I Do Appoint Robert Pawlett to Print the Tryal of Thomas Knox and John Lane and let no other person presume to Print the same WILLIAM SCROGGS THE TRYAL AND CONVICTION OF THOMAS KNOX and IOHN LANE FOR A CONSPIRACY To Defame and Scandalize Dr. OATES and Mr. BEDLOE Thereby to Discredit their Evidence about the Horrid Popish Plot At the Kings-Bench-Bar at Westminster On Tuesday the 25 th of Novemb. 1679. Before the Right Honourable Sir WILLIAM SCROGGS Knight Lord Chief Justice and the other Judges of that Court Where upon full Evidence they were found Guilty of the Offence aforesaid LONDON Printed for Robert Pawlett at the Bible in Chancery-Lane near Fleetstreet M. DC LXXX THE Tryal and Conviction OF THOMAS KNOX and IOHN LANE FOR A CONSPIRACY To Defame and Scandalize Dr. OATES and Mr. BEDLOE Thereby to discredit their Evidence about the POPISH PLOT ON Tuesday the 25 th day of November 1679 at the Kings Bench Bar at Westminster Thomas Knox and Iohn Lane were tryed for the Misdemeanour and Offence herein after in the Indictment expressed and which Tryal was in manner following Proclamation being made in usual manner for Information and the Defendants called to their Challenges the Jury were sworn whose names follow The JURY Sir Iohn Kirke Thomas Harriot Henry Iohnson Simon Middleton Hugh Squire Francis Dorrington Iohn Roberts Rainsford VVaterhouse Thomas Earsby Ioseph Radcliffe Iames Supple Richard Cooper Who being numbred the Clerk of the Crown charged them with the Indictment thus Clerk of the Crown Gentlemen you of the Jury that are sworn hearken to your charge you shall understand that the Defendants stand Indicted by the Oaths of twelve honest and lawful men of the County of Middlesex by the names of Thomas Knox of the Parish of S. Margaret's Westminster in the County of Middlesex Labourer and Iohn Lane of the same Parish and County Labourer for that whereas Edward Coleman William Ireland and Iohn Grove and other false Traitors against our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second by the grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King defender of the Faith c. to the Jurors aforesaid unknown the 24 th day of April in the 30 th year of the Reign of our said Soveraign Lord the King at the Parish of S. Margarets Westminster in the Country of Middlesex Traiterously amongst themselves had conspired consulted and agreed to bring and put to death and destruction our said Soveraign Lord the King and war against our said Soveraign Lord the King within this Kingdome of England to stir up and the Religion in the said Kingdome of England rightly and by the Laws of the said Kingdome established to the superstition of the Romish Church to change and alter and the Government of the said Kingdome of England to subvert for which their said most wicked Treasons and Traiterous conspiraries consultations and agreements they the said Edward Coleman William Ireland and Iohn Grove in due manner and according to the Laws of this Kingdome of England were afterwards attainted and underwent the pain of death for the same And whereas William Earl of Powis William Viscount Stafford Iohn Lord Bellasis Henry Lord Arundel of Wardor William Lord Petre and Sir Henry Tichbourn Baronet the 30 th day of Nov. in the 30 th year of the Reign of our said Soveraign Lord the King aforesaid at the Parish of St. Margarets Westminster aforesaid in the County of Middlesex aforesaid of the Treasons aforesaid were lawfully accused and thereupon according to due form of Law were committed to the Tower of London being the Prison of our said Soveraign Lord the King there safely to be kept to answer for the Treasons aforesaid whereupon they the said William Earl of Powis William Viscount Stafford Iohn Lord Bellasis Henry Lord Arundel of Wardor and William Lord Petre were in Parliament impeached by the Commons in the same Parliament Assembled And whereas Thomas Earl of Danby afterwards to wit the said 30 th day of November in the 30 th year aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid of certain Treasons and other Misdemeanours was lawfully accused and thereupon according to due Form of Law was committed to the said Tower of London there to be safely kept to answer for the Treasons and Misdeanours aforesaid of which said Treasons and Misdemeanours he the said Thomas Earl of Danby is impeached in Parliament by the Commons in the same Parliament Assembled that they the said Thomas Knox and Iohn Lane well knowing the said William Earl of Powis William Viscount Stafford Iohn Lord Bellasis Henry Lord Arundel of Wardor William Lord Petre and Thomas Earl of Danby to be accused of the Treasons and Misdeameanours