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A53414	An exact and faithful narrative of the horrid conspiracy of Thomas Knox, William Osborne, and John Lane, to invalidate the testimonies of Dr. Titus Oates, and Mr. William Bedlow by charging them with a malicious contrivance against the E. of Danby, and the said Dr. Oates with an attempt of sodomy wherein are exemplified from the originals I. Four forged letters dictated by Thomas Knox, II. Five false informations, one paper of memorials, and one other information against Dr. Oates for sodomy, forged by Knox in the names of Lane and Osborne, III. The informations, depositions, examinations, and confessions of the said Knox, Osborne, and Lane, taken upon oath before Sir William Waller and Edmund Warcup, Esq., IV. An account of some depositions taken before the Lords Committees of Secresie, relating thereunto, V. The breviates of the councel for the King at the trials of the said Knox and Lane, Nov. 25, 1679, wherein full satisfaction is given to the world of the whole cause, by the particular evidences of the witnesses in behalf of the King / published by the appointment of me, Titus Oates.	Oates, Titus, 1649-1705.	1680 (1680)	Wing O41; ESTC R4560	41,985	38

about the Earl of Danby and Dr. Oates He confesses the writing the Letters and informations That they often shifted lodgings that Knox bore their expences and promised them great rewards That Lane being taken Knox sent my Lord Duneblanes Coachman with a hackney-Coach for him that in that Coach they went to Whitefriers where Knox acquainted him that the taking of Lane would expedite the buisiness That Knox gave him money That when Osborne was in the Gate-house Knox sent him a Note to this purpose you will be examined this afternoon we alwayes clubbed and you paid two shillings at the Sugar-leaf Tare this which note Knox has confessed and upon his Examination acknowledged he threw down a Guinny upon the table which Lane took up but to colour the business said it was only lent him but even this gives just ground of suspition to the design and now what will the whole world think and say of the Impudence of these men that after all these disappointments and bafflings after their own confessions retractions yet that they should be buoyed up to that height of confidence as to make a farther attempt upon the Doctors reputation And yet this they did for upon the nineteenth day of this instant November 1679. John Lane had mustered up so much of his declined courages as to prefer an Indictment against Dr. Oates for an attempt to commit upon him the horrid and Abominable sin of Sodomy Which Indictment being brought to the Grand Jury the Incoherence and slightness of his evidencence caused them to return an Ignoramus Dr. Oates not willing to suffer his Good name and the Credit of his Testimony to depend upon the throwing out of that bill brought an Indictment for the King against the said Knox and Lane for Osborne had withdrawn himself which came to be openly tryed at the Kings-bench bar November twenty five 1679. An account whereof the whole Nation does expect and wherein satisfaction shall be now given Novem. 25 1679. Dominus Rex versus Thomam Knox Johanem Lane For the King The Indictment sets forth that whereas Edward Coleman William Ireland and John Groves and other false Traytors to the Jury unknown 24th of April in the thirtieth year of the King that now is at the Parish of Saint Margarets Westminster did trayterously conspire consult and agree amongst themselves to kill and destroy the King and to raise War against his Majesty within this Kingdome and to change the Religion by Law established to the Superstition of the Church of Rome for which Treasons Trayterous Conspiracies Consultations and Agreements the said Coleman Ireland and Groves were afterwards attainded and put to death for the same And whereas William Earl of Powis William Viscount Stafford John Lord Bellasis Henry Lord Arundel of Wardour William Lord Petre and Sir Henry Tichbourn Baronet the thirtieth of Nov. last at Westminster were accused of the Treasons aforesaid and thereupon according to due forme of law were committed to the Tower of London to be there safely kept to answer the said Treasons whereof the said Earl of Powis and the other four Lords were by the Commons in Parliament assembled Impeached And whereas Thomas Earl of Danby afterwards that is to say the thirtieth of Nov. last at Westminster was in lawful manner accused of certain Treasons and other misdemeaners and thereupon according to due forme of law was committed to the Tower there to be safe kept to answer the Treasons and misdemeanours aforesaid of which said Treason and misdemeanours the said Earl of Danby is Impeached by the Commons in Parliament assembled And that the Defendants knowing the said Lords to be accused of the Treason and misdemeanours aforesaid and the said defendants being diabolically affected towards the King their natural Lord and contriving and endeavouring with all their might to disturb hinder and stifle the discovery of the said Treasons by the said Earl of Powis Viscount Stafford Lord Bellisis Henry Lord Arundel William Lord Petre supposed to be committed as aforesaid and as much as in them lay to elude the due Course of law and retard the prosecution of justice against the said five Lords Sir Henry Tichbourn and Thomas Earl of Danby They the said Defendants the thirtieth of April last past at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid falsely maliciously and unlawfully amongst themselves did consult and agree to scandalize Titus Oates Clerk and William Bedlow Gent. Who had given informations of the Treasons aforesaid and whom the said Defendants knew to have given Information of the Treasons aforesaid against the Earl of Powis Viscount Stafford Lords Bellasis Arundel and Petre and to represent them upon the Trial of the said five Lords to be persons of evil Conversation and Witnesses not to be believed And that the Defendant Knox afterwards that is to say the 30th of April last at Westminster aforesaid in the Names and with the consent and agreement of the Defendant Lane and William Osborne to villifie the Information of the said Titus Oates and William Bedlow to be given for the King against the said five Lords last mentioned falsly maliciously subtilly and advisedly did write and cause to be written four Letters and those Letters so written falsly c. did direct and cause to be delivered to himself the said Defendant Knox by which said Letters it was falsly craftily and deceitfully declared that the said Lane and Osborne were very much troubled in their Consciences by reason of certain matters which they well knew and did conceal concerning the unjust contrivances of the said Titus Oates and William Bedlow in accusing the said Earl of Danby to be guilty of the Treasons and other Misdemeanors aforesaid And that the said Titus Oates was a person of a wicked and vicious Life and did make an assault upon the said John Lane and did endeavour to commit with him the said Lane Sodomy And further that the Defendant Knox the sooner and effectually to perswade the said Lane and Osborne falsly to accuse the said Titus Oates and William Bedlow that they the said Titus Oates and William Bedlow had unjustly contrary to all Truth accused the said E. of Danby of the Treasons and other Misdemeanours aforesaid and so to affirm against the Kings Evidence against the Trial to be had of the said Earl of Danby for the Treasons and Misdemeanors aforesaid afterwards the 30th of April last at Westminster falsly advisedly corruptly and against the duty of his Allegiance did give to the said Lane and Osborne divers great summs of Money And did promise to the said Lane and Osborne within a certain time by the said Defendant Knox proposed that they the said Lane and Osborne should have and receive other great summs and other rewards for the same to the great delay obstruction and suppression of Justice c. To this the Defendants pleaded not Guilty The Names of the Jury Empanelled and Sworn were as followeth Sr. John Kirke Knight Thomas Harriot

