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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40884	The information of Francisco de Faria, delivered at the bar of the House of Commons, Munday the first day of November, in the year of our Lord, 1680	Faria, Francisco de, b. 1653.	1680 (1680)	Wing F425; ESTC R16386	6,486	16

with this Informant when out of his Frenzy fits as to make him relate the whole Story to her who then persuaded this Informant to keep all secret lest he brought himself into Troubles But this Informant hearing about the 16th of April last That a certain Gentleman of note was wounded almost to Death did recollect that one Wyard had tempted him to Bastinado such a kind of Person which this Informant had before viz. In the beginning of March told unto the said Mrs. Mary Seares for an account whereof this Informant refers himself to his Information taken before Sir Philip Mathews a Copy whereof this Informant delivered this day to the said Committee of Lords And this Informant did also repair about the first of May last to the Earl of Clarendon and in writing gave the said Earl under his hand a Paper containing the matter about the wounding the said Gentleman and hopes the said Earl will produce the said Paper to which this Informant refers To which this Informant added by word of mouth That the Earl of Shaftsbury was in danger of his Life to which Earl this Informant repaired because he was going into Flanders and fearing he might be accused for the wounding of the said Gentleman during his absence That that writing delivered to the Earl of Clarendon might clear his Innocency And this Informant farther saith That the Lady Abergavenny sent for this Informant into Lincolns-Inn-fields this last Summer was a twelve month And then told this Informant The Lord Powis would speak with him in the Tower To which this Informant answered He would but acquainting the said Ambassador therewith His Excellency forbid him to go wherewith this Informant also acquainted the said Earl of Clarendon who seemed to know the Lady Abergavenny saying She was his Neighbour and he farther saith That a certain Person came to the Ambassador and in this Informant's presence told the Ambassador That one Roberts Porter to the Water-gate at Somerset-house was Apprehended upon which this Informant observed the Ambassador to look very pale and thereupon asked the Ambassador My Lord Is he concerned in this business with me To which the Ambassador replyed He is a man of Courage and will undertake any thing And in May last this Informant's Brother Abraham de Faria coming to London this Informant told the Ambassador of it Who asked if he were a Catholick and being answered thereto His Excellency asked if he were a Man of Courage Whereunto this Informant replied We are all well born and bred And His Lordship replied I would have him in this Affair with us were I sure of him and commanded this Informant to send him to him And this Informant told his said Brother that the Ambassador would speak with him But this Informant was not with him when he went to the Ambassador nor knoweth what passed between them And this Informant saith That upon the day of Sir George Wakeman's Trial the Ambassador sent him in his Coach to wait upon the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs and sent up word by one of his Gentlemen That one from the Portugal Ambassador would speak with him The Servant brought answer That he could not see the Ambassador that day because he should be engaged upon the Trial of Sir George Wakeman all the day Which the Ambassador being acquainted with his Lordship sent this Informant to hear the Trial. And this Informant stood by Sir George all the time and gave him white Paper to write upon and employed one Mr. Cooper a Scrivener in Drury-Lane to take in Writing the Trial and gave him 20 s. for his pains which this Informant delivered to the Ambassador who immediately sent it to the Queen then at Windsor with which and a Letter this Informant should have gone to Windsor had he not been very weary And that same night this Informant was sent to Sir George Wakeman's in St. Martins-Lane to Complement him on the Ambassadors part but he was not then come to his Lodging in St. Martins-Lane So this Informant went next morning and found him in bed with his Wife and as this Informant was Commanded told him from the Ambassador That his Fortune and Estate was at his service and so was his Prince's and the Prayers of the good Catholicks have prevailed for your delivery and we are all bound to Sir Philip Lloyd for his Generosity to you at the Trial and we are all bound to pray for him Whereunto Sir George Wakeman replied If it had not been for him I had not been saved and so we are all bound to pray for him And I pray return my Lord many thanks for his Offers and that he would wait on his Excellency that very day to give him thanks for his Favours but that he must first go to Windsor to wait on the Queen but at his Return he would wait on his Excellency And Sir George then took this Informant by the hand and said I am sorry Mr. Faria that I had not the happiness to speak with you before For I am informed what a Man you are and that you could do great Service for the Catholicks But alas it is now too late Thence this Informant went again by Order to the Lord Chief Justice Scroggs to know when my Lord Ambassador should Visit him The Lord Scroggs answered That the Ambassador would do him great Honour to Visit him but he was that day to go out of Town by One of the Clock Wherewith the Ambassador being acquainted he went about Twelve in his Sedan with a Coach of State wherein this Informant was to the Lord Scroggs in Chancery-Lane The Complement was in Portugueze and this Informant Interpreted to this effect My Lord I come to Visit you as you are a Minister of State and am sent as Ambassador from the Prince of Portugal to the King of Great Britain and am directed to Visit you and am likewise to thank you for the Justice you have done Yesterday to Sir George Wakeman To which the Lord Scroggs answered I am placed to do Justice and will not be curbed by the Vulgar and so I thank your Prince and your self for the great Honour you have done me And this Informant farther saith That a Portugueze came to him when the Earl of Ossory was to go for Tangier offering this Informant that he might go with the said Earl as his Interpreter and should have 300 l. per Annum for his pains But this Informant reflecting That the Sum offered was too big for that Service believed this was a Snare to take away his Life The same Portugueze offered him to go for Flanders where Monsieur Fonsec might prefer him to the Prince of Parma But he looked upon that as a Snare also and therefore refused And this Informant saith That about 6 Months ago he was assaulted by Two unknown Persons with their Swords drawn but he happily escaped from them And farther saith not Francisco de Faria The Information that the said Informant gave

