compleat Deduction of the said Earl's part in the design'd Insurrection Immediately after the Cyphers this follows in words at large The Total Sum is 128 Guilders and 8 Stivers that will be paid you by Mr. B. Which last Clause was the Rule whereby Mr. Gray found out and Spence discover'd the Decyphering of the whole Letter and it was accordingly done by each of them apart by making eight Columns and placing 128 words in each Column descending as upon view of the Authentick Printed Copies will appear to any Man beyond all Contradiction In short this Letter of the late Earl of Argyle's was known by many of the Privy Council there to be his Hand and his own Lady upon Oath deposed She knew it to be his though she did not know the Contents of it And such is the Account that is to be given of the said Earl of Argyle's Loyalty which he had desir'd might be the only Standard in what sense he would take the Test. Hitherto he had been by Inheritance Lord High Admiral and Justice General of Argyle Tarbat and the Isles and great Master of the Houshold He was by his Majesty put into Places of great Dignity and Trust he was made extraordinary Lord of the Session one of his Majesties Privy Council and one of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury And after his Fathers Condemnation for the highest Crimes and his own Forfeiture of his Honour and Estate for Treasonable Expressions in a Letter of his he was restor'd to all his Father possess'd except the Title of Marquiss But notwithstanding all these and many more Obligations of the like nature which he had to his Majesty his fondness of esteem with the Factious People his aversion to Monarchy and hatred of the Royal Family particularly of the Duke of York led him to this height of Ingratitude This and divers other Letters of the like traiterous importance all written with Argyle's own Hand being at one and the same time taken about Major Holmes the Person chiefly intrusted by the said Earl to receive and convey all his Correspondences with England and Scotland it cannot be doubted but very many more Papers of the same dangerous Tenor had been this way interchang'd between him and the English and Scotch Conspirators during the whole progress of the Conspiracy Especially considering that in some of these the Earl of Argyle refers to some Expressions and Propositions which he says he had made in others and there are no such Expressions to be met with in all these Letters that are taken Besides that with the Letters themselves there were also seiz'd about Holmes several Alphabets and a Key of Words whereas of one of the Alphabets there has been as yet no use found in Decyphering and though in the Key there are Eighty new-coyn'd Words yet not above Six of them are made use of in all the parcel of the said Earl's Letters hitherto intercepted However by the Light these Letters gave so well agreeing with several other Intelligences receiv'd from many Hands his Majesties Council of Scotland were abundantly convinc'd that the the Bloody Design had reach'd thither also and therefore immediately order'd the bottom of the Business to be search'd into by a Secret Committee Whereupon Warrants were issued out there to apprehend Walter Earl of Tarras Brother-in-Law to the Duke of Monmouth Sir Patrick Hume Laird of Polwart Pringle Laird of Torwoodlie James Murray Laird of Philiphaugh and Hugh Scot Laird of Gallowshiels all of them being Persons named by Carstares and others as Partakers with Argyle in this Treason as they had been formerly most active with him in endeavouring to disturb the Loyal Proceedings of the Parliament for enacting the Test. Of these the Laird of Polwart and Torwoodlie having been the most busie and so conscious of their greater guilt conceal'd themselves and have hitherto escaped the other three were taken and brought to Edenburg where they freely confess'd upon Oath As did also Commissary Monroe who had been sent thither Prisoner out of England All which Depositions and Confessions they again repeated and confirm'd in the same solemn manner at the Tryal of Mr. William Baillie of Jerviswood The Earl of Tarras without either craving or receiving any security for himself did ingenuously confess That about the time when Sir John Cockran and Commissary Monroe got their Commission from the Carolina Company for London Mr. Baillie desir'd him to speak to Monroe that he might be added to the Commission Telling him that he was resolved to go to London however upon his own charges For that his and their going about the Carolina business was only a Pretence and a Blind but the true design was to push forward the People of England who did nothing but talk to go more effectually about their business That thereupon the said Baillie did settle a correspondence with the Deponent whereby the one was to give an account what past between the Country party in England and the Scotch Men