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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63112	Truth vindicated, or, A detection of the aspersions and scandals cast upon Sir Robert Clayton and Sir George Treby, Justices, and Slingsby Bethell and Henry Cornish, Esquires, sheriffs of the city of London, in a paper published in the name of Dr. Francis Hawkins, minister of the Tower, intituled, The confession of Edward Fitz-Harris, Esq., &c. the coppy of which paper is herewith printed for the readers clearer judgment in the case.	Treby, George, Sir, 1644?-1700.; Fitzharris, Edward, 1648?-1681. Confession.	1681 (1681)	Wing T2107; ESTC R11729	17,499	36

had for secret Service and advised me to go to the Lord Clarendon or Hyde but before I could do this I was taken As for that part of the Libel which I left with Everard as a Pledge to assure him I would not betray him I received it of the Lord Howard And the Money I received from the King was for bringing a Libel called The King Unvail'd and the Lady Portsmouths Articles I call God to witness I never had a Farthing charity from the King I do further confess and declaere That the Lord Howard told me of a Design to seize upon the King's Person and to carry him into the City and there detain him till he had condescended to their Desires Heyns and my self were privy to this Design and had several Meetings with the Lord Howard and as an Encouragement the Lord Howard assured us of breaking the Settlement of Ireland taking off the Additional Revenue of the Bishops Forty nine-men and Grantees whose Estates were to be shar'd amongst the Party I do confess and declare That while I was in Newgate the Sheriff's Bethel and Cornish came to me with a Token from the Lord Howard which I knew to be true and brought Heads with them from Everard wherein he accused me of being a Court Emissary or Yorkist put on by the King to put the Libel into Protestants houses to trepan them But I declare upon my death I had no such intent nor do I know any such thing The Sheriffs likewise told me I was to be tried within three or four days that the people would prosecute me and the Parliament would impeach me and that nothing would save my life but discovering the Popish Plot. And then the Sheriffs aforesaid gave me great Encouragement from my Lord Howard that if I would declare that I believed so much of the Plot as amounted to the introducing the R. C. or if I could find out any that could criminate the Queen R. H. or make so much as a plausible story to confirm the Plot that the Parliament would restore me to my Fathers Estate with the Prosits thereof since His Majesties Restauration I sinding my self in the condition I was in Newgate Fettered Moneyless and Friendless my Wife ready to Lye in without any subsistence my Children in a miserable condition and must needs be in a worse by my death and I could see no other Refuge for life but complying with them so not with ambitious intent but to save my life I did comply The Sheriffs brought Instructions which they said came from the Lords and Commons who met that day in order to Address to the King in my behalf if I should confirm the Instructions and they made use of the Lord Shastsbury's name and others what Advantage I might have thereby At the first I made a formal story concerning the Plot which was not prejudicial to any body but most relating to general Heads known publickly upon which Mr. Cornish told me These were things cryed about the Streets two years ago I replied I could say no more Mr. Sheriff said He was sorry for me with all his heart but thought I could say more if I would and pressed me hard to speak to several Heads unto which unless I spoke he said there was no hopes of life The Heads I was to speak to is what the Examination taken by Sir Robert Clayton and Sir George Treby contains and a great deal more that I did not say then relating to the Queen R. H. Earl of Danby declaring French Pensioners Lords Hallifax Hyde Clarendon Feversham Seymer and others the burning the Fleet Forts and Governments in Popish hands Meal-Tub-Plot Prentices Plot the contrivance of the Libel on the Lady Portsmouth being a French Designe to destroy Protestants These and many other Heads were brought me by the Sheriffs I do farther confess declare That Sir Rob. Clayton and Sir George Treby coming to me to examine me Sir Rob. Clayton asked me what I could say concerning Godfrey's Murder I answered Something He replied It may be I was in a confusion recollect your self And what I said concerning Father Patrick was forced out of me and what I said concerning him is not true Sir George Treby was with me three hours or thereabouts and pressed to say concerning Godfrey's death and said Vnless I could speak to that Murder I could say nothing Whereupon I said something I had from others He asked me if I could say no more I replied Is not this enough to save my Life Am I not Rogue enough The Recorder hereupon swore Gods wounds what were you ever but a Rogue Then the Recorder entred upon the Heads of the Examination which being done he told me All this would not save my Life unless I would speak to the Libel which was a Court-trick and it was not for nothing that I had been so often seen at the Lady Portsmouth's The Lord Shaftsbury said You know more of these matters than any man Sir George would have me speak to the Consult that the Duke was at it the Lords Bellasis Arundel and Powis were at it You have seen them go to it at St. James's without doubt they were there Do you but say it we have those that will swear it I do further declare and confess That what I said against the Queen the Duke I was put upon in the matter of Sir Edmunbury Godfrey's Murder And do further declare That what I swore against the Earl of Danby the threatning words that were uttered I did to the best of my remembrance hear but whom they concern'd I could not well know by what my Lord himself said And what de Puis told me concerning my Lord of Danby I do believe was spoken out of ill will and what I said against him was to stave off my Tryal till a Parliament and they were the more desirous to accuse the Lord Danby of Godfrey's Murder because the Crime of Murder is not inserted in his Pardon I am sorry for what I said against the Queen his Royal Highness and the Earl of Danby I desire God to forgive me the wrong I did them and do heartily beg their Pardon I do further declare and protest That this Confession and Declaration of mine I own sincerely as a dying man and not to save my life and I call God and all his Angels to witness the Truth of it and I renounce Mercy at the Hands of God Almighty if this be not true And I do further declare and protest as a dying man unto James Walmesly Edward Pattel and Mary Walmesly That I have made this Confession and Declaration unto Doctor Hawkins freely and of my own voluntary accord without any manner of promise made or hopes given me by him from the King of saving my life by this Confession I having given him to understand before-hand they were matters of consequence and such as chiefly concern'd the good of the King and Kingdom I give the Doctor my hearty Thanks for all his Prayers Counsel and Charitable Offices he hath done me and I pray God to bless him for ever for it I forgive all the World and desire all the World to forgive me and the Lord have mercy on my Soul EDWARD FITZ-HARYS This Protestation was made by Mr. Fitz-Harys July 1. between the hours of 7 and 8 in the morning in the presence and hearing of us whose Names are hereunder written James Walmesly Edward Pattel Mary Walmesly I Do hereby declare That Mr. Fitz-Harys before he began to write any part of this Narrative was more than once assured by me that there was no hope of his life that I know of whatever he should say nor of his Salvation if he should say any thing that he knew to be false of which he being throughly sensible and perfectly convinced proceeded to write the Narrative aforesaid And I continuing to admonish him upon every point that was material not to say any thing but what was exactly true he took occasion at several periods of his Narrative to kneel down and solemnly to protest the truth of every word therein contained And this I do again declare upon the Faith of a Christian and the word of a Minister of the Gospel Francis Hawkins FINIS