in daily trouble and fear of our lives lest those our honest intentions should come to the ears of Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow whose tempers we know so well and the revenge of whose minds are so great that they would study all the ways imaginable to ruine us and take away our good names rather than so true a matter as we have already declared to you should be proved against them we therefore once more intreat the favor of you since you are the onely person we dare trust to do us the justice of a meeting and we are sure if you have any kindness for my Lord Treasurer you will not deny it us and we shall then with the same care that we have done before endeavour to clear our Consciences to you of all the matter we know spoken either against His Sacred Majesty the Lord Treasurer or any other person whatsoever which is all at present from Your faithful Friends William Osborne John Lane Pray do not fail to meet us at the Cloysters this afternoon at 4 a clock Apr. 4. 1679. I do believe this to be Lane 's and Osborne 's hand Tho. Knox. An Endorsement to the foregoing Letter Memorand That I met with Mr. Lane and Mr. Osborne according to the contents if this Letter and they there told me that Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow were to sup at the Palsgraves-head All this while Mr. Knox must seem to keep great state and to hold off from intermedling in an affair of so high a nature and therefore Osborne and Lane resolve to attaque him with a third Letter wherein they express the trouble of their minds for which they can find no ease till they have revealed to some person of Honour and Secresie what they knew against Mr. Oates and Captain Bedlow that so they might not draw the guilt of innocent blood upon their own heads which they must inevitably do if they suffer the Earl of Danby to perish when they understood so much of the Conspiracy of Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow against him as being revealed would make him appear to all the world to be innocent Numb 3. Superscribed To Mr. Knox these Apr. 6. 1679. SIR SInce our last meeting we have not any thing new to communicate unto you by reason that we had suggested all that we formerly knew into those Papers which at our first meeting we shewed unto you And as we are sure there is nothing contained in those Papers and Memorials but what is really true and what we may with a safe Conscience swear to so lest you should suspect our fidelity and stedfastness in this Affair we do now make it our request unto you that we may be speedily brought before some Person of Honour and Secresie to take our Oaths of what we have already related And I hope you will pardon us if we once again press your hastening of this matter because if it should chance to come by any accident to Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlows ears we are confident they would with as much malice contrive our Ruine as they have already done my Lord Treasurers but we hope God will preserve us from their mercy and the Nation from believing them which is all at present from Your true Friends William Osborne John Lane Pray meet us at six a clock at the Cloysters for we have a great desire to see you and pay the Bearer I do believe this to be Lane 's hand Tho. Knox. Mr. Knox yet thought not these Letters which he had dictated to be sufficient to clear him from all suspicion of Practice and Confederacy unless he had also contrived this fourth wherein the main Artifice lay to answer an Objection why they had not revealed this great Secret to some other person long before this to which he invents an Answer for them that they had already discover'd it to one Mr. Thuer of the Guard but he being a prudent and wary person as well as Mr. Knox advised them to Secresie for their own sake but that indeed their Consciences were so clamorous that they must needs obey its dictates The Letter is as follows Numb 4. Superscribed To Mr. Knox these SIR THat you may be the better satisfied that what we have related to you is all truth and what we have done we have been urged to by our own Consciences we must needs tell you that we did reveal this matter before we ever saw you to Captain Thuer of the Guard who if you are acquainted with him would give you an account that what we say to you we had formerly told him of though at the same time he advised us to Secresie for our own sakes but our Consciences were so troubled that we could not contain it and therefore chose you who Mr. Wiggins told Mr. Lane was a very honest young man and loved my Lord Treasurer and he was sorry he was brought to trouble by him but that it was his Master Mr. Bedlow made him do it Therefore I hope you think we have no design upon you but that we will clear you and our selves whenever it shall please God that we shall be called to justifie what we have already declared Your faithful Friends William Osborne John Lane Apr. 10 1679. at 10 a clock in the morning I do believe this to be Osborne and Lane's hand Tho. Knox. HAving given a true Copy of those Letters it will be requisite to let the Reader into the inside of this Conspiracy Know then that Mr. Knox and his Crew had beaten their brains long and used better brains than their own to draw up certain Informations of the wickedness of Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow which they kept ready in bank against the good time they should meet with some Justice of the Peace that would serve the Design They went to Mr. Justice Cheyney at Chelsey and humbly prayed him to take their Informations upon Oath but he desired to be excused alledging that it seemed a matter of State and that it was not proper for his Cognizance They make an attempt also upon Mr. Justice Dewy who used the same Plea but yet turning every Stone they got an Affidavit lodged at last with Sir James Butler who owned before the Council-Board Novemb. 2. 1679. that he took an Affidavit of Lane about Buggery charged upon Mr. Oates and that a woman came with the same Lane to him These Informations were the life and soul of the whole Intrigue into which they had emptied whatever of malice they had conceived against the Doctor or of affection to their grand Patron the Earl of Danby and that I may not be wanting to the full satisfaction of the Inquisitive I shall give them a view of all those Informations which they kept ready cut and dryed for service upon all occasions Numb 1. The Information of Thomas Knox sworn before me this _____ day of _____ 1679. THIS Informant doth upon his Oath declare that on the first of this present April there

