BY Vertue of an Order to me granted by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament Assembled dated on Thursday the 28th of Octob. 1680 I do appoint Randal Taylor near Stationers Hall to Print this Trial of Roger Earl of Castlemaine and that no other Person or Persons print the same JO. COMBE London Januar. 12. 1680-1 THE TRYAL OF ROGER EARL OF CASTLEMAINE FOR High Treason In Conspiring the Death of the KING The Subversion of the Government and Introducing of Popery and Arbitrary Power BEFORE The Lord Chief Justice SCROGGS c. At the KING's BENCH Bar at Westminster the 23th June 1680 Where he was Acquitted LONDON Printed for S. G and N. E. and are to be sold by Randal Taylor near Stationers-Hall 1681. THE TRYAL OF ROGER EARL of CASTLEMAINE ROGER PALMER Esque Earl of Castlemaine in the Kingdom of Ireland having been Arraigned at the Kings Bench Bar the Sixteenth of June 1680 for High Treason To which he Pleaded Not Guilty c. On Wednesday the 23th of June 1680 being appointed for his Trial the Court being sate and the usual Formalities perform'd the Lieutenant of the Tower delivered him into Court and then the said Court proceeded as followeth Clerk of the Crown Cryar Make Proclamation Proclamation for silence Cryer O yes Our Soveraign Lord the King doth strictly charge and command all manner of Persons to keep silence upon pain of Imprisonment O yes If any one can inform our Soveraign Lord the King the Kings Serjeant at Law the Kings Attourney General or this Inquest now to be taken of the High Treason whereof Roger Palmer Esq Earl of Castlemain in the Kingdom of Ireland stands Indicted let them come forth and they shall be heard for the Prisoner stands at the Bar upon his deliverance Clerk of the Crown Cryer Make an O yes Cryer O yes You good Men that are empannelled to enquire between our Soveraign Lord the King and Roger Palmer Esq Earl of Castlemain within the Kingdom of Ireland answer to your Names Clerk of the Crown Roger Palmer Esq Earl of Castlemain in the Kingdom of Ireland hold up thy hand These good Men that were lately called and now here appear are to pass between our Soveraign Lord the King and you upon your Life or Death if you challenge any of them you must speak as they come to the Book to be Sworn and before they are Sworn JURY Sir John Cutler Knight and Baronet Sir Reginald Foster Baronet Henry Herriott Esq Richard Cheney Esq Thomas Johnson Esq John Robert's Esq Francis Dorrington Esq Hugh Squire Esq Charles Good Esq John Pulford Esq Edward Claxton Esq Francis Mayhew Gent. Cryer O Yes Our Soveraign Lord the King doth strictly charge and command all manner of Persons to keep silence upon pain of Imprisonment C. of the Crown Roger Palmer Esq Earl of Castlemain in the Kingdom of Ireland hold up your hand You Gentlemen of the Jury that are now Sworn look upon the Prisoner and hearken to his charge You shall understand that he stands Indicted by the Name of Roger Palmer Esq Earl of Castlemain in the Kingdom of Ireland for that he as a false Traytor against our most Illustrious and Excellent Prince and Lord Charles the Second by the Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. and his Natural Lord not having the Fear of God before his Eyes nor weighing the Duty of his Allegiance but being moved and seduced by the Instigation of the Devil his Cordial Love true due and Natural Obedience which true and Faithful Subjects of our said Soveraign Lord the King ought to bear towards him altogether withdrawing and contriving and with all his might intending to disturb the Peace and common Tranquility of this Kingdom and to bring and put our Soveraign Lord the King to Death and final Destruction and alter the true Worship of God within this Kingdom established to the Superstition of the Romish Church and to stir up and move War against our said Soveraign Lord the King within this Realm of England and to subvert the Government thereof the Twentieth day of June in the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of our said Soveraign Lord Charles the Second of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith c. at the parish of St. Giles in the Fields in the County of Midd. with divers other false Traitors to the Jurors unknown did traiterously imagine and intend the killing death and final destruction of our said Lord the King and to change and alter and utterly subvert the Ancient Government of this Kingdom and to depose and wholly to deprive our said Lord the King of his Crown and Government of this Realm of England and