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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50890	A true and plain account of the discoveries made in Scotland, of the late conspiracies against His Majesty and the government extracted from the proofs lying in the records of His Majesties Privy Council, and the high justice court of the nation : together with an authentick extract of the criminal process and sentence against Mr. Robert Baillie of Jerviswood / extracted by command of His Majesties most honourable Privy Council of Scotland ...	Mackenzie, George, Sir, 1636-1691.; Baillie, Robert, d. 1684.; England and Wales. Privy Council.	1685 (1685)	Wing M210; ESTC R19774	71,866	68

Shepneys South-wark Coffee-House in Bartholomew-Lane London Here follows another Letter marked number 5. direct by Argile to his Lady of the same date which was known by Major Holms t● be f●r the Count●s● by a particular mark upon the back of it which he shew to his 〈◊〉 Sir THis is only to tell you that all your Friends here are in health God be thanked our news from England are very various and uncertain and Mr. B. is gone to London and to return in a Month or less I doubt not he will write to you I have heard nothing from 80 nor 80 81. these six Months Adieu The Decypher of the said Letter· THis is only to tell you that all your Friends here are in health God be thanked our news from England are very various and uncertain and Mr. B. is gone to London and to return in a Month or less I doubt not he will write to you I have heard nothing from L nor L M. these six Months This Letter is Decyphered by the aforesaid Alphabetical Key and by the Countess of Argiles Deposition the Letter L stands for Lorn and the Letters L M for Lord Maitland MR. Gray of Crichie having considered these following Letters of Argiles which after discovery were found to comprehend the Designs more plainly and finding such a perplex'd contexture and in-cohesion of the Words as he had not observed at any time before in this way of Writing He concluded it to be a work of very great difficulty to open them yet his success in former Discoveries gave him encouragement to make an attempt But in the mean time having informed the Lords of the Secret Committee that it appeared from the Postscript of the long Letter where Argile says in plain Writing that Mr. Butler which is Spence knows how to write to me and understands my address and to instruct you and if not he had lost six hours work that the said Mr. Spence could do the business And they finding that what was already Decyphered did give such evidence of a Conspiracy and Treasonable Designs against the King and His Government which being joyn'd with Earlstons Deposition and the Letter taken upon him from Io. N. they judged themselves bound in Duty to offer what was discovered to the consideration of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Council in Scotland and thereupon according to the Law and Practice of the Nation did call before them the said Spence and after all Arguments of perswasion and command were used and these Passages in Argiles Letter whereby it appeared he was instructed to open them were represented unto him yet notwithstanding of his Duty and Alledgeance to his Prince and that it was judicially declared that what he Deposed should not militate against him he still refusing to open the Letters or to depon that he could not yea not so much as to answer other Interrogators which did arise from matter of Fact clearly proved against him They afterwards proceeded to Torture according to the custom of Nations in the like Cases which had its desired effect For upon the day of August 1684 he not only acknowledged that he was the Mr. Butler or M. B. mentioned in Argiles Letters but also undertook to shew the way of reading the following Letters to the then Thesaurer Deput now Lord Secretary and to the Lord Register upon their promise not to divulge the same which accordingly they performed and so he gave in a Copy of the Letters opened But Mr. Gray after some pains taken understanding from the Lord Register that all the Words of the Letters were significant Words whereof he had formerly been doubtful there being of 1024 Words in the long Letter 800 Monosyllab● he did fall upon the way of opening these Letters which not only did confirm the Sense Mr. Spence had given of them but made it a Demonstration so that by the way of Opening afterwards set down the Matter was more clearly proved then it could have been done by the attestation of many Witnesses By which was discovered both the blackness of the Treason and the great care taken for keeping it secret For 1. Things were express'd under new words so that indeed upon the matter it is a New Language 2. These Words were written in Cyphers 3. This Cypher consisted of a Triple Alphabet 4. Many Words were intermix'd with Mute-Cyphers 5. In some of these Letters all the Relatives were express'd by Figures as in the Lady Argiles Letter the Figure 43 or the Letter D stands for the Relatives He His Him c. 6. That tho Mr. Spence was instructed to shew the way of reading the following Letters