aforesaid and they the said Thomas Knox and Iohn Lane being Devillishly affected towards our said Soveraign Lord the King their Supream and natural Lord and devising and with all their strength intending the peace and tranquillity of this Kingdom of England to disturb and to hinder and stifle the discovery of the said Treasons by the said VVilliam Earl of Powis VVilliam Viscount Stafford Iohn Lord Bellasis Henry Lord Arundel and VVilliam Lord Petre as aforesaid supposed to be committed and as much as in them lay to elude the due course of Law and the prosecution of Justice against the said VVilliam Earl of Powis VVilliam Viscount Stafford VVilliam Lord Petre Iohn Lord Bellasis Sir Henry Tichbourn and Thomas Earl of Danby to retard they the said Thomas Knox and Iohn Lane afterwards to wit the 30 th day of April in the 31 th year of the Reign of our said Soveraign Lord the King at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid falsly maliciously and unlawfully did consult and agree among themselves Titus Oates Clerk and VVilliam Bedloe Gentleman who Informations of the Treasons aforesaid had given and whom they the said Thomas Knox and Iohn Lane the day and year aforesaid well knew to have given Information of the Treasons aforesaid against them the said VVilliam Earl of Powis VVilliam Viscount Stafford Iohn Lord Bellasis Henry Lord Arundel and VVilliam Lord Petre to scandalize and upon the tryal of the said William Earl of Powis William Viscount Stafford Iohn Lord Bellasis Henry Lord Arundel and William Lord Petre to represent them to be persons of evil conversation and Witnesses not deserving credit And that he the said Thomas Knox afterwards to wit the said 30 th day of April in the 31 th year aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid in the names and with the consent and agreement of the said Iohn Lane and one VVilliam Osborn to disgrace the Information of the said Titus Oates and VVilliam Bedlow against them the said VVilliam Earl of Powis VVilliam Viscount Stafford VVilliam Lord Petre Iohn Lord Bellasis and Henry Lord Arundel for our said Soveraign Lord the King to be given falsly maliciously subtilly and advisedly did Write and cause to be Written three Letters and those Letters so written
falsly craftily unlawfully and advisedly did direct and cause to be delivered to himself the said Thomas Knox by which said Letters falsly craftily and deceitfully it was declared that they the said Iohn Lane and VVilliam Osbourn were greatly troubled in their Consciences by reason of certain things which they well knew and had concealed concerning the nnjust contrivances of the said Titus Oates and William Bedloe in accusing the said Thomas Earl of Danby to be guilty of the Treasons and other misdemeanours aforesaid and that the said Titus Oates was a person of a wicked and vitious Life and made an assault upon the said Iohn Lane and with the said Iohn Lane to commit that detestable sin called Sodomy before that time had endeavoured And that he the said Thomas Knox the sooner and more effectually to perswade the said Iohn Lane and VVilliam Osbourn falsly to accuse the said Titus Oates and VVilliam Bedloe that they the said Titus Oates and VVilliam Bedloe unjustly and against all truth had accused the said Thomas Earl of Danby of the Treasons and other misdemeanours aforesaid and so to affirm against the evidence of our said Soveraign Lord the King upon the Trial of the said Thomas Earl of Danby for the Treasons and other Misdemeanours aforesaid to be had afterwards to wit the said 30 th day of April in the 31 th year of the Reign of our said Soveraign Lord the King aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid falsly advisedly corruptly and against the duty of his Allegiance unlawfully gave to the said Iohn Lane and William Osborn divers great sums of money and also further falsly advisedly corruptly and against the duty of his Allegiance the day and year aforesaid at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid did promise unto the said Iohn Lane and William Osbourn that they the said Iohn Lane and VVilliam Osbourn within a certain time by the said Thomas Knox to the said Iohn Lane and William Osbourn propounded divers other great sums of money and other great rewards therefore should have and receive against the Duty of their Allegiance to the great retarding obstructing and suppressing of Justice in manifest contempt of the Laws of this Kingdome of England to the evil and pernitious example of all others in the like case offending and against the peace of our said Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity to this Indictment the