to extirpate the true Protestant Religion And to accomplish and fulfil the same most wicked Treasons and Traiterous Imaginations and Purposes aforesaid the said Roger Palmer Esq Earl of Castlemain in the Kingdom of Ireland and other false Traitors to the Jurors unknown the same Twentieth day of June in the Thirtieth Year aforesaid with force and Arms in the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields aforesaid in the County aforesaid Advisedly Devilishly Maliciously and Traiterously did assemble unite and gather themselves together and then and there Advisedly Devilishly Maliciously Subtily and Traiterously did consult and agree to bring our said Soveraign Lord the King to Death and Final Destruction and to deprive him of his Crown and Government of England and to Introduce and Establish the Religion of the Church of Rome in this Kingdom and the sooner to fulfil and accomplish the same most wicked Treasons and Traiterous imaginations and purposes aforesaid he then and there did Falsly Maliciously and Trayterously promise divers great Rewards and did pay divers Sums of Money to several Persons unknown and then and there falsly and traiter ously did write divers Notes to incite several other Persons to accomplish the Treasons aforesaid against the Life of our Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity and contrary to the form of the Statute in such Case made and provided Clerk of the Crown Upon this Indictment he hath been Arraigned and hath pleaded thereunto Not Guilty and for his Tryal he puts himself upon God and his Countrey which Countrey you are Your charge is to inquire Whether he be Guilty of the High Treason whereof he stands Indicted or not Guilty If you find him guilty you are to inquire What Goods and Chattles Lands and Tenements he had at the time when the High Treason was committed or at any time since If you find him not Guilty you are to say so and no more and hear your Evidence Cryer O yes If any one will give Evidence on the behalf of our Soveraign Lord the King against Roger Palmer Esq Earl of Castlemain in the Kingdom of Ireland let him come forth and he shall be heard for the Prisoner now stands at the Bar upon his deliverance M. Bonithon May
it please you my Lord and you Gentlemen of the Jury the Prisoner at the Bar stands Indicted for High Treason for that he intended to disturb the Peace within this Kingdom establish'd and to destroy and alter the Government and to bring the King to Death and Final Destruction and to alter our Religion to the superstition of the Church of Rome did on the Twentieth day of June in the Thirtieth Year of the Reign of our Soveraign Lord the King consult and treat with several other Persons and that he with these Persons did agree to destroy the King and alter the Religion and cause Rebellion and further to accomplish these Treasons he did promise and agree to pay several Accompts and deposite several Sums of Money and did likewise write and publish several Books To this he hath pleaded Not Guilty If we prove these things you are to find him Guilty Att. Gen. May it please your Lordship my Lord Castlemain here stands Indicted for High Treason that is for Designing to Murther the King and alter the Government and Law and this is but a parcel of the Plot which hath been carrying on a great while and many persons tried for it and some have suffer'd and been executed for it And my Lord we will give your Lordship Evidence This my Lord Castlemain hath at several times conspired the Death of the King and that he hath reproved persons for not doing it And my Lord he hath been in Consults among Jesuits where these Matters have been carried on and this whole Design hath been negotiated And my Lord Castlemain hath been consenting and agreeing to all these Matters And my Lord when the Trials were in hand it did appear upon those Trials there were many persons brought from St. Omers to be Witnesses against Dr. Oates to prove he was not in England at that time when he said in his Depositions that he did consult with the Jesuits and these persons my Lord Castlemain had the management and instruction of at that time And all along at the Old Baily my Lord Castlemain was present there and did countenance these persons and was an Intercessor for them These are but Branches and Circumstances what is material we will prove by Witnesses Art Gen. Come Doctor Oates Pray tell what you know Prisoner My Lord I have a long time wished for this day and your Lordship may very well remember it The reason why I have