yet he knew nothing of the purpose contain'd in them all the material Words being in Cypher 7. The words in the long Letter were so ordered that 254 Words in course were interposed betwixt the 1 and 2 Word in Sense and as many betwixt the 3 and 4 and so forth to the last Word of the Letter then beginning with the 2 Word there was 252 Words betwixt that and the next in Sense and so forth till they came to the penult Word again beginning with the 3 Word of the Letter betwixt which and the next in Sense there interveen'd only 250 Words and so forward to the end 8. In the short Letter 62 Words were interposed betwixt the first and second and so to proceed as in the other By which unequal destribution and gradual decresce of the interjected Words the method of reading became the more mysterious and intricate But the way fallen upon by Mr. Gray giving so clear and convincing evidence of the Method it leaves no ground of doubt concerning the Matter For in the long Letter there being 8 Colums and each Column containing ●28 Words Argiles way of using them is he begins at the head of the first Column and proceeds to the foot of it then beginning at the bottom of the second Column he rises to the head thereof thereafter begins at the top of the 3 Column and goes on after that manner till he come to the upmost Word of the 8 Column which tho it be last Word in order yet it is but the 8 Word in Sense Whereby all the Words were plac'd in their right Sense and plain view as the Letter both in its Mask and Decypher doth clearly evince yet one Word being added or abstracted in the said order of the Words the Letter should return to its first Chaos of Nonsense The Letters follow together with their Decyphers and ways of opening This is a Letter wherein Argile gives an account to his Confederates in England of the proceedings of the Kings Ministers in Scotland thereby endeavouring to disparage them all written with his own hand WEst much way daily at I i● with 69415358475944503322 then or 4253514857485352 or a if to 5644693941445057 at in 5744525844524244 of he cause other to keep and also did 58445240525357 persons any thing they of any if gave any Mr. M.

open Argiles Letters and was the person who directed many of Argiles Letters to him These Proofs with what occurr'd in England were sufficient to convince all men of the Truth of this Conspiracy but the perversness of Fanatick humors will neither admit of Confession nor Amendment For albeit the Evidence did fully convince Juries and Judges albeit Parties confess Associations and Resolutions to amend the Government in their own Methods albeit some acknowledge designs to surprize the Kings Guards others to have a Parliament called whether the King will or will not to judge of the Government and severals with great remorse reveal their own resolutions to murder the Sacred Person of the King and his Royal Brother and they adhering to this Confession yet Fanaticks will neither believe it nor allow others to do so but with unheard of Impudence treat so weighty a matter in Ridicule as if they who before had acted all which now could be feared should be now esteem'd incapable to fall in the like Actions albeit they openly avow the same Principles and bold Pamphleters adventure to impose these clear Proofs as apert Falshoods upon the credulous World and too many were so ill minded as to believe them But it 's hoped that what follows will convince all good Men of the truth of what was discovered and silence all Libellers if Darkness must give place to Light AT the time of the Discovery of the Conspiracy in England several Letters with two Keys for opening some mystical Words contain'd in them were found with Major Holms and others which Letters were known to be Argiles Hand-writ by those who were acquainted with it and afterwards being confess'd by the said Holms to be so they were considered in England and some imperfect Decyphers made of some of them there many of which Letters with the Keys and these Decyphers were sent down to Scotland but they appeared so perplex'd what with Cyphers what with other secret Contrivances in Writing as that some who then had the chief management of Affairs there by their supine negligence made but little procedure in discovering them Until a Secret Committee was appointed by His Majesty who considering that those Letters might contain Matters of importance did apply themselves with earnestness to search into them but finding them very intricate and that the Decyphers which were sent from England did open nothing to purpose They employed one Mr. Gray of Crichie and gave him for the first Experiment that Letter written by the Lady of Argile to her Husband thereupon to make an Essay which indeed proved more uneasie to unfold then any of the rest yet with much travel he did very ingeniously discover First that every Cypher was made up of two Figures Next That every Letter of the Alphabet was denoted by three different Cyphers which were promiscuously used in one and the same Word As likewise that there was Mute-figures mix'd in with many Words the more to confound the Discoverer so that upon application of