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148_o whitehall_n rob._n gent._n southw_o 199_o woollams_n thomas_n of_o st._n giles_n be_v in_o the_o field_n chandler_n 244_o 264_o 319_o wyanes_n philip_n pump-maker_n st._n giles_n be_v in_o the_o field_n 248_o 265_o wynel_n tho._n esq_n cranbrok_n essex_n 180_o 187_o 183_o 195._o y._n yeoman_n edmund_n milliner_n p._n 171_o ii_o enformation_n before_o the_o coroner_n zach_n skillarne_v 279_o zach._n skillarne_v 279_o nicholas_n cambridge_n ibid._n john_n wilson_n 280_o tho._n morgan_n 280_o w._n bromwell_n 281_o john_n walter_n 281_o john_n rawson_n 281_o caleb_n winde_n 281_o richard_n duke_n 281_o john_n brown_n 286_o john_n brown_n 286_o henry_n moor_n 297_o joseph_n radcliffe_n 299_o eleanor_n radcliffe_n 300_o mary_n gibbon_n 322_o iii_o deposition_n and_o report_n promiscuous_o as_o they_o occur_v bedloe_n narrative_a at_o the_o lord_n bar_v nou._n 8._o 1678._o p._n 16_o his_o further_o examination_n nou._n 12._o 1678._o 19_o his_o enformation_n nou._n 18._o 1678._o 19_o his_o enformation_n before_o the_o council_n june_n 24._o 1679._o 20_o his_o first_o appearance_n to_o his_o majesty_n nou._n 7._o 1678._o his_o narrative_a to_o the_o lord_n nou._n 12._o 1678._o 29_o his_o deposition_n in_o the_o council-chamber_n june_n 24._o 1679._o 37_o his_o evidence_n compare_v 44_o prance_n first_o deposition_n before_o the_o lord_n committee_n dec._n 21._o 1678._o p._n 43_o his_o enformation_n to_o the_o committee_n of_o secrecy_n 55_o his_o deposition_n to_o the_o duke_n of_o monmouth_n and_o my_o lord_n ossory_n 57_o his_o denial_n of_o his_o evidence_n before_o the_o council_n 61_o his_o evidence_n of_o the_o murder_n dec._n 24._o 1678._o 163_o boyce_n enformation_n about_o prance_n to_o the_o lord_n committee_n jan._n 2._o 1678_o 9_o 65.69_o captain_n richardson_n account_n of_o prance_n to_o the_o lord_n jan._n 3._o 1678_o 9_o 66_o 70_o charles_n cowper_n account_n of_o prance_v 67_o 68_o 69_o 70_o 71_o prance_n enformation_n to_o the_o earl_n of_o shaftsbury_n 80_o 81_o the_o enformation_n of_o mrs._n mary_n tilden_n 137._o catharine_n lee_n 137._o nicholas_n cambridge_n 151_o 235._o eliz._n curtis_n at_o the_o trial_n 151._o eliz._n curtis_n to_o the_o lord_n committee_n jan._n 8._o 1678_o 9_o richard_n spence_n 336._o john_n okeley_n 337._o henry_n moor._n justice_n balaam_n elizabeth_n dekin_n robert_n breedon_n ralph_n oakley_n 338._o benjamin_n man_n 339._o robert_n faucet_n 339._o the_o end_n see_v obs._n 10.32.33.39.42.44_o vol._n 3._o see_v the_o commons_o vote_n of_o jan._n 10._o 1680._o oâ—s_n num._n 38._o vol._n 3._o obs._n 39_o vol._n 3._o 3._o see_v ote'es_n veracity_n num._n 60.61.62.72_o vol._n 2._o 2._o 140.141.142.180_o vol._n 2._o 2._o oxford_n debate_n fol._n 1._o 1._o ibid._n fol._n 2._o 2._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n commons_o journal_n oct._n 31._o 1687._o a_o plot_n uote_v according_a to_o order_n two_o plot_n in_o question_n otes's_fw-fr plot._n have_v evidence_n the_o shammer_n shamm'd_n p._n 26._o ib._n p._n 35._o ib._n p._n 39.40_o obs._n n._n 138._o vol._n 1._o the_o party_n conscious_a that_o oat_n be_v a_o cheat._n cheat._n nou._n 19_o 1678._o 1678._o mar._n 21._o 1678._o 1678._o nou._n 4._o 1680._o 1680._o nou._n 12._o 1680._o jan._n 7._o 1680._o ibid._n ibid._n commons_o vote_n dec._n 21._o 1680._o 1680._o com._n vote_n jan._n 4._o 1680._o com._n vote_n jan._n 6._o 1680._o com._n vote_n jan._n 7._o 1680._o com._n vote_n add._n dec._n 21._o 1680._o no_o money_n but_o in_o composition_n for_o his_o crown_n journal_n mar._n 24._o 1678._o no_o power_n of_o life_n and_o death_n com._n journal_n dec._n 21._o 1678._o collection_n of_o debate_n dec._n 23._o 1680._o p._n 215._o bethel_n and_o cornish_n scruple_n