so much desired a Trial is because I thought it a means and the best means and the only means to shew to the World my Innocency and also to shew to the World how much I have been calumniated by this Charge L. C. J. What have you to say Have you any thing to say against Doctor Oates Prisoner No my Lord. I only say this here I am a Prisoner at the Bar and I have pleaded not Guilty and throw my self upon this Court and therefore I am very willing to hear what this man will say D. Oates My Lord I humbly move the Court Whether or no I may use my own Method L. C. J. Give your Charge we direct nothing D. Oates My Lord In the year 1677 I was sent ever into Spain by the Jesuits that were here in England where I remained for several months and transacted Business for them and my Lord I returned from Spain in November and brought several Letters from some English Fathers there among which there was one directed for my Lord Castlemain My Lord I did not deliver the Letter to him but my Lord the Contents of the Letter were to this effect L. C. J. How came you to see the Contents D. Oates My Lord I was at the writing of the Letter and so I did see the Contents of it L. C. J. Did the Priests shew it to you Or did you only see it yourself D. Oates No my Lord It was shewn me by them And the Contents of this Letter were That the Fathers in Spain were very zealous to concur with the Fathers here in England in the Design which was the Subversion of the Government altering the Religion and the Destruction of the King L. C. J. Was that in the Letter D. Oates No my Lord not in words at length L. C. J. What was as far as you know the very Expression of the Letter D. Oates The word Design my Lord. L. C. J. Only that to promote the Design D. Oates Yes my Lord And under that word we did comprehend all those things that is as we usually took it among one another L. C. J. Did you deliver this Letter to my Lord Castlemain D. Oates No my Lord I did not deliver this Letter but when I went to St. Omers we received an Account from my Lord Castlemain of his receipt of this Letter L. C. J. What did you do with it D. Oates I left it with the Provincial my Lord who was then Mr. Strange L. C. J. Was it not given to you to give it him D. Oates It was given me to give the Lord Castlemain but being then a stranger to him I was willing to send one of his own Messengers with it L. C. J. Where was my Lord D. Oates I can't tell my Lord I did not see him then I went over to St. Omers in December 77 or the latter end of November L. C. J. Where were you when you gave this Letter to the Provincial D. Oates I was in London my Lord. L. C. J. Where did you receive this Letter D. Oates In Spain My Lord at Valledolid of one Armstrong L. C. J. Who was it directed to D. Oates To my Lord Castlemain but I did not then know him and so I gave it the Provincial my Lord I went over to St. Omers in the latter end of November or the beginning of December 77 and after I had been there some few days there did arrive a Packquet from London to St. Omers in which there was a Letter from my Lord Castlemain L. C. J. To whom D. Oates To the Fathers of the Society of St. Omers in which my Lord Castlemain gave them an Account of a Letter that he had lately received from Spain L. C. J. How did you know the Contents of this Letter D. Oates My Lord I was Privy to their Letters L. C. J. Was you acquainted with my Lord Castlemains hand D. Oates My Lord I will give you an Account of that I did not know it then but only as it was generally said among us L. C. J. How was it subscribed D. Oates Castlemain My Lord and sometimes my Lord he subscribed himself Palmer L. C. J. How many Letters have you seen D. Oates Several Letters L. C. J. Was this the first D. Oates This was the first as near as I can remember And my Lord he gave an Account in that Letter that he had received a Letter from Spain and was glad the Fathers in Spain had so good an Opinion of his Integrity in the Caused L. C. J. Did
