day meeting him in Fleet-Street he asked this Examinant if the Ball were once up whether Gamesters would come in in four or five hours time This Examinant replied he thought they would And at another time being at Work at his Chamber they fell into discourse together concerning the Deposing of the King and the Duke and words to that purpose but what the particular words were he doth not well remember This Examinant saith that to the best of his remembrance as he was Drinking with Mr. Lee at the Kings-Head Tavern in Chancery-lane about a Fortnight after Witsontide last the said Mr. Lee told him there was a Captain of a Ship would appoint the hurling of a Silver Ball at Blackheath which would draw a great Company of People together and then he would give them Brandy and then they would go and seize on the Tower This Examinant further saith that he being at Work at one Mr. Percivals at Chipâ—nham where the said Adderton the Glafier was also taking order to Work the said Adderton asked this Examinant if Mr. Goodenough had said any thing to him about the Business This Examinant asked him what Business The said Adderton replied he had told Lee of it and that was all passed between them Will. Hone. Capt. Cognit coram me Die Anno praesen Will. Turner Information of William Leigh I Do declare that my first acquaintance with Mr. Roâ—se and Mr. Lee was by reason of Captain Blagg and his Business to go his Mate and the first time that ever Mr. Roâ—sâ— spoke any thâ—ng to me about the Plot was one day I met him by the Exchange He told me he had something to say to me and to the best of my remembrance he asked me presently after if I did know of any Seamen that were fitting to make Captains in Wapping I told him No but I would see what I could do and he promised he and Mr. Lee to come to the Blew Anchor by Wapping Dock next morning about Ten a Clock but came not Another day he and Mr. Lee came down and discoursed with some of Mr. Rowse's Friends that he met but they did not like his way and so parted And the first time that ever I heard of tossing up of a Ball was by Captain Blagg
COPIES OF THE INFORMATIONS AND Original PAPERS Relating to the Proof of The Horrid Conspiracy Against the Late KING His Present MAJESTY AND THE GOVERNMENT As they were Order'd to be Published by His late Majesty In the SAVOY Printed by Thomas Newcomb One of His Majesties Printers and are to be sold by Sam. Lowndes over-against Exeter-Change in the Strand 1685. THE INFORMATION OF Josiah Keeling OF THE Parish of St. Butolph without Aldgate In the County Of Middlelsex Salter Taken the 12th of Iune 1683. THis Informant Deposeth and saith That some time before that His Majesty went last to Newmarket about a Fortnight or Three Weeks as he remembers Mr. Richard Goodenough under-Sheriff to Mr. Bethel and Mr. Cornish late Sheriffs of London did at the Sun-Tavern behind the Royal-Exchange take this Informant aside and ask him how many Men he this Informant could procure to take away the Life of the King and Duke of York He having begun his Discourse with this Informant by telling him that we meaning thereby himself this Informant and other Citizens of London were like to be in Slavery and to lose our Charter To which Question this Informant answered to the best of his Remembrance That he could not procure any to do that work This Informant further saith That meeting the said Goodenough a second time while His Majesty was yet at Newmarket he told this Informant That the only way to prevent Shedding of Blood was to take off the King and Duke privately and renewed his Former Request to me this Informant to procure what Men I could towards the Effecting of it and upon this Occasion he met me often in London and came down to my House This Informant further saith That he at the Solicitation of the said Goodenough and others did speak to divers Persons that Mr. Goodenough had told this Informant there were several Men that would be Concerned in taking off the King and the Duke and they wanted more to make up their Complement which were to be Forty in number Among the Persons that this Informant spoke to there were Three viz. Iames Burton of Wapping White Chappel Cheese-Monger William Thompson Carver of the same and Andrew Barber Instrument-maker of the same That Meeting by Appointment at the Mytre-Tavern within Aldgate with one Richard Rumball a Malster-man living at a place called The Rye if this Informant mistakes not the Name within two miles of Hoddesden in the County of Hertford or thereabouts did agree on the Saturday next before His Majesties Return from Newmarket last to go down to the Rye being the House of the aforesaid Rumbal and there to effect their Design of taking off the King and the Duke The manner whereby they proposed this should be Effected That the said Rumbal's House where they were to meet being by the High-ways side they that were to be Actors in the Fact were to hide themselves under a Wall or a Pale and when His Majesties Coach should come over against the said Wall or Pale Three or Four were to Shoot with Blunderbusses at the Postilion and the Horses and if the Horses should not drop then there were to be Two Men with an empty Cart