the triple Alphabet hereafter set down to this and several others of the Letters it was found to open them exactly Of which first Discovery Mr. Gray having given an account to the Lords of the Secret Committee they found it evident and appointed the rest of the Letters the English Keys and all other Papers relating to that Business to be given him for his help in further Discoveries all which being considered it was observed that the middle Alphabet of that triple one found out in Scotland was the same with that found out in England which was made use of by Argile himself in his Letters yet his way of using it in his Writings was so perplex'd by the interposition of a great many Mute-figures that tho the Key was found out there yet some of the Letters could not be opened And in full evidence of this first Discovery the said Letter is afterward set down both as it was written in the Cypher and also as it was Decyphered to which is added the triple Alphabet the Warrand thereof The Letter from the Countess of Argile to her Husband Marked Number 2. 87887886804482 the 9 2315. 788982. I Came here on Tuesday where I found 70 4686442881788878 82●6 44 8444868817 81 81818382 44817026464482 4386 and the 70438983437088 4 8023261886 of the 874487182382 all the 8023261327 came 174426 to see 29 75 and 25 and ●6 came with 29 43 came by an 2326131426 with all 151815 442618282326 and 43 82268984 I never saw 75 so 8944311413 for 43 12298228561032. We hear of a great Circuit Court hath been at Stirlin there were three Shires met there or 4. and M. of M. and the Kings Troop and E. B. came with the Herotors of Fife and his Troop M. of M. went to Glasgow but some of his Troop is at Stirlin and there were some of them sent to to Edinburgh for an Prisoner they say they call Smith and Friday last the 8. of Iune 50 of the Kings Troop came with that Smith the length of an place they call Inch-belly-bridge as they go to Glasgow there is they say a Moss and near it a House and a Barn and as they came near the Barn 8 armed men fired at the Gentlemen of the Guard and shot dead one Mr. Murray he had one Shot in his Forehead 3 in his Body and one in his Shoulder and an other of the Gentlemen called Iohn Bannatine was shot thorow the Arm and Side his Arm broken to Splinders that he is dead before this time the Prisoner when he saw them lighted off his Horse and run to them and got an long Gun from his Fellows and ran into the Moss the Gentlemen pursued but got none of them taken but many is in pursuit of them It 's a horrid way for any that bears the name of Christians to associat persons to Murder on the High-ways There is an Story going here that there was a Ship put in to Newcastle which had some Box from Rebellious people in Holland and when they came to Land a Waiter came to search the Ship and the Box was cast into the Sea at which the Waiter called the Ship-Master to catch the Box as he would be answerable so it 's said it was got and sent to the King and that Io. Br. and some of L. St. Andrews Murderers was come to Scotland to make trouble but I would hope such a Crew shall never get fitting here nor harbour I must here bid you adieu I use not to write so much News as this is I got not writ last Week because poor 70261217181412 is sick and I will not 88868927888132201488142627 to every 2322 I have got nothing done in my Affairs our Trade goes ill on but 16231318172384 will 171420548144 to 111410261020 I am sorry I 121022132322232817182216 for 29 I am this far on my way to 18222914261022 and to see 81321318142617 I shall give 20 account when I come back and I fear till then I will not get writ for

case foresaid it was said it was convenient the Castle of Stirling Berwick and some other Strengths should be seiz'd upon and it was likewise spoke amongst them that some persons should be employed to inquire what Arms was in that Countrey Depons That it was spoke then that the best time for Argyle was to land in the West when there was a stur in England or Scotland or words to that purpose Depons That every one desired another to speak to such particular persons as they could trust by letting a word fall indirectly upon supposition in case of the Rising in England concerning the Affair for preparing of them And that he was told by Philiphaugh thereafter that there was a Word and Sign to be used amongst them viz. the sign was by loosing a Button on the Breast and that the Word was Harmony Depons the Pannal spoke to the Deponent to advertise Torwoodlie that he might acquaint Mr. William Veitch a forfault Traitor who was in Northumberland that he might keep himself close and be on his guard lest he should be catch'd which was since the Pannal was Prisoner in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh And this is the truth as he shall answer to God Sic subscribitur Tarras Linlithgow I. P. D. ALexander Monro of Bear-crofts Aged fourty five Years or thereby solutus solemnly sworn and purg'd Depons that the Earl of Tarras proposed to the Deponent that Ierviswood might be made one of the Commissioners for the Affair of Carolina for that he could not safely stay at Home and that the Deponents