he say from whom he had received it D. Oates My Lord I can't remember that that he had received a Letter I am certain L. C. J. Do you know what the purport of the Letter was D. Oates Yes my Lord I will give you a plain Account My Lord he wrote he had received a Letter from Spain and that he was glad the Fathers in Spain had so great confidence in his Integrity And my Lord in March there came another Letter from my Lord Castlemain for my Lord Castlemain had left some things at Leige wherein he did complain of the Fathers that they made no more haste for to send his things to him some odd things he had left there and my Lord he gave an Account of a certain Letter he received from the Rector of Liege whose Advice he did not like for the Rector of Leige and the Rector of Gant were mighty Zealous that the Secular Clergy should be personally present in this Affair L. C. J. Did he write so I would have you say what he writ D. Oates My Lord I have told you he gave an Account that he was unwilling to have the secular Clergy engaged because they were a loose sort of Men and of no Principles and therefore he thought them not fit to be trusted My Lord in April there was a Consult I came over from St. Omers in April some three or four or five daies before the Consult I am not able to guess at the particular time but it was near upon the Consult My Lord this Consult was divided into several Companies after they had met at the White-Horse Tavern wherein they did some things that did relate to the Order as to send Father Cary to Rome After that they divided themselves into several Companies wherein they did agree in ordering the Death of the King L. C. J. You were by D. Oates My Lord I was imployed by them to give an Account of the Sense of one company to another L. C. J. Were you by when they concluded the Death of the King D. Oates Yes my Lord I was then present L. C. J. Did you sign among the rest D. Oates My Lord I don't come here to accuse my self L. C. J. You are Pardoned if it be so D. Oates My Lord I did consent My Lord In this consult they met together and an Oath of Secrecy was administred my Lord Castlemain was there too within some few days after the Consult that is the Gentleman whom I accuse for Treason I say did come and enquired about the Copies of some Letters for to be sent up into Germany and did desire that an Agreement between them and the Monks might be made up there being a difference between them so that they might have the Assistance of that Order to carry on the Design L. C. J. What Gentleman was this D. Oates It was the Prisoner my Lord at the Bar. L. C. J. Would the Gentleman let you hear him say that he desired Assistance to carry on the Design and you a stranger to him D. Oates My Lord I do not think I was a stranger to him so much as he was a stranger to me he knew I was their Servant and employed by them L. C. J. Would he say in your hearing that he desired their Assistance to carry on the Design and you did not know him D. Oates My Lord I did not well know him at that time and I brought several Messages from the Fathers and from Mr. Langhorn and I gave them an Account before him L. C. J. How often had you seen him D. Oates That time he was there my Lord. L. C. J. How many Messages had you D. Oates I will tell your Lordship where I had been I had been at Mr. Simmonds's who was then Confessor to the Earl of Aurundel who is since turn'd Protestant Confessor to him as he pretended and we looked upon him to be And I had been at Father Cain's who was in Turnmill-street and I had been my Lord at Mr. Langhorn's in the Temple and some other places which I do not now remember it is so long since So my Lord I gave them Account of my business and I did see that Gentleman but did not know his Name till my Lord in June L. C. J. When was this D. Oates This was my Lord as near as I can remember in May. L. C. J. So you did not know his Name till Three Weeks or a Month after D. Oates No my Lord It was in the latter part of June J. Jones You saw him first in May D. Oates Yes my Lord. J. Jones And you did not see him till after the Consult I don't ask you whether he was there or no but whether you saw him before the Consult was Signed D. Oates No my Lord. L. C. J. How did you come to know his Name D. Oates My Lord In June Mr. Langworth and I were going over Lincolns-Inn-Fields intending to go to the Fountain in Fullers Rents because there was a sort of Drink that he loved and we were to drink together it was in the Evening and so in our way as we went we met with my Lord Castlemain whom Mr. Langworth did salute and then we came back to Mr. Fenwick's Chamber L. C. J. With whom did you come back D. Oates With my Lord Castlemain L. C. J. Did you know his Name D. Oates Mr. Langworth told me It was the Prisoner at the Bar my Lord and the Prisoner at the Bar was giving an Account of some Letters he had received out of the Countrey and Mr. Langworth was giving him an Account how forward the Rector of Leige and the Rector of Gant were in offering to have the secular Clergy engaged with them and some other Discourse