that Nation as to appear for the Truth And when Mr. David Fitz-Gerrald's Information becomes visible and vindicate the Reputation of those that have already appeared and stop the mouths of Gainsayens Let others make it their business so much as they can to asperse all that appear as Evidence for their King and thereby make informing odious by Ballads and Pomphlets I am sure so long as there is no Law against Allegiance but onery the Priests pardon for it some mens Consciences will once be a wakened and then men will not fear to appear and Papists Oaths will be less valâ—ed against Protestants or at least as little valued as they value the Bible they swear by For it 's well known by woful experience to some what a many of false Oaths have been taken by Papists against Protestants As the present Lord Mayor of London and his Agents have sufficiently suffered in to the great prejudice of their Estates Which when I say all such considerations of fear are lain aside then you will have greater Torches enlightned by our small Evidence to make all things plain unto you And though now things seem to be in a swoon Plots being turned into Intrigues time will come when Plots will be called Plots Popery Popery Rebellion not Civil War but Rebellion Having made this short Preface I shall refer the Reader to the Informations and Examinations themselves to enquire into matter of fact desiring them to judge us according to the merit of the Cause and not according unto the Papists Scandals The Persons Names that were indicted for High-Treason at Waterford-Assizes the 11th of March 1679. The Earl of Tyrone William Bradly Esq The Names of the Persons accused in the Conspiracy Gountie of Waterford James Power the Father Gountie of Waterford Richard Power the Sons Gountie of Waterford William Power the Sons Gountie of Waterford James Power the Sons Gountie of Waterford Dr. Moore Gountie of Waterford William Fince Gountie of Waterford Lawrance Swillivaitt Gountie of Waterford Quarter-Master Ely Gountie of Waterford Paul Strong Gountie of Waterford Richard Power Gountie of Waterford John Power that killed the Lord Mohun as is said Sir Turlo Macmahan County of Limbrick County of Limbrick Col. Peirce Lacy. County of Limbrick Lord Brittas County of Limbrick Sir John Fitz-Gerrald County of Limbrick David Fitz-Gerrald who hath since confessed himself to be concerned with the rest Counsel appearing for the said Earl Counsellor Porter Counsellor Longon and Three Atturney Sollicitors which were all allowed The INFORMATION of Hubart Bourke Gent. Exhibited to the Lord Lieutenant and Council of IRELAND as followeth Who saith THat on or about the last day of October 1678 I was at Killmac Thomas in the County of Waterford in the company of one Richard Power Gent. and Thomas Samson Gent. Seneschal and Steward to the Earl of Tyrone where after Breakfast c. The said Samson told me That the Earl of Tyrone desired him to pray me to come to him that night or the day following and that his Lordship had some Concerns to confer with me about which he the said Samson knew not what they were as he told me I accordingly went the same night to the Earl his house at Curroghmore with the said Samson who went into the Parlor to the said Earl and acquainted him therewith and the said Samson reurning to me told me that his Lordship was at Supper with Strangers and could not speak with me that night but desired me to come the next morning which I accordingly did After wellcome c. His Lordship asked me what News I told his Lordship I presumed that he had the best correspondency in that part of the Countrey and that for my part I had none worth his Lordships hearing I have saith he received Intelligence out of France where I understand that the French are very powerful and that Parlez vouz Francoize will be plentifully heard here ere long I asked his Lordship what great Exploits the French King had done Done said he Hath done Wonders and we may without doubt call him Defendor of the Faith He best deserves it and I am sure the hand of God is with him My Lord said I a man would be apter to think that if the French were intended that way he would rather venture on England first than come hither I have received a Letter saith he from one Robert Power who studies the Law at one of the Courts at London That the French have a great stroke in England already and says he before you are half a year older the French will subdue both England and Ineland and little harm thereby for they in England have no Faith in them For they no sooner grant a thing than recall it again just as they have dealt with me about the Lands of Deaces but said he before they enjoy it