there the other to write back what occurr'd in Scotland That the said Baillie told him the only way to secure the Protestant Religion was for the King to suffer the Parliament to sit and pass the Bill of Exclusion Which the King might be induc'd to do if the Parliament would take sharp and brisk Measures with him That after the said Baillie went to London he did give the Deponent account by Letters how things were in great disorder there but he hoped effectual courses were taking to remedy them That Mr. Robert Martin did come to Mr. Pringles of Torwoodlie in May 1683 and brought the Deponent a Letter from the said Baillie then at London That Martin told the Deponent things in England were in great disorder and like to come to a height but the Country Party were considering of Methods for securing the Protestant Religion That the Scotch-Men at London had ask'd 30000 Pounds but that Argyle was to have 10000 l. which Sum was to be sent by Baillie into Holland to buy Arms and then Argyle was to Land with those Arms in the West-Highlands of Scotland The Earl of Tarras deposed farther That Philiphaugh and he went to Gallowshiels House where they met with Polwart and Gallowshiels That there it was discours'd among them that in case the English should rise in Arms it was necessary so many as could be got on the Borders should be in readiness to deal with Straglers and Seize on Horses and thereafter joyn with those that were in Arms on the Borders of England That then it would be convenient to surprize Berwick Stirling and some other strong places That some Persons should be employ'd to inquire what Arms were in the Country That it was resolv'd every one should speak to and prepare such particular Persons as they could trust not at first in plain terms but indirectly and upon supposition of a Rising in England That there was a Word and Sign to be used among them the sign was by loosing
Merchant of the City of London one of a plentiful Estate and eminent Repute as any of his Rank on the Exchange But a Violent Nonconformist and Disciple of Ferguson's The two Goodenoughs Richard and Francis both Notorious Enemies of the Establish'd Government in Church and State During all the time of the Factious Citizens most furious Eruptions against Authority they had been both for some Years by turns Under-Sheriffs of London and Middlesex so that the whole wicked Mystery and Trade of packing the Ignoramus Juries pass'd through their Hands Major Holms a Fifth-Monarchy-Man an old Army-Officer a Confident of Cromwel's and Trustee for his Family In the late Times of Usurpation he was a Major in the English Army in Scotland where he became acquainted with the Earl of Argyle and was since made intimate to all his Treasonable Purposes Richard Rumbald Maltster another old Army-Officer a desperate and bloody Ravilliac who had often before laid Designs for the KING's Murder which God as often prevented by some signal Providence William Rumbald his Brother worthy of such a Brother Aaron Smith a furious Fanatick who amongst many other Seditious Practices was a Factious Sollicitor for College the Joyner and with unparalell'd boldness dared to menace the Government and to put a Libel into that notorious Malefactors hands before the Judges faces at the very time of his Tryal for which High Misdemeanor he has since fallen under the censure of the Law William Hone a Joyner a melancholy Enthusiast of Colleges Trade and Spirit who besides a large Confession of his and others share in this Conspiracy did also frankly own at his Tryal and Death that many Years before he had proposed and design'd the Killing of the King out of Bow-Steeple as his Majesty was passing to Guild-Hall John Rouse a busie Agent in all the Tumultuous Proceedings of the City Elections Zachary Bourn a Brewer Son to an obstinate Independent and he himself one of Ferguson's Hosts and Familiars Thomas Lea a Dyer Andrew Barber both Anabaptists However these three last mention'd did in some measure expiate their Guilt by their ingenious and voluntary Confessions John Ayloff a Lawyer the very Man who in a spightful defiance of his Majesties Government did many Years since venture to put a French Wooden Shooe into the Speakers Chair of the House of Commons Nor has the rest of his Life since come short of the insufferable Insolence of that Action Joseph Tyley Edward Norton Edward Wade Richard Nelthrop Robert West all of them Republican Lawyers their Hatred of the Government transporting them to be Factious against the known Interest of their own Profession These were all Men of Crafty Heads and Nimble Tongues restless Spreaders of false News bold Talkers in Seditious Clubs where according to the corrupt fashion of those Times the most profligate Persons of all Conditions were wont openly to Arraign the Monarchy and vilifie the Church under the fair shows of amending both and a tender Concernment for the