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A55464 The Popish Plot taken out of several depositions made and sworn before the Parliament. 1680 (1680) Wing P2956; ESTC R8779 6,995 4

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THE POPISH PLOT Taken out of several DEPOSITIONS Made and Sworn before the PARLIAMENT THE Design in general was when all other means failed by Fire and Sword so perfectly to reduce all his Majesty's Dominions to the Roman Religion that no toleration should be given to any Protestant but all should have been extirpated both Root and Branch The Chief DESIGNERS were 1. The Pope 2. Cardinal Howard 3. Johannes Paulus de Oliva General of the Jesuits 4. Pedro Jeronymo de Corduba Provincial of the Jesuits at Castile 5. Le Cheese a Jesuit Confessor to the French King 6. The Provincial of the Jesuits in England 7. The Benedictine Monks at the Savoy and other Seminary Priests and Jesuits The Work was so great and in their Apprehension so glorious that the most Eminent of the Popish Clergy in Europe were engaged in it it cannot be said to be an Act or Contrivance of a few particular persons but an unanimous act of their whole Church and so let it be Recorded to their everlasting shame The Pope in the Congregation de propaganda fide held about December 1677 declared his Majesty's Dominions to be S. Peter's Patrimony as forfeited to him for the Heresie of Prince and People and so to be disposed of as he pleaseth To this end he appoints Cardinal Howard as his Legate to take possession of England in his name He also constituteth new Arch-Bishops Bishops and other Dignitaries for all or most of the places in England removing all the Bishops in possession from their present Dignities Johannes Paulus de Oliva General of the Jesuits at Rome gives direction to the Provincial of the Jesuits in London how to proceed in this Affair where note the College called the Society de propaganda fide consists of about 350 persons the Priests in England are in number about 1800. At a Consult held May 1678 by the Provincial and Society of Jesuits they declare the King an Heretick they depose him and condemn him to be murdered At this and some other Consults held before and after that Month they appoint the chief Officers of State as the Lord Chancellour the Lord High Treasurer the Lord Privy Seal the Secretaries of State c. They also constitute the Officers of War both by Sea and Land as the Lord General the Lieutenant General c. Collonels Captains and other Officers Here note the greatest part of those Officers were French and Irish and not one English Commander was appointed for the Fleet. Their Army should have consisted of 1800 Officers and 20000 common Souldiers listed in and about London These they gave out were enough to cut the Throats of 10000 Protestants especially being taken upon a surprize and themselves being assisted by the French Groves Smith and others were appointed by the College to go from house to house to inform the chief Papists in and about London of these intentions that they may have their approbation which they call the consent of the people To carry on this or any such like Design the Society of Jesuits in England have 70000 l. per Annum Estate in Lands managed by their Trustees They have 100000 l. in ready Money employed at interest by Scriveners and used in Trade by Graziers Jobbers and Bankers Johannes Paulus de Oliva supplies them with 11000 l. from Rome Pedro Jeronymo de Corduba Provincial of the Jesuits at Castile contributes 10000 l. more Le Cheese the French Kings Confessor advances 10000 l. besides several considerable Sums given to Coleman by Forreign Ministers of State For the more speedy effecting of this several persons are set on work in several ways to accomplish it to whom huge Sums of ready Money were given in hand and great Rewards were promised afterwards when the work should be done as 1. 4 Irish Ruffians were employed to murder the King when he went last to Windsor by such ways and means as they could 2. Coigni●rs and Anderson two Bene●●●ine Monks were suborn'd to stab the King 3. Groves otherwise called honest William and Pickering undertook to shoot the King 4. Sir George Wakeman the Queens physician was contracted with to poyson the King for which he should have had 15000 l. 5000 l. of which was paid in part by Coleman and in the presence of Dr. Eugarty an I●ish-man They concluded to use the Name and Interest of the Duke of York if he would comply with them 1. To accept of the three Kingdom● as a Gift from the pope and hold them in Fee of him 2. If he would confirm their settlement of Church and State 3. If he would exterminate all Protestants 4. If he would pardon the Murderers of his Brother the Murderers of the people and those who should fire the remaining part of the City and Suburbs How bloody the Execution of this plot must needs have been cannot easily be imagined nor how miserable the remaining part of the poor people and Children left alive must have been cannot be conceived No places in the World are so miserably enslaved under the worst of Tyrants as those who live within the Verge of S. Peter's Patrimony which must have been the State of ENGLAND As for IRELAND the Pope had made the Titular Arch-Bishop of Doublin his Legate to take possession of that Kingdom in his name Talbot his Brother was made General of all the Forces in Ireland The Duke of Ormond was to be murdered and then the Irish were to rise and form an Army of 5000 Horse and 20000 Foot and to murder the Protestants as they did before This they call Zeal for the Roman Catholick Religion To enable the Irish to this the pope contributed 800000 Crowns the French had already sent over some supplies and had promised a further seasonable supply of Arms Men and Money so soon as they should be in Action Le Cheese had a great influence in all these Transactions As for SCOTLAND the great design of the Jesuits was to raise a Rebellion there to this end they divers times sent over several Jesuits to mingle themselves if they could with the Dissenters so as they might preach in their field Meetings and encourage them to take Arms to vindicate their Religion and Liberty against Duke Lauderdale's Tyranny and also the Tyranny of the Bishops as they term it The Papists were to raise an Army of 8000 Men to joyn with the Dissenters lest they might have been suppressed by Duke Lauderdale As to HOLLAND they have sent over twelve Messengers thither for to sew dissention between the prince of Orange and the States which in the Lovesteyn party go under the name of Fifth Monarchy-Men To these things may be added the firing of London upon design by the Jesuits in Sept. 1666. which should have been burnt sooner but they could not get persons and things ready for Execution the persons that were employed the place where they met consult the manner how those eight persons Executed at Tyturn in April before were drawn in and