Begog I will lose the best blood in my Body Then my Lord said I if the French come hither they will kill all us poor Subjects As for that saith he I have made my Conditions for this side of the Countrey and if you will joyn with me I will put you in a ready way to get an Estate I told his Lordship that I wanted it much but could not tell how to come at it With that his Lordship drew out of his Pocket a great quantity of Papers roled up and desired me to sign unto it where upon a sudden glance I could read the Names of Paul Strong Richard and John Power and do believe there were the Names of One hundred Subscribers I desired his Lordship to excuse me for the present and that I was unfit to be employed in such matters And moreover that I never heard of any of my name that proved Traitors to their King and I would not begin With that his Lordship called me Coward and drew his Sword almost out of his Scabbard to kill me but he espied a Gentleman coming which was Sir John Ponsoby's Son Then my Lord went to greet him and after he had ushered him into his house his Lordship goes himself unto the Bridge at Curroghmore and called to William Power a Brogmaker and desired him in all haste to call John Daniel unto him to inform against me for that I had beaten the said Daniel in my own defence half a year before for which the said Daniel forgave me before four Witnesses yet the said Daviel was forced to inform against me And the Earl threatned that if he did not he should lose his Ears On which I was disarmed and by a Mittimus sent to VVaterford Gaol And it being Saturday late at night the Constable took my word to meet him at a certain place the Monday morning following In the mean time I procured Bail and brought them to Curroghmore which Bail the Lord of Tyrone refused and his Lordship also sent to several Justices of the Peace that they should not bail me on any account And his Lordship said
further That if I did not starve in Prison he would hang me the next Assizes Then going towards Waterford Gaol I wrote a Letter to VVilliam Smith Esquire that he would speak to my Lord in my behalf to take Bail for me who promised he would but his Lordship refused to do the same when again Bail was tendred And then I was sent to VVaterford Gaol the beginning of November and there remained until the 14th of March following although there were five Letters written to his Grace the Duke of Ormond by me complaining to his Grace of the Misusage I had received and containing what farther I had to say Which Letters either miscarried or were taken up at the Post Office at VVaterford that the Lord Lieutenant never received them nor no account given to his Grace of them as his Grace was pleased to say The Further EXAMINATION of Hubart Bourke WHo further saith That after I was sent for by his Grace the Lord Lieutenant and Council in March following and was ordered to attend the Court of the Kings Bench and the Earl of Tyrone to answer I accordingly appeared there and was charged by the Earls People his Attourney Mr. Buckner his Sollicitor Thomas Cowdall and one Mac Carty Deputy Clerk of the Crown for Munster Circuit where the fore-mentioned persons brought an Indictment against me for Stealing of Horse out of the County of Cleare which as they pretended was about three years before Which was but a Contrivance as it was found upon Trial by the Judges of the Kings Bench thereby to render me infamous that my Evidence against the said Earl might be of no value where I was bound to prosecute the said Earl at Waterford Assizes next ensuing Note That this Cowdall was the foresaid Powers man and Mac Carty one who was under promises to discover all secrets to the Earl that he knew as Clerk of the Crown But being bound to prosecute the said Earl at Waterford I was discouraged from appearing there several people telling me that I should never return from thence in regard the said Earl had procured one of his own Council to be Judge of that Assizes and his own Tenants and Relations to be Tryers of the Matter and that at his own Door and Countrey All which so affrighted me that I chose rather to hazard my Recognizance and forfeiture of my Bonds than to endanger my Life which I understood was sought for Yet notwithstanding all Threats I went to Waterford Assizes but finding the said Earl of Tyrone and his Cozen Lieuten Thomas Power lodging and dietting in the same house with the Judges and being told in Waterford that if I opened my lips against the said Earl of Tyrone that I should not sleep that Night following unless I slept to Eternity Which Threat daunted me much also wanting John Mac Namara his Assistance of his Testimony which by