they had which I can't remember but about the Design L. C. J. What did they talk of at that time You must as near as you can tell us what Discourse they had D. Oates I will give your Lordship this They were speaking of the Transactions of the Consult and how unanmious the Fathers were in Signing the Consult L. C. J. Who was speaking of it D. Oates Mr. Langworth and Mr. Fenwick and my Lord Castlemain was present L. C. J. They did talk of it D. Oates Yes L. C. J. Did they mention the particulars of that Consult D. Oates Yes L. C. J. What was that D. Oates Laying aside the King L. C. J. And what else D. Oates And bringing in the Popish Religion the Catholick Religion I speak their own words L. C. J. And this Discourse they had in the hearing of my Lord Castlemain D. Oates Yes and my Lord Castlemain said Now he should be revenged for the Injuries done to him L. C. J. Go on D. Oates I have nothing else to say of my Lord Castlemain that I can think of at present L. C. J. Now my Lord you may ask him what Questions you think fit Prisoner Mr. Oates Repeat your Journey again D. Oates My Lord
I say this I went a Ship-board in April I returned from Valledolid in November I arrived in London in November and staid in London some time and then I went to St. Omers in November or December new Stile or old Stile I staid at St. Omers from thence I went to Watton then my Lord in the Month of March we went to Leige and returned back again In the Month of April we came hither some time before the Consult and staid here some time after Prisoner What time were you at Leige pray Sir D. Oates In March 77. J. Jones The end of 77. D. Oates No my Lord we were at St. Omers again in March L. C. J. You returned in March 77 78 D. Oates Yes my Lord the Stile doth so alter Prisoner That is before Lady-day D. Oates Yes my Lord it was before Lady-day we Arrived here in London in May or in April and we staid here some few days Prisoner When did you come over again pray Sir D. Oates My Lord it is now Two Years ago or better and I can't remember every particular time My Lord we were here in May. Prisoner I will ask him as many Questions as I think reasonable and when my Lord I do desire times and he can't tell the times he must tell me so L. C. J. Mr. Oates Answer my Lord what Questions he asks you D. Oates I will tell my Lord Castlemain as near as I can remember my Lord. Prisoner Mr. Oates When was it you came over D. Oates Really it was some few days before the Consult Prisoner How many days do you think D. Oates Really I can't remember L. C. J. I suppose you have your Memorials D. Oates Really my Lord no. L. C. J. Have you any thing more to ask Prisoner Yes my Lord a great many Questions Were you present Mr. Oates pray at that Consult when I consented to the Kings Death Was you by D. Oates I was present at the Consult but I do not charge you to be at the Consult L. C. J. He asks you where it was he agreed to it D. Oates At Mr. Fenwick's Chamber I remember it was about Seven or Eight a Clock that we were going over Lincolns-Inn-Fields L. C. J. How long might you be at Fenwicks D. Oates It was about 11 or 12 a Clock I came away Prisoner When you met me in Lincolns-Inn-Fields was I in a Coach or on Foot or was any body with me D. Oates I can't say whether your Lordship had a Man with you or no. L. C. J. Was there any body with him D. Oates I did not take notice of that L. C. J. You were two hours together pray let me ask you this Question What was your Discourse about D. Oates That was part of the Discourse my Lord. L. C. J. What You have given us a very short Account of it in Four lines You were two hours together What was the main of your Discourse about D. Oates My Lord I will give you as plainly as I can the Discourse at that time C. L. J. Pray let us know what the main of your Discourse was about D. Oates One part of their Discourse was about the Revenues of their Colledges and how they had suffer'd by the French's taking St. Omers and what losses they had sustained by reason of the change of Government by the Conquest for the Crown of Spain had entailed on the Colledge of St. Omers Five or Six Hundred a Year for the maintaining the Foundation of their House or Foundation Rent and it was taken away by reason of the Conquest that France had made over the Spanish Dominions there and they were consulting how they should Write to Father Le Chese to be an Instrument to move the French King to restore this Annuity that was a Settlement entailed upon it L. C. J. How came you into this Discourse