hereafter any such thing should be endeavoured either of Money or any other Reward that he should presently reveal it unto them and they would make such use of it as would destroy the said Lord Treasurer and they did withal give him such instructions how to manage this whole Affair that he might receive the monies offer'd him for his own use and tell the person with whom he treated nothing but lyes and false stories which they would instruct him readily in and let the World imagine what it would of them the said Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow vowed in the Informants presence to ruine the said Lord Treasurer to all intents and purposes William Osborne I do conceive this to be Osborne's hand Tho. Knox. Number 6. Several Memorials of John Lane and William Osborne's delivered April 2. 1679. Memorial 1. ABout the time when Mr. Coleman was tryed for his Life and Mr. Titus Oates did impeach the Queen and was therefore confined to his Chamber and no body suffered to speak to him in private his Father and I coming about Eight a Clock at Night from Westminster-Hall he bid me if possible I could speak to his Son deliver him words from him to this purpose that he should not fear nor be daunted but chear up and Impeach the Woman since he so well knew that Mr. Bedlow was resolved to assist him in his Evidence against her which Woman Old Mr. Oates Father to Mr. Titus Oates did explain afterwards to me to be the Queen This was written by me and copied by George Neal who then served Mr. Titus Oates and who told me he delivered those words in writing under a Dish of Meat to Mr. Titus Oates who privately put it in his Pocket This I took notice of because we all then thought and Mr. Oates told us that he had no body to assist him in the Evidence against the Queen John Lane I do believe this to be Lane's hand Tho. Knox. These Memorials were the first Papers which Lane and Osborne shewed to Knox upon their first meeting as they have said it in their Notes but in truth were the contrivance of Knox out of which they might form their Affidavits when matters were ripe The Design of it seems first to make the Father as wise as the Son that is neither of them to have more Wit than they were born with that an Ancient Gentleman who had seen so much of the world as he had done and well knew under what Circumstances his Son then was should reveal his evil designs if he had any to a Servant is something more than improbable that is incredible But the main design was to intimate that Mr. Oates was but a single Testimony in the case till Mr. Bedlow by Conspiracy came in to strengthen him Memorial 2. WHen the Queen used to go to Somerset-House to Chappel and the Drums beat at her going by Mr. Oates used frequently to go to the Window to see her he would then frequently say where is our Gammer or our Dame Short-Arse going now She is going to Godfrey-Hall I 'le warrant you amongst the rest of the Crew to say Mass c. but I will warrant you she will not go long there This was his usual contemptuous way of speaking of the Queen when ever he saw her and this we have several times took particular notice of to one another John Lane William Osborne I do believe this to be Lane's and Osborne's hands Tho. Knox. The Scandalous Expressions herein falsly imputed to Dr. Oates strike not at the main of the Cause but were forged to draw the displeasure of their Majesties upon him under which prejudices they knew he must needs sink if once they made the desired Impressions upon their Royal Breasts but the discerning Spirit of his Majesty would soon look through these Cobwebs nor do we find that Dr. Oates suffer'd in the gracious thoughts of his Majesty Memorial 3. A little after the Election for Parliament-men in Tuttle-fields his Majesty sent one of his Officers to Mr. Titus Oates with Commands not to go out of White-Hall and S. James's Park without leave which Mr. Oates did promise upon the Faith of a Minister punctually to obey yet notwithstanding his promise he went out the sametime and went privately to Southwark in a Coach with us in his company and when he came there great Multitudes of people flock'd after him and there he made Speeches to the Rabble desiring them to chuse whom he would recommend which should be one that was his Counsel and assisted him in saving the Nation and that they were beholding to him for all their safeties and he was sure that this man who was Mr. Smith would stand up for the Cause and defend their Liberties This was said in our hearing and we took notice of it because he met with one Mr. Collier of the Guard of Yeomen and bid him be secret and not tell that he saw him abroad and gave him a Bottle of Sack and this he hath done several other times after he hath engaged not to go without the King's leave John Lane W. Osborne I do believe this to be Lane's and Osborne's hands Tho. Knox. Had this been true it had been in it self neither Fellony nor Treason the greatest Account it could turn to was obliquely to wound his Reputation whom they had represented as a person whose Evidence must be of no weight seeing he had falsifyed in a promise made to his Majesty in verbo sacerdotis but the Innocency of the Doctor has scattered thicker Clouds of Obloquy and Slander than this wretched Calumny The Information of John Lane sworn this _____ day of _____ 1679. THis Informant doth voluntarily upon his Oath declare That on or about the 24th or 25th of March last about 7 of the Clock in the morning Mr. Titus Oates sent all his Servants to the King's Chappel in White-Hall except this Informant and when they were all gone to Chappel he call'd this Informant in to him to help to dress him and as soon as the Informant had put on the said Mr. Oates's Breeches and Stockins and Morning-Gown he took this Informant into his Bed-Chamber and there he told the Informant That he must take his Penance whereupon he made the Informant lye down upon the Bed with his Breeches down and gave him nine lashes with a lash of three small Ropes with a knot at each end which he usually kept in his Pocket for that purpose which usage the Informant durst not deny lest he should call to the Sentinel to take hold of him and say to the said Sentinel That the Informant would have offered Violence to him which was his usual way of threatning the Informant if he durst at any time resist his Cruel Usage and after he had severely lash'd him he took the said Informant by the hand and clapt his hand eagerly about his Neck and kiss'd him and put his hand into the Codpiece of the Informant's Breeches and

took him by the Privy-Members and said that he would be Friends with the Informant and at the same time when Mr. Oates's hand was in the Informant's Breeches and held him by the Members the said Mr. Oates unbutton'd the Informant's Breeches with the other hand and commanded and forced with an angry Countenance with his hand the Informant to lye down upon his Belly upon the Bed and the said Mr. Oates lay'd down by the Informants side and told the Informant that he had a mind to see whether his back-side were flea'd enough and when he saw that it look'd red he took the Informant about the middle and kiss'd him in a lascivious manner and at the same time the said Mr. Oates thrust his Belly against the said Informant's side and did with his naked Privy-Members press the said Informant's Body hard and the said Informant doth further upon his Oath declare had not a VVoman that was sweeping the next Room kept a noise which made him think the rest of the Servants were come from Prayers he would grievously have abused the Body of the Informant and would certainly have bugger'd him and the Informant durst not cry out for fear of being seiz'd by the Sentinels as aforesaid and this the said Informant doth swear he had tempted to do several other times before John Lane I do believe this to be Lane's hand Tho. Knox. The Information subscribed by Lane as Knox testifies under his own hand was after some time made upon Oath before Sir James Butler for so Lane himself confesses before the Council Novemb. 4. 