promise of Reward by the said Earl he was kept from affording me And not having then forced Mr. Thomas Samson to bring in his Testimony nor Mr. Edward Ivie his all which I knew could discover much in this matter was the Cause why I left the Court and absented my self thinking it would be better at the Kings-Bench by which time those Persons before-mentioned would be brought in Further In order thereunto I wrote a Letter to the Lord Chief Justice Keeting and Sr. Richard Reynolls the Judges then at Waterford That I was not then prepared to proceed the Witnesses being not brought in with such like Excuses but fearing the Letter should not be delivered and not daring to go to the Judges Chamber by reason of the Earls being there and his Friends and Servants I went into the Court where as soon as I appeared the Lord Chief Justice called as I thought unto the Gaoler to take me into Custody which affrightened me so that I went away out of the Court and such a Hue and Cry was made after me by the Gaoler Constables and Bailliffs that I was glad to go into one Mr. Fullars Tann-house near Watersord and there to stay all that night In the mean time the Gaoler goes where my Horse was and told the people he was ordered by the Judges to secure my Horse The next morning by break of day I hired a Boat to ferry me over to the Slip house in Killkenny side and County and went into one Mr. William VVilkenson's house an Inn-keeper who about four of the Clock in the afternoon told me that it was not safe for me to stay in his house in regard there was so great a search and inquiry made after me in VViterford Whereupon I took Mr. VVilkenson's advice and went two miles on foot towards Killkenny intending to go to his Grace the Lord Lioutenant who was then there and to acquaint his Grace with the proceedings but Major Richards his Coachman one who lived with the said Earl not long before overtook me in the way and rid before me to an Alehouse where he writ a Letter to the Earls Coachman William Finch that he the said Finch should acquaint his Lord of my going towards Killkenny which Letter I accidentally discovered which caused me to leave the Road and to go to a place called the Gurteenes and there to stay four or five days until John Mac Namara who had discoursed the Matter with the said Earl of Tyrone sent a Letter unto me in which he said that the said Earl swore and dam'd himself to Eternity that he owed me no ill will at all praying me to come to his House but being so afraid of my safety I told him that I could not I then writ a Letter in few days after unto the said Mac Namara for my Linnen and other things that were at his house who returned the Messenger to me with a Letter without my Linnen wherein he mentioned that he would meet me the next morning at Waterford and have my things there with him and that he had several things to impart unto me concerning the Earl of Tyrone which he durst not write so meeting accordingly the said Mac Namara his Wife and Father-in-law Teege Finiean at Mrs. Jarvies her house I told him that I was ready to go on Ship-board for England Never trouble your self farther faid Mac Namara for I will get you a good Consideration and Liberty to stay in Ireland the aforesaid Finican also promised me 20 s. and one Barrel of Beer he had at home and he would lend me his Horse to ride to his house to drink part thereof the said M. Namara telling me that I was not in case at present to take such a Journey meaning to England and so they flattered me home with them Which I still understood by their Discourse that it was on the Earls accompt that they invited me Two days after my coming to M. Namara his House he went and informed the said Earl therewith and told me coming home from the Earl of Tyrones that the said Earl
presented his Service unto me and desired me to give Major Butler and Mr. John Rouan a meeting at a certain place in order to agree with me which thing I imparted to Mr. Edward Ivie he living in the same Town where the said Mac Namara dwelled Mr. Ivie desired me to be wary for fear they should intrap me on which I told Mr. Ivie I would go and see what they would be at In order to which resolution Mr. Mac Namara and my self met them the said Major Butler and Rouan about four Miles from the said Mac Numara his house where Ale was sold and reasoning the matter together the said Major Butler desired me to desist troubling the said Earl of Tyrone any further and the said Earl would give me a good Farm and Stock and the said Earls Favour for evermore than ever his Lordship shewed to any before and willed me to name any Sum of Money that I pleased and he the said Butler would be bound for