Publick Good Next in the Kingdom of Scotland the Names of the chief Instruments who are already proved to have transacted that part of the Conspiracy under the Conduct and Influence of the late Earl of Argyle and who since well nigh all to a Man but those that escaped on the first Notice of the Discovery have made ample Declarations of their Guilt are these Sir Hugh and Sir John Campbell near Relations of the said Earls and as much the profess'd Enemies of their Countries Peace and Government Sir John Cockran Mr. William Baillie Men egregiously disaffected to the Government and therefore of considerable Interest with its most desperate Enemies in both Kingdoms These together with Monroe were the Persons desired by the English Managers to come up to London and Treat of a Joint Conspiracy with their Brethren here under the disguise of Planting Carolina At the same time Lieutenant Colonel Walcot was call'd out of Ireland for the same end but under colour of being the intended Governour of that Plantation To this purpose they were first invited hither by the Earl of Shaftsbury and after his Death again sent for by a Particular Messenger Accordingly they actually came up and Negotiated here some time in order to a firm Conjunction between the Traytors of both Nations for a general Rising Nor was the Treaty wholly broke off or adjusted at the very time when the Discovery broke forth To these are to be added James Steuart Son to Sir James Steuart sometimes Provost of Edenburgh He was fitted for such a design by his hot and fiery Temper and by his Education and his Fathers Example who together with most of his Relations were violent Covenanters This Man was the Author of the Libel call'd The Scottish Grievances The Lord Melvil descended from Progenitors of such Principles as have been ever against the Crown when they have fancied their Kings not Zealous for the Reformation This Man had the Management of the Duke of Monmouth's Affairs in Scotland many Years And when the Duke march'd against the Rebels near Bothwel-Bridge the said Melvil as the Earl of Shaftsbury had advis'd sent to them to Capitulate assuring them the Duke of Monmouth had Orders to give them good Conditions and when they would not submit Melvil was over-heard to say That all was lost For the Beating of them would lose the said Duke with his Friends in England Sir Patrick Hume of Polwart who kept Correspondence with Shaftsbury many Years and had been formerly Imprison'd in Scotland for Traiterous Expressions Pringle Laird of Corwoodlee a noted Fanatick and of Antimonarchical Principles from his Infancy Denham of East-Sheels just such another but less cautious and more headstrong Montgomery of Lenshaw a Covenanter to the highest degree of Bigottry Commissary Monroe who had well serv'd his Majesty in the Wars as an active brave Man But upon some Injuries he pretended to have receiv'd from the Duke of Lauderdail he grew enrag'd to such a degree as led him into these Courses which now make him so uneasie to himself that he has often begg'd of his Keeper to kill him for such an ungrateful Wretch should not live Hugh Scot Laird of Gallowsheels James Murray Laird of Philiphaugh both zealous Sticklers for the Field-Conventicle-Meetings Besides these the Principal Scottish Agents there were divers other inferior Emissaries of that Nation who went to and fro to carry on the Traiterous Intercourse between Scotland and England and with the Earl of Argyle in Holland Such as William Carstares a Scotch Conventicle-Preacher to a Numerous Meeting at Theobalds where Rumbald was his frequent Hearer William Spence who had been Comptroler and was now Employed as Secretary to the Earl of Argyle taken in London under the Name of Butler John Nisbet born in Northumberland bred up at the University of Edenburgh where he was the Leader of those Seditious Students who rais'd a Tumult upon occasion of Burning the Pope in that City But of all the Conspirators
of all Men living he could most easily turn himself into all shapes and comply with all Dispositions having by long practise got the skill to cover his Hooks with Baits fitting every Humour The Covetous who are no small Number of the pretended Godly Party those he was wont to feed and deceive with hopes of Wealth and new Sequestrations The Ambitious with Praise and Vain-Glory The Nonconformist Zealots with Promises of Liberty in Religion sometimes not refusing to stoop lower and even to serve and assist the Pleasures and Debauches of Men that way inclin'd if he found them any way useful for his purpose Wherefore the said Earl observing in the Duke of Monmouth a Mind rash unsteady and ambitious soon made him an easie Prey to his wicked Subtilty disguised under fair and plausible Colours On the one side puffing up his Youthful Thoughts with a vain Ostentation of Honour and the Temptation of Fame to be gotten by Asserting and Defending his Countries