about_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o lord_n stafford_n lord_n staffords_z trial_n fol._n 217._o bethel_n query_n coll._n of_o debate_n dec._n 23._o 1680._o ibid._n ibid._n fol._n 4._o lord_n stafford_n trial_n trial_n fol._n 5._o 5._o fol._n 6._o commons_o vote_n nou._n 22._o 1680._o commons_o vote_n nou._n 26._o 1680._o commons_o vote_n jan._n 10._o 1680._o vox_fw-la patriae_fw-la f._n 3._o ibid._n fol._n 4._o see_v whitlock_n memor_n fol._n 43._o vote_n dec._n 30._o 1680._o collection_n of_o debate_n p._n 218._o 218._o vote_n address_n dec._n 21._o 1680._o the_o 19_o proposition_n over_o again_o again_o ibid._n attempt_v upon_o the_o militia_n journal_n oct._n 24._o 1678._o journal_n nou._n 22._o 1678._o journal_n ap._n 1._o 1679._o journal_n may_v 10._o 1679._o a_o libellous_a address_n vote_n nou._n 29._o 1680._o p._n 77._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n the_o king_n friend_n be_v either_o papist_n convict_v or_o repute_a papist_n their_o proceed_v with_o papist_n journal_n oct._n 23._o 1678._o nou._n 8._o 1678._o nou._n 16._o 1678._o nou._n 23._o 1678._o dec._n 3._o 1678._o dec._n 7._o 1678._o nou._n 16._o 1678._o ap._n 27._o 1679._o journal_n may_v 7._o 1679._o bold_n address_n jour_fw-fr nou._n 8._o 1678._o may_v 11._o 1679._o ibid._n vote_n nou._n 2._o 1680._o address_v against_o the_o queen_n journal_n no._n 28._o 1678._o ibid._n the_o revenge_a address_n may_v 14._o 1679._o walcot_n trial_n fol._n 9_o ibid._n vo_o dec._n 15._o 1680._o dec._n 15._o 1680._o a_o address_n against_o prorogation_n coll._n of_o debate_n no._n 11._o 1680._o note_n upon_o the_o address_n the_o bill_n of_o exclusion_n the_o mean_v of_o repute_a papist_n vote_n nou._n 29._o 1680._o p._n 75._o vote_n jan._n 7._o 1680._o ibid._n the_o mean_v of_o evil_a counsellor_n the_o vnaccountable_a prerogative_n of_o the_o commons_o loyalty_n and_o religion_n the_o pretext_n journal_n nou._n 8._o 1678._o nou._n 10._o 1678._o mar._n 21._o 1678._o and_o nou._n 25._o 1680._o the_o old_a humiliation-stile_n over_o again_o l._n chancellor_n speech_n ap._n 30._o 1679._o journal_n may._n 11._o 1679._o exclusion_n alone_o will_v not_o do_v the_o business_n vote_n dec._n 21._o 1680._o ibid._n ibid._n a_o manifest_a conspiracy_n the_o witness_n and_o the_o conspirator_n agree_v upon_o it_o otes'es_n narrative_a fol._n 58.59.60.61_o their_o
that_o by_o persuasion_n and_o promise_v from_o the_o jesuit_n he_o be_v draw_v over_o to_o they_o that_o he_o be_v not_o in_o order_n he_o know_v that_o sir_n edmundbury_n godfrey_n be_v murder_v in_o somersethouse_n etc._n etc._n lord_n journal_n from_o hence_o it_o appear_v that_o he_o have_v be_v examine_v about_o the_o murder_n and_o that_o he_o be_v now_o to_o give_v a_o account_n to_o the_o lord_n of_o what_o he_o know_v concern_v that_o matter_n but_o when_o his_o hand_n be_v once_o in_o he_o be_v please_v out_o of_o a_o superabundant_a zeal_n for_o the_o safety_n of_o the_o king_n and_o his_o government_n and_o for_o the_o preservation_n of_o the_o protestant_a religion_n to_o launch_v out_o into_o the_o depth_n of_o the_o plot_n with_o a_o new_a and_o supplemental_a evidence_n wherein_o he_o say_v further_a that_o walsh_n and_o le_fw-fr phaire_n inform_v he_o that_o the_o lord_n bellassis_n have_v a_o commission_n to_o command_v force_n in_o the_o north_n the_o earl_n of_o powis_n in_o south-wales_n and_o the_o lord_n arundel_n of_o warder_n have_v a_o commission_n from_o the_o pope_n to_o grant_v commission_n to_o who_o he_o please_v that_o coleman_n have_v be_v a_o great_a agitator_n in_o the_o design_n against_o the_o king_n and_o that_o he_o ask_v the_o jesuit_n why_o they_o have_v not_o former_o tell_v he_o what_o they_o have_v design_v concern_v the_o king_n