said Thomas Knox and Iohn Lane by their Attorney plead that they are not Guilty nor either of them is Guilty of the offence aforesaid and further withal put themselves upon the Country and the Kings Attorney likewise And your charge is to inquire if they are Guilty or not Guilty c. Clerk of the Crown Make an O yes Cryer O yes If any one will give Evidence on the behalf of our Soveraign Lord the King against Thomas Knox and Iohn Lane of the Misdemeanours and offence whereof they stand indicted let them come forth and give their Evidence Then Trenchard Esq of Counsel for the King in this Cause opened the Indictment thus Mr. Trench May it please you Lordship and you Gentlemen of the Jury Thomas Knox and Iohn Lane stand indicted for a great and high Misdemeanour and the Indictment sets forth that whereas Coleman Ireland Pickering and Grove and other false Traitors did conspire to destroy the King and change the Religion established by Law to levy War against our Soveraign Lord the King and to introduce Popery and for these Treasons were convicted attainted and executed and further sets forth that the Lord Powis Lord Arundel of Warder and others were accused of the said Treasons and were committed to the Tower and afterwards were impeached for the same by the Commons in Parliament Assembled as also that Thomas Earl of Danby was impeached of High Treason and other Misdemeanours that the Defendants knowing Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedloe had given Information of these Treasons to stifle the Evidence and to scandalize them did falsly conspire to represent them as wicked persons and men of no credit And the Indictment further sets forth that the Defendant Knox with the agreement of Lane and one Osbourn did cause several Letters to be writ in which it was contrived to accuse the said Oates and Bedloe that they had conspired falsly to accuse the said Earl of Danby and that Oates was a person of a vitious conversation and had a design to attempt an assault upon the person of the said Lane with an intention to commit that detestable sin of Sodomy the better to effect which wicked designs the said Knox gave several sums of money to Osbourn and Lane and had offered great rewards unto them To this Indictment they have pleaded not Guilty and you are to try whether they are Guilty or not of this Misdemeanour Then Sir Iohn Maynard the Kings eldest Serjeant at Law persued the charge thus Mr. Serj. Mayn May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen of the Jury this cause is of great consequence and my Lord I desire the Jury to observe that their question this day is not to inquire whether the Lords or the other persons accused and impeached in Parliament are Guilty or not but the question before them is whether the persons that stand here indicted are guilty of wicked and vile endeavours to discountenance and suppress the Evidence and scandalize their persons who were to give Evidence against these Lords we are not to give Evidence against the Lords but against these persons L. Chief Iust. You are right Brother Mr. Serj. Mayn Gentlemen something I must observe to you that is an inducement to this matter that there hath been an horrid and abominable Conspiracy against the King the Nation the Religion and the Law appears my Lord by the proceedings in Parliament wherein the Lords and the Commons have several times joyntly declared and I think 't is so publick that no body will doubt there is such a thing who is guilty that is another matter L. Cheif Iust. This Court must take notice of that because some have been tryed convicted and condemned for it by this Court Mr. Serj. Mayn Your Lordship says right But my Lord the first discovery of this Conspiracy came from a single person one that stood single and discouraged a long time and that there were endeavours to discourage his further discovery that will appear My Lord when it stood so it happened that Sir Edmondbury God frey had taken his Examination and these things will be material in the end of the Cause Sir Edmondbury Godfrey having taken the Examination of Oates then the endeavour was to suppresse this Examination that he had taken and that by no less a wickednesse then the barbarous murder of that honest Gentleman whom you all knew and they not only took away his Life but they did strive to baffle and defame him when he was dead and that will appear too and is publick and known My
