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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28610	The papists bloody oath of secrecy and letany of intercession for the carrying on of this present plot with the manner of taking the oath upon their entring into any grand conspiracy against the Protestants / as it was taken in the chappel belonging to Barmbow-Hall, the residence of Sir Thomas Gascoigne, from William Rushton, a popish priest, by me, Robert Bolron ; together with some further informations relating to the plot and murther of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey.	Bolron, Robert, fl. 1674-1680.	1680 (1680)	Wing B3502; ESTC R19392	11,513	24

follows The Letany of Intercession for England ✚ LOrd have mercy on us Christ Hear us Christ have mercy on us Lord have mercy on us O Christ Hear us O Father of Mercy and God of all Consolation Have Mercy on England O Son Redeemer of the World and of all things in Heaven and Earth the Pacifier Have Mercy on England Holy Mary Mother of God and Mother of Mercy Pray for England Holy Mary who hast destroy'd all Heresies Pray for England Holy Virgin of Virgins Famous in England for many Miracles Pray for England St. Michael Prince of the Church Pray for England St. Gabriel Privy to the Mysteries of God St. Raphael Faithful Guide of Travellers Holy Angel Prince of England St. John Baptist Master and Form of Penance All Holy Patriarks and Prophets Friends of God and Preachers of Truth St. Peter Pastor of Sheep and Prince of the Apostles St. Paul Doctor of the Gentiles in Faith and Verity St. Andrew Friend and Lover of the Cross All Holy Apostles and Evangelists and special Increasers of Christianity Faith and Unity All Holy Innocents Slain for Christ St. Stephen Pray for England St. Lucius King St. Alban St. Amphibale St. Sophias St. George St. German St. Coleman St. Kylian St. Adrian St. Ethelred King St. Tancon St. Isenger St. Edmund King St. Edward King St. Thomas of Canterbury All holy Martyrs of England Scotland Ireland St. Fugatius and Damianus St. Gregory and St. Augustine St. Ethelbert King Pray for England St. Patrick and St. Columbe St. Pethno and St. Cuthbert St. Furseus and St. Malachy St. John and St. David St. Brandon and St Fiaker St. Archibald and St. Macarius St. Marianus and St. Alexander St. Bennet St. Boniface and St. Bede St. Dunstan St. Henry and St. Robert St. Richard St. Roger St. Hugh St. Gilbert St. Lanfranck and St. Anseline All Holy Bishops and Confessors of England Scotland and Ireland Pray for England St. Helen Queen St. Ursula and St. Agnes St. Bridgit St. Buryen and St. Tecla St. Agatha St. Mechtil and St. Maxentia St. Christine and St Winifred St. Ethelred Queen and St. Margaret Queen All Holy Virgins and Martyrs of England Scotland and Ireland All Blessed and Holy Saints of Places Be merciful Spare England Good Lord Be merciful Hear us O Lord From all Iminent Perils of Sins and Backslidings Deliver England O Lord. From the Spirit of Pride and Apostacy From the Spirit of Ambition From the Spirit of Rebellion From all Hardness and Blindness of Heart From all Surfetting and Drunkeness From the desires and Liberty of the Flesh From Hatred Contempt and Neglect of Sacred Things From Prophaning of Churches and from all Sacriledge From the Tyranny and Cruelty of Hereticks which it now Groans under From Wicked and Pernitious Councils We Sinners O God of Pity do beseech Thee to Hears us That thou wouldst direct the Popes Holiness and all Prelates to Pacifie and Govern the Church O Lord we beseech thee Hear us That thou wouldst be pleased to bring again into this Kingdom the Antient Catholick Apostolick and Roman Faith That thou wouldest put into the Hearts of all Christian Kings and Princes Unity Peace and Concord and that their servent Zeal may be stirred up to put their helping Hands to Reduce it to the Obedience of the Holy See of Rome That thou would'st Comfort and Fortify all such as suffer Imprisonment loss of Goods or other Affliction for the Catholick Faith O Lord we beseech Thee to Hear us That neither by Frailty or Enticements or any Torments thou permit any of us to fall from thee That thou would'st give us perfect Patience in our Afflictions and to make Ghostly Profit of all our Miseries That thou would'st Mercifully hasten the Conversion of England Scotland and Ireland from the Infection of Heresy and Infidelity That thou would'st deliver and keep in these times of Persecution the Pastor of our Souls from the hands of their Enemies That thou would'st daily Augment in them the fire of thy Love and the Zeal of gaining Souls That thou would'st preserve all the Catholicks of this Land