in the Lane near the place who in the Habit of Labourers should run the Cart thwart the Lane and so to stop the Horses besides those that were to shoot the Postillion and Horses there were several appointed to shoot into the Coach where His Majesty was to be and others to Shoot at the Guards that should be attending the Coach This Informant further saith That meeting with Mr. Robert West of the Middle-Temple Barrister they went to the Dolphin-Tavern in Bartholomew-Lane behind the â—â—yal Exchange where they met the said Rumball and one Hone of Southwark as this Informant believes he was either a Carpenter or a Joyner and they discoursing together when His Majesty would come home from Newmarket Mr. Rumball said He heard that he would come that night Mr. West said he had heard that His Majesty would not come till Munday and said he I hope he will not come till Saturday that is the Saturday come Sennight To which Rumball replyed I hope so too If he do not said Mr. West to Rumball why then how many Swan-Quills how many Goose-Quills and how many pair of Crow-Quills will or must you have Whereto Rumball answered Six Swan-Quills twenty Goose-Quills twenty or thirty the informant doth not exactly remember which pair of Crow-Quills with Ink and Sand proportionable This Informant asking either the said West or else the said Rumball what was meant by those several sorts of Quills Was answered That by the first were meant Blunderbusses by the second Muskets by the third Cases of Pistols by the Ink and Sand Powder and Bullet This Informant seeing Rumball the same Week that His Majesty returned Home told him he had seen the King passing by his House and that if he had but Five Men with him he could have done his Business and the Dukes for that there were but Five Life-Guard-men with them This Informant further saith That the said Geodenough about a Fortnight ago came to this Informants House and going from thence to the Coffee-House he told him after he had pulled out some Papers that he this Informant must take one of the said Papers who asking the said Goodenough what he must do with it he the said Goodenough answered that he must take to his assistance nine or ten Men such as he could trust to the end they might consult all the House-Keepers Journey-men and Apprentices to see what number of men might be raised upon occasion either to justifie the Act if the King and Duke should be taken off or if not what strength could be made up in Case of an Insurrection or a Rebellion And he being told by this Informant that we were well indeed better than any other Nation that is much happier if we could be quiet otherwise we should involve the Nation in Bloud and Confusion He replyed That he was clearly for taking off the King and the Duke and then there should be quickly an end to it And this Informant further saith That the two Papers now produced by him were delivered to him by the said Goodenough and that the Paper beginning with these words viz. 4. From White-Chappel Southeast and ending Round Goodmans Fields was Written with Goodenoughs own hand as this Informant believes And this Informant saith That he had received a Third Paper from the said Goodenough which he gave into the hands of one Ioseph Helby a Carver of Limehouse who put it into his Pocket but said he would not meddle in it This Informant further saith That the said Goodenough told him he had divided the City and Subburbs into Twenty Parts and shewed this Informant the Names of the Divisions in Writing having as he said taken it out of the Map In the Company of the said Goodenough and this Informant was one William Rumball the
Brother of the said Richard Rumball to whom a Paper was offered but he would not meddle In each Division there was to be one Principal Man to take to his assistance eight or nine more as he thought convenient but he Named none of them to this Informant This Informant further saith That on Thursday last he going into the Salutation-Tavern in Lumbard-street was told there were above-Stairs some Acquaintance of his he going up found the said Goodenough there together with one Wade Nelthrop and the aforesaid West all Barristers at Law they called this Deponent in Jest by the Name of Gulick and he asking them what they meant by it they told him Gulick was a brave Fellow and headed the People at Cologne and they hoped to see this Informant do the same at Wapping and they asked how their Friends did in Wapping and what Strength they could make there The Informant answered They would do well enough there and concluded they were privy to the Design In this Company was one they called Captain Walcot who went over with the Earl of Shaftsbury and came back with his Corpse as also one they called Colonel whose Name this Informant does not know This Informant further saith That the said Richard Rumball in the Conversation above-mentioned with the said Burton Thompson and Barber and this Deponent affirmed That to take off the King and the Duke would be a Keeping of one of the Ten Commandments since it would prevent a Rebellion whereby abundance of Bloud must be shed This Informant further saith That he asking West and Goodenough on the Thursday