Liberties and Religion always pretended by him to be in imminent danger whilst He was out of place On the other inflaming him with imaginary Suspicions of the Duke of York's irreconcileable Hatred to his Person Which was so far from having any real Foundation that on the contrary his Majesty who best knows does freely here testifie for his dearest Brother in this particular That the Duke of Monmouth till he made himself uncapable of his Friendship never had a more entire or fast Friend about his Majesty and there was scarce ever any Honour or Benefit conferr'd on him but it was obtain'd of his Majesty by his Royal Highnesses Intercession However by such groundless Jealousies and empty Conceits was the Duke of Monmouth insensibly drawn to desert his only true Interest and to give himself over to the Delusions of his Majesties mortal Enemies This the King apparently perceiving and foreseeing how in the event it would tend to the said Dukes inevitable Ruine his Majesty tryed by all imaginable ways of Kindness to cast forth the Evil Spirit in him and to rescue him out of their Hands At length when no milder course would serve his Majesty required him on his Allegiance to go beyond the Seas and there to remain till his farther pleasure was signified His Majesty still hopeing that at so great a distance the Poyson would be less effectual and that by his absence the said Duke would be kept Innocent of the Treasonable designs which his New Associates were furiously carrying on against the Government But in that expectation his Majesty was unfortunately disappointed The Duke of Monmouth presently shew'd how much his false Friends and Treacherous Flatterers had prevailed over his unwary Youth and how different they had taught him to be from the Obedience which at the same time was practised by his Royal Highness For the said Duke of Monmouth soon return'd into England contrary to his Majesties express Command The discontented Party having thus got him again and made him surer to themselves by this new Affront to his Majesty began now to take new Life and Vigour by his presence With insufferable Boldness and Contempt of Authority shewed him every where to the Rabble Leading him about with insolent Pomp through many Countries openly owning and crying him up as the Head of their Cause the unhappy Young-Man all the while not understanding that he was only a Property By these fatal steps he was at last brought into the most pernicious Counsels and undertakings And whilst nothing less was intended by his Tempters but the subversion of all that is well-setled and sacred in Church and State they deluded him into the very same Designs by popular shews and empty Names of the Protestant Duke the great Champion and Protector of the Privileges of the Subject and the Reformed Religion Which under his Majesty can never want any other Protector nor can ever stand in need of such Champions as many of late have vaunted themselves to be of whose Religion there can be given no better Account than of their Loyalty Such then was the state of things when upon the first breaking forth of this Horrid Conspiracy his Majesty with inexpressible surprize and Grief Found by undoubted Evidence the Duke of Monmouth very deeply engaged and therefore had but too just reason to put him into a Proclamation among the other Conspirators After that the said Duke had withdrawn himself from his Majesties Justice and so long was become incapable of his Forgiveness In this obstinate defiance the Duke of Monmouth continued till the Outlawry against him and other his Complices began to draw to an Issue Then his Majesty receiv'd from him the first Letter In which his Majesty fancy'd he saw a greater Spirit of Ingenuity than afterwards proved However finding in it so clear and full expressions of the said Dukes remorse for his former Disloyalty to his Majesty and Ingratitude to the Duke of York and so frank professions of his Resolutions to amend for the future joyn'd with the greatest Imprecations on himself if he should wilfully violate his promises therein made his Majesty did thereupon immediately return this Answer written with his own Hand that his Majesty might not be wanting on his part to lay hold on any good and probable Opportunity of reducing him to Reason and saving him from utter Ruine If the Duke of Monmouth desires to make himself capable of my Mercy he must render himself to the Secretary and resolve to tell me all he knows resigning himself entirely to my Pleasure This determinate Declaration of his Majesties Will drew from the Duke of Monmouth a second Letter wherein with vehement and pathetick Words he aggravates his Distraction and Torment for having offended his Majesty Confesses Himself in fault betray'd into fatal Mistakes misled into Mischiefs whereof he did not at first in the least suspect the Consequences declares That his Crime appear'd to him in