the payment hereof on Condition that I the said Bourke would not any more trouble the said Earl but that I would say that Esq Villiars Capt. Nicholls Mr. May Mr. Bradly and Mr. Peter Anthony were my Assistants and Promoters in this Discovery and Design against the said Earl To which I answered That neither of the Parties mentioned ever spake a word to me concerning such things in all their lives and if they had I would not be prompted to such an unjust Action by any of them and that I never charged the said Earl with any thing but what the said Earl was pleased to tell and shew unto me himself After they had kept me there until it was almost night then Major Butler sent Rouan home unto the Earl of Tyrone and Major Butler came himself with me and Mc. Namara home to Mc. Namara his house where the said Major and my self lay that night together all which Discourse of our meeting afore-mentioned I acquainted Mr. Ivie with Then I resolved to go into England but Mr. Ivie told me that it that it was not safe to go before I had the Lord Lieutenant his Pass Now upon that saying I knew not what to do for want of a conveniency to apply my self unto the Lord Lieutenant and also being afraid to go alone I then went to Waterford where I met one of the Earl of Tyrone's Servants named John Whelen who told me before Mrs. Jarvis and her Servants that it stood me instead to run away at the Assizes for if I had stayed the Judges were resolved at least to crop my Ears and Mr. Wilkenson afore-named told me that the Judges were resolved to take me along the Circuit with them and to indict me at Ennis and hang me if they could I also writ a Letter to the Earl of Orrery which the aforesaid Edward Ivie was to carry to the said Earl the said Ivie having occasion of his own into those parts Which Letter the said Ivie read before it was sealed The contents of the said Letter was to pray the Earl of Orrery to send for and examine the aforesaid Mr. Samson who was then at Youghall near the said Earl and to write to his Grace the Lord Lieutenant desiring him to send for the said Mr. Samson Mr. Ivie and my self but Mr. Ivie being busie in ordering his Harvest could not go so soon as he intended to the Earl of Orrery's In the mean time when the Earl of Tyrone could not by Bribes or otherwise prevail with me to desist he then petitioned the Lord Lieutenant against me and thereupon a Pursivant was sent to the Earl of Tyrones first and told him that he was ordered to take his Directions for the securing of me and being taken I should be brought before the said Earl first And the said Earl to cloak his knowledge where I lay as if he was ignorant of the same sent several of his Servants to search after me who all knew where I was having often sent unto me before who coming into the aforesaid Mac Namara his house about Ten or Eleven of the Clock at night the said Earls Servants apprehended me and bound me with Ropes but when I saw the Pursivant I asked him Whether he had a Warrant Who told me that he was but a Spectator and they meaning the Earls Servants were the Officers and withal he bad me take leave and last farewel of my Friends Then they brought me away from Mr. Mac Namara his house four miles that night and next morning they carried me tied with Ropes out of the way we were to go to Waterford until they came to the Cross there and then they went into Mr. Guddridge his house an Inn-keeper and there stayed me until all the Earls Friends in the Town and all the Officers in the Town came to see me in that Case And then they procured a lame unshod little Garren for me to ride on and tied my Legs under the Horses or Garrens Belly and so carried me out of the way thorow the Town to the other end thereof having many Spectators and then carried me back to the said Earls House at Corroghmore so bound where the Earl had many Friends gathered together to see me come in that manner and so left me to the Earls pleasure After they had stayed me at the said Earls after the manner aforesaid about two hours then they carried me on the way to Carigmesure and Thomas Power the Earls chief Gentleman rid before us to Crehanah to Major Butlers House to desire him to meet me in the way which accordingly he did and asked me as if he had not known what was the matter I answered him that I did not know Said the Major to me Can I speak with you in private I told him that there was no fit place for him to stay for I was wet and dirty with riding so far in dirty ways without Boots with my Leggs tied Then the said Butler followed me to Carigmesure and brought with him John Rouan aforesaid and Quarter-master Ely No question but he knew the rest being all