course of Justice to ask whether these persons should not have money for the reward of such a business we shall prove that there were treaties with Mr. Lane and one Mr. Osborne who is not Indicted but was likewise a Servant to Doctor Oates and had thereby an opportunity of deceiving him that they had meetings how Guineys have been cunningly dropt down which was to prevent as I was acquainting your Lordship any such question that should be asked what moneys and rewards they were to have for this great discovery of any wickedness that Mr. Oates should be guilty of Mr. Knox he prepares them in this manner At every meeting when they were discoursing and pursuing this business then by some unlucky accident or other Mr. Knox he is to drop a Guiney or two according as Mr. Lane and the other person had occasion or a desire to have it but none were to be given but as by accident as if Knox holding his Guineys in his hand or in some other accidental way should drop them and then Osborne and Lane were to pick them up in a kind of a jest only as if Knox had accidentally let them fall and they had as accidentally taken them up How this came to be discovered we must give you an account Matters being thus prepared by the instigation of Knox and transacted so far by Lane and Osborne they thought it then fit to put their design in execution Accordingly their Informations are produced before a Justice of Peace who finding the matters were improbable for I think they had some scrutiny before the Justice of Peace and before the Lords Committees of the Lords house one of them Gentlemen though now he is pleased to say he is Not Guilty yet at that time had a little more ingenuity and did confess the whole matter and how he was drawn in and how far he was concerned and how Mr. Knox had directed him and the money and rewards he had received and that besides divers other summs of money had been promised and great rewards offered in case this design had taken effect We shall call our Witnesses before your Lordship and give in Evidence the Informations that they had intended to offer and if we shall prove the matters that have been opened to you I believe the consequence of this case will appear as much to concern the Government as any that hath come to this Bar. Sir Francis Winnington My Lord If your Lordship please we shall now go to prove our Case the Question was asked whether they would admit the several Attainders of those persons that have been executed for this Plot. I now ask them whether they will admit the several Impeachments that are also mentioned in the Indictment both of the five Lords in the Tower and also of the Lord of Danby Mr. Withins and Mr. Scroggs Yes we do Mr. Iustice Pemberton All that they will allow Mr. Recorder Then we begin with Mr. Radford Who was sworn Mr. Attorn Gen. What is your name Sir Mr. Radford Robert Radford Mr. Attorn Gen. Come on Mr. Radford tell my Lord and the Jury what you know concerning this business about Lane and Knox. Mr. Radford Sir if it please your Honour R. Lane Father of Iohn Lane was a Yeomen of the Guard extraordinary and I am one of his Majesties Yeomen of the Guard As he was in waiting he was telling me a story Lord Chief Iust. Richard was Radford Yes Richard the Father was telling me that Doctor Oates did attempt his Son many times to do such and such things to him that was in the way of Buggery said I Richard I am ashamed of you that you should cherish your Son in such things as these are so I went away in an anger and told him that if he were my Son I would correct him severely for it and said no more knowing him to be a lying fellow and all the whole Guard know him to be a lying fellow and that there is no truth in him Lord Chief Iust. All who Radford All the Guard and that is all I can say Mr. Iustice Iones When was this Radford Above a twelve moneth ago And I knew that he was a lying man and I durst not speak of it because I knew he was so and was afraid he would have put it upon me Lord Chief Iust. What he told you that his Son told him so Radford No he told me only that his Son was weary of Doctor Oates his service and I told him that he was come away once before and why did he go again he said his Son could not be quiet Lord Chief Iust. Did he say his Son told him The question is plain Did he speak it of himself and not that his Son told him Radford He said only that he had attempted his Son Mr. Attorn Gen. My Lord we will call Thomas Allen. Who was sworn Lord Chief Iust. What is this mans name Mr. Attorn Gen. Mr. Allen my Lord. What do you know of any application to bring this Lane into Oats's service Tell your whole knowledge of the matter Mr. Allen My Lord about the month of December last when he was gone out of Doctor Oates his service Lord Chief Iust. Who was gone out of Doctor Oats's service Allen â—ane he desired me to intercede for him again and again and accordingly he