so terrifying a shape that he preferr'd even Death before his present sense of it implores His Majesties Pardon no otherwise but if he may receive it by his Royal Highnesses Mediation professes To speak this not only in outward Form but with the greatest Sincerity in the World resigns Himself to his Majesties Disposal not only now but for the remainder of his Life engages Absolutely to put his very Will into his Majesties Hands for the future which he acknowledges had been so ill a Guide to him in times past concluding That till he could receive some comfortable Return to this his unfeigned Submission he was the most miserable disconsolate Creature living Upon the receipt of this second Letter the King being perswaded there could be no room left to question the Sincerity of a real Change in the Duke of Monmouth and knowing he had now enough in his Hands to overwhelm him with Confusion if it should prove otherwise his Majesty did thereupon without any more reserve immediately admit him into his Presence being introduced by Mr. Secretary
Parks than to be medling in such matters However assuring them if there came any troublesome work he would joyn with them firmly That the Earl of Tarras also disapproved of doing any thing during the Kings Life because that might strengthen the Dukes Interest That therefore he suspected it was a project of the Common-Wealths-Men with whom he believed few Scotch Gentlemen would joyn and that he was almost persuaded the Duke of Monmouth would not concur in any Rising during the Kings Life That to all this Polwart answer'd he heard the English had once agreed on that Principle but it seem'd they found they must either do their business now or lay aside all hopes of doing it hereafter For if the Charter of London were let fall they should not only lose all safe Opportunity of digesting Matters but also a great part of their Strength Adding that he heard all things were concerted mutually between Monmouth's Friends and the Heads of the Common-Wealth Party and though Monmouth was shy on that account yet he hoped he would engage or he would be deserted by that Party That then Polwart mentioned the former Queries as overtures agreed on between other Friends in London and the Principal Men of that Party there That the Earl of Tarras and the Deponent repeated their former answers Gallowshiels joyning forwardly with them That Polwart replied he was fully of their Opinion if things were entire but refer'd it to be consider'd whether it were not better to comply with some of these Methods though not so justifiable as could be wish'd rather than disappoint the business totally That there was another argument urg'd against rising with the English because it was talk'd there had been a Day appointed in England in Shaftsbury's time which did not hold so they were not to be relied on That then it was proposed to be deliberated what Methods were most proper in the Companies Opinion for Scotland to follow in case of of Englands Rising first That it was said All that could be expected or desired from Scotland was that upon certain News of Englands being in the Field those of the Southern Shires should presently rise and as soon as so many could convene as would be able to deal with stragling Parties March to joyn the English on the Borders that then it would be seasonable for Argyle to Land in the West and these Parties on the Borders might divert the Forces till he had time to put himself into a posture That it was left to Polwart to Commune with others to this purpose That all the Company seem'd to agree they should move nothing in the Affair till they had a certain account what England propos'd and who were to be their Heads that if they design'd any thing against the Kings Person or for overturning Monarchy they should not be clear to joyn That it was recommended to all the Company to be inquiring indirectly about the affections of their Neighbours and what Arms were amongst them that so if they should resolve to joyn with the English they might know where to seek Men and Arms suddenly That here it was said by one by Polwart as the Deponent thinks That if the Earl of Tarras Torwoodlie Gallowshiels and he took Horse most part of Tiviot-Dale and Selkirk-Shire would soon come to them especially when they heard that England was risen That they all agreed to meet there again at Midsummer-Fair when the account from England might be expected but in case it came to any of their hands sooner each promis'd to advertise the rest The Deponent farther added he was told in private by Polwart or Torwoodlie That Polwart kept Correspondence with their Friends at London naming the Lord Melvil Sir John Cockran Jerviswood and Commissary Monroe That the Money to be advanc'd by the English Partie to Scotland was ready when Martin left London That it was expected within few days after it would be dispatch'd with some Confident to