Papists the said Ely saying That he knew the rest of the Company but me he knew not I answered him that he knew me too if he would acknowledg it but I was indifferent whether he would or not I know you so well said Ely that one rope is too little for you Then Major Butler and Rouan fell again to the old way of corrupting me by turns and the Major promised me that if I would do as he before desired that he would follow me next Morning to Killkenny and get me rid of any further trouble if I would take their former proffers and accuse the fore-named Gentlemen and that there were a People before me at Killkenny that would be very glad that these Gentlemen aforesaid should be brought in to the saving of the Earl of Tyrone But I refused and scorned their offers notwithstanding the great shame and pain they put
me to Major Butler then took me by the hand and said Old Friend farewel now for evermore Then Quarter-master Ely began a Health to the Prosperity of the Earl of Tyrone and to the confounding and utter Subversion of all his Enemies and forced the Health to go round This Ely is the Lord Lieutenant his Quarter-master and charged by the aforesaid Mac Namara in his after Examination of being in the Plot and to be a Major under the Earl of Tyrone for the French King and confessed that he was a Papist heretofore when questioned by the Lord Lieutenant upon the aforesaid Mr. Samson's telling him before the Lord Lieutenant and Council that he had a Crucifix about his Neck and afterwards was committed to the Marshal for abusing the said Samson where he continued for one week and then returned to his Command The Examination which follows is Mr. Ivie's touching the knowledge he had of Mr. Mac Namara which was before spoken of to be concerned with the Earl of Tyrone in the Plot and who afterwards in his Examination confesseth he was to be an Officer under the said Earl who promised me before the said Mr Ivie to discover the same at the Assizes but through Bribes did not appear but managed the Earls Designs with me to bribe me to desist my prosecuting the said Earl and offered me large Bribes to throw the Accusation on others But on Mr. Ivies confronting him before the Lord Lieutenant and Council and petitioning the Board to have him kept from the said Earl of Tyrone's Friends and Agents and from Quarter-master Ely who furnished him with Money and Horse and promised him Bail on occasion He then being kept close according to the said Ivie's Petition he then confessed the Truth and discovered the whole Plot as you may see in his Examination following Mr. Ivie's HVBART BOVRKE The EXAMINATION of Edward Ivie Gent. Taken at several Times before the Lord Lieutenant and Council of IRELAND in the beginning of November 1679 touching the Earl of TYRONE WHo saith That about Michaelmass last was Twelve-month John Mac Namara of the County of Waterford Gentleman brought unto me James Power the Father and his three Sons Richard William and James Power the said Mac Namara desiring me to take them as Tenants on the Lands of Dunhill in the said County of Waterford which accordingly I did the said Mac Namara assuring me that they were honest men who after that they had been there some time I observed together with my Servants and Neighbours a great recourse to them of persons being private in the said Power 's house by day and going away at night having several strange horses at day and gone away at night I also observed the said Powers and the aforesaid John Mac Namara providing Bridles Saddles Swords and other Arms. In the mean time a Warrant was sent from his Grace the Lord Lieutenant to apprehend the said Powers and Mac Namara The Powers being apprehended made their Escape out of the Constables hands which the Countrey took much notice of Mac Namara being also taken was committed to Waterford Gaol and in few days bailed out on which he returned home and some days after told me that he had made his application to the Earl of Tyrone to assist him in this his trouble And finding the said Earl in fear on Bourke's charging him for Treason so that he did not answer the said Mac Namara's expectation he the said Mac Namara returned home in great passion and concluded that his Father-in-law and Brother-in-law should go to Dublin to get his Pardon which accordingly they did and applied themselves to Sir John Cole for their Assistance And as they told me they met at Sir John Cole's the Lord Chief Justice Keeting on which they concluded to get no Pardon for that the Lord Chief Justice had promised to be kind to the said Mac Namara and would stand his Friend at the Assizes Upon which they returned home and acquainted the said Mac Namara