D. Oates This was after the other Discourse L. C. J. How came you to Discourse this Affair here in England D. Oates I will tell your Lordship as near as I can remember When we met in Lincolns-Inn-Fields Mr. Langworth recommended me to my Lord Castlemain and bad me take notice of him I can't say this is my Lord Castlemain but this is that Man I saw L. C. J. Did he call him by his Name D. Oates He told him that I was such a one and that I was serviceable to them And upon our way as we went to Mr. Fenwick's Chamber he inquired into the Causes of my coming over so soon again for he said I went over but last Month. Said he How came it to pass he came over so soon again Saith he We wanted him to do some business for us And there were more particulars of the Transactions of the Consult mentioned to my Lord Castlemain L. C. J. How did they bring in the Particulars of that Design D. Oates This is as near as I can remember L. C. J. How came they to talk of laying aside the King and bringing in the Catholick Religion D. Oates My Lord After they had given an Account of the Transactions of the Consult This was one part of the Consult L. C. J. Pray how came they to bring it in in Discourse D. Oates My Lord they spake of the particulars of it L. C. J. I wonder what introduced the particulars Was it to acquaint him with those particulars D. Oates My Lord I have nothing to say to that they were things so generally talked of by those of the Jesuitical party that when ever they met they scarce did talk of any thing else but of that and so they did at this time L. C. J. Pray tell me the whole discourse as you can remember that relates to this time D. Oates My Lord I have told your Lordship we met with my Lord Castlemain in Lincolns-Inn-Fields I have told you my Lord that we went to Mr. Fenwicks I have told you my Lord that after some Discourse how it was introduced I cannot be positive but as near as I can remember they were speaking of my going over and coming again so soon my going from the Consult to St. Omers and returning again into England so soon and so one word brought in another L. C. J. Did you know then that my Lord Castlemain had ever heard of this matter before D. Oates My Lord I don't know but I am morally certain as to my self but I can't swear he did Att. General Did he speak of it to him as a stranger to it D. Oates No. J. Jones By the Letter you spake of he knew before L. C. J. Answer my Brother's Question Was the Letter you had seen before or after that Discourse at Fenwicks D. Oates My Lord that was after the Consult L. C. J. Then you know he did know of the Design D. Oates My Lord I think not of the particulars of the Design L. C. J. That is he knew of this Design for the main When you talk of the Design you always mean
I did not see you there I only went to wait upon a Gentleman that was a Priest afterwards that went to take orders Prisoner Did you not see me at Liege D. Oates No my Lord. Prisoner You were at Liege did you stay there D. Oates I lay there one Night Att. General Have you any thing to ask my Lord Prisoner Presently my Lord. J. Jones It is very reasonable my Lord should question you You own him to be the Lord Castlemain When was it you did first discover this business concernâ—â—g my Lord Castlemain D. Oates My Lord I did discover my Lord Castlemain to be in the Plot the Last Sessions of the Long â—arliament and I accused my Lord Castlemain this â—rinity Term was Twelve Months and my Lord Castlemain was committed for when Mr. Dangerfield came in and accused my Lord Castlemain I brought a Charge a second time against my Lord Castlemain J. Jones Did you discover all this then D. Oates I did charge him for having an hand in the Design in general J. Jones To the Parliament D. Oates Yes to the Parliament Prisoner You say when I assented to the Kings Death in Fenwick's Chamber that I said I should now find a time to be reveng'd D. Oates Pray my Lord don't put me to mention such reflecting Evidence Prisoner When you were before the King you did in pursuance of this speak of a Divorce D. Oates My Lord I will give Evidence as to that if that my Lord comes to be Indicted for his Priesthood L. C. J. My Lord may ask what Questions he shall think fit Att. General My Lord says he has said it and what he said in another place he is not to treat now of Prisoner Suppose I can prove him an Ill Man in any place is not that fit to be spoken of here Since he hath brought the King upon the Stage and since he hath accused me before the King and your Lordships of a Devorce