1679. for which see Col. Mansell's Narrative p. 64. and Sir James Butler himself owns the taking an Affidavit of Lane about Buggery charg'd upon Mr. Oates November the second see the same Narrative pag. 50. In which Information Lane acted both maliciously against Dr. Oates and warily for himself for though he had a great mind the Doctor 's Person and Evidence should be soundly disparaged yet he loved himself too well to be hang'd and therefore he lays the Crime not to be committed which would have stretch'd his own Neck but only attempted which was enough to throw Dirt upon the Doctor 's Conversation and blemish his Testimony Now because a Crime of so high and horrid guilt so contrary to Nature and above the common Standard of Villanies would never gain credit amongst those who knew the former method of the Doctors Conversation they had drawn the Information with so good advice that there was an Answer insinuated to the common Objections that might be made against the truth of it As first why did not Lane cry out for help upon the Attempt made upon him to this you are furnish'd with an Answer it was this The Informant durst not cry out for fear of being seized by the Sentinels It seems he was more afraid of the Sentinels than of the Gallows But it might be asked Why was not the Fact committed as well as attempted to this he hints a fine Answer that had not a Woman that was sweeping kept a noise which made him think the rest of the Servants were come from Prayers he would grievously have abused the Body of the Informant This old Woman was indeed handsomely contrived and so the Poets introduce some God from Heaven to salve all Difficulties when their own Plots have render'd matters intricate but should we ask Lane how the Doctors severe whipping and lashing him with Cords was a proper inducement to Lane's yielding to his Lust which certainly would have raised other passions and why he did not swear that Dr. Oates gave him Sweet meats rather than such severe Penance I know not what he would answer but that it was an errour and they will rectifie it in the next Information It is now time having exemplified all the Letters Informations and Memorials which were drawn up by themselves and kept ready to serve the occasion to proceed to those Informations which were taken upon Oath before some or other of his Majesties Justices for the Peace only I must leave this Advertisement That the four Letters the six Informations and the Paper containing three Memorials all of them here transcribed and compared were by Knox delivered into the hands of Sir William waller and Mr. Justice Warcup as he owns upon his Oath before the said Gentlemen The Examination of Thomas Knox lately Servant to the Lord Dumblane before us Sir William Waller and Edmund Warcup Esquire two of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex and City and Liberties of VVestminster taken by us by Vertue of an Order of the Committee of Lords This Examinant saith That on the 1st of April walking in the painted Chamber W. Osborne came to him and told him that he being informed that he had lived in the E. of Danby's Family for some time he had something of moment to communicate to him which might be a means to save the Lord Treasurer whereupon this Examinant walked with the said Osborne into the Abby being in the Abby Osborne delivered Papers drawn up by way of Information being five in number none of them bearing any date and one Paper of several Memorials of John Lane and William Osborne The next day they brought him to the Cloysters in Westminster-Abby several meetings they had afterwards and four Letters they wrote to him About the fifth of April they went together to Mr. Cheyney at Chelsey one of his Majesties Justices of the Peace but he told them the business being of an high nature and matter of State he desired to be excused About a fortnight after this Examinant went to Mr. Dewe upon the same Errand and received the like Answer as Mr. Cheyney had done not long after he went likewise to Mr. Secretary Coventrey who told him that he being a Member of the House of Commons by whom the said Lord Treasurer had been Impeached he could not meddle in that business None of the forementioned Gentlemen his Majesties Justices of the Peace had a sight of any of the Papers but only upon the Information which this Examinant made in his own Name they and Mr. Secretary Coventrey made the same Answer This Examinant being something scrupulous in medling in the business they told him that they had been with Captain Thuar formerly and had acquainted him with this business and that he had advised them it being a nice business to let it alone till the heat of the Parliament should be a little over About a fortnight after that Will. Osborne and John Lane had communicated these matters to the Examinant they complaining that they knew not where conveniently to lodge this Examinant told them he would endeavour to find them Lodgings and the very same day by the direction of the Lord Dunblain's Coach-man went to the Sugar-Loaf in Pickadilly and took Lodgings on his own account for himself and two of his Friends and lay there with them At the time of their going from

Lordships for the heinous Crime he stands guilty of John Lane Coram William Waller A third Examination of John Lane taken by me this third of May 1679. This Examinant having recollected himself further saith that the very day the Lord Treasurer came into the Black Rod Mr. Knox made this Examinant and William Osborn swear they would stand to what he had instructed them to write and said that if they should not the Lord Treasurer would die and that he would not have come in but for them hoping they would swear as they had been by the said Knox directed This Examinant further saith that on Monday last the Nurse belonging to the Goal came to him and told him he should do well to stick to Mr. Knox and that a Gentlewoman very well habited came to the Prison and bid her tell this Examinant that he should be sure to stick to Mr. Knox and not be daunted and what monies foever he should require tho it were a thousand pounds he should have it Whereupon this Examinant asked the Nurse who this Gentlewoman was to whom she replyed she would not discover her name because she would not have her name brought in question and further this Examinant saith not John Lane Coram William Waller Mr. Lane seems now to be a Penitent to have by these two last recanted his first Examination but we must not flatter our selves too much with his sincerity let us have but a little patience and we shall hear him deny what ever he has now owned and justifie what in his first Examination he had justified He has degorg'd himself in those last Papers but resolves to lick up his vomit again and tho he seems to have become a Convert will ere long prove himself an Apostate Whether he thought he should make his Fortune better by telling lyes for his Great Master than by telling truth for the Doctor or what other Reason may be assigned Certain it is that Nov. 4. 1679 before the Lords of the Council being ask'd Whether he had not made two contrary Affidavits before the House of Lords he acknowledged that out of fear he did so but that the first drawn by Willoughby as Mr. Nevil had directed was true and the other false And being flesht in Wickedness and hardened to his own ruin he proceeds to Indict Dr. Oates at the Kings Bench Bar of the horrid and abominable Crimes mentioned in the foregoing Depositions tho the Wisdom of the Jury upon the slightness and Inconsistency of his Evidence threwit out and brought in an Ignoramus I shall now present to the Reader a true Coppy of the Examination of William Osborn which opens much of this accursed design against Dr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow which tho full of now proved Truth yet the Examinant it seems desperately resolved to take his part of shame and punishment with his beloved Accomplices and is since fled from his own Oath and the Justice due to Perjury The Examination of William Osborn of Cullumpton in the County of Devon Vintener taken upon Oath in obedience to an Order of the Lords Committees for examining of Discoveries relating to the late horrid Conspiracy before Sir William Waller Baronet and Edward Wareup Esq two of His Majesties Justices of the Peace this 29th day of April 1679. Middlesex and Westminster This Examinant saith that he served Mr. Titus Oates from the tenth of December last to the latter end of March past That the said Mr. Oates paid this Examinant his Wages very honestly and his usage was civil but he sometimes corrected this Examinant for Misdemeanors at which this Examinant was offended but never intended any mischief to Mr. Oates for it And this Examinant farther saith that Mr. Oates was a passionate man yet very Religious