was admitted into his service again Mr. Attorn Gen. Did you hear any discourse before this of any attempt upon him Allen How attempt Mr. Attorn Gen. Did you ever hear of any complaints made by Lane against Doctor Oates Lord Chief Iust. Did you ever hear Lane complain that his Master would be uncivil with him Allen No I remember nothing of that Mr. Recorder Now if your Lordship please we shall give your Lordship an account that when he was admitted again he bragg'd he should get a great summ of money and for that we call Mr. Samuel Oates Who was sworn Lord Chief Iust. Are you brother to Mr. Oates Mr. S. Oates Yes Sir Mr. Attorn Gen. What do you know of any summ that this Mr. Lane did pretend to get and on what account Mr. S. Oates My Lord about a matter of a fortnight before he went away from my Brother I was in the withdrawing-room Lord Chief Iust. How long is it ago since he went away Mr. S. Oates It was in April last as near as I can remember Lord Chief Iust. Well go on Sir Mr. S. Oates So there were several Servants in the room and they were talking and laughing together and he was wishing said he I wish I had a Thousand pounds said some of them to him what would you do with it said he I would take it and fling it upon the ground and tumble it says one of them you may wish long enough before you have it I que ion not says he but ere long to find a way to get a Thousand pounds Mr. Recorder Do you hear him Gentlemen This was a fortnight
did he offer you any money or any reward Wiggins He offered me not any particular sum but he told me I should have satisfaction and reward or any Place in my Lords disposal I should be entertained into if I went away upon this business Mr. Williams Did he say any thing to you to invite you or incourage you to Swear against your Master Wiggins No but he told me my Lord should give me directions how to go on Mr. Recorder What say you as to Lane and Osborne Wiggins I did not know them at that time Mr. Recorder What time after was it that you did know them Wiggins I met with them a little while after and they were discoursing all together but I had no discourse with them Mr. Recorder Did Knox at any time speak to you to bring him into the Company of Lane and Osborne Wiggins No Sir Mr. Recorder This was the first time you met with him about this matter Wiggins Yes it was L. C. I. What did you promise Knox you would do Wiggins I told him I would do him any service that lay in my power but nothing that would be to my Masters prejudice and I was appointed by him to meet him at my Lord Treasurers L. C. I. And what other meetings had you besides VViggins I was but twice with him L. C. I. You never agreed to any thing VViggins I told it my Master and it was discovered soon after so that the Lords came to hear it Mr. Att. Gen. Where is Mrs. VViggins What do you know of any endeavours to corrupt this Evidence Mrs. VViggins I know no more than what my Son knows he first came to my House L. C. I. Who Mrs. Wiggins Mr. Knox and asking me where my Son was I told him he lived with Mr. Bedloe and he said he very much rejoyced at it and desired to speak with him I told him No he could not for his Master had so much employment for him that it was very seldom I my self could get a sight of him Said he I have a little concern with him and he living with Mr. Bedloe may do my Lord Treasurer great service and doing my Lord Treasurer service he does his Majesty service for his Majesty loves my Lord Treasurer above all things in the world And he would not be contradicted but he would see him Then the next day I told him he should come and we appointed to go to him but he should not see him alone without me I told him he told me he desired it not He came according to the appointment and I carried him to Charing-cross to an Ale-house and there I sent a Porter for my Son and he came and the first thing he said to him was I am mighty joyful to know you live with Mr. Bedloe you may do my Lord great service In what says my Son In letting my Lord know what company your master keeps and what Lords they are that dayly and hourly keep company with your master and Cabal against my Lord. Said I Mr. Knox that is the way to bring my Son's neck to the Stake that he shall never do But says he I will tell him a way how he shall do himself no harm at all And then he up and told him he desired him to write him Letters when he found any thing of secrecy and set no Name to it and if he came at twelve a clock at night he would let him in to my Lord Treasurer's and no body should take notice of it and he would have had him taken a Coach to have gone to my Lady Danby presently to have an assurance from