I ask him whether he saw it D. Oates I will tell your Lordship what I said as to the Divorce I heard it discours'd of generally among the Fathers beyond Sea and this was some other part of the Discourse at Wild-house and I heard my Lord Castlemain say that he had been at great charg to carry on that business of the Divorce Prisoner At Wild-house D. Oates At Wild-house Now my Lord I took no notice of it because it was not my business But my Lord after that there was a Priests Chamber that was searched and there was the whole Case stated now what is become of the State of that Case my Lord I cannot tell L. C. J. By whom was that Case stated D. Oates There was a Letter found whereby my Lord Castlemain should have the matter directed in order to the carrying on the Divorce that was to be between him and his Wise Barbara Prisoner Did not you tell the King that you saw the Divorce in Strange's hand D. Oates My Lord I will tell you this I gave an Account to the King that I saw in Strange's hand an Acconnt of a Divorce that was between my Lord Castlemain and Barbara Dutcheis of Cleaveland Recorder My Lord if he ask too many Questions that don't relate to this matter it is impossible to give an Account of every particular Prisoner My Lords I humbly submit this Case Recorder Ask him what you said to such a man upon the Ninth of August was Twelve Month must he give an Account L. C. J. He must say he does not know Recorder Indeed it is reasonable that my Lord Castlemain should ask him some questions and that Mr. Oates should give him an Account Att. General My Lord will you give me leave to speak If he may ask questions about such forreign matters as this no man can justify himself L. C. J. This is not so mighty remote but use may be made of it Att. General If he should ask whether he were such a day at such an house and tell him yes and mistake the day any man may be catch'd thus Prisoner How can a man be catch'd in the Truth Att. General My Lord Castlemain may if he can catch him in any thing he gives in Evidence here Prisoner My Lord if your Lordship over-rule me I will say no more Mr. Atturney says I come to catch him I confess I do Att. General You should not ask him Forreign Questions L. C. J. He asks a plain Question why do you labour so much that he should not ask Whether he had seen the Divorce My Lord Castlemain I have askt the question for you Whether or no he said he had seen the Divorce and he does not remember whether he said so or no. Att. General My Lord I think with your Lordships leave that he is not bound to answer Questions that are not to the Evidence L. C. J. If so be he would come to make Application it may be well enough Att. General I say it for the Method of the Evidence my Lord that I would not have these Excursions Prisoner I desire your Lordship that I may say out what I have to say I say this that no man in the World that speaks truth can be catch'd neither will Mr. Atturney suffer me to catch him Att. General I say you have liberty to catch him in any thing that doth belong to the Evidence Prisoner I come to shew you the fitness of it to this Affair He comes and tells you among other Consults of Wild-house and my meeting him in Lincolns-Inn-Fields the recommendations of Mr. Langworth and going to Fenwicks Chamber where we talk'd of altering the Government and my assenting to kill the King and since you have brought the King upon the Stage I will refresh your Memory a little since you talk of revenging my self look you if you did not mention a Divorce to the King and also to my Lord Chief Justice Att. General My Lord you are under a mistake Prisoner Pray give me leave Mr. Atturney Att. General You make such Excursions into Forreign Matters Prisoner Mr. Oates you did say you saw a Divorce I ask you whether you saw a Divorce and where or whether you said so L. C. J. He says he does not remember he said so D. Oates I do not remember whether I said so or no my Lord I have it down but indeed I did not set my thoughts a-work Att. General He hath given you an Answer that may satisfie you J. â—aymond He hath Papers wherein he hath entred Memorandums to refresh his Memory but these Papers he hath not by him L. C. J. Then he may say he hath not Att. General That he hath already my Lord. L. C. J. Have you any more to say Prisoner I have my Lord if you will give me leave to write down two words Prisoner Mr. Oates You told my Lords the Judges that I did say I was at great expence about a Divorce Dr. Oates Yes Prisoner That is very well Mr. Oates Att.