and every morning sent all his Servants to the Kings Chappel to prayers only ordering some one of them to stay at home to dress him and he further saith that he never heard Mr. Oates say he had any design to accuse the Lord Treasurer or any ways to destroy him nor did this Examinant ever hear any discourse between Mr. Bedlow and Mr. Oates tending to any Accusation against the Lord Treasurer but this Examinant did 〈◊〉 the Information that Mr. Bedlow gave against the Lord Treasurer which Mr. Wiggins Mr. Bedlow Clerk shewed to this Examinant after the same was sworn publickly And this Examinant further saith that he never heard Mr. Oates say that he had any acc●●●●ion to make against the Queen or had made any and the worst word he ever heard him speak of the Queen was where is our Dame going which was when he saw the Guard drawn out in the Yard to attend her Majesty And this Examinant further saith that one day at Dinner when Mr. Wharton Mr. Oates his Father Dr. Jones and others were present some discourse happen'd between them about Sir John Robinson and sometime after the naming of him Mr. Oates did say these words We have not gone to bed sober these four years which Mr. Thurston Mr. Lane and this Examinant did think to be spoken of the King but this Examinant cannot say 't was spoken of His Majesty in regard he can give no reason why to apply it so And he further saith that he cannot remember or call to mind that he ever heard Mr. Oates speak any undecent words of any passages between His Majesty and Mr. Cheffinch and this Examinant further saith that he hath layen several nights with Mr. Oates but never found he afford the least lascivious or undecent action to this Examinant but did exhort this Examinant from time to time to lead a good course of Life free from doing evil and often made this Examinant to read Sermons and other Books by him And this Examinant further saith That upon the first of April last Mr. John Lane now Prisoner with this Examinant in the Gatehouse and formerly fellow servant with this Examinant to Mr. Oates brought this Examinant to Mr. Knox in the painted Chamber who thence went to the Cloysters in the Abbey with this Examinant where he discoursed about the Earl of Danby and Mr. Knox proposed then to this Examinant That if this Examinant would swear That Mr. Bedlow came to Mr. Oates his Chamber and there said that he had been with the Earl of Danby and that the Earl of Danby had promised him money to go beyond Sea and that this was a contrived story between the said Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow to take away the Earl of Danby's Life that in such case this Examinant should have enough to maintain this Examinant and a Footboy to attend him And this Examinant saith that he met Mr. Knox in the same Cloysters afterwards twice they two being alone when he alwayes continued his discourse and promises of what great rewards this Examinant should have if he would swear that Mr. Bedlow and Mr. Oates in this Examinants hearing contrived the design against the Lord Treasurer whereby to prove

Dangerfield in his Informations of Novemb. 1. 1679 before the Councilb-oard assures us when Lane says he lay at Powis house that Lord advised he should be sent out of the way for said the Lord Powis Oates searches for him and if he be found at my house 't would ruine us All. And this Mr. Lane himself being examined by the Council Nov. 4. 1679. saies That he lay at Powis-house a month or six weeks by order of Willoughby and Mrs. Cellier from whom he had his diet That he went by the name of Johnson fearing to be arrested by Mr. Oates for what he had testified against him and in that fear he went down to Greys near Gravesend and had a pair of shooes given him by Mr. Willoughby who also got him out of Prison which was a chargeable work And being askt by one of the Lords whether he had not before the House of Lords made two contrary Affidavits he acknowledged that out of fear he did so but that the first drawn by Willoughby as Mr. Nevill had directed was true and the other false I shall not need to pursue this point any further The Lord Powis gives him house-room Mrs. Cellier paies for his diet Mr. Willoughby gives him shooes and gets him out of prison at great rates but nothing can be too dear to support so precious an Instrument of a design so near and dear to them Having gotten an Instrument so fit for the business their next consultation must be how to manage it with prudence for they had fresh Instances before their eyes of some that had endeavoured to corrupt the King's Evidence or to take away the Credit of their Testimony which had miserably miscarried These examples though fresh in memory were not sufficient to deter them from proceeding in so pious a work but only ought to caution them to proceed with more advice and therefore Mr. Knox who like the Mole under ground was the grand Agent must not appear by any means but seem to be haled into the concern by the repeated importunities of Lane and Osborne and for this end Mr. Knox finds this the only expedient to indite several Letters which being written out by them or one of them might be sent with great formality to his own worthy self wherein they are to intimate to him that knowing him a person that had a due veneration for the Earl of Danby they judged him the only meet person whom to acquaint with their secrets they tell him or rather he tells himself how they laboured continually under the stings of their own consciences for concealing that which might clear up the Innocency of the said honourable person that they had tryed several waies to divert these black thoughts but all would not do still they were pursued by their guilt and therefore entreat beseech and importune him that he would put them in a way to exonerate their consciences 'T is very true the only real way to have recovered their peace if they could be said to lose what they never had was to have repented of their horrid and hellish Combination against the Innocency of Dr. Oates and Captain Bedlow but it was not a Cure they designed but a greater wound not to unload their souls of but further to charge them with guilt It was agreed Dr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow must be guilty the Catholick Cause required it and therefore if they could forge a Conspiracy between Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow against the Earl of Danby it would prove a fatal blow at the root of the House and the prosecution of the Plot must needs fall to the ground And if it could be once made out that there had been a Conspiracy against the late Lord Treasurer it would by consequence go far to prove that all the Evidence that should be given in against the Lords in the Tower was of the same metal and would vanish into smoak And that great man the E. of Danby was so confident of success in the fair promising hopes of Mr. Knoxes Agency that he delivered himself up at the sitting of the Parliament to the Usher of the Black Rod not fearing any colours But I shall not any longer detain the Reader from looking into the mystery of these Letters A true Copy of four Letters sent from William Osborne and John Lane to Thomas Knox by the direction of the said Knox the Original Letters being in the Relators possession Numb 1. Superscribed To Mr. Thomas Knox these Apr. 2. 