with what they had done But the said Mac Namara concluded himself not safe in their not bringing his Pardon and therefore broke out into a great passion and told me that seeing the said Earl had drawn him into such dangerous Designs and had now left him he would no more look after Pardons nor trust no more to promises but he would discover the whole Truth which the Earl of Tyrone was carrying on against the King and further said That Bourke was but a Fool and knew nothing of the Plot in comparison of what he knew and that at the Assizes he would make a full Discovery thereof The said Mac Namara further told me that the said Earl was privy to all the Horses and Arms provided for the Plot which when the said Bourke came into the Countrey I acquainted him with and thereupon the said Bourke wrote a Letter to the Judges wherein he mentioned that the said Mac Namara and others were concerned in the Plot and therefore he could not appear till they appeared The said Mac Namara hiding himself until he had received an Account of Mr. Bourk's Proceedings and of the return of the Letter sent to the Judges in order to his coming in to discover that he might be secured To which purpose the said Mac Namara received a Letter from a Friend of his That Bourke had not yet spoke with the Judges and therefore advised the said Mac Namara to continue private where he was until he heard further from him At this time Mac Namara had promised Bourke to confess but desisted on the Earls Promises of Rewards The said Earl of Tyrone hearing of the said Mac Namara's Intentions several Letters was posted after the said Mac Namara in order to get him to Waterford with promises of being prorected from all things which was lain to his Charge Upon which promises the said Mac Namara came to Waterford and there was privately secured in the house of Mr. Fitz Gerrald a Papist and Merchant and the same night or the night after was conveyed up to the Earl of Tyrone's Lodgings where he the said Mac Namara told me being before the said Earl he the said Earl told him That he little thought his Fathers Son would serve him so as to betray him and that if he would desist discovering what he knew of the Plot he the said Earl would excuse him as to his troubles and save him from appearing at the Court and that he had so ordered Matters with the Judges that the same Bail should stand till the next Assizes without his appearing which accordingly was done to the admiration of all that heard it And assured him that he the said Earl would against the next Assizes write to or speak with Mr. Morris who said the Earl is my Friend and your Prosecutor and order the Matter so that against the next Assizes he the said Mac Namara should be freed After the Assizes Mac Namara returned home and Bourke being gone away sent
and before I had liberty to speak with them or they with me I being then kept close Prisoner from any one of the Kings Evidence The Precedent Examination I gave when on a Petition preferred by the rest of the Evidences I was kept from any of the Earls Friends and from Quarter Master Ely who was always with me before and not denied to be with me but on the Petition of the aforesaid Gentlemen Then it was ordered that I should be kept close and not to have any to come unto me I was then very fearful to discover my mind because of the Guilt that was upon me being concerned Which after a Promise of Pardon if I spake the truth I then resolved to discover so far as I knew though against my self upon which I freely declared my mind in this following Examination After the aforesaid William Bradly did impart to me the aforesaid Treason I met with the said Earl of Tyrone on the Lands of Gavestown in the County of Waterford with two of his men viz. Thomas Power his Gentleman and Garret Mac Teege his Fowler and another whose name is Luke Power I having in company with me one William Power and Baustice Clancy being then abroad hunting with my Dogs the said Earl knowing me at a distance called unto me on which I went unto him The said Earl taking me aside from the company asked me whether Mr. Bradly had imparted to me any matter of Secrecy I replied He had The said Earl then told me That I must be very private and discover it to none but those I was very sure of After which the said Earl drew a List out of his pocket and shewed me the Names of several persons that were to be Superiour Officers both in the County of VVaterford County of Corke County of Keery County of Limbrick and County of Cleere which I took special notice of and knew several of the Persons and amongst the rest the Earl entred my name with my own Pen and Ink in the List the said Earl