her mouth of encouragement and that he should have any Place in her Lords disposal L. C. I. Were you ever with my Lady Danby Mrs. Wiggins No we deni'd it and it was discovered And besides my Lord I told him if he would lay down my Son a thousand pound he should not do it he should not betray his Trust. And then he said that the King knew Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedloe to be two great Rogues and when he had got what he could out of them he would hang them Mr. Williams Have you had any offers of late not to come here as a Witness in this Case Mrs. Wiggins No my Lord but there have been persons three times at my house to know whether I were Subpoena'd yea or no as from Mr. Knox. Mr. Williams Did ever any body perswade you not to come to give Evidence Mrs. Wiggins No. L. C. I. When was this you speak of Mrs. Wiggins In February the latter end Mr. Serj. Maynard Mr. Dewy who came in company with Mr. Knox to you Mr. Dewy One Mr. Blayden Mr. Serj. Maynard Who is that Mr. Dewy Steward to my Lord of Danby I think Mr. Serj. Maynard Here is Slightam again my Lord. Mr. Att. Gen. What have you to say more Slightam Mr. Lane told me they had many Treats and had so much money a Guiney as I think he told me to swear against Mr. Oates L. C. I. Who gave it him Slightam Mr. Osborne or Mr. Knox I can't tell which L. C. I. Where did Lane tell you so Slightam In Prison L. C. I. In what Prison Slightam In the Gatehouse Mr. Williams Call Mr. Palmer who was sworn We call him to corroborate what that young man VViggins hath said Mr. Palmer What he hath told here he discovered first to me and I discovered to his Master that Mr. Knox would have had him to take a Journal of his masters actions and to give it him every day My Lord I am one of the Yeomen of the Guard and I waited upon Mr. Bedloe and he desired me to help him to a Clerk I helped him to VViggins this young man He had not been there three weeks or a very little time when Knox came to him to tempt him and being a stranger to his master he knew not how to discover it to him and told me Such a thing is offered to me but I am a stranger to my master and I know not how to break it to him L. C. I. The use you make of this is no more but onely to corroborate what he hath said that he told it him while it was fresh and that it is now new matter of his invention now Mr. Recorder It is very right my Lord that is the use we make of it Call Thomas Dangerfield who was sworn Mr. VVilliams Pray Sir give an account what you know concerning Mr. Knox and Mr. Lane and what designs they have had against Mr. Oates and who supported them and maintained them in it Mr. Dangerfield My Lord all that I have to say in this Case is this I do think it was in the Month of Iune I was at my Lord Castlemains and he asked me if I had been imployed in a business of Knox and Lane that were Prisoneâ—â— at the Gatehouse I told him Not. His Lordship then wrote a Letter to my Lady
Treasurer And that he had chosen to reveal this secret and ease his Conscience to the Informant rather than to any one else because he thought he would keep it secret for his own sake because he had already suffered by endeavouring to serve the said Lord Treasurer and thereupon the said Osborne shewed to the Informant some Papers written as he told the Informant all in his own hand and which were relating to the said Lord Treasurer upon which the said Informant told the said Osborne that he was no servant of the said Lord Treasurers and did not therefore desire to meddle in it and that particularly because he had never spoke with the said Osborne before and desired to be excused upon which the said Osborne did press the Informant and withal did tell him that if he did not assist him in this Affair it was resolved both by him and one Mr. Lane that they would come in on the day of the said Lord Treasurers Tryal and declare the truth concerning what they knew concerning the malicious Design of the said Mr. Oates and Mr. Bedlow against the said Lord Treasurer for that they could not rest for fear he should suffer innocently whilst they could with so good a Conscience as they thought save him And the said Osborne did withall declare that the aforesaid Mr. Lane was resolved to speak to the Informant upon the foresaid Matter And the said Lane did accordingly upon the said First of April in the Evening meet the Informant and shewed him some Papers wherein he had taken several Memorials relating to His Majesty the Queen my Lord Treasurer and several other Persons And did withall declare to the Informant That his Conscience was so troubled to see the malicious Proceedings of the said Mr. Oates and Bedlow