1679. SIR I Had forgot to tell you that yesterday morning I left Mr. Oates the wickedness of whose Conversation and lewdness of his Person I could no longer bear though I had some thoughts of going from him to Mr. Dugdale My resolution is now changed and I am resolved to go as soon as I can home to my own Countrey but I would willingly before I depart leave London with a good Conscience and in order to that I would discharge my mind of what I know concerning the malicious proceedings of Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow against my Lord Treasurer therefore I do _____ you if you love my Lord to put me into a w●y how I may legally discharge my Conscience of that matter which lies heavy on it and you will eternally oblige him whom I hope you do believe is Your true Friend William Osborne I do believe this to be Osborne's hand Thomas Knox. But it seems for so he would wheedle us to believe him Mr. Knox was somewhat averse to engage in a Business whose issue he could not foresee Alas the good man was flesh and blood as well as other men he lov'd to sleep in a whole skin and saw no reason he had to burn his singers in other mens fire and therefore shew'd great unwillingness to hearken to them till Mr. Osborne and Mr. Lane with united Forces assault him and by a second Letter importune him to give some ease to their troubled Consciences which Letter was dated but two days after the former so painful was it for these tender-conscienced Gentlemen to lie under the reproaches of their own hearts Numb 2. To Mr. Knox at his Lodgings this SIR MR. Lane and I are both extremely troubled that we cannot hear from you and especially in a matter of this high nature which concerns so nearly the Life of my Lord Treasur●● for we are both very uneasie and extremely troubled in our minds for fear we should lose time and my Lord Treasurer should suffer by our neglect whil●st we can with so safe a Conscience declare to the world how maliciously he is prosecuted and what Contrivances are daily practised against him by Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow as you might easily perceive by those Informations and other Memorials we at the first time at our meeting shewed you Sir It is now three days since our last meeting and we do now beg you for Gods sake to inform us how we may legally put an end to this matter for we are

the said Lodgings which was four or five days at most the said Osborne and Lane paid to this Examinant two Shillings a-piece and during the time that this Examinant was with them they constantly paid their Club. This Examinant further saith that he hath communicated this business to the Lord Latimere and that he had given the Papers before-mentioned into his hands to be perused which he hath now delivered into our Custody He likewise declares neither to have seen or heard of any body coming to them from the Lords in the Tower or knoweth of their ever having been at the Tower And further this Examinant saith that he never directly or indirectly did supply the said Osborne or Lane with any money or made them any promise of Reward whatsoever only he confesseth that at the Tun-Tavern in S. Martin's Lane he flung down a Guinney on the Table the said Lane saying he had no money and promising to repay it and further this Examinant saith not Tho. Knox. Jurat coram nobis 29. April 1679. William Waller Edmond Warcupp Memorand That after the aforesaid Examination he confessed to us both that he had written a Note this Afternoon being a Prisoner to Mr. Osborne to inform him that he would be examined this afternoon with these other words We always Clubbed and you paid two Shillings at the Sugar-Loaf Tear this He likewise confessed that he had lain in White-Fryers being again examined although before he had denied it William Waller Edmond Warcupp Lane's first Examination The Examination of John Lane Son of Richard Lane at this time one of the Yeomen of the Guard in Extraordinary to his Majesty taken in obedience to an Order of the Lords of the Committee for examining Discoveries relating to the late Horrid Conspiracy before us Sir William Waller and Edmond Warcupp Esq two of his Majesties Justices of the Peace this 29. April 1679. This Examinant saith that he lived with Mr. Oates nine Weeks about the seventh of April last he quitted Mr. Oates his service whilst he lived with the said Mr. Oates he saith he daily sent his Servants to Morning Prayers reserving one only with him to dress him This Examinant saith that whilst he was his Servant he was never charged by Mr. Oates of opening any of his Letters or of any other misdemeanour He further saith that three Informations marked the numbers 1 2 4 and the Memorial marked number 6 were written by Mr. William Osborne and were by this Examinant subscribed none saving the said Osborne being present and three of the Letters marked 2 3 and 4 were written by the said William Osborne and were by this Examinants own hand subscribed John Lane none else being present and thinks that they were truly dated when written This Examinant confesseth that he and Mr. Knox and Mr. Osborne lay privately this day fortnight in White-Fryers from the Tuesday to the Saturday following and from thence they went and lodged in a paved Alley leading out of Chancery-Lane into Lincolns-Inn-fields and there they rested all the next day which was Easter-day and the Night On Monday they removed into Pickadilly to the Sign of the three Sugar-Loaves and there continued till Friday last at which time he was taken These three forementioned Lodgings were taken by Mr. Knox and this Examinant and Mr. Osborne deliver'd their share of Charges from time to time both for Diet and Lodging to the said Mr. Knox and then the said Mr. Knox paid all the expences to the persons to whom it was due but not in their presence This Examinant saith that he Mr. Knox and Mr. Osborne once being at the One-Tun-Tavern in St. Martins-Lane Mr. Knox threw a Guinney on the Table which this Examinant saith he took up and put it into his Pocket Mr. Knox then saying that it should never be said I gave you any money And he further saith that never at any time either Mr. Knox or any other person directly or indirectly gave him either any money or promised him any Reward whatsoever for thus accusing Mr. Oates neither was he by Mr. Knox or any other person ever perswaded to swear for the Lords in the Tower or the Lord Treasurer and further this Examination saith not John Lane Jurat corum nobis Will. Waller Edmund Warcupp Hitherto we find Mr. Lane keeps close to the Cause and stands his ground only the Guinney dropt at the Tun-Tavern in St. Mertins-Lane and by Mr. Lane put into his own Pocket administers some suspicion that there was some practice in the business and especially those words which Knox dropt with the Guinney do greatly confirm it It shall never be said I gave you any money But we are now entring upon those Informations which testifie at once Mr. Lane's relentings though not his repentings and therefore I shall subjoyn two more of Mr. Lane's Examinations which will discover the depths of this Roguery though a little out of time-order Lane's second Examination A further Examination of John Lane Son to Richard Lane at this time one of the Yeomen of the Guard to His Majesty taken by me at the earnest suite and request of the said John Lane this _____ of _____ 1679. This Examinant having been this day brought to the door of the Commitee of Lords in order to a further Examination of what he had formerly deposed being brought back to the Prison without having appeared before the Lords the Committee having by reason of the King 's being come to the House adjourn'd the hearing of the Ex●minant until Fryday morning this Examinant being touched and pricked in his own Conscience with a real and hearty remorse and sorrow for the great Guilt he had contracted in falsely swearing and accusing Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow desired one Mr. R●cks one of the Yeomen of the Guard to endeavour to find out Sir Will. Waller to beg his pardon and to let him know that he was now fully convinced of his sin and should confess the whole naked truth though he should expose his own Reputation to ruine rather than encrease his Guilt by justifying of what in his own Conscience he is convinced to be false This Examinant declareth that the first time he ever met Mr. Thomas Knox it was at the Sign of the Hole in the Wall in Duffins Alley in Kings-street and that there Mr. Knox advised him what he should say concerning Mr. Oates in Reference to any discourse either of the King Queen or Lord Treasurer that at this Examinatnt's coming to that House he was not to ask for Mr. Knox but for the Number 3 After some discourse there how they should contrive an accusation of Mr. Oates The said Knox gave this Examinant directions how to do it and it bei●g late they broke up their meeting This first meeting happened to be on the Tuesday or Wednesday before he left Mr. Oates The second meeting was agreed to be at the Owle in King-street on the Sunday following at three of the