death_n they_o answer_v that_o none_o but_o who_o my_o lord_n bellassis_n give_v direction_n for_o be_v to_o know_v it_o desire_v he_o may_v have_v time_n to_o put_v the_o whole_a narrative_a in_o write_v which_o he_o have_v begin_v and_o be_v ask_v if_o he_o know_v titus_n oat_n he_o deny_v it_o lord_n journal_n nou._n 8._o 1678._o but_o he_o have_v a_o salvo_n for_o this_o afterward_o which_o be_v that_o he_o know_v he_o by_o the_o name_n of_o ambrose_n not_o by_o the_o name_n of_o oat_n journal_n 29._o 1678._o and_o such_o another_o fetch_v he_o have_v in_o the_o case_n of_o whitebread_n i_o speak_v it_o with_o a_o caution_n say_v he_o that_o i_o never_o hear_v of_o whitebread_n that_o he_o be_v so_o very_a much_o concern_v and_o indeed_o i_o have_v no_o reason_n to_o say_v so_o because_o i_o hear_v he_o myself_o and_o can_v not_o so_o well_o speak_v from_o the_o hear-say_n of_o another_o five_o jesuit_n trial_n p._n 32._o immediate_o upon_o this_o evidence_n a_o order_n be_v pass_v to_o make_v a_o strict_a search_n for_o charles_n walsh_n le_fw-fr phaire_n and_o other_o suspicious_a person_n etc._n etc._n and_o a_o address_n the_o day_n follow_v for_o a_o proclamation_n against_o conyers_n simmond_n walsh_n le_fw-fr phaire_n pritchard_n and_o cattaway_n as_o person_n guilty_a of_o the_o damnable_a and_o hellish_a plot_n etc._n etc._n nou._n 12._o 1678._o the_o lord_n marquis_n of_o winton_n report_v that_o the_o committee_n appoint_v to_o take_v examination_n for_o the_o discovery_n of_o the_o murder_n of_o sir_n edmundbury_n godfrey_n have_v spend_v many_o day_n therein_o and_o do_v present_a the_o house_n two_o examination_n of_o mr._n william_n bedloe_n and_o some_o examination_n of_o several_a other_o person_n his_o lordship_n say_v that_o the_o lord_n committee_n do_v conjure_v william_n bedloe_n to_o speak_v nothing_o but_o truth_n and_o he_o do_v in_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n as_o he_o shall_v answer_v it_o at_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n assure_v all_o to_o be_v true_a he_o have_v depose_v lord_n journal_n then_o the_o examination_n take_v november_n the_o 8_o 1678._o at_o the_o committee_n of_o lord_n for_o inquire_v into_o the_o murder_n of_o sir_n edmundbury_n godfrey_n be_v read_v lord_n journal_n after_o he_o have_v speak_v to_o the_o murder_n he_o proceed_v as_o before_o to_o the_o plot_n but_o not_o without_o intermix_a here_n and_o there_o a_o word_n even_o in_o the_o deposition_n touch_v the_o murder_n that_o skew_v upon_o the_o plot_n too_o there_o be_v a_o man_n to_o be_v kill_v he_o say_v that_o be_v a_o great_a obstacle_n of_o their_o design_n and_o then_o he_o speak_v afterwards_o of_o the_o principal_a plotter_n of_o that_o design_n against_o the_o king_n and_o so_o passes-on_a to_o his_o evidence_n about_o the_o conspiracy_n under_o the_o title_n of_o the_o further_a examination_n of_o william_n bedloe_n be_v swear_v at_o the_o bar._n the_o monk_n at_o douai_n tell_v he_o the_o design_n he_o say_v and_o after_o four_o sacrament_n of_o secrecy_n they_o send_v he_o to_o harcourt_n a_o jesuit_n in_o duke-street_n who_o provide_v for_o he_o and_o send_v he_o to_o paris_n etc._n etc._n le_fw-fr phaire_n walsh_n pritchard_n and_o lewis_n tell_v he_o what_o lord_n be_v to_o govern_v what_o man_n to_o be_v raise_v forty_o thousand_o to_o be_v ready_a in_o london_n what_o succour_n to_o be_v expect_v ten_o thousand_o from_o flanders_n twenty_o or_o thirty_o thousand_o religious_a man_n and_o pilgrim_n from_o st._n jago_n hull_v to_o be_v surprise_v but_o just_a in_o the_o godspeed_o the_o plot_n be_v discover_v le_fw-fr phaire_n give_v he_o a_o sacrament_n of_o secrecy_n they_o tell_v he_o who_o and_o who_o be_v to_o be_v kill_v and_o the_o man_n