against the said Lord Treasurer that he could not rest in his Bed untill he had disburdened it by telling the Truth and if he had not met with this Informant he was resolved to declare it speedily to some one else or come himself at the Day of the said Lord Treasurer's Tryal and there declare all that he knew relating to that Affair And did withall conjure the Informant as also the said Osborne to keep all they had told him secret For if it should come to the Ears of the said Mr. Oates and Bedlow they would endeavour to Poison or Murder them the said Osborne and Lane the first time they should see them Tho. Knox. Then a Second was offered to be Read but there appearing Scandalous Matter to be in it reflecting on the King the Court thought not fit to suffer the same to be Read through Mr. Serj. Maynard My Lord I think it appears by the Evidence sufficiently how they did designe to Accuse Mr. Oates Lord Chief Iustice. Ay Brother come let us hear what they can say to it on the other Side Mr. Withins May it please Your Lordship and You Gentlemen of the Iury I am of Councel for the Defendant Knox and for Knox only Mr. Williams Pray Sir hold My Lord we have here Two Witnesses more that will fortify Mr. Dangerfield in what he hath said Call Susan Edwards and Mrs. Blake Then Mrs. Blake appeared and was Sworn Mr. Williams Pray Mrs. Blake what can you say of any Reward Lane was to have for accusing Mr. Oates or any Promises were made to him Mrs. Blake All that I can say of Lane is this That Lane did say once to me I am here and I was Dr. Oate's Man and he would have Buggered me And he did make Complaint for want of Linnen and spoke to me to wash him some Linnen Said he Here I have no Linnen neither will they let me have any and his Boy here will not stir to look for any unless Willoughby speak to him Then the Boy was spoke to Lord Chief Iustice. What is all this What sayes the other Woman Mr. Williams He is called Willoughby sometimes sometimes Dangerfield for he went by both Names But I ask you What Money you know was given to him Blake He told me he was to be allowed Ten Shillings a Week Lord Chief Iustice. This is only to strengthen his Evidence Blake He never said to me from whom it was Then Mrs. Edwards was Sworn Mr. Serj. Maynard What do you say Mrs. Edwards May it please you I don't know Lane I never saw him in my Life but only when he was sent for by Mrs. Celier to get an Habeas Corpus for Willoughby who was then in Newgate and he did come the next Day and gave his Answer to me Lord Chief Iustice. She sayes nothing but only he was desired to get an Habeas Corpus for VVilloughby Mr. Sol. General Yes my Lord she is called to shew you whether Lane had not Money from Mrs. Celier Edwards That was the first time I saw him and the next Morning I saw him him again And when he came to the Door he told his Errand to me He said He could get no Habeas Corpus For he was such a Rogue no Body would meddle nor make with him Mr. Dangerfield I would fain have her asked this Question my Lord if you please Did you ever see Mr. Knox at Mrs. Celiers House Edwards If I see him I can tell Then the Defendant Knox was shewn to her Edwards I cannot say this is the Man I have heard much talk of Mr. Knox and that he hath been there but I cannot swear this is he Mr. Dangerfeild My Lord if your Lordship pleases when Lane was first brought to me to the Countess of of Powis House he was very meanly Equipag'd and the Countess of Powis was informed of it and did desire me to take some particular care to Cloath him and that I should put him into a Disguise but at that time I had a Suit of Cloaths that were Lined with Blew which I gave to him and I also advised him to Cut off his Hair and to put on a Perriwigg which he did and hath worn it ever since as I believe Lord Chief Iustice. Well let us hear what they say to it Mr. Withins May it please Lordship I am of Counsel in this Case for Mr. Knox there are two Persons here made Defendants as for Mr. Lane I have nothing to do with him nor to say for him and his Case hath made him appear to be a very evil Man But My Lord I do observe that Indictment consists of two parts the first is that these two Defendants did Conspire together and this was the Thirtyeth of April and the proof comes to that time for it will be Material in our Case that they did Maliciously and Deceitfully combine and Conspire against Titus Oates Clerk and VVill. Bedloe Gentleman who had discovered this horrid Popish Plot and whom they knew to have given Informations of it to take away their Reputation and make them Witnesses of no Belief or Credit that is one part of the Indictment the other part is that