I Appoint Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills to Print this Information According to the Order of the HOUSE OF COMMONS And that no other Person presume to Print the same Novemb. 10th 1680. Wi WILLIAMS Speaker The INFORMATION OF Francisco de Faria Delivered at the BAR of the HOUSE OF COMMONS Munday the First day of November in the year of our Lord 1680. Perused and Signed to be Printed according to the Order of the House of Commons BY ME William Williams Speaker LONDON Printed by the Assigns of John Bill Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty 1680. THE INFORMATION OF FRANCISCO de FARIA Born in America Son of John de Faria a Jew of St. Giles in the Fields Gent Taken upon Oath before Me Edmund Warcupp Esq one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace in the said County and City in presence of John Arnold Esquire by Command of the Right Honorable the Lords Committees for Discovery of the late Popish Plot 26. Octob. l680 THis Informant saith That being a Limner in Antwerp in Flanders in the year 1675. by the persuasion of Three of the Sisters of Sir George Wakeman then in the Nunnery of Sta. Teresia and of Father Worsely a Jesuit he became a Roman Catholick and often communicated at his hand And the said Worsely then persuaded this Informant to come into England and he would make this Informant happy and then gave this Informant 35 Pistols in Gold to bear this Informant's charges for England But this Informant did not immediately follow him to England but took up Arms and was a Captain Lievtenant under Colonel Montgomery in the Prince of Orange's Service where he practised to make and throw hand-Granadoes and grew to some note for that Service and in the year 1678 this Informant being in England and well versed in Seven or Eight Languages was preferred to be Interpreter and Secretary of Languages to Gaspar Abrew de Freitas Ambassador in ordinary from the Prince of Portugal to the King of England To which Ambassador this Informant had been known for many years before and the said Ambassador among other things acquainted this Informant that Don Francisco de Melos the late Ambassador that died here was much out of favour with the Prince of Portugal for that he had indiscreetly pushed on the Promotion of the Catholick Religion before a due time and had caused several Popish Books to be Printed in English which had given too great alarm with many other things relating to the Popish Religion which he greatly condemned him for And the said Ambassador to indear this Informant did often give him Money and intrusted him in Affairs of the greatest Moment ●nd carried this Informant with him to all or most of the great Ministers of State in England using him for his Interpreter and employed this Informant to resort to several Persons for an account of the Orders and Passages in the Kings Council of all which the said Ambassador usually had an account within an hour after the rising of the Council or any Committees And the said Ambassador much about the time of the Trial of the Five Jesuits expressing a great ●●rrow for the oppression of the Catholicks did wish that Oates and Bedlow were made away And then commanded this Informant to go to Mass and Confession and then told this Informant that he might do the Catholick Cause great Service and might make his own Fortune if he would joyn in destroying Oates and Bedlow and that 50000 Reales d'ocho should be given for that Service and that two sufficient men should joyn with this Informant for the killing of Oates and Bedlow But the said Bedlow being about that time in Ireland the said Murder was deferred and a report being spread that Bedlow was dead in Ireland the said Lord Ambassador said to this Informant What a Fool were you had you killed him you had gained that Money which I promised But afterwards understanding that Bedlow was not dead the said Ambassador renewed his Solicitations to this Informant to prosecute the death of Oates and Bedlow assuring this Informant That he would make good his promise of the said Sum of Money to them which should kill them That he would besides pay this Informants Debts and take this Informant with him into Portugal Upon which Discourse this Informant took the boldness to tell the Ambassador That the Death of Godfrey had done much hurt to the Catholick Interest and he much feared that the death of Oates and Bedlow would bring greater hurt To which the Ambassador replyed he feared not that and if Oates and Bedlow and Shaftsbury were out of the way the Parliament might come when they please Whereupon this Informant asked How shall Shaftsbury be killed He replyed Lord Shaftsbury goes often into the Country and I know you are excellent at hand-Granadoes you shall throw one of them into Shaftsbury's Coach which will destroy all that are in the Coach upon the breaking and you and your Companions shall also have Fire Arms to kill if the other do not full Execution And the Ambassador added that he had provided Two other Persons Men of Honour to joyn with this Informant in that Service but named them not nor the reward that was promised to be given for it And then ordered this Informant to provide a Man who could speak French and Dutch to carry a Letter into Flanders Whereupon this Informant applied himself to one Salter who keeps a Sempsters Shop in Drury-Lane to carry the Letter Who saying he could not go because he had Horses lame which this Informant's Servant observing said Sir If you please my Husband shall go But this Informant refused him as not speaking French nor acquainted with the Country And this Informant did according to the Ambassador's Order offer the said Salter 10. l. to undertake the Journey because he was acquainted with the Country c. February last past the said Ambassador left England and returned to Portugal leaving this Informant on a sudden with very little Money after his many promises to take this Informant with him into Portugal and to get the Prince to provide plentifully for him in Portugal Upon which this Informant recollecting the said former passages and fearing lest he should be accused though innocent went to his own Father declaring the offers made to this Informant for the killing the Persons aforesaid but his Father and Mother advised him to throw Ashes upon it for none that have discover'd are secure because some are of one mind and some of another And this Informant then left a Note with his Mother signifying that if this Informant were killed it must be by the Portugals and he would lay his Death to them because of the passages aforesaid and did the like with Mrs. Mary Seares who finding this Informant in a very disturbed condition observing that in his Frenzy fits he spoke of the Death of Oats Bedlow and Shaftsbury so far prevailed