that_o be_v to_o do_v the_o work._n le_fw-fr phaire_n saâ—d_v further_o that_o conyers_n be_v my_o lord_n bellassis_n confessor_n and_o communicate_v his_o order_n and_o that_o they_o be_v resolve_v if_o any_o plotter_n be_v take_v to_o dispatch_v they_o before_o they_o can_v be_v bring_v to_o a_o trial_n or_o to_o burn_v the_o prison_n and_o he_o depose_v moreover_o that_o le_fw-fr phaire_n pritchard_n lewis_n keines_n walsh_n and_o other_o have_v often_o tell_v he_o that_o there_o be_v not_o a_o roman_a catholic_n in_o england_n of_o any_o quality_n or_o credit_n but_o be_v acquaint_v with_o this_o design_n of_o the_o papist_n and_o have_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n from_o their_o father-confessor_n to_o be_v secret_a and_o assistant_n in_o the_o carry_v of_o it_o on_o lord_n journal_n nou._n 12._o 1678._o on_o the_o 18_o of_o november_n 1678._o he_o deliver_v a_o enformation_n upon_o oath_n concern_v the_o plot_n to_o the_o lord_n chief_a justice_n in_o the_o speaker_n chamber_n which_o be_v in_o effect_n but_o so_o much_o over_o again_o add_v only_o that_o the_o part_n assign_v he_o be_v to_o bring_v and_o carry_v order_n and_o counsel_n and_o all_o other_o intelligence_n from_o one_o army_n to_o another_o upon_o all_o occasion_n he_o know_v every_o part_n and_o road_n of_o england_n and_o wales_n that_o about_o the_o latter_a end_n of_o april_n or_o the_o begin_n of_o may_n last_o be_v a_o twelvemonth_n about_o six_o a_o clock_n in_o the_o afternoon_n there_o be_v a_o consult_v hold_v in_o the_o chappel-gallery_n at_o somersethouse_n where_o be_v present_v the_o lord_n bellasis_n and_o he_o think_v the_o lord_n powis_n mr._n coleman_n le_fw-fr phaire_n pritchard_n latham_n and_o sheldon_n and_o two_o frenchman_n in_o order_n who_o he_o take_v to_o be_v abbot_n and_o two_o other_o person_n of_o quality_n but_o do_v not_o see_v their_o face_n and_o other_o among_o they_o the_o queen_n and_o further_o that_o coleman_n and_o pritchard_n tell_v he_o that_o after_o the_o consult_v the_o queen_n weep_v at_o what_o be_v propose_v there_o but_o be_v over-persuade_v to_o consent_v by_o the_o strength_n of_o two_o french-men_n argument_n that_o he_o be_v below_o walk_v in_o the_o chapel_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o consult_v with_o other_o etc._n etc._n that_o after_o the_o consult_v the_o queen_n come_v through_o the_o room_n where_o the_o priest_n dress_v themselves_o and_o that_o he_o then_o observe_v some_o alteration_n in_o her_o majesty_n council_n chamber_n nou._n 27._o 1678._o and_o so_o he_o run_v on_o into_o a_o ramble_n of_o his_o carry_a letter_n for_o france_n and_o treasonous_a discourse_n betwixt_o stapilton_n and_o himself_o at_o cambray_n etc._n etc._n all_o of_o the_o same_o batch_n with_o the_o other_o present_o upon_o this_o enformation_n there_o follow_v a_o address_n for_o remove_v the_o queen_n and_o all_o her_o family_n and_o all_o papist_n and_o repute_a or_o suspected_a papist_n from_o his_o majesty_n court_n at_o whitehall_n there_o be_v one_o remarkable_a deposition_n yet_o behind_o that_o be_v take_v before_o the_o council_n june_n 24._o 1679._o upon_o the_o subject_a of_o the_o consult_v last_o above_o mention_v which_o be_v not_o upon_o any_o term_n to_o be_v pass_v over_o for_o reason_n to_o be_v give_v hereafter_o he_o bring_v the_o queen_n into_o the_o plot_n of_o poison_v the_o king_n her_o husband_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o sir_n geo._n wakeman_n and_o say_v that_o he_o himself_o be_v the_o latter_a part_n of_o the_o last_o summer_n in_o harcourt_n be_v chamber_n sir_n geo._n come_v in_o there_o in_o a_o great_a huff_n say_v why_o shall_v i_o be_v so_o drill_v on_o and_o slight_v when_o i_o have_v undertake_v so_o