above-mentioned what Care was taken for Arms he was answered That he need not take Care of that for there was Provision already made and that the said West recommended Secrecy above all things to this Deponent otherwise the present Design miscarrying they should never be able to Retrieve it West further told this Deponent on Easter-Eve That since the Design to be executed upon the King 's Return from Newmarket had failed they intended to take the King and Duke off between Windsor and Hampton-Court Iosiah Keeling 12 Die Junii 1683. Iosiah Keeling Iuratus fuit Coram me L. JENKINS The Ioynt Information of Josiah Keeling of the Parish of St. â—utolph without Aldgate in the County of Middlesex Salter and of John Keeling of the Parish of St. Anne Black-Fryers Citizen and Turner taken the 14th of June 1683. THese Informants being in Company with Richard Goodenough this 14th day of Iune between the hours of Twelve and One at the Dolphin-Tavern behind the Exchange and the said Iosiah Keeling asking him what account he had of those Twenty Divisions that he had made of the City or to that effect He answered That he had an account of Lee a Dyer in Old-street Middlesex and that he could raise him 500 Men And the said Goodenough being asked by the said Informants where those Men should have Arms and Ammunition and also where other men that were designed to be Raised should have the like It was Replyed by the said Goodenough That there were Twenty Thousand Pounds already promised which should be had upon Demand and that the said Money was to be distributed to the Twenty Principal Undertakers proportionably to the Lists of Men they brought in or the said Goodenough Replied to that effect The said Goodenough further adding That the Duke of Monmouth and all his Friends would be concerned in raising the said Money and that the said Duke would be at the Head of the said Party which they propounded to be Four Thousand in number and that many more would quickly fall in And the said Goodenough further said that a certain Colonel whom the Informant takes to be Colonel Romsey would advance Eight Hundred or a Thousand Pounds towards Paying for Arms. And the said Goodenough further said that Wade the Counsellor of Bristol or thereabouts kept in Town two or three hundred pounds towards paying for Arms. And the said Goodenough being asked what he would Contribute towards the carrying on of the said Design he being a Rich Man he answered that he had about threescore pounds in Plate and fifty or threescore pounds in Gold and had he more it should all go to the same use And the said Iosiah asking him what Provision of Horse there was the said Goodenough answered that there were a hundred ready and Men to Mount them and if occasion be there should be more in readiness and the said Informants further say that the said Iosiah being asked by the said Goodenough what Progress he had made upon those Papers he had entrusted with him and Iosiah shewing him the Paper of Number Three which Goodenough owned to have been delivered by him to the said Iosiah with two Papers more and telling him all was well enough with us but asking him withal what we should do for Arms and Ammunition he the said Goodenough answered that if there was Faith in Men Money should not be wanting to buy Arms and Ammunition and that he was to meet this night them that were principally concerned And these Informants say that the said Iosiah being desirous to pry into the secrets of their design against the Tower propounded to the said Goodenough that a Person with the Staff of a Constable should bring in a Man bound as an offender before the Lieutenant or Major Roe and that at the same time another Person should be brought in upon the same Coulour and by that means secure the Guard at the Gate till such time that a Body of Men which was to be lodged in the Corner-house of Thames-street or the next to it should come to their help For which proposal the said Goodenough applauded the said Iosiah very much clapping him upon the back And the Informant Iosiah asking what to satisfie our People we should do for a few Arms he answered that the said Iosiah should have Money to buy them Iosiah then askt him what Gun-smith he would recommend him to adding whether he had not best deal with Mr. West's meaning Mrâ— West the Lawyer 's Gun-smith Whereto the said Goodenough answered that Gun-smith was a very honest Fellow and that he need not distrust him The said Iosiah further askt him saying you must have some Arms Are those disposed that were to be sent to Rye Whereto Goodenough answered they were not Then the said Iosiah askt him if they were at West's House or at the Gun-smiths Whereto Goodenough answered they were at the Gun-smiths who lived in Sheer-lane on the left hand as one goes from Fleet-street And the said Iosiah asking the said Goodenough whether they went on with their Design of Killing the King and the Duke between Windsor and Hampton-Court he the said Goodenough replyed No because they did not usually go together but they would do it at the Bull-Feast in Lyon fields And these Informants further say Not. Iosiah Keeling Iohn Keeling 14 Die Junii 1683. Iurati Pradicti Iohan.