telling me he had his Commission sent him from the French King under Hand and Seal to be a Collonel of a Regiment of Horse in the County of VVaterford and said that there was hardly a County in Ireland save one but persons were appointed by the French King for that purpose and named in the County of Limbricke Collonel Pierce Lacy the Lord Brittas Sir John Fitz-Gerrald David Fitz-Gerrald and several others This Mac Namara is the Examinants own Name-sake and Cozen. and in the County of Cleere John Mac Namara and several others and in the County of Keery Sir Turlo Mac Mahan and several others and others in the County of Corke And that the said Earl of Tyrone was to be Collonel in the County of VVaterford and Mr. Bradly to be his Lieutenant Collonel Quarter-Master Ely his Major Mr. John Butler Senior his Captain with the Names of several others of that County which he did not read unto me The said Earl saying that they were to raise several Hundreds of Men in every County and that the Superior Officers were to meet on purpose to return an exact Account of their Forces to the French King on which the said King would land many Thousands of Men at the River Shannon This River Sannon runs many miles into the Countrey thorow three of the fertillest Counties in Ireland namely Keery Limbrick and Cleare unto the City of Limbrick and will carry great Ships to the same from the West Seas and as soon as they were landed the next business was to go to the City of Limbrick with five Hundred Men and divide them into two parts the one party to enter the City at Candle-light and that at several Gates and such as best knew the City were appointed to set on the Guards and put them all to the Sword the rest to be hard by the City and to enter in immediately when the Allarum was given and the Body of the Army to draw up as fast as they could By which said the Earl we do not question but to possess our selves of the City and Kings Castle and to banish the English very soon and indeed said the Earl 't is the Providence of God to bring some downfall on that unjust King the Duke of Ormond and his Children that wronged me in so high a Nature on the Account of Villiars Therefore said the Earl go home lose no time but make your selves ready for we know not how soon occasion may require your Assistance and speak to as many Friends as you can Which accordingly I did and provided Arms and Horses for that purpose After discovery being made hereof by Hubart Bourke as you may read in his Information who partly knew the proceedings and having discovered the same was bound by Recognizance to prosecute the said Earl at the next Assizes at Waterford he did for want of mine and others Testimonies absent himself from the Assizes unto which he was bound and for other Reasons mentioned in his Examination But in a short time after the Earl hearing that Mr. Bourke was going for England to make his Application to the King and Parliament the said Earl commanded me to write unto the said Bourke which accordingly I did and signified in my Letter that I would very willingly speak with him but he answering not my Expectation I went my self to him at Waterford and courted him to go along with me home unto my House which I prevailed with him to do I then hastned to the said Earl and gave him an account of my proceedings which the Earl liked very well Whereupon he ordered Major Butler and John Rouan and my self to confer with the said Bourke and at the Mill of Carygumier we met and according to the said Earls Order did offer the said Bourke a Farm stockt together with a Sum of Money so as that he would charge Mr. Villiars Captain Nicholls Mr. Bradly and others with subborning or prompting the said Bourke to prosecute the said Earl and that he should acknowledge it and Mr. Bradly aforesaid should confess the same and that so Bourke and Bradly should be committed Witnesses against Villiars and Nicholls Upon which the said Earl would bring his Action of Scandalum Magnatum against Villiars and Nicholls of 40000 Pounds which thing was contrived by Mr. Andrew Linn and Mr. Bradly the said Earls Friends Unto which the said Bourke refused to consent Here it is to be observed that Mr. Villiars and Captain Nichols were at Law with the said Earl and therefore the Earl did suppose the world would sconer believe what was lain to their Charge upon the Earls account though falsely alledged against them Bourke not accepting the aforesaid proffers the Earl then petitioned the Lord Lieutenant and Council who sent a Summons for the said Bourke and brought him to Dublin and being examined of several matters He gave in his Information and got also Mr. Samson and Mr. Ivie