in Holiness of Life and from all manner of Sin and Scandal That thou would'st so Adorn us with Holiness of Life and Conversation that our Enemies seeing our good Works may Glorify Thee Our Heavenly Father That thou would'st Reduce from Error and Heresy our Parents Friends and Benefactors whom thou hast so dearly bought with thy precious Blood That thou would'st Illuminate the Hearts of all Schismaticks which live out of the Church to see the grievous Danger of their Estate That thou would'st Mercifully look down from Heaven upon the Blood of so many Martyrs as have given their Lives to Convert us unto thee Jesus Christ Son of God and of the Virgin Mary We Beseech Thee to hear us Jesus Christ Saviour and Redeemer of the World We Beseech Thee to hear us Lamb of God that takest away the Sins of the World Spare us O Lord. Lamb of God that takest away the Sins of World Hear us O Lord. Lamb of God that takest away the Sins of the World Have Mercy on us Lord have Mercy Pater Noster c. Christ have Mercy Et ne nos inducas c. Lord have Mercy Sed libera nos a malo About the latter end of October or the beginning of November 1678. my Occasions called me to Leeds-Market within four Miles of my Habitation and a Market that I frequently used after my particular business was done my curiosity lead me as usually I did to a Coffee-House where amongst other News and Reports I heard that one Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey a Justice of Peace at London was missing and that it was suspected and feared that he was Murthered or made away by the Papists At my return home I repaired to Sir Thomas Gascoignes House at Barmbow one quarter of a mile from my House and there meeting his Son Thomas Gascoigne Esquire I Acquainted him with the News I heard at Leedes Who thereupon took a Letter out of his Pocket directed to himself which he shewed me which Letter was Subscribed I. Corker wherein he acquainted the Esquire in words to this Effect That Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey had been a very busy Man and a great Enemy to the Catholiques therefore they had procured him to be Destroyed And some few Dayes after we had the same thing confirm'd in Print viz. That he was Murthered Upon which my Ghostly Father William Rushton sent for me to come to Mass at Sir Thomas Gascoignes House and at Confession did charge me to give out That I heard that Sir Edmond-bury Godfrey was a Melancholly Gentleman and in a Discontent went into the Fields and there Murdered himself with his own Sword Which accordingly I did as occasion offer'd in all Companies I happened into but was Contradicted by many and by some that it could not be for that his Neck was broke which he could not do after he had Murder'd himself nor

Romish Religion Which Oath of Secrecy is before related and is the true Copy of the said Oath as I got it from the said Rushton accidentally the very same day it was Ministred it unto me by him Before I did take the Oath of Secrecy I did go to Confession where my Ghostly Father in my said Confession did tell me that I must Believe That it was a Mortal Sin to Reveal what was told me by my Ghostly Father in my Confession and that I was certainly Damned if ever I did Discover the concerns of this Design or taking the said Oath of Secrecy But after I had taken the said Oath of Secrecy and was Acquainted with the Design when ever I went to Confession my Ghostly Father would be sure to Examine me how I had kept my Oath upon which if my Father Confessor did judg that I had not so truly kept the same as I ought to have done then must I have taken the same Oath over again Besides my Ghostly Father did frequently Teach me how to make use of Equivocations and Mental Reservations First How to defend my self against the Protestants if I were ask't by a stranger whether Mr. Rushton were a Priest That then I might lawfully deny it or upon Oath before a Magistrate I might possitively deny my knowledge of Rushton to be a Popish Priest but then I must privately to my self make use of this Equivocation That I did not see the said Rushton take his Orders beyond Sea therefore could not swear him to be a Priest And then followed the benefit of Absolution for this or any other service done for the good of the Romish Religion And indeed my Penance in Confession was once enjoyned me by Father Rushton to lash my self with a Cat of nine Tailes or Discipline because I did not deny with Asseverations to one Mr. Burman that he was no popish Priest although I did not confess the same to Mr. Burman yet he alledged that I did it but faintly and therefore that should be my Penance Secondly If Reproacht by the Protestants