Esquire Henry Johnson Esquire Simon Middleton Esquire Hugh Squire Esquire Francis Derrington Esquire John Roberts Esquire Rainsford Waterhouse Esquire Thomas Earsby Esquire Joseph Ratoliffe Gent. James Supple Gent. Richard Cooper Gent. The Names of the Counsel learned in the Law who pleaded on behalf of the King against the Defendants Mr. Attorney General Mr Sollicitor General Mr. Sergeant Maynard The Recorder of London Sr. Francis Winnington Mr. William Williams Mr. Thomas Smyth Mr. John Trenchard The Names of the Counsel assigned to the Defendant Lane Mr. Holt Mr. Darnel The Names of the Counsel entertained for the Defendant Knox. Mr. Withins Steward of Westminster Court Mr. Soroggs Son to the Lord chief Justice Mr. Saunders The Names of the Witnesses ready to swear to the particular Clauses hereafter mentioned only it is to be observed that the Cause being exceeding clear by the Testimony of some few of the more considerable Witnesses the rest were not called To prove the Attainder of Coleman Ireland and Groves See the Records To prove that they were put to death Mr. Tisser To prove the Commitments of the Lords and Sr. Henry Tichburn Mr. Clare Mr. Reynolds To prove the said five Lords Impeached Mr. Clare To prove the Accusation and the Commitment of the Earl of Danby Mr. Reynolds To prove the Empeachment of the Earl of Danby Mr. Goodenough That Lane had a design at his first coming to Dr. Oates in Nov. 1678 to accuse him which his Father discovered by some expressions to Mr. Radford to the same effect that he was afterwards accused Mr. Radford That Lane desired after this to be re-admitted in the Doctors service Mr. Allen. That Lane declared whilst he was with Doctor Oates that he hoped to get one thousand pound in a short time Sam. Oates That Lane desired Mr. Reex to find out Sr. William Waller so that he might confess the truth of the whole Contrivance to him being pricked in Conscience for the false Oaths he had taken Robert Reex To prove that Lane and Osborn confessed that they were suborned by Knox to swear falsly against Doctor Oates before Sr. William Waller and Mr. Warcupp and that he had given them Money to do the same and this they confest before a Committee of the Lords These Examinations proved by Sr. William Waller Mr. Warcupp Mr. Relfe Mr. Snow To prove that Lane and Osborne were made to Swear by Knox to stand fast to what he had instructed them to write and that the Lord Treasurer would not have surrendred himself but for them Sr. William Waller Lanes Confession 3d. May 1679 and Lanes 3d. Examination To prove the Letters Confessed by Osborne Mr. Justice Warcupp As to Knox his Endeavours to take off Mr. Oates and Bedlows Testimony To prove that Knox endeavoured to suborn Henry Wiggins offering him a reward to swear against Captain Bedlow Henry Wiggins Mr. Wiggin's Mother That Mr. Wiggins acquainted Mr. Palmer a Yeoman of the Guard with these Proposals presently after they were made Mr. Palmer To prove that Knox made several Proposals to one Thurston late Servant to Doctor Oates and promised to be very kind to him if he could find any thing to swear against his Master John Thurstone To prove that Knox Lane and Osborn being imprison'd in the Gate-House for this contrivance Knox offered Slightham the Gaolers man a good reward to let him hold Correspondence with Lane by Letters and desired him to go to Lane and tell him he feared Osborne had betrayed them about the matter of Doctor Oates and desired him to speak to him to stand fast to him and then they should be two against one Richard Slightham To prove that Knox Lane and Osborne went to Justice Dewy and Knox told him he came from my Lord Latimer who presented his Service to him and that Knox was advised to come to him by that Lord to take an Information against Doctor Oates Mr. Dewy That they went also to Justice Cheyney at Chelsea Mr. Cheyney That Knox confessed he lent Lane a Guinny and that Osborn and Lane confessed that Knox assured 〈…〉 ●…ever want Money nor Preferment Sr. William Waller Mr. W●●c●pp To prove that Knox confessed to Sr. William Waller and Mr. Warcupp that whilst he and Mr. Osborn were Prisoners he the said Knox sent a Note to Osborn to inform him that he would be examined the afternoon and with these words We always clubbed and you paid two shillings at the Sugar-loaf Tear this Sr. William Waller Mr. Warcup That Lane hath been kept this last Summer at the house of the Earl of Powis that he had ten shillings per week allowed him to give Evidence against Dr. Oates That Knox was to have thirty or fourty Pounds to carry on the Business and that Osborn Knox and Lane were to be rewarded by the Lords in the Tower for their Evidence against Doctor Oates Mr. Dangerfield Mrs. Blake Mrs. Edwards That Lane waited with a great Club to knock down Mr. Reex at Mrs. Maynards door that Knox would have had the said Mrs. Maynard swear that Mr. Reex offer'd her one hundred Pounds to swear in Doctor Oates his business Mrs. Maynard Mrs. Tyrrel If George Neal one Bowring and George Deeplow be produced as Witnesses for the Defendants To prove that Neal hath made application several times to be re-admitted to Doctor Oate's Service since he was turned away Sr. Thomas Stringer Mr. Weal Robert Gyde Mrs. Brooks Henry Lord Mr. Smith That Bowring was turn'd out of Doctor Oates his Service for keeping company with Knox Lane and with Papists Mr. Saunders Mr. Money Mr. Allen Samuel Oates junior That Bowring hath made application to be re-admitted to Doctor Oates his Service Mr. Smith Mr. Robert Gyde That Deeplow about a week before Doctor Oates turn'd him away declared that he wondred at the wickedness of Lane and Osborn in accusing his Master Seeing he appear'd to him a very upright and honest Man Moses Gwyn Mr. Samuel Oates George Gregory That Deeplow thanked Doctor Tong for helping him into Doctor Oates his Service Doctor Tong. If Lane's Mother or Sister be produced as Witnesses To prove that Lane's Mother said her Son was drawn in by Plays and Treats c. to accuse Doctor Oates and that Knox offer'd her Son Money in the Gatehouse to stand to his first Information Margery Walker To prove that Mary Lane said Now my Lord Treasurer must lose his Head for my Brother has confessed All Mrs. Sterling That Knox was with Mrs. Wiggins on fryday last to perswade her not to come in against him and then said she should have a Reward Mrs. Wiggins And thus at length I have conducted the Reader through this dark and intricate Labyrinth of Confederated Roguery wherein some will question whether there was more of the Devil in the Contrivance then of God in the Discovery and Defeating of the Design but we have seen Divine Wisdom and Mercy triumphing over humane and hellish Malice and Subtlety I have studiously forborn to give the Reader the trouble of the Minutes of the Tryal the judicious are better satisfied with a brief Synopsis of the Cause than with the tedious Speeches of Witnesses which are frequently interrupted with Questions and some of them perhaps not very material or pertinent Let it suffice that the Evidence was so clear against the Defendants Knox and Lane that the Jury without any delay found for the King against them to the very great satisfaction of the Court and Company which was exceeding great Many Noble