answer was that he had no interest in the Affair and so could not be a Commissioner Depons that the Pannal did wait for the Deponent at Wooller and did go alongst with him to London and that by the way he heard him regrate his own hazard and others because of Blackwoods Sentence and that he heard him regrate the hazard our Laws and Liberties and the Protestant Religion were in Depons that the Pannal spoke to the Deponent and others more then once at London for getting of Money from the English to be sent to the late Earl of Argile for bringing home Arms for the said Earls use as he understood for carrying on an Insurrection and Rebellion in Scotland Depons that at the time libelled in Ierviswoods Chamber in London Mr. William Veitch a forfault Traitor was present and that Sir Iohn Cochran did at that Meeting expressly speak of Money to be sent to Argile for bringing home Arms for invading the Kingdom of Scotland And that at another occasion he heard some of them say that there would be twenty Thousand Men in Scotland who would assist the Rebellion and that he heard Sir Iohn Cochran and Ierviswood speaking of it but cannot be positive which of the two said it Depons that at the Meeting he heard Ierviswood speak but did not hear him oppose that Treasonable Proposal or contradict the Overture proposed by Sir Iohn Cochran Depons that Mr. Robert Martin was sent down from that Meeting which was at Ierviswoods Chamber to Scotland to try what the People of Scotland would do for their own safety And that it was understood that the people of Scotland should not rise till there should be a rising in England and that the Commission was granted to Mr. Robert Martin by all the persons present whereof Ierviswood was one and that there were present the Lord Melvill Sir Iohn Cochran Cessnocks elder and younger Mr. William Carstares Mr. William Veitch Ierviswood and the Deponent and depons they did contribute Money for Mr. Martins Journey Depons that at his return he meeting with the Deponent told him that Matters were in that condition in Scotland and that the Countrey was in such a condition as little would kindle the Fire in order to the Rebellion And this is the truth as he shall answer to God Sic subscribitur Alexander Monro Linlithgow I. P. D. JAmes Murray of Philiphaugh aged 30. Years married purged and sworn produces ●our Leaves of Depositions emitted by him before the Lords of the Secret Committie and all Written and Subscribed with his own hand which being publickly read in presence of the Justices and Assize he adheres thereto in all points whereof the Tenot follows Upon the day of May 1683. Upon a letter from Mr. Pringle of Torwoodlie I came to his house in the morning and he presently led me to a Chamber where I found Mr Robert Martin who was lately come from London with whom we stayed a little and discoursed of the news and about the present condition and temper of England and in particular of London which Mr. Martin said was much irritated through some attemps upon their Priviledges either as to the concern of the Sheriffs or their Charter but that all honest men were of good heart and very brisk and after some general discourses to this purpose Torwoodlie and I left him and walked out a little and he told me he was expecting the E. of Tarras presently for he had sent to him and Mr. Martin had a Letter to him from Ierviswood then he told me that there were great matters in agitation at London and that Mr. Martin had come down with a Commission from our friends there I do not remember he named any but that I behoved not to expect he would impart his Instructions to me for he was to communicat them only to Polwart and himself at least for these Shyres and they were to pitch on such as they thought fit to intrust with the affair whereupon he assured me that he had great confidence in me and his kindness to me oblidged him to send for me to acquaint me that matters were now come to a crisis and that he had reason to think England would shortly draw to Arms and stand by them till they were satisfied anent the Bill of Exclusion and what other security they could propose for the Protestant Religion and their Liberties and that it was no project of any inconsiderable party but a design through the Kingdom and that many of the finest men and of the greatest interest and credit there had adjusted almost every thing necessar for the purpose and had concerted matters with our Friends there in order to concurrence from this and had agreed to advance Money for furnishing Arms here I do not remember he told me more particulars at this time but said Polwart would be at Gallow-shiels that night and it would be necessar that the E. of Tarras and I should confer with him fully on the business about this time the E. of Tarras lighted and Torwoodlie having left us for a little time being gone to bring Mr. Martin the E. of Tarras asked me what news I told him of Mr. Martins being there but that he had given me no account of the design of his down-coming which perhaps he would acquaint him with but by what I had heard from Torwoodlie I understood it to be to engadge us to rise in Arms