that they of the Romish Religion made no Conscience to destroy those that were of contrary Opinion to them Then with Imprecations I might lawfully deny the same only making use of this Reservation to my self that I must deny any thing which is against the Interest of the Church besides if I should own it to be the Doctrine of the Romish Church that then the Protestants would beat out my Brains as was taught me by my Ghostly Father Rushton Thirdly That since the Discovery of this Popish Plot if I did at any time hear the Protestants discourse that they of the Romish Church did Teach the Murthering of Kings and Princes and that the King was to have been Murthered by the Papists that then I must Vindicate the Romish Religion Arguing that such Doctrine the Papists held not with Reservation to my self that I must not Own such a Design unless effected believing that Protestants being Hereticks had no power to examine me neither was I obliged to Answer directly to the Question The Cerimonies Manner and Form used in the taking of the said Oath of Secrecy is thus AT the Chappel Door I did Sprinkle my self with Holy Water and then went into the Chappel where Bowing towards the Altar I made the Sign of the Cross and said Sprinkle me with Hysop and I shall be Cleansed wash me and I shall be whiter than Snow Then kneeling I made the Sign of the Cross and said In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy-Ghost Amen After that I said certain Prayers used before Confession and at the Conclusion made again the Sign of the Cross which being ended I went into the Vestry where Kneeling I ask't my Ghostly Fathers Blessing as Children usually do their Parents Then after that I made again the Sign of the Cross and then had the benefit of Confession and Absolution from my Sins and then I went into the Chappel and said Prayers before Receiving the Sacrament But when Mass was said I did not Communicate with the rest there present although the Sacrament was Consecrated for me but after the rest were gone then William Rushton my Ghostly Father call'd me to the Altar where bowing my Body and kneeling I made the sign of the Gross then I kist the Mass-Book and laid my Right Hand upon it and so had the Oath of Secrecy given me by my Ghostly Father Rushton repeating it after him But at these words In Testimony whereof I do Receive this most Holy and Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist Rushton put the Sacrament into my Mouth and said this little Latine Prayer following Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi Custodiat animam tuam in Vitam Eternam Amen Then again I kist the Mass-Book held in the Priests Hand but held my Hand on the Mass-Book all the time I was taking the Oath aforesaid and after that rising bowed my Body to the Altar in an humble manner and so returned to my place again Now after I had taken the said Oath of Secrecy Rushton went again into the Vestry to say his Prayers on his Breviary but I continued still in the Chappel to say my Prayers used after the taking of the Sacrament Then after Rushton my Confessor came forth out of the Vestry he went towards his own Chamber whither I followed him but Sir Thomas Gascoigne hastily calling the said Rushton he laid down his Breviary in his Closet to which was no Door and is scituate neer his Chamber which said Breviary I taking up found therein the said Oath of Secrecy of which Oath I had a sufficient time to take a true Copy and it is the real Copy which is before recited although when I took the Copy of the said Oath never intended that any Protestant should have seen it The same day were Hallowed for my self two Pistols which were to be made use of for th● destruction of the Protestant Party if the Roman Catholick Religion ha● prevailed in England There were also Swords Gun● and Pistols Hallowed for Thomas Gascoigne Esquire an● others ingaged in the Popish Plot. And in the sa● Month of February I had an Indulgence or Pardon for Thirty Thousand Years given me by the said Rushton my Ghostly Father for my Encouragement in my Proceedings of being so Zealous against his Majesty and Government and the Penance enjoyn'd me was to say every day a Letany for the Intercession and Conversion of England but if I did twice a day say the said Letany then should I each day Redeem a Soul out of Purgatoty But I have heard my Ghostly Father say that some Catholicks had their Indulgences for Fifty Thousand Years others a plenary Indulgence to encourage them to be firmer to this Design Such a Plenary Indulgence I did see in the Hands of Mr. Mowbray about the latter end of January 167 6 7. And the Letany of Intercession for England is as