Men Gentlemen and eminent Citizens coming with great expectations of the issue of this Tryal which was managed with that Justice Impartiality indifferency between the King and the Defendants that some have been heard to say they could never believe a 〈◊〉 before but now they were abundantly satisfied Knox and Lane were immediately taken into Custody and are now in Prison a●…ending the Sentence of the Law which though it hath not hitherto been pronounced yet they must know that the higher Justice lifts up its Hand the heavier it will strike and compensate the slowness with the severity of the Punishment which being bounded by the Law can never be too great for such Monstrous Malefactors Osborne indeed fled from Justice which argues more Modesty then these others can pretend to which chuse rather to outface Justice then seem to fear it and are more Ambitious of a Martyrdom that may register them in the Roman Calendar though their Names never appear in the Roll of Christian Worthies Yet let us not despair of their Repentance having Instances before our Eys that as there are none so vile but the Catholicks will use them for Instruments so there are none so obdurate but the Divine Grace can make them Converts FINIS

Clock in the Afternoon and whoever should come first should ask for the Figure of 3 at the Bar but Mr. Knox having some other extraordinary business they made no stay or came to any Resolution but appointed a third meeting which to the best of this Examinant's memory was at the Kings-Armes in the Bowling-Alley but the said Mr. Knox not coming at the appointed time the Examinant and Osborn walked in the Cloysters and had not been there long but Mr. Knox came to them whereupon immediately they took Coach and went directly to Chelsea to Mr. Cheyney where they were to swear some things against Mr. Oates according to Mr. Knox's Instructions in behalf of the Lord Treasurer This Examinant and the said Osborn stayed in the Coach whilest Knox as he told this Examinant and Osborn went to speak with Mr. Cheyney who stayed not very long and at his return told them that Mr. Cheyney refused to meddle in the business whereupon they return'd to White-Hall This Examinant being yet in Mr. Oates his service The Monday following this Examinant came away from Mr. Oates and either on that very day or the day following had another meeting with Knox and Osborne at the One Tun Tavern in St. Martins-Lane by the sign all of the Number 3 where Knox treated this Examinant with Oysters and Wine and after they had eaten their Oysters Mr. Knox and Osborne wrote out the Informations Knox being the Dictator of them and at the same time the said Knox made this Examinant and the said Osborne swear secresie what this Examinant's part was to swear Knox prevail'd with Osborne to write down because the Examinant could not write a good hand The writings being finisht Knox took them and put them in his pocket and paid the reckoning offering them before hand if they would either eat or drink they might call for whatever they had a mind to and told them because it should not be said he had given them money he would contrive in a short time to convey some to them and appointed the same place to meet at the next day by two of the clock and according to the agreement they all met at the said place where after they had drank a Pint of Sack he dropped a Guinney on the Table and told them that on the next day they should have another and after they had been by him enjoined secresie they parted The next day Osborne as this Examinant was told by him he met the said Knox and received a Guinney according to Knox his promise the day before the same day as Osborne had received the Guinney of Knox in the Evening Osborne came to the Examinant's Lodgings in Westminster and then told this Examinant of the Guinney he had received and return'd him ten shillings which the day before this Examinant had lent him A day or two after they had another meeting at the Green Dragon in the Pel-mel and there dined after Dinner Mr. Osborn was desired by Knox to write a letter according to such a manner as he would direct and caused him to date the Letter of a latter date and direct the said Letter to him which being done he put up the Letter in his Pocket and having clubbed in the payment of the Reckoning which came to twelve pence a piece parted for that time appointing a meeting the same night to be at the Rose Tavern in the Pel-mel to be at nine of the clock where accordingly we met and supped together and conferred with Knox asking how things went to which he answered very well about ten of the clock at night we parted and came to Westminster and agreed the next day to meet in a little Alley near the Rose-Tavern in the Pell-mel at an Ordinary about seven or eight in the evening where we met and had a Supper and at this House Knox took the first lodging for this Examinant and the said Osborne and lay there the same night The next morning after they had broke their fast Mr. Knox came to this Examinant and Osborne and told them that he had provided them another lodging at the Cider-house in Leicester-fields at the sign of the Apple-tree and at the said Cider-house this Examinant and Osborne continued from Tuesday or Wednesday to Saturday during which time Knox caused Osborne to write him a Letter as he should direct him which he did and gave it to Knox who continually advised both Osborne and Knox to seem to press him earnestly to engage in this business on the Saturday this Examinant and Osborne changed their lodgings which were provided for them by Knox in a little paved Alley leading out of little Lincolnes-Inn fields into Chancery-lane and there the said Knox lay with this Examinant and Osborne in one and the same bed The next morning Knox with this Examinant and Osborne their lodgings being paid for by Knox went together into Whitefriers and Knox took lodgings next door to a Musick house where they all three lodged for near a week after which time Mr. Knox having as he told this Examinant pay'd the Reckoning This Examinant and Osborne and Knox removed to their forementioned lodgings in the Paved Alley leading out of little Lincolns Inn fields into Chancery lane and lay there Easter-eve till Easter-monday whence the said Knox and Osborne with this Examinant removed into Pickadilly to the signe of the three Sugar-loaves a Grocers house and there this Examinant continued lodged with the said Knox and Osborne until last Fryday at which time this Examinant was seized at his Fathers house at the sign of the Wooll-pack in Westminster This Examinant farther saith that all charges for diet and lodging in the said respective places were paid and cleared by Mr. Knox unless at the Green-Dragon in the Pell-mell and the Owle in King-street where this Examinant and the said Osborne paid their Clubs which to the best of this Examinants memory did not exceed eighteen pence a piece This Examinant doth further say that by way of encouragement the said Knox told Mr. Osborne in his hearing that for what he should say in behalf of the Lord Treasurer he should be sure of a considerable reward both of Money and preferment And the said Knox did likewise tell this Examinant for his encouragement that he should want neither money nor a good place as long as he should live And least any of these proceedings should be discovered either by William Osbrone or this Examinant the said Knox told them that if either of them should make a discovery of him he would be sure to dispatch them by one meanes or other and if he should discover then he would freely grant them the same liberty This Examinant likewise saith that Knox assured him he should not doubt but that the Lords in the Tower would likewise own his kindness to them in Accusing Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow And further this Examinant saith not onely humbly begs pardon from God and of their