Holland that it was 10000 l. and was to be employ'd by that Confident at Argyle's sight for buying of Arms and providing Shipping to transport them with Argyle That as soon as the Scots at London got Notice of their Confidents arrival in Holland and that all other things were concluded with the English which might be about the middle of June then they would come down into Scotland and give them a particular Account of all Resolutions taken That the Deponent was told all Letters were written by both Parties as about the Carolina Business or concerning some Houshold-Furniture That there was a Sign and a Word agreed on that they might know with whom to use freedom the Word was Harmony and the Sign was the Opening of Buttons on the Breast-Coat and shutting them presently That the Deponent never saw it used except when he visited Parkhay in Edenburgh about the end of June who asking whether he had the Word and Sign of the Carolina-Men and the Deponent having given them said He was afraid the Carolina Business did not go well for there had been some of the Managers expected there eight days past but none were come Nor could he learn any of their Friends had heard from them for several Posts The said James Murray of Philiphaugh deposed farther That at their Meeting at Gallowshiels it was resolv'd they should keep their Cess or Tax unpaid till their next Meeting at Midsummer and should deal with all those they had influence upon to do the like and that upon the Supposition mention'd in his former Oath Next Hugh Scot Laird of Gallowshiels confess'd and deposed That the Earl of Tarras and Philiphaugh did come to his House in May 1683. That Polwart came likewise thither where there were Discourses and Proposals That if the English did rise in Arms their Friends in the South-Shires should rise with them That they should seize the Horses belonging to the Kings Troops where they grazed and attempt the Town of Berwick and the Castle of Stirling That it was likewise there discour'd of the late Earl of Argyle ' s coming to invade Scotland but because of the uncertainty of Sea-Voyages there was not much stress laid upon it That it was also proposed such of the South-Country whom they trusted should be acquainted with it That Endeavours should be used to learn what Arms were in the Country That the Earl of Tarras Philiphaugh Torwoodlie Polwart and some others should draw to Horse with the first when the rising should be in a readiness and that it might be expected the South parts of Tiviot-Dale and Selkirk-Shire would joyn with them The said Gallowshiels had also deposed before the Lords of the Secret Committee That the Earl of Tarras and Philiphaugh being in his House in May discours'd of an intended Rising in England and in London in particular and of Proposals made to the Scots to rise with them That Polwart was there present and told them he was sure the English intended so That they discours'd it was fit
to seize Berwick and Stirling It was also talk'd of bringing the Duke of York to his Tryal The said Gallowshiels deposed farther before the Lords of the Committee That in the Month of May 1683. the Earl of Tarras Hume of Polwart the Elder and the Laird of Philiphaugh came to the Deponents House where they spake of the security of the Protestant Religion and of a Party in England who would secure or seize the King or Duke That if any should rise in Arms to defend or rescue them there was another Party who would rise against them That it was proposed some Country-men should be spoken to to try their Resolutions That it was likewise proposed to seize the Officers of State That it was there said Sir John Cockran was to come to the West from England to advance the Design That the Earl of Argyle was to Land in the West Highlands to raise that Country That of these Matters all that were present discours'd as of an Affair they were agitating and wherein themselves were particularly concern'd These several plain and full Proofs together with the Depositions of Carstares before mentioned being also strengthen'd by the Confessions of Thomas Shepard and Zechary Bourn and all exhibited at the Trial of William Baillie of Jerviswood were not only over-abundantly sufficient to convince the Person accused of his particular share in the Guilt but they also remain as so many standing and indubitable testimonies of the truth of the whole Conspiracy between the English and Scotch Rebels After all this how is it possible that the most audacious of the Factious Party of both Nations notwithstanding their being so expert in driving on the Trade of Lying and traducing their Governours should ever have any tolerable colour of probability to invalidate or discredit the undoubted Evidence of so many Witnesses most of them Men of high Quality great Estates potent Interests all of them Zealous and indefatigable assertors of the Rebellious Cause and this Evidence given in by them at first voluntarily and often again reiterated and adher'd to against Baillie their Chief Companion in Iniquity their near Kinsman and Friend As for Baillie of Jerviswood himself the Persons who pass'd upon his Assize did with one Voice find the Crimes of Art and part in the Conspiracy and of concealing and not revealing the same clearly proved against him Whereupon he was adjudg'd to suffer the Punishment of a Traytor His Life and Death being such as might be expected from the Nephew and Son-in-Law of the Old Arch Traytor Warriston in whose Family he was bred up and tutor'd under his Discipline according to his Principles Such were the chief Steps the Scotch Conspirators had made in their part of the Treasonable Design as far as through the Divine Favour it has been hitherto traced out by the Extraordinary Diligence Wisdom and Integrity of his Majesties present Ministers in that Kingdom For the Readers clearer comprehending the whole progress of the Villany the King thought best to have it thus represented in one view and put all together in an uninterrupted course of Narration Though by this Method divers things have been already spoken of which in the natural course of time happen'd after the several material passages that remain yet unmention'd relating to the English part of the Conspiracy Wherefore to return to the Year 1683 and to what happen'd in England that Summer shortly after the first Discovery His Majesty having now received irresistible Proof of the certainty of the Wicked and unnatural Design that the World might have the like conviction resolv'd speedily to bring some of the most Notorious Malefactors to a fair and open Tryal The first Person who was put upon justifying himself was Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Walcot on the Twelfth of July of that Year Against him divers Witnesses were produced who in their Depositions first gave some distinct account of the Plot in General and then of the particular share the Prisoner at the Bar had in it As to what concern'd Walcot himself Colonel Romzey first deposed That the said Walcot came out of Holland with Ferguson after Shaftsbury's Death That he came to West's Chamber where he was present when a List was brought of the Assassines and agreed to joyn with them intending to Command a Party to charge the Guards That he undertook to go and view Rumbald's House and bought a Horse for that purpose That he was present at the dividing of London into twenty parts in order to an Insurrection and at the Consult for buying of Arms after the disappointment at the Rye That he was at the Meeting for carrying on the Conspiracy on Thursday before the Discovery That after it they met at Captain Tracies Walcot's own Lodgings himself being present Next Josiah Keeling swore that Walcot was at the Trayterous Assembly at the Salutation-Tavern when the Deponent was called Gulick and a Health drunk to the English Gulick West saying that Gulick in Dutch was Keeling in English adding He hoped to see Keeling at the Head of as good an Army at Wapping as it was reported one Gulick was then at Cologne Then Zechary Bourn witnessed That Walcot used to come to Ferguson when he lodg'd at his House That Walcot and several others met at the Dragon on Snow-Hill and often in other places in order to raise Men and divide the City into twenty parts for securing the King and the Duke That almost every time they met at least three times the Prisoner at the Bar was there That he was at the Meeting at Tracies where they debated of standing to it with Swords in their Hands and of killing Keeling for having made the Discovery Robert West's Testimony concerning him went somewhat farther back He deposed That he became acquainted with Walcot the Summer before when he told the Deponent the Carolina Business was only a Pretence That he ask'd the Deponent upon the Election of the Sheriffs Will the People do nothing to secure themselves Thereupon acquainting him with an Insurrection then design'd within three weeks or a month That Shaftsbury was in the Design and had engaged him also That he had an Expectation of being Colonel of Horse asking the said West Whether he would have any Command under him That upon his refusal he desired him to lend him a Suit of Silk Armour That the said Walcot told him of several Designs to Attack the King and the Duke That in the Business of the Rye he undertook to Command the Party that was to set upon the Guards That after the Disappointment he met with the other Conspirators where they discours'd of it and complain'd they had not Arms in readiness That he sometimes made one in the Trayterous Discourses at the Deponents and at the Young-Devil-Tavern That he was present at the Meeting at Tracies relating to their escape the Prisoner at the Bar himself then saying God would still deliver the Nations His Letter to Mr. Secretary Jenkins was also produced