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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40884	The information of Francisco de Faria, delivered at the bar of the House of Commons, Munday the first day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1680	Faria, Francisco de, b. 1653.	1680 (1680)	Wing F425; ESTC R16386	6,486	16

I Appoint Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills to Print this Information According to the Order of the HOUSE OF COMMONS And that no other Person presume to Print the same Novemb. 10th 1680. Wi WILLIAMS Speaker The INFORMATION OF Francisco de Faria Delivered at the BAR of the HOUSE OF COMMONS Munday the First day of November in the year of our Lord 1680. Perused and Signed to be Printed according to the Order of the House of Commons BY ME William Williams Speaker LONDON Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1680. THE INFORMATION OF FRANCISCO de FARIA Born in America Son of John de Faria a Jew of St. Giles in the Fields Gent Taken upon Oath before Me Edmund Warcupp Esq one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace in the said County and City in presence of John Arnold Esquire by Command of the Right Honorable the Lords Committees for Discovery of the late Popish Plot 26. Octob. l680 THis Informant saith That being a Limner in Antwerp in Flanders in the year 1675. by the persuasion of Three of the Sisters of Sir George Wakeman then in the Nunnery of Sta. Teresia and of Father Worsely a Jesuit he became a Roman Catholick and often communicated at his hand And the said Worsely then persuaded this Informant to come into England and he would make this Informant happy and then gave this Informant 35 Pistols in Gold to bear this Informant's charges for England But this Informant did not immediately follow him to England but took up Arms and was a Captain Lievtenant under Colonel Montgomery in the Prince of Orange's Service where he practised to make and throw hand-Granadoes and grew to some note for that Service and in the year 1678 this Informant being in England and well versed in Seven or Eight Languages was preferred to be Interpreter and Secretary of Languages to Gaspar Abrew de Freitas Ambassador in ordinary from the Prince of Portugal to the King of England To which Ambassador this Informant had been known for many years before and the said Ambassador among other things acquainted this Informant that Don Francisco de Melos the late Ambassador that died here was much out of favour with the Prince of Portugal for that he had indiscreetly pushed on the Promotion of the Catholick Religion before a due time and had caused several Popish Books to be Printed in English which had given too great alarm with many other things relating to the Popish Religion which he greatly condemned him for And the said Ambassador to indear this Informant did often give him Money and intrusted him in Affairs of the greatest Moment ●nd carried this Informant with him to all or most of the great Ministers of State in England using him for his Interpreter and employed this Informant to resort to several Persons for an account of the Orders and Passages in the Kings Council of all which the said Ambassador usually had an account within an hour after the rising of the Council or any Committees And the said Ambassador much about the time of the Trial of the Five Jesuits expressing a great ●●rrow for the oppression of the Catholicks did wish that Oates and Bedlow were made away And then commanded this Informant to go to Mass and Confession and then told this Informant that he might do the Catholick Cause great Service and might make his own Fortune if he would joyn in destroying Oates and Bedlow and that 50000 Reales d'ocho should be given for that Service and that two sufficient men should joyn with this Informant for the killing of Oates and Bedlow But the said Bedlow being about that time in Ireland the said Murder was deferred and a report being spread that Bedlow was dead in Ireland the said Lord Ambassador said to this Informant What a Fool were you had you killed him you had gained that Money which I promised But afterwards understanding that Bedlow was not dead the said Ambassador renewed his Solicitations to this Informant to prosecute the death of Oates and Bedlow assuring this Informant That he would make good his promise of the said Sum of Money to them which should kill them That he would besides pay this Informants Debts and take this Informant with him into Portugal Upon which Discourse this Informant took the boldness to tell the Ambassador That the Death of Godfrey had done much hurt to the Catholick Interest and he much feared that the death of Oates and Bedlow would bring greater hurt To which the Ambassador replyed he feared not that and if Oates and Bedlow and Shaftsbury were out of the way the Parliament might come when they please Whereupon this Informant asked How shall Shaftsbury be killed He replyed Lord Shaftsbury goes often into the Country and I know you are excellent at hand-Granadoes you shall throw one of them into Shaftsbury's Coach which will destroy all that are in the Coach upon the breaking and you and your Companions shall also have Fire Arms to kill if the other do not full Execution And the Ambassador added that he had provided Two other Persons Men of Honour to joyn with this Informant in that Service but named them not nor the reward that was promised to be given for it And then ordered this Informant to provide a Man who could speak French and Dutch to carry a Letter into Flanders Whereupon this Informant applied himself to one Salter who keeps a Sempsters Shop in Drury-Lane to carry the Letter Who saying he could not go because he had Horses lame which this Informant's Servant observing said Sir If you please my Husband shall go But this Informant refused him as not speaking French nor acquainted with the Country And this Informant did according to the Ambassador's Order offer the said Salter 10. l. to undertake the Journey because he was acquainted with the Country c. February last past the said Ambassador left England and returned to Portugal leaving this Informant on a sudden with very little Money after his many promises to take this Informant with him into Portugal and to get the Prince to provide plentifully for him in Portugal Upon which this Informant recollecting the said former passages and fearing lest he should be accused though innocent went to his own Father declaring the offers made to this Informant for the killing the Persons aforesaid but his Father and Mother advised him to throw Ashes upon it for none that have discover'd are secure because some are of one mind and some of another And this Informant then left a Note with his Mother signifying that if this Informant were killed it must be by the Portugals and he would lay his Death to them because of the passages aforesaid and did the like with Mrs. Mary Seares who finding this Informant in a very disturbed condition observing that